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1939 Detroit Tigers
Record: 78-84
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 715
Runs Allowed: 702
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,655,698
Manager: Ted Lyons

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 8th in the AL
AA: 68-69, 4th in the AL
A: 67-70, 3rd in the AL
 
 
 
 
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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
SS  John Mihalic 27 155 534 71 126 37 3 7 63 6 6 76 47 .236 .331 .356 .686 62.2 6.8 7.8
CF *Dusty Cooke 32 131 485 76 145 30 4 10 74 3 3 66 81 .299 .382 .439 .821 77.6 14.2 2.2
3B *Randy Moore 33 137 499 66 134 23 4 8 71 9 1 40 26 .269 .320 .379 .699 59.1 7.4 6.9
CF #Jim Gleeson 27 120 472 79 121 32 8 8 49 20 5 56 45 .256 .335 .409 .744 67.0 10.7 3.4
C *Don Padgett 27 129 487 67 141 24 4 8 66 0 0 28 46 .290 .327 .405 .731 57.8 8.2 6.3
RF *Ted Williams 20 103 374 64 108 23 1 18 66 0 1 72 22 .289 .402 .500 .902 69.5 13.4 1.8
RF *Paul Waner 36 134 380 55 112 29 5 2 54 4 4 32 42 .295 .349 .413 .763 49.5 8.0 1.7
CF  Jesse Hill 32 126 346 44 102 22 7 0 24 14 9 27 27 .295 .345 .399 .744 43.0 6.2 1.8
2B  Irv Jeffries 33 120 315 34 82 12 1 3 32 0 0 18 27 .260 .299 .333 .632 29.9 2.2 2.0
SS  Dick Bartell 31 90 281 23 64 16 4 0 31 2 0 21 55 .228 .285 .313 .598 24.5 1.5 1.9
LF  Al Simmons 37 73 239 27 75 19 1 3 40 6 3 12 20 .314 .343 .439 .782 33.7 5.8 0.9
LF #Joe Mowry 31 89 188 17 49 12 4 1 19 0 1 8 22 .261 .289 .383 .672 18.9 1.8 0.6
1B *Jack Bolling 22 48 163 20 38 12 0 1 17 0 0 16 8 .233 .304 .325 .629 15.9 1.4 0.5
RF  Beau Bell 31 53 131 11 26 5 0 1 11 0 0 8 14 .198 .245 .260 .504 7.1 0.0 0.5
C *Jake Early 24 34 108 9 24 5 1 1 9 1 0 13 10 .222 .303 .315 .618 11.3 0.8 1.6
2B  Jimmy Jordan 31 46 95 6 29 7 0 1 15 1 0 1 4 .305 .309 .411 .720 10.4 1.2 1.4
C  Rollie Hemsley 32 33 79 9 20 6 1 0 10 0 0 6 9 .253 .306 .354 .660 8.2 0.9 1.2
P  Max Lanier 23 23 64 5 9 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 8 .141 .167 .219 .385 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Baecht 32 29 62 7 10 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 16 .161 .197 .177 .374 1.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Joe Chamberlain 29 33 64 9 17 4 1 2 8 0 0 1 17 .266 .277 .453 .730 7.9 1.2 0.6
P  Dutch Leonard 30 21 58 5 17 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 8 .293 .288 .362 .650 6.1 0.3 0.0
P  Mace Brown 30 36 57 3 14 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 9 .246 .259 .298 .557 4.5 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Appleton 35 37 56 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 11 .161 .190 .179 .368 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Danny Macfayden 34 14 39 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .154 .154 .154 .308 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Mahaffey 36 17 29 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .103 .133 .103 .237 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Beggs 28 37 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .042 .000 .042 -1.7 0.0 0.0
RF *Gene Moore 29 12 11 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .545 .583 .636 1.220 3.1 1.0 0.0
CF *Nino Bongiovanni 27 3 10 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .500 .900 1.7 0.4 0.0
P  Johnny Murphy 30 40 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Clyde Shoun 27 32 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.2 0.0 0.0
C *Ben Huffman 24 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.1
P *Whitey Wilshere 26 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Si Johnson 32 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Buck Ross 24 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Cy Moore 34 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Bunny Hearn 35 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 2037 5675 714 1492 329 50 75 689 66 33 512 606 .263 .323 .378 .701 668.5 93.6 43.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 6 5 2 5 8 6 2 8 4 4 6 6 8 6 6  
* - 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
 Mace Brown 30 11 9 .550 36 25 2 192.7 185 73 7 61 55 3.41 16.4
*Max Lanier 23 11 9 .550 23 23 0 189.3 187 75 6 57 83 3.57 13.3
 Ed Baecht 32 12 9 .571 29 23 0 185.0 171 74 3 57 84 3.60 13.3
 Pete Appleton 35 11 9 .550 37 21 3 175.7 194 80 8 55 45 4.10 11.2
 Dutch Leonard 30 8 13 .381 21 21 0 175.7 182 73 7 25 44 3.74 11.5
 Danny Macfayden 34 4 6 .400 14 14 0 108.7 116 44 2 16 29 3.64 7.1
 Joe Beggs 28 6 6 .500 37 8 1 96.3 112 46 3 18 19 4.30 4.6
 Roy Mahaffey 36 5 4 .556 17 11 4 83.0 86 35 5 34 29 3.80 5.7
 Johnny Murphy 30 3 4 .429 40 3 3 70.0 75 50 2 33 27 6.43 0.0
*Clyde Shoun 27 0 5 .000 32 7 2 69.0 67 29 4 13 19 3.78 4.3
 Si Johnson 32 2 3 .400 34 0 2 41.7 42 13 0 11 14 2.81 4.6
*Bunny Hearn 35 3 4 .429 24 0 5 22.0 27 22 1 18 15 9.00 0.0
 Rollie Stiles 32 1 0 1.000 12 0 1 18.0 18 3 0 4 11 1.50 2.6
*Whitey Wilshere 26 1 2 .333 9 7 1 15.3 14 4 1 9 5 2.35 1.8
 Cy Moore 34 0 1 .000 7 0 0 9.7 9 5 0 2 8 4.66 0.3
 Buck Ross 24 0 0 .000 3 0 1 6.7 12 4 0 3 1 5.41 0.0
 Max Butcher 28 0 0 .000 5 0 2 3.0 6 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.5
Team Totals 30.4 78 84 .481 380 163 27 1461.6 1503 630 49 416 488 3.88 97.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 2 6 1 3 1 1 1 8 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 33.8
D.Padgett 1015.3 112 119 379 39 5 0 .988 35.9
J.Early 266.0 31 32 95 9 1 0 .990 16.7
R.Hemsley 172.0 19 21 50 10 0 0 1.000 80.0
J.Chamberlain 7.0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Moore 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
B.Huffman 0.3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1461.7 162 175 526 61 6 0 .990 38.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 12.36
J.Bolling 361.0 42 44 499 31 5 48 .991 13.21
J.Mowry 319.3 34 41 389 33 3 43 .993 11.89
P.Waner 276.3 31 31 372 31 5 39 .988 13.13
B.Bell 175.3 20 21 218 20 3 16 .988 12.22
J.Hill 160.7 18 18 215 8 4 15 .982 12.49
A.Simmons 79.0 9 9 110 6 3 17 .975 13.22
I.Jeffries 67.0 8 8 88 8 1 8 .990 12.90
J.Gleeson 11.7 0 8 17 1 0 1 1.000 13.85
R.Hemsley 6.0 0 2 12 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
J.Chamberlain 5.0 0 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 12.60
D.Bartell 2.0 0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
J.Mihalic 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1464.4 162 188 1930 141 24 188 .989 12.73
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.31
D.Bartell 656.2 77 86 170 299 9 68 .981 6.43
I.Jeffries 563.3 62 82 147 229 13 56 .967 6.01
J.Chamberlain 143.3 16 21 40 64 1 20 .990 6.53
J.Jordan 48.3 3 13 15 22 1 7 .974 6.89
B.Bell 8.3 0 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.24
Team Total 1419.5 158 207 372 617 24 151 .976 6.27
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 2.97
R.Moore 1171.7 131 134 90 340 11 28 .975 3.30
I.Jeffries 115.7 13 17 5 32 2 2 .949 2.88
J.Jordan 85.3 10 19 4 26 0 2 1.000 3.16
J.Hill 70.0 8 8 6 9 1 2 .938 1.93
J.Gleeson 10.8 0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.33
P.Waner 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Chamberlain 5.0 0 2 0 2 1 0 .667 3.60
B.Bell 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.Moore 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.6 162 188 106 414 15 34 .972 3.20
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.56
J.Mihalic 1330.3 148 155 218 629 20 119 .977 5.73
J.Jordan 104.0 13 14 20 53 1 10 .986 6.32
I.Jeffries 10.3 0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.36
J.Chamberlain 9.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Bartell 8.6 0 2 2 3 0 2 1.000 5.23
Team Total 1462.3 162 177 242 691 21 132 .978 5.74
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.93
D.Cooke 1073.4 121 122 228 6 8 1 .967 1.96
A.Simmons 256.3 30 30 48 2 1 2 .980 1.76
B.Bell 42.3 4 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.55
J.Hill 33.0 4 4 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.73
N.Bongiovanni 25.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44
G.Moore 20.6 7 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
J.Mowry 18.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Padgett 17.0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
J.Gleeson 10.5 0 3 3 2 0 2 1.000 4.29
T.Williams 6.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1502.2 171 182 315 11 9 5 .973 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.60
J.Gleeson 959.5 105 106 302 4 8 0 .975 2.87
J.Hill 352.0 39 43 114 6 6 0 .952 3.07
A.Simmons 72.0 4 20 25 1 2 0 .929 3.25
D.Cooke 35.6 3 8 7 1 2 1 .800 2.02
J.Mowry 12.0 1 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 5.25
G.Moore 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1431.2 152 180 455 12 18 1 .963 2.94
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.04
T.Williams 879.7 98 99 188 3 2 0 .990 1.95
P.Waner 466.0 50 54 121 3 2 0 .984 2.39
A.Simmons 80.0 10 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.24
B.Bell 18.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
J.Mowry 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Hill 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Gleeson 6.3 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.29
G.Moore 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.7 162 170 331 6 4 0 .988 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.38
M.Brown 192.7 25 36 14 37 2 3 .962 2.38
M.Lanier 189.3 23 23 6 39 2 0 .957 2.14
E.Baecht 185.0 23 29 16 27 1 1 .977 2.09
P.Appleton 175.7 21 37 10 38 0 2 1.000 2.46
D.Leonard 175.7 21 21 14 30 1 1 .978 2.25
D.Macfayden 108.7 14 14 6 25 2 1 .939 2.57
J.Beggs 96.3 8 37 7 24 0 3 1.000 2.90
R.Mahaffey 83.0 11 17 9 22 0 2 1.000 3.36
J.Murphy 70.0 3 40 6 18 2 2 .923 3.09
C.Shoun 69.0 7 32 8 15 0 0 1.000 3.00
S.Johnson 41.7 0 34 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.16
B.Hearn 22.0 0 24 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.05
R.Stiles 18.0 0 12 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Wilshere 15.3 7 9 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.76
C.Moore 9.7 0 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.80
B.Ross 6.7 0 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 5.41
M.Butcher 3.0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1461.6 163 380 105 292 10 15 .975 2.44
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cooke .299
On-Base Pct Cooke .382
Slugging Pct Cooke .439
OPS Cooke .821
XR Cooke 77.6
Games Mihalic 155
At-Bats Mihalic 534
Runs Gleeson 79
Hits Cooke 145
Total Bases Cooke 213
Singles Padgett 105
Doubles Mihalic 37
Triples Gleeson 8
Homeruns Williams 18
RBIs Cooke 74
Stolen Bases Gleeson 20
Caught Stealing Hill 9
Walks Mihalic 76
Strikeouts Cooke 81
ERA Brown 3.41
Wins Baecht 12
Losses Leonard 13
Winning Pct Baecht .571
Saves Hearn 5
Games Pitched Murphy 40
Games Started Brown 25
Complete Games Leonard 15
Shutouts Mahaffey 2
Innings Pitched Brown 192.7
Hits Allowed Appleton 194
Homeruns Allowed Appleton 8
Strikeouts Baecht 84
Walks Allowed Brown 61
Walks per 9IP Leonard 1.3
Hits per 9IP Baecht 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Baecht 4.1
WHiP Leonard 1.18
OAVG Baecht .246
OOBP Leonard .292
OSLG Brown .336
OOPS Brown .647
Team All-Stars
Dusty Cooke
Player Salaries
Danny Macfayden $ 11,000,000
Roy Mahaffey $ 7,500,000
Paul Waner $ 6,000,000
Dusty Cooke $ 5,120,000
Johnny Murphy $ 5,000,000
Dutch Leonard $ 4,500,000
Pete Appleton $ 3,308,000
Walter Beall $ 3,200,000
Cy Moore $ 2,810,000
Randy Moore $ 1,990,000
Irv Jeffries $ 1,400,000
Dick Bartell $ 999,999
Stew Bolen $ 846,000
Ted Lyons $ 615,615
Sam Dailey $ 600,000
Hal Wiltse $ 600,000
Si Johnson $ 500,000
Rollie Stiles $ 350,000
Mace Brown $ 350,000
Jimmy Jordan $ 350,000
Milt Shoffner $ 300,000
Ted Williams $ 300,000
Joe Beggs $ 300,000
Beau Bell $ 300,000
Clyde Shoun $ 300,000
Jack Bolling $ 300,000
Nino Bongiovanni $ 300,000
Joe Chamberlain $ 300,000
Max Lanier $ 300,000
Buck Ross $ 300,000
Jake Early $ 300,000
Jumbo Elliott $ 300,000
Jim Gleeson $ 300,000
Rollie Hemsley $ 300,000
Jesse Hill $ 300,000
Don Padgett $ 300,000
Joe Mowry $ 300,000
John Mihalic $ 300,000
Max Butcher $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Don Hurst New York (A) George Blaeholder
2/1 Traded Vallie Eaves Tampa Bay Stew Bolen
Irv Jeffries
2/1 Traded George Blaeholder
Freddie Lindstrom
Greg Mulleavy		 San Diego Walter Beall
Oral Hildebrand
2/2 Signed     Jumbo Elliott
2/4 Signed     Si Johnson
2/4 Signed     Ted Lyons
2/4 Signed     Mike Meola
2/6 Signed     Bunny Hearn
2/6 Signed     Tony Kaufmann
2/7 Traded Frank Gabler Montreal Ed Baecht
2/7 Traded Leon Chagnon
Mike Meola
Randy Gumpert		 Boston (N) Doc Marshall
2/7 Traded Doc Marshall Tampa Bay Randy Moore
2/7 Signed     Milt Shoffner
2/8 Signed     Paul Waner
2/11 Signed     Hal Wiltse
2/21 Traded Frankie Gustine Boston (N) Don Padgett
2/25 Signed     Sam Dailey
4/2 Traded Steve Mesner
Tony Kaufmann		 Oakland Mace Brown
4/2 Signed     Pete Appleton
5/1 Traded Whitey Wilshere Montreal Jim Gleeson
5/1 Traded Gene Moore
Don Ross		 Boston (N) Dusty Cooke
Roy Mahaffey
Johnny Murphy
$2,000,000
6/1 Traded Frank Barrett
Herm Holshouser
Roy Parmelee
Oral Hildebrand
Billy Rogell		 Cincinnati Dick Bartell
7/1 Traded Al Simmons
Ben Huffman
Bob Kennedy		 Pittsburgh Dutch Leonard
Stu Flythe
7/31 Traded Ed Baecht
Bunny Hearn		 New York (A) Danny Macfayden
10/3 Released Jo-Jo Moore    
 
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