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Record: 90-64 .584.... 1st in American League
Stadium: Briggs Stadium
Playoffs: Lost World Series (Reds)
Attendance: 1,112,693

Manager - Del Baker

Team Leaders

HR: Greenberg [41]
RBI: Greenberg [150]
2B: Greenberg [50]
SB: McCosky [13]
W: Newsom [21]
SV: Benton [17]
SO: Newsom [164]

Oldest Player: Earl Averill [38]
Youngest Player: Hal Newhouser [19]
Longest Tenure: Charlie Gehringer [17]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Scat Metha (Apr 22) Pat Mullin (Sep 18) Frank Secory (Apr 28)
Pitchers: Dick Conger (Apr 22) Johnny Gorsica (Apr 22) Tom Seats (May 4)

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World Series Playoffs Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2B	Charlie Gehringer	37	7	28	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.214	481
OF	Hank Greenberg	29	7	28	5	10	2	1	1	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.607	1007
SS	Dick Bartell	32	7	26	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.345	.346	691
1B	Rudy York	26	7	26	3	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.423	756
OF	Bruce Campbell	30	7	25	4	9	1	0	1	5	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.360	.448	.520	968
3B	Pinky Higgins	31	7	24	2	8	3	1	1	6	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.407	.667	1074
OF	Barney McCosky	23	7	23	5	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.467	.348	815
C	Billy Sullivan	29	5	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.389	.154	543
C	Birdie Tebbetts	27	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
	Bobo Newsom	32	3	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	200
	Johnny Gorsica	25	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
OF	Earl Averill	38	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
	Tommy Bridges	33	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
OF	Pete Fox	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
	Schoolboy Rowe	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
	Clay Smith	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
	Dizzy Trout	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
SS-2B	Frank Croucher	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
	Fred Hutchinson	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
	Archie McKain	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			154	228	28	56	9	3	4	24	0	0	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.333	.364	697

World Series Playoffs Pitching Statistics

	Player Name	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP
	Bobo Newsom	32	2	1	1.38	3		3			0	26.0	18		4		4	17			6.2	---	1.4	5.9	0.85
	Johnny Gorsica	25	0	0	0.79	2		0			0	11.1	6		1		4	4			4.8	---	3.2	3.2	0.88
	Tommy Bridges	33	1	0	3.00	1		1			0	9.0	10		3		1	5			10.0	---	1.0	5.0	1.22
	Clay Smith	25	0	0	2.25	1		0			0	4.0	1		1		3	1			2.3	---	6.8	2.3	1.00
	Schoolboy Rowe	30	0	2	17.21	2		0			0	3.2	12		7		1	1			29.5	---	2.5	2.5	3.55
	Archie McKain	29	0	0	3.00	1		0			0	3.0	4		1		0	0			12.0	---	0.0	0.0	1.33
	Dizzy Trout	25	0	1	9.00	1		0			0	2.0	6		2		1	1			27.0	---	4.5	4.5	3.50
	Fred Hutchinson	20	0	0	9.00	1		0			0	1.0	1		1		1	1			9.0	---	9.0	9.0	2.00
Pitching Totals:			3	4	3.00	12		4			0	60.0	58		20		15	30			8.7	---	2.3	4.5	1.22