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1940 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1939/1941) 90-64, Finished 1st in American League View League Standings and Leaders Won AL Pennant Scored 888 runs, Allowed 717 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-62 Managed by Del Baker Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,112,693 (1st of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 109, Pitching - 108   (one-year): Batting - 111, Pitching - 108   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Lost World Series (4-3) to Cincinnati Reds BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 Stats (1939/1941) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Birdie Tebbetts     27  111  379   46  112  24  4   4   46  35   14  .296  .357  .412   4   5   9   1   2           92
1B  Rudy York           26  155  588  105  186  46  6  33  134  89   88  .316  .410  .583   3   2  12   4   4          145
2B *Charlie Gehringer   37  139  515  108  161  33  3  10   81 101   17  .313  .428  .447  10   0   9   3  10          119
3B  Pinky Higgins       31  131  480   70  130  24  3  13   76  61   31  .271  .357  .415   4   2  14   3   7           92
SS  Dick Bartell        32  139  528   76  123  24  3   7   53  76   53  .233  .335  .330  12   2  11   5  11           67
OF  Hank Greenberg      29  148  573  129  195  50  8  41  150  93   75  .340  .433  .670   6   3  15   1   3          171
OF *Barney McCosky      23  143  589  123  200  39 19   4   57  67   41  .340  .408  .491  13   9   8   1   3          124
OF  Pete Fox            31   93  350   49  101  17  4   5   48  21   30  .289  .329  .403   7   7   4   0   3           82
   *Bruce Campbell      30  103  297   56   84  15  5   8   44  45   28  .283  .381  .448   2   7   8   2   4          106
   *Billy Sullivan      29   78  220   36   68  14  4   3   41  31   11  .309  .399  .450   2   0   2   2   3          112
   *Earl Averill        38   64  118   10   33   4  1   2   20   5   14  .280  .309  .381   0   0   3   0   1           72
    Red Kress           33   33   99   13   22   3  1   1   11  10   12  .222  .294  .303   0   0   7   0   1           50
    Dutch Meyer         24   23   58   12   15   3  0   0    6   4   10  .259  .317  .310   2   0   0   1   2           58
    Frank Croucher      25   37   57    3    6   0  0   0    2   4    5  .105  .164  .105   0   0   0   0   0          -31
    Tuck Stainback      28   15   40    4    9   2  0   0    1   1    9  .225  .262  .275   0   0   2   1   2           34
    Scat Metha          26   26   37    6    9   0  1   0    3   2    8  .243  .282  .297   0   1   0   0   1           45
   *Pat Mullin          22    4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Frank Secory        27    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

    Bobo Newsom         32   36  107    9   23   5  0   0   16   1   17  .215  .222  .262   0   0   4   0   4           21
    Tommy Bridges       33   29   68    5   12   2  0   0    4   3   23  .176  .211  .206   0   0   1   0   4            5
    Schoolboy Rowe      30   27   67    7   18   6  1   1   18   5   13  .269  .319  .433   1   1   2   0   1           86
    Johnny Gorsica      25   29   62    6   12   0  2   1    7   3   15  .194  .231  .306   0   0   1   0   1           33
   *Hal Newhouser       19   28   40    3    8   0  0   0    2   3    4  .200  .256  .200   0   0   0   0   4           16
    Dizzy Trout         25   33   31    4    4   0  0   0    4   2    9  .129  .182  .129   0   0   1   0   0          -21
   *Fred Hutchinson     20   17   30    1    8   1  0   0    2   0    0  .267  .267  .300   0   0   0   0   0           41
   *Lynn Nelson         35   19   23    4    8   0  0   1    3   0    6  .348  .348  .478   0   0   0   0   0          104
    Al Benton           29   42   17    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    8  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   4         -100
    Tom Seats           29   26   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .083  .083  .083   0   0   0   0   0          -58
    Cotton Pippen       29    4    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   2   0   0         -100
   #Archie McKain       29   27    7    3    1   0  0   0    0   2    4  .143  .333  .143   0   0   0   0   1           24
    Clay Smith          25   14    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
   *Floyd Giebell       30    2    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.4  155 5418  888 1549 312 65 134  829 664  556  .286  .364  .442  66  39 115  24  77          109
    Rank among 8 AL teams          2    1    2   1  4   3        1    7     1     1     2   2   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bobo Newsom         32  36   2.83  21   5  0  34   1  20   3  264.0  235  110   83  19  100  164 1101   2   3  2     167
SP  Tommy Bridges       33  29   3.37  12   9  0  28   1  12   2  197.7  171   89   74  11   88  133  843   5   0  0     140
SP  Schoolboy Rowe      30  27   3.46  16   3  0  23   4  11   1  169.0  170   68   65  15   43   61  706   2   1  0     137
SP  Johnny Gorsica      25  29   4.33   7   7  0  20   2   5   2  160.0  170   85   77  10   57   68  692   2   4  1     109
SP *Hal Newhouser       19  28   4.86   9   9  0  20   3   7   0  133.3  149   81   72  12   76   89  613   1   2  1      97
SP  Fred Hutchinson     20  17   5.68   3   7  0  10   6   1   0   76.0   85   52   48   6   26   32  335   0   2  1      83

CL  Al Benton           29  42   4.42   6  10 17   0  35   0   0   79.3   93   44   39   5   36   50  361   2   0  0     107
RP *Archie McKain       29  27   2.82   5   0  3   0  17   0   0   51.0   48   18   16   2   25   24  224   1   0  0     168
RP *Tom Seats           29  26   4.69   2   2  1   2  10   0   0   55.7   67   43   29   4   21   25  256   2   0  0     101
RP  Dizzy Trout         25  33   4.47   3   7  2  10   6   1   0  100.7  125   60   50   4   54   64  469   3   3  0     106
RP  Clay Smith          25  14   5.08   1   1  0   1   5   0   0   28.3   32   18   16   3   13   14  128   2   1  0      93

    Cotton Pippen       29   4   6.75   1   2  0   3   0   0   0   21.3   29   16   16   3   10    9  102   1   1  0      70
    Floyd Giebell       30   2   1.00   2   0  0   2   0   2   1   18.0   14    2    2   2    4   11   73   1   0  0     473
    Lynn Nelson         35   6  10.93   1   1  0   2   4   0   0   14.0   23   19   17   5    9    7   73   0   0  0      43
    Bud Thomas          29   3   9.00   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    4.0    8    5    4   1    3    0   24   0   0  0      53
    Dick Conger         19   2   3.00   1   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    2    1    1   0    3    1   14   0   0  0     158
   *Bob Uhl             26   1          0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.0    4    5    0   0    2    0    6   1   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.8 155   4.01  90  64 23 155  96  59  10 1375.0 1425  717  613 102  570  752 6020  25  17  5     119
    Rank among 8 AL teams           4   1   8  1           7   2      3    4    4        3    5    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BTebbetts 107 572 89 17 10 .975 6 BSullivan 57 292 29 8 4 .976 2 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 864 118 25 14 .975 8 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.60 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RYork 155 1390 107 15 101 .990 9.66 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1390 107 15 101 .990 9.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .969 5.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGehringer 138 276 374 19 72 .972 4.71 DMeyer 21 28 44 3 6 .960 3.43 SMetha 10 9 15 1 3 .960 2.40 FCroucher 7 4 2 0 1 1.000 0.86 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 317 435 23 82 .970 4.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .937 3.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PHiggins 129 133 239 29 16 .928 2.88 RKress 17 20 41 5 1 .924 3.59 SMetha 6 1 12 1 0 .929 2.17 BSullivan 6 4 14 2 1 .900 3.00 FCroucher 1 2 1 2 0 .600 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 160 307 39 18 .923 3.06 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .949 4.53 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DBartell 139 295 394 34 74 .953 4.96 FCroucher 26 17 27 3 2 .936 1.69 RKress 12 25 33 3 5 .951 4.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 337 454 40 81 .952 5.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .970 2.32 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- HGreenberg 148 298 14 15 1 .954 2.11 148 0 0 BMcCosky 141 349 7 6 2 .983 2.52 0 141 0 PFox 85 169 6 6 0 .967 2.06 2 1 82 BCampbell 74 133 6 6 0 .959 1.88 0 0 74 EAverill 22 23 2 1 0 .962 1.14 7 11 5 TStainback 9 26 4 1 0 .968 3.33 1 8 0 PMullin 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 998 39 35 3 .967 2.26 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .956 2.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BNewsom 36 3 32 3 3 .921 1.19 TBridges 29 4 30 2 0 .944 1.55 SRowe 27 10 28 0 2 1.000 2.02 JGorsica 29 15 53 4 2 .944 3.83 HNewhouser 28 5 31 1 0 .973 2.43 DTrout 33 5 25 2 1 .937 2.68 ABenton 42 5 11 3 1 .842 1.82 FHutchinson 17 2 16 2 1 .900 2.13 TSeats 26 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.42 AMcKain 27 2 16 0 0 1.000 3.18 CSmith 14 1 10 0 0 1.000 3.50 CPippen 4 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.54 FGiebell 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 LNelson 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.93 BThomas 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 9.00 DConger 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BUhl 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 60 276 17 10 .952 2.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Greenberg and McCosky .340 On-base % Greenberg .433 Slugging % Greenberg .670 OPS Greenberg 1.103 Games York 155 At Bats McCosky 589 Plate Appearances (approx.) York 685 Runs Greenberg 129 Hits McCosky 200 Total Bases Greenberg 384 Doubles Greenberg 50 Triples McCosky 19 Home Runs Greenberg 41 RBI Greenberg 150 Bases on Balls Gehringer 101 Strikeouts York 88 Stolen Bases McCosky 13 Singles McCosky 138 Adjusted OPS+ Greenberg 171 Runs Created Greenberg 166 Adjusted Batting Runs Greenberg 64 Batting Wins Greenberg 5.9 Extra-Base Hits Greenberg 99 Times on Base Greenberg 289 Offensive Win% Greenberg .812 Hit By Pitch Bartell 5 Sac. Hits Bartell 11 Grounded into Double Plays Greenberg 15 Caught Stealing McCosky 9 Power/Speed Number Greenberg 10.5 At Bats per Strikeout Gehringer 30.3 At Bats per Home Run Greenberg 14.0 Outs Bartell 429

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Newsom 2.83 Wins Newsom 21 Won-Loss % Rowe .842 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Rowe 1.260 Hits Allowed/9IP Bridges 7.79 Bases on Balls/9IP Rowe 2.29 Strikeouts/9IP Bridges 6.06 Games Benton 42 Saves Benton 17 Innings Newsom 264.0 Strikeouts Newsom 164 Games Started Newsom 34 Comp. Games Newsom 20 Shutouts Newsom 3 Home Runs Allow. Newsom 19 Bases On Balls Allow. Newsom 100 Hits Allowed Newsom 235 SO to Walk Newsom 1.64 Losses Benton 10 Earned Runs Allow. Newsom 83 Wild Pitches Bridges 5 Hit Batsmen Gorsica 4 Batters Faced Newsom 1101 Games Finished Benton 35 Adjusted ERA+ Newsom 167

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