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
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkBriggs Stadium
CityDetroit
OwnersWalter Briggs, Sr.
General managersJack Zeller
ManagersDel Baker
RadioWWJ (AM)
(Ty Tyson)
WXYZ
(Harry Heilmann)
← 1940 Seasons 1942 →

Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 101 53 .656 51‍–‍26 50‍–‍27
Boston Red Sox 84 70 .545 17 47‍–‍30 37‍–‍40
Chicago White Sox 77 77 .500 24 38‍–‍39 39‍–‍38
Cleveland Indians 75 79 .487 26 42‍–‍35 33‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers 75 79 .487 26 43‍–‍34 32‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 70 84 .455 31 40‍–‍37 30‍–‍47
Washington Senators 70 84 .455 31 40‍–‍37 30‍–‍47
Philadelphia Athletics 64 90 .416 37 36‍–‍41 28‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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

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Roster

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1941 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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Manager

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Birdie Tebbetts 110 359 102 .284 2 47
1B Rudy York 155 590 153 .259 27 111
2B Charlie Gehringer 127 436 96 .220 3 46
SS Frank Croucher 136 489 124 .254 2 39
3B Pinky Higgins 147 540 161 .298 11 73
OF Bruce Campbell 141 512 141 .275 15 93
OF Rip Radcliff 96 379 120 .317 3 40
OF Barney McCosky 127 494 160 .324 3 55

Other batters

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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
Pat Mullin 54 220 76 .345 5 23
Tuck Stainback 94 200 49 .245 2 10
L.D. Meyer 46 153 29 .190 1 14
Boyd Perry 36 83 15 .181 0 11
Hank Greenberg 19 67 18 .269 2 12
Ned Harris 26 61 13 .213 1 4
Eric McNair 23 59 11 .186 0 3
Dick Bartell 5 12 2 .167 0 1
Moe Franklin 13 10 3 .300 0 0
Bob Patrick 5 7 2 .286 0 0
Dick Wakefield 7 7 1 .143 0 0
Hoot Evers 1 4 0 .000 0 0
Fred Hutchinson 2 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bobo Newsom 43 250.1 12 20 4.60 175
Hal Newhouser 33 173.0 9 11 4.79 106
Tommy Bridges 25 147.2 9 12 3.41 90

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Johnny Gorsica 33 171.0 9 11 4.47 59
Al Benton 38 157.2 15 6 2.97 63
Dizzy Trout 37 151.2 9 9 3.74 88
Schoolboy Rowe 27 139.0 8 6 4.14 54

Relief pitchers

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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
Floyd Giebell 17 0 0 0 6.03 10
Archie McKain 15 2 1 0 5.02 14
Hal Manders 8 1 0 0 2.35 7
Les Mueller 4 0 0 0 4.85 8
Hal White 4 0 0 0 6.00 2
Virgil Trucks 1 0 0 0 9.00 3
Earl Cook 1 0 0 0 4.50 1

Farm system

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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

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  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
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