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1941 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940/1942)
75-79, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 686 runs, Allowed 743 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-83
Managed by Del Baker

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 684,915 (4th of 8)
Park Factors
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Batting - 110, Pitching - 109
  (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 107
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Game Results

Season Summary   75-79 , Final Rank: 4, GB:   26.0
Days in First:               never

Most Games over  .500:           5 (last on June 11)
Most Games under .500:          11 (last on August 21)

Biggest Lead:                never led
Farthest Behind Leader:       27.0 (last on September 20)

Longest Winning Streak:          5 (May 2 to May 6 and May 15 to May 19)
Longest Losing Streak:           8 (July 18 to July 25)

Most Runs Allowed:              15 (May 1)
Most Runs Scored:               16 (September 1)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       9
Times Opponent Shutout:          8

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        75  79     686     743    .487

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           43  34     381     377    .558
Road           32  45     305     366    .416

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
April           6   7      63      66    .462
May            17  13     163     139    .567
June           12  16     125     155    .429
July           10  19     100     160    .345
August         17  14     125     124    .548
September      13  10     110      99    .565

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     39  40     383     399    .494
Second Half    36  39     303     344    .480
One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        20  21     163     164    .488

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        13  31     201     303    .295

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
BOS            11  11     110     138    .500
CHW            10  12      94      79    .455
CLE            12  10      95      84    .545
NYY            11  11     105     113    .500
PHA            13   9      97      93    .591
SLB            11  11      99     114    .500
WSH             7  15      86     122    .318

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Wed, Apr 16     DET @SLB  L   1-8        0-1     6     1.5  2:25 E Auker                     3,061 -
  2 Fri, Apr 18     DET  CLE  W   4-2        1-1     2     1.5  1:51 T Bridges                  42,165 +
  3 Sat, Apr 19     DET  CLE  L   1-2        1-2     6     2.5  2:40 B Feller                   15,251 -
  4 Sun, Apr 20     DET  CLE  L   2-4        1-3     6     3.5  2:37 M Harder                   19,437 --
  5 Tue, Apr 22     DET  CHW  L   3-6        1-4     8     3.0  1:55 B Dietrich                  3,595 ---
  6 Wed, Apr 23     DET  CHW  W  13-5        2-4     7     2.0  2:14 H Newhouser                 3,288 +
  7 Thu, Apr 24     DET  SLB  W   4-2        3-4     5     2.0  1:55 T Bridges                   2,000 ++
  8 Fri, Apr 25     DET  SLB  W  12-11       4-4     4     2.0  3:04 A Benton                    3,410 +++
  9 Sat, Apr 26     DET @CLE  L   3-6        4-5     5     3.0  2:25 M Harder                    7,000 -
 10 Sun, Apr 27     DET @CLE  L   1-2        4-6     5     3.0  2:02 B Feller                   31,728 --
 11 Mon, Apr 28     DET @CLE  L   2-7        4-7     5     4.0  2:10 A Milnar                    3,500 ---
 12 Tue, Apr 29     DET  BOS  W   5-3        5-7     5     4.0  1:57 J Gorsica                   4,696 +
 13 Wed, Apr 30     DET  BOS  W  12-8        6-7     5     4.0  2:27 B Newsom                    5,147 ++
 14 Thu, May  1     DET  BOS  L   9-15       6-8     5     5.0  2:40 E Johnson                   4,588 -
 15 Fri, May  2     DET  PHA  W  15-1        7-8     5     5.0  1:53 S Rowe                      2,717 +
 16 Sat, May  3     DET  PHA  W   4-3        8-8     4     5.0  2:07 H Newhouser                 7,724 ++
 17 Sun, May  4     DET  NYY  W  10-1        9-8     4     5.0  2:21 B Newsom                   43,471 +++
 18 Mon, May  5     DET  NYY  W   7-3       10-8     3     5.0  2:08 T Bridges                   9,303 ++++
 19 Tue, May  6     DET  NYY  W   7-4       11-8     2     4.0  2:04 J Gorsica                   7,850 +++++
 20 Wed, May  7     DET  WSH  L   2-4       11-9     3     4.0  1:55 S Hudson                    6,252 -
 21 Thu, May  8     DET  WSH  L   1-7       11-10    4     4.0  2:12 S Sundra                    2,922 --
 22 Sat, May 10     DET @CHW  L   3-4       11-11    5     4.5  1:50 T Lee                       3,323 ---
 23 Sun, May 11     DET @CHW  L   1-2       11-12    5     5.0  2:17 T Lyons                     9,698 ----
 24 Tue, May 13     DET @WSH  L   4-5       11-13    5     6.0  2:10 S Hudson                    2,500 -----

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Wed, May 14     DET @WSH  L   4-9       11-14    5     7.0  2:03 S Sundra                    4,000 ------
 26 Thu, May 15     DET @PHA  W  10-2       12-14    5     7.0  2:28 H Newhouser                10,000 +
 27 Fri, May 16     DET @PHA  W   5-4       13-14    5     7.0  2:00 D Trout                     1,000 ++
 28 Sat, May 17     DET @PHA  W   8-5       14-14    4     7.0       T Bridges                  12,361 +++
 29 Sun, May 18     DET @BOS  W   6-5       15-14    3     6.0  2:58 A Benton                   23,000 ++++
 30 Mon, May 19     DET @BOS  W   4-2       16-14    3     5.0  2:12 J Gorsica                   3,000 +++++
 31 Tue, May 20     DET @BOS  L   2-4       16-15    3     5.0  1:44 E Johnson                   3,300 -
 32 Wed, May 21     DET @NYY  L   4-5       16-16    5     6.0  2:47 C Stanceu                  10,596 --
 33 Thu, May 22     DET @NYY  L   5-6       16-17    5     7.0  2:25 S Peek                     10,156 ---
 34 Fri, May 23     DET  CHW  L   1-7       16-18    5     7.5  1:58 T Lyons                           ----
 35                 DET  CHW  W   9-0       17-18    5     7.5  1:45 D Trout                     8,232 +
 36 Sat, May 24     DET  CHW  W   1-0       18-18    4     7.5  1:50 J Gorsica                   8,933 ++
 37 Sun, May 25     DET  CHW  L   3-7       18-19    5     8.5  2:18 T Lee                      20,520 -
 38 Mon, May 26     DET @CLE  W   5-3       19-19    4     7.5  2:18 B Newsom                    4,500 +
 39 Tue, May 27     DET @CLE  W   9-6       20-19    4     6.5  2:12 S Rowe                      4,500 ++
 40 Wed, May 28     DET  CLE  W   8-5       21-19    4     5.5  2:26 A Benton                    5,731 +++
 41 Thu, May 29     DET  CLE  L   0-9       21-20    4     6.5  2:23 B Feller                    4,908 -
 42 Fri, May 30     DET  SLB  W   6-5       22-20    4     4.5  2:36 A Benton                          +
 43                 DET  SLB  W  10-6       23-20    4     4.5  2:22 B Thomas                   35,412 ++
 44 Sun, Jun  1     DET  BOS  L   6-7       23-21    6     4.5  2:20 M Ryba                            -
 45                 DET  BOS  L   5-6       23-22    6     4.5  2:25 J Wilson                   25,851 --
 46 Mon, Jun  2     DET  BOS  L   1-9       23-23    6     5.5  2:00 J Dobson                    2,861 ---
 47 Tue, Jun  3     DET  NYY  W   4-2       24-23    6     5.0  1:39 D Trout                     3,523 +
 48 Thu, Jun  5     DET  NYY  W   5-4       25-23    5     4.0  2:43 B Newsom                    8,230 ++
 49 Fri, Jun  6     DET  WSH  W  11-8       26-23    4     4.0  2:21 S Rowe                      2,812 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Sat, Jun  7     DET  WSH  W  10-6       27-23    3     4.0  1:50 A McKain                    7,501 ++++
 51 Sun, Jun  8     DET  WSH  L   3-9       27-24    5     5.5  2:08 D Leonard                         -
 52 Tue, Jun 10     DET  PHA  W   4-3       28-24    5     5.5  2:24 A Benton                    4,184 +
 53 Wed, Jun 11     DET  PHA  W   5-2       29-24    4     5.5  2:01 B Newsom                    3,906 ++
 54 Thu, Jun 12     DET  PHA  L   3-5       29-25    4     6.0  1:56 P Marchildon                3,851 -
 55 Sun, Jun 15     DET @WSH  L   5-7       29-26    4     5.0  2:20 S Hudson                          --
 56                 DET @WSH  W   4-2       30-26    4     5.0  1:25 D Trout                    10,000 +
 57 Mon, Jun 16     DET @WSH  L   1-3       30-27    4     5.0  2:03 K Chase                     1,500 -
 58 Tue, Jun 17     DET @BOS  L   6-14      30-28    5     5.5  2:32 J Wilson                          --
 59                 DET @BOS  W   8-5       31-28    5     5.5  2:28 A McKain                   23,000 +
 60 Wed, Jun 18     DET @BOS  W   5-2       32-28    5     5.5  2:22 S Rowe                      5,400 ++
 61 Thu, Jun 19     DET @BOS  L   4-6       32-29    5     6.5  2:21 D Newsome                   4,100 -
 62 Fri, Jun 20     DET @NYY  L   4-14      32-30    5     6.5  2:07 M Russo                    10,129 --
 63 Sat, Jun 21     DET @NYY  W   7-2       33-30    4     5.5  2:14 D Trout                    20,067 +
 64 Sun, Jun 22     DET @NYY  L   4-5       33-31    5     6.5  2:22 J Murphy                   27,072 -
 65 Tue, Jun 24     DET @PHA  W   2-1       34-31    4     5.5  1:45 J Gorsica                  22,732 +
 66 Wed, Jun 25     DET @PHA  L   4-5       34-32    5     5.5  1:56 J Knott                     2,000 -
 67 Thu, Jun 26     DET @PHA  L   4-8       34-33    5     6.5  2:20 P Marchildon                9,463 --
 68 Fri, Jun 27     DET  SLB  L   0-9       34-34    5     7.5  2:12 B Harris                    3,430 ---
 69 Sat, Jun 28     DET  SLB  L   1-3       34-35    5     7.5  2:44 J Kramer                    4,991 ----
 70 Sun, Jun 29     DET  SLB  W   3-1       35-35    5     8.0  2:06 H Newhouser                 9,612 +
 71 Mon, Jun 30     DET @CHW  L   6-7       35-36    5     8.5  2:02 J Rigney                    2,739 -
 72 Tue, Jul  1     DET @CHW  W   5-1       36-36    5     9.0  2:13 D Trout                     3,323 +
 73 Wed, Jul  2     DET @CHW  W   1-0       37-36    5     9.0  2:01 B Newsom                   22,555 ++
 74 Fri, Jul  4     DET  CHW  L   2-3       37-37    5     9.0  1:53 T Lee                           0 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75                 DET  CHW  W  10-6       38-37    5     9.0  2:22 H Newhouser                40,068 +
 76 Sat, Jul  5     DET @SLB  L   3-9       38-38    5    10.5  2:00 J Allen                         0 -
 77                 DET @SLB  L   1-10      38-39    5    10.5  1:59 E Auker                     2,668 --
 78 Sun, Jul  6     DET @SLB  W   7-5       39-39    5    11.5  2:12 A Benton                        0 +
 79                 DET @SLB  L   3-5       39-40    5    11.5  2:03 B Harris                    6,339 -
 80 Fri, Jul 11     DET  BOS  W   2-0       40-40    5    12.0  2:03 B Newsom                    4,083 +
 81 Sat, Jul 12     DET  BOS  L   5-7       40-41    5    13.5  2:19 D Newsome                       0 -
 82                 DET  BOS  L   2-10      40-42    5    13.5  1:56 T Hughson                  21,088 --
 83 Sun, Jul 13     DET  PHA  L   4-5       40-43    5    15.0  2:13 J Knott                     8,871 ---
 84 Mon, Jul 14     DET  PHA  W   4-2       41-43    5    14.0  1:59 T Bridges                   2,371 +
 85 Tue, Jul 15     DET  PHA  W   3-2       42-43    5    14.0  2:05 B Newsom                    2,878 ++
 86 Thu, Jul 17     DET  WSH  W   7-1       43-43    4    14.5  1:58 D Trout                     4,092 +++
 87 Fri, Jul 18     DET  WSH  L   1-8       43-44    5    14.5  2:02 D Leonard                   2,048 -
 88 Sat, Jul 19     DET  NYY  L   3-9       43-45    5    16.5  2:13 S Chandler                      0 --
 89                 DET  NYY  L   2-6       43-46    5    16.5  2:12 R Ruffing                  42,092 ---
 90 Sun, Jul 20     DET  NYY  L   6-12      43-47    5    17.5  4:05 J Murphy                   28,000 ----
 91 Tue, Jul 22     DET @WSH  L   4-5       43-48    5    18.5  2:00 S Hudson                    1,500 -----
 92 Wed, Jul 23     DET @WSH  L   1-6       43-49    5    19.5  2:25 D Leonard                  17,000 ------
 93 Thu, Jul 24     DET @WSH  L   5-6       43-50    6    20.5  2:22 K Chase                     1,000 -------
 94 Fri, Jul 25     DET @PHA  L   5-11      43-51    6    21.5       P Marchildon                  144 --------
 95 Sat, Jul 26     DET @PHA  W   4-2       44-51    6    21.5  2:37 J Gorsica                   4,500 +
 96 Sun, Jul 27     DET @PHA  L   1-8       44-52    6    22.5  1:48 J Knott                         0 -
 97                 DET @PHA  L   0-7       44-53    6    22.5  1:50 L McCrabb                  25,609 --
 98 Tue, Jul 29     DET @NYY  W   6-3       45-53    6    21.5  2:48 H Newhouser                 8,525 +
 99 Thu, Jul 31     DET @NYY  L   3-6       45-54    6    23.5  3:18 J Murphy                        0 -

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100                 DET @NYY  L   0-5       45-55    6    23.5  1:35 S Chandler                 14,795 --
101 Sat, Aug  2     DET @BOS  W   6-5       46-55    6    24.0  2:13 T Bridges                   9,357 +
102 Sun, Aug  3     DET @BOS  W   6-3       47-55    6    22.5  2:28 H Newhouser                       ++
103 Tue, Aug  5     DET @CLE  L   1-2       47-56    6    23.0  2:00 A Smith                    30,082 -
104 Wed, Aug  6     DET @CLE  W  11-2       48-56    6    22.5  1:46 A Benton                    2,500 +
105 Thu, Aug  7     DET @CLE  W   4-3       49-56    5    21.5  3:40 S Rowe                      5,000 ++
106 Sat, Aug  9     DET  SLB  W   3-0       50-56    5    21.0  1:52 H Newhouser                 5,999 +++
107 Sun, Aug 10     DET  SLB  L   3-7       50-57    5    22.5  2:11 B Muncrief                 10,015 -
108 Tue, Aug 12     DET  CLE  W   2-0       51-57    5    22.5  2:10 A Benton                        0 +
109                 DET  CLE  L   1-4       51-58    5    22.5  2:08 A Milnar                   10,379 -
110 Wed, Aug 13     DET @CHW  W   4-1       52-58    5    22.0  2:00 B Newsom                    3,571 +
111 Thu, Aug 14     DET @CHW  L   1-3       52-59    5    24.0  1:58 T Lee                           0 -
112                 DET @CHW  L   0-3       52-60    5    24.0  1:37 J Humphries                 6,434 --
113 Fri, Aug 15     DET @SLB  L   1-6       52-61    5    24.5  1:55 B Muncrief                  5,231 ---
114 Sat, Aug 16     DET @SLB  L   2-3       52-62    5    24.5  1:58 E Auker                     1,474 ----
115 Sun, Aug 17     DET @SLB  W   8-1       53-62    5    25.5  2:22 B Newsom                        0 +
116                 DET @SLB  L   1-6       53-63    5    25.5  1:30 G Caster                    6,496 -
117 Tue, Aug 19     DET  NYY  W  12-3       54-63    5    25.5  2:12 H Newhouser                     0 +
118                 DET  NYY  L   3-8       54-64    5    25.5  1:58 M Russo                    17,570 -
119 Wed, Aug 20     DET  NYY  W   1-0       55-64    5    24.5  1:59 T Bridges                   7,043 +
120 Thu, Aug 21     DET  WSH  L   3-6       55-65    5    25.0  1:53 D Leonard                       0 -
121                 DET  WSH  L   0-9       55-66    5    25.0  1:57 S Hudson                    5,455 --
122 Fri, Aug 22     DET  WSH  W   5-4       56-66    5    24.0  1:58 S Rowe                      1,791 +
123 Sat, Aug 23     DET  WSH  W   6-5       57-66    5    24.0  2:36 J Gorsica                   5,410 ++
124 Sun, Aug 24     DET  PHA  W   7-4       58-66    5    24.5  1:58 A Benton                    9,859 +++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
125 Tue, Aug 26     DET  PHA  L   1-9       58-67    5    25.0  2:28 P Marchildon                    0 -
126                 DET  PHA  L   1-2       58-68    5    25.0  1:53 J Knott                     4,014 --
127 Wed, Aug 27     DET  BOS  W   6-3       59-68    5    25.0  1:55 J Gorsica                   4,782 +
128 Thu, Aug 28     DET  BOS  W   8-7       60-68    5    25.0  2:11 H Manders                   3,993 ++
129 Sat, Aug 30     DET @CLE  W   7-3       61-68    5    25.0  2:35 B Newsom                    5,000 +++
130 Sun, Aug 31     DET @CLE  W   7-5       62-68    5    25.5  2:53 D Trout                         0 ++++
131                 DET @CLE  L   4-7       62-69    5    25.5  2:00 C Dean                     14,119 -
132 Mon, Sep  1     DET  SLB  W   9-5       63-69    5    24.5  2:36 A Benton                        0 +
133                 DET  SLB  W  16-8       64-69    5    24.5  2:05 J Gorsica                  22,180 ++
134 Thu, Sep  4     DET  CLE  L   6-7       64-70    5    26.0  3:03 B Feller                    4,317 -
135 Sat, Sep  6     DET  CLE  W   6-2       65-70    5    24.5  2:06 B Newsom                        0 +
136                 DET  CLE  W   7-2       66-70    5    24.5  1:57 A Benton                   16,629 ++
137 Sun, Sep  7     DET  CLE  W   4-1       67-70    5    24.5  1:43 T Bridges                  31,509 +++
138 Tue, Sep  9     DET @BOS  L   0-6       67-71    5    25.5  1:49 D Newsome                   3,200 -
139 Wed, Sep 10     DET @BOS  L   2-11      67-72    5    26.0  2:15 M Harris                    4,931 --
140 Thu, Sep 11     DET @NYY  W   5-4       68-72    5    25.0  2:42 A Benton                    4,489 +
141 Fri, Sep 12     DET @NYY  L   2-8       68-73    5    26.0  2:00 T Bonham                    3,585 -
142 Sat, Sep 13     DET @NYY  W   5-3       69-73    5    25.0       S Rowe                            +
143 Sun, Sep 14     DET @WSH  L   0-2       69-74    5    25.5  1:47 S Hudson                    7,000 -
144 Mon, Sep 15     DET @WSH  L   5-8       69-75    5    26.5  2:11 D Leonard                   1,500 --
145 Tue, Sep 16     DET @WSH  W   4-2       70-75    5    26.0  2:02 S Rowe                      2,000 +
146 Wed, Sep 17     DET @PHA  W   3-2       71-75    4    26.0  2:06 A Benton                          ++
147 Sat, Sep 20     DET @CHW  L   3-4       71-76    5    27.0  2:08 T Lee                       2,785 -
148 Sun, Sep 21     DET @CHW  W   6-3       72-76    5    26.0  1:58 T Bridges                       0 +
149                 DET @CHW  -   1-1       72-76    5    26.0  2:27                            12,536 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
150 Mon, Sep 22     DET @CHW  W  11-0       73-76    4    25.5  1:42 A Benton                    1,651 ++
151 Tue, Sep 23     DET @SLB  W   4-1       74-76    3    24.5  1:57 D Trout                       600 +++
152 Wed, Sep 24     DET @SLB  L   1-3       74-77    4    25.5  1:53 B Harris                      414 -
153 Fri, Sep 26     DET  CHW  W   4-3       75-77    3    26.0  1:46 A Benton                    3,121 +
154 Sat, Sep 27     DET  CHW  L   6-10      75-78    4    26.0  2:12 J Rigney                    8,909 -
155 Sun, Sep 28     DET  CHW  L   0-3       75-79    4    26.0  2:01 T Lee                      12,208 --

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


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