Tommy Bridges
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[edit] Biography
Born on December 28, 1906 in Gordonsville, Tennessee, Tommy Bridges (Thomas Jefferson Davis Bridges) played for the Detroit Tigers for his entire 16 year career. Bridges broke into the bigs on August 13, 1930 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.99 ERA in 173 innings pitched in 1931, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Tommy Bridges's best season was 1936, when he posted a 3.60 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 175 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | DET | A | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4.06 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37.2 | 28 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | DET | A | 35 | 23 | 8 | 16 | 4.99 | 105 | 120 | 96 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 173 | 182 | 13 | 108 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1932 | DET | A | 34 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 3.36 | 108 | 95 | 75 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 201 | 174 | 14 | 119 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1933 | DET | A | 33 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 3.09 | 120 | 102 | 80 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 233 | 192 | 8 | 110 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1934 | DET | A | 36 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 3.67 | 151 | 117 | 112 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 275 | 249 | 16 | 104 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1935 | DET | A | 36 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3.51 | 163 | 129 | 107 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 274.1 | 277 | 22 | 113 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 1936 | DET | A | 39 | 38 | 23 | 11 | 3.60 | 175 | 141 | 118 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 294.2 | 289 | 21 | 115 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 1937 | DET | A | 34 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 4.07 | 138 | 129 | 111 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 245.1 | 267 | 15 | 91 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 1938 | DET | A | 25 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 4.59 | 101 | 83 | 77 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 151 | 171 | 14 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1939 | DET | A | 29 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3.50 | 129 | 87 | 77 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 198 | 186 | 11 | 61 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 1940 | DET | A | 29 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 3.37 | 133 | 89 | 74 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 197.2 | 171 | 11 | 88 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1941 | DET | A | 25 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 3.41 | 90 | 66 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 147.2 | 128 | 10 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1942 | DET | A | 23 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2.74 | 97 | 66 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 174 | 164 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 1943 | DET | A | 25 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 2.39 | 124 | 57 | 51 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 191.2 | 159 | 9 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1945 | DET | A | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.27 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1946 | DET | A | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.91 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.1 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 424 | 362 | 194 | 138 | 3.57 | 1674 | 1321 | 1122 | 200 | 33 | 10 | 2826.1 | 2675 | 181 | 1192 | 0 | 59 | 35 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | DET | A | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .875 |
| 1931 | DET | A | P | 35 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .941 |
| 1932 | DET | A | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .951 |
| 1933 | DET | A | P | 33 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 49 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .951 |
| 1934 | DET | A | P | 36 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .960 |
| 1935 | DET | A | P | 36 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .964 |
| 1936 | DET | A | P | 39 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .972 |
| 1937 | DET | A | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .984 |
| 1938 | DET | A | P | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .931 |
| 1939 | DET | A | P | 29 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .923 |
| 1940 | DET | A | P | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .944 |
| 1941 | DET | A | P | 25 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .978 |
| 1942 | DET | A | P | 23 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .979 |
| 1943 | DET | A | P | 25 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1945 | DET | A | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1946 | DET | A | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 424 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 469 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .962 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | DET | A | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .364 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | DET | A | 35 | 54 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .148 | .220 | .148 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | DET | A | 34 | 67 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | .164 | .243 | .209 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | DET | A | 33 | 78 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 5 | .205 | .271 | .282 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | DET | A | 36 | 98 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 10 | .122 | .181 | .143 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | DET | A | 36 | 109 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 10 | .239 | .278 | .303 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | DET | A | 39 | 118 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 15 | .212 | .231 | .263 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | DET | A | 34 | 96 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 8 | .240 | .277 | .281 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | DET | A | 25 | 54 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .130 | .217 | .185 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | DET | A | 29 | 71 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 6 | .197 | .278 | .225 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | DET | A | 29 | 68 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 4 | .176 | .211 | .206 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1941 | DET | A | 25 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .085 | .157 | .106 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1942 | DET | A | 23 | 63 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .095 | .162 | .143 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1943 | DET | A | 25 | 64 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | .219 | .275 | .266 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1945 | DET | A | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | DET | A | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .400 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 424 | 1003 | 83 | 181 | 0 | 72 | .180 | .237 | .223 | 27 | 8 | 74 | 271 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
[edit] Transactions
- Released by Detroit Tigers (December 15, 1945).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (1946).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (September 14, 1946).
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