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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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Fielding Statistics

Players are sorted by games played for each position group. LF, CF and RF totals are available for recent major league seasons only.

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
Birdie Tebbetts	27	C	107			572	89	17	678	10	6	0	0	.975	--
Billy Sullivan	29	C	57			292	29	8	329	4	2	0	0	.976	--

Rudy York	26	1B	155			1390	107	15	1512	101	-	-	-	.990	--

Charlie Gehringer	37	2B	138			276	374	19	669	72	-	-	-	.972	--
Dutch Meyer	24	2B	21			28	44	3	75	6	-	-	-	.960	--
Scat Metha	26	2B	10			9	15	1	25	3	-	-	-	.960	--
Frank Croucher	25	2B	7			4	2	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

Pinky Higgins	31	3B	129			133	239	29	401	16	-	-	-	.928	--
Red Kress	33	3B	17			20	41	5	66	1	-	-	-	.924	--
Billy Sullivan	29	3B	6			4	14	2	20	1	-	-	-	.900	--
Scat Metha	26	3B	6			1	12	1	14	0	-	-	-	.929	--
Frank Croucher	25	3B	1			2	1	2	5	0	-	-	-	.600	--

Dick Bartell	32	SS	139			295	394	34	723	74	-	-	-	.953	--
Frank Croucher	25	SS	26			17	27	3	47	2	-	-	-	.936	--
Red Kress	33	SS	12			25	33	3	61	5	-	-	-	.951	--

Hank Greenberg	29	OF	148			298	14	15	327	1	-	-	-	.954	--
Barney McCosky	23	OF	141			349	7	6	362	2	-	-	-	.983	--
Pete Fox	31	OF	85			169	6	6	181	0	-	-	-	.967	--
Bruce Campbell	30	OF	74			133	6	6	145	0	-	-	-	.959	--
Earl Averill	38	OF	22			23	2	1	26	0	-	-	-	.962	--
Tuck Stainback	28	OF	9			26	4	1	31	0	-	-	-	.968	--
Pat Mullin	22	OF	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Al Benton	29	P	42		79.1	5	11	3	19	1	-	-	-	.842	1.815
Bobo Newsom	32	P	36		264	3	32	3	38	3	-	-	-	.921	1.193
Dizzy Trout	25	P	33		100.2	5	25	2	32	1	-	-	-	.938	2.682
Tommy Bridges	33	P	29		197.2	4	30	2	36	0	-	-	-	.944	1.548
Johnny Gorsica	25	P	29		160	15	53	4	72	2	-	-	-	.944	3.825
Hal Newhouser	19	P	28		133.1	5	31	1	37	0	-	-	-	.973	2.430
Schoolboy Rowe	30	P	27		169	10	28	0	38	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.024
Archie McKain	29	P	27		51	2	16	0	18	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.176
Tom Seats	29	P	26		55.2	4	11	0	15	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.425
Fred Hutchinson	20	P	17		76	2	16	2	20	1	-	-	-	.900	2.132
Clay Smith	25	P	14		28.1	1	10	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.494
Lynn Nelson	35	P	6		14	0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.929
Cotton Pippen	29	P	4		21.1	2	4	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.531
Bud Thomas	29	P	3		4	0	4	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	9.000
Dick Conger	19	P	2		3	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.000
Floyd Giebell	30	P	2		18	2	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.000
Bob Uhl	26	P	1		-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--