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1942 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1941/1943) 73-81, Finished 5th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 589 runs, Allowed 587 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77 Managed by Del Baker Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 580,087 (3rd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 108, Pitching - 108   (one-year): Batting - 112, Pitching - 113   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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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1942 Stats (1941/1943) / Schedule / Transactions

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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     29   99  308   24   76  11  0   1   27  39   17  .247  .335  .292   4   0   9   2   3           72
1B  Rudy York           28  153  577   81  150  26  4  21   90  73   71  .260  .343  .428   3   3  16   0   3          109
2B  Jimmy Bloodworth    24  137  533   62  129  23  1  13   57  35   63  .242  .295  .362   2   8  13   5   5           78
3B  Pinky Higgins       33  143  499   65  133  34  2  11   79  72   21  .267  .362  .409   3   7  21   3   5          110
SS  Billy Hitchcock     25   85  280   27   59   8  1   0   29  26   21  .211  .280  .246   2   2   8   1   3           44
OF *Barney McCosky      25  154  600   75  176  28 11   7   50  68   37  .293  .365  .412  11   5  12   0  12          111
OF *Doc Cramer          36  151  630   71  166  26  4   0   43  43   18  .263  .314  .317   4   4  15   3   6           72
OF *Ned Harris          25  121  398   53  108  16 10   9   45  49   35  .271  .351  .430   5   4   6   0   3          112
    Don Ross            27   87  226   29   62  10  2   3   30  36   16  .274  .379  .376   2   1   7   2   1          106
    Dixie Parsons       26   63  188    8   37   4  0   2   11  13   22  .197  .249  .250   1   0   5   0   1           36
    Moe Franklin        28   48  154   24   40   7  0   2   16   7    5  .260  .301  .344   0   0   3   2   3           75
   *Rip Radcliff        36   62  144   13   36   5  0   1   20   9    6  .250  .294  .306   0   1   3   0   2           63
    Johnny Lipon        19   34  131    5   25   2  0   0    9   7    7  .191  .232  .206   1   3   1   0   2           20
    Eric McNair         33   26   68    5   11   2  0   1    4   3    5  .162  .197  .235   0   1   5   0   0           17
    Dutch Meyer         26   14   52    5   17   3  0   2    9   4    4  .327  .386  .500   0   1   2   1   0          140
   *Charlie Gehringer   39   45   45    6   12   0  0   1    7   7    4  .267  .365  .333   0   0   0   0   0           91
    Hank Riebe          20   11   35    1   11   2  0   0    2   0    6  .314  .314  .371   0   0   1   0   0           86
    Bob Patrick         24    4    8    1    2   1  0   1    3   1    0  .250  .333  .750   0   0   0   0   0          190
    Al Unser            29    4    8    2    3   0  0   0    0   0    2  .375  .375  .375   0   0   1   0   1          105

    Hal White           23   34   77    7   13   1  0   0    2   3   25  .169  .200  .182   0   0   1   0   3            4
    Dizzy Trout         27   36   75    9   16   3  0   1    7   4   16  .213  .253  .293   1   0   1   0   4           49
    Al Benton           31   35   67    3    5   1  0   0    0   0   32  .075  .075  .090   0   0   0   0   9          -55
    Virgil Trucks       25   28   65    4    8   1  0   0    3   0   12  .123  .123  .138   0   0   3   0   1          -29
    Tommy Bridges       35   23   63    5    6   1  1   0    2   5   12  .095  .162  .143   0   0   2   0   1          -17
   *Hal Newhouser       21   39   52    1    8   2  0   0    1   3    8  .154  .200  .192   0   0   2   0   3            7
   #Charlie Fuchs       29    9   13    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    3  .077  .077  .077   0   0   1   0   0          -58
    Roy Henshaw         30   23   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .083  .154  .083   0   0   0   0   0          -34
    Johnny Gorsica      27   31   10    2    1   0  1   0    0   0    1  .100  .100  .300   0   0   0   0   1            7
    Hal Manders         25   18    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0           36
    Schoolboy Rowe      32    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1         -100
    Jack Wilson         30    9    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3  156 5327  589 1313 217 37  76  547 509  476  .246  .312  .344  39  40 138  19  73           87
    Rank among 8 AL teams          1    6    7   6  7   4        5    7     7     7     5   7   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Al Benton           31  35   2.90   7  13  2  30   4   9   1  226.7  210   87   73   9   84  110  954   5   0  0     136
SP  Dizzy Trout         27  35   3.43  12  18  0  29   5  13   1  223.0  214   98   85  15   89   91  965   8   4  1     115
SP  Hal White           23  34   2.91  12  12  1  25   7  12   4  216.7  212   80   70   6   82   93  933   1   5  0     136
SP *Hal Newhouser       21  38   2.45   8  14  5  23  14  11   1  183.7  137   73   50   4  114  103  789   2   2  0     161
SP  Tommy Bridges       35  23   2.74   9   7  1  22   1  11   2  174.0  164   66   53   6   61   97  742   5   4  0     144
SP  Virgil Trucks       25  28   2.74  14   8  0  20   8   8   2  167.7  147   64   51   3   74   91  721   7   2  1     144

RP  Johnny Gorsica      27  28   4.75   3   2  4   0  19   0   0   53.0   63   31   28   2   26   19  242   0   3  0      83
RP *Roy Henshaw         30  23   4.09   2   4  1   2  14   0   0   61.7   63   32   28   3   27   24  267   0   1  0      97
RP  Hal Manders         25  18   4.09   2   0  0   0  11   0   0   33.0   39   19   15   4   15   14  146   0   1  0      97
RP  Jack Wilson         30   9   4.85   0   0  0   0   5   0   0   13.0   20    8    7   3    5    7   63   1   0  0      82

    Charlie Fuchs       29   9   6.63   3   3  0   4   3   1   1   36.7   43   27   27   5   19   15  174   2   1  1      60
    Schoolboy Rowe      32   2   0.00   1   0  0   1   0   0   0   10.3    9    2    0   0    2    7   43   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1 156   3.13  73  81 14 156  91  65  12 1399.0 1321  587  487  60  598  671 6039  31  23  3     126
    Rank among 8 AL teams           2   5   4  3           7   2      2    4    2        2    7    1

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

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BTebbetts 97 446 69 12 10 .977 5 DParsons 62 274 44 6 6 .981 2 HRiebe 11 42 5 0 1 1.000 3 AUnser 4 11 3 0 0 1.000 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 156 773 121 18 17 .980 11 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 9.85 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RYork 152 1413 146 19 117 .988 10.26 RRadcliff 4 40 5 0 0 1.000 11.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 1453 151 19 117 .988 10.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .969 5.39 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBloodworth 134 334 431 22 66 .972 5.71 DMeyer 14 31 56 1 14 .989 6.21 MFranklin 7 15 13 1 3 .966 4.00 CGehringer 3 7 9 0 1 1.000 5.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 387 509 24 84 .974 5.76 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .939 3.03 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PHiggins 137 134 243 30 24 .926 2.75 DRoss 20 17 26 4 2 .915 2.15 BHitchcock 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 151 269 34 26 .925 2.70 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .949 4.78 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHitchcock 80 157 199 21 39 .944 4.45 JLipon 34 85 103 11 24 .945 5.53 MFranklin 32 67 79 5 14 .967 4.56 EMcNair 21 27 32 8 6 .881 2.81 JBloodworth 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 338 413 45 83 .943 4.83 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .976 2.31 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BMcCosky 154 351 7 7 2 .981 2.32 145 7 2 DCramer 150 352 15 7 6 .981 2.45 0 150 0 NHarris 104 164 5 10 2 .944 1.62 0 0 104 DRoss 38 77 4 3 2 .964 2.13 5 0 33 RRadcliff 24 43 1 1 1 .978 1.83 6 0 18 BPatrick 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 3 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 156 992 32 28 13 .973 2.20 156 156 156 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .957 2.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ABenton 35 18 39 5 0 .919 2.26 DTrout 35 24 56 6 6 .930 3.23 HWhite 34 20 41 6 6 .910 2.53 HNewhouser 38 10 45 1 3 .982 2.69 TBridges 23 15 32 1 2 .979 2.43 VTrucks 28 5 28 3 0 .917 1.77 RHenshaw 23 4 10 2 0 .875 2.04 JGorsica 28 5 29 1 0 .971 5.77 CFuchs 9 3 12 0 0 1.000 3.68 HManders 18 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.18 JWilson 9 0 4 1 1 .800 2.77 SRowe 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 156 106 306 26 18 .941 2.65 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average McCosky .293 On-base % McCosky .365 Slugging % Harris .430 OPS Harris .781 Games McCosky 154 At Bats Cramer 630 Plate Appearances (approx.) Cramer 682 Runs York 81 Hits McCosky 176 Total Bases McCosky and York 247 Doubles Higgins 34 Triples McCosky 11 Home Runs York 21 RBI York 90 Bases on Balls York 73 Strikeouts York 71 Stolen Bases McCosky 11 Singles Cramer 136 Adjusted OPS+ Harris 112 Runs Created McCosky 91 Adjusted Batting Runs McCosky 9 Batting Wins Higgins and McCosky 0.9 Extra-Base Hits York 51 Times on Base McCosky 244 Offensive Win% McCosky .621 Hit By Pitch Bloodworth 5 Sac. Hits McCosky 12 Grounded into Double Plays Higgins 21 Caught Stealing Bloodworth 8 Power/Speed Number McCosky 8.6 At Bats per Strikeout Cramer 35.0 At Bats per Home Run York 27.5 Outs Cramer 489

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Newhouser 2.45 Wins Trucks 14 Won-Loss % Trucks .636 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Bridges 1.293 Hits Allowed/9IP Newhouser 6.71 Bases on Balls/9IP Bridges 3.16 Strikeouts/9IP Newhouser 5.05 Games Newhouser 38 Saves Newhouser 5 Innings Benton 226.7 Strikeouts Benton 110 Games Started Benton 30 Comp. Games Trout 13 Shutouts White 4 Home Runs Allow. Trout 15 Bases On Balls Allow. Newhouser 114 Hits Allowed Trout 214 SO to Walk Bridges 1.59 Losses Trout 18 Earned Runs Allow. Trout 85 Wild Pitches Trout 8 Hit Batsmen White 5 Batters Faced Trout 965 Games Finished Gorsica 19 Adjusted ERA+ Newhouser 161

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Al Benton
Hal Newhouser
Birdie Tebbetts (Starting C)
Rudy York (Starting 1B)

1941/1943

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