1940 Detroit Tigers Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 90–64 (.584), 1st place in American League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1940 Al Benton 42 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 Archie McKain 27 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .125 .300 .125 .425
1940 Barney McCosky 143 592 123 200 39 19 4 57 67 41 13 9 .338 .406 .488 .894
1940 Billy Sullivan 78 223 36 68 14 4 3 41 31 11 2 0 .305 .395 .444 .838
1940 Birdie Tebbetts 111 381 46 112 24 4 4 46 35 14 4 5 .294 .355 .409 .764
1940 Bobo Newsom 36 111 9 23 5 0 0 16 1 17 0 0 .207 .214 .252 .467
1940 Bruce Campbell 103 301 56 84 15 5 8 44 45 28 2 7 .279 .376 .442 .818
1940 Charlie Gehringer 139 525 108 161 33 3 10 81 101 17 10 0 .307 .421 .438 .859
1940 Clay Smith 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 Cotton Pippen 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 Dick Bartell 139 539 76 123 24 3 7 53 76 53 12 2 .228 .329 .323 .652
1940 Dizzy Trout 33 31 4 4 0 0 0 4 2 9 0 0 .129 .182 .129 .311
1940 Dutch Meyer 23 60 12 15 3 0 0 6 4 10 2 0 .250 .308 .300 .608
1940 Earl Averill 64 119 10 33 4 1 2 20 5 14 0 0 .277 .306 .378 .685
1940 Floyd Giebell 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 Frank Croucher 37 57 3 6 0 0 0 2 4 5 0 0 .105 .164 .105 .269
1940 Frank Secory 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 Frank Metha 26 38 6 9 0 1 0 3 2 8 0 1 .237 .275 .289 .564
1940 Fred Hutchinson 17 30 1 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .300 .567
1940 Hal Newhouser 28 44 3 8 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 .182 .234 .182 .416
1940 Hank Greenberg 148 576 129 195 50 8 41 150 93 75 6 3 .339 .431 .667 1.098
1940 Johnny Gorsica 29 63 6 12 0 2 1 7 3 15 0 0 .190 .227 .302 .529
1940 Lynn Nelson 19 23 4 8 0 0 1 3 0 6 0 0 .348 .348 .478 .826
1940 Pat Mullin 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 Pete Fox 93 353 49 101 17 4 5 48 21 30 7 7 .286 .326 .399 .726
1940 Pinky Higgins 131 487 70 130 24 3 13 76 61 31 4 2 .267 .352 .409 .761
1940 Red Kress 33 100 13 22 3 1 1 11 10 12 0 0 .220 .291 .300 .591
1940 Rudy York 155 592 105 186 46 6 33 134 89 88 3 2 .314 .407 .579 .987
1940 Schoolboy Rowe 27 68 7 18 6 1 1 18 5 13 1 1 .265 .315 .426 .742
1940 Tom Seats 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
1940 Tommy Bridges 29 72 5 12 2 0 0 4 3 23 0 0 .167 .200 .194 .394
1940 Tuck Stainback 15 42 4 9 2 0 0 1 1 9 0 0 .214 .250 .262 .512
– – 154 5,495 888 1,549 312 65 134 829 664 554 66 39 .282 .362 .435 .797

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1940 Al Benton 42 79.1 6 10 17 0 0 93 44 39 36 0 50 0 0 0 0 4.42 1.63
1940 Archie McKain 27 51.0 5 0 3 0 0 48 18 16 25 0 24 0 0 0 0 2.82 1.43
1940 Bob Uhl 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 600,000,000.00
1940 Bobo Newsom 36 264.0 21 5 0 0 0 235 110 83 100 3 164 34 0 20 3 2.83 1.27
1940 Bud Thomas 3 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 8 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 2.75
1940 Clay Smith 14 28.1 1 1 0 0 0 32 18 16 13 1 14 1 0 0 0 5.08 1.59
1940 Cotton Pippen 4 21.1 1 2 0 0 0 29 16 16 10 1 9 3 0 0 0 6.75 1.83
1940 Dick Conger 2 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.67
1940 Dizzy Trout 33 100.2 3 7 2 0 0 125 60 50 54 3 64 10 0 1 0 4.47 1.78
1940 Floyd Giebell 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 0 14 2 2 4 0 11 2 0 2 1 1.00 1.00
1940 Fred Hutchinson 17 76.0 3 7 0 0 0 85 52 48 26 2 32 10 0 1 0 5.68 1.46
1940 Hal Newhouser 28 133.1 9 9 0 0 0 149 81 72 76 2 89 20 0 7 0 4.86 1.69
1940 Johnny Gorsica 29 160.0 7 7 0 0 0 170 85 77 57 4 68 20 0 5 2 4.33 1.42
1940 Lynn Nelson 6 14.0 1 1 0 0 0 23 19 17 9 0 7 2 0 0 0 10.93 2.29
1940 Schoolboy Rowe 27 169.0 16 3 0 0 0 170 68 65 43 1 61 23 0 11 1 3.46 1.26
1940 Tom Seats 26 55.2 2 2 1 0 0 67 43 29 21 0 25 2 0 0 0 4.69 1.58
1940 Tommy Bridges 29 197.2 12 9 0 0 0 171 89 74 88 0 133 28 0 12 2 3.37 1.31
– – 154 1,375.1 90 64 23 0 0 1,425 716 609 570 17 752 155 0 59 9 3.99 1.45

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1940 Al Benton P 42 5 11 3 19 1 .842 0.38
1940 Archie McKain P 27 2 16 0 18 0 1.000 0.67
1940 Bob Uhl P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1940 Bobo Newsom P 36 3 32 3 38 3 .921 0.97
1940 Bud Thomas P 3 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 1.33
1940 Clay Smith P 14 1 10 0 11 0 1.000 0.79
1940 Cotton Pippen P 4 2 4 0 6 0 1.000 1.50
1940 Dick Conger P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1940 Dizzy Trout P 33 5 25 2 32 1 .937 0.91
1940 Floyd Giebell P 2 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 2.00
1940 Fred Hutchinson P 17 2 16 2 20 1 .900 1.06
1940 Hal Newhouser P 28 5 31 1 37 0 .973 1.29
1940 Johnny Gorsica P 29 15 53 4 72 2 .944 2.34
1940 Lynn Nelson P 6 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 0.50
1940 Schoolboy Rowe P 27 10 28 0 38 2 1.000 1.41
1940 Tom Seats P 26 4 11 0 15 0 1.000 0.58
1940 Tommy Bridges P 29 4 30 2 36 0 .944 1.17
1940 Billy Sullivan C 57 292 29 8 329 4 0 0 0.0% .976 5.63
1940 Birdie Tebbetts C 107 572 89 17 678 10 0 0 0.0% .975 6.18
1940 Rudy York 1B 155 1,390 107 15 1,512 101 .990 9.66
1940 Charlie Gehringer 2B 138 276 374 19 669 72 .972 4.71
1940 Dutch Meyer 2B 21 28 44 3 75 6 .960 3.43
1940 Frank Croucher 2B 7 4 2 0 6 1 1.000 0.86
1940 Frank Metha 2B 10 9 15 1 25 3 .960 2.40
1940 Billy Sullivan 3B 6 4 14 2 20 1 .900 3.00
1940 Frank Croucher 3B 1 2 1 2 5 0 .600 3.00
1940 Frank Metha 3B 6 1 12 1 14 0 .929 2.17
1940 Pinky Higgins 3B 129 133 239 29 401 16 .928 2.88
1940 Red Kress 3B 17 20 41 5 66 1 .924 3.59
1940 Dick Bartell SS 139 295 394 34 723 74 .953 4.96
1940 Frank Croucher SS 26 17 27 3 47 2 .936 1.69
1940 Red Kress SS 12 25 33 3 61 5 .951 4.83
1940 Hank Greenberg LF 148 298 14 15 327 1 .954 2.11
1940 Barney McCosky CF 141 349 7 6 362 2 .983 2.52
1940 Earl Averill CF 22 23 2 1 26 0 .962 1.14
1940 Pat Mullin CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1940 Tuck Stainback CF 9 26 4 1 31 0 .968 3.33
1940 Bruce Campbell RF 74 133 6 6 145 0 .959 1.88
1940 Pete Fox RF 85 169 6 6 181 0 .967 2.06
– – 154 4,126 1,736 194 6,056 309 0 0 .968 38.06

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1940 Archie McKain 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 Barney McCosky 7 23 5 7 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 .304 .467 .348 .814
1940 Billy Sullivan 5 13 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 .154 .389 .154 .543
1940 Birdie Tebbetts 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 Bobo Newsom 3 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
1940 Bruce Campbell 7 26 4 9 1 0 1 5 4 4 0 2 .346 .433 .500 .933
1940 Charlie Gehringer 7 28 3 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .214 .267 .214 .481
1940 Clay Smith 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 Dick Bartell 7 26 2 7 2 0 0 3 3 3 0 1 .269 .345 .346 .691
1940 Dizzy Trout 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 Earl Averill 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 Frank Croucher 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 Fred Hutchinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 Hank Greenberg 7 28 5 10 2 1 1 6 2 5 0 0 .357 .400 .607 1.007
1940 Johnny Gorsica 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 Pete Fox 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 Pinky Higgins 7 24 2 8 3 1 1 6 3 3 0 0 .333 .407 .667 1.074
1940 Rudy York 7 26 3 6 0 1 1 2 4 7 0 0 .231 .333 .423 .756
1940 Schoolboy Rowe 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1940 Tommy Bridges 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
– – 7 231 28 56 9 3 4 24 30 30 0 3 .242 .330 .359 .689

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1940 Archie McKain 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.33
1940 Bobo Newsom 3 26.0 2 1 0 0 0 18 4 4 4 0 17 3 0 3 1 1.38 0.85
1940 Clay Smith 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.00
1940 Dizzy Trout 1 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 6 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 9.00 3.50
1940 Fred Hutchinson 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 2.00
1940 Johnny Gorsica 2 11.1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.79 0.88
1940 Schoolboy Rowe 2 3.2 0 2 0 0 0 12 7 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 17.18 3.55
1940 Tommy Bridges 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 0 10 4 3 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 3.00 1.22
– – 8 60.0 3 4 0 0 0 58 22 20 15 0 30 7 0 4 1 3.00 1.22

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1940 Archie McKain P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1940 Bobo Newsom P 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1940 Clay Smith P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1940 Dizzy Trout P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1940 Fred Hutchinson P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1940 Johnny Gorsica P 2 0 6 0 6 1 1.000 3.00
1940 Schoolboy Rowe P 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1940 Tommy Bridges P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1940 Billy Sullivan C 4 23 2 0 25 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 6.25
1940 Birdie Tebbetts C 3 13 3 1 17 1 0 0 0.0% .941 5.33
1940 Rudy York 1B 7 60 2 0 62 4 1.000 8.86
1940 Charlie Gehringer 2B 7 18 18 0 36 3 1.000 5.14
1940 Pinky Higgins 3B 7 4 30 2 36 1 .944 4.86
1940 Dick Bartell SS 7 12 11 1 24 2 .958 3.29
1940 Frank Croucher SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1940 Hank Greenberg LF 7 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 1.71
1940 Barney McCosky CF 7 19 0 0 19 0 1.000 2.71
1940 Bruce Campbell RF 7 17 0 0 17 0 1.000 2.43
– – 7 180 77 4 261 12 0 0 .985 36.71

Awards

Player Award Stats
Hank Greenberg Most Valuable Player (LF) .339–41–150, 6 SB
Bobo Newsom All-Star (P) 21–5, 164 SO, 2.83 ERA
Tommy Bridges All-Star (P) 12–9, 133 SO, 3.37 ERA
Hank Greenberg All-Star (1B) .339–41–150, 6 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1940 Detroit Tigers

Who had the most hits on the 1940 Detroit Tigers?

Barney McCosky led the 1940 Detroit Tigers with 200 hits in 143 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1940 Detroit Tigers?

Hank Greenberg led the 1940 Detroit Tigers with a .339 batting average in 148 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1940 Detroit Tigers?

Hank Greenberg led the 1940 Detroit Tigers with 41 home runs in 148 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1940 Detroit Tigers?

Hank Greenberg led the 1940 Detroit Tigers with a .431 on-base percentage (OBP) in 148 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1940 Detroit Tigers?

Hank Greenberg led the 1940 Detroit Tigers with a .667 slugging percentage in 148 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1940 Detroit Tigers?

Barney McCosky led the 1940 Detroit Tigers with 13 stolen bases in 143 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1940 Detroit Tigers?

Bobo Newsom had a 2.83 earned-run average (ERA) in 36 games, the lowest on the 1940 Detroit Tigers.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1940 Detroit Tigers?

Schoolboy Rowe had a 1.26 WHIP in 27 games, the lowest on the 1940 Detroit Tigers.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1940 Detroit Tigers?

Bobo Newsom led the 1940 Detroit Tigers with 164 strikeouts in 36 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1940 Detroit Tigers?

Bobo Newsom led the 1940 Detroit Tigers with 21 wins in 36 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1940 Detroit Tigers?

Al Benton led the 1940 Detroit Tigers with 17 saves in 42 games.