1942 Detroit Tigers
73 - 81
1941 / 1943 (Organization)
5th place in the AL (30 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		43 - 34 (.558)
30 - 47 (.390)		 +1.0 wins
-5.0 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 589 / 727 ( -138 )
Allowed/Expected: 587 / 725 ( +138 )
Pyth Record: 77 - 77 (-4)
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Briggs Stadium
Attendance: 580,087 Avg Att: 7,534 (1.10)
Att Rank: 3 / 8 Lg Avg: 6,874
       
Park Factor: 1.09    
HR Factor: 1.27 R/L HR: 1.30 / 1.23
Notes:


Formation
Filters
Home Grown
Positions
#
via
1 Charlie Gehringer
2B
39.1
0.1
1.0
0.2
19
Y
5
22
1942
 Free Agency
2 Tommy Bridges
SP
35.5
2.9
15.1
9.1
13
Y
Not Available
3 Schoolboy Rowe
SP
32.5
0.3
1.6
1.2
10
Y
Not Available
4 Rudy York
1B
28.9
3.0
15.2
3.6
7
Y
Not Available
5 Birdie Tebbetts
C
29.6
0.5
8.5
-0.0
7
Y
6
1
1934
 Free Agency (Amateur)
6 Al Benton
SP
31.3
4.6
17.8
10.1
5
N
8
14
1937
 Purchased Memphis (Southern Asso
7 Barney McCosky
LF
25.2
2.6
19.5
6.5
4
Y
1
1
1936
 Free Agency (Amateur)
8 Dizzy Trout
SP
27.0
4.2
14.9
7.2
4
Y
9
10
1936
 Trade Indianapolis (American Asso
9 Pinky Higgins
3B
33.1
1.6
11.9
-0.5
4
N
12
15
1938
 Trade BOS AL
10 Hal Newhouser
SP
21.1
3.9
16.4
10.0
4
Y
1
1
1939
 Free Agency (Amateur)
11 Johnny Gorsica
RP
27.3
-0.1
2.3
0.2
3
Y
Not Available
12 Dutch Meyer
2B
26.7
0.6
2.5
1.2
3
N
8
7
1940
 Trade NY1 NL
13 Dixie Parsons
C
26.1
-0.8
3.7
-1.4
2
Y
Not Available
14 Moe Franklin
SS
28.3
0.0
2.6
-1.2
2
Y
Not Available
15 Ned Harris
RF
26.0
0.7
10.9
2.5
2
Y
Not Available
16 Hal Manders
RP
25.0
0.2
1.7
0.3
2
Y
Not Available
17 Bob Patrick
RF
24.7
0.1
0.5
0.3
2
Y
Not Available
18 Virgil Trucks
SP
25.2
3.6
15.4
9.5
2
Y
1
1
1938
 Free Agency (Amateur)
19 Eric McNair
SS
33.2
-0.7
0.3
-1.4
2
N
12
18
1940
 Waivers CHA AL
20 Hal White
SP
23.3
5.3
18.4
10.9
2
N
1
1
1941
 Obtained through Minor Lg Agreement Buffalo (International
21 Rip Radcliff
RF
36.5
-0.4
1.4
-1.4
2
N
5
15
1941
 Purchased SLA AL
22 Charlie Fuchs
SP
29.6
-0.7
0.0
-1.3
1
Y
Not Available
23 Hank Riebe
C
20.7
0.0
0.9
0.0
1
Y
Not Available
24 Al Unser
C
29.7
0.0
0.2
-0.0
1
Y
Not Available
25 Johnny Lipon
SS
19.6
-1.4
1.4
-2.0
1
Y
1
1
1941
 Free Agency (Amateur)
26 Billy Hitchcock
SS
25.9
-1.4
2.2
-5.1
1
N
9
8
1941
 Trade NYA AL
27 Roy Henshaw
RP
30.9
0.3
3.0
0.6
1
N
9
30
1941
 Draft (Rule 5) NY1 NL
28 Don Ross
RF
28.0
1.0
6.2
1.0
1
N
9
30
1941
 Draft (Rule 5) BRO NL
29 Doc Cramer
CF
36.9
-1.1
12.1
-1.8
1
N
12
12
1941
 Trade WS1 AL
30 Jimmy Bloodworth
2B
24.9
0.7
11.4
-1.0
1
N
12
12
1941
 Trade WS1 AL
31 Jack Wilson
RP
30.2
0.1
0.3
-0.2
1
N
7
17
1942
 Purchased WS1 AL
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Player Pos Hometown
Al Benton SP Noble, OK (USA)
Jimmy Bloodworth 2B Tallahassee, FL (USA)
Tommy Bridges SP Gordonsville, TN (USA)
Doc Cramer CF Atlantic City, NJ (US)
Moe Franklin SS Chicago, IL (US)
Charlie Fuchs SP Union City, NJ (US)
Charlie Gehringer 2B Fowlerville, MI (US)
Johnny Gorsica RP Bayonne, NJ (USA)
Ned Harris RF West Palm Beach, FL (US)
Roy Henshaw RP Chicago, IL (USA)
Pinky Higgins 3B Dallas, TX (US)
Billy Hitchcock SS Union Springs, AL (US)
Johnny Lipon SS Detroit, MI (US)
Hal Manders RP Waukee, IA (USA)
Barney McCosky LF Detroit, MI (US)
Eric McNair SS Meridian, MS (USA)
Dutch Meyer 2B Waco, TX (USA)
Hal Newhouser SP Detroit, MI (US)
Dixie Parsons C Talladega, AL (USA)
Bob Patrick RF Fort Smith, AR (USA)
Rip Radcliff RF Kiowa, OK (US)
Hank Riebe C Cleveland, OH (US)
Don Ross RF Pasadena, CA (USA)
Schoolboy Rowe SP El Dorado, AR (US)
Birdie Tebbetts C Nashua, NH (US)
Dizzy Trout SP Sandcut, IN (USA)
Virgil Trucks SP Birmingham, AL (USA)
Al Unser C Morrisonville, IL (USA)
Hal White SP Utica, NY (USA)
Jack Wilson RP Portland, OR (US)
Rudy York 1B Ragland, AL (USA)

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