1938 Detroit Tigers

84-70 • 0.545 Win% • 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

84 Wins
70 Losses
0.545 Win %
4th Rank
862 R 795 RA
Diff +67

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862 Runs Scored
795 Runs Allowed
+67 Run Diff
891K Attendance

📈 vs. 1938 AL Average

Batting Avg .272 3% below the 1938 league average (.280)
OBP .356 equal to the 1938 league average (.355)
SLG .350 2% above the 1938 league average (.341)
Team ERA 4.79 equal to the 1938 league average (4.79)
Runs Scored 862 5% above the 1938 league average (823 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 891,850
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Avg per Game 11,289

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Hank Greenberg 0.315 2 Dixie Walker 0.308 3 Charlie Gehringer 0.306 4 Rudy York 0.298 5 Birdie Tebbetts 0.294

Home Runs

1 Hank Greenberg 58 2 Rudy York 33 3 Charlie Gehringer 20 4 Pete Fox 7 5 Chet Laabs 7

RBI

1 Hank Greenberg 146 2 Rudy York 127 3 Charlie Gehringer 107 4 Pete Fox 96 5 Billy Rogell 55
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Pete Fox 155 634 91 186 0 0 7 96 31 39 16 0.293
Charlie Gehringer 152 568 133 174 0 0 20 107 113 21 14 0.306
Hank Greenberg 155 556 144 175 0 0 58 146 119 92 7 0.315
Billy Rogell 136 501 76 130 0 0 3 55 86 37 9 0.259
Rudy York 135 463 85 138 0 0 33 127 92 74 1 0.298
Dixie Walker 127 454 84 140 0 0 6 43 65 32 5 0.308
Mark Christman 95 318 35 79 0 0 1 44 27 21 5 0.248
Chet Morgan 74 306 50 87 0 0 0 27 20 12 5 0.284
Don Ross 77 265 22 69 0 0 1 30 29 11 1 0.260
Chet Laabs 64 211 26 50 0 0 7 37 15 52 3 0.237
Jo-Jo White 78 206 40 54 0 0 0 15 30 15 3 0.262
Birdie Tebbetts 53 143 16 42 0 0 1 25 12 13 1 0.294
Tony Piet 41 80 9 17 0 0 0 14 15 11 2 0.212
Vern Kennedy 37 79 10 23 0 0 0 8 1 11 0 0.291
Roy Cullenbine 25 67 12 19 0 0 0 9 12 9 2 0.284
Elden Auker 27 57 6 5 0 0 0 2 4 24 1 0.088
George Gill 24 57 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 0.105
Tommy Bridges 25 54 5 7 0 0 0 3 6 17 0 0.130
Roxie Lawson 27 45 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 0.044
Boots Poffenberger 25 44 0 8 0 0 0 2 2 9 0 0.182
Harry Eisenstat 32 36 4 5 0 0 0 1 4 16 0 0.139
Al Benton 19 33 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0.121
George Coffman 39 24 2 4 0 0 0 5 3 7 0 0.167
Jake Wade 27 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.048
Ray Hayworth 8 19 1 4 0 0 0 5 3 4 1 0.211
Benny McCoy 7 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.200
Schoolboy Rowe 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Bob Harris 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.333
George Archie 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Joe Rogalski 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Woody Davis 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Al Benton 3.30 2 Harry Eisenstat 3.73 3 George Gill 4.12 4 Tommy Bridges 4.59 5 Boots Poffenberger 4.82

Wins

1 Tommy Bridges 13 2 George Gill 12 3 Vern Kennedy 12 4 Elden Auker 11 5 Harry Eisenstat 9

Strikeouts

1 Tommy Bridges 101 2 Vern Kennedy 53 3 Elden Auker 46 4 Roxie Lawson 39 5 Harry Eisenstat 37
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Vern Kennedy 12 9 5.06 33 26 2 190.1 113 53
George Gill 12 9 4.12 24 23 0 164.0 50 30
Elden Auker 11 10 5.27 27 24 0 160.2 56 46
Tommy Bridges 13 9 4.59 25 20 1 151.0 58 101
Roxie Lawson 8 9 5.46 27 16 1 127.0 82 39
Harry Eisenstat 9 6 3.73 32 9 4 125.1 29 37
Boots Poffenberger 6 7 4.82 25 15 1 125.0 66 28
George Coffman 4 4 6.02 39 6 2 95.2 48 31
Al Benton 5 3 3.30 19 10 0 95.1 39 33
Jake Wade 3 2 6.56 27 2 0 70.0 48 23
Schoolboy Rowe 0 2 3.00 4 3 0 21.0 11 4
Bob Harris 1 0 7.20 3 1 0 10.0 4 7
Joe Rogalski 0 0 2.57 2 0 0 7.0 0 2
Woody Davis 0 0 1.50 2 0 0 6.0 4 1

👥 Roster (31)

George Archie Elden Auker Al Benton Tommy Bridges Mark Christman George Coffman Roy Cullenbine Woody Davis Harry Eisenstat Pete Fox Charlie Gehringer George Gill +19 more

31 players

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