1940 Detroit Tigers
Record: 87-75
Finish: 3rd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 795
Runs Allowed: 704
Exp W-L: 90-72
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,839,955
Manager: Ted Lyons

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 6th in the AL
AA: 60-77, 7th in the AL
A: 78-59, 1st 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 21 154 566 99 167 38 9 28 129 0 0 117 43 .295 .413 .542 .955 121.8 25.6 4.4
CF *Dusty Cooke 33 148 568 95 171 41 9 7 76 1 2 69 86 .301 .376 .442 .817 87.3 16.0 3.7
SS  John Mihalic 28 152 547 64 138 33 8 5 76 2 1 73 65 .252 .336 .369 .705 68.8 8.1 7.1
C *Don Padgett 28 152 550 77 168 38 5 10 99 0 0 51 50 .305 .362 .447 .810 82.2 14.3 2.4
CF #Jim Gleeson 28 140 537 86 154 37 6 11 63 10 10 53 56 .287 .356 .439 .796 79.9 13.5 4.9
1B *Jack Bolling 23 134 551 80 188 41 3 1 57 0 2 40 27 .341 .384 .432 .816 80.9 15.4 2.1
SS  Dick Bartell 32 116 290 39 71 15 3 4 48 2 3 34 59 .245 .323 .359 .682 33.9 3.6 4.1
3B *Randy Moore 34 84 297 37 78 15 6 3 36 4 3 28 29 .263 .326 .384 .710 33.4 3.9 2.7
2B  Irv Jeffries 34 101 237 28 69 8 0 2 24 0 0 17 22 .291 .345 .350 .695 27.0 3.2 3.1
3B  Woody English 34 53 219 30 72 13 2 1 20 2 2 20 23 .329 .383 .420 .803 34.1 6.6 2.2
CF  Jesse Hill 33 101 208 27 60 10 4 0 33 2 1 14 24 .288 .332 .375 .707 25.0 3.3 1.2
LF  Bob Johnson 34 45 156 21 35 8 1 4 21 1 1 17 27 .224 .297 .365 .663 17.6 1.6 1.1
P  Bob Logan 30 41 132 14 30 3 1 0 8 0 0 0 18 .227 .227 .265 .492 6.6 0.0 0.0
1B  Marty Hopkins 33 48 110 15 20 1 0 1 6 0 0 30 32 .182 .355 .218 .573 11.6 0.4 1.3
P  Dutch Leonard 31 41 115 6 17 1 0 1 7 0 0 3 20 .148 .168 .183 .351 2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Max Lanier 24 40 113 15 20 2 1 0 9 0 0 3 14 .177 .197 .212 .409 3.1 0.0 0.0
C *Jake Early 25 33 111 12 18 2 0 1 12 0 0 7 13 .162 .210 .207 .417 2.5 0.0 0.6
LF #Joe Mowry 32 69 101 14 28 4 0 1 11 0 0 8 6 .277 .330 .347 .677 10.1 1.0 0.4
2B  Jimmy Jordan 32 41 105 12 23 6 1 0 8 0 0 3 8 .219 .239 .295 .534 7.3 0.0 1.2
P  Danny Macfayden 35 46 70 5 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 21 .143 .141 .157 .298 0.1 0.0 0.0
CF *Nino Bongiovanni 28 12 36 1 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .194 .194 .194 .389 0.2 0.0 0.3
RF  Beau Bell 32 23 31 5 7 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 2 .226 .273 .323 .595 2.7 0.2 0.1
2B  Joe Chamberlain 30 45 32 12 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .375 .375 .406 .781 4.4 0.9 0.3
P  Tiny Bonham 26 30 27 1 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 .185 .179 .222 .401 1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Phil Marchildon 26 13 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Carl Hubbell 37 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Mace Brown 31 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Clyde Shoun 28 56 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  Roy Mahaffey 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Wayne Lamaster 33 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 1963 5721 795 1570 322 59 80 767 24 25 589 655 .274 .341 .393 .734 743.7 117.8 43.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 6 4 2 2 8 6 7 7 3 5 4 4 7 6 4  
* - 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
*Bob Logan 30 24 11 .686 41 41 0 335.7 322 126 30 53 156 3.38 29.7
 Dutch Leonard 31 19 15 .559 41 41 0 335.3 331 128 15 66 106 3.44 25.8
*Max Lanier 24 17 11 .607 40 40 0 322.3 284 120 6 132 160 3.35 26.8
 Danny Macfayden 35 9 15 .375 46 28 2 227.0 280 121 9 54 66 4.80 6.2
 Tiny Bonham 26 8 5 .615 30 10 1 103.0 126 49 4 19 32 4.28 7.0
*Clyde Shoun 28 7 7 .500 56 0 1 61.3 79 37 5 20 21 5.43 1.8
 Phil Marchildon 26 1 0 1.000 13 1 2 29.0 23 13 3 11 8 4.03 2.5
 Mace Brown 31 1 5 .167 22 12 3 21.3 41 20 2 12 7 8.43 0.0
*Carl Hubbell 37 0 5 .000 13 7 4 17.7 25 9 2 9 6 4.59 0.2
*Wayne Lamaster 33 1 1 .500 7 0 2 9.0 14 7 1 3 6 7.00 0.0
 Roy Mahaffey 37 0 0 .000 3 0 0 3.0 5 3 0 1 2 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 30.7 87 75 .537 312 180 15 1464.6 1530 633 77 380 570 3.89 100.0
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 8 3 1 5 1 2 1 7 2  
* - 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 .989 31.6
D.Padgett 1207.7 133 144 500 41 10 1 .982 20.3
J.Early 248.3 28 31 97 13 0 1 1.000 33.3
J.Mowry 8.7 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1464.7 162 177 600 54 10 2 .985 21.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.28
J.Bolling 1152.3 126 134 1528 108 13 127 .992 12.78
D.Cooke 83.7 9 9 104 5 2 6 .982 11.73
M.Hopkins 51.4 7 8 67 9 1 6 .987 13.31
J.Hill 49.0 6 6 64 2 1 6 .985 12.12
J.Mowry 31.0 4 4 42 2 0 2 1.000 12.77
B.Johnson 30.9 4 4 44 5 1 4 .980 14.27
J.Gleeson 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 6.00
J.Chamberlain 2.7 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 16.92
Team Total 1404.0 156 169 1856 131 18 152 .991 12.74
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.20
D.Bartell 726.0 86 100 183 343 4 62 .992 6.52
I.Jeffries 606.0 65 93 145 289 17 61 .962 6.45
J.Chamberlain 51.7 4 16 13 24 0 4 1.000 6.45
M.Hopkins 29.4 3 5 10 12 0 3 1.000 6.73
J.Jordan 20.0 2 3 5 10 0 4 1.000 6.75
B.Bell 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1436.1 160 218 357 679 21 135 .980 6.49
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.99
R.Moore 669.0 78 81 35 196 5 13 .979 3.11
W.English 377.5 40 41 21 114 4 9 .971 3.22
M.Hopkins 204.7 26 29 16 64 5 7 .941 3.52
J.Jordan 173.7 19 27 16 41 3 4 .950 2.95
J.Gleeson 17.0 0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.18
J.Chamberlain 6.0 0 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Bell 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
I.Jeffries 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.9 163 192 90 422 17 33 .968 3.18
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 5.54
J.Mihalic 1307.7 144 152 191 593 18 103 .978 5.40
W.English 94.3 10 11 16 48 3 7 .955 6.11
J.Jordan 85.0 11 11 14 37 0 5 1.000 5.40
D.Bartell 34.0 4 4 6 9 0 1 1.000 3.97
M.Hopkins 13.2 1 3 3 8 0 1 1.000 7.50
I.Jeffries 6.0 1 1 2 4 0 1 1.000 9.00
J.Chamberlain 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1545.2 171 185 233 699 21 118 .978 5.43
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.96
D.Cooke 1141.3 130 132 245 7 8 3 .969 1.99
B.Johnson 286.6 33 34 61 2 1 0 .984 1.98
J.Mowry 74.0 9 9 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.19
J.Hill 34.3 1 7 8 1 1 0 .900 2.36
T.Williams 8.3 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
B.Bell 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1552.6 174 189 333 11 10 3 .972 1.99
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.59
J.Gleeson 1124.3 128 132 315 2 4 2 .988 2.54
J.Hill 265.3 28 40 76 2 7 1 .918 2.65
B.Johnson 16.5 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.73
D.Cooke 16.0 0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 2.25
J.Mowry 16.0 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
N.Bongiovanni 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1441.2 160 185 405 4 12 3 .971 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.13
T.Williams 1333.3 147 148 304 3 4 1 .987 2.07
N.Bongiovanni 75.0 9 10 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
B.Bell 18.7 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
B.Johnson 11.1 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
D.Cooke 6.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Moore 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Mowry 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Padgett 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.8 160 169 330 3 4 1 .988 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.33
B.Logan 335.7 41 41 20 81 3 3 .971 2.71
D.Leonard 335.3 41 41 27 74 3 5 .971 2.71
M.Lanier 322.3 40 40 16 50 3 4 .957 1.84
D.Macfayden 227.0 28 46 11 33 2 0 .957 1.74
T.Bonham 103.0 10 30 13 17 1 1 .968 2.62
C.Shoun 61.3 0 56 4 14 1 0 .947 2.64
P.Marchildon 29.0 1 13 7 2 0 0 1.000 2.79
M.Brown 21.3 12 22 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.53
C.Hubbell 17.7 7 13 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.55
W.Lamaster 9.0 0 7 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00
R.Mahaffey 3.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1464.6 180 312 102 284 13 13 .967 2.37
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bolling .341
On-Base Pct Williams .413
Slugging Pct Williams .542
OPS Williams .955
XR Williams 121.8
Games Williams 154
At-Bats Cooke 568
Runs Williams 99
Hits Bolling 188
Total Bases Williams 307
Singles Bolling 143
Doubles Cooke, Bolling 41
Triples Cooke, Williams 9
Homeruns Williams 28
RBIs Williams 129
Stolen Bases Gleeson 10
Caught Stealing Gleeson 10
Walks Williams 117
Strikeouts Cooke 86
ERA Lanier 3.35
Wins Logan 24
Losses Leonard, Macfayden 15
Winning Pct Logan .686
Saves Hubbell 4
Games Pitched Shoun 56
Games Started Leonard, Logan 41
Complete Games Leonard 26
Shutouts Leonard, Logan 2
Innings Pitched Logan 335.7
Hits Allowed Leonard 331
Homeruns Allowed Logan 30
Strikeouts Lanier 160
Walks Allowed Lanier 132
Walks per 9IP Logan 1.4
Hits per 9IP Lanier 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Lanier 4.5
WHiP Logan 1.12
OAVG Lanier .235
OOBP Logan .284
OSLG Lanier .319
OOPS Lanier .627
Team All-Stars
Jim Gleeson
Max Lanier
Bob Logan
Don Padgett
Ted Williams
Player Salaries
Danny Macfayden $ 11,000,000
Carl Hubbell $ 7,000,000
Bob Johnson $ 6,500,000
Woody English $ 6,500,000
Dusty Cooke $ 5,120,000
Dutch Leonard $ 4,500,000
Bob Logan $ 1,550,000
Dick Bartell $ 999,999
Clyde Shoun $ 833,000
Si Johnson $ 500,000
Wayne Lamaster $ 464,286
Jimmy Jordan $ 350,000
Rollie Stiles $ 350,000
Jim Gleeson $ 300,000
Beau Bell $ 300,000
Jack Bolling $ 300,000
Nino Bongiovanni $ 300,000
Tiny Bonham $ 300,000
Joe Chamberlain $ 300,000
Irv Jeffries $ 300,000
Milt Shoffner $ 300,000
Max Lanier $ 300,000
Marty Hopkins $ 300,000
Don Padgett $ 300,000
John Mihalic $ 300,000
Phil Marchildon $ 300,000
Ted Williams $ 300,000
Jake Early $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Paul Waner Boston (N) Warren Huston
2/1 Traded Johnny Murphy Oakland Lynn King
2/1 Traded Bill Lillard
Max Butcher
Buck Ross
St. Louis (C) Bob Logan
2/3 Traded Joe Beggs Minnesota Bill Hallahan
2/22 Signed     Pete Appleton
3/3 Released Pete Appleton    
6/1 Traded Roy Mahaffey
Mace Brown
New York (A) Carl Hubbell
Marty Hopkins
7/1 Traded Bill Hallahan
Red Anderson
Montreal Ed Boland
7/31 Traded Stan Benjamin
Jim Tobin
Randy Moore
Pittsburgh Wayne Lamaster
Woody English
7/31 Traded Lynn King New York (A) Bob Johnson
10/12 Released Joe Mowry    
10/12 Released Jesse Hill