| 1939 Detroit Tigers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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The1939Detroit Tigers season was a season in Americanbaseball. The team finished fifth in theAmerican League with a record of 81–73, 261⁄2 games behind theNew York Yankees.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 106 | 45 | .702 | — | 52–25 | 54–20 |
| Boston Red Sox | 89 | 62 | .589 | 17 | 42–32 | 47–30 |
| Cleveland Indians | 87 | 67 | .565 | 20½ | 44–33 | 43–34 |
| Chicago White Sox | 85 | 69 | .552 | 22½ | 50–27 | 35–42 |
| Detroit Tigers | 81 | 73 | .526 | 26½ | 42–35 | 39–38 |
| Washington Senators | 65 | 87 | .428 | 41½ | 37–39 | 28–48 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 55 | 97 | .362 | 51½ | 28–48 | 27–49 |
| St. Louis Browns | 43 | 111 | .279 | 64½ | 18–59 | 25–52 |
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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 | — | |||||
| 1939 Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roster | |||||||||
| Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders | Manager Coaches | ||||||
| = Indicates team leader |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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