1941 Detroit Tigers season

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.

1941 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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Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10153 0.656 — 51–26 50–27
Boston Red Sox 8470 0.545 17 47–30 37–40
Chicago White Sox 7777 0.500 24 38–39 39–38
Cleveland Indians 7579 0.487 26 42–35 33–44
Detroit Tigers 7579 0.487 26 43–34 32–45
St. Louis Browns 7084 0.455 31 40–37 30–47
Washington Senators 7084 0.455 31 40–37 30–47
Philadelphia Athletics 6490 0.416 37 36–41 28–49

Record vs. opponents
1941 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —16–69–1311–119–13–116–69–1314–8
Chicago 6–16—17–512–10–18–1410–1211–11–113–9
Cleveland 13–95–17—10–127–1515–713–9–112–10
Detroit 11–1110–12–112–10—11–1113–911–117–15
New York 13–9–114–815–711–11—14–818–416–6–1
Philadelphia 6–1612–107–159–138–14—11–1111–11
St. Louis 13–911–11–19–13–111–114–1811–11—11–11–1
Washington 8–149–1310–1215–76–16–111–1111–11–1—

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

Roster
1941 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
OFBruce Campbell141512141.2751593
OFRip Radcliff96379120.317340

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
Billy Sullivan8523466.282329
Ned Harris266113.21314
Bob Patrick572.28600

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
Tommy Bridges25147.29123.4190

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
Al Benton38157.21562.9763

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
Bud Thomas261324.2117
Earl Cook10004.501

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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]

References
  1. Rip Radcliff at Baseball Reference
  2. 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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