1942 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1942 American League Briggs Stadium Detroit 73 81 y 5th Walter Briggs, Sr. Jack Zeller Del Baker WWJ (AM)(Ty Tyson)WXYZ(Harry Heilmann) The 1942 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 73–81, 30 games behind the New York Yankees. Offseason Prior to the 1942 season: Neil Berry was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.Neil Berry at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Notable transactions April 30, 1942: Schoolboy Rowe was purchased from the Tigers by the Brooklyn Dodgers.Schoolboy Rowe at Baseball Reference Roster 1942 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 19 Al Benton 10 Tommy Bridges 17 Charlie Fuchs 15 Johnny Gorsica 18 Roy Henshaw 12 Hal Manders 16 Hal Newhouser 14 Schoolboy Rowe 11 Dizzy Trout 22 Virgil Trucks 25 Hal White 24 Jack Wilson Catchers 23 Dixie Parsons  9 Hank Riebe  1 Birdie Tebbetts 31 Al Unser Infielders  3 Jimmy Bloodworth 27 Moe Franklin 2,22 Charlie Gehringer  6 Pinky Higgins  7 Billy Hitchcock  7 Johnny Lipon  9 Eric McNair 26 Dutch Meyer  4 Rudy York Outfielders  8 Doc Cramer 28,26 Ned Harris 21 Barney McCosky 24 Bob Patrick  5 Rip Radcliff 20 Don Ross Manager 32 Del Baker Coaches  2 Charlie Gehringer 30 Merv Shea 31 Jack Tighe 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 99 308 76 .247 1 27 1B Rudy York 153 577 150 .260 21 90 2B Jimmy Bloodworth 137 533 129 .242 13 57 SS Billy Hitchcock 85 280 59 .211 0 29 3B Pinky Higgins 143 499 133 .267 11 79 OF Doc Cramer 151 630 166 .263 0 43 OF Barney McCosky 154 600 176 .293 7 50 OF Ned Harris 121 398 108 .271 9 45 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 Don Ross 87 226 62 .274 3 30 Dixie Parsons 63 188 37 .197 2 11 Moe Franklin 48 154 40 .260 2 16 Rip Radcliff 62 144 36 .250 1 20 Johnny Lipon 34 131 25 .191 0 9 Eric McNair 26 68 11 .162 1 4 Dutch Meyer L. D. Meyer 14 52 17 .327 2 9 Charlie Gehringer 45 45 12 .267 1 7 Hank Riebe 11 35 11 .314 0 2 Al Unser Al Unser (baseball) 4 8 3 .375 0 0 Bob Patrick 4 8 2 .250 1 3 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 Al Benton 35 226.2 7 13 2.90 110 Dizzy Trout 35 223.0 12 18 3.43 91 Hal White 34 216.2 12 12 2.91 93 Tommy Bridges 23 174.0 9 7 2.74 97 Virgil Trucks 28 167.2 14 8 2.74 91 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 Hal Newhouser 38 183.2 8 14 2.45 103 Charlie Fuchs 9 36.2 3 3 6.63 15 Schoolboy Rowe 2 10.1 1 0 0.00 7 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 Johnny Gorsica 28 3 2 4 4.75 19 Roy Henshaw 23 2 4 1 4.09 24 Hal Manders 18 2 0 0 4.09 14 Jack Wilson Jack Wilson (pitcher) 9 0 0 0 4.85 7 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Buffalo Bisons International League Al Vincent A1 Beaumont Exporters Texas League Steve O'Neill A Elmira Pioneers Eastern League Ray Brubaker B Hagerstown Owls Interstate League Dutch Dorman B Winston-Salem Twins Piedmont League Jack Tighe and Al Unser C Pittsfield Electrics Canadian–American League Shano Collins, Rabbit Moore and Vince "Moon" Mullen D Fulton Tigers KITTY League Vince "Moon" Mullen D Jamestown Falcons PONY League Greg Mulleavy LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jamestown KITTY League folded, June 19, 1942Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 External links Baseball 1942 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1942 in Detroit