1942 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Del Baker

28 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1942 MLB season.

1942 Tigers roster: batting

1942 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.
Doc Cramer36151630711660434.263.314.631
Barney McCosky251546007517675011.293.365.777
Rudy York281535778115021903.260.343.771
Jimmy Bloodworth241375336212913572.242.295.657
Pinky Higgins331434996513311793.267.362.771
Ned Harris25121398531089455.271.351.781
Birdie Tebbetts299930824761274.247.335.627
Billy Hitchcock258528027590292.211.280.527
Don Ross278722629623302.274.379.755
Dixie Parsons26631888372111.197.249.499
Moe Franklin284815424402160.260.301.645
Rip Radcliff366214413361200.250.294.600
Johnny Lipon1934131525091.191.232.438
Dutch Meyer261452517290.327.386.886
Charlie Gehringer394545612170.267.365.699
Hank Riebe201135111020.314.314.686
Al Unser294823000.375.375.750
Bob Patrick244812130.250.3331.083

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

1942 Tigers roster: pitching

1942 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.
Al BentonP3135307132.90226.21101.302
Dizzy TroutP27352912183.43223.0911.360
Hal WhiteP23342512122.91216.2931.361
Hal NewhouserP2138238142.45183.21031.375
Tommy BridgesP352322972.74174.0971.291
Virgil TrucksP2528201482.74167.2911.320
Roy HenshawP30232244.0961.2241.461
Johnny GorsicaP27280324.7553.0191.684
Charlie FuchsP2894336.6336.2151.690
Hal MandersP25180204.0933.0141.640

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.