1940 DETROIT TIGERS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 90-64 .584
Result: 1st in American League
Manager(s): Del Baker
General Manager:
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Attendance: 1,112,693
Playoffs: Lost World Series (Reds)

Detroit Tigers affiliate history

Oldest Player: Earl Averill (38)
Youngest Player: Hal Newhouser (19)
Longest Tenure: Charlie Gehringer (17)
Top Hitter: Hank Greenberg (1)
Top Pitcher: Bobo Newsom (3)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 80.78%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Detroit	90	64	.584	--
Cleveland	89	65	.578	1.0
NY Yankees	88	66	.571	2.0
Boston	82	72	.532	8.0
Chi White Sox	82	72	.532	8.0
St. Louis	67	87	.435	23.0
Washington	64	90	.416	26.0
Philadelphia	54	100	.351	36.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
21	Barney McCosky	of	9	23	-	MLB	143	589	123	200	39	19	4	57	13	9	67	41	1		3		8	.340	.000	.491	491	289			-	-
4	Rudy York	1b	2	26	-	MLB	155	588	105	186	46	6	33	134	3	2	89	88	4		4		12	.316	.000	.583	583	343			-	-
5	Hank Greenberg	1b-of	1	29	-	MLB	148	573	129	195	50	8	41	150	6	3	93	75	1		3		15	.340	.000	.670	670	384			-	-
7	Dick Bartell	ss	34	32	-	MLB	139	528	76	123	24	3	7	53	12	2	76	53	5		11		11	.233	.000	.330	330	174			-	-
2	Charlie Gehringer	2b	10	37	-	MLB	139	515	108	161	33	3	10	81	10	0	101	17	3		10		9	.313	.000	.447	447	230			-	-
6	Pinky Higgins	3b	45	31	-	MLB	131	480	70	130	24	3	13	76	4	2	61	31	3		7		14	.271	.000	.415	415	199			-	-
1	Birdie Tebbetts	c	-	27	-	MLB	111	379	46	112	24	4	4	46	4	5	35	14	1		2		9	.296	.000	.412	412	156			-	-
9	Pete Fox	of	-	31	-	MLB	93	350	49	101	17	4	5	48	7	7	21	30	0		3		4	.289	.000	.403	403	141			-	-
20	Bruce Campbell	of	-	30	-	MLB	103	297	56	84	15	5	8	44	2	7	45	28	2		4		8	.283	.000	.448	448	133			-	-
8	Billy Sullivan	c-1b	59	29	-	MLB	78	220	36	68	14	4	3	41	2	0	31	11	2		3		2	.309	.000	.450	450	99			-	-
27	Earl Averill	of	-	38	-	MLB	64	118	10	33	4	1	2	20	0	0	5	14	0		1		3	.280	.000	.381	381	45			-	-
12	Bobo Newsom	p	-	32	-	MLB	36	107	9	23	5	0	0	16	0	0	1	17	0		4		4	.215	.000	.262	262	28			-	-
26	Red Kress	ss-3b	-	33	-	MLB	33	99	13	22	3	1	1	11	0	0	10	12	0		1		7	.222	.000	.303	303	30			-	-
10	Tommy Bridges	p	-	33	-	MLB	29	68	5	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	23	0		4		1	.176	.000	.206	206	14			-	-
14	Schoolboy Rowe	p	-	30	-	MLB	27	67	7	18	6	1	1	18	1	1	5	13	0		1		2	.269	.000	.433	433	29			-	-
26,34	Johnny Gorsica	p	-	25	-	MLB	29	62	6	12	0	2	1	7	0	0	3	15	0		1		1	.194	.000	.306	306	19			-	-
33	Dutch Meyer	2b	-	24	-	MLB	23	58	12	15	3	0	0	6	2	0	4	10	1		2		0	.259	.000	.310	310	18			-	-
3	Frank Croucher	ss	-	25	-	MLB	37	57	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	0		0		0	.105	.000	.105	105	6			-	-
23	Tuck Stainback	of	-	28	-	MLB	15	40	4	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	1		2		2	.225	.000	.275	275	11			-	-
16	Hal Newhouser	p	-	19	-	MLB	28	40	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	0		4		0	.200	.000	.200	200	8			-	-
33	Scat Metha	2b-3b	-	26	-	MLB	26	37	6	9	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	8	0		1		0	.243	.000	.297	297	11			-	-
15	Dizzy Trout	p	-	25	-	MLB	33	31	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	9	0		0		1	.129	.000	.129	129	4			-	-
18	Fred Hutchinson	p	-	20	-	MLB	17	30	1	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.267	.000	.300	300	9			-	-
25	Lynn Nelson	p	-	35	-	MLB	19	23	4	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	6	0		0		0	.348	.000	.478	478	11			-	-
19	Al Benton	p	-	29	-	MLB	42	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0		4		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
24	Tom Seats	p	-	29	-	MLB	26	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0		0	.083	.000	.083	83	1			-	-
17	Cotton Pippen	p	-	29	-	MLB	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0		2	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
29	Clay Smith	p	-	25	-	MLB	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
28	Archie McKain	p	-	29	-	MLB	27	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0		1		0	.143	.000	.143	143	1			-	-
22	Floyd Giebell	p	-	30	-	MLB	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
17	Pat Mullin	of	-	22	-	MLB	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-
-	Frank Secory	of	-	27	-	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000	.000	.000	0	0			-	-

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
12	Bobo Newsom	3	32	-	MLB	21	5	2.83	36	34	20	3	1	0	264.0	235	110	83	19	100	164	2	2	1.27	8.01	0.65	3.41	5.59	0.61	--	--
10	Tommy Bridges	9	33	-	MLB	12	9	3.37	29	28	12	2	1	0	197.2	171	89	74	11	88	133	5	0	1.31	7.79	0.50	4.01	6.06	0.66	--	--
14	Schoolboy Rowe	16	30	-	MLB	16	3	3.46	27	23	11	1	4	0	169.0	170	68	65	15	43	61	2	0	1.26	9.05	0.80	2.29	3.25	0.70	--	--
26,34	Johnny Gorsica	24	25	-	MLB	7	7	4.33	29	20	5	2	2	0	160.0	170	85	77	10	57	68	2	1	1.42	9.56	0.56	3.21	3.83	0.84	--	--
16	Hal Newhouser	52	19	-	MLB	9	9	4.86	28	20	7	0	3	0	133.1	149	81	72	12	76	89	1	1	1.69	10.06	0.81	5.13	6.01	0.85	--	--
15	Dizzy Trout	-	25	-	MLB	3	7	4.47	33	10	1	0	6	2	100.2	125	60	50	4	54	64	3	0	1.78	11.18	0.36	4.83	5.72	0.84	--	--
19	Al Benton	22	29	-	MLB	6	10	4.42	42	0	0	0	35	17	79.1	93	44	39	5	36	50	2	0	1.63	10.55	0.57	4.08	5.67	0.72	--	--
18	Fred Hutchinson	-	20	-	MLB	3	7	5.68	17	10	1	0	6	0	76.0	85	52	48	6	26	32	0	1	1.46	10.07	0.71	3.08	3.79	0.81	--	--
24	Tom Seats	-	29	-	MLB	2	2	4.69	26	2	0	0	10	1	55.2	67	43	29	4	21	25	2	0	1.58	10.83	0.65	3.40	4.04	0.84	--	--
28	Archie McKain	41	29	-	MLB	5	0	2.82	27	0	0	0	17	3	51.0	48	18	16	2	25	24	1	0	1.43	8.47	0.35	4.41	4.24	1.04	--	--
29	Clay Smith	-	25	-	MLB	1	1	5.08	14	1	0	0	5	0	28.1	32	18	16	3	13	14	2	0	1.59	10.16	0.95	4.13	4.45	0.93	--	--
17	Cotton Pippen	-	29	-	MLB	1	2	6.75	4	3	0	0	0	0	21.1	29	16	16	3	10	9	1	0	1.83	12.23	1.27	4.22	3.80	1.11	--	--
22	Floyd Giebell	-	30	-	MLB	2	0	1.00	2	2	2	1	0	0	18.0	14	2	2	2	4	11	1	0	1.00	7.00	1.00	2.00	5.50	0.36	--	--
25	Lynn Nelson	-	35	-	MLB	1	1	10.93	6	2	0	0	4	0	14.0	23	19	17	5	9	7	0	0	2.29	14.79	3.21	5.79	4.50	1.29	--	--
11	Bud Thomas	-	29	-	MLB	0	1	9.00	3	0	0	0	2	0	4.0	8	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	2.75	18.00	2.25	6.75	0.00	--	--	--
22	Dick Conger	-	19	-	MLB	1	0	3.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	1.67	6.00	0.00	9.00	3.00	3.00	--	--
-	Bob Uhl	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	--	1	0	0	0	0	0	--	4	5	0	0	2	0	1	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Totals: (32 players)						90	64	3.99	154	154	59	9	95	23	1,375	1425	716	609	134	570	752	25	5	1.61	9.33	0.67	3.73	4.92	0.76	--

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Birdie Tebbetts	C	107		572	89	17	10	.975	0.00
Billy Sullivan	C	57		292	29	8	4	.976	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rudy York	1B	155		1390	107	15	101	.990	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Charlie Gehringer	2B	138		276	374	19	72	.972	0.00
Dutch Meyer	2B	21		28	44	3	6	.960	0.00
Scat Metha	2B	10		9	15	1	3	.960	0.00
Frank Croucher	2B	7		4	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Pinky Higgins	3B	129		133	239	29	16	.928	0.00
Red Kress	3B	17		20	41	5	1	.924	0.00
Scat Metha	3B	6		1	12	1	0	.929	0.00
Billy Sullivan	3B	6		4	14	2	1	.900	0.00
Frank Croucher	3B	1		2	1	2	0	.600	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dick Bartell	SS	139		295	394	34	74	.953	0.00
Frank Croucher	SS	26		17	27	3	2	.936	0.00
Red Kress	SS	12		25	33	3	5	.951	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hank Greenberg	OF	148		298	14	15	1	.954	0.00
Barney McCosky	OF	141		349	7	6	2	.983	0.00
Pete Fox	OF	85		169	6	6	0	.967	0.00
Bruce Campbell	OF	74		133	6	6	0	.959	0.00
Earl Averill	OF	22		23	2	1	0	.962	0.00
Tuck Stainback	OF	9		26	4	1	0	.968	0.00
Pat Mullin	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Al Benton	P	42	79	5	11	3	1	.842	1.82
Bobo Newsom	P	36	264	3	32	3	3	.921	1.19
Dizzy Trout	P	33	100	5	25	2	1	.937	2.69
Tommy Bridges	P	29	197	4	30	2	0	.944	1.55
Johnny Gorsica	P	29	160	15	53	4	2	.944	3.83
Hal Newhouser	P	28	133	5	31	1	0	.973	2.43
Archie McKain	P	27	51	2	16	0	0	1.000	3.18
Schoolboy Rowe	P	27	169	10	28	0	2	1.000	2.02
Tom Seats	P	26	55	4	11	0	0	1.000	2.45
Fred Hutchinson	P	17	76	2	16	2	1	.900	2.13
Clay Smith	P	14	28	1	10	0	0	1.000	3.52
Lynn Nelson	P	6	14	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.93
Cotton Pippen	P	4	21	2	4	0	0	1.000	2.56
Bud Thomas	P	3	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	9.00
Dick Conger	P	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Floyd Giebell	P	2	18	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.00
Bob Uhl	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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