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1942 Detroit Tigers season

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1942 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkBriggs Stadium
CityDetroit
OwnersWalter Briggs, Sr.
General managersJack Zeller
ManagersDel Baker
RadioWWJ (AM)
(Ty Tyson)
WXYZ
(Harry Heilmann)
← 1941 Seasons 1943 →

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

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  • Prior to the 1942 season: Neil Berry was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.[1]

Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 103 51 .669 58‍–‍19 45‍–‍32
Boston Red Sox 93 59 .612 9 53‍–‍24 40‍–‍35
St. Louis Browns 82 69 .543 19½ 40‍–‍37 42‍–‍32
Cleveland Indians 75 79 .487 28 39‍–‍39 36‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers 73 81 .474 30 43‍–‍34 30‍–‍47
Chicago White Sox 66 82 .446 34 35‍–‍35 31‍–‍47
Washington Senators 62 89 .411 39½ 35‍–‍42 27‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics 55 99 .357 48 25‍–‍51 30‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston 13–8 14–8 15–7 12–10 14–8 11–11 14–7
Chicago 8–13 11–11 9–13 7–15 12–10 6–13 13–7
Cleveland 8–14 11–11 9–13–2 7–15 16–6 9–13 15–7
Detroit 7–15 13–9 13–9–2 7–15 13–9 11–11 9–13
New York 10–12 15–7 15–7 15–7 16–6 15–7 17–5
Philadelphia 8–14 10–12 6–16 9–13 6–16 6–16 10–12
St. Louis 11–11 13–6 13–9 11–11 7–15 16–6 11–11
Washington 7–14 7–13 7–15 13–9 5–17 12–10 11–11


Notable transactions

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Roster

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1942 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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 14 52 17 .327 2 9
Charlie Gehringer 45 45 12 .267 1 7
Hank Riebe 11 35 11 .314 0 2
Al Unser 4 8 3 .375 0 0
Bob Patrick 4 8 2 .250 1 3

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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 9 0 0 0 4.85 7

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
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, 1942[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Neil Berry at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Schoolboy Rowe at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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