⭐ Division Winner

1940 Detroit Tigers

90-64 • 0.584 Win% • 1st in AL

📊 Season Record

90 Wins
64 Losses
0.584 Win %
1st Rank
888 R 717 RA
Diff +171

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⚡ Quick Stats

888 Runs Scored
717 Runs Allowed
+171 Run Diff
1,163K Attendance

📈 vs. 1940 AL Average

Batting Avg .285 5% above the 1940 league average (.271)
OBP .363 7% above the 1940 league average (.340)
SLG .360 8% above the 1940 league average (.332)
Team ERA 4.01 9% better than the 1940 league average (4.39)
Runs Scored 888 16% above the 1940 league average (768 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 1,163,422
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Avg per Game 14,726

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Hank Greenberg 0.340 2 Barney McCosky 0.340 3 Rudy York 0.316 4 Charlie Gehringer 0.313 5 Billy Sullivan 0.309

Home Runs

1 Hank Greenberg 41 2 Rudy York 33 3 Pinky Higgins 13 4 Charlie Gehringer 10 5 Bruce Campbell 8

RBI

1 Hank Greenberg 150 2 Rudy York 134 3 Charlie Gehringer 81 4 Pinky Higgins 76 5 Barney McCosky 57
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Barney McCosky 143 589 123 200 0 0 4 57 67 41 13 0.340
Rudy York 155 588 105 186 0 0 33 134 89 88 3 0.316
Hank Greenberg 148 573 129 195 0 0 41 150 93 75 6 0.340
Dick Bartell 139 528 76 123 0 0 7 53 76 53 12 0.233
Charlie Gehringer 139 515 108 161 0 0 10 81 101 17 10 0.313
Pinky Higgins 131 480 70 130 0 0 13 76 61 31 4 0.271
Birdie Tebbetts 111 379 46 112 0 0 4 46 35 14 4 0.296
Pete Fox 93 350 49 101 0 0 5 48 21 30 7 0.289
Bruce Campbell 103 297 56 84 0 0 8 44 45 28 2 0.283
Billy Sullivan 78 220 36 68 0 0 3 41 31 11 2 0.309
Earl Averill 64 118 10 33 0 0 2 20 5 14 0 0.280
Bobo Newsom 36 107 9 23 0 0 0 16 1 17 0 0.215
Red Kress 33 99 13 22 0 0 1 11 10 12 0 0.222
Tommy Bridges 29 68 5 12 0 0 0 4 3 23 0 0.176
Schoolboy Rowe 27 67 7 18 0 0 1 18 5 13 1 0.269
Johnny Gorsica 29 62 6 12 0 0 1 7 3 15 0 0.194
Dutch Meyer 23 58 12 15 0 0 0 6 4 10 2 0.259
Frank Croucher 37 57 3 6 0 0 0 2 4 5 0 0.105
Hal Newhouser 28 40 3 8 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0.200
Tuck Stainback 15 40 4 9 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 0.225
Frank Metha 26 37 6 9 0 0 0 3 2 8 0 0.243
Dizzy Trout 33 31 4 4 0 0 0 4 2 9 0 0.129
Fred Hutchinson 17 30 1 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.267
Lynn Nelson 19 23 4 8 0 0 1 3 0 6 0 0.348
Al Benton 42 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.000
Tom Seats 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.083
Cotton Pippen 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Archie McKain 27 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.143
Clay Smith 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Floyd Giebell 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pat Mullin 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Secory 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dick Conger 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bud Thomas 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Uhl 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Archie McKain 2.82 2 Bobo Newsom 2.83 3 Tommy Bridges 3.37 4 Schoolboy Rowe 3.46 5 Johnny Gorsica 4.33

Wins

1 Bobo Newsom 21 2 Schoolboy Rowe 16 3 Tommy Bridges 12 4 Hal Newhouser 9 5 Johnny Gorsica 7

Strikeouts

1 Bobo Newsom 164 2 Tommy Bridges 133 3 Hal Newhouser 89 4 Johnny Gorsica 68 5 Dizzy Trout 64
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bobo Newsom 21 5 2.83 36 34 0 264.0 100 164
Tommy Bridges 12 9 3.37 29 28 0 197.2 88 133
Schoolboy Rowe 16 3 3.46 27 23 0 169.0 43 61
Johnny Gorsica 7 7 4.33 29 20 0 160.0 57 68
Hal Newhouser 9 9 4.86 28 20 0 133.1 76 89
Dizzy Trout 3 7 4.47 33 10 2 100.2 54 64
Al Benton 6 10 4.42 42 0 17 79.1 36 50
Fred Hutchinson 3 7 5.68 17 10 0 76.0 26 32
Tom Seats 2 2 4.69 26 2 1 55.2 21 25
Archie McKain 5 0 2.82 27 0 3 51.0 25 24
Clay Smith 1 1 5.08 14 1 0 28.1 13 14
Cotton Pippen 1 2 6.75 4 3 0 21.1 10 9
Floyd Giebell 2 0 1.00 2 2 0 18.0 4 11
Lynn Nelson 1 1 10.93 6 2 0 14.0 9 7
Bud Thomas 0 1 9.00 3 0 0 4.0 3 0
Dick Conger 1 0 3.00 2 0 0 3.0 3 1
Bob Uhl 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 2 0

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series
Lost to CIN 4-3

👥 Roster (35)

Earl Averill Dick Bartell Al Benton Tommy Bridges Bruce Campbell Dick Conger Frank Croucher Pete Fox Charlie Gehringer Floyd Giebell Johnny Gorsica Hank Greenberg +23 more

35 players

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