1942_Detroit_Tigers_season Knowpia

1942 Detroit Tigers
1942 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Ballpark	Briggs Stadium
City	Detroit
Owners	Walter Briggs, Sr.
General managers	Jack Zeller
Managers	Del Baker
Radio	WWJ (AM); (Ty Tyson); WXYZ; (Harry Heilmann)

The 1942 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 73–81, 30 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason edit

Prior to the 1942 season: Neil Berry was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.^[1]

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	103	51	0.669	—	58–19	45–32
Boston Red Sox	93	59	0.612	9	53–24	40–35
St. Louis Browns	82	69	0.543	19½	40–37	42–32
Cleveland Indians	75	79	0.487	28	39–39	36–40
Detroit Tigers	73	81	0.474	30	43–34	30–47
Chicago White Sox	66	82	0.446	34	35–35	31–47
Washington Senators	62	89	0.411	39½	35–42	27–47
Philadelphia Athletics	55	99	0.357	48	25–51	30–48

1942 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	13–8	14–8	15–7	12–10	14–8	11–11	14–7
Chicago	8–13	—	11–11	9–13	7–15	12–10	6–13	13–7
Cleveland	8–14	11–11	—	9–13–2	7–15	16–6	9–13	15–7
Detroit	7–15	13–9	13–9–2	—	7–15	13–9	11–11	9–13
New York	10–12	15–7	15–7	15–7	—	16–6	15–7	17–5
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	6–16	9–13	6–16	—	6–16	10–12
St. Louis	11–11	13–6	13–9	11–11	7–15	16–6	—	11–11
Washington	7–14	7–13	7–15	13–9	5–17	12–10	11–11	—

April 30, 1942: Schoolboy Rowe was purchased from the Tigers by the Brooklyn Dodgers.^[2]

1942 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Birdie Tebbetts	99	308	76	.247	1	27
1B	Rudy York	153	577	150	.260	21	90
2B	Jimmy Bloodworth	137	533	129	.242	13	57
SS	Billy Hitchcock	85	280	59	.211	0	29
3B	Pinky Higgins	143	499	133	.267	11	79
OF	Doc Cramer	151	630	166	.263	0	43
OF	Barney McCosky	154	600	176	.293	7	50
OF	Ned Harris	121	398	108	.271	9	45

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Don Ross	87	226	62	.274	3	30
Dixie Parsons	63	188	37	.197	2	11
Moe Franklin	48	154	40	.260	2	16
Rip Radcliff	62	144	36	.250	1	20
Johnny Lipon	34	131	25	.191	0	9
Eric McNair	26	68	11	.162	1	4
Dutch Meyer	14	52	17	.327	2	9
Charlie Gehringer	45	45	12	.267	1	7
Hank Riebe	11	35	11	.314	0	2
Al Unser	4	8	3	.375	0	0
Bob Patrick	4	8	2	.250	1	3

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Al Benton	35	226.2	7	13	2.90	110
Dizzy Trout	35	223.0	12	18	3.43	91
Hal White	34	216.2	12	12	2.91	93
Tommy Bridges	23	174.0	9	7	2.74	97
Virgil Trucks	28	167.2	14	8	2.74	91

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Hal Newhouser	38	183.2	8	14	2.45	103
Charlie Fuchs	9	36.2	3	3	6.63	15
Schoolboy Rowe	2	10.1	1	0	0.00	7

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Johnny Gorsica	28	3	2	4	4.75	19
Roy Henshaw	23	2	4	1	4.09	24
Hal Manders	18	2	0	0	4.09	14
Jack Wilson	9	0	0	0	4.85	7

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Al Vincent
A1	Beaumont Exporters	Texas League	Steve O'Neill
A	Elmira Pioneers	Eastern League	Ray Brubaker
B	Hagerstown Owls	Interstate League	Dutch Dorman
B	Winston-Salem Twins	Piedmont League	Jack Tighe and Al Unser
C	Pittsfield Electrics	Canadian–American League	Shano Collins, Rabbit Moore and Vince "Moon" Mullen
D	Fulton Tigers	KITTY League	Vince "Moon" Mullen
D	Jamestown Falcons	PONY League	Greg Mulleavy

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jamestown

KITTY League folded, June 19, 1942^[3]

^ Neil Berry at Baseball Reference
^ Schoolboy Rowe at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007