1938 Detroit Tigers Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 84-70
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 799,557, Avg. 13,311
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Mickey Cochrane (47-51)
Manager: Del Baker (37-19)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1938 Detroit Tigers RosterTeam Record: 84-70
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 799,557, Avg. 13,311
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Mickey Cochrane (47-51)
Manager: Del Baker (37-19)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1938 Detroit Tigers Results
The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1938 season with a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Tigers scored 862 runs and yielded 795 runs. Hank Greenberg crushed 58 homers for Detroit, while Charlie Gehringer and Rudy York walloped 20 or more, too. Hank Greenberg accounted for 146 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .315. Tommy Bridges led the squad with 13 wins, and Harry Eisenstat registered a 3.73 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Mickey Cochrane and Del Baker coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Bridges | 13 | 9 | .591 | 4.59 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 151.0 | 171 | 83 | 77 | 14 | 58 | 0 | 101 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 665 |
| George Gill | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.12 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 164.0 | 195 | 82 | 75 | 15 | 50 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 719 |
| Vern Kennedy | 12 | 9 | .571 | 5.06 | 33 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 190.3 | 215 | 123 | 107 | 13 | 113 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 877 |
| Elden Auker | 11 | 10 | .524 | 5.27 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 160.7 | 184 | 97 | 94 | 14 | 56 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 717 |
| Harry Eisenstat | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.73 | 32 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 125.3 | 131 | 60 | 52 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 527 |
| Roxie Lawson | 8 | 9 | .471 | 5.46 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 127.0 | 154 | 85 | 77 | 13 | 82 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 610 |
| Boots Poffenberger | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.82 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 125.0 | 147 | 74 | 67 | 8 | 66 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 569 |
| Al Benton | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.30 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 95.3 | 93 | 40 | 35 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 409 |
| George Coffman | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.02 | 39 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 95.7 | 120 | 70 | 64 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 444 |
| Jake Wade | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.56 | 27 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 73 | 56 | 51 | 9 | 48 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 325 |
| Bob Harris | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.20 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
| Woody Davis | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Joe Rogalski | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| Schoolboy Rowe | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.00 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
| Totals | 84 | 70 | .545 | 4.79 | 289 | 155 | 80 | 75 | 3 | 11 | 1348.3 | 1532 | 795 | 717 | 110 | 608 | 0 | 435 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 6056 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Fox | 155 | 675 | 634 | 91 | 186 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 96 | 16 | 7 | 31 | 39 | .293 | .328 | .413 | .742 | 262 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Greenberg | 155 | 681 | 556 | 144 | 175 | 23 | 4 | 58 | 146 | 7 | 5 | 119 | 92 | .315 | .438 | .683 | 1.122 | 380 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Gehringer | 152 | 688 | 568 | 133 | 174 | 32 | 5 | 20 | 107 | 14 | 1 | 113 | 21 | .306 | .425 | .486 | .911 | 276 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dixie Walker | 127 | 526 | 454 | 84 | 140 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 65 | 32 | .308 | .396 | .434 | .830 | 197 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy York | 135 | 557 | 463 | 85 | 138 | 27 | 2 | 33 | 127 | 1 | 2 | 92 | 74 | .298 | .417 | .579 | .995 | 268 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Rogell | 136 | 597 | 501 | 76 | 130 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 86 | 37 | .259 | .373 | .353 | .727 | 177 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Chet Morgan | 74 | 333 | 306 | 50 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 12 | .284 | .330 | .310 | .641 | 95 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Christman | 95 | 347 | 318 | 35 | 79 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 21 | .248 | .307 | .302 | .609 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Ross | 77 | 297 | 265 | 22 | 69 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 11 | .260 | .333 | .306 | .639 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jo-Jo White | 78 | 240 | 206 | 40 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 15 | .262 | .359 | .301 | .660 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chet Laabs | 64 | 229 | 211 | 26 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 52 | .237 | .288 | .398 | .686 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Birdie Tebbetts | 53 | 158 | 143 | 16 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | .294 | .348 | .385 | .733 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Vern Kennedy | 37 | 87 | 79 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .291 | .300 | .329 | .629 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Cullenbine | 25 | 79 | 67 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | .284 | .392 | .388 | .780 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Piet | 41 | 97 | 80 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | .213 | .351 | .288 | .638 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boots Poffenberger | 25 | 47 | 44 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .182 | .217 | .182 | .399 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Bridges | 25 | 64 | 54 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .130 | .217 | .185 | .402 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| George Gill | 24 | 62 | 57 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .105 | .105 | .158 | .263 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Eisenstat | 32 | 45 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .139 | .225 | .139 | .364 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Elden Auker | 27 | 65 | 57 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .088 | .161 | .088 | .249 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Hayworth | 8 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .211 | .318 | .211 | .529 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Coffman | 39 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .167 | .259 | .208 | .468 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Benton | 19 | 35 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .121 | .121 | .121 | .242 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny McCoy | 7 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .250 | .267 | .517 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roxie Lawson | 27 | 47 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .044 | .065 | .044 | .110 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Harris | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Schoolboy Rowe | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Wade | 27 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .139 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Rogalski | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Woody Davis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Archie | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1678 | 6060 | 5270 | 862 | 1434 | 219 | 52 | 137 | 804 | 76 | 41 | 693 | 579 | .272 | .359 | .411 | .770 | 2168 | 0 | 22 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy York | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Greenberg | 1B | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 1484 | 120 | 14 | 146 | .991 | 1.348 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Piet | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Benny McCoy | 2B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .963 | 4.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Gehringer | 2B | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 393 | 455 | 21 | 115 | .976 | 5.579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Ross | 3B | 75 | 0 | 0.0 | 90 | 157 | 14 | 15 | .946 | 3.293 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Piet | 3B | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 45 | 5 | 3 | .919 | 3.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benny McCoy | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Christman | 3B | 69 | 0 | 0.0 | 86 | 140 | 4 | 14 | .983 | 3.275 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudy York | C | 116 | 0 | 0.0 | 406 | 70 | 5 | 10 | .990 | 4.103 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Birdie Tebbetts | C | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 108 | 20 | 2 | 4 | .985 | 2.415 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Hayworth | C | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 4.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudy York | OF | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .815 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jo-Jo White | OF | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | 141 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .967 | 2.636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dixie Walker | OF | 114 | 0 | 0.0 | 224 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .979 | 2.035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chet Morgan | OF | 74 | 0 | 0.0 | 192 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .980 | 2.676 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chet Laabs | OF | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 128 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .971 | 2.491 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Fox | OF | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 301 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .994 | 2.026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Cullenbine | OF | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jake Wade | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .593 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Schoolboy Rowe | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Rogalski | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boots Poffenberger | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .880 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roxie Lawson | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Kennedy | P | 33 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 46 | 3 | 4 | .945 | 1.576 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Harris | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Gill | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Eisenstat | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 1.031 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Woody Davis | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Coffman | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .436 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Bridges | P | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Benton | P | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elden Auker | P | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 41 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 1.963 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Rogell | SS | 134 | 0 | 0.0 | 291 | 431 | 31 | 101 | .959 | 5.388 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Christman | SS | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 66 | 6 | 17 | .949 | 5.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1580 | 0 | 0.0 | 4062 | 1832 | 147 | 446 | .976 | 3.730 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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