1941 Detroit Tigers season

1941 Detroit Tigers
1941 Detroit Tigers
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 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.

Regular season

1941 American League record v t e 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	—

May 5, 1941: Rip Radcliff was purchased by the Tigers from the St. Louis Browns for $25,000.^[1]

1941 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

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

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

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

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

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]

^ Rip Radcliff at Baseball Reference
^ 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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