1939 Detroit Tigers

81-73 • 0.526 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

81 Wins
73 Losses
0.526 Win %
5th Rank
849 R 762 RA
Diff +87

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⚡ Quick Stats

849 Runs Scored
762 Runs Allowed
+87 Run Diff
927K Attendance

📈 vs. 1939 AL Average

Batting Avg .279 equal to the 1939 league average (.278)
OBP .354 1% above the 1939 league average (.349)
SLG .349 4% above the 1939 league average (.334)
Team ERA 4.29 7% better than the 1939 league average (4.62)
Runs Scored 849 6% above the 1939 league average (800 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 927,496
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Avg per Game 11,890

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Charlie Gehringer 0.325 2 Hank Greenberg 0.312 3 Barney McCosky 0.311 4 Rudy York 0.307 5 Dixie Walker 0.305

Home Runs

1 Hank Greenberg 33 2 Rudy York 20 3 Charlie Gehringer 16 4 Earl Averill 10 5 Pinky Higgins 8

RBI

1 Hank Greenberg 112 2 Charlie Gehringer 86 3 Pinky Higgins 76 4 Rudy York 68 5 Pete Fox 66
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Barney McCosky 147 611 120 190 0 0 4 58 70 45 20 0.311
Pete Fox 141 519 69 153 0 0 7 66 35 41 23 0.295
Hank Greenberg 138 500 112 156 0 0 33 112 91 95 8 0.312
Pinky Higgins 132 489 57 135 0 0 8 76 56 41 7 0.276
Charlie Gehringer 118 406 86 132 0 0 16 86 68 16 4 0.325
Birdie Tebbetts 106 341 37 89 0 0 4 53 25 20 2 0.261
Rudy York 102 329 66 101 0 0 20 68 41 50 5 0.307
Frank Croucher 97 324 38 87 0 0 5 40 16 42 2 0.269
Earl Averill 87 309 58 81 0 0 10 58 43 30 4 0.262
Benny McCoy 55 192 38 58 0 0 1 33 29 26 3 0.302
Roy Cullenbine 75 179 31 43 0 0 6 23 34 29 0 0.240
Billy Rogell 74 174 24 40 0 0 2 23 26 14 3 0.230
Red Kress 51 157 19 38 0 0 1 22 17 16 2 0.242
Dixie Walker 43 154 30 47 0 0 4 19 15 8 4 0.305
Beau Bell 54 134 14 32 0 0 0 24 24 16 0 0.239
Bobo Newsom 35 97 6 18 0 0 0 7 1 16 0 0.186
Tommy Bridges 29 71 11 14 0 0 0 6 8 24 0 0.197
Schoolboy Rowe 31 61 7 15 0 0 1 12 5 7 1 0.246
Dizzy Trout 35 57 7 12 0 0 0 2 1 9 0 0.211
Al Benton 37 44 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 0.091
Archie McKain 32 41 7 9 0 0 2 5 8 12 0 0.220
Fred Hutchinson 13 34 5 13 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0.382
Mark Christman 6 16 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Les Fleming 8 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0.000
Chet Laabs 5 16 1 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0.312
Bud Thomas 27 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.111
Harry Eisenstat 10 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.375
Vern Kennedy 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.286
George Coffman 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Bob Harris 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.400
Cotton Pippen 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.400
Roxie Lawson 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Floyd Giebell 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
George Gill 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Red Lynn 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Merv Shea 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Walkup 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Hal Newhouser 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dixie Parsons 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bobo Newsom 3.37 2 Tommy Bridges 3.50 3 Dizzy Trout 3.61 4 Archie McKain 3.68 5 Bud Thomas 4.18

Wins

1 Tommy Bridges 17 2 Bobo Newsom 17 3 Schoolboy Rowe 10 4 Dizzy Trout 9 5 Bud Thomas 7

Strikeouts

1 Bobo Newsom 164 2 Tommy Bridges 129 3 Dizzy Trout 72 4 Al Benton 67 5 Schoolboy Rowe 51
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bobo Newsom 17 10 3.37 35 31 2 246.0 104 164
Tommy Bridges 17 7 3.50 29 26 2 198.0 61 129
Schoolboy Rowe 10 12 4.99 28 24 0 164.0 61 51
Dizzy Trout 9 10 3.61 33 22 2 162.0 74 72
Al Benton 6 8 4.56 37 16 5 150.0 58 67
Archie McKain 5 6 3.68 32 11 4 129.2 54 49
Fred Hutchinson 3 6 5.21 13 12 0 84.2 51 22
Bud Thomas 7 0 4.18 27 0 1 47.1 20 14
George Coffman 2 1 6.38 23 1 0 42.1 22 10
Harry Eisenstat 2 2 6.98 10 2 0 29.2 9 6
Vern Kennedy 0 3 6.43 4 4 0 21.0 9 9
Bob Harris 1 1 4.00 5 1 0 18.0 8 9
Floyd Giebell 1 1 2.93 9 0 0 15.1 12 9
Cotton Pippen 0 1 7.07 3 2 0 14.0 6 5
Jim Walkup 0 1 7.50 7 0 0 12.0 8 5
Roxie Lawson 1 1 4.76 2 1 0 11.1 7 4
George Gill 0 1 8.31 3 1 0 8.2 3 1
Red Lynn 0 1 8.64 4 0 0 8.1 3 3
Hal Newhouser 0 1 5.40 1 1 0 5.0 4 4

👥 Roster (39)

Earl Averill Beau Bell Al Benton Tommy Bridges Mark Christman George Coffman Frank Croucher Roy Cullenbine Harry Eisenstat Les Fleming Pete Fox Charlie Gehringer +27 more

39 players

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