1939 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1939 American League Briggs Stadium Detroit 81 73 y 5th Walter Briggs, Sr. Jack Zeller Del Baker WWJ (AM)(Ty Tyson)WXYZ(Harry Heilmann) The 1939 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 81–73, 261 2 games behind the New York Yankees. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Notable transactions May 13, 1939: Vern Kennedy, Bob Harris, George Gill, Roxie Lawson, Chet Laabs, and Mark Christman were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Browns for Red Kress, Beau Bell, Bobo Newsom, and Jim Walkup.Red Kress at Baseball Reference Roster 1939 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 22 Al Benton 10 Tommy Bridges 25 Slick Coffman 24 Harry Eisenstat 29 Floyd Giebell 16 George Gill 26 Bob Harris 18 Fred Hutchinson 11 Vern Kennedy 23 Roxie Lawson 27 Red Lynn 28 Archie McKain 16 Hal Newhouser 12 Bobo Newsom -- Cotton Pippen 14 Schoolboy Rowe 11 Bud Thomas 15 Dizzy Trout 26 Jim Walkup Catchers  8 Dixie Parsons 30 Merv Shea  1 Birdie Tebbetts  4 Rudy York Infielders 12 Mark Christman  3 Frank Croucher  2 Charlie Gehringer  5 Hank Greenberg  6 Pinky Higgins 23 Red Kress 27 Benny McCoy  7 Billy Rogell Outfielders 24 Earl Averill 20 Beau Bell 19 Roy Cullenbine 20 Les Fleming  9 Pete Fox 17 Chet Laabs 21 Barney McCosky  8 Dixie Walker Manager 32 Del Baker Coaches 17 Gordie Hinkle 31 Bing Miller 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 106 341 89 .261 4 53 1B Hank Greenberg 138 500 156 .312 33 113 2B Charlie Gehringer 118 406 132 .325 16 86 SS Frank Croucher 97 324 87 .269 5 40 3B Pinky Higgins 132 489 135 .276 8 76 OF Earl Averill 87 309 81 .262 10 58 OF Barney McCosky 147 611 190 .311 4 58 OF Pete Fox 141 519 153 .295 7 66 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 Rudy York 102 329 101 .307 20 68 Benny McCoy 55 192 58 .302 1 33 Roy Cullenbine 75 179 43 .240 6 23 Billy Rogell 74 174 40 .230 2 23 Red Kress 51 157 38 .242 1 22 Dixie Walker 43 154 47 .305 4 19 Beau Bell 54 134 32 .239 0 24 Chet Laabs 5 16 5 .313 0 2 Mark Christman 6 16 4 .250 0 0 Les Fleming 8 16 0 .000 0 1 Merv Shea 4 2 0 .000 0 0 Dixie Parsons 5 1 0 .000 0 0 Pitching 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 35 246.0 17 10 3.37 164 Tommy Bridges 29 198.0 17 7 3.50 129 Schoolboy Rowe 28 164.0 10 12 4.99 51 Fred Hutchinson 13 84.0 3 6 5.21 22 Vern Kennedy 4 21.0 0 3 6.43 9 Hal Newhouser 1 5.0 0 1 5.40 4 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 Dizzy Trout 33 162.0 9 10 3.61 72 Al Benton 37 150.0 6 8 4.56 67 Archie McKain 32 129.2 5 6 3.68 49 Harry Eisenstat 10 29.2 2 2 6.98 6 Bob Harris Bob Harris (baseball) 5 18.0 1 1 4.00 9 Cotton Pippen 3 14.0 0 1 7.07 5 Roxie Lawson 2 11.1 1 1 4.76 4 George Gill George Gill (pitcher) 3 8.2 0 1 8.31 1 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) 27 7 0 1 4.18 14 Slick Coffman 23 2 1 0 6.38 10 Floyd Giebell 9 1 1 0 2.93 9 Jim Walkup Jim Walkup (right-handed pitcher) 7 0 1 1 7.50 5 Red Lynn 4 0 1 0 8.64 3 Farm system Minor League Baseball A1 Beaumont Exporters Texas League Al Vincent C Hot Springs Bathers Cotton States League Conard Fisher C Henderson Oilers East Texas League Jake Atz D Fulton Tigers KITTY League Charlie Eckert D Newport Canners Northeast Arkansas League Clary Harris D Tiffin Mud Hens Ohio State League Jimmy Lawrence and Al Curry Johnson, 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 1939 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1939 in Detroit