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Tommy Bridges

Birthdate:

12/28/1906

Died:

4/19/1968

Height / Weight:

' " / 155 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Gordonsville, TN, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Detroit Tigers Three times within the past two years he has come within an ace of pitching a no-hit game, allowing only one safe blow on each occasion. On August 5, 1932 there were two men out in the ninth inning when Sheriff Harris, Washington pinch hitter singled to spoil a perfect game for Bridges. Tom Bridges hails from Gordonsville, Tenn., where he was born in 1906. He is a right-hander, 5 feet, 10 1/2 inches tall and weighs around 170 pounds. Last year he won 14 games and lost 12 decisions.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1930	DET (AL)	8	5	3	2	0	2	0	37.2	28	18	17	4	23	0	17	0	0	0	4.06
1931	DET (AL)	35	23	8	16	0	8	2	173.0	182	120	96	13	108	0	105	9	0	1	4.99
1932	DET (AL)	34	26	14	12	1	10	4	201.0	174	95	75	14	119	0	108	6	1	1	3.36
1933	DET (AL)	33	28	14	12	2	17	2	233.0	192	102	80	8	110	0	120	2	6	1	3.09
1934	DET (AL)	36	35	22	11	1	23	3	275.0	249	117	112	16	104	0	151	3	3	0	3.67
1935	DET (AL)	36	34	21	10	1	23	4	274.1	277	129	107	22	113	0	163	5	3	1	3.51
1936	DET (AL)	39	38	23	11	0	26	5	294.2	289	141	118	21	115	0	175	6	5	1	3.60
1937	DET (AL)	34	31	15	12	0	18	3	245.1	267	129	111	15	91	0	138	4	3	1	4.07
1938	DET (AL)	25	20	13	9	1	13	0	151.0	171	83	77	14	58	0	101	2	2	1	4.59
1939	DET (AL)	29	26	17	7	2	16	2	198.0	186	87	77	11	61	0	129	4	6	0	3.50
1940	DET (AL)	29	28	12	9	0	12	2	197.2	171	89	74	11	88	0	133	5	0	0	3.37
1941	DET (AL)	25	22	9	12	0	10	1	147.2	128	66	56	10	70	0	90	2	1	1	3.41
1942	DET (AL)	23	22	9	7	1	11	2	174.0	164	66	53	6	61	0	97	5	4	0	2.74
1943	DET (AL)	25	22	12	7	0	11	3	191.2	159	57	51	9	61	0	124	3	0	0	2.39
1945	DET (AL)	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	11.0	14	6	4	2	2	0	6	2	0	0	3.27
1946	DET (AL)	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	21.1	24	16	14	5	8	0	17	1	1	0	5.91
16 years		424	362	194	138	10	200	33	2826.1	2675	1321	1122	181	1192	0	1674	59	35	8	3.57

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1930	DET (AL)	8	10	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.300	.364	SLG
1931	DET (AL)	35	54	4	8	0	0	0	1	5	23	0	0	0	0	5	0	.148	.220	SLG
1932	DET (AL)	34	67	5	11	1	1	0	4	7	24	0	0	0	0	5	0	.164	.243	SLG
1933	DET (AL)	33	78	5	16	2	2	0	5	7	17	0	0	0	0	7	0	.205	.271	SLG
1934	DET (AL)	36	98	7	12	2	0	0	10	7	25	0	0	0	0	8	0	.122	.181	SLG
1935	DET (AL)	36	109	9	26	5	1	0	10	6	24	0	0	0	0	4	0	.239	.278	SLG
1936	DET (AL)	39	118	10	25	4	1	0	15	3	26	0	0	0	0	6	0	.212	.231	SLG
1937	DET (AL)	34	96	9	23	2	1	0	8	5	26	0	0	0	0	3	0	.240	.277	SLG
1938	DET (AL)	25	54	5	7	1	1	0	3	6	17	0	0	0	0	4	0	.130	.217	SLG
1939	DET (AL)	29	71	11	14	2	0	0	6	8	24	0	0	0	0	8	0	.197	.278	SLG
1940	DET (AL)	29	68	5	12	2	0	0	4	3	23	0	0	0	0	4	0	.176	.211	SLG
1941	DET (AL)	25	47	2	4	1	0	0	1	4	11	0	0	0	0	4	0	.85	.157	SLG
1942	DET (AL)	23	63	5	6	1	1	0	2	5	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	.95	.162	SLG
1943	DET (AL)	25	64	4	14	3	0	0	3	5	14	0	0	0	0	4	0	.219	.275	SLG
1945	DET (AL)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1946	DET (AL)	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.400	SLG
16 years		424	1003	83	181	27	8	0	72	74	271	0	0	0	0	65	0	.180	.237	.SLG

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