Tommy Bridges Trades and Transactions

The Tommy Bridges trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Tommy Bridges has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"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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Tommy Bridges
 
 
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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
Place of Death Data Died In:   Nashville, Tennessee
Cemetery:   Ridgewood Cemetery, Carthage, Tennessee
High School:   Undetermined
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

Trades & Transactions

12-15-1945: Released by Detroit Tigers.
00-00-1946: Signed by Detroit Tigers.
09-14-1946: Released by Detroit Tigers.


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The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Tommy Bridges trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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