1942 Detroit Tigers season explained

Detroit Tigers
Season:	1942
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Briggs Stadium
City:	Detroit
Owners:	Walter Briggs, Sr.
General Managers:	Jack Zeller
Managers:	Del Baker
Radio:	WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson) WXYZ (Harry Heilmann)

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.

Offseason

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

Regular season

Notable transactions

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

Roster

1942 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		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		99	308	76	.247	1	27
1B		153	577	150	.260	21	90
2B		137	533	129	.242	13	57
SS		85	280	59	.211	0	29
3B		143	499	133	.267	11	79
OF		151		630	166	.263	0	43
OF		154	600	176	.293	7	50
OF		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
	87	226	62	.274	3	30
	63	188	37	.197	2	11
	48	154	40	.260	2	16
	62	144	36	.250	1	20
	34	131	25	.191	0	9
	26	68	11	.162	1	4
	14	52	17	.327	2	9
	45	45	12	.267	1	7
	11	35	11	.314	0	2
	4	8	3	.375	0	0
	4	8	2	.250	1	3

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
	35	226.2	7	13	2.90	110
	35	223.0	12	18	3.43	91
	34	216.2	12	12	2.91	93
	23	174.0	9	7	2.74	97
	28	167.2	14	8	2.74	91

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
	38	183.2	8	14	2.45	103
	9	36.2	3	3	6.63	15
	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
	28	3	2	4	4.75	19
	23	2	4	1	4.09	24
	18	2	0	0	4.09	14
	9	0	0	0	4.85	7

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jamestown

KITTY League folded, June 19, 1942^[3]

External links

• 1942 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/berryne01.shtml Neil Berry
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rowesc01.shtml Schoolboy Rowe
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