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

All-Original Detroit Tigers
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
DET
 29.5
7.1
32.3
1.2

Center Field
DET
 23.2
4.0
28.2
0.8
DET
 22.7
-0.1


Right Field
MULT
 26.7
0.6
DET
 31.3
-0.0
Shortstop
DET
 25.9
-0.9
Second Base
DET
 37.1
3.8
24.6
0.9
Third Base
34.3
-0.3
First Base
DET
 26.9
5.4
 
Catcher
DET
 27.6
1.2
34.7
1.2
33.1
-0.1
25.3
-0.8
Starting Pitcher
IP
DET
 30.5
169.0
5.8
DET
 33.5
197.7
4.9
29.8
263.7
4.7
33.1
189.7
4.6
32.8
239.3
4.5
36.0
182.3
2.9
DET
 25.3
160.0
2.9
37.0
214.3
2.2
25.2
193.7
1.7
DET
 19.1
133.3
1.2
DET
 30.6
18.0
0.9
29.8
177.3
0.7
DET
 25.0
100.7
0.7
DET
 20.9
76.0
0.2
Relief Pitcher
IP
26.5
42.3
0.3
DET
 19.2
3.0
0.1
39.5
40.7
0.1
29.9
1.7
-0.2
DET
 29.8
55.7
-0.4
29.6
74.7
-0.8
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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

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

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James