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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:

Transactions

Date									WAR
M	D	Yr	Player	Pos	Age	Transaction	From	To	Before	After	Org
12	4	1941	Tuck Stainback	CF	30.3	Traded Away	DET	NYA	-5.0	-1.7	-0.5
12	4	1941	Boyd Perry	SS	27.7	Traded Away	DET	NYA	-0.4	0.0	0.0
12	12	1941	Jimmy Bloodworth	2B	24.4	Received in Trade	WS1	DET	1.3	0.7	1.6
12	12	1941	Doc Cramer	CF	36.4	Received in Trade	WS1	DET	7.1	1.6	1.6
12	12	1941	Frank Croucher	SS	27.4	Traded Away	DET	WS1	-2.8	-0.1	-0.1
12	12	1941	Bruce Campbell	RF	32.1	Traded Away	DET	WS1	14.9	0.4	0.4
1	1	1942	Neil Berry	SS	20.0	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		DET	0.0	-2.1	-1.6
1	1	1942	Ted Gray	SP	17.0	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		DET	0.0	6.5	7.8
1	1	1942	Bob Hall	SP	18.0	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		DET	0.0	0.3	0.0
1	1	1942	George Lerchen	CF	19.1	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		DET	0.0	-0.0	-0.1
1	1	1942	Vic Wertz	RF	16.9	Signed as an Amateur Free Agent		DET	0.0	27.3	16.0
2	4	1942	Charlie Gehringer	2B	38.7	Released	DET		80.6	0.1
3	13	1942	Billy Sullivan	C	31.4	Purchased	DET	BRO	7.4	0.6	0.5
3	31	1942	Bobo Newsom	SP	34.6	Purchased	DET	WS1	36.7	11.5	2.5
4	30	1942	Schoolboy Rowe	SP	32.3	Purchased	DET	BRO	28.7	14.8	-0.4
5	12	1942	Johnny Welaj	CF	28.0	Purchased	NYA	DET	-0.4	-0.4	0.0
5	22	1942	Charlie Gehringer	2B	39.0	Signed as a Free Agent		DET	80.6	0.1	0.1
7	17	1942	Jack Wilson	SP	30.3	Purchased	WS1	DET	10.6	0.1	0.1
7	20	1942	Eric McNair	SS	33.3	Purchased	DET	PHA	5.3	-0.2	-0.2

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Trades

12 / 12 / 1941

Detroit Tigers Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	DET	1st Yr
Doc Cramer	CF	WS1	35.4	7.1	1.6	1.6	-1.1
Jimmy Bloodworth	2B	WS1	23.4	1.3	0.7	1.6	0.7
Totals				8.4	2.3	3.1	-0.4

Washington Senators Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	WS1	1st Yr
Bruce Campbell	RF	DET	31.1	14.9	0.4	0.4	0.4
Frank Croucher	SS	DET	26.4	-2.8	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
Totals				12.2	0.3	0.3	0.3

Team Analysis

	WAR After Trade			WAR First Year
Tm	Out	In	Diff	Out	In	Diff
DET	0.3	2.3	2.0	0.3	-0.4	-0.7
WS1	2.3	0.3	-2.0	-0.4	0.3	0.7

12 / 4 / 1941

Detroit Tigers Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	DET	1st Yr
Billy Hitchcock	3B	NYA	24.3	0.0	-5.2	-1.8	0.0
Totals				0.0	-5.2	-1.8	0.0

New York Yankees Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	NYA	1st Yr
Tuck Stainback	CF	DET	29.3	-5.0	-1.7	-0.5	-0.1
Boyd Perry	SS	DET	26.7	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Totals				-5.4	-1.7	-0.5	-0.1

Team Analysis

	WAR After Trade			WAR First Year
Tm	Out	In	Diff	Out	In	Diff
NYA	-5.2	-1.7	3.6	0.0	-0.1	-0.1
DET	-1.7	-5.2	-3.6	-0.1	0.0	0.1

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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