1933 Detroit Tigers season

1933 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNavin Field
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersFrank Navin
ManagersBucky Harris, Del Baker
RadioWWJ (AM)
(Ty Tyson)
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The 1933 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 33rd season representing Detroit, Michigan, in Major League Baseball. In their fifth and final season under manager Bucky Harris, the Tigers compiled a 75–79 record and finished in fifth place in the American League, 25 games behind the Washington Senators.

The team's key players included:

  • Second baseman Charlie Gehringer, inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949, appeared in all 155 games and led the team in batting average (.325), on-base percentage (.393), hits (204), runs (104), doubles (42), and RBIs (108). He was selected to the 1933 American League All-Star team and finished sixth in the voting for the American League MVP award. He also led the American League's second basemen in assists (542) and double plays (111) and ranked second in putouts (358).
  • Rookie first baseman Hank Greenberg, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1956, finished second on the club in batting average (.301) and tied with Gehringer in home runs (12) and slugging percentage (.468).
  • Shortstop Billy Rogell appeared in all 155 games, led the team in walks (79), tied with Gehringer for the lead in doubles (42), and ranked second in on-base percentage (.381) and hits (173).
  • Outfielder Gee Walker led the team in stolen bases (25).
  • Outfielder Pete Fox led the team in triples (13).
  • Pitcher Tommy Bridges led the team in earned run average (3.09) and strikeouts (120).
  • Pitcher Firpo Marberry led the team in wins (16) and innings pitched (238-1/3).
  • Rookie pitcher Schoolboy Rowe led the team in winning percentage (7-4, .593) despite having his season cut short by a shoulder injury in July.

The team was owned by Frank Navin and played its home games at Navin Field.

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Washington Senators 99 53 .651 — 46‍–‍30 53‍–‍23
New York Yankees 91 59 .607 7 51‍–‍23 40‍–‍36
Philadelphia Athletics 79 72 .523 19½ 46‍–‍29 33‍–‍43
Cleveland Indians 75 76 .497 23½ 45‍–‍32 30‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers 75 79 .487 25 43‍–‍35 32‍–‍44
Chicago White Sox 67 83 .447 31 35‍–‍41 32‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox 63 86 .423 34½ 32‍–‍40 31‍–‍46
St. Louis Browns 55 96 .364 43½ 30‍–‍46 25‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1933 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB 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

1933 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
C Ray Hayworth 134 425 104 .245 1 45
1B Hank Greenberg 117 449 135 .301 12 85
2B Charlie Gehringer 155 628 204 .325 12 108
SS Billy Rogell 155 587 173 .295 0 57
3B Marv Owen 138 550 144 .262 2 64
OF Gee Walker 127 483 135 .280 9 63
OF John Stone 148 574 161 .280 11 80
OF Pete Fox 128 535 154 .288 7 58

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
Jo-Jo White 91 234 59 .252 2 35
Harry Davis 66 173 37 .214 0 14
Frank Doljack 42 147 42 .286 0 22
Heinie Schuble 49 96 21 .219 0 5
Johnny Pasek 28 61 15 .246 0 5
Gene Desautels 30 42 6 .143 0 4
Frank Reiber 13 18 5 .278 1 3
Billy Rhiel 19 17 3 .176 0 1
Earl Webb 6 11 3 .273 0 3

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
Firpo Marberry 37 238.1 16 11 3.29 84
Tommy Bridges 33 233.0 14 12 3.09 120
Vic Sorrell 36 232.2 11 15 3.79 75
Schoolboy Rowe 19 123.1 7 4 3.58 75
Vic Frazier 20 104.1 5 5 6.64 26
Luke Hamlin 3 16.2 1 0 4.86 10

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
Carl Fischer 35 182.2 11 15 3.55 93
Elden Auker 15 55.0 3 3 5.24 17
Roxie Lawson 4 16.0 0 1 7.31 6

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
Elon Hogsett 45 6 10 9 4.50 39
Art Herring 24 1 2 0 3.84 20
Whit Wyatt 10 0 1 0 4.24 9
Bots Nekola 2 0 0 0 27.00 0
George Uhle 1 0 0 0 27.00 1

Farm system

See also: Minor league baseball
Level Team League Manager
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

  1. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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