1942 Detroit Tigers Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 73-81
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 580,087, Avg. 10,136
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Del Baker (73-81)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1942 Detroit Tigers RosterTeam Record: 73-81
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 580,087, Avg. 10,136
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Manager: Del Baker (73-81)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1942 Detroit Tigers Results
The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1942 season with a record of 73 wins and 81 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.
The Tigers tallied 589 runs and conceded 587 runs. Rudy York paced Detroit with 21 home runs and recorded 90 runs batted in. Barney McCosky topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .293. Virgil Trucks led the team with 14 wins, while Hal Newhouser recorded a 2.45 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 | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Trucks | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2.74 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 167.7 | 147 | 64 | 51 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 721 |
| Hal White | 12 | 12 | .500 | 2.91 | 34 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 216.7 | 212 | 80 | 70 | 6 | 82 | 0 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 933 |
| Dizzy Trout | 12 | 18 | .400 | 3.43 | 35 | 29 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 223.0 | 214 | 98 | 85 | 15 | 89 | 0 | 91 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 965 |
| Tommy Bridges | 9 | 7 | .563 | 2.74 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 174.0 | 164 | 66 | 53 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 742 |
| Hal Newhouser | 8 | 14 | .364 | 2.45 | 38 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 183.7 | 137 | 73 | 50 | 4 | 114 | 0 | 103 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 789 |
| Al Benton | 7 | 13 | .350 | 2.90 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 226.7 | 210 | 87 | 73 | 9 | 84 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 954 |
| Johnny Gorsica | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.75 | 28 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 53.0 | 63 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 242 |
| Charlie Fuchs | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.63 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36.7 | 43 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 174 |
| Hal Manders | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.09 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 39 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 146 |
| Roy Henshaw | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.09 | 23 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61.7 | 63 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 267 |
| Schoolboy Rowe | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Jack Wilson | 0 | 0 | 4.85 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 | |
| Totals | 73 | 81 | .474 | 3.13 | 282 | 156 | 91 | 65 | 12 | 14 | 1399.3 | 1321 | 587 | 487 | 60 | 598 | 0 | 671 | 23 | 3 | 31 | 6039 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barney McCosky | 154 | 680 | 600 | 75 | 176 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 50 | 11 | 5 | 68 | 37 | .293 | .365 | .412 | .777 | 247 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Cramer | 151 | 682 | 630 | 71 | 166 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 18 | .263 | .314 | .317 | .631 | 200 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy York | 153 | 653 | 577 | 81 | 150 | 26 | 4 | 21 | 90 | 3 | 3 | 73 | 71 | .260 | .343 | .428 | .771 | 247 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinky Higgins | 143 | 579 | 499 | 65 | 133 | 34 | 2 | 11 | 79 | 3 | 7 | 72 | 21 | .267 | .362 | .409 | .771 | 204 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Bloodworth | 137 | 578 | 533 | 62 | 129 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 57 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 63 | .242 | .295 | .362 | .657 | 193 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ned Harris | 121 | 450 | 398 | 53 | 108 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 35 | .271 | .351 | .430 | .781 | 171 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Birdie Tebbetts | 99 | 352 | 308 | 24 | 76 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 17 | .247 | .335 | .292 | .627 | 90 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Ross | 87 | 265 | 226 | 29 | 62 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 16 | .274 | .379 | .376 | .755 | 85 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Hitchcock | 85 | 310 | 280 | 27 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 21 | .211 | .280 | .246 | .527 | 69 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Moe Franklin | 48 | 166 | 154 | 24 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .260 | .301 | .344 | .645 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dixie Parsons | 63 | 202 | 188 | 8 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 22 | .197 | .249 | .250 | .499 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rip Radcliff | 62 | 155 | 144 | 13 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | .250 | .294 | .306 | .600 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Lipon | 34 | 140 | 131 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | .191 | .232 | .206 | .438 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Meyer | 14 | 57 | 52 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .327 | .386 | .500 | .886 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dizzy Trout | 36 | 83 | 75 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .213 | .253 | .293 | .546 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal White | 34 | 83 | 77 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .169 | .200 | .182 | .382 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Gehringer | 45 | 52 | 45 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .267 | .365 | .333 | .699 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Riebe | 11 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .314 | .314 | .371 | .686 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric McNair | 26 | 71 | 68 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .162 | .197 | .235 | .432 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Newhouser | 39 | 58 | 52 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .154 | .200 | .192 | .392 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Trucks | 28 | 66 | 65 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .123 | .123 | .138 | .262 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Bridges | 23 | 69 | 63 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .095 | .162 | .143 | .305 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Benton | 35 | 76 | 67 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | .075 | .075 | .090 | .164 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Unser | 4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Patrick | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .750 | 1.083 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Manders | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Gorsica | 31 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .300 | .400 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Henshaw | 23 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Fuchs | 9 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Schoolboy Rowe | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Wilson | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1728 | 5927 | 5327 | 589 | 1313 | 217 | 37 | 76 | 547 | 39 | 40 | 508 | 472 | .246 | .314 | .344 | .658 | 1832 | 138 | 19 | 73 | 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 | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 1413 | 146 | 19 | 117 | .988 | 1.257 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rip Radcliff | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dutch Meyer | 2B | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 56 | 1 | 14 | .989 | 6.214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Gehringer | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Moe Franklin | 2B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .966 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Bloodworth | 2B | 134 | 0 | 0.0 | 334 | 431 | 22 | 66 | .972 | 5.709 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Ross | 3B | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .915 | 2.150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Hitchcock | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pinky Higgins | 3B | 137 | 0 | 0.0 | 134 | 243 | 30 | 24 | .926 | 2.752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Unser | C | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Birdie Tebbetts | C | 97 | 0 | 0.0 | 446 | 69 | 12 | 10 | .977 | 5.309 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Riebe | C | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.273 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dixie Parsons | C | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | 274 | 44 | 6 | 6 | .981 | 5.129 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Ross | OF | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 77 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .964 | 2.132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rip Radcliff | OF | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Patrick | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barney McCosky | OF | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 351 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .981 | 2.325 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ned Harris | OF | 104 | 0 | 0.0 | 164 | 5 | 10 | 2 | .944 | 1.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doc Cramer | OF | 150 | 0 | 0.0 | 352 | 15 | 7 | 6 | .981 | 2.447 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Wilson | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal White | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 41 | 6 | 6 | .910 | 1.794 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Trucks | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 1.179 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dizzy Trout | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 56 | 6 | 6 | .930 | 2.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Schoolboy Rowe | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Newhouser | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 45 | 1 | 3 | .982 | 1.447 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Manders | P | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Henshaw | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .609 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Gorsica | P | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Fuchs | P | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Bridges | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 32 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 2.043 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Benton | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 39 | 5 | 0 | .919 | 1.629 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric McNair | SS | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 32 | 8 | 6 | .881 | 2.810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Lipon | SS | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 85 | 103 | 11 | 24 | .945 | 5.529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Hitchcock | SS | 80 | 0 | 0.0 | 157 | 199 | 21 | 39 | .944 | 4.450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Moe Franklin | SS | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 67 | 79 | 5 | 14 | .967 | 4.563 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Bloodworth | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1570 | 0 | 0.0 | 4200 | 1801 | 194 | 358 | .969 | 3.822 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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