1940 Detroit Tigers Roster
Team Record: 90-64
Finished 1st in the AL
Attendance: 1,163,422, Avg. 17,109
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium
Won League Championship Series
World Series - Lost to Cincinnati Reds 4-3
Manager: Del Baker (90-64)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1940 Detroit Tigers Results
The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1940 season with a record of 90 wins and 64 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Tigers plated 888 runs, tops in the circuit. Detroit conceded 717 runs. Hank Greenberg walloped 41 home runs for the team, while Rudy York swatted 20 or more as well. Hank Greenberg accounted for 150 RBI. Hank Greenberg and Barney McCosky led all regular batters by hitting .340. Bobo Newsom topped the squad with 21 wins, and Schoolboy Rowe added 15 or more wins also Bobo Newsom recorded a 2.83 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Del Baker coached the team. The 1940 Detroit Tigers won the League Championship Series.
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Player | Pos. | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Earl Averill | CF | L | R | May 21, 1902 | 5'9" | 172 | Snohomish, WA USA |
Dick Bartell | SS | R | R | November 22, 1907 | 5'9" | 160 | Chicago, IL USA |
Al Benton | P | R | R | March 18, 1911 | 6'4" | 215 | Noble, OK USA |
Tommy Bridges | P | R | R | December 28, 1906 | 5'10" | 155 | Gordonsville, TN USA |
Bruce Campbell | RF | L | R | October 20, 1909 | 6'1" | 185 | Chicago, IL USA |
Dick Conger | P | R | R | April 3, 1921 | 6'0" | 185 | Los Angeles, CA USA |
Frank Croucher | SS | R | R | July 23, 1914 | 5'11" | 165 | San Antonio, TX USA |
Pete Fox | RF | R | R | March 8, 1909 | 5'11" | 165 | Evansville, IN USA |
Charlie Gehringer | 2B | L | R | May 11, 1903 | 5'11" | 180 | Fowlerville, MI USA |
Floyd Giebell | P | L | R | December 10, 1909 | 6'2" | 172 | Pennsboro, WV USA |
Johnny Gorsica | P | R | R | March 29, 1915 | 6'2" | 180 | Bayonne, NJ USA |
Hank Greenberg | LF | R | R | January 1, 1911 | 6'3" | 210 | New York, NY USA |
Pinky Higgins | 3B | R | R | May 27, 1909 | 6'1" | 185 | Red Oak, TX USA |
Fred Hutchinson | P | L | R | August 12, 1919 | 6'2" | 190 | Seattle, WA USA |
Red Kress | 3B | R | R | January 2, 1905 | 5'11" | 165 | Columbia, CA USA |
Barney McCosky | CF | L | R | April 11, 1917 | 6'1" | 184 | Coal Run, PA USA |
Archie McKain | P | B | L | May 12, 1911 | 5'10" | 175 | Delphos, KS USA |
Frank Metha | 2B | R | R | December 13, 1913 | 5'11" | 165 | Los Angeles, CA USA |
Dutch Meyer | 2B | R | R | October 6, 1915 | 5'10" | 181 | Waco, TX USA |
Pat Mullin | CF | L | R | November 1, 1917 | 6'2" | 190 | Trotter, PA USA |
Lynn Nelson | P | L | R | February 24, 1905 | 5'10" | 170 | Sheldon, ND USA |
Hal Newhouser | P | L | L | May 20, 1921 | 6'2" | 180 | Detroit, MI USA |
Bobo Newsom | P | R | R | August 11, 1907 | 6'3" | 200 | Hartsville, SC USA |
Cotton Pippen | P | R | R | April 2, 1911 | 6'2" | 180 | Cisco, TX USA |
Schoolboy Rowe | P | R | R | January 11, 1910 | 6'4" | 210 | Waco, TX USA |
Tom Seats | P | R | L | September 24, 1910 | 5'11" | 190 | Farmington, NC USA |
Frank Secory | P | R | R | August 24, 1912 | 6'1" | 200 | Mason City, IA USA |
Clay Smith | P | R | R | September 11, 1914 | 6'2" | 190 | Cambridge, KS USA |
Tuck Stainback | CF | R | R | August 4, 1911 | 5'11" | 175 | Los Angeles, CA USA |
Billy Sullivan | C | L | R | October 23, 1910 | 6'0" | 170 | Chicago, IL USA |
Birdie Tebbetts | C | R | R | November 10, 1912 | 5'11" | 170 | Burlington, VT USA |
Bud Thomas | P | R | R | September 9, 1910 | 6'0" | 180 | Faber, VA USA |
Dizzy Trout | P | R | R | June 29, 1915 | 6'2" | 195 | Sandcut, IN USA |
Bob Uhl | P | B | L | September 17, 1913 | 5'11" | 175 | San Francisco, CA USA |
Rudy York | 1B | R | R | August 17, 1913 | 6'1" | 209 | Ragland, AL USA |