1939 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 81-73
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 836,279, Avg. 13,442
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Del Baker (81-73)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1939 Detroit Tigers Roster
1939 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1939 season with a record of 81 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Tigers tallied 849 runs and allowed 762 runs. Hank Greenberg walloped 33 home runs for Detroit, while Charlie Gehringer and Rudy York swatted 20 or more, too. Hank Greenberg accounted for 112 RBI and topped all regular hitters by hitting .312. Tommy Bridges and Bobo Newsom led the team with 17 wins each, and Bobo Newsom recorded a 3.37 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Tommy Bridges	17	7	.708	3.50	29	26	2	16	2	2	198.0	186	87	77	11	61	129	6	0	4	840
Bobo Newsom	17	10	.630	3.37	35	31	4	21	3	2	246.0	222	100	92	14	104	164	2	0	4	1050
Schoolboy Rowe	10	12	.455	4.99	28	24	2	8	1	0	164.0	192	113	91	17	61	51	2	0	2	734
Dizzy Trout	9	10	.474	3.61	33	22	6	6	0	2	162.0	168	82	65	5	74	72	4	1	5	716
Bud Thomas	7	0	1.000	4.18	27	0	15	0	0	1	47.3	45	25	22	7	20	14	0	0	2	202
Al Benton	6	8	.429	4.56	37	16	18	3	0	5	150.0	182	94	76	11	58	67	1	0	5	693
Archie McKain	5	6	.455	3.68	32	11	12	4	1	4	129.7	120	66	53	6	54	49	0	0	1	554
Fred Hutchinson	3	6	.333	5.21	13	12	0	3	0	0	84.7	95	56	49	9	51	22	0	0	1	391
George Coffman	2	1	.667	6.38	23	1	10	0	0	0	42.3	51	36	30	4	22	10	1	0	1	201
Harry Eisenstat	2	2	.500	6.98	10	2	5	1	0	0	29.7	39	24	23	3	9	6	0	0	1	135
Floyd Giebell	1	1	.500	2.93	9	0	6	0	0	0	15.3	19	7	5	1	12	9	0	0	2	74
Bob Harris	1	1	.500	4.00	5	1	2	0	0	0	18.0	18	8	8	4	8	9	0	0	2	76
Roxie Lawson	1	1	.500	4.76	2	1	1	0	0	0	11.3	7	7	6	1	7	4	0	0	0	50
Hal Newhouser	0	1	.000	5.40	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	3	3	3	0	4	4	0	0	3	22
Cotton Pippen	0	1	.000	7.07	3	2	0	0	0	0	14.0	18	13	11	1	6	5	0	0	0	69
Jim Walkup	0	1	.000	7.50	7	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	15	10	10	3	8	5	0	0	0	59
George Gill	0	1	.000	8.31	3	1	1	0	0	0	8.7	14	8	8	1	3	1	0	0	0	42
Red Lynn	0	1	.000	8.64	4	0	3	0	0	0	8.3	11	8	8	2	3	3	1	1	0	40
Vern Kennedy	0	3	.000	6.43	4	4	0	1	0	0	21.0	25	15	15	4	9	9	1	0	0	95
Totals	81	73	.526	4.29	305	155	91	64	7	16	1367.3	1430	762	652	104	574	633	18	2	33	6043

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Barney McCosky	147	692	611	120	190	33	14	4	58	20	4	70	45	.311	.384	.430	.814	263	7	2	9
Hank Greenberg	138	604	500	112	156	42	7	33	112	8	3	91	95	.312	.420	.622	1.042	311	8	2	11
Pete Fox	141	561	519	69	153	24	6	7	66	23	12	35	41	.295	.342	.405	.746	210	13	2	5
Pinky Higgins	132	561	489	57	135	23	2	8	76	7	4	56	41	.276	.353	.380	.733	186	14	2	14
Charlie Gehringer	118	486	406	86	132	29	6	16	86	4	3	68	16	.325	.423	.544	.967	221	7	1	11
Rudy York	102	376	329	66	101	16	1	20	68	5	0	41	50	.307	.387	.544	.931	179	8	2	4
Birdie Tebbetts	106	376	341	37	89	22	2	4	53	2	1	25	20	.261	.315	.372	.688	127	8	2	8
Frank Croucher	97	351	324	38	87	15	0	5	40	2	2	16	42	.269	.303	.361	.664	117	10	0	11
Earl Averill	87	364	309	58	81	20	6	10	58	4	2	43	30	.262	.354	.463	.817	143	4	1	11
Benny McCoy	55	227	192	38	58	13	6	1	33	3	1	29	26	.302	.394	.448	.842	86	4	0	6
Dixie Walker	43	177	154	30	47	4	5	4	19	4	1	15	8	.305	.367	.474	.841	73	5	0	8
Roy Cullenbine	75	214	179	31	43	9	2	6	23	0	1	34	29	.240	.362	.413	.775	74	2	0	1
Billy Rogell	74	206	174	24	40	6	3	2	23	3	1	26	14	.230	.330	.333	.663	58	2	0	6
Red Kress	51	178	157	19	38	7	0	1	22	2	1	17	16	.242	.316	.306	.622	48	7	0	4
Beau Bell	54	167	134	14	32	4	2	0	24	0	1	24	16	.239	.358	.299	.657	40	6	1	8
Bobo Newsom	35	102	97	6	18	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	16	.186	.194	.206	.400	20	6	0	4
Schoolboy Rowe	31	69	61	7	15	0	1	1	12	1	1	5	7	.246	.303	.328	.631	20	3	0	3
Tommy Bridges	29	87	71	11	14	2	0	0	6	0	0	8	24	.197	.278	.225	.504	16	0	0	8
Fred Hutchinson	13	36	34	5	13	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	.382	.417	.412	.828	14	2	0	0
Dizzy Trout	35	60	57	7	12	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	9	.211	.224	.281	.505	16	1	0	2
Archie McKain	32	49	41	7	9	2	1	2	5	0	0	8	12	.220	.347	.463	.810	19	1	0	0
Chet Laabs	5	18	16	1	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	.313	.389	.500	.889	8	1	0	0
Mark Christman	6	16	16	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.375	.625	6	2	0	0
Al Benton	37	52	44	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	.091	.111	.091	.202	4	3	1	7
Harry Eisenstat	10	9	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	3	0	0	1
Bob Harris	5	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0
Cotton Pippen	3	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0
Vern Kennedy	4	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0
Jim Walkup	7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
Bud Thomas	27	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	1
Merv Shea	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
George Coffman	23	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0
Floyd Giebell	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Dixie Parsons	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0
Hal Newhouser	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
George Gill	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Red Lynn	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Roxie Lawson	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Les Fleming	8	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Totals	1758	6106	5326	849	1487	277	67	124	803	88	38	619	593	.279	.356	.426	.782	2270	125	16	145

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Rudy York	1B	19	151	1	0	17	1.000	8.000	0
Hank Greenberg	1B	136	1205	75	9	108	.993	9.412	0
Roy Cullenbine	1B	2	23	2	0	4	1.000	12.500	0
Billy Rogell	2B	2	8	5	1	2	.929	6.500	0
Benny McCoy	2B	34	79	104	8	19	.958	5.382	0
Red Kress	2B	16	29	47	6	13	.927	4.750	0
Charlie Gehringer	2B	107	245	312	13	67	.977	5.206	0
Frank Croucher	2B	3	5	8	1	3	.929	4.333	0
Billy Rogell	3B	21	17	40	4	3	.934	2.714	0
Red Kress	3B	4	7	7	1	1	.933	3.500	0
Pinky Higgins	3B	130	140	241	36	22	.914	2.931	0
Mark Christman	3B	5	4	5	1	1	.900	1.800	0
Rudy York	C	67	283	38	5	5	.985	4.791	6
Birdie Tebbetts	C	100	449	64	16	10	.970	5.130	8
Merv Shea	C	4	1	0	1	0	.500	.250	0
Dixie Parsons	C	4	2	0	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Dixie Walker	OF	37	93	4	3	1	.970	2.622	0
Barney McCosky	OF	145	428	7	6	2	.986	3.000	0
Chet Laabs	OF	5	13	1	1	0	.933	2.800	0
Pete Fox	OF	126	275	12	9	3	.970	2.278	0
Les Fleming	OF	3	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Roy Cullenbine	OF	46	81	2	9	1	.902	1.804	0
Beau Bell	OF	37	73	4	0	1	1.000	2.081	0
Earl Averill	OF	80	157	3	4	0	.976	2.000	0
Jim Walkup	P	7	1	2	0	0	1.000	.429	0
Dizzy Trout	P	33	3	23	4	1	.867	.788	0
Bud Thomas	P	27	2	10	0	0	1.000	.444	0
Schoolboy Rowe	P	28	9	27	2	5	.947	1.286	0
Cotton Pippen	P	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333	0
Bobo Newsom	P	35	8	33	3	1	.932	1.171	0
Hal Newhouser	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Archie McKain	P	32	1	15	2	0	.889	.500	0
Red Lynn	P	4	1	1	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Roxie Lawson	P	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Vern Kennedy	P	4	1	6	0	1	1.000	1.750	0
Fred Hutchinson	P	13	6	13	0	1	1.000	1.462	0
Bob Harris	P	5	0	3	0	1	1.000	.600	0
George Gill	P	3	0	2	0	1	1.000	.667	0
Floyd Giebell	P	9	1	1	1	0	.667	.222	0
Harry Eisenstat	P	10	3	8	0	1	1.000	1.100	0
George Coffman	P	23	1	8	0	0	1.000	.391	0
Tommy Bridges	P	29	8	28	3	2	.923	1.241	0
Al Benton	P	37	6	27	2	0	.943	.892	0
Billy Rogell	SS	43	59	90	11	21	.931	3.465	0
Benny McCoy	SS	16	29	46	3	6	.962	4.688	0
Red Kress	SS	25	48	69	5	15	.959	4.680	0
Frank Croucher	SS	93	139	256	28	47	.934	4.247	0
Totals		1615	4101	1654	198	386	.967	3.563	14

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