The 1941 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished tied for fourth in the American League with a record of 75–79, 26 games behind the New York Yankees.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions May 5, 1941: Rip Radcliff was purchased by the Tigers from the St. Louis Browns for $25,000.Rip Radcliff at Baseball Reference
Roster 1941 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters 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 Birdie Tebbetts 110 359 102 .284 2 47 1B Rudy York 155 590 153 .259 27 111 2B Charlie Gehringer 127 436 96 .220 3 46 SS Frank Croucher 136 489 124 .254 2 39 3B Pinky Higgins 147 540 161 .298 11 73 OF 141 512 141 .275 15 93 OF 96 379 120 .317 3 40 OF Barney McCosky 127 494 160 .324 3 55
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 85 234 66 .282 3 29 Pat Mullin 54 220 76 .345 5 23 Tuck Stainback 94 200 49 .245 2 10 L.D. Meyer 46 153 29 .190 1 14 Boyd Perry 36 83 15 .181 0 11 Hank Greenberg 19 67 18 .269 2 12 26 61 13 .213 1 4 Eric McNair 23 59 11 .186 0 3 Dick Bartell 5 12 2 .167 0 1 Moe Franklin 13 10 3 .300 0 0 5 7 2 .286 0 0 Dick Wakefield 7 7 1 .143 0 0 Hoot Evers 1 4 0 .000 0 0 Fred Hutchinson 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Pitching = Indicates league leader 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 43 250.1 12 20 4.60 175 Hal Newhouser 33 173.0 9 11 4.79 106 25 147.2 9 12 3.41 90
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 Johnny Gorsica 33 171.0 9 11 4.47 59 38 157.2 15 6 2.97 63 Dizzy Trout 37 151.2 9 9 3.74 88 Schoolboy Rowe 27 139.0 8 6 4.14 54
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 26 1 3 2 4.21 17 Floyd Giebell 17 0 0 0 6.03 10 Archie McKain 15 2 1 0 5.02 14 Hal Manders 8 1 0 0 2.35 7 Les Mueller 4 0 0 0 4.85 8 Hal White 4 0 0 0 6.00 2 Virgil Trucks 1 0 0 0 9.00 3 1 0 0 0 4.50 1
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPION: ElmiraJohnson, 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
1941 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference