It always seemed to me the Tigers should have won more titles. This Tiger squad has a very nice mix of veterans and up and coming kids. Losing Hank Greenberg does hurt; but it could have hurt worse. Pressing Greenberg to play left, which he didn't want to do, the Tigers were shopping Rudy York to open up firstbase. Leland MacPhail wanted to hold off announcing Greenberg's signing until York had been traded, to really twist the knife in. Hank, who does want to get into a front office/ownership position after his playing days, didn't want to burn all his bridges. Could be a competive team if some kids come through.
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Fielders Age Pos AVE HR RBI Salary
Greek George 33 C .180 0 13 8,200
Al Montgomery 25 C .192 0 4 5,200
Birdie Tebbetts 33 C .272 14 191 11,600
Rudy York 32 1B .295 148 543 16,600
Charlie Gehringer 42 2B .321 183 1420 63,300
Dutch Meyer 30 2B .209 1 20 7,100
Jim Bucher 35 3B .267 13 151 6,800
Pinky Higgins 36 3B .298 110 800 11,900
Moe Franklin 32 SS .300 0 0 5,000
Eric McNair 36 SS .277 81 625 5,000
Hoot Evers 25 OF .000 0 0 5,800
Paul Busby 27 OF .313 0 2 5,000
Eddie Collins 29 OF .242 0 12 5,000
Ned Harris 29 OF .213 1 4 5,000
Barney McCosky 28 OF .325 11 170 8,100
Pat Mullin 28 OF .339 5 23 6,900
Bob Patrick 28 OF .286 0 0 5,000
Rip Radcliff 40 OF .315 41 503 5,000
Dick Wakefield 24 OF .143 0 0 5,900
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Pitchers Age W- L ERA SO Salary
Nate Andrews 32 1- 3 6.18 16 8,200
Al Benton 35 42- 40 4.44 313 12,300
Tommy Bridges 39 171-123 3.71 1430 41,700
Clint Brown 42 88- 92 4.25 406 25,400
Johnny Gorsica 31 16- 18 4.40 127 9,000
Ira Hutchinson 35 23- 23 3.56 153 11,300
Hal Manders 28 1- 0 2.35 7 6,100
Hal Newhouser 24 18- 21 4.83 199 7,300
Woody Rich 30 5- 3 4.87 36 6,300
Dizzy Trout 30 21- 26 3.87 224 12,100
Virgil Trucks 28 0- 0 9.00 3 6,000
Hal White 27 0- 0 6.00 2 6,000
These are the players at major league camp without a contract.
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Joe Ginsberg C 19
Johnny Bero SS 23
Neil Berry SS 24
Billy Hitchcock SS 29
Johnny Lipon SS 23
Bob Patrick OF 28
Vic Wertz OF 21
John Perkovich P 22
Billy Pierce P 18
Ernie Rudolph P 37
These are the players in minor league camp.
Code:
Chico Hernandez C 30
Hank Riebe C 24
Joe Stephenson C 24
Don Hanski 1B 30
Herman Reich 1B 28
Sal Madrid SS 25
Red Roberts SS 27
Johnny Groth OF 19
Jim Tyack OF 35
Rugger Ardizoia P 26
Ralph Brickner P 20
Tommy Byrne P 26
Frank Dasso P 28
Johnny Gray P 19
Ted Gray P 21
Wally Holborow P 32
Art Houtteman P 18
Johnny Johnson P 31
Vic Lombardi P 23
Phil McCullough P 28
Jake Thies P 20