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1939 Detroit Tigers  (1938)  (1940) 81-73, 5th in American League Scored 870 runs, Allowed 806 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .662 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 77-77   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 81-73 Manager(s): Thomas Treece

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B  Hank Greenberg       28  153  481  116  150  28   7  38  110   5   1   94  105  .312  .421  .636  139  11.0  4e10       16  
 2B *Charlie Gehringer    36  141  440  114  153  35   7  18   46   1   1   75   15  .348  .445  .582  119  10.9  1e18       59  
 OF *Earl Averill         37  118  396   72  119  28   6  16   74   4   3   40   52  .301  .362  .523   75   6.9  3(0)e12    68  
 OF  Harry Craft          24  152  535   73  138  16   8  27   95   5   1   30   66  .258  .295  .469   70   4.5  1(0)e7     63  
 C  *Billy Sullivan       28  113  334   59  111  19   5   7   62   5   0   40   24  .332  .404  .482   69   8.0  3(+1)e16  108  
 OF  Pete Fox             30  147  558   73  156  14   5   8   59  17   3   33   38  .280  .320  .366   66   4.1  2(-1)e11  -61  
 1B *Hal Trosky           26  118  214   45   75  11   1  20   54   0   0   33   12  .350  .437  .692   65  11.8  4e11      134  
 C   Ernie Lombardi       31  117  331   59  101  16   2  21   75   0   0   29   15  .305  .356  .556   63   7.0  2(0)e6     83  
 3B #Heinie Mueller       26  115  371   61  105  21  11  13   76   0   2   25   41  .283  .327  .504   56   5.3  4e28       52  
 OF  Chet Laabs           27  138  353   58  101  14   5  12   54   2   1   29   82  .286  .343  .456   55   5.6  2(-2)e13  -59  
 3B  Pinky Higgins        30  101  351   37   85  11   0   5   37   1   1   42   32  .242  .323  .316   35   3.4  3e42      -94  
 SS  George Scharein      24  113  270   23   66   9   1   0   29   4   2   13   41  .244  .279  .285   22   2.8  2e33        9  
 SS  Skeeter Webb         29   78  222   19   56  11   0   0   22   0   1   11   19  .252  .289  .302   19   3.0  3e50      -60  
 SS #Billy Rogell         34   19   64    5   15   3   0   1    5   0   0    5    5  .234  .290  .328    6   3.3  2e41      -45  
 2B  Red Kress            34   46   86    8   22   2   0   0    2   0   0    3   12  .256  .289  .279    5   2.3  4e56      -64  
 2B  Ed Leip              28   14   36    8   13   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    6  .361  .378  .389    5   6.3  4e38       10  
 3B  Marv Owen            33   10   14    3    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    3    0  .071  .235  .071    0    .4  2e29     -279  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           875                   19

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Bobo Newsom          31  17  13  .567  39  39  18   0   0   0   1  303.0  299  175  153  36  138  252  4.54  162   4.8   19  
  P  Tommy Bridges        32  14  11  .560  29  29  10   0   0   0   1  201.2  214  102   89  14   68  168  3.97  100   4.4   28  
  P  Dizzy Trout          24  13   9  .591  25  24   6   1   0   0   1  159.0  169   86   78   7   95   83  4.42   87   4.8  -11  
  P  Mace Brown           30   9   9  .500  30  21   5   4   0   0   0  152.1  206  108   95  18   52   70  5.61  114   6.7   69  
  P *Harry Eisenstat      23   8   2  .800  54   0   0  23   3   2   0   76.2   74   29   24   4   22   32  2.82   32   3.9  -88  
  P  Jack Russell         33   7   3  .700  41   0   0  18   0   3   0   65.0   78   40   37   7   19   31  5.12   43   6.0   23  
  P  Jim Tobin            26   3   3  .500  25   9   3   4   0   0   2   88.2  112   51   37   6   14   35  3.76   51   5.1 -102  
  P  Russ Bauers          25   3   4  .429  12  10   2   1   0   1   1   61.2   61   36   31   7   27   16  4.52   31   4.5   59  
  P  Al Benton            28   2   2  .500  20   8   0   6   0   1   0   64.1   81   39   35   7   20   47  4.90   43   6.0   -1  
  P *Joe Sullivan         28   2   5  .286  25  12   1   6   1   1   0   98.2  115   57   56   3   53   46  5.11   57   5.3   26  
  P  Elden Auker          28   1   1  .500  12   1   0   4   0   1   0   27.1   46   30   23   5   10    9  7.57   28   8.8  110  
  P  Schoolboy Rowe       29   1   4  .200  14   1   0   6   0   2   0   25.2   33   24   17   7   15   13  5.96   25   8.5  127  
  P  Johnny Murphy        30   1   7  .125  40   0   0  36  18   6   0   54.2   72   29   29   3   19   26  4.77   33   5.3  115  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      811         19

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Billy Sullivan 714 84 95 476 45 21 3 .961 75 30 Ernie Lombardi 665 70 104 445 34 12 3 .976 57 16 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hank Greenberg 1020 117 133 1014 84 7 117 .994 9.69 Hal Trosky 359 37 64 366 39 3 40 .993 10.15 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Charlie Gehringer 979 106 131 253 355 13 92 .979 5.59 Heinie Mueller 204 25 33 55 64 2 14 .983 5.26 Red Kress 122 14 23 36 37 8 7 .901 5.37 Ed Leip 66 8 12 17 19 0 8 1.000 4.91 Skeeter Webb 8 1 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pinky Higgins 808 91 98 116 191 17 19 .948 3.42 Heinie Mueller 530 59 64 83 137 8 18 .965 3.74 Marv Owen 31 2 9 5 5 1 1 .909 2.93 Red Kress 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 Ernie Lombardi 5 2 2 1 1 2 0 .500 3.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- George Scharein 663 68 111 151 222 14 51 .964 5.06 Skeeter Webb 531 67 77 107 175 15 33 .949 4.78 Billy Rogell 159 18 19 31 59 9 13 .909 5.09 Red Kress 26 1 11 12 7 0 4 1.000 6.58 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Earl Averill 798 99 109 172 7 10 1 .947 2.02 Pete Fox 294 35 38 61 5 4 0 .943 2.02 Chet Laabs 178 16 43 41 0 2 0 .953 2.07 Hank Greenberg 67 3 21 22 0 1 0 .957 2.96 Heinie Mueller 42 1 17 19 0 1 0 .950 4.10 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Harry Craft 1289 149 152 312 25 9 1 .974 2.35 Earl Averill 33 2 10 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.81 Pete Fox 30 2 12 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.89 Chet Laabs 24 1 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Ernie Lombardi 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pete Fox 867 98 106 162 5 6 0 .965 1.73 Chet Laabs 499 55 69 95 8 6 1 .945 1.86 Earl Averill 11 1 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 Hank Greenberg 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1939 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Billy Sullivan
Round 2 (#22):	Jim Tobin
Round 3 (#33):	Jack Russell
Round 4 (#41):	Marv Owen
Round 5 (#49):	George Scharein

Transactions

• 1939-01: acquired Skeeter Webb as a free agent
• 1939-04: acquired Ed Leip as a free agent
• 1939-13: traded DEA#1 to CHA for Billy Rogell
• 1939-20: released Ed Leip
• 1939-20: acquired Elden Auker as a free agent

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