1942 Detroit Tigers

73-81 • 0.474 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

73 Wins
81 Losses
0.474 Win %
5th Rank
589 R 587 RA
Diff +2

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⚡ Quick Stats

589 Runs Scored
587 Runs Allowed
+2 Run Diff
638K Attendance

📈 vs. 1942 AL Average

Batting Avg .246 4% below the 1942 league average (.257)
OBP .312 4% below the 1942 league average (.326)
SLG .289 2% below the 1942 league average (.295)
Team ERA 3.13 14% better than the 1942 league average (3.66)
Runs Scored 589 10% below the 1942 league average (651 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 638,557
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Avg per Game 8,292

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dutch Meyer 0.327 2 Barney McCosky 0.293 3 Don Ross 0.274 4 Ned Harris 0.271 5 Pinky Higgins 0.267

Home Runs

1 Rudy York 21 2 Jimmy Bloodworth 13 3 Pinky Higgins 11 4 Ned Harris 9 5 Barney McCosky 7

RBI

1 Rudy York 90 2 Pinky Higgins 79 3 Jimmy Bloodworth 57 4 Barney McCosky 50 5 Ned Harris 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Doc Cramer 151 630 71 166 0 0 0 43 43 18 4 0.263
Barney McCosky 154 600 75 176 0 0 7 50 68 37 11 0.293
Rudy York 153 577 81 150 0 0 21 90 73 71 3 0.260
Jimmy Bloodworth 137 533 62 129 0 0 13 57 35 63 2 0.242
Pinky Higgins 143 499 65 133 0 0 11 79 72 21 3 0.267
Ned Harris 121 398 53 108 0 0 9 45 49 35 5 0.271
Birdie Tebbetts 99 308 24 76 0 0 1 27 39 17 4 0.247
Billy Hitchcock 85 280 27 59 0 0 0 29 26 21 2 0.211
Don Ross 87 226 29 62 0 0 3 30 36 16 2 0.274
Dixie Parsons 63 188 8 37 0 0 2 11 13 22 1 0.197
Moe Franklin 48 154 24 40 0 0 2 16 7 5 0 0.260
Rip Radcliff 62 144 13 36 0 0 1 20 9 6 0 0.250
Johnny Lipon 34 131 5 25 0 0 0 9 7 7 1 0.191
Hal White 34 77 7 13 0 0 0 2 3 25 0 0.169
Dizzy Trout 36 75 9 16 0 0 1 7 4 16 1 0.213
Eric McNair 26 68 5 11 0 0 1 4 3 5 0 0.162
Al Benton 35 67 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0.075
Virgil Trucks 28 65 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 12 0 0.123
Tommy Bridges 23 63 5 6 0 0 0 2 5 12 0 0.095
Dutch Meyer 14 52 5 17 0 0 2 9 4 4 0 0.327
Hal Newhouser 39 52 1 8 0 0 0 1 3 8 0 0.154
Charlie Gehringer 45 45 6 12 0 0 1 7 7 4 0 0.267
Hank Riebe 11 35 1 11 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0.314
Charlie Fuchs 9 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.077
Roy Henshaw 23 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.083
Johnny Gorsica 31 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.100
Bob Patrick 4 8 1 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0.250
Al Unser 4 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.375
Hal Manders 18 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Schoolboy Rowe 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Wilson 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Hal Newhouser 2.45 2 Tommy Bridges 2.74 3 Virgil Trucks 2.74 4 Al Benton 2.90 5 Hal White 2.91

Wins

1 Virgil Trucks 14 2 Dizzy Trout 12 3 Hal White 12 4 Tommy Bridges 9 5 Hal Newhouser 8

Strikeouts

1 Al Benton 110 2 Hal Newhouser 103 3 Tommy Bridges 97 4 Hal White 93 5 Dizzy Trout 91
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Al Benton 7 13 2.90 35 30 2 226.2 84 110
Dizzy Trout 12 18 3.43 35 29 0 223.0 89 91
Hal White 12 12 2.91 34 25 1 216.2 82 93
Hal Newhouser 8 14 2.45 38 23 5 183.2 114 103
Tommy Bridges 9 7 2.74 23 22 1 174.0 61 97
Virgil Trucks 14 8 2.74 28 20 0 167.2 74 91
Roy Henshaw 2 4 4.09 23 2 1 61.2 27 24
Johnny Gorsica 3 2 4.75 28 0 4 53.0 26 19
Charlie Fuchs 3 3 6.63 9 4 0 36.2 19 15
Hal Manders 2 0 4.09 18 0 0 33.0 15 14
Jack Wilson 0 0 4.85 9 0 0 13.0 5 7
Schoolboy Rowe 1 0 0.00 2 1 0 10.1 2 7

👥 Roster (31)

Al Benton Jimmy Bloodworth Tommy Bridges Doc Cramer Moe Franklin Charlie Fuchs Charlie Gehringer Johnny Gorsica Ned Harris Roy Henshaw Pinky Higgins Billy Hitchcock +19 more

31 players

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