1942 Detroit Tigers season

The 1942 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 73–81, 30 games behind the New York Yankees.

1942 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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Offseason

• Prior to the 1942 season: Neil Berry was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	103	51	0.669	—	58–19	45–32
Boston Red Sox	93	59	0.612	9	53–24	40–35
St. Louis Browns	82	69	0.543	19½	40–37	42–32
Cleveland Indians	75	79	0.487	28	39–39	36–40
Detroit Tigers	73	81	0.474	30	43–34	30–47
Chicago White Sox	66	82	0.446	34	35–35	31–47
Washington Senators	62	89	0.411	39½	35–42	27–47
Philadelphia Athletics	55	99	0.357	48	25–51	30–48

Record vs. opponents

1942 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	13–8	14–8	15–7	12–10	14–8	11–11	14–7
Chicago	8–13	—	11–11	9–13	7–15	12–10	6–13	13–7
Cleveland	8–14	11–11	—	9–13–2	7–15	16–6	9–13	15–7
Detroit	7–15	13–9	13–9–2	—	7–15	13–9	11–11	9–13
New York	10–12	15–7	15–7	15–7	—	16–6	15–7	17–5
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	6–16	9–13	6–16	—	6–16	10–12
St. Louis	11–11	13–6	13–9	11–11	7–15	16–6	—	11–11
Washington	7–14	7–13	7–15	13–9	5–17	12–10	11–11	—

Notable transactions

• April 30, 1942: Schoolboy Rowe was purchased from the Tigers by the Brooklyn Dodgers.[2]

Roster

1942 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 19 Al Benton 10 Tommy Bridges 17 Charlie Fuchs 15 Johnny Gorsica 18 Roy Henshaw 12 Hal Manders 16 Hal Newhouser 14 Schoolboy Rowe 11 Dizzy Trout 22 Virgil Trucks 25 Hal White 24 Jack Wilson		Catchers 23 Dixie Parsons  9 Hank Riebe  1 Birdie Tebbetts 31 Al Unser Infielders  3 Jimmy Bloodworth 27 Moe Franklin 2,22 Charlie Gehringer  6 Pinky Higgins  7 Billy Hitchcock  7 Johnny Lipon  9 Eric McNair 26 Dutch Meyer  4 Rudy York		Outfielders  8 Doc Cramer 28,26 Ned Harris 21 Barney McCosky 24 Bob Patrick  5 Rip Radcliff 20 Don Ross		Manager 32 Del Baker Coaches  2 Charlie Gehringer 30 Merv Shea 31 Jack Tighe

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	Ned Harris	121	398	108	.271	9	45

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
Dutch Meyer	14	52	17	.327	2	9
Charlie Gehringer	45	45	12	.267	1	7
Al Unser	4	8	3	.375	0	0
Bob Patrick	4	8	2	.250	1	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
Al Benton	35	226.2	7	13	2.90	110
Tommy Bridges	23	174	9	7	2.74	97

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
Charlie Fuchs	9	36.2	3	3	6.63	15
Schoolboy Rowe	2	10.1	1	0	0.00	7

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
Jack Wilson	9	0	0	0	4.85	7

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Al Vincent
A1	Beaumont Exporters	Texas League	Steve O'Neill
A	Elmira Pioneers	Eastern League	Ray Brubaker
B	Hagerstown Owls	Interstate League	Dutch Dorman
B	Winston-Salem Twins	Piedmont League	Jack Tighe and Al Unser
C	Pittsfield Electrics	Canadian–American League	Shano Collins, Rabbit Moore and Vince "Moon" Mullen
D	Fulton Tigers	KITTY League	Vince "Moon" Mullen
D	Jamestown Falcons	PONY League	Greg Mulleavy

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jamestown

KITTY League folded, June 19, 1942[3]

Notes

1. Neil Berry at Baseball Reference
2. Schoolboy Rowe at Baseball Reference
3. 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

• 1942 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference