1933 Detroit Tigers season

The 1933 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 75–79, 25 games behind the Washington Senators.

1933 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Navin Field (since 1912) Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Navin
Manager(s)	Bucky Harris, Del Baker
Local television	none
Local radio	WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson)
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Senators	99	53	0.651	—	46–30	53–23
New York Yankees	91	59	0.607	7	51–23	40–36
Philadelphia Athletics	79	72	0.523	19½	46–29	33–43
Cleveland Indians	75	76	0.497	23½	45–32	30–44
Detroit Tigers	75	79	0.487	25	43–35	32–44
Chicago White Sox	67	83	0.447	31	35–41	32–42
Boston Red Sox	63	86	0.423	34½	32–40	31–46
St. Louis Browns	55	96	0.364	43½	30–46	25–50

Record vs. opponents

1933 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	11–7	6–16	11–11	8–14	14–8	9–13	4–17
Chicago	7–11	—	9–13	10–12	7–15–1	12–10	15–7	7–15
Cleveland	16–6	13–9	—	10–12	7–13	6–16	15–7	8–13
Detroit	11–11	12–10	12–10	—	7–15	11–11	14–8–1	8–14
New York	14–8	15–7–1	13–7	15–7	—	12–9	14–7–1	8–14
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	16–6	11–11	9–12	—	14–6	11–11–1
St. Louis	13–9	7–15	7–15	8–14–1	7–14–1	6–14	—	7–15
Washington	17–4	15–7	13–8	14–8	14–8	11–11–1	15–7	—

Roster

1933 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 14 Elden Auker 16 Tommy Bridges 22 Carl Fischer 12 Vic Frazier 20 Luke Hamlin 18 Art Herring 17 Chief Hogsett -- Roxie Lawson 19 Firpo Marberry  8 Bots Nekola 24 Schoolboy Rowe 11 Vic Sorrell 14 George Uhle 12 Whit Wyatt		Catchers 25 Gene Desautels 23 Ray Hayworth  5 Johnny Pasek  9 Frank Reiber Infielders 26 Harry Davis  2 Charlie Gehringer  7 Hank Greenberg 15 Marv Owen  6 Billy Rogell 33 Heinie Schuble		Outfielders  9 Frank Doljack  1 Pete Fox  5 Billy Rhiel  3 John Stone 27 Gee Walker  4 Earl Webb 28 Jo-Jo White		Manager 31 Del Baker 32 Bucky Harris Coaches 31 Del Baker

Player stats

Starters by position

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	Ray Hayworth	134	425	104	.245	1	45
1B	Hank Greenberg	117	449	135	.301	12	85
2B	Charlie Gehringer	155	628	204	.325	12	108
SS	Billy Rogell	155	587	173	.295	0	57
3B	Marv Owen	138	550	144	.262	2	64
OF	Gee Walker	127	483	135	.280	9	63
OF	John Stone	148	574	161	.280	11	80
OF	Pete Fox	128	535	154	.288	7	58

Other batters

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
Jo-Jo White	91	234	59	.252	2	35
Harry Davis	66	173	37	.214	0	14
Frank Doljack	42	147	42	.286	0	22
Heinie Schuble	49	96	21	.219	0	5
Johnny Pasek	28	61	15	.246	0	5
Gene Desautels	30	42	6	.143	0	4
Frank Reiber	13	18	5	.278	1	3
Billy Rhiel	19	17	3	.176	0	1
Earl Webb	6	11	3	.273	0	3

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Firpo Marberry	37	238.1	16	11	3.29	84
Tommy Bridges	33	233	14	12	3.09	120
Vic Sorrell	36	232.2	11	15	3.79	75
Schoolboy Rowe	19	123.1	7	4	3.58	75
Vic Frazier	20	104.1	5	5	6.64	26
Luke Hamlin	3	16.2	1	0	4.86	10

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Carl Fischer	35	182.2	11	15	3.55	93
Elden Auker	15	55	3	3	5.24	17
Roxie Lawson	4	16	0	1	7.31	6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Chief Hogsett	45	6	10	9	4.50	39
Art Herring	24	1	2	0	3.84	20
Whit Wyatt	10	0	1	0	4.24	9
Bots Nekola	2	0	0	0	27.00	0
George Uhle	1	0	0	0	27.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Dan Howley
A	Beaumont Exporters	Texas League	Bob Coleman
A	Hutchinson Wheat Shockers/Bartlesville Broncs	Western League	Marty Purtell
B	Quincy Shipbuilders/Nashua Millionaires/Brockton Shoemakers	New England League	Hal Weafer, Billy Flynn and Paul Wolff
C	Shreveport Sports	Dixie League	Dutch Lorbeer and Gus Whelan
C	Huntington Boosters	Middle Atlantic League	Johnny Stuart, Earl Smith, Bernie Neis and Rube Benton

Hutchinson franchise transferred to Bartlesville and renamed, July 7, 1933; Quincy franchise moved and renamed twice, to Nashua on June 6, 1933, and to Brockton, August 8[1]

References

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1933 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference