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1938 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937/1939)
84-70, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 862 runs, Allowed 795 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71
Managed by Mickey Cochrane and Del Baker

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 799,557 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 107, Pitching - 105
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Game Results

Season Summary   84-70 , Final Rank: 4, GB:   16.0
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:          14 (last on October 2)
Most Games under .500:           8 (last on July 21)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       23.5 (last on September 9)

Longest Winning Streak:          8 (July 24 to July 30)
Longest Losing Streak:           7 (July 14 to July 21)

Most Runs Allowed:              16 (July 17)
Most Runs Scored:               18 (June 12)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       6
Times Opponent Shutout:          3

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        84  70     862     795    .545

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           48  31     447     392    .608
Road           36  39     415     403    .480

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           5   6      55      44    .455
May            13  12     123     117    .520
June           15  15     188     177    .500
July           13  13     140     148    .500
August         16  14     177     183    .533
September      20   9     165     112    .690
October         2   1      14      14    .667

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     35  36     390     368    .493
Second Half    49  34     472     427    .590
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        20  23     213     216    .465

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        27  23     339     308    .540

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BOS            12  10     135     118    .545
CHW            15   7     110      73    .682
CLE            10  12      99     112    .455
NYY             8  14     108     138    .364
PHA            14   8     136     114    .636
SLB            12  10     125     109    .545
WSH            13   9     149     131    .591

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Apr 19     DET @CHW  L   3-4        0-1     5     1.5  1:59 J Whitehead                18,000 -
  2 Wed, Apr 20     DET @CHW  L   4-5        0-2     7     2.5  2:42 J Rigney                    2,500 --
  3 Thu, Apr 21     DET @CHW  W   9-3        1-2     5     2.0  2:10 E Auker                     2,500 +
  4 Fri, Apr 22     DET  CLE  L   3-4        1-3     6     2.0  2:28 M Harder                   54,500 -
  5 Sat, Apr 23     DET  CLE  L   3-6        1-4     7     3.0  2:41 J Allen                    13,200 --
  6 Sun, Apr 24     DET  CLE  L   4-9        1-5     8     4.0  2:21 B Feller                   32,969 ---
  7 Mon, Apr 25     DET @SLB  W  10-1        2-5     8     3.5  2:10 V Kennedy                   1,988 +
  8 Tue, Apr 26     DET @SLB  W   7-1        3-5     6     3.5  2:13 E Auker                     1,588 ++
  9 Wed, Apr 27     DET @SLB  L   2-7        3-6     7     3.5  2:42 B Newsom                    1,448 -
 10 Fri, Apr 29     DET  CHW  W   5-1        4-6     6     4.0  1:54 B Poffenberg                7,500 +
 11 Sat, Apr 30     DET @CLE  W   5-3        5-6     6     3.0  2:17 V Kennedy                  12,000 ++
 12 Sun, May  1     DET @CLE  L   3-4        5-7     6     4.0  2:26 M Harder                   23,782 -
 13 Mon, May  2     DET @CLE  L   3-11       5-8     6     5.0  2:17 J Allen                     7,500 --
 14 Tue, May  3     DET @BOS  L   3-4        5-9     7     6.0  2:43 L Grove                     4,500 ---
 15 Wed, May  4     DET @BOS  W   4-1        6-9     6     5.0  2:00 B Poffenberg                6,600 +
 16 Thu, May  5     DET @BOS  W   7-5        7-9     6     4.0  2:37 V Kennedy                   5,500 ++
 17 Sat, May  7     DET @NYY  L   8-12       7-10    6     5.5  2:28 L Gomez                    41,070 -
 18 Sun, May  8     DET @PHA  L   6-7        7-11    6     5.5  2:28 L Nelson                   10,000 --
 19 Wed, May 11     DET @WSH  W   4-1        8-11    5     5.0       V Kennedy                   6,500 +
 20 Thu, May 12     DET @WSH  L   6-7        8-12    5     6.0  2:16 J DeShong                   7,000 -
 21 Fri, May 13     DET  SLB  W   7-5        9-12    5     5.0  2:07 G Gill                      5,500 +
 22 Sun, May 15     DET  SLB  L   1-4        9-13    6     6.0  1:30 O Hildebrand                8,500 -
 23 Mon, May 16     DET  WSH  W  13-7       10-13    5     5.5  2:35 V Kennedy                   8,000 +
 24 Wed, May 18     DET  WSH  L   1-5       10-14    6     6.0  1:46 W Ferrell                   4,700 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Thu, May 19     DET  PHA  W   6-2       11-14    6     6.0  2:00 G Gill                      4,850 +
 26 Fri, May 20     DET  PHA  L   2-5       11-15    6     7.0  2:11 B Thomas                    6,700 -
 27 Sat, May 21     DET  PHA  W   7-5       12-15    5     6.0  1:35 V Kennedy                   7,400 +
 28 Sun, May 22     DET  BOS  W   4-3       13-15    5     6.0  1:58 B Poffenberg               27,700 ++
 29 Tue, May 24     DET  BOS  L   4-5       13-16    6     7.0  2:25 L Grove                     6,600 -
 30 Wed, May 25     DET  NYY  W   7-3       14-16    6     7.0  1:56 G Gill                     17,000 +
 31 Thu, May 26     DET  NYY  L   1-5       14-17    6     7.0  2:06 R Ruffing                  22,000 -
 32 Fri, May 27     DET @CHW  W   5-2       15-17    5     6.5  1:45 V Kennedy                   8,000 +
 33 Sat, May 28     DET @CHW  W   9-1       16-17    5     6.0  1:54 T Bridges                   5,000 ++
 34 Sun, May 29     DET @CHW  W   2-1       17-17    5     5.0  1:53 B Poffenberg               16,000 +++
 35 Mon, May 30     DET  SLB  W  10-9       18-17    5     6.0  2:45 S Coffman                       0 ++++
 36                 DET  SLB  L   0-3       18-18    5     6.0       L Tietje                      120 -
 37 Wed, Jun  1     DET @NYY  W   8-4       19-18    5     5.0  1:55 V Kennedy                   8,462 +
 38 Thu, Jun  2     DET @NYY  L   4-5       19-19    5     6.5  1:46 S Chandler                      0 -
 39                 DET @NYY  L   2-5       19-20    5     6.5  1:46 M Pearson                         --
 40 Fri, Jun  3     DET @NYY  L   1-5       19-21    5     7.5  1:28 R Ruffing                   6,294 ---
 41 Sat, Jun  4     DET @BOS  L   3-5       19-22    5     8.5  1:41 L Grove                     9,700 ----
 42 Sun, Jun  5     DET @BOS  W  10-4       20-22    5     8.5  2:00 V Kennedy                  29,000 +
 43 Mon, Jun  6     DET @BOS  L   7-8       20-23    5     8.5  2:02 J Wilson                    4,000 -
 44 Tue, Jun  7     DET @PHA  W   5-4       21-23    5     8.5  2:05 G Gill                      8,000 +
 45 Wed, Jun  8     DET @PHA  W   5-1       22-23    5     7.5  2:20 T Bridges                   5,000 ++
 46 Thu, Jun  9     DET @PHA  L   5-8       22-24    5     7.5  2:27 C Dean                     15,000 -
 47 Fri, Jun 10     DET @WSH  W   7-6       23-24    5     6.5  2:24 H Eisenstat                       +
 48 Sat, Jun 11     DET @WSH  W   7-2       24-24    5     6.0  1:38 R Lawson                   10,000 ++
 49 Sun, Jun 12     DET @WSH  W  18-12      25-24    5     5.0  2:47 T Bridges                  18,000 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Tue, Jun 14     DET  PHA  L   2-8       25-25    5     5.0  1:54 L Nelson                    7,000 -
 51 Wed, Jun 15     DET  PHA  L   6-7       25-26    5     6.0  2:10 C Dean                      5,400 --
 52 Thu, Jun 16     DET  PHA  W  12-3       26-26    5     6.0  2:10 T Bridges                   4,850 +
 53 Fri, Jun 17     DET  WSH  L  10-12      26-27    5     6.5  2:20 W Ferrell                       0 -
 54                 DET  WSH  W   4-3       27-27    5     6.5  1:42 R Lawson                          +
 55 Sat, Jun 18     DET  WSH  W   5-3       28-27    4     5.5  1:51 H Eisenstat                 9,200 ++
 56 Sun, Jun 19     DET  WSH  L   6-10      28-28    5     6.5  2:23 P Appleton                 22,200 -
 57 Tue, Jun 21     DET  BOS  L   3-8       28-29    5     7.0  2:20 F Ostermuell                    0 --
 58                 DET  BOS  W   5-4       29-29    5     7.0  2:06 R Lawson                   26,400 +
 59 Wed, Jun 22     DET  BOS  W   8-3       30-29    4     7.5  1:55 V Kennedy                   7,000 ++
 60 Thu, Jun 23     DET  BOS  W  10-2       31-29    4     6.5  2:06 G Gill                      6,900 +++
 61 Fri, Jun 24     DET  NYY  W  12-8       32-29    4     6.5  2:17 J Wade                     15,300 ++++
 62 Sat, Jun 25     DET  NYY  L   3-9       32-30    4     7.0  2:23 R Ruffing                  22,500 -
 63 Sun, Jun 26     DET  NYY  L   3-10      32-31    5     7.5  2:40 M Pearson                  25,000 --
 64 Tue, Jun 28     DET @CLE  L   4-5       32-32    5     9.0  2:20 J Allen                    12,000 ---
 65 Wed, Jun 29     DET @CLE  W   4-3       33-32    5     8.0  2:25 E Auker                    15,000 +
 66 Thu, Jun 30     DET @CLE  L   9-10      33-33    5     9.0  2:55 J Allen                    15,000 -
 67 Sat, Jul  2     DET @SLB  L   5-13      33-34    4     9.5  2:34 L Mills                     1,192 --
 68 Sun, Jul  3     DET @SLB  L   5-6       33-35    5    10.5  2:16 O Hildebrand                    0 ---
 69                 DET @SLB  L   2-6       33-36    5    10.5  1:50 B Newsom                          ----
 70 Mon, Jul  4     DET  CLE  W   7-3       34-36    4     8.5  2:17 E Auker                         0 +
 71                 DET  CLE  W   5-2       35-36    4     8.5  2:22 H Eisenstat                53,700 ++
 72 Fri, Jul  8     DET  CHW  W   7-5       36-36    4     9.0  1:57 R Lawson                        0 +++
 73                 DET  CHW  L   3-5       36-37    4     9.0  2:58 J Rigney                          -
 74 Sat, Jul  9     DET  CHW  W   4-0       37-37    4     9.0  1:56 E Auker                     8,200 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Sun, Jul 10     DET  CHW  L   4-5       37-38    5    10.0  1:58 T Lyons                    18,000 -
 76 Wed, Jul 13     DET @BOS  L   4-7       37-39    5     9.5  1:58 E Dickman                         --
 77                 DET @BOS  W   9-5       38-39    5     9.5  2:00 E Auker                    20,000 +
 78 Thu, Jul 14     DET @BOS  L   1-12      38-40    5    10.5  2:05 L Grove                     4,200 -
 79 Fri, Jul 15     DET @NYY  L   0-3       38-41    5    11.5  1:09 L Gomez                    17,039 --
 80 Sat, Jul 16     DET @NYY  L   5-7       38-42    5    12.5  1:54 R Ruffing                  17,796 ---
 81 Sun, Jul 17     DET @NYY  L   3-16      38-43    5    13.5  2:12 S Chandler                 24,000 ----
 82 Tue, Jul 19     DET @WSH  L   3-4       38-44    6    13.5  2:32 C Hogsett                   5,000 -----
 83 Wed, Jul 20     DET @WSH  L   2-7       38-45    6    14.0       W Ferrell                   3,000 ------
 84 Thu, Jul 21     DET @WSH  L   3-4       38-46    6    14.5  2:13 D Leonard                   4,000 -------
 85 Sun, Jul 24     DET @PHA  W   7-6       39-46    6    13.5  2:17 E Auker                         0 +
 86                 DET @PHA  W   7-3       40-46    6    13.5  2:32 T Bridges                  12,000 ++
 87 Tue, Jul 26     DET  WSH  W   6-5       41-46    6    14.0  2:00 H Eisenstat                68,000 +++
 88 Wed, Jul 27     DET  WSH  W   9-4       42-46    5    14.0  2:12 R Lawson                    6,500 ++++
 89 Thu, Jul 28     DET  WSH  W  12-4       43-46    5    13.0  1:55 G Gill                      5,200 +++++
 90 Fri, Jul 29     DET  PHA  W   9-2       44-46    5    13.0  1:44 E Auker                           ++++++
 91 Sat, Jul 30     DET  PHA  W  10-7       45-46    4    12.5  2:29 H Eisenstat                     0 +++++++
 92                 DET  PHA  W   8-7       46-46    4    12.5  2:17 H Eisenstat                       ++++++++
 93 Mon, Aug  1     DET  PHA  L   0-4       46-47    5    14.0  2:14 B Ross                      5,800 -
 94 Tue, Aug  2     DET  NYY  W   4-3       47-47    5    13.0  1:50 G Gill                     19,000 +
 95 Wed, Aug  3     DET  NYY  L   7-10      47-48    5    14.0  3:12 J Murphy                   20,000 -
 96 Thu, Aug  4     DET  NYY  L   4-8       47-49    5    15.0  2:30 M Pearson                  16,000 --
 97 Fri, Aug  5     DET  BOS  L   8-9       47-50    5    16.0  2:46 J Bagby                     7,200 ---
 98 Sat, Aug  6     DET  BOS  L   8-14      47-51    5    17.0  2:45 J Bagby                    10,200 ----
 99 Sun, Aug  7     DET  BOS  W   7-3       48-51    5    17.0  1:53 G Gill                     19,000 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Tue, Aug  9     DET @CHW  W   4-1       49-51    5    16.0  2:14 T Bridges                   4,000 ++
101 Wed, Aug 10     DET @CHW  L   7-8       49-52    5    17.0  2:03 T Lee                       3,000 -
102 Thu, Aug 11     DET @CHW  L   1-13      49-53    5    18.0  2:04 M Stratton                  3,000 --
103 Sat, Aug 13     DET @SLB  L   3-6       49-54    5    19.0  2:18 B Cox                             ---
104 Sun, Aug 14     DET @SLB  L   1-7       49-55    5    20.5  2:24 B Newsom                        0 ----
105                 DET @SLB  -   3-3       49-55    5    20.5  1:56                                   ----
106 Wed, Aug 17     DET  CHW  W   4-3       50-55    5    20.5  1:45 T Bridges                       0 +
107                 DET  CHW  W   3-2       51-55    5    20.5  2:15 A Benton                          ++
108 Thu, Aug 18     DET  CHW  W   5-1       52-55    5    20.0  2:12 G Gill                      6,500 +++
109 Fri, Aug 19     DET  SLB  W   8-7       53-55    5    19.5  2:22 J Wade                          0 ++++
110                 DET  SLB  W   7-4       54-55    5    19.5  2:14 E Auker                           +++++
111 Sat, Aug 20     DET  SLB  W   6-4       55-55    4    19.5  2:00 R Lawson                    8,200 ++++++
112 Sun, Aug 21     DET  SLB  L   4-9       55-56    5    21.0  2:20 B Newsom                    9,500 -
113 Tue, Aug 23     DET @PHA  W  13-5       56-56    4    20.0  2:22 T Bridges                       0 +
114                 DET @PHA  W   8-3       57-56    4    20.0  2:11 G Gill                      8,000 ++
115 Wed, Aug 24     DET @PHA  L   5-10      57-57    5    21.0  2:01 N Potter                        0 -
116                 DET @PHA  L   2-11      57-58    5    21.0  1:47 G Caster                    6,000 --
117 Thu, Aug 25     DET @WSH  L   2-8       57-59    5    22.5  1:50 P Appleton                  4,000 ---
118 Fri, Aug 26     DET @WSH  W   9-3       58-59    5    22.0  2:10 A Benton                   10,000 +
119 Sat, Aug 27     DET @WSH  W  12-11      59-59    5    22.5  2:45 J Wade                      7,000 ++
120 Sun, Aug 28     DET @BOS  W   4-3       60-59    4    22.5  2:17 T Bridges                  18,000 +++
121 Mon, Aug 29     DET @BOS  W  15-1       61-59    4    22.5  2:00 E Auker                     4,500 ++++
122 Tue, Aug 30     DET @NYY  L   1-3       61-60    4    23.5  1:30 S Chandler                  8,465 -
123 Wed, Aug 31     DET @NYY  W  12-6       62-60    4    22.5  2:15 V Kennedy                   7,854 +
124 Thu, Sep  1     DET @NYY  W   6-3       63-60    4    21.5  2:23 S Coffman                   6,946 ++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Sat, Sep  3     DET @CHW  W  11-4       64-60    4    21.0  2:28 T Bridges                   3,000 +++
126 Sun, Sep  4     DET @CHW  L   1-2       64-61    4    22.0  2:00 J Rigney                    7,500 -
127 Mon, Sep  5     DET @SLB  L   2-3       64-62    4    23.0  1:57 L Mills                         0 --
128                 DET @SLB  W   9-3       65-62    4    23.0  1:45 E Auker                           +
129 Tue, Sep  6     DET  CLE  L   0-6       65-63    4    23.5  1:52 B Feller                    4,800 -
130 Wed, Sep  7     DET  CLE  L   0-1       65-64    4    23.5  1:46 M Harder                    3,000 --
131 Thu, Sep  8     DET @CLE  W   4-1       66-64    4    23.5  2:09 A Benton                    2,000 +
132 Fri, Sep  9     DET @CLE  W  11-5       67-64    4    23.5  2:12 T Bridges                   5,000 ++
133 Sun, Sep 11     DET  CHW  W  10-1       68-64    4    22.5  1:50 G Gill                          0 +++
134                 DET  CHW  W   5-3       69-64    4    22.5  2:02 H Eisenstat                       ++++
135 Mon, Sep 12     DET  CHW  W   4-3       70-64    4    22.0  1:40 A Benton                    3,500 +++++
136 Tue, Sep 13     DET  BOS  W   9-3       71-64    4    22.0  1:50 V Kennedy                   6,000 ++++++
137 Wed, Sep 14     DET  BOS  L   2-9       71-65    4    22.5  1:38 J Heving                          -
138 Thu, Sep 15     DET  NYY  W   6-4       72-65    4    21.5  2:06 S Coffman                   8,200 +
139 Fri, Sep 16     DET  NYY  L   4-6       72-66    4    22.5  1:47 L Gomez                     8,000 -
140 Sat, Sep 17     DET  NYY  W   7-3       73-66    4    21.5  1:50 A Benton                   19,200 +
141 Sun, Sep 18     DET  WSH  W   8-1       74-66    4    20.0  2:06 T Bridges                  15,700 ++
142 Mon, Sep 19     DET  WSH  L   2-12      74-67    4    20.0  1:48 P Appleton                  2,700 -
143 Wed, Sep 21     DET  PHA  W   8-6       75-67    4    18.0  2:09 R Lawson                        0 +
144                 DET  PHA  W   3-0       76-67    4    18.0  1:02 B Poffenberg                      ++
145 Fri, Sep 23     DET  CLE  L   1-8       76-68    4    19.5  2:06 B Feller                        0 -
146                 DET  CLE  L   5-6       76-69    4    19.5  1:55 E Whitehill                       --
147 Sat, Sep 24     DET  CLE  W   7-6       77-69    4    18.5  2:20 H Eisenstat                 8,900 +
148 Sun, Sep 25     DET  CLE  W   7-5       78-69    4    17.5  1:56 B Poffenberg               19,700 ++
149 Tue, Sep 27     DET  SLB  W   5-4       79-69    4    17.5  2:10 R Lawson                        0 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150                 DET  SLB  W  10-2       80-69    4    17.5  1:40 S Coffman                         ++++
151 Wed, Sep 28     DET  SLB  W  12-0       81-69    4    16.5  1:55 G Gill                      5,000 +++++
152 Thu, Sep 29     DET  SLB  W   6-2       82-69    4    16.5  1:58 T Bridges                         ++++++
153 Sat, Oct  1     DET @CLE  L   0-5       82-70    4    16.5  1:38 D Galehouse                       -
154 Sun, Oct  2     DET @CLE  W   4-1       83-70    4    16.0  2:07 H Eisenstat                     0 +
155                 DET @CLE  W  10-8       84-70    4    16.0  1:37 B Harris                          ++

Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.


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