1939 Detroit Tigers roster

23 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1939 MLB season.

1939 Tigers roster: batting

1939 Detroit Tigers batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Barney McCosky14761112019045820.311.384.814
Pete Fox1415196915376623.295.342.746
Hank Greenberg138500112156331128.312.4201.042
Pinky Higgins132489571358767.276.353.733
Charlie Gehringer1184068613216864.325.423.967
Birdie Tebbetts10634137894532.261.315.688
Rudy York1023296610120685.307.387.931
Frank Croucher9732438875402.269.303.664
Benny McCoy5519238581333.302.394.842
Roy Cullenbine7517931436230.240.362.775
Billy Rogell7417424402233.230.330.663
Les Fleming81600010.000.000.000
Merv Shea4200000.000.000.000
Dixie Parsons5100000.000.500.500

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1939 Tigers roster: pitching

1939 Detroit Tigers pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Tommy BridgesP29261773.50198.01291.252
Schoolboy RoweP282410124.99164.0511.540
Dizzy TroutP33229103.61162.0721.492
Al BentonP3716684.56150.0671.605
Archie McKainP3211563.68129.2491.344
Fred HutchinsonP1312365.2184.2221.720
Slick CoffmanP231216.3842.1101.720
Floyd GiebellP90112.9315.192.020
Hal NewhouserP11015.405.041.400

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.