1938 Detroit Tigers season
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Owner(s) | Walter Briggs, Sr. |
General manager(s) | Mickey Cochrane |
Manager(s) | Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker |
Local radio | WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson) WXYZ (Harry Heilmann) |
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The 1938 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The Detroit Tigers compiled a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, good enough for fourth place in the American League. Hank Greenberg hit 58 home runs, and became the first unanimous selection as the American League MVP.
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Offseason
- December 2, 1937: Mike Tresh, Marv Owen and Gee Walker were traded by the Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Vern Kennedy, Tony Piet, and Dixie Walker.[1]
Gross Domestic Intellectual Proportions
- Trple 0's monkey sandwich was slayed by Jerry Seinfeld, until the last airbender extinguished the cherry tree. Good morning america!
Regular season
The highlight of the 1938 season was first baseman Hank Greenberg challenging the single-season home run record held by Babe Ruth (60). Hank went into the season's final weekend against the Cleveland Indians with 58 home runs, but failed to homer on Saturday or Sunday. He did tie Jimmie Foxx's record for a right-handed hitter, set in 1932.[2]
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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New York Yankees | 99 | 53 | .651 | -- |
Boston Red Sox | 88 | 61 | .591 | 9.5 |
Cleveland Indians | 86 | 66 | .566 | 13.0 |
Detroit Tigers | 84 | 70 | .545 | 16.0 |
Washington Senators | 75 | 76 | .497 | 23.5 |
Chicago White Sox | 65 | 83 | .439 | 32.0 |
St. Louis Browns | 55 | 97 | .362 | 44.0 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 53 | 99 | .349 | 46.0 |
Record vs. opponents
1938 American League Records
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 12–6 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | 17–5 | 12–9 | |||||
Chicago | 6–12 | — | 9–13 | 7–15 | 8–14 | 12–10 | 13–8–1 | 10–11 | |||||
Cleveland | 10–12 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | 8–13 | 18–4 | 13–9–1 | 12–9 | |||||
Detroit | 12–10 | 15–7 | 10–12 | — | 8–14 | 14–8 | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | |||||
New York | 11–11–1 | 14–8 | 13–8 | 14–8 | — | 16–5–2 | 15–7–1 | 16–6–1 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 4–18 | 8–14 | 5–16–2 | — | 12–9 | 6–16 | |||||
St. Louis | 5–17 | 8–13–1 | 9–13–1 | 10–12–1 | 7–15–1 | 9–12 | — | 7–15 | |||||
Washington | 9–12 | 11–10 | 9–12 | 9–13 | 6–16–1 | 16–6 | 15–7 | — |
Roster
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Player stats
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 |
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C | Rudy York | 135 | 463 | 138 | .298 | 33 | 127 |
1B | Hank Greenberg | 155 | 556 | 175 | .315 | 58 | 146 |
2B | Charlie Gehringer | 152 | 568 | 174 | .306 | 20 | 107 |
3B | Don Ross | 77 | 265 | 69 | .260 | 1 | 30 |
SS | Billy Rogell | 136 | 501 | 130 | .259 | 3 | 55 |
OF | Dixie Walker | 127 | 454 | 140 | .308 | 6 | 43 |
OF | Pete Fox | 155 | 634 | 186 | .293 | 7 | 96 |
OF | Chet Morgan | 74 | 306 | 87 | .284 | 0 | 27 |
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 |
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Mark Christman | 95 | 318 | 79 | .248 | 1 | 44 |
Jo-Jo White | 78 | 206 | 54 | .262 | 0 | 15 |
Chet Laabs | 64 | 211 | 50 | .237 | 7 | 37 |
Birdie Tebbetts | 53 | 143 | 42 | .294 | 1 | 25 |
Tony Piet | 41 | 80 | 17 | .213 | 0 | 14 |
Roy Cullenbine | 25 | 67 | 19 | .284 | 0 | 9 |
Ray Hayworth | 8 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 5 |
Benny McCoy | 7 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
George Archie | 3 | 2 | 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 |
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Vern Kennedy | 33 | 190.1 | 12 | 9 | 5.06 | 53 |
George Gill | 24 | 164 | 12 | 9 | 4.12 | 30 |
Elden Auker | 27 | 160.2 | 11 | 10 | 5.27 | 46 |
Tommy Bridges | 25 | 151 | 13 | 9 | 4.59 | 101 |
Schoolboy Rowe | 4 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | 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 |
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Roxie Lawson | 27 | 127 | 8 | 9 | 5.46 | 39 |
Boots Poffenberger | 25 | 125 | 6 | 7 | 4.82 | 28 |
Harry Eisenstat | 32 | 125.1 | 9 | 6 | 3.72 | 37 |
Al Benton | 19 | 95.1 | 5 | 3 | 3.30 | 33 |
Bob Harris | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7.20 | 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 |
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Slick Coffman | 39 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6.02 | 31 |
Jake Wade | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6.56 | 23 |
Joe Rogalski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 2 |
Woody Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 1 |
Awards and honors
- Hank Greenberg finished third in the American League MVP voting.
Farm system
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Beaumont, Beckley, Harlingen[3]
Notes
- ↑ Mike Tresh at Baseball Reference
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links
- 1938 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference
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