The 1939 Detroit Tigers Roster (original) (raw)
The 1939 Detroit Tigers Roster
The 1939 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Roster
POS Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Player C Birdie Tebbetts 106 341 37 89 22 2 4 53 25 4 20 2 3 5 0 7 8 2 1 .261 .311 .372 0.1 Birdie Tebbetts 1B Hank Greenberg 138 500 111 156 42 7 33 113 91 5 95 2 4 7 0 13 8 8 3 .312 .415 .622 2.4 Hank Greenberg 2B C. Gehringer 118 406 86 132 29 6 16 86 68 2 16 1 6 5 0 7 7 4 3 .325 .419 .544 2.8 C. Gehringer 3B Pinky Higgins 132 489 57 135 23 2 8 76 56 3 41 2 4 10 0 11 14 7 4 .276 .346 .380 -1.4 Pinky Higgins SS Frank Croucher 97 324 38 87 15 0 5 40 16 0 42 0 8 3 0 6 10 2 2 .269 .300 .361 -2.0 Frank Croucher LF Earl Averill 87 309 58 81 20 6 10 58 43 0 30 1 3 8 0 8 4 4 2 .262 .346 .463 -0.8 Earl Averill CF Barney McCosky 147 611 120 190 33 14 4 58 70 0 45 2 7 2 0 19 7 20 4 .311 .382 .430 0.3 Barney McCosky RF Pete Fox 141 519 69 153 24 6 7 66 35 0 41 2 1 4 0 14 13 23 12 .295 .339 .405 -1.1 Pete Fox
C1 Rudy York 102 329 66 101 16 1 20 68 41 3 50 2 0 4 0 5 8 5 0 .307 .383 .544 1.3 Rudy York 2S Benny McCoy 55 192 38 58 13 6 1 33 29 0 26 0 2 4 0 4 4 3 0 .302 .387 .448 0.9 Benny McCoy OF Roy Cullenbine 75 179 31 43 9 2 6 23 34 0 29 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 .240 .362 .413 -0.7 Roy Cullenbine S3 Billy Rogell 74 174 24 40 6 3 2 23 26 0 14 0 2 4 0 4 2 3 1 .230 .324 .333 -0.8 Billy Rogell IF Red Kress 51 157 19 38 7 0 1 22 17 3 16 0 1 3 0 3 7 2 1 .242 .311 .306 -0.3 Red Kress OF Dixie Walker 43 154 31 47 4 5 4 19 15 0 8 0 7 1 0 3 5 4 1 .305 .365 .474 0.2 Dixie Walker OF Beau Bell 54 134 14 32 4 2 0 24 24 4 16 1 5 3 0 3 6 0 1 .239 .352 .299 -0.6 Beau Bell OF Les Fleming 8 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 Les Fleming 3B Mark Christman 6 16 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .375 -0.2 Mark Christman OF Chet Laabs 5 16 1 5 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .313 .389 .500 0.1 Chet Laabs C Merv Shea 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 Merv Shea C Dixie Parsons 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 -0.1 Dixie Parsons
P Bobo Newsom 35 97 6 18 0 1 0 7 1 0 16 0 3 1 0 3 6 0 0 .186 .192 .206 0.0 Bobo Newsom P Tommy Bridges 29 71 11 14 2 0 0 6 8 0 24 0 8 0 0 3 0 0 0 .197 .278 .225 0.0 Tommy Bridges P Schoolboy Rowe 31 61 7 15 0 1 1 12 5 0 7 0 3 0 0 1 3 1 1 .246 .303 .328 0.0 Schoolboy Rowe P Dizzy Trout 35 57 7 12 2 1 0 2 1 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .211 .224 .281 0.0 Dizzy Trout P Al Benton 37 44 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 1 7 0 0 4 3 0 0 .091 .111 .091 0.0 Al Benton P Archie McKain 32 41 7 9 2 1 2 5 8 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .220 .347 .463 0.0 Archie McKain P Fred Hutchinson 13 34 5 13 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .382 .417 .412 0.0 Fred Hutchinson P Bud Thomas 27 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 0.0 Bud Thomas P Harry Eisenstat 10 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 0.0 Harry Eisenstat P Vern Kennedy 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 0.0 Vern Kennedy P Slick Coffman 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 0.0 Slick Coffman P Bob Harris 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 0.0 Bob Harris P Cotton Pippen 3 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 0.0 Cotton Pippen P Roxie Lawson 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Roxie Lawson P Floyd Giebell 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Floyd Giebell P Jim Walkup 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0.0 Jim Walkup P George Gill 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 George Gill P Red Lynn 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Red Lynn P Hal Newhouser 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 Hal Newhouser Total 1758 5326 849 1487 277 67 124 804 619 24 593 16 81 64 0 121 125 88 37 .279 .352 .426 -0.5 Total Oppon 1770 5337 762 1430 263 61 104 705 574 41 632 18 114 0 0 139 114 65 54 .268 .341 .399 Oppon POS Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Player
Player G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Player Bobo Newsom 35 31 21 3 4 2 246 222 1050 14 100 92 104 3 164 7 0 4 2 0 46 6 13 19 17 10 3.37 5.06 3.7 Bobo Newsom Tommy Bridges 29 26 16 2 2 2 198 186 840 11 87 77 61 2 129 2 0 4 6 0 26 5 17 20 17 7 3.50 6.35 3.2 Tommy Bridges Schoolboy Rowe 28 24 8 1 2 0 164 192 734 17 113 91 61 8 51 7 0 2 2 0 42 10 22 18 10 12 4.99 6.12 -0.3 Schoolboy Rowe Dizzy Trout 33 22 6 0 6 2 162 168 716 5 82 65 74 6 72 7 0 5 4 1 26 7 17 14 9 10 3.61 5.05 1.9 Dizzy Trout Al Benton 37 16 3 0 18 5 150 182 693 11 94 76 58 5 67 7 0 5 1 0 26 7 12 26 6 8 4.56 5.62 -0.1 Al Benton Archie McKain 32 11 4 1 12 4 129.2 120 554 6 66 53 54 5 49 7 0 1 0 0 22 10 8 12 5 6 3.68 5.00 1.5 Archie McKain Fred Hutchinson 13 12 3 0 0 0 84.2 95 391 9 56 49 51 3 22 5 0 1 0 0 17 5 4 6 3 6 5.21 4.92 0.1 Fred Hutchinson Bud Thomas 27 0 0 0 15 1 47.1 45 202 7 25 22 20 1 14 2 0 2 0 0 10 1 7 6 7 0 4.18 - 0.4 Bud Thomas Slick Coffman 23 1 0 0 10 0 42.1 51 201 4 36 30 22 1 10 5 0 0 1 0 13 1 3 5 2 1 6.38 7.00 -0.5 Slick Coffman Harry Eisenstat 10 2 1 0 5 0 29.2 39 135 3 24 23 9 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 10 1 3 1 2 2 6.98 9.00 -0.5 Harry Eisenstat Vern Kennedy 4 4 1 0 0 0 21 25 95 4 15 15 9 0 9 2 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 3 6.43 3.25 -0.2 Vern Kennedy Bob Harris 5 1 0 0 2 0 18 18 76 4 8 8 8 0 9 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 3 0 1 1 4.00 5.00 0.2 Bob Harris Floyd Giebell 9 0 0 0 6 0 15.1 19 74 1 7 5 12 1 9 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 3 3 1 1 2.93 - 0.2 Floyd Giebell Cotton Pippen 3 2 0 0 0 0 14 18 69 1 13 11 6 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 4 0 1 7.07 6.00 -0.2 Cotton Pippen Jim Walkup 7 0 0 0 4 1 12 15 59 3 10 10 8 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 7.50 - -0.2 Jim Walkup Roxie Lawson 2 1 0 0 1 0 11.1 7 50 1 7 6 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 4.76 6.00 0.0 Roxie Lawson George Gill 3 1 0 0 1 0 8.2 14 42 1 8 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 8.31 4.00 -0.3 George Gill Red Lynn 4 0 0 0 3 0 8.1 11 40 2 8 8 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 8.64 - -0.3 Red Lynn Hal Newhouser 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 22 0 3 3 4 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 5.40 0.00 0.0 Hal Newhouser Total 305 155 64 8 91 17 1367.1 1430 6043 104 762 652 574 41 633 68 0 32 18 2 263 61 114 139 81 73 4.29 5.48 8.6 Total Oppon 299 155 66 8 89 13 1364 1489 6111 124 849 747 623 24 596 146 0 27 16 2 277 67 129 121 73 81 4.93 4.92 Oppon Player G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Player
Team shutouts may be more than the composite totals for all pitchers due to instances in which more than one pitcher combined for a shutout.
Player POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G Al Benton P 37 16 3 150 6 27 2 0 0 1 15 7 1 .943 Tommy Bridges P 29 26 16 198 8 28 3 2 0 1 7 4 1 .923 Slick Coffman P 23 1 0 42.1 1 8 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1.000 Harry Eisenstat P 10 2 1 29.2 3 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 Floyd Giebell P 9 0 0 15.1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .667 George Gill P 3 1 0 8.2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Bob Harris P 5 1 0 18 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1.000 Fred Hutchinson P 13 12 3 84.2 6 13 0 1 0 1 7 7 1 1.000 Vern Kennedy P 4 4 1 21 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 Roxie Lawson P 2 1 0 11.1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Red Lynn P 4 0 0 8.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 Archie McKain P 32 11 4 129.2 1 15 2 0 0 0 12 7 0 .889 Hal Newhouser P 1 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 Bobo Newsom P 35 31 21 246 8 33 3 1 0 1 5 13 0 .932 Cotton Pippen P 3 2 0 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Schoolboy Rowe P 28 24 8 164 9 27 2 5 0 2 4 5 0 .947 Bud Thomas P 27 0 0 47.1 2 10 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1.000 Dizzy Trout P 33 22 6 162 3 23 4 1 0 4 8 5 0 .867 Jim Walkup P 7 0 0 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 Dixie Parsons C 4 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Merv Shea C 4 0 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 Birdie Tebbetts C 100 94 82 814.1 449 64 16 10 0 8 38 34 4 .970 Rudy York C 66 61 55 538 283 38 5 5 0 6 26 20 0 .985 Roy Cullenbine 1B 2 1 1 17 23 2 0 4 0 1.000 Hank Greenberg 1B 136 136 134 1183.1 1205 75 9 108 0 .993 Rudy York 1B 20 18 17 167 151 1 0 17 0 1.000 Frank Croucher 2B 3 2 2 21 5 8 1 3 0 .929 C. Gehringer 2B 107 106 100 913 245 312 13 67 0 .977 Red Kress 2B 16 14 13 128 29 47 6 13 0 .927 Benny McCoy 2B 34 31 31 289 79 104 8 19 0 .958 Billy Rogell 2B 2 2 2 16.1 8 5 1 2 0 .929 Mark Christman 3B 5 3 3 35.1 4 5 1 1 0 .900 Pinky Higgins 3B 130 128 127 1128.2 140 241 36 22 0 .914 Red Kress 3B 4 4 4 31 7 7 1 1 0 .933 Billy Rogell 3B 21 20 16 172.1 17 40 4 3 0 .934 Frank Croucher SS 93 87 77 771.2 139 256 28 47 0 .934 Red Kress SS 25 25 18 198 48 69 5 15 0 .959 Benny McCoy SS 16 14 14 124 29 46 3 6 0 .962 Billy Rogell SS 43 29 25 273.2 59 90 11 21 0 .931 Earl Averill LF 76 75 69 652.1 153 2 4 0 0 .975 Beau Bell LF 37 35 33 300.2 74 5 0 1 0 1.000 Roy Cullenbine LF 24 19 19 182 47 1 2 1 0 .960 Les Fleming LF 1 1 1 9 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 Chet Laabs LF 5 5 4 36 13 1 1 0 0 .933 Dixie Walker LF 22 20 19 187.1 50 2 1 1 0 .981 Earl Averill CF 4 3 3 29 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 Roy Cullenbine CF 4 2 2 20 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 Barney McCosky CF 145 145 142 1274.1 427 7 6 2 0 .986 Dixie Walker CF 5 5 5 44 16 0 2 0 0 .889 Roy Cullenbine RF 19 19 17 160.1 33 1 7 0 0 .829 Les Fleming RF 2 2 2 18 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 Pete Fox RF 126 123 123 1095.1 267 10 9 3 0 .969 Dixie Walker RF 11 11 10 93.2 27 1 0 0 0 1.000 Earl Averill OF 80 78 72 681.1 157 3 4 0 0 .976 76 4 0 Beau Bell OF 37 35 33 300.2 73 4 0 1 0 1.000 37 0 0 Roy Cullenbine OF 46 40 38 362.1 81 2 9 1 0 .902 24 4 19 Les Fleming OF 3 3 3 27 6 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 2 Pete Fox OF 126 123 123 1095.1 275 12 9 3 0 .970 0 0 126 Chet Laabs OF 5 5 4 36 13 1 1 0 0 .933 5 0 0 Barney McCosky OF 145 145 142 1274.1 428 7 6 2 0 .986 0 145 0 Dixie Walker OF 37 36 34 325 93 4 3 1 0 .970 22 5 11 Total P 305 155 64 1367.1 52 211 17 14 0 15 65 54 5 .939 Total C 174 155 137 1367.1 735 102 22 15 0 15 65 54 4 .974 Total 1B 158 155 152 1367.1 1379 78 9 129 0 .994 Total 2B 162 155 148 1367.1 366 476 29 104 0 .967 Total 3B 160 155 150 1367.1 168 293 42 27 0 .917 Total SS 177 155 134 1367.1 275 461 47 89 0 .940 Total LF 165 155 145 1367.1 341 11 8 3 0 .978 Total CF 158 155 152 1367.1 449 8 8 2 0 .983 Total RF 158 155 152 1367.1 329 12 16 3 0 .955 Total OF 479 465 449 4102 1126 33 32 8 0 .973 165 158 158 Total ALL 1615 1395 1234 12306 4101 1654 198 147 0 15 65 54 9 .967 Player POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Manager: Del Baker
Coach Start End Gordie Hinkle 4-18 10- 1 Bing Miller 4-18 10- 1 Merv Shea 4-18 10- 1