1933 Detroit Tigers season

1933 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Ballpark	Navin Field
City	Detroit, Michigan
Owners	Frank Navin
Managers	Bucky Harris, Del Baker
Radio	WWJ (AM) (Ty Tyson)
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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.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

1933 American League record v t e 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 14 Elden Auker 16 Tommy Bridges 22 Carl Fischer 12 Vic Frazier 20 Luke Hamlin 18 Art Herring 17 Elon Hogsett -- Roxie Lawson 19 Firpo Marberry  8 Bots Nekola 24 Schoolboy Rowe 11 Vic Sorrell 14 George Uhle 12 Whit Wyatt		Catchers 25 Gene Desautels 23 Ray Hayworth  5 Johnny Pasek  9 Frank Reiber Infielders 26 Harry Davis  2 Charlie Gehringer  7 Hank Greenberg 15 Marv Owen  6 Billy Rogell 33 Heinie Schuble		Outfielders  9 Frank Doljack  1 Pete Fox  5 Billy Rhiel  3 John Stone 27 Gee Walker  4 Earl Webb 28 Jo-Jo White		Manager 31 Del Baker 32 Bucky Harris Coaches 31 Del Baker

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

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

External links

• 1933 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference