1940 Detroit Tigers

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W-L Record: 90-64 -- 1st in American League - Manager: Del Baker Location: Baseball Stadium: Briggs Stadium Top Draft Pick: Attendance: 1,112,693 Youngest Player: Hal Newhouser (19) Oldest Player: Earl Averill (38) Longest Tenure: Charlie Gehringer (17) Playoffs: Lost World Series (Reds)

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Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1940 Detroit Tigers

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears	Salary
27	Earl Averill	OF	38	L	R	5-9	172	5/21/1902	Snohomish,Washington	MLB	1929-1941
7	Dick Bartell	SS	32	R	R	5-9	160	11/22/1907	Chicago,Illinois	MLB	1927-1946
19	Al Benton	P	29	R	R	6-4	215	3/18/1911	Noble,Oklahoma	MLB	1934-1952
10	Tommy Bridges	P	33	R	R	5-10	155	12/28/1906	Gordonsville,Tennessee	MLB	1930-1946
20	Bruce Campbell	OF	30	L	R	6-1	185	10/20/1909	Chicago,Illinois	MLB	1930-1942
22	Dick Conger	P	19	R	R	6-0	185	4/3/1921	Los Angeles,California	MLB	1940-1943
3	Frank Croucher	SS	25	R	R	5-11	165	7/23/1914	San Antonio,Texas	MLB	1939-1942
9	Pete Fox	OF	31	R	R	5-11	165	3/8/1909	Evansville,Indiana	MLB	1933-1945
2	Charlie Gehringer	2B	37	L	R	5-11	180	5/11/1903	Fowlerville,Michigan	MLB	1924-1942
22	Floyd Giebell	P	30	L	R		172	12/10/1909	Pennsboro,West Virginia	MLB	1939-1941
26,34	Johnny Gorsica	P	25	R	R	6-2	180	3/29/1915	Bayonne,New Jersey	MLB	1940-1947
5	Hank Greenberg	1B-OF	29	R	R	6-3	210	1/1/1911	New York,New York	MLB	1930-1947
6	Pinky Higgins	3B	31	R	R	6-1	185	5/27/1909	Red Oak,Texas	MLB	1930-1946
18	Fred Hutchinson	P	20	L	R	6-2	200	8/12/1919	Seattle,Washington	MLB	1939-1953
26	Red Kress	SS-3B	33	R	R	5-11	165	1/2/1907	Columbia,California	MLB	1927-1946
21	Barney McCosky	OF	23	L	R	6-1	184	4/11/1917	Coal Run,Pennsylvania	MLB	1939-1953
28	Archie McKain	P	29	B	L	5-10	175	5/12/1911	Delphos,Kansas	MLB	1937-1943
33	Scat Metha	2B-3B	26	R	R	5-11	165	12/13/1913	Los Angeles,California	MLB	1940-1940
33	Dutch Meyer	2B	24	R	R	5-10	181	10/6/1915	Waco,Texas	MLB	1940-1946
17	Pat Mullin	OF	22	L	R	6-2	190	11/1/1917	Trotter,Pennsylvania	MLB	1940-1953
25	Lynn Nelson	P	35	L	R	5-10	170	2/24/1905	Sheldon,North Dakota	MLB	1930-1940
16	Hal Newhouser	P	19	L	L	6-2	192	5/20/1921	Detroit,Michigan	MLB	1939-1955
12	Bobo Newsom	P	32	R	R	6-2	220	8/11/1907	Hartsville,South Carolina	MLB	1929-1953
17	Cotton Pippen	P	29	R	R	6-2	180	4/2/1911	Cisco,Texas	MLB	1936-1940
14	Schoolboy Rowe	P	30	R	R	6-4	210	1/11/1910	Waco,Texas	MLB	1933-1949
24	Tom Seats	P	29	R	L	5-11	190	9/24/1910	Farmington,North Carolina	MLB	1940-1945
-	Frank Secory	OF	27	R	R	6-1	200	8/24/1912	Mason City,Iowa	MLB	1940-1946
29	Clay Smith	P	25	R	R	6-2	190	9/11/1914	Cambridge,Kansas	MLB	1938-1940
23	Tuck Stainback	OF	28	R	R	5-11	175	8/4/1911	Los Angeles,California	MLB	1934-1946
8	Billy Sullivan	C-1B	29	L	R	6-0	170	10/23/1910	Chicago,Illinois	MLB	1931-1947
1	Birdie Tebbetts	C	27	R	R	5-11	170	11/10/1912	Burlington,Vermont	MLB	1936-1952
11	Bud Thomas	P	29	R	R	6-0	180	9/9/1910	Faber,Virginia	MLB	1932-1941
15	Dizzy Trout	P	25	R	R	6-2	195	6/29/1915	Sandcut,Indiana	MLB	1939-1957
-	Bob Uhl	P	26	B	L	5-11	175	9/17/1913	San Francisco,California	MLB	1938-1940
4	Rudy York	1B	26	R	R	6-1	209	8/17/1913	Ragland,Alabama	MLB	1934-1948

Team Personnel

Del Baker (Manager)
Harry Heilmann (Broadcaster)
Red Kress (Assistant Coach)
Bing Miller (Assistant Coach)
Merv Shea (Assistant Coach)
Ty Tyson (Broadcaster)

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