1941 Detroit Tigers season

The 1941 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished tied for fourth in the American League with a record of 75–79, 26 games behind the New York Yankees.

1941 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Briggs Stadium (since 1912) Detroit (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter Briggs, Sr.
General manager(s)	Jack Zeller
Manager(s)	Del Baker
Local radio	WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson) WXYZ (Harry Heilmann)
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	101	53	0.656	—	51–26	50–27
Boston Red Sox	84	70	0.545	17	47–30	37–40
Chicago White Sox	77	77	0.500	24	38–39	39–38
Cleveland Indians	75	79	0.487	26	42–35	33–44
Detroit Tigers	75	79	0.487	26	43–34	32–45
St. Louis Browns	70	84	0.455	31	40–37	30–47
Washington Senators	70	84	0.455	31	40–37	30–47
Philadelphia Athletics	64	90	0.416	37	36–41	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1941 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	16–6	9–13	11–11	9–13–1	16–6	9–13	14–8
Chicago	6–16	—	17–5	12–10–1	8–14	10–12	11–11–1	13–9
Cleveland	13–9	5–17	—	10–12	7–15	15–7	13–9–1	12–10
Detroit	11–11	10–12–1	12–10	—	11–11	13–9	11–11	7–15
New York	13–9–1	14–8	15–7	11–11	—	14–8	18–4	16–6–1
Philadelphia	6–16	12–10	7–15	9–13	8–14	—	11–11	11–11
St. Louis	13–9	11–11–1	9–13–1	11–11	4–18	11–11	—	11–11–1
Washington	8–14	9–13	10–12	15–7	6–16–1	11–11	11–11–1	—

Notable transactions

• May 5, 1941: Rip Radcliff was purchased by the Tigers from the St. Louis Browns for $25,000.[1]

Roster

1941 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 19 Al Benton 10 Tommy Bridges -- Earl Cook 17 Floyd Giebell 15 Johnny Gorsica 24 Hal Manders 28 Archie McKain 27 Les Mueller 16 Hal Newhouser 12 Bobo Newsom 14 Schoolboy Rowe 22 Bud Thomas 11 Dizzy Trout -- Virgil Trucks 25 Hal White		Catchers  8 Billy Sullivan  1 Birdie Tebbetts Infielders  7 Dick Bartell  3 Frank Croucher 28 Moe Franklin  2 Charlie Gehringer  6 Pinky Higgins  9 Eric McNair  9 L. D. Meyer  7 Boyd Perry  4 Rudy York		Outfielders 20 Bruce Campbell -- Hoot Evers  5 Hank Greenberg 24 Ned Harris 21 Barney McCosky 27 Pat Mullin -- Bob Patrick 18 Rip Radcliff 23 Tuck Stainback 24 Dick Wakefield Other batters 29 Fred Hutchinson		Manager 32 Del Baker Coaches 31 Bing Miller 33 Steve O'Neill 30 Merv Shea

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
OF	Bruce Campbell	141	512	141	.275	15	93
OF	Rip Radcliff	96	379	120	.317	3	40

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
Billy Sullivan	85	234	66	.282	3	29
Ned Harris	26	61	13	.213	1	4
Bob Patrick	5	7	2	.286	0	0

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
Tommy Bridges	25	147.2	9	12	3.41	90

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
Al Benton	38	157.2	15	6	2.97	63

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
Bud Thomas	26	1	3	2	4.21	17
Earl Cook	1	0	0	0	4.50	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Al Vincent
A1	Beaumont Exporters	Texas League	Gordie Hinkle
A	Elmira Pioneers	Eastern League	Ray Brubaker
B	Hagerstown Owls	Interstate League	Dutch Dorman
B	Winston-Salem Twins	Piedmont League	Jake Atz
C	Utica Braves	Canadian–American League	Frank Zubik
C	Texarkana Twins	Cotton States League	Walter Kopp and Jake Atz, Jr.
C	Muskegon Reds	Michigan State League	Jack Tighe
D	Tallahassee Caps	Georgia–Florida League	Lance Richbourg
D	Fulton Tigers	KITTY League	Vince "Moon" Mullen
D	Jamestown Falcons	PONY League	Greg Mulleavy

LEAGUE CHAMPION: Elmira[2]

References

1. Rip Radcliff at Baseball Reference
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1941 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference