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1939 American League
Team Record GB
New York Yankees 106 - 45
Boston Red Sox 89 - 62 17.0
Cleveland Indians 87 - 67 20.5
Chicago White Sox 85 - 69 22.5
Detroit Tigers 81 - 73 26.5
Washington Senators 65 - 87 41.5
Philadelphia Athletics 55 - 97 51.5
St. Louis Browns 43 - 111 64.5

5th (AL)
Runs Scored: 849
Runs Allowed: 762
Attendance: 836,279

1939 Detroit Tigers Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Birdie Tebbetts C 26 106 341 37 89 22 2 4 53 25 0 20 2 1 8 2 8 .261 .315 .372 .687
Hank Greenberg 1B 28 138 500 112 156 42 7 33 112 91 0 95 8 3 11 2 8 .312 .420 .622 1.042
Charlie Gehringer 2B 36 118 406 86 132 29 6 16 86 68 0 16 4 3 11 1 7 .325 .423 .544 .967
Pinky Higgins 3B 30 132 489 57 135 23 2 8 76 56 0 41 7 4 14 2 14 .276 .353 .380 .733
Frank Croucher SS 24 97 324 38 87 15 0 5 40 16 0 42 2 2 11 0 10 .269 .303 .361 .664
Earl Averill LF 37 87 309 58 81 20 6 10 58 43 0 30 4 2 11 1 4 .262 .354 .463 .817
Barney McCosky CF 22 147 611 120 190 33 14 4 58 70 0 45 20 4 9 2 7 .311 .384 .430 .814
Pete Fox RF 30 141 519 69 153 24 6 7 66 35 0 41 23 12 5 2 13 .295 .342 .405 .747

1939 Detroit Tigers Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Rudy York 25 102 329 66 101 16 1 20 68 41 0 50 5 3 4 2 8 .307 .387 .544 .931
Roy Cullenbine 25 75 179 31 43 9 2 6 23 34 0 29 0 1 1 0 2 .240 .362 .413 .775
Billy Rogell 34 74 174 24 40 6 3 2 23 26 0 14 3 1 6 0 2 .230 .330 .333 .663
Benny McCoy 23 55 192 38 58 13 6 1 33 29 0 26 3 1 6 0 4 .302 .394 .448 .842
Beau Bell 31 54 134 14 32 4 2 0 24 24 0 16 0 1 8 1 6 .239 .358 .299 .657
Red Kress 32 51 157 19 38 7 0 1 22 17 0 16 2 1 4 0 7 .242 .316 .306 .622
Dixie Walker 28 43 154 30 47 4 5 4 19 15 0 8 4 1 8 0 5 .305 .367 .474 .841
Les Fleming 23 8 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Mark Christman 25 6 16 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .375 .625
Chet Laabs 27 5 16 1 5 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .313 .389 .500 .889
Dixie Parsons 23 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Merv Shea 38 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1939 Detroit Tigers Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bobo Newsom P 31 35 97 6 18 0 1 0 7 1 0 16 0 0 4 0 6 .186 .194 .206 .400
Tommy Bridges P 32 29 71 11 14 2 0 0 6 8 0 24 0 0 8 0 0 .197 .278 .225 .503
Schoolboy Rowe P 29 31 61 7 15 0 1 1 12 5 0 7 1 1 3 0 3 .246 .303 .328 .631
Dizzy Trout P 24 35 57 7 12 2 1 0 2 1 0 9 0 0 2 0 1 .211 .224 .281 .505
Archie McKain P 28 32 41 7 9 2 1 2 5 8 0 12 0 0 0 0 1 .220 .347 .463 .810
Al Benton P 28 37 44 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0 0 7 1 3 .091 .111 .091 .202
Fred Hutchinson P 19 13 34 5 13 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .382 .417 .412 .829
Bud Thomas P 28 27 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
Harry Eisenstat P 23 10 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750
Vern Kennedy P 32 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .572
Slick Coffman P 28 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Bob Harris P 24 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Cotton Pippen P 28 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Roxie Lawson P 33 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Floyd Giebell P 29 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
George Gill P 30 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Red Lynn P 25 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jim Walkup P 29 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Hal Newhouser P 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1939 Detroit Tigers Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Bobo Newsom 31 35 31 17 10 .630 3.37 246.0 100 92 222 14 104 164 .235 2 4 21 3 2 3.70
Tommy Bridges 32 29 26 17 7 .708 3.50 198.0 87 77 186 11 61 129 .241 6 4 16 2 2 3.43
Schoolboy Rowe 29 28 24 10 12 .455 4.99 164.0 113 91 192 17 61 51 .286 2 2 8 1 0 4.88
Dizzy Trout 24 33 22 9 10 .474 3.61 162.0 82 65 168 5 74 72 .263 4 5 6 0 2 3.96
Fred Hutchinson 19 13 12 3 6 .333 5.21 84.2 56 49 95 9 51 22 .279 0 1 3 0 0 5.67
Vern Kennedy 32 4 4 0 3 .000 6.43 21.0 15 15 25 4 9 9 .294 1 0 1 0 0 6.05
Cotton Pippen 28 3 2 0 1 .000 7.07 14.0 13 11 18 1 6 5 .286 0 0 0 0 0 4.50
Hal Newhouser 18 1 1 0 1 .000 5.40 5.0 3 3 3 0 4 4 .167 0 3 1 0 0 3.80

1939 Detroit Tigers Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Al Benton 28 37 16 6 8 .429 4.56 150.0 94 76 182 11 58 67 .287 1 5 3 0 5 4.24
Archie McKain 28 32 11 5 6 .455 3.68 129.2 66 53 120 6 54 49 .240 0 1 4 1 4 4.10
Bud Thomas 28 27 0 7 0 1.000 4.18 47.1 25 22 45 7 20 14 .247 0 2 0 0 1 5.60
Slick Coffman 28 23 1 2 1 .667 6.38 42.1 36 30 51 4 22 10 .287 1 1 0 0 0 5.39
Harry Eisenstat 23 10 2 2 2 .500 6.98 29.2 24 23 39 3 9 6 .310 0 1 1 0 0 4.82
Floyd Giebell 29 9 0 1 1 .500 2.93 15.1 7 5 19 1 12 9 .306 0 2 0 0 0 5.02
Jim Walkup 29 7 0 0 1 .000 7.50 12.0 10 10 15 3 8 5 .294 0 0 0 0 0 7.42
Bob Harris 24 5 1 1 1 .500 4.00 18.0 8 8 18 4 8 9 .265 0 2 0 0 0 6.22
Red Lynn 25 4 0 0 1 .000 8.64 8.1 8 8 11 2 3 3 .306 1 0 0 0 0 6.84
George Gill 30 3 1 0 1 .000 8.31 8.2 8 8 14 1 3 1 .359 0 0 0 0 0 5.31
Roxie Lawson 33 2 1 1 1 .500 4.76 11.1 7 6 7 1 7 4 .163 0 0 0 0 0 5.29