1940 Detroit Tigers Stats, Awards, and Rosters

Record: 90–64 (.584), 1st place in American League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Al Benton 42 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Archie McKain 27 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .125 .300 .125 .425
Barney McCosky 143 592 123 200 39 19 4 57 67 41 13 9 .338 .406 .488 .894
Billy Sullivan 78 223 36 68 14 4 3 41 31 11 2 0 .305 .395 .444 .838
Birdie Tebbetts 111 381 46 112 24 4 4 46 35 14 4 5 .294 .355 .409 .764
Bobo Newsom 36 111 9 23 5 0 0 16 1 17 0 0 .207 .214 .252 .467
Bruce Campbell 103 301 56 84 15 5 8 44 45 28 2 7 .279 .376 .442 .818
Charlie Gehringer 139 525 108 161 33 3 10 81 101 17 10 0 .307 .421 .438 .859
Clay Smith 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Cotton Pippen 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Dick Bartell 139 539 76 123 24 3 7 53 76 53 12 2 .228 .329 .323 .652
Dizzy Trout 33 31 4 4 0 0 0 4 2 9 0 0 .129 .182 .129 .311
Dutch Meyer 23 60 12 15 3 0 0 6 4 10 2 0 .250 .308 .300 .608
Earl Averill 64 119 10 33 4 1 2 20 5 14 0 0 .277 .306 .378 .685
Floyd Giebell 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Frank Croucher 37 57 3 6 0 0 0 2 4 5 0 0 .105 .164 .105 .269
Frank Secory 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Frank Metha 26 38 6 9 0 1 0 3 2 8 0 1 .237 .275 .289 .564
Fred Hutchinson 17 30 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .300 .567
Hal Newhouser 28 44 3 8 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 .182 .234 .182 .416
Hank Greenberg 148 576 129 195 50 8 41 150 93 75 6 3 .339 .431 .667 1.098
Johnny Gorsica 29 63 6 12 0 2 1 7 3 15 0 0 .190 .227 .302 .529
Lynn Nelson 19 23 4 8 0 0 1 3 0 6 0 0 .348 .348 .478 .826
Pat Mullin 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pete Fox 93 353 49 101 17 4 5 48 21 30 7 7 .286 .326 .399 .726
Pinky Higgins 131 487 70 130 24 3 13 76 61 31 4 2 .267 .352 .409 .761
Red Kress 33 100 13 22 3 1 1 11 10 12 0 0 .220 .291 .300 .591
Rudy York 155 592 105 186 46 6 33 134 89 88 3 2 .314 .407 .579 .987
Schoolboy Rowe 27 68 7 18 6 1 1 18 5 13 1 1 .265 .315 .426 .742
Tom Seats 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Tommy Bridges 29 72 5 12 2 0 0 4 3 23 0 0 .167 .200 .194 .394
Tuck Stainback 15 42 4 9 2 0 0 1 1 9 0 0 .214 .250 .262 .512
– 154 5,495 888 1,549 312 65 134 829 664 554 66 39 .282 .362 .435 .797

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Al Benton 42 79.1 6 10 17 0 0 93 44 39 36 0 50 0 0 0 0 4.42 1.63
Archie McKain 27 51.0 5 0 3 0 0 48 18 16 25 0 24 0 0 0 0 2.82 1.43
Bob Uhl 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 600000000.00
Bobo Newsom 36 264.0 21 5 0 0 0 235 110 83 100 3 164 34 0 20 3 2.83 1.27
Bud Thomas 3 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 8 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 2.75
Clay Smith 14 28.1 1 1 0 0 0 32 18 16 13 1 14 1 0 0 0 5.08 1.59
Cotton Pippen 4 21.1 1 2 0 0 0 29 16 16 10 1 9 3 0 0 0 6.75 1.83
Dick Conger 2 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.67
Dizzy Trout 33 100.2 3 7 2 0 0 125 60 50 54 3 64 10 0 1 0 4.47 1.78
Floyd Giebell 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 0 14 2 2 4 0 11 2 0 2 1 1.00 1.00
Fred Hutchinson 17 76.0 3 7 0 0 0 85 52 48 26 2 32 10 0 1 0 5.68 1.46
Hal Newhouser 28 133.1 9 9 0 0 0 149 81 72 76 2 89 20 0 7 0 4.86 1.69
Johnny Gorsica 29 160.0 7 7 0 0 0 170 85 77 57 4 68 20 0 5 2 4.33 1.42
Lynn Nelson 6 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 23 19 17 9 0 7 2 0 0 0 10.93 2.29
Schoolboy Rowe 27 169.0 16 3 0 0 0 170 68 65 43 1 61 23 0 11 1 3.46 1.26
Tom Seats 26 55.2 2 2 1 0 0 67 43 29 21 0 25 2 0 0 0 4.69 1.58
Tommy Bridges 29 197.2 12 9 0 0 0 171 89 74 88 0 133 28 0 12 2 3.37 1.31
– 154 1375.1 90 64 23 0 0 1,425 716 609 570 17 752 155 0 59 9 3.99 1.45

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Al Benton P 42 5 11 3 19 1 - - - .842 0.38
Archie McKain P 27 2 16 0 18 0 - - - 1.000 0.67
Bob Uhl P 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Bobo Newsom P 36 3 32 3 38 3 - - - .921 0.97
Bud Thomas P 3 0 4 0 4 0 - - - 1.000 1.33
Clay Smith P 14 1 10 0 11 0 - - - 1.000 0.79
Cotton Pippen P 4 2 4 0 6 0 - - - 1.000 1.50
Dick Conger P 2 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Dizzy Trout P 33 5 25 2 32 1 - - - .937 0.91
Floyd Giebell P 2 2 2 0 4 0 - - - 1.000 2.00
Fred Hutchinson P 17 2 16 2 20 1 - - - .900 1.06
Hal Newhouser P 28 5 31 1 37 0 - - - .973 1.29
Johnny Gorsica P 29 15 53 4 72 2 - - - .944 2.34
Lynn Nelson P 6 0 3 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Schoolboy Rowe P 27 10 28 0 38 2 - - - 1.000 1.41
Tom Seats P 26 4 11 0 15 0 - - - 1.000 0.58
Tommy Bridges P 29 4 30 2 36 0 - - - .944 1.17
Billy Sullivan C 57 292 29 8 329 4 0 0 .0 .976 5.63
Birdie Tebbetts C 107 572 89 17 678 10 0 0 .0 .975 6.18
Rudy York 1B 155 1,390 107 15 1,512 101 - - - .990 9.66
Charlie Gehringer 2B 138 276 374 19 669 72 - - - .972 4.71
Dutch Meyer 2B 21 28 44 3 75 6 - - - .960 3.43
Frank Croucher 2B 7 4 2 0 6 1 - - - 1.000 0.86
Frank Metha 2B 10 9 15 1 25 3 - - - .960 2.40
Billy Sullivan 3B 6 4 14 2 20 1 - - - .900 3.00
Frank Croucher 3B 1 2 1 2 5 0 - - - .600 3.00
Frank Metha 3B 6 1 12 1 14 0 - - - .929 2.17
Pinky Higgins 3B 129 133 239 29 401 16 - - - .928 2.88
Red Kress 3B 17 20 41 5 66 1 - - - .924 3.59
Dick Bartell SS 139 295 394 34 723 74 - - - .953 4.96
Frank Croucher SS 26 17 27 3 47 2 - - - .936 1.69
Red Kress SS 12 25 33 3 61 5 - - - .951 4.83
Hank Greenberg LF 148 298 14 15 327 1 - - - .954 2.11
Barney McCosky CF 141 349 7 6 362 2 - - - .983 2.52
Earl Averill CF 22 23 2 1 26 0 - - - .962 1.14
Pat Mullin CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Tuck Stainback CF 9 26 4 1 31 0 - - - .968 3.33
Bruce Campbell RF 74 133 6 6 145 0 - - - .959 1.88
Pete Fox RF 85 169 6 6 181 0 - - - .967 2.06
– 154 4,126 1,736 194 6,056 309 0 0 .0 .968 3.58

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Archie McKain 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Barney McCosky 7 23 5 7 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 .304 .467 .348 .814
Billy Sullivan 5 13 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 .154 .389 .154 .543
Birdie Tebbetts 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bobo Newsom 3 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Bruce Campbell 7 26 4 9 1 0 1 5 4 4 0 2 .346 .433 .500 .933
Charlie Gehringer 7 28 3 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .214 .267 .214 .481
Clay Smith 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Dick Bartell 7 26 2 7 2 0 0 3 3 3 0 1 .269 .345 .346 .691
Dizzy Trout 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Earl Averill 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Frank Croucher 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Fred Hutchinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Hank Greenberg 7 28 5 10 2 1 1 6 2 5 0 0 .357 .400 .607 1.007
Johnny Gorsica 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pete Fox 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinky Higgins 7 24 2 8 3 1 1 6 3 3 0 0 .333 .407 .667 1.074
Rudy York 7 26 3 6 0 1 1 2 4 7 0 0 .231 .333 .423 .756
Schoolboy Rowe 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Tommy Bridges 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
– 7 231 28 56 9 3 4 24 30 30 0 3 .242 .330 .359 .689

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Archie McKain 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.33
Bobo Newsom 3 26.0 2 1 0 0 0 18 4 4 4 0 17 3 0 3 1 1.38 0.85
Clay Smith 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.00
Dizzy Trout 1 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 6 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 9.00 3.50
Fred Hutchinson 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 2.00
Johnny Gorsica 2 11.1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.79 0.88
Schoolboy Rowe 2 3.2 0 2 0 0 0 12 7 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 17.18 3.55
Tommy Bridges 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 0 10 4 3 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 3.00 1.22
– 154 60.0 3 4 0 0 0 58 22 20 15 0 30 7 0 4 1 3.00 1.22

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Archie McKain P 1 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Bobo Newsom P 3 2 0 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.67
Clay Smith P 1 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Dizzy Trout P 1 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Fred Hutchinson P 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Johnny Gorsica P 2 0 6 0 6 1 - - - 1.000 3.00
Schoolboy Rowe P 2 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Tommy Bridges P 1 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Billy Sullivan C 4 23 2 0 25 0 0 0 .0 1.000 6.25
Birdie Tebbetts C 3 13 3 1 17 1 0 0 .0 .941 5.33
Rudy York 1B 7 60 2 0 62 4 - - - 1.000 8.86
Charlie Gehringer 2B 7 18 18 0 36 3 - - - 1.000 5.14
Pinky Higgins 3B 7 4 30 2 36 1 - - - .944 4.86
Dick Bartell SS 7 12 11 1 24 2 - - - .958 3.29
Frank Croucher SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Hank Greenberg LF 7 12 0 0 12 0 - - - 1.000 1.71
Barney McCosky CF 7 19 0 0 19 0 - - - 1.000 2.71
Bruce Campbell RF 7 17 0 0 17 0 - - - 1.000 2.43
– 7 180 77 4 261 12 0 0 .0 .985 2.04

Awards

Player Award Stats
Hank Greenberg Most Valuable Player (LF) .339–41–150, 6 SB
Tommy Bridges All-Star (P) 12–9, 133 SO, 3.37 ERA
Bobo Newsom All-Star (P) 21–5, 164 SO, 2.83 ERA
Hank Greenberg All-Star (1B) .339–41–150, 6 SB