1940 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics

1939 Season 1941 Season

Record: 90-64-1, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-3) to Cincinnati Reds

Manager: Del Baker (90-64-1)

Ballpark: Briggs Stadium

Attendance: 1,112,693 (1st of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 108
One-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 108

Pythagorean W-L: 92-62, 888 Runs, 717 Runs Allowed

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Birdie Tebbetts	27	111	417	379	46	112	24	4	4	46	4	5	35	14	.296	.357	.412	.768	92	156	9	1	2		5
2	1B	Rudy York	26	155	686	588	105	186	46	6	33	134	3	2	89	88	.316	.410	.583	.993	145	343	12	4	4		8
3	2B	Charlie Gehringer*	37	139	629	515	108	161	33	3	10	81	10	0	101	17	.313	.428	.447	.875	119	230	9	3	10		0
4	SS	Dick Bartell	32	139	620	528	76	123	24	3	7	53	12	2	76	53	.233	.335	.330	.665	67	174	11	5	11		1
5	3B	Pinky Higgins	31	131	552	480	70	130	24	3	13	76	4	2	61	31	.271	.357	.415	.771	92	199	14	3	7		3
6	OF	Hank Greenberg	29	148	671	573	129	195	50	8	41	150	6	3	93	75	.340	.433	.670	1.103	171	384	15	1	3		8
7	OF	Barney McCosky*	23	143	660	589	123	200	39	19	4	57	13	9	67	41	.340	.408	.491	.899	124	289	8	1	3		0
8	OF	Pete Fox	31	93	374	350	49	101	17	4	5	48	7	7	21	30	.289	.329	.403	.732	82	141	4	0	3		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Bruce Campbell*	30	103	348	297	56	84	15	5	8	44	2	7	45	28	.283	.381	.448	.829	106	133	8	2	4		2
10	C	Billy Sullivan*	29	78	256	220	35	68	14	4	3	41	2	0	31	11	.309	.399	.450	.849	112	99	2	2	3		5
11	OF	Earl Averill*	38	64	124	118	10	33	4	1	2	20	0	0	5	14	.280	.309	.381	.690	72	45	3	0	1		0
12	IF	Red Kress	35	33	111	99	13	22	3	1	1	11	0	0	10	12	.222	.294	.303	.597	50	30	7	0	1		0
13	2B	Dutch Meyer	24	23	65	58	12	15	3	0	0	6	2	0	4	10	.259	.317	.310	.628	58	18	0	1	2		0
14	SS	Frank Croucher	25	37	61	57	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	.105	.164	.105	.269	-31	6	0	0	0		0
15	OF	Tuck Stainback	28	15	44	40	4	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.225	.262	.275	.537	34	11	2	1	2		0
16	IF	Frank Metha	26	26	40	37	6	9	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	8	.243	.282	.297	.579	45	11	0	0	1		0
17	OF	Pat Mullin*	22	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
18		Frank Secory	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
19	P	Bobo Newsom	32	36	112	107	10	23	5	0	0	16	0	0	1	17	.215	.222	.262	.484	21	28	4	0	4		0
20	P	Tommy Bridges	33	29	75	68	5	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	23	.176	.211	.206	.417	5	14	1	0	4		0
21	P	Schoolboy Rowe	30	27	73	67	7	18	6	1	1	18	1	0	5	13	.269	.319	.433	.752	86	29	2	0	1		0
22	P	Johnny Gorsica	25	29	66	62	6	12	0	2	1	7	0	0	3	15	.194	.231	.306	.537	33	19	1	0	1		0
23	P	Hal Newhouser*	19	28	47	40	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	.200	.256	.200	.456	16	8	0	0	4		0
24	P	Dizzy Trout	25	33	33	31	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	9	.129	.182	.129	.311	-21	4	1	0	0		0
25	P	Fred Hutchinson*	20	17	30	30	1	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.300	.567	41	9	0	0	0		0
26	P	Lynn Nelson*	35	19	23	23	4	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	6	.348	.348	.478	.826	104	11	0	0	0		0
27	P	Al Benton	29	42	21	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	4		0
28	P	Tom Seats	29	26	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.083	.083	.083	.167	-58	1	0	0	0		0
29	P	Archie McKain#	29	27	11	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.143	.333	.143	.476	24	1	0	0	1		0
30	P	Cotton Pippen	29	4	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	2	0	0		0
31	P	Clay Smith	25	14	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
32	P	Floyd Giebell*	30	2	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		0
33	P	Bud Thomas	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
34	P	Bob Uhl#	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
35	P	Dick Conger	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	29.6	155	6189	5418	888	1549	312	65	134	829	66	38	664	554	.286	.366	.442	.808	101	2393	115	24	77		33
		Rank in 8 AL teams				2	1	2	1	4	3		2	4	1	2	1	1	2	1		2		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.7	155	5663	4933	845	1454	298	62	131	773	65	38	645	447	.295	.379	.460	.839	109	2269	104	24	57		33
		Pitcher Totals	28.4	155	526	485	43	95	14	3	3	56	1	0	19	107	.196	.226	.256	.482	20	124	11	0	20		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB