1933 Detroit Tigers season
The 1933 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 75–79, 25 games behind the Washington Senators.
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Owner(s) | Frank Navin |
Manager(s) | Bucky Harris, Del Baker |
Local television | none |
Local radio | WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson) |
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Regular season
Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Washington Senators | 99 | 53 | 0.651 | — | 46–30 | 53–23 |
New York Yankees | 91 | 59 | 0.607 | 7 | 51–23 | 40–36 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 79 | 72 | 0.523 | 19½ | 46–29 | 33–43 |
Cleveland Indians | 75 | 76 | 0.497 | 23½ | 45–32 | 30–44 |
Detroit Tigers | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 25 | 43–35 | 32–44 |
Chicago White Sox | 67 | 83 | 0.447 | 31 | 35–41 | 32–42 |
Boston Red Sox | 63 | 86 | 0.423 | 34½ | 32–40 | 31–46 |
St. Louis Browns | 55 | 96 | 0.364 | 43½ | 30–46 | 25–50 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHI | STL | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 11–7 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 14–8 | 9–13 | 4–17 | |||||
Chicago | 7–11 | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 7–15–1 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 7–15 | |||||
Cleveland | 16–6 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 7–13 | 6–16 | 15–7 | 8–13 | |||||
Detroit | 11–11 | 12–10 | 12–10 | — | 7–15 | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 8–14 | |||||
New York | 14–8 | 15–7–1 | 13–7 | 15–7 | — | 12–9 | 14–7–1 | 8–14 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 11–11 | 9–12 | — | 14–6 | 11–11–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 13–9 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 8–14–1 | 7–14–1 | 6–14 | — | 7–15 | |||||
Washington | 17–4 | 15–7 | 13–8 | 14–8 | 14–8 | 11–11–1 | 15–7 | — |
Roster
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Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Harry Davis | 66 | 173 | 37 | .214 | 0 | 14 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Tommy Bridges | 33 | 233 | 14 | 12 | 3.09 | 120 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Elden Auker | 15 | 55 | 3 | 3 | 5.24 | 17 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AA | Toronto Maple Leafs | International League | Dan Howley |
A | Beaumont Exporters | Texas League | Bob Coleman |
A | Hutchinson Wheat Shockers/Bartlesville Broncs | Western League | Marty Purtell |
B | Quincy Shipbuilders/Nashua Millionaires/Brockton Shoemakers | New England League | Hal Weafer, Billy Flynn and Paul Wolff |
C | Shreveport Sports | Dixie League | Dutch Lorbeer and Gus Whelan |
C | Huntington Boosters | Middle Atlantic League | Johnny Stuart, Earl Smith, Bernie Neis and Rube Benton |
Hutchinson franchise transferred to Bartlesville and renamed, July 7, 1933; Quincy franchise moved and renamed twice, to Nashua on June 6, 1933, and to Brockton, August 8[1]
References
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007