Tommy Bridges Stats

Tommy Bridges was born on Friday, December 28, 1906, in Gordonsville, Tennessee. Bridges was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 13, 1930, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Tommy Bridges baseball stats page.

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"Primarily, I was a fastball pitcher, and nobody could teach me to throw a fastball because nobody on that ballclub could throw any harder than I could. But, I did watch Tommy Bridges to learn how to throw a curveball; I think he had the greatest curveball I've ever seen." - Virgil Trucks in He Tossed No-Hitters Twice in A Season (Baseball Digest : February 1995)

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Birth Name:   Thomas Jefferson Davis Bridges
Nickname:   Tommy
Born On:   12-28-1906  (Capricorn)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Gordonsville, Tennessee
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-19-1968 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Nashville, Tennessee
Cemetery:   Ridgewood Cemetery, Carthage, Tennessee
High School:   Gordonsville High School (Gordonsville, TN)
College:   University of Tennessee
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   155
First Game:   08-13-1930 (Age 23)
Last Game:   07-20-1946
Draft:   Not Applicable

Tommy Bridges

Tommy Bridges Pitching Stats

1930 24 Tigers 8 5 2 3 2 .600 4.06 2 0 0 37.2 158 28 17 18 4 23 - 17 0 0 0 -
1931 25 Tigers 35 23 8 8 16 .333 4.99 8 2 0 173.0 809 182 96 120 13 108 - 105 9 0 1 -
1932 26 Tigers 34 26 7 14 12 .538 3.36 10 4 1 201.0 881 174 75 95 14 119 - 108 6 1 1 -
1933 27 Tigers 33 28 4 14 12 .538 3.09 17 2 2 233.0 984 192 80 102 8 110 - 120 2 6 1 -
1934 28 Tigers 36 35 1 22 11 .667 3.67 23 3 1 275.0 1,153 249 112 117 16 104 - 151 3 3 0 -
1935 29 Tigers 36 34 1 21 10 .677 3.51 23 4 1 274.1 1,195 277 107 129 22 113 - 163 5 3 1 -
1936 30 Tigers 39 38 1 23 11 .676 3.60 26 5 0 294.2 1,272 289 118 141 21 115 - 175 6 5 1 -
1937 31 Tigers 34 31 2 15 12 .556 4.07 18 3 0 245.1 1,076 267 111 129 15 91 - 138 4 3 1 -
1938 32 Tigers 25 20 4 13 9 .591 4.59 13 0 1 151.0 665 171 77 83 14 58 - 101 2 2 1 -
1939 33 Tigers 29 26 2 17 7 .708 3.50 16 2 2 198.0 840 186 77 87 11 61 - 129 4 6 0 -
1940 34 Tigers 29 28 1 12 9 .571 3.37 12 2 0 197.2 843 171 74 89 11 88 - 133 5 0 0 -
1941 35 Tigers 25 22 2 9 12 .429 3.41 10 1 0 147.2 630 128 56 66 10 70 - 90 2 1 1 -
1942 36 Tigers 23 22 1 9 7 .563 2.74 11 2 1 174.0 742 164 53 66 6 61 - 97 5 4 0 -
1943 37 Tigers 25 22 3 12 7 .632 2.39 11 3 0 191.2 774 159 51 57 9 61 - 124 3 0 0 -
1945 39 Tigers 4 1 2 1 0 1.000 3.27 0 0 0 11.0 48 14 4 6 2 2 - 6 2 0 0 -
1946 40 Tigers 9 1 6 1 1 .500 5.91 0 0 1 21.1 95 24 14 16 5 8 - 17 1 1 0 -
16 Years 424 362 47 194 138 .584 3.57 200 33 10 2,826.1 12,165 2,675 1,122 1,321 181 1,192 - 1,674 59 35 8 -

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Tommy Bridges Hitting Stats

1930 24 Tigers 8 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 1 .300 .364 .400
1931 25 Tigers 35 54 4 8 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 23 5 0 0 0 .148 .220 .148
1932 26 Tigers 34 67 5 11 1 1 0 0 4 7 0 24 5 0 0 0 .164 .243 .209
1933 27 Tigers 33 78 5 16 2 2 0 0 5 7 0 17 7 0 0 0 .205 .271 .282
1934 28 Tigers 36 98 7 12 2 0 0 0 10 7 0 25 8 0 0 1 .122 .181 .143
1935 29 Tigers 36 109 9 26 5 1 0 0 10 6 0 24 4 0 0 1 .239 .278 .303
1936 30 Tigers 39 118 10 25 4 1 0 0 15 3 0 26 6 0 0 0 .212 .231 .263
1937 31 Tigers 34 96 9 23 2 1 0 0 8 5 0 26 3 0 0 0 .240 .277 .281
1938 32 Tigers 25 54 5 7 1 1 0 0 3 6 0 17 4 0 0 0 .130 .217 .185
1939 33 Tigers 29 71 11 14 2 0 0 0 6 8 0 24 8 0 0 0 .197 .278 .225
1940 34 Tigers 29 68 5 12 2 0 0 0 4 3 0 23 4 0 0 1 .176 .211 .206
1941 35 Tigers 25 47 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 11 4 0 0 1 .085 .157 .106
1942 36 Tigers 23 63 5 6 1 1 0 0 2 5 0 12 1 0 0 2 .095 .162 .143
1943 37 Tigers 25 64 4 14 3 0 0 0 3 5 0 14 4 0 0 2 .219 .275 .266
1945 39 Tigers 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1946 40 Tigers 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .400 .000
16 Years 424 1,003 83 181 27 8 0 0 72 74 0 271 65 0 0 9 .180 .237 .223

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Tommy Bridges Fielding Stats

1930 Tigers P 8 5 113 8 1.0 7 0 7 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 1.67
1931 Tigers P 35 23 519 34 1.0 32 5 27 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .941 1.66
1932 Tigers P 34 26 603 41 1.2 39 5 34 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .951 1.75
1933 Tigers P 33 28 699 61 1.8 58 9 49 3 5 n/a n/a n/a .951 2.24
1934 Tigers P 36 35 825 50 1.4 48 6 42 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .960 1.57
1935 Tigers P 36 34 823 56 1.6 54 15 39 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .964 1.77
1936 Tigers P 39 38 884 72 1.8 70 19 51 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.14
1937 Tigers P 34 31 736 61 1.8 60 14 46 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.20
1938 Tigers P 25 20 453 29 1.2 27 8 19 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .931 1.61
1939 Tigers P 29 26 594 39 1.3 36 8 28 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .923 1.64
1940 Tigers P 29 28 593 36 1.2 34 4 30 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .944 1.55
1941 Tigers P 25 22 443 46 1.8 45 15 30 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .978 2.74
1942 Tigers P 23 22 522 48 2.1 47 15 32 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.43
1943 Tigers P 25 22 575 46 1.8 46 18 28 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.16
1945 Tigers P 4 1 33 6 1.5 6 2 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.91
1946 Tigers P 9 1 64 4 0.4 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.69
P Totals 424 362 8,479 637 1.5 613 144 469 24 23 n/a n/a n/a .962 1.95
16 Years 424 362 8,479 637 1.5 613 144 469 24 23 n/a n/a n/a .962 1.95

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Tommy Bridges Miscellaneous Stats

1930 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.3 0.0 0.74 4.06 5.50
1931 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 54.0 0.97 5.46 5.62
1932 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.8 16.8 0.91 4.84 5.33
1933 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.6 15.6 1.09 4.64 4.25
1934 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.9 9.8 1.45 4.94 3.40
1935 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.5 10.9 1.44 5.35 3.71
1936 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.5 7.9 1.52 5.35 3.51
1937 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.7 12.0 1.52 5.06 3.34
1938 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.2 18.0 1.74 6.02 3.46
1939 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 11.8 2.11 5.86 2.77
1940 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 17.0 1.51 6.06 4.01
1941 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.3 47.0 1.29 5.49 4.27
1942 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.3 31.5 1.59 5.02 3.16
1943 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.6 21.3 2.03 5.82 2.86
1945 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.00 4.91 1.64
1946 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 2.13 7.17 3.38
16 Years 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.7 13.9 1.40 5.33 3.80

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Tommy Bridges Miscellaneous Items of Interest

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Did you know that Tommy Bridges was actually the third Detroit Tigers pitcher in team history to string together three consecutive 20-win seasons? Bridges (1934-1935-1936) joined Harry Coveleski (1914-1915-1916) and George Mullin (1905-1906-1907) in the "club" and only one pitcher has joined the trio since Tommy, Hall of Fame hurler Hal Newhouser (1944-1945-1946).

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Tommy Bridges | R319-Helmar Big League Brew Baseball Card (#275)
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Did you know that Tommy Bridges was the first Detroit Tigers pitcher sent to an All-Star Game when he was named to the 1934 All-Star Game? A year later, Bridges was named to the 1935 All-Star Game, the first Tigers pitcher sent to two Midsummer Classics, the first sent to two consecutively, but in neither contest did he get an opportunity to pitch. In 1936 All-Star Game, Bridges was sent to his third consecutive All-Star Game, was dealing with an injury, and his bullpen mate Schoolboy Rowe was sent as well, and appeared in the game, the first Detroit Tigers pitcher to actually pitch in an All-Star Game.

Did you know that Tommy Bridges was the Detroit Tigers all-time team leader in strikouts when he hung up his cleats in 1946? His career total of 1,674 strikeouts was the eighth highest in American League history at the time and the most in Tigers history, a record he held until 1951.

Tommy Bridges started 362 games and stayed on the mound until completion in more than half of them, throwing 200 complete games across his 16-year career – a total that included nineteen 4-hitters, seven 3-hitters, three 2-hitters, and three 1-hitters (August 5, 1932, April 23, 1933 & May 24, 1933).

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Tommy Bridges | 1961 Fleer Baseball Card (#65)
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August 5, 1932, no-hitter (and perfect game at the time) broken up by pinch hitter Dave Harris, a single in the ninth inning, two outs, at Navin Field.

April 23, 1933, a no-hitter broken up by St. Louis Browns' center fielder Sam West, who hit a single, at Navin Field.

May 24, 1933, a no-hitter broken up by Washington Senators' first baseman Joe Kuhel, a home run off Bridges in the eighth inning, at Griffith Stadium.

The Detroit Tigers began wearing uniform numbers on their jerseys in 1931, so when Tommy Bridges took the mound on April 18, 1931, for his first start of the regular season, he became the first player in team history to wear #16. Three years later, also on April 18,, he made his first appearance on the mound, in relief, wearing #10, the first player in Tigers' team history to wear it as well.