1938 Detroit Tigers season explained

Detroit Tigers
Season:	1938
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)

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.

Offseason

• December 2, 1937: Mike Tresh, Marv Owen and Gee Walker were traded by the Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Vern Kennedy, Tony Piet, and Dixie Walker.^[1]

Regular season

The highlight of the 1938 season was first baseman Hank Greenberg challenging the single-season home run record held by Babe Ruth (60). Hank went into the season's final weekend against the Cleveland Indians with 58 home runs, but failed to homer on Saturday or Sunday. He did tie Jimmie Foxx's record for a right-handed hitter, set in 1932.^[2]

Roster

1938 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

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		135	463	138	.298	33	127
1B		155	556	175	.315	58	146
2B		152	568	174	.306	20	107
SS		136	501	130	.259	3	55
3B		77	265	69	.260	1	30
OF		127	454	140	.308	6	43
OF		155	634	186	.293	7	96
OF		74	306	87	.284	0	27

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
	95	318	79	.248	1	44
	64	211	50	.237	7	37
	78	206	54	.262	0	15
	53	143	42	.294	1	25
	41	80	17	.213	0	14
	25	67	19	.284	0	9
	8	19	4	.211	0	5
	7	15	3	.200	0	0
	3	2	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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
	33	190.1	12	9	5.06	53
	24	164.0	12	9	4.12	30
	27	160.2	11	10	5.27	46
	25	151.0	13	9	4.59	101
	4	21.0	0	2	3.00	4

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
	27	127.0	8	9	5.46	39
	32	125.1	9	6	3.72	37
	25	125.0	6	7	4.82	28
	19	95.1	5	3	3.30	33
	3	10.0	1	0	7.20	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
	39	4	4	2	6.02	31
	27	3	2	0	6.56	23
	2	0	0	0	2.57	2
	2	0	0	0	1.50	1

Awards and honors

• Hank Greenberg finished third in the American League MVP voting.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Beaumont, Beckley, Harlingen^[3]

External links

• 1938 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/treshmi01.shtml Mike Tresh
2. Web site: Hank Greenberg Facts from . https://web.archive.org/web/20060312092740/http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/greenha01.php . dead . March 12, 2006 . The Baseball Page.com . March 16, 2010 .
3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007