1940 Detroit Tigers roster

35 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1940 MLB season. They reached the 1940 World Series and lost 4-3.

1940 Tigers roster: batting

1940 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 McCosky14358912320045713.340.408.899
Rudy York155588105186331343.316.410.993
Hank Greenberg148573129195411506.340.4331.103
Dick Bartell1395287612375312.233.335.665
Charlie Gehringer139515108161108110.313.428.875
Pinky Higgins1314807013013764.271.357.771
Birdie Tebbetts111379461124464.296.357.768
Pete Fox93350491015487.289.329.732
Bruce Campbell10329756848442.283.381.829
Billy Sullivan7822036683412.309.399.849
Earl Averill6411810332200.280.309.690
Red Kress339913221110.222.294.597
Dutch Meyer23581215062.259.317.628
Frank Croucher375736020.105.164.269
Tuck Stainback154049010.225.262.537
Scat Metha263769030.243.282.579
Pat Mullin4400000.000.000.000
Frank Secory1100000.000.000.000

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

1940 Tigers roster: pitching

1940 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.
Bobo NewsomP36342152.83264.01641.270
Tommy BridgesP29281293.37197.21331.310
Schoolboy RoweP27231633.46169.0611.260
Johnny GorsicaP2920774.33160.0681.420
Hal NewhouserP2820994.86133.1891.690
Dizzy TroutP3310374.47100.2641.782
Al BentonP4206104.4279.1501.6317
Fred HutchinsonP1710375.6876.0321.460
Tom SeatsP262224.6955.2251.581
Archie McKainP270502.8251.0241.433
Clay SmithP141115.0828.1141.590
Cotton PippenP43126.7521.191.830
Floyd GiebellP22201.0018.0111.000
Lynn NelsonP621110.9314.072.290
Bud ThomasP30019.004.002.750
Dick CongerP20103.003.011.670

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.