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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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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
C	Birdie Tebbetts	27	111	379	46	112	24	4	4	46	4	5	35	14	1		2		9	.296		.412	---
1B	Rudy York	26	155	588	105	186	46	6	33	134	3	2	89	88	4		4		12	.316		.583	---
2B	Charlie Gehringer	37	139	515	108	161	33	3	10	81	10	0	101	17	3		10		9	.313		.447	---
3B	Pinky Higgins	31	131	480	70	130	24	3	13	76	4	2	61	31	3		7		14	.271		.415	---
SS	Dick Bartell	32	139	528	76	123	24	3	7	53	12	2	76	53	5		11		11	.233		.330	---
OF	Hank Greenberg	29	148	573	129	195	50	8	41	150	6	3	93	75	1		3		15	.340		.670	---
OF	Barney McCosky	23	143	589	123	200	39	19	4	57	13	9	67	41	1		3		8	.340		.491	---
OF	Pete Fox	31	93	350	49	101	17	4	5	48	7	7	21	30	0		3		4	.289		.403	---

OF	Bruce Campbell	30	103	297	56	84	15	5	8	44	2	7	45	28	2		4		8	.283		.448	---
P	Bobo Newsom	32	36	107	9	23	5	0	0	16	0	0	1	17	0		4		4	.215		.262	---
C	Billy Sullivan	29	78	220	36	68	14	4	3	41	2	0	31	11	2		3		2	.309		.450	---
P	Tommy Bridges	33	29	68	5	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	23	0		4		1	.176		.206	---
OF	Earl Averill	38	64	118	10	33	4	1	2	20	0	0	5	14	0		1		3	.280		.381	---
P	Schoolboy Rowe	30	27	67	7	18	6	1	1	18	1	1	5	13	0		1		2	.269		.433	---
3B-SS	Red Kress	33	33	99	13	22	3	1	1	11	0	0	10	12	0		1		7	.222		.303	---
P	Hal Newhouser	19	28	40	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	0		4		0	.200		.200	---
P	Johnny Gorsica	25	29	62	6	12	0	2	1	7	0	0	3	15	0		1		1	.194		.306	---
P	Dizzy Trout	25	33	31	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	9	0		0		1	.129		.129	---
2B	Dutch Meyer	24	23	58	12	15	3	0	0	6	2	0	4	10	1		2		0	.259		.310	---
P	Fred Hutchinson	20	17	30	1	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.267		.300	---
SS	Frank Croucher	25	37	57	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	5	0		0		0	.105		.105	---
P	Al Benton	29	42	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0		4		0	.000		.000	---
OF	Tuck Stainback	28	15	40	4	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	1		2		2	.225		.275	---
P	Cotton Pippen	29	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0		2	.000		.000	---
2B	Scat Metha	26	26	37	6	9	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	8	0		1		0	.243		.297	---
P	Archie McKain	29	27	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0		1		0	.143		.143	---
P	Lynn Nelson	35	19	23	4	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	6	0		0		0	.348		.478	---
P	Floyd Giebell	30	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	.000		.000	---
P	Tom Seats	29	26	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0		0	.083		.083	---
P	Bud Thomas	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Clay Smith	25	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		0		0	.000		.000	---
OF	Pat Mullin	22	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	.000		.000	---
	Frank Secory	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.000		.000	---
P	Dick Conger	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Bob Uhl	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			154																	---		---	---