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1940 Detroit Tigers  (1939)  (1941)
90-64, 2nd in American League
Scored 902 runs, Allowed 798 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .676
Park Factor: Batting - 105 / Pitching - 104 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 92-62   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 90-64
Manager(s): Thomas Treece

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Hank Greenberg       29  153  595  124  197  58   5  36  152   8   0   86   96  .331  .413  .627  159  10.3  4(+5)e15  -64  
 1B *Hal Trosky           27  150  569  131  194  40   6  36  120   0   1   89   68  .341  .426  .622  155  10.5  4e12      128  
 OF #Jim Gleeson          28  131  505  106  175  37  14   7   69   3   4   60   58  .347  .418  .517  105   7.9  4(0)e6     76  
 2B *Charlie Gehringer    37  149  566  108  159  27   4   4   56  17  11   98   19  .281  .387  .364   87   5.4  1e21     -124  
 C   Ernie Lombardi       32  121  398   57  129  20   1  22   89   0   1   39   19  .324  .388  .545   81   7.6  2(0)e3     62  
 SS  Dick Bartell         32  147  522   78  138  24   3   6   60  12   3   59   69  .264  .336  .356   65   4.2  3e37       27  
 OF  Chet Laabs           28   97  213   44   63  10   3  15   43   0   1   28   65  .296  .376  .582   48   8.5  2(-2)e11   82  
 3B  Pinky Higgins        31   91  308   35   86  19   0   7   48   4   0   42   18  .279  .366  .409   46   5.3  3e34        4  
 C  *Billy Sullivan       29   86  239   31   69  15   4   7   38   0   1   26   15  .289  .358  .473   41   6.3  3(+1)e10  -18  
 OF  Harry Craft          25  122  370   40   98  10   3   7   38   1   3   14   47  .265  .295  .365   38   3.6  1(0)e1     30  
 3B #Heinie Mueller       27   93  281   51   71  14   1   7   37   4   0   40   36  .253  .346  .384   37   4.4  4e25       40  
 OF  Pete Fox             31   74  178   21   52   8   4   3   27   1   0    5   21  .292  .303  .433   22   4.5  2(-1)e11    4  
 OF *Earl Averill         38   59  122   10   35   3   0   3   22   1   0    6   10  .287  .311  .385   15   4.5  2(0)e11     6  
 UT #Al Glossop           25   61  130   18   26   3   1   4   13   0   1   15   24  .200  .279  .331   11   2.8            -41  
 2B  Crash Davis          20    8   19    5    7   0   1   0    1   0   1    0    2  .368  .368  .474    2   5.9  4e32      219  
 3B  Red Kress            35    2    6    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .333  .429  .500    1   9.4  4e44      332  
 1B  Wally Berger         34    9   17    4    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    4  .235  .235  .235    0   2.0  4e15     -310  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           921                   14

     * - 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          32  18   9  .667  32  32  15   0   0   0   1  241.1  229  115  103  19   91  183  3.84  110   4.1   -7  
  P  Tommy Bridges        33  16   8  .667  29  29   9   0   0   0   1  212.2  195  109   93  17  116  178  3.94  105   4.4   39  
  P *Joe Sullivan         29  11   9  .550  29  24   5   2   0   0   0  170.2  195  102   89  12   87   68  4.69  101   5.3   69  
  P  Schoolboy Rowe       30  11  10  .524  34  24   8   7   3   0   1  179.2  233  128  121  29   54   72  6.06  137   6.8  139  
  P  Mace Brown           31   8   5  .615  28  17   0   8   0   2   0  117.1  143   67   52  11   42   58  3.99   69   5.2   92  
  P  Joe Beggs            29   6   3  .667  42   0   0  29  11   4   0   67.0   66   22   19   1   23   28  2.55   27   3.7   49  
  P  Dizzy Trout          25   5   4  .556  21   9   1   5   0   2   0   73.2   97   64   52  11   42   54  6.35   61   7.2   39  
  P  Johnny Murphy        31   5   5  .500  42   0   0  26   8   3   0   80.1   79   28   25   7   17   37  2.80   32   3.6   -6  
  P *Harry Eisenstat      24   4   1  .800  40   1   1  17   4   2   0   66.0   86   31   31   7   18   32  4.23   42   5.9   52  
  P  Floyd Giebell        30   2   0 1.000   3   2   2   0   0   0   0   19.0   14    6    6   2    0   18  2.84    4   1.9  -88  
  P *Earl Johnson         21   2   2  .500  27   2   1  10   1   1   0   58.0   52   25   14   1   42   25  2.17   26   4.1  -13  
  P *Hal Newhouser        19   2   8  .200  19  14   1   3   1   0   0   75.1  110   84   79  15   53   61  9.44   82   9.6  159  
  P  Al Benton            29   0   0  .000   6   0   0   3   2   0   0    8.0    9    2    2   1    3    6  2.25    4   4.5  -55  
  P  Russ Bauers          26   0   0  .000   8   0   0   1   0   0   0   11.1   17   15   14   2    8    7 11.12   11   8.5   55  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      817         55

     * - 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
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Ernie Lombardi        890  98 115  586   34   7   1  .989  44  17
 Billy Sullivan        490  56  65  322   31  10   2  .972  49  16
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Hal Trosky 1255 141 150 1281 95 8 144 .994 9.87 Harry Craft 77 9 13 73 7 1 9 .988 9.39 Wally Berger 32 3 8 29 4 1 1 .971 9.38 Heinie Mueller 17 1 4 18 2 0 3 1.000 10.59 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Charlie Gehringer 1234 138 145 311 476 19 119 .976 5.74 Al Glossop 99 11 18 22 35 5 10 .919 5.18 Crash Davis 29 3 7 5 10 0 0 1.000 4.66 Heinie Mueller 19 2 4 4 4 0 1 1.000 3.86 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pinky Higgins 681 76 90 78 145 10 21 .957 2.95 Heinie Mueller 587 70 75 84 135 10 14 .956 3.36 Al Glossop 98 6 27 15 27 1 5 .977 3.87 Red Kress 15 2 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Bartell 1275 142 147 281 387 26 95 .963 4.71 Al Glossop 105 12 15 30 34 2 10 .970 5.49 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Hank Greenberg       1302 152 153  265    3  11   0  .961  1.85
 Jim Gleeson            25   0   9    7    1   0   0 1.000  2.88
 Harry Craft            17   1   4    2    0   0   0 1.000  1.06
 Pete Fox               15   0  11    4    0   1   0  .800  2.35
 Chet Laabs             11   1   7    2    1   0   0 1.000  2.38
 Earl Averill            7   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
 Heinie Mueller          2   0   2    1    0   0   0 1.000  4.50
 Wally Berger            1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Harry Craft 761 82 114 212 10 0 3 1.000 2.62 Jim Gleeson 325 42 46 83 7 2 0 .978 2.49 Earl Averill 193 18 34 39 2 1 0 .976 1.91 Chet Laabs 78 10 14 28 1 0 0 1.000 3.36 Pete Fox 21 2 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 Heinie Mueller 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Gleeson 645 79 82 132 4 3 1 .978 1.90 Pete Fox 358 39 52 77 3 3 0 .964 2.01 Chet Laabs 338 34 58 72 5 3 0 .962 2.05 Earl Averill 25 2 8 2 0 1 0 .667 0.71 Harry Craft 10 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.66 Heinie Mueller 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1940 Draft


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