1933 Detroit Tigers season

1933 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Navin Field (since 1912)
Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Navin
Manager(s)	Bucky Harris, Del Baker
Local television	none
Local 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

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
Washington Senators	99	53	.651	--
New York Yankees	91	59	.607	7
Philadelphia Athletics	79	72	.523	19½
Cleveland Indians	75	76	.497	23½
Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	25
Chicago White Sox	67	83	.447	31
Boston Red Sox	63	86	.423	34½
St. Louis Browns	55	96	.364	43½

Record vs. opponents

1933 American League Records Sources:
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

1933 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 14 Elden Auker 16 Tommy Bridges 22 Carl Fischer 12 Vic Frazier 20 Luke Hamlin 18 Art Herring 17 Chief 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

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
Davis, HarryHarry 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
Bridges, TommyTommy 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
Auker, EldenElden 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

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

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

External links

• 1933 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference