1941 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1941 American League Briggs Stadium Detroit 75 79 y T–4th Walter Briggs, Sr. Jack Zeller Del Baker WWJ (AM)(Ty Tyson)WXYZ(Harry Heilmann) The 1941 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished tied for fourth in the American League with a record of 75–79, 26 games behind the New York Yankees. Regular season Season standings Detroit Tigers Record vs. opponents DET Notable transactions May 5, 1941: Rip Radcliff was purchased by the Tigers from the St. Louis Browns for $25,000.Rip Radcliff at Baseball Reference Roster 1941 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 19 Al Benton 10 Tommy Bridges -- Earl Cook 17 Floyd Giebell 15 Johnny Gorsica 24 Hal Manders 28 Archie McKain 27 Les Mueller 16 Hal Newhouser 12 Bobo Newsom 14 Schoolboy Rowe 22 Bud Thomas 11 Dizzy Trout -- Virgil Trucks 25 Hal White Catchers  8 Billy Sullivan  1 Birdie Tebbetts Infielders  7 Dick Bartell  3 Frank Croucher 28 Moe Franklin  2 Charlie Gehringer  6 Pinky Higgins  9 Eric McNair  9 L. D. Meyer  7 Boyd Perry  4 Rudy York Outfielders 20 Bruce Campbell -- Hoot Evers  5 Hank Greenberg 24 Ned Harris 21 Barney McCosky 27 Pat Mullin -- Bob Patrick 18 Rip Radcliff 23 Tuck Stainback 24 Dick Wakefield Other batters 29 Fred Hutchinson Manager 32 Del Baker Coaches 31 Bing Miller 33 Steve O'Neill 30 Merv Shea Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting Starters by position 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 110 359 102 .284 2 47 1B Rudy York 155 590 153 .259 27 111 2B Charlie Gehringer 127 436 96 .220 3 46 SS Frank Croucher 136 489 124 .254 2 39 3B Pinky Higgins 147 540 161 .298 11 73 OF Bruce Campbell Bruce Campbell (baseball) 141 512 141 .275 15 93 OF Rip Radcliff 96 379 120 .317 3 40 OF Barney McCosky 127 494 160 .324 3 55 Other batters 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 Billy Sullivan Billy Sullivan, Jr. 85 234 66 .282 3 29 Pat Mullin 54 220 76 .345 5 23 Tuck Stainback 94 200 49 .245 2 10 L.D. Meyer 46 153 29 .190 1 14 Boyd Perry 36 83 15 .181 0 11 Hank Greenberg 19 67 18 .269 2 12 Ned Harris 26 61 13 .213 1 4 Eric McNair 23 59 11 .186 0 3 Dick Bartell 5 12 2 .167 0 1 Moe Franklin 13 10 3 .300 0 0 Bob Patrick 5 7 2 .286 0 0 Dick Wakefield 7 7 1 .143 0 0 Hoot Evers 1 4 0 .000 0 0 Fred Hutchinson 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Pitching = Indicates league leader Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Bobo Newsom 43 250.1 12 20 4.60 175 Hal Newhouser 33 173.0 9 11 4.79 106 Tommy Bridges 25 147.2 9 12 3.41 90 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Johnny Gorsica 33 171.0 9 11 4.47 59 Al Benton 38 157.2 15 6 2.97 63 Dizzy Trout 37 151.2 9 9 3.74 88 Schoolboy Rowe 27 139.0 8 6 4.14 54 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Bud Thomas Bud Thomas (pitcher) 26 1 3 2 4.21 17 Floyd Giebell 17 0 0 0 6.03 10 Archie McKain 15 2 1 0 5.02 14 Hal Manders 8 1 0 0 2.35 7 Les Mueller 4 0 0 0 4.85 8 Hal White 4 0 0 0 6.00 2 Virgil Trucks 1 0 0 0 9.00 3 Earl Cook 1 0 0 0 4.50 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Buffalo Bisons International League Al Vincent A1 Beaumont Exporters Texas League Gordie Hinkle A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Ray Brubaker B Hagerstown Owls Interstate League Dutch Dorman B Winston-Salem Twins Piedmont League Jake Atz C Utica Braves Canadian–American League Frank Zubik C Texarkana Twins Cotton States League Walter Kopp and Jake Atz, Jr. C Muskegon Reds Michigan State League Jack Tighe D Tallahassee Caps Georgia–Florida League Lance Richbourg D Fulton Tigers KITTY League Vince "Moon" Mullen D Jamestown Falcons PONY League Greg Mulleavy LEAGUE CHAMPION: ElmiraJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links Baseball 1941 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1941 in Detroit