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
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Walter Briggs, Sr.
General manager(s)Jack Zeller
Manager(s)Del Baker
Local radioWWJ (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 10351 0.669 — 58–19 45–32
Boston Red Sox 9359 0.612 9 53–24 40–35
St. Louis Browns 8269 0.543 19½ 40–37 42–32
Cleveland Indians 7579 0.487 28 39–39 36–40
Detroit Tigers 7381 0.474 30 43–34 30–47
Chicago White Sox 6682 0.446 34 35–35 31–47
Washington Senators 6289 0.411 39½ 35–42 27–47
Philadelphia Athletics 5599 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 —13–814–815–712–1014–811–1114–7
Chicago 8–13—11–119–137–1512–106–1313–7
Cleveland 8–1411–11—9–13–27–1516–69–1315–7
Detroit 7–1513–913–9–2—7–1513–911–119–13
New York 10–1215–715–715–7—16–615–717–5
Philadelphia 8–1410–126–169–136–16—6–1610–12
St. Louis 11–1113–613–911–117–1516–6—11–11
Washington 7–147–137–1513–95–1712–1011–11—

Notable transactions

Roster
1942 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
OFNed Harris121398108.271945

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 Meyer145217.32729
Charlie Gehringer454512.26717
Al Unser483.37500
Bob Patrick482.25013

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 Benton35226.27132.90110
Tommy Bridges23174972.7497

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 Fuchs936.2336.6315
Schoolboy Rowe210.1100.007

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 Wilson90004.857

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
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