1940 Detroit Tigers
90 - 64
1939 / 1941 (Organization)
1st place in the AL
Home Record:
Away Record:
50 - 29 (.633)
40 - 35 (.533)
+8.2 wins
+4.7 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 888 / 823 ( +65 )
Allowed/Expected: 717 / 832 ( +115 )
Pyth Record: 93 - 61 (-3)
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Briggs Stadium
Attendance: 1,112,693 Avg Att: 14,085 (1.60)
Att Rank: 1 / 8 Lg Avg: 8,778
       
Park Factor: 1.08    
HR Factor: 1.22 R/L HR: 1.27 / 1.13
Notes:
- American League Champions
- Lost to Cincinnati Reds in the World Series

Fielding

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DRA
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
LF
CF
RF
 
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
LF
CF
RF
DH
1 Birdie Tebbetts
C
11.9
11.9
 
107
2 Barney McCosky
CF
7.9
7.9
 
141
3 Pete Fox
RF
7.9
-0.0
-0.0
8.0
 
2
1
82
4 Dick Bartell
SS
3.4
3.4
 
139
5 Rudy York
1B
0.0
0.0
 
155
6 Pat Mullin
CF
-0.1
-0.1
 
1
7 Tuck Stainback
CF
-0.1
-0.0
-0.1
 
1
8
8 Scat Metha
2B
-0.2
-0.1
-0.0
 
10
6
9 Billy Sullivan
C
-0.3
-0.3
-0.0
 
57
6
10 Dutch Meyer
2B
-0.6
-0.6
 
21
11 Frank Croucher
SS
-0.7
-0.1
-0.0
-0.6
 
7
1
26
12 Red Kress
3B
-1.3
-0.3
-1.1
 
17
12
13 Earl Averill
CF
-1.5
-0.6
-0.6
-0.3
 
7
11
5
14 Pinky Higgins
3B
-2.0
-2.0
 
129
15 Hank Greenberg
LF
-2.7
-2.7
 
148
16 Bruce Campbell
RF
-6.9
-6.9
 
74
17 Charlie Gehringer
2B
-9.9
-9.9
 
138

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James