1940 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 90-64
Finished 1st in the AL
Attendance: 1,112,693, Avg. 17,109
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to Cincinnati Reds 4-3
Manager: Del Baker (90-64)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1940 Detroit Tigers Roster
1940 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1940 season with a record of 90 wins and 64 losses, finishing first in the AL.

The Tigers plated 888 runs, tops in the circuit. Detroit conceded 717 runs. Hank Greenberg walloped 41 home runs for the team, while Rudy York swatted 20 or more as well. Hank Greenberg accounted for 150 RBI. Hank Greenberg and Barney McCosky led all regular batters by hitting .340. Bobo Newsom topped the squad with 21 wins, and Schoolboy Rowe added 15 or more wins also Bobo Newsom recorded a 2.83 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Del Baker coached the team. The 1940 Detroit Tigers won the League Championship Series.

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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
Bobo Newsom	21	5	.808	2.83	36	34	1	20	3	0	264.0	235	110	83	19	100	164	3	2	2	1101
Schoolboy Rowe	16	3	.842	3.46	27	23	4	11	1	0	169.0	170	68	65	15	43	61	1	0	2	706
Tommy Bridges	12	9	.571	3.37	29	28	1	12	2	0	197.7	171	89	74	11	88	133	0	0	5	843
Hal Newhouser	9	9	.500	4.86	28	20	3	7	0	0	133.3	149	81	72	12	76	89	2	1	1	613
Johnny Gorsica	7	7	.500	4.33	29	20	2	5	2	0	160.0	170	85	77	10	57	68	4	1	2	692
Al Benton	6	10	.375	4.42	42	0	35	0	0	17	79.3	93	44	39	5	36	50	0	0	2	361
Archie McKain	5	0	1.000	2.82	27	0	17	0	0	3	51.0	48	18	16	2	25	24	0	0	1	224
Dizzy Trout	3	7	.300	4.47	33	10	6	1	0	2	100.7	125	60	50	4	54	64	3	0	3	469
Fred Hutchinson	3	7	.300	5.68	17	10	6	1	0	0	76.0	85	52	48	6	26	32	2	1	0	335
Floyd Giebell	2	0	1.000	1.00	2	2	0	2	1	0	18.0	14	2	2	2	4	11	0	0	1	73
Tom Seats	2	2	.500	4.69	26	2	10	0	0	1	55.7	67	43	29	4	21	25	0	0	2	256
Dick Conger	1	0	1.000	3.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	14
Clay Smith	1	1	.500	5.08	14	1	5	0	0	0	28.3	32	18	16	3	13	14	1	0	2	128
Lynn Nelson	1	1	.500	10.93	6	2	4	0	0	0	14.0	23	19	17	5	9	7	0	0	0	73
Cotton Pippen	1	2	.333	6.75	4	3	0	0	0	0	21.3	29	16	16	3	10	9	1	0	1	102
Bob Uhl	0	0			1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6
Bud Thomas	0	1	.000	9.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	8	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	24
Totals	90	64	.584	3.99	326	155	96	59	9	23	1375.3	1425	716	609	102	570	752	17	5	25	6020

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	143	660	589	123	200	39	19	4	57	13	9	67	41	.340	.408	.491	.899	289	8	1	3
Hank Greenberg	148	670	573	129	195	50	8	41	150	6	3	93	75	.340	.433	.670	1.103	384	15	1	3
Rudy York	155	685	588	105	186	46	6	33	134	3	2	89	88	.316	.410	.583	.993	343	12	4	4
Charlie Gehringer	139	629	515	108	161	33	3	10	81	10	0	101	17	.313	.428	.447	.875	230	9	3	10
Pinky Higgins	131	551	480	70	130	24	3	13	76	4	2	61	31	.271	.357	.415	.771	199	14	3	7
Dick Bartell	139	620	528	76	123	24	3	7	53	12	2	76	53	.233	.335	.330	.665	174	11	5	11
Birdie Tebbetts	111	417	379	46	112	24	4	4	46	4	5	35	14	.296	.357	.412	.768	156	9	1	2
Pete Fox	93	374	350	49	101	17	4	5	48	7	7	21	30	.289	.329	.403	.732	141	4	0	3
Bruce Campbell	103	348	297	56	84	15	5	8	44	2	7	45	28	.283	.381	.448	.829	133	8	2	4
Billy Sullivan	78	256	220	36	68	14	4	3	41	2	0	31	11	.309	.399	.450	.849	99	2	2	3
Earl Averill	64	124	118	10	33	4	1	2	20	0	0	5	14	.280	.309	.381	.690	45	3	0	1
Bobo Newsom	36	112	107	9	23	5	0	0	16	0	0	1	17	.215	.222	.262	.484	28	4	0	4
Red Kress	33	110	99	13	22	3	1	1	11	0	0	10	12	.222	.294	.303	.597	30	7	0	1
Schoolboy Rowe	27	73	67	7	18	6	1	1	18	1	1	5	13	.269	.319	.433	.752	29	2	0	1
Dutch Meyer	23	65	58	12	15	3	0	0	6	2	0	4	10	.259	.317	.310	.628	18	0	1	2
Johnny Gorsica	29	66	62	6	12	0	2	1	7	0	0	3	15	.194	.231	.306	.537	19	1	0	1
Tommy Bridges	29	75	68	5	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	23	.176	.211	.206	.417	14	1	0	4
Frank Metha	26	40	37	6	9	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	8	.243	.282	.297	.579	11	0	0	1
Tuck Stainback	15	44	40	4	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.225	.262	.275	.537	11	2	1	2
Lynn Nelson	19	23	23	4	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	6	.348	.348	.478	.826	11	0	0	0
Fred Hutchinson	17	30	30	1	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.300	.567	9	0	0	0
Hal Newhouser	28	47	40	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	.200	.256	.200	.456	8	0	0	4
Frank Croucher	37	61	57	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	.105	.164	.105	.269	6	0	0	0
Dizzy Trout	33	33	31	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	9	.129	.182	.129	.311	4	1	0	0
Archie McKain	27	10	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.143	.333	.143	.476	1	0	0	1
Tom Seats	26	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	0
Al Benton	42	21	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4
Floyd Giebell	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Cotton Pippen	4	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	0
Clay Smith	14	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Frank Secory	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Pat Mullin	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bud Thomas	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Bob Uhl	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Dick Conger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	1782	6183	5418	888	1549	312	65	134	829	66	39	664	554	.286	.366	.442	.808	2393	115	24	77

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Rudy York	1B	155	1390	107	15	101	.990	9.658	0
Dutch Meyer	2B	21	28	44	3	6	.960	3.429	0
Frank Metha	2B	10	9	15	1	3	.960	2.400	0
Charlie Gehringer	2B	138	276	374	19	72	.972	4.710	0
Frank Croucher	2B	7	4	2	0	1	1.000	.857	0
Billy Sullivan	3B	6	4	14	2	1	.900	3.000	0
Frank Metha	3B	6	1	12	1	0	.929	2.167	0
Red Kress	3B	17	20	41	5	1	.924	3.588	0
Pinky Higgins	3B	129	133	239	29	16	.928	2.884	0
Frank Croucher	3B	1	2	1	2	0	.600	3.000	0
Birdie Tebbetts	C	107	572	89	17	10	.975	6.178	6
Billy Sullivan	C	57	292	29	8	4	.976	5.632	2
Tuck Stainback	OF	9	26	4	1	0	.968	3.333	0
Pat Mullin	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Barney McCosky	OF	141	349	7	6	2	.983	2.525	0
Hank Greenberg	OF	148	298	14	15	1	.954	2.108	0
Pete Fox	OF	85	169	6	6	0	.967	2.059	0
Bruce Campbell	OF	74	133	6	6	0	.959	1.878	0
Earl Averill	OF	22	23	2	1	0	.962	1.136	0
Bob Uhl	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Dizzy Trout	P	33	5	25	2	1	.938	.909	0
Bud Thomas	P	3	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.333	0
Clay Smith	P	14	1	10	0	0	1.000	.786	0
Tom Seats	P	26	4	11	0	0	1.000	.577	0
Schoolboy Rowe	P	27	10	28	0	2	1.000	1.407	0
Cotton Pippen	P	4	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.500	0
Bobo Newsom	P	36	3	32	3	3	.921	.972	0
Hal Newhouser	P	28	5	31	1	0	.973	1.286	0
Lynn Nelson	P	6	0	3	0	0	1.000	.500	0
Archie McKain	P	27	2	16	0	0	1.000	.667	0
Fred Hutchinson	P	17	2	16	2	1	.900	1.059	0
Johnny Gorsica	P	29	15	53	4	2	.944	2.345	0
Floyd Giebell	P	2	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	0
Dick Conger	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Tommy Bridges	P	29	4	30	2	0	.944	1.172	0
Al Benton	P	42	5	11	3	1	.842	.381	0
Red Kress	SS	12	25	33	3	5	.951	4.833	0
Frank Croucher	SS	26	17	27	3	2	.936	1.692	0
Dick Bartell	SS	139	295	394	34	74	.953	4.957	0
Totals		1637	4126	1736	194	309	.968	3.581	8

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF
Bobo Newsom	WS	2	1	.667	1.38	3	3	0	3	1	26.0	18	4	4	0	4	1	17	0	97
Tommy Bridges	WS	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	10	4	3	0	1	0	5	0	38
Johnny Gorsica	WS	0	0		0.79	2	0	1	0	0	11.3	6	1	1	0	4	1	4	0	44
Clay Smith	WS	0	0		2.25	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	1	1	0	3	2	1	0	16
Archie McKain	WS	0	0		3.00	1	0	1	0	0	3.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	13
Fred Hutchinson	WS	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	5
Dizzy Trout	WS	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	14
Schoolboy Rowe	WS	0	2	.000	17.18	2	2	0	0	0	3.7	12	7	7	1	1	0	1	0	24
Totals		3	4	.429	3.00	12	7	3	4	1	60.0	58	22	20	2	15	4	30	1	251

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	IBB
Hank Greenberg	WS	7	30	28	5	10	2	1	1	6	0	2	5	.357	.400	.607	1.007	17	2	0	0
Bruce Campbell	WS	7	30	25	4	9	1	0	1	5	2	4	4	.360	.448	.520	.968	13	1	1	0
Pinky Higgins	WS	7	27	24	2	8	3	1	1	6	0	3	3	.333	.407	.667	1.074	16	0	0	0
Barney McCosky	WS	7	30	23	5	7	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	.304	.467	.348	.814	8	0	0	0
Dick Bartell	WS	7	29	26	2	7	2	0	0	3	1	3	3	.269	.345	.346	.691	9	0	0	0
Rudy York	WS	7	30	26	3	6	0	1	1	2	0	4	7	.231	.333	.423	.756	11	1	0	0
Charlie Gehringer	WS	7	30	28	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	6	3	0	0
Billy Sullivan	WS	5	18	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	.154	.389	.154	.543	2	0	0	2
Bobo Newsom	WS	3	12	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	2	0
Birdie Tebbetts	WS	4	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dizzy Trout	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Earl Averill	WS	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Tommy Bridges	WS	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Pete Fox	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Johnny Gorsica	WS	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Schoolboy Rowe	WS	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Clay Smith	WS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Frank Croucher	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Fred Hutchinson	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Archie McKain	WS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals		75	261	228	28	56	9	3	4	24	3	30	30	.246	.333	.364	.697	83	7	3	2

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Rudy York	WS	1B	7	7	60.0	60	2	0	4	1.000	9.300	8.857
Charlie Gehringer	WS	2B	7	7	60.0	18	18	0	3	1.000	5.400	5.143
Pinky Higgins	WS	3B	7	7	60.0	4	30	2	1	.944	5.100	4.857
Billy Sullivan	WS	C	4	4	35.0	23	2	0	0	1.000	6.429	6.250
Birdie Tebbetts	WS	C	3	3	25.0	13	3	1	1	.941	5.760	5.333
Barney McCosky	WS	CF	7	7	60.0	19	0	0	0	1.000	2.850	2.714
Hank Greenberg	WS	LF	7	7	60.0	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.800	1.714
Bobo Newsom	WS	P	3	3	26.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	.692	.667
Johnny Gorsica	WS	P	2	0	11.3	0	6	0	1	1.000	4.765	3.000
Tommy Bridges	WS	P	1	1	9.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
Clay Smith	WS	P	1	0	4.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.250	1.000
Schoolboy Rowe	WS	P	2	2	3.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.455	.500
Archie McKain	WS	P	1	0	3.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	1.000
Dizzy Trout	WS	P	1	1	2.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000
Fred Hutchinson	WS	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Bruce Campbell	WS	RF	7	7	60.0	17	0	0	0	1.000	2.550	2.429
Dick Bartell	WS	SS	7	7	59.0	12	11	1	2	.958	3.508	3.286
Frank Croucher	WS	SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
Totals			69	63	540.0	180	77	4	12	.985	4.283	3.725

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