1938_Detroit_Tigers_season

1938 Detroit Tigers
1938 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Ballpark	Briggs Stadium
City	Detroit
Owners	Walter Briggs, Sr.
General managers	Mickey Cochrane
Managers	Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker
Radio	WWJ (AM); (Ty Tyson); WXYZ; (Harry Heilmann)

1938 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1938 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The Detroit Tigers compiled a record of 84 wins and 70 losses, good enough for fourth place in the American League. Hank Greenberg hit 58 home runs, and became the first unanimous selection as the American League MVP.

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v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	99	53	0.651	—	55–22	44–31
Boston Red Sox	88	61	0.591	9½	52–23	36–38
Cleveland Indians	86	66	0.566	13	46–30	40–36
Detroit Tigers	84	70	0.545	16	48–31	36–39
Washington Senators	75	76	0.497	23½	44–33	31–43
Chicago White Sox	65	83	0.439	32	33–39	32–44
St. Louis Browns	55	97	0.362	44	31–43	24–54
Philadelphia Athletics	53	99	0.349	46	28–47	25–52

1938 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	12–6	12–10	10–12	11–11–1	14–8	17–5	12–9
Chicago	6–12	—	9–13	7–15	8–14	12–10	13–8–1	10–11
Cleveland	10–12	13–9	—	12–10	8–13	18–4	13–9–1	12–9
Detroit	12–10	15–7	10–12	—	8–14	14–8	12–10–1	13–9
New York	11–11–1	14–8	13–8	14–8	—	16–5–2	15–7–1	16–6–1
Philadelphia	8–14	10–12	4–18	8–14	5–16–2	—	12–9	6–16
St. Louis	5–17	8–13–1	9–13–1	10–12–1	7–15–1	9–12	—	7–15
Washington	9–12	11–10	9–12	9–13	6–16–1	16–6	15–7	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Rudy York	135	463	138	.298	33	127
1B	Hank Greenberg	155	556	175	.315	58	146
2B	Charlie Gehringer	152	568	174	.306	20	107
SS	Billy Rogell	136	501	130	.259	3	55
3B	Don Ross	77	265	69	.260	1	30
OF	Dixie Walker	127	454	140	.308	6	43
OF	Pete Fox	155	634	186	.293	7	96
OF	Chet Morgan	74	306	87	.284	0	27

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Mark Christman	95	318	79	.248	1	44
Chet Laabs	64	211	50	.237	7	37
Jo-Jo White	78	206	54	.262	0	15
Birdie Tebbetts	53	143	42	.294	1	25
Tony Piet	41	80	17	.213	0	14
Roy Cullenbine	25	67	19	.284	0	9
Ray Hayworth	8	19	4	.211	0	5
Benny McCoy	7	15	3	.200	0	0
George Archie	3	2	0	.000	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Vern Kennedy	33	190.1	12	9	5.06	53
George Gill	24	164.0	12	9	4.12	30
Elden Auker	27	160.2	11	10	5.27	46
Tommy Bridges	25	151.0	13	9	4.59	101
Schoolboy Rowe	4	21.0	0	2	3.00	4

1938_Detroit_Tigers_season

1938 Detroit Tigers season

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

Farm system

Notes

External links

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Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Roxie Lawson	27	127.0	8	9	5.46	39
Harry Eisenstat	32	125.1	9	6	3.72	37
Boots Poffenberger	25	125.0	6	7	4.82	28
Al Benton	19	95.1	5	3	3.30	33
Bob Harris	3	10.0	1	0	7.20	7

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Slick Coffman	39	4	4	2	6.02	31
Jake Wade	27	3	2	0	6.56	23
Joe Rogalski	2	0	0	0	2.57	2
Woody Davis	2	0	0	0	1.50	1

Level	Team	League	Manager
A1	Beaumont Exporters	Texas League	Al Vincent
C	Charleston Senators	Middle Atlantic League	Paul O'Malley
D	Andalusia Bulldogs	Alabama–Florida League	Yam Yaryan
D	Beckley Bengals	Mountain State League	Eli Harris
D	Tiffin Mud Hens	Ohio State League	Tony Rogala
D	Harlingen Hubs	Texas Valley League	Jake Atz
D	Hobbs Boosters	West Texas–New Mexico League	Neal Rabe