1940 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Del Baker

Reached the 1940 World Series, lost 4-3

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 McCosky2314358912320045713.340.408.899
Rudy York26155588105186331343.316.410.993
Hank Greenberg29148573129195411506.340.4331.103
Dick Bartell321395287612375312.233.335.665
Charlie Gehringer37139515108161108110.313.428.875
Pinky Higgins311314807013013764.271.357.771
Birdie Tebbetts27111379461124464.296.357.768
Pete Fox3193350491015487.289.329.732
Bruce Campbell3010329756848442.283.381.829
Billy Sullivan297822036683412.309.399.849
Earl Averill386411810332200.280.309.690
Red Kress33339913221110.222.294.597
Dutch Meyer2423581215062.259.317.628
Frank Croucher25375736020.105.164.269
Tuck Stainback28154049010.225.262.537
Scat Metha26263769030.243.282.579
Pat Mullin224400000.000.000.000
Frank Secory271100000.000.000.000

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 NewsomP3236342152.83264.01641.270
Tommy BridgesP3329281293.37197.21331.310
Schoolboy RoweP3027231633.46169.0611.260
Johnny GorsicaP252920774.33160.0681.420
Hal NewhouserP192820994.86133.1891.690
Dizzy TroutP253310374.47100.2641.782
Al BentonP294206104.4279.1501.6317
Fred HutchinsonP201710375.6876.0321.460
Tom SeatsP29262224.6955.2251.581
Archie McKainP29270502.8251.0241.433
Clay SmithP25141115.0828.1141.590
Cotton PippenP2943126.7521.191.830
Floyd GiebellP3022201.0018.0111.000
Lynn NelsonP35621110.9314.072.290
Bud ThomasP2930019.004.002.750
Dick CongerP1920103.003.011.670

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.