The 1939 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 81–73, 261⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees.
1939 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Briggs Stadium | |
City | Detroit | |
Owners | Walter Briggs, Sr. | |
General managers | Jack Zeller | |
Managers | Del Baker | |
Radio | WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson) WXYZ (Harry Heilmann) | |
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Regular season edit
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 106 | 45 | 0.702 | — | 52–25 | 54–20 |
Boston Red Sox | 89 | 62 | 0.589 | 17 | 42–32 | 47–30 |
Cleveland Indians | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 20½ | 44–33 | 43–34 |
Chicago White Sox | 86 | 69 | 0.555 | 22 | 50–27 | 36–42 |
Detroit Tigers | 81 | 73 | 0.526 | 26½ | 42–35 | 39–38 |
Washington Senators | 65 | 87 | 0.428 | 41½ | 37–39 | 28–48 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 97 | 0.362 | 51½ | 28–48 | 27–49 |
St. Louis Browns | 43 | 111 | 0.279 | 64½ | 18–59 | 25–52 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 8–14 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 11–8–1 | 18–4 | 16–6 | 15–7 | |||||
Chicago | 14–8 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 4–18 | 11–11 | 18–4 | 14–8–1 | |||||
Cleveland | 11–11 | 10–12 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 18–4 | 16–6 | 14–8 | |||||
Detroit | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 14–8 | |||||
New York | 8–11–1 | 18–4 | 15–7 | 13–9 | — | 18–4 | 19–3 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 4–18 | 11–11 | 4–18 | 11–11 | 4–18 | — | 13–9–1 | 8–12 | |||||
St. Louis | 6–16 | 4–18 | 6–16 | 8–14–1 | 3–19 | 9–13–1 | — | 7–15 | |||||
Washington | 7–15 | 8–14–1 | 8–14 | 8–14 | 7–15 | 12–8 | 15–7 | — |
Notable transactions edit
- May 13, 1939: Vern Kennedy, Bob Harris, George Gill, Roxie Lawson, Chet Laabs, and Mark Christman were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Browns for Red Kress, Beau Bell, Bobo Newsom, and Jim Walkup.[1]
Roster edit
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Pitchers
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Outfielders
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Manager
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Birdie Tebbetts | 106 | 341 | 89 | .261 | 4 | 53 |
1B | Hank Greenberg | 138 | 500 | 156 | .312 | 33 | 113 |
2B | Charlie Gehringer | 118 | 406 | 132 | .325 | 16 | 86 |
SS | Frank Croucher | 97 | 324 | 87 | .269 | 5 | 40 |
3B | Pinky Higgins | 132 | 489 | 135 | .276 | 8 | 76 |
OF | Earl Averill | 87 | 309 | 81 | .262 | 10 | 58 |
OF | Barney McCosky | 147 | 611 | 190 | .311 | 4 | 58 |
OF | Pete Fox | 141 | 519 | 153 | .295 | 7 | 66 |
Other batters edit
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Rudy York | 102 | 329 | 101 | .307 | 20 | 68 |
Benny McCoy | 55 | 192 | 58 | .302 | 1 | 33 |
Roy Cullenbine | 75 | 179 | 43 | .240 | 6 | 23 |
Billy Rogell | 74 | 174 | 40 | .230 | 2 | 23 |
Red Kress | 51 | 157 | 38 | .242 | 1 | 22 |
Dixie Walker | 43 | 154 | 47 | .305 | 4 | 19 |
Beau Bell | 54 | 134 | 32 | .239 | 0 | 24 |
Chet Laabs | 5 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 2 |
Mark Christman | 6 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Les Fleming | 8 | 16 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
Merv Shea | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dixie Parsons | 5 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bobo Newsom | 35 | 246.0 | 17 | 10 | 3.37 | 164 |
Tommy Bridges | 29 | 198.0 | 17 | 7 | 3.50 | 129 |
Schoolboy Rowe | 28 | 164.0 | 10 | 12 | 4.99 | 51 |
Fred Hutchinson | 13 | 84.0 | 3 | 6 | 5.21 | 22 |
Vern Kennedy | 4 | 21.0 | 0 | 3 | 6.43 | 9 |
Hal Newhouser | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 4 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dizzy Trout | 33 | 162.0 | 9 | 10 | 3.61 | 72 |
Al Benton | 37 | 150.0 | 6 | 8 | 4.56 | 67 |
Archie McKain | 32 | 129.2 | 5 | 6 | 3.68 | 49 |
Harry Eisenstat | 10 | 29.2 | 2 | 2 | 6.98 | 6 |
Bob Harris | 5 | 18.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.00 | 9 |
Cotton Pippen | 3 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.07 | 5 |
Roxie Lawson | 2 | 11.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.76 | 4 |
George Gill | 3 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 8.31 | 1 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Bud Thomas | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4.18 | 14 |
Slick Coffman | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.38 | 10 |
Floyd Giebell | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.93 | 9 |
Jim Walkup | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.50 | 5 |
Red Lynn | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.64 | 3 |
Farm system edit
References edit
External links edit
- 1939 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference