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, 26 games behind the New York Yankees.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
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 Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches
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 106 341 89 .261 4 53 1B 138 500 156 .312 33 113 2B 118 406 132 .325 16 86 SS 97 324 87 .269 5 40 3B 132 489 135 .276 8 76 OF 87 309 81 .262 10 58 OF 147 611 190 .311 4 58 OF 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 102 329 101 .307 20 68 55 192 58 .302 1 33 75 179 43 .240 6 23 74 174 40 .230 2 23 51 157 38 .242 1 22 43 154 47 .305 4 19 54 134 32 .239 0 24 5 16 5 .313 0 2 6 16 4 .250 0 0 8 16 0 .000 0 1 4 2 0 .000 0 0 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 35 246.0 17 10 3.37 164 29 198.0 17 7 3.50 129 28 164.0 10 12 4.99 51 13 84.0 3 6 5.21 22 4 21.0 0 3 6.43 9 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 33 162.0 9 10 3.61 72 37 150.0 6 8 4.56 67 32 129.2 5 6 3.68 49 10 29.2 2 2 6.98 6 5 18.0 1 1 4.00 9 3 14.0 0 1 7.07 5 2 11.1 1 1 4.76 4 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 27 7 0 1 4.18 14 23 2 1 0 6.38 10 9 1 1 0 2.93 9 7 0 1 1 7.50 5 4 0 1 0 8.64 3
Farm system
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
External links
1939 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference