1942 Detroit Tigers
Record: 90-72
Finish: 3rd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 816
Runs Allowed: 699
Exp W-L: 92-70
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,336,715
Manager: Ted Lyons

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 2nd in the AL
AA: 63-74, 5th in the AL
A: 65-72, 6th in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF *Ted Williams 23 153 573 127 188 46 4 35 123 0 0 113 44 .328 .437 .606 1.043 134.4 26.3 5.4
SS  John Mihalic 30 152 541 73 140 31 5 2 69 1 1 66 60 .259 .336 .346 .682 63.9 6.4 9.1
C *Don Padgett 30 145 551 69 172 33 10 6 76 0 0 54 46 .312 .372 .441 .813 83.4 13.2 2.7
1B *Jack Bolling 25 144 566 92 203 41 2 16 86 0 0 31 25 .359 .392 .523 .915 97.9 18.3 3.4
1B  Fred Sington 32 129 485 93 132 35 5 7 57 0 0 69 81 .272 .366 .408 .774 71.0 9.9 3.0
2B *Lonny Frey 31 138 490 66 142 23 6 6 55 4 6 58 52 .290 .363 .398 .761 67.7 9.0 7.8
3B  Joe Orengo 27 134 402 52 93 17 2 6 49 3 0 52 64 .231 .317 .328 .645 42.9 2.8 3.7
CF *Nino Bongiovanni 30 98 368 45 118 21 0 1 33 0 0 13 4 .321 .342 .386 .728 42.9 5.4 2.8
LF  Wally Berger 36 76 321 50 98 14 2 16 75 2 2 14 51 .305 .332 .511 .843 50.2 7.4 2.4
CF #Jim Gleeson 30 107 301 39 74 29 6 5 52 12 1 32 20 .246 .318 .432 .749 41.5 5.3 2.4
LF  Bob Johnson 36 99 194 32 48 8 1 4 26 2 1 25 34 .247 .333 .361 .694 23.0 2.3 1.0
P  Max Lanier 26 43 121 8 20 3 0 0 5 0 0 5 11 .165 .198 .190 .388 3.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Logan 32 42 126 9 22 3 1 1 9 0 0 2 21 .175 .186 .238 .424 4.2 0.0 0.0
P  Tiny Bonham 28 37 100 5 17 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 19 .170 .184 .180 .364 2.7 0.0 0.0
P  Dutch Leonard 33 36 98 3 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 15 .061 .069 .061 .131 -4.2 0.0 0.0
1B  Bill Brubaker 31 42 101 13 19 4 1 3 13 1 0 7 15 .188 .241 .337 .577 7.0 0.0 0.9
3B  Woody English 36 35 97 10 24 3 0 0 7 1 1 6 13 .247 .288 .278 .567 6.8 0.0 1.1
1B  Marty Hopkins 35 38 57 7 16 1 2 0 8 0 0 15 14 .281 .425 .368 .793 10.3 1.4 1.1
C #Ken Silvestri 26 15 47 7 16 7 0 0 10 0 0 8 3 .340 .436 .489 .926 8.7 1.7 0.3
C *Jake Early 27 16 39 3 8 2 1 0 7 0 0 7 4 .205 .327 .308 .634 4.9 0.1 0.3
SS  Dick Bartell 34 16 40 4 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 12 .225 .273 .275 .548 3.1 0.0 1.0
2B  Joe Chamberlain 32 14 40 4 14 5 0 1 6 0 0 3 10 .350 .395 .550 .945 6.9 1.4 0.7
2B  Jimmy Jordan 34 11 23 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .130 .167 .130 .297 0.0 0.0 0.5
P  Bill Lohrman 29 24 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .056 .056 .056 .111 -1.2 0.0 0.0
C  Bruce Ogrodowski 30 7 12 1 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .417 .357 .500 .857 2.1 0.2 0.0
P *Wayne Lamaster 35 13 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.2 0.2 0.0
P  Ed Hanyzewski 21 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Hugh Casey 28 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
SS  Ham Schulte 29 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P *Joe Krakauskas 27 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.1 1822 5720 816 1592 330 48 109 788 26 12 587 630 .278 .344 .410 .754 774.9 111.8 49.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 5 3 2 2 5 5 7 1 2 5 3 3 3 1 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Max Lanier 26 25 12 .676 43 43 0 346.7 286 127 11 145 148 3.30 30.8
*Bob Logan 32 23 13 .639 42 42 0 335.0 334 121 20 69 152 3.25 29.4
 Tiny Bonham 28 16 12 .571 37 36 0 292.3 330 134 30 40 84 4.13 18.2
 Dutch Leonard 33 12 20 .375 36 36 0 282.7 324 144 22 65 91 4.59 10.6
*Clyde Shoun 30 3 7 .300 67 0 17 70.3 84 33 5 20 20 4.22 7.8
 Bill Lohrman 29 5 3 .625 23 5 2 64.0 61 25 4 21 20 3.52 5.5
 Ed Hanyzewski 21 2 0 1.000 22 0 1 23.3 26 9 2 6 10 3.47 2.7
*Wayne Lamaster 35 2 4 .333 13 0 0 22.3 26 11 2 3 7 4.43 1.4
*Joe Krakauskas 27 2 1 .667 21 7 0 20.7 31 17 3 6 15 7.41 0.0
 Hugh Casey 28 0 0 .000 14 0 1 14.0 15 2 1 6 5 1.29 2.2
Team Totals 28.9 90 72 .556 318 169 21 1471.3 1517 623 100 381 552 3.81 108.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 7 3 2 4 4 1 1 7 1  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 32.9
D.Padgett 1222.3 134 139 469 46 10 0 .981 27.9
K.Silvestri 115.8 11 14 50 4 0 0 1.000 16.7
J.Early 104.0 12 12 40 4 1 1 .978 28.6
B.Ogrodowski 27.0 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1469.1 160 168 566 54 11 1 .983 26.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.38
J.Bolling 1131.3 122 135 1563 113 11 144 .993 13.33
F.Sington 323.0 39 39 448 34 3 39 .994 13.43
M.Hopkins 11.0 1 2 15 0 0 2 1.000 12.27
B.Ogrodowski 4.0 0 2 8 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
J.Chamberlain 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1471.3 162 179 2037 147 14 186 .994 13.36
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.35
L.Frey 1134.3 123 132 256 552 17 124 .979 6.41
M.Hopkins 122.3 13 18 32 63 1 9 .990 6.99
D.Bartell 111.0 14 14 30 59 0 13 1.000 7.22
J.Chamberlain 98.0 12 12 17 53 2 13 .972 6.43
B.Brubaker 5.7 0 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.36
Team Total 1471.3 162 178 336 730 20 160 .982 6.52
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.99
J.Orengo 973.7 110 125 59 286 23 25 .938 3.19
B.Brubaker 249.3 30 37 19 71 8 5 .918 3.25
W.English 214.1 30 33 16 65 3 8 .964 3.40
J.Gleeson 44.3 0 22 1 10 0 1 1.000 2.23
M.Hopkins 6.0 0 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Jordan 5.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40
K.Silvestri 2.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1494.9 170 226 96 437 34 39 .940 3.21
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.58
J.Mihalic 1355.3 148 152 243 649 19 118 .979 5.92
J.Jordan 59.0 8 8 10 32 1 5 .977 6.41
J.Orengo 14.0 1 3 1 6 0 2 1.000 4.50
W.English 11.1 2 2 3 6 1 1 .900 7.30
Team Total 1439.4 159 165 257 693 21 126 .978 5.94
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.92
F.Sington 754.3 83 90 137 5 4 2 .973 1.69
B.Johnson 255.7 30 30 50 1 1 1 .981 1.80
W.Berger 173.3 18 19 32 0 1 0 .970 1.66
N.Bongiovanni 62.0 7 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
J.Gleeson 42.0 5 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
T.Williams 16.0 1 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.94
D.Padgett 6.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
M.Hopkins 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1311.3 144 160 248 6 6 3 .977 1.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.55
N.Bongiovanni 575.3 63 68 135 3 0 2 1.000 2.16
J.Gleeson 521.0 58 63 135 2 5 1 .965 2.37
W.Berger 501.7 55 55 127 5 7 1 .950 2.37
B.Johnson 27.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
J.Orengo 3.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
M.Hopkins 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1629.7 179 192 404 10 12 4 .972 2.29
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.20
T.Williams 1354.3 149 150 321 10 4 2 .988 2.20
N.Bongiovanni 59.0 7 7 21 0 0 0 1.000 3.20
B.Johnson 40.0 4 4 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
J.Gleeson 18.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1471.3 162 163 359 10 4 2 .989 2.26
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.34
M.Lanier 346.7 43 43 14 57 2 1 .973 1.84
B.Logan 335.0 42 42 25 80 1 7 .991 2.82
T.Bonham 292.3 36 37 21 66 1 6 .989 2.68
D.Leonard 282.7 36 36 21 53 1 3 .987 2.36
C.Shoun 70.3 0 67 6 10 0 0 1.000 2.05
B.Lohrman 64.0 5 23 3 13 0 2 1.000 2.25
E.Hanyzewski 23.3 0 22 3 5 0 0 1.000 3.09
W.Lamaster 22.3 0 13 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.02
J.Krakauskas 20.7 7 21 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.74
H.Casey 14.0 0 14 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1471.3 169 318 95 293 5 19 .987 2.37
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bolling .359
On-Base Pct Williams .437
Slugging Pct Williams .606
OPS Williams 1.043
XR Williams 134.4
Games Williams 153
At-Bats Williams 573
Runs Williams 127
Hits Bolling 203
Total Bases Williams 347
Singles Bolling 144
Doubles Williams 46
Triples Padgett 10
Homeruns Williams 35
RBIs Williams 123
Stolen Bases Gleeson 12
Caught Stealing Frey 6
Walks Williams 113
Strikeouts Sington 81
ERA Logan 3.25
Wins Lanier 25
Losses Leonard 20
Winning Pct Lanier .676
Saves Shoun 17
Games Pitched Shoun 67
Games Started Lanier 43
Complete Games Bonham 20
Shutouts Bonham 2
Innings Pitched Lanier 346.7
Hits Allowed Logan 334
Homeruns Allowed Bonham 30
Strikeouts Logan 152
Walks Allowed Lanier 145
Walks per 9IP Bonham 1.2
Hits per 9IP Lanier 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Logan 4.1
WHiP Logan 1.20
OAVG Lanier .225
OOBP Logan .298
OSLG Lanier .326
OOPS Lanier .629
Team All-Stars
Max Lanier
Bob Logan
Ted Williams
Player Salaries
Wally Berger $ 14,100,000
Woody English $ 6,500,000
Dutch Leonard $ 4,500,000
Fred Sington $ 4,490,000
Don Padgett $ 3,592,857
Bob Logan $ 3,000,000
Lonny Frey $ 2,310,000
Bill Brubaker $ 2,000,000
Joe Krakauskas $ 1,835,714
Jim Gleeson $ 1,500,000
Bill Lohrman $ 1,250,000
John Mihalic $ 1,157,143
Clyde Shoun $ 833,000
Marty Hopkins $ 570,000
Wayne Lamaster $ 464,286
Bruce Ogrodowski $ 350,000
Joe Chamberlain $ 350,000
Ted Williams $ 300,000
Jimmy Jordan $ 300,000
Russ Meers $ 300,000
Ed Hanyzewski $ 300,000
Joe Orengo $ 300,000
Ham Schulte $ 300,000
Jake Early $ 300,000
Ken Silvestri $ 300,000
Tiny Bonham $ 300,000
Nino Bongiovanni $ 300,000
Jack Bolling $ 300,000
Max Lanier $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/2 Signed     Ham Schulte
7/1 Traded Ed Boland
Round Draft Pick.
Boston (N) Joe Krakauskas
7/1 Traded Chuck Stevens Boston (N) Woody English
7/1 Traded Hugh Casey Pittsburgh Wally Berger
7/1 Traded Spades Wood Boston (N) Ken Silvestri
10/3 Released Dick Bartell    
10/3 Released Bob Johnson