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1941 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940/1942) 75-79, Finished 4th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 686 runs, Allowed 743 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-83 Managed by Del Baker Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 684,915 (4th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 110, Pitching - 109   (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 107   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Birdie Tebbetts     28  110  359   28  102  19  4   2   47  38   29  .284  .354  .376   1   2   7   1   2           86
1B  Rudy York           27  155  590   91  153  29  3  27  111  92   88  .259  .360  .456   3   1  16   1   4          106
2B *Charlie Gehringer   38  127  436   65   96  19  4   3   46  95   26  .220  .363  .303   1   2  11   3   3           71
3B  Pinky Higgins       32  147  540   79  161  28  3  11   73  67   45  .298  .378  .422   5   4  20   2  10          103
SS  Frank Croucher      26  136  489   51  124  21  4   2   39  33   72  .254  .305  .325   2   0   9   3  11           60
OF *Bruce Campbell      31  141  512   72  141  28 10  15   93  68   67  .275  .364  .457   3   3   7   3   1          107
OF *Barney McCosky      24  127  494   80  160  25  8   3   55  61   33  .324  .401  .425   8   3   5   3   7          110
OF *Rip Radcliff        35   96  379   47  120  14  5   3   40  19   13  .317  .351  .404   4   4   7   1   5           91
   *Billy Sullivan      30   85  234   29   66  15  1   3   29  35   11  .282  .375  .393   0   3   5   0   0           96
   *Pat Mullin          23   54  220   42   76  11  5   5   23  18   18  .345  .400  .509   5   1   2   2   1          130
    Tuck Stainback      29   94  200   19   49   8  1   2   10   3   21  .245  .260  .325   6   3   0   1   7           48
    Dutch Meyer         25   46  153   12   29   9  1   1   14   8   13  .190  .230  .281   1   1   3   0   0           29
    Boyd Perry          27   36   83    9   15   5  0   0   11  10    9  .181  .269  .241   1   0   3   0   0           30
    Hank Greenberg      30   19   67   12   18   5  1   2   12  16   12  .269  .410  .463   1   0   1   0   0          121
   *Ned Harris          24   26   61   11   13   3  1   1    4   6   13  .213  .284  .344   1   0   0   0   1           59
    Eric McNair         32   23   59    5   11   1  0   0    3   4    4  .186  .250  .203   0   0   5   1   0           16
    Dick Bartell        33    5   12    0    2   1  0   0    1   2    2  .167  .333  .250   0   1   0   1   1           50
    Moe Franklin        27   13   10    1    3   1  0   0    0   2    2  .300  .417  .400   0   0   1   0   0          108
    Bob Patrick         23    5    7    2    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .286  .286  .286   0   0   0   0   0           46
   *Dick Wakefield      20    7    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   0          -27
    Hoot Evers          20    1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0         -100
   *Fred Hutchinson     21    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100

    Bobo Newsom         33   43   88    3    9   0  0   0    3   2   20  .102  .132  .102   0   0   3   1   5          -40
   *Hal Newhouser       20   33   60    3    9   0  0   0    2   3    8  .150  .190  .150   1   0   2   0   5          -12
    Johnny Gorsica      26   33   57    5   17   1  0   0    3   6    7  .298  .365  .316   0   0   3   0   3           74
    Schoolboy Rowe      31   32   55   10   15   0  3   1   12   5    8  .273  .333  .436   0   0   1   0   1           94
    Al Benton           30   38   50    2    3   1  0   0    0   0   20  .060  .060  .080   0   0   4   0   9          -65
    Dizzy Trout         26   40   50    5    9   1  1   0    5   4   10  .180  .241  .240   0   0   1   0   0           23
    Tommy Bridges       34   25   47    2    4   1  0   0    1   4   11  .085  .157  .106   0   0   1   0   4          -32
    Bud Thomas          30   26   19    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    4  .105  .105  .158   0   0   0   0   1          -34
   #Archie McKain       30   15   11    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    5  .000  .083  .000   0   0   0   0   0          -77
   *Floyd Giebell       31   17    6    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   1           70
    Hal Manders         24    8    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Les Mueller         22    4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
    Hal White           22    4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.2  155 5370  686 1412 247 55  81  637 602  584  .263  .337  .375  43  28 118  23  82           89
    Rank among 8 AL teams          5    6    6   5  6   6        4    3     6     5     7   7   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bobo Newsom         33  43   4.60  12  20  2  36   5  12   2  250.3  265  140  128  15  118  175 1130   3   3  0      98
SP *Hal Newhouser       20  33   4.79   9  11  0  27   5   5   1  173.0  166  109   92   6  137  106  810   5   1  0      94
SP  Tommy Bridges       34  25   3.41   9  12  0  22   2  10   1  147.7  128   66   56  10   70   90  630   2   1  1     132
SP  Johnny Gorsica      26  33   4.47   9  11  2  21  10   8   1  171.0  193   98   85  14   55   59  753   5   2  1     101
SP  Schoolboy Rowe      31  27   4.14   8   6  1  14   9   4   0  139.0  155   70   64   6   33   54  599   2   0  1     109

CL  Al Benton           30  38   2.97  15   6  7  14  19   7   1  157.7  130   63   52  11   65   63  663   2   3  0     152
RP  Bud Thomas          30  26   4.21   1   3  2   1  14   0   0   72.7   74   45   34   4   22   17  318   0   0  0     107
RP  Dizzy Trout         26  37   3.74   9   9  2  18  11   6   1  151.7  144   76   63   7   84   88  671   4   2  1     121
RP  Floyd Giebell       31  17   6.03   0   0  0   2   7   0   0   34.3   45   29   23   3   26   10  172   2   0  0      75
RP *Archie McKain       30  15   5.02   2   1  0   0   9   0   0   43.0   58   24   24   3   11   14  193   2   0  0      90

    Hal Manders         24   8   2.35   1   0  0   0   7   0   0   15.3   13    5    4   0    8    7   65   0   1  0     193
    Les Mueller         22   4   4.85   0   0  0   0   1   0   0   13.0    9    9    7   1   10    8   57   0   0  0      93
    Hal White           22   4   6.00   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    9.0   11    6    6   0    6    2   45   2   0  0      75
    Earl Cook           32   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    4    1    1   0    0    1   10   0   0  0     100
    Virgil Trucks       24   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    4    2    2   0    0    3    8   0   0  0      50
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.6 155   4.18  75  79 16 155 103  52   8 1381.0 1399  743  641  80  645  697 6124  29  13  4     108
    Rank among 8 AL teams           4   4   4  4           8   4      5    4    4        3    7    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BTebbetts 98 461 83 13 11 .977 4 BSullivan 63 339 33 9 7 .976 6 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 800 116 22 18 .977 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.64 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RYork 155 1393 110 21 111 .986 9.70 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1393 110 21 111 .986 9.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .967 5.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGehringer 116 279 324 11 59 .982 5.20 DMeyer 40 107 101 6 19 .972 5.20 BPerry 11 18 15 2 2 .943 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 404 440 19 80 .978 5.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .947 3.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PHiggins 145 153 304 26 14 .946 3.15 EMcNair 11 12 20 1 0 .970 2.91 MFranklin 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 165 324 27 14 .948 3.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .948 4.59 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FCroucher 136 270 361 44 85 .935 4.64 BPerry 25 28 47 2 10 .974 3.00 DBartell 5 12 11 2 2 .920 4.60 MFranklin 4 1 2 1 1 .750 0.75 EMcNair 3 2 4 1 1 .857 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 313 425 50 99 .937 4.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .973 2.33 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BCampbell 133 241 5 6 1 .976 1.85 0 0 133 BMcCosky 122 328 6 5 2 .985 2.74 21 101 0 RRadcliff 87 155 6 5 1 .970 1.85 85 0 2 TStainback 80 107 3 6 0 .948 1.38 39 6 36 PMullin 51 117 2 7 0 .944 2.33 0 51 0 HGreenberg 19 32 0 3 0 .914 1.68 19 0 0 NHarris 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 12 0 0 BPatrick 3 3 0 1 0 .750 1.00 3 0 0 HEvers 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 DWakefield 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1000 22 33 4 .969 2.22 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 2.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BNewsom 43 5 36 2 2 .953 1.47 HNewhouser 33 4 37 0 4 1.000 2.13 JGorsica 33 10 52 2 3 .969 3.26 ABenton 38 9 27 3 4 .923 2.05 DTrout 37 7 30 2 3 .949 2.20 TBridges 25 15 30 1 1 .978 2.74 SRowe 27 9 29 3 2 .927 2.46 BThomas 26 6 22 0 0 1.000 3.47 AMcKain 15 2 19 0 2 1.000 4.40 FGiebell 17 1 7 1 0 .889 2.10 HManders 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.18 LMueller 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.08 HWhite 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 ECook 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 VTrucks 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 70 296 14 21 .963 2.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average McCosky .324 On-base % McCosky .401 Slugging % Campbell .457 OPS McCosky .826 Games York 155 At Bats York 590 Plate Appearances (approx.) York 687 Runs York 91 Hits Higgins 161 Total Bases York 269 Doubles York 29 Triples Campbell 10 Home Runs York 27 RBI York 111 Bases on Balls Gehringer 95 Strikeouts York 88 Stolen Bases McCosky 8 Singles McCosky 124 Adjusted OPS+ McCosky 110 Runs Created York 97 Adjusted Batting Runs Mullin and McCosky 9 Batting Wins McCosky and Mullin 0.9 Extra-Base Hits York 59 Times on Base York 246 Offensive Win% McCosky .637 Hit By Pitch Campbell, Croucher, Gehringer, and McCosky 3 Sac. Hits Croucher 11 Grounded into Double Plays Higgins 20 Caught Stealing Higgins and Radcliff 4 Power/Speed Number Higgins 6.9 At Bats per Strikeout Gehringer 16.8 At Bats per Home Run York 21.9 Outs York 458

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Benton 2.97 Wins Benton 15 Won-Loss % Benton .714 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Benton 1.237 Hits Allowed/9IP Benton 7.42 Bases on Balls/9IP Gorsica 2.89 Strikeouts/9IP Newsom 6.29 Games Newsom 43 Saves Benton 7 Innings Newsom 250.3 Strikeouts Newsom 175 Games Started Newsom 36 Comp. Games Newsom 12 Shutouts Newsom 2 Home Runs Allow. Newsom 15 Bases On Balls Allow. Newhouser 137 Hits Allowed Newsom 265 SO to Walk Newsom 1.48 Losses Newsom 20 Earned Runs Allow. Newsom 128 Wild Pitches Gorsica and Newhouser 5 Hit Batsmen Benton and Newsom 3 Batters Faced Newsom 1130 Games Finished Benton 19 Adjusted ERA+ Benton 152

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Al Benton
Birdie Tebbetts
Rudy York (Starting 1B)

1940/1942

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