1938 Detroit Tigers season

1938 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Walter Briggs, Sr.
General manager(s) Mickey Cochrane
Manager(s) Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker
Local radio WWJ (AM)
(Ty Tyson)
WXYZ
(Harry Heilmann)
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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

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]

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees9953.651--
Boston Red Sox8861.5919.5
Cleveland Indians8666.56613.0
Detroit Tigers8470.54516.0
Washington Senators7576.49723.5
Chicago White Sox6583.43932.0
St. Louis Browns5597.36244.0
Philadelphia Athletics5399.34946.0

Record vs. opponents

1938 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —12–612–1010–1211–11–114–817–512–9
Chicago 6–12—9–137–158–1412–1013–8–110–11
Cleveland 10–1213–9—12–108–1318–413–9–112–9
Detroit 12–1015–710–12—8–1414–812–10–113–9
New York 11–11–114–813–814–8—16–5–215–7–116–6–1
Philadelphia 8–1410–124–188–145–16–2—12–96–16
St. Louis 5–178–13–19–13–110–12–17–15–19–12—7–15
Washington 9–1211–109–129–136–16–116–615–7—

Roster

1938 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CRudy York135463138.29833127
1BHank Greenberg155556175.31558146
2BCharlie Gehringer152568174.30620107
SSBilly Rogell136501130.259355
3BDon Ross7726569.260130
OFDixie Walker127454140.308643
OFPete Fox155634186.293796
OFChet Morgan7430687.284027

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
Mark Christman9531879.248144
Jo-Jo White7820654.262015
Chet Laabs6421150.237737
Birdie Tebbetts5314342.294125
Tony Piet418017.213014
Roy Cullenbine256719.28409
Ray Hayworth8194.21105
Benny McCoy7153.20000
George Archie320.00000

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
Vern Kennedy33190.11295.0653
George Gill241641294.1230
Elden Auker27160.211105.2746
Tommy Bridges251511394.59101
Schoolboy Rowe421023.004

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
Roxie Lawson27127895.4639
Boots Poffenberger25125674.8228
Harry Eisenstat32125.1963.7237
Al Benton1995.1533.3033
Bob Harris310107.207

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
Slick Coffman394426.0231
Jake Wade273206.5623
Joe Rogalski20002.572
Woody Davis20001.501

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
A1 Beaumont Exporters Texas League Al Vincent
C Charleston Senators Middle Atlantic League Paul O'Malley
D Andalusia Bulldogs Alabama–Florida League Yam Yaryan
D Beckley Bengals Mountain State League Eli Harris
D Tiffin Mud Hens Ohio State League Tony Rogala
D Harlingen Hubs Texas Valley League Jake Atz
D Hobbs Boosters West Texas–New Mexico League Neal Rabe

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Beaumont, Beckley, Harlingen[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Mike Tresh at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ "Hank Greenberg Facts from". The Baseball Page.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2006. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
  3. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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