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1940 American League Team Record GB Detroit Tigers 90 - 64 — Cleveland Indians 89 - 65 1.0 New York Yankees 88 - 66 2.0 Boston Red Sox 82 - 72 8.0 Chicago White Sox 82 - 72 8.0 St. Louis Browns 67 - 87 23.0 Washington Senators 64 - 90 26.0 Philadelphia Athletics 54 - 100 36.0	AL Champion Runs Scored: 888 Runs Allowed: 717 Attendance: 1,112,693
1940 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 27 111 379 46 112 24 4 4 46 35 0 14 4 5 2 1 9 .296 .357 .412 .769 Rudy York 1B 26 155 588 105 186 46 6 33 134 89 0 88 3 2 4 4 12 .316 .410 .583 .993 Charlie Gehringer 2B 37 139 515 108 161 33 3 10 81 101 0 17 10 6 10 3 9 .313 .428 .447 .875 Pinky Higgins 3B 31 131 480 70 130 24 3 13 76 61 0 31 4 2 7 3 14 .271 .357 .415 .772 Dick Bartell SS 32 139 528 76 123 24 3 7 53 76 0 53 12 2 11 5 11 .233 .335 .330 .665 Hank Greenberg LF 29 148 573 129 195 50 8 41 150 93 0 75 6 3 3 1 15 .340 .433 .670 1.103 Barney McCosky CF 23 143 589 123 200 39 19 4 57 67 0 41 13 9 3 1 8 .340 .408 .491 .899 Pete Fox RF 31 93 350 49 101 17 4 5 48 21 0 30 7 7 3 0 4 .289 .329 .403 .732
1940 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 Bruce Campbell 30 103 297 56 84 15 5 8 44 45 0 28 2 7 4 2 8 .283 .381 .448 .829 Billy Sullivan 29 78 220 36 68 14 4 3 41 31 0 11 2 1 3 2 2 .309 .399 .450 .849 Earl Averill 38 64 118 10 33 4 1 2 20 5 0 14 0 0 1 0 3 .280 .309 .381 .690 Frank Croucher 25 37 57 3 6 0 0 0 2 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .105 .164 .105 .269 Red Kress 33 33 99 13 22 3 1 1 11 10 0 12 0 0 1 0 7 .222 .294 .303 .597 Scat Metha 26 26 37 6 9 0 1 0 3 2 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 .243 .282 .297 .579 Dutch Meyer 24 23 58 12 15 3 0 0 6 4 0 10 2 1 2 1 0 .259 .317 .310 .627 Tuck Stainback 28 15 40 4 9 2 0 0 1 1 0 9 0 0 2 1 2 .225 .262 .275 .537 Pat Mullin 22 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Frank Secory 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 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 32 36 107 9 23 5 0 0 16 1 0 17 0 0 4 0 4 .215 .222 .262 .484 Schoolboy Rowe P 30 27 67 7 18 6 1 1 18 5 0 13 1 1 1 0 2 .269 .319 .433 .752 Tommy Bridges P 33 29 68 5 12 2 0 0 4 3 0 23 0 0 4 0 1 .176 .211 .206 .417 Johnny Gorsica P 25 29 62 6 12 0 2 1 7 3 0 15 0 0 1 0 1 .194 .231 .306 .537 Hal Newhouser P 19 28 40 3 8 0 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 .200 .256 .200 .456 Dizzy Trout P 25 33 31 4 4 0 0 0 4 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 .129 .182 .129 .311 Fred Hutchinson P 20 17 30 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .300 .567 Lynn Nelson P 35 19 23 4 8 0 0 1 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 .348 .348 .478 .826 Al Benton P 29 42 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Tom Seats P 29 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .166 Archie McKain P 29 27 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 .143 .333 .143 .476 Cotton Pippen P 29 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Clay Smith P 25 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Floyd Giebell P 30 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 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 32 36 34 21 5 .808 2.83 264.0 110 83 235 19 100 164 .235 3 2 20 3 0 3.86 Tommy Bridges 33 29 28 12 9 .571 3.37 197.2 89 74 171 11 88 133 .226 0 5 12 2 0 3.71 Schoolboy Rowe 30 27 23 16 3 .842 3.46 169.0 68 65 170 15 43 61 .257 1 2 11 1 0 4.21 Hal Newhouser 19 28 20 9 9 .500 4.86 133.1 81 72 149 12 76 89 .279 2 1 7 0 0 4.59 Johnny Gorsica 25 29 20 7 7 .500 4.33 160.0 85 77 170 10 57 68 .269 4 2 5 2 0 4.11 Fred Hutchinson 20 17 10 3 7 .300 5.68 76.0 52 48 85 6 26 32 .277 2 0 1 0 0 4.29 Cotton Pippen 29 4 3 1 2 .333 6.75 21.1 16 16 29 3 10 9 .319 1 1 0 0 0 5.53 Floyd Giebell 30 2 2 2 0 1.000 1.00 18.0 2 2 14 2 4 11 .203 0 1 2 1 0 3.89
1940 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 29 42 0 6 10 .375 4.42 79.1 44 39 93 5 36 50 .286 0 2 0 0 17 3.92 Dizzy Trout 25 33 10 3 7 .300 4.47 100.2 60 50 125 4 54 64 .303 3 3 1 0 2 3.94 Archie McKain 29 27 0 5 0 1.000 2.82 51.0 18 16 48 2 25 24 .241 0 1 0 0 3 4.04 Tom Seats 29 26 2 2 2 .500 4.69 55.2 43 29 67 4 21 25 .285 0 2 0 0 1 4.17 Clay Smith 25 14 1 1 1 .500 5.08 28.1 18 16 32 3 13 14 .281 1 2 0 0 0 4.87 Lynn Nelson 35 6 2 1 1 .500 10.93 14.0 19 17 23 5 9 7 .359 0 0 0 0 0 8.57 Bud Thomas 29 3 0 0 1 .000 9.00 4.0 5 4 8 1 3 0 .381 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 Dick Conger 19 2 0 1 0 1.000 3.00 3.0 1 1 2 0 3 1 .182 0 0 0 0 0 5.33 Bob Uhl 26 1 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0.0 5 0 4 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0.00