Tommy Bridges
[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
| 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
| 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
| 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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