Tommy Bridges

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 155lb (178cm, 70kg)

Born: December 28, 1906 in Gordonsville, TN us

Died: April 19, 1968 in Nashville, TN

Buried: Ridgewood Cemetery, Carthage, TN

School: University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)

Debut: August 13, 1930 (Age 23-228d, 7,118th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 20, 1946 (Age 39-204d)
vs. PHA 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: Thomas Jefferson Davis Bridges

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

50.5

194

138

ERA

3.57

424

362

2826.1

1674

WHIP

1.368

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1930	23	DET	AL	3	2	.600	4.06	8	5	2	2	0	0	37.2	28	18	17	4	23	0	17	0	0	0	158	119	5.16	1.354	6.7	1.0	5.5	4.1	0.74
1931	24	DET	AL	8	16	.333	4.99	35	23	8	8	2	0	173.0	182	120	96	13	108	3	105	0	1	9	809	91	4.77	1.676	9.5	0.7	5.6	5.5	0.97
1932	25	DET	AL	14	12	.538	3.36	34	26	7	10	4	1	201.0	174	95	75	14	119	2	108	1	1	6	881	140	4.41	1.458	7.8	0.6	5.3	4.8	0.91
1933	26	DET	AL	14	12	.538	3.09	33	28	4	17	2	2	233.0	192	102	80	8	110	4	120	6	1	2	984	139	3.81	1.296	7.4	0.3	4.2	4.6	1.09
1934	27	DET	AL	22	11	.667	3.67	36	35	1	23	3	1	275.0	249	117	112	16	104	1	151	3	0	3	1153	119	4.01	1.284	8.1	0.5	3.4	4.9	1.45	AS
1935	28	DET	AL	21	10	.677	3.51	36	34	1	23	4	1	274.1	277	129	107	22	113	5	163	3	1	5	1195	118	4.30	1.422	9.1	0.7	3.7	5.3	1.44	AS,MVP-11
1936	29	DET	AL	23	11	.676	3.60	39	38	1	26	5	0	294.2	289	141	118	21	115	6	175	5	1	6	1272	137	4.27	1.371	8.8	0.6	3.5	5.3	1.52	AS,MVP-9
1937	30	DET	AL	15	12	.556	4.07	34	31	2	18	3	0	245.1	267	129	111	15	91	2	138	3	1	4	1076	115	4.02	1.459	9.8	0.6	3.3	5.1	1.52	AS
1938	31	DET	AL	13	9	.591	4.59	25	20	4	13	0	1	151.0	171	83	77	14	58	1	101	2	1	2	665	111	4.11	1.517	10.2	0.8	3.5	6.0	1.74
1939	32	DET	AL	17	7	.708	3.50	29	26	2	16	2	2	198.0	186	87	77	11	61	2	129	6	0	4	840	139	3.03	1.247	8.5	0.5	2.8	5.9	2.11	AS,MVP-22
1940	33	DET	AL	12	9	.571	3.37	29	28	1	12	2	0	197.2	171	89	74	11	88	1	133	0	0	5	843	141	3.16	1.310	7.8	0.5	4.0	6.1	1.51	AS
1941	34	DET	AL	9	12	.429	3.41	25	22	2	10	1	0	147.2	128	66	56	10	70	4	90	1	1	2	630	133	3.44	1.341	7.8	0.6	4.3	5.5	1.29
1942	35	DET	AL	9	7	.563	2.74	23	22	1	11	2	1	174.0	164	66	53	6	61	2	97	4	0	5	742	144	2.53	1.293	8.5	0.3	3.2	5.0	1.59
1943	36	DET	AL	12	7	.632	2.39	25	22	3	11	3	0	191.2	159	57	51	9	61	2	124	0	0	3	774	146	2.93	1.148	7.5	0.4	2.9	5.8	2.03
1944			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1945	38	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	3.27	4	1	2	0	0	0	11.0	14	6	4	2	2	0	6	0	0	2	48	112	4.51	1.455	11.5	1.6	1.6	4.9	3.00
1946	39	DET	AL	1	1	.500	5.91	9	1	6	0	0	1	21.1	24	16	14	5	8	0	17	1	0	1	95	63	4.77	1.500	10.1	2.1	3.4	7.2	2.13
16 Yrs				194	138	.584	3.57	424	362	47	200	33	10	2826.1	2675	1321	1122	181	1192	35	1674	35	8	59	12165	126	3.83	1.368	8.5	0.6	3.8	5.3	1.40
162 Game Avg.				17	12	.584	3.57	37	31	4	17	3	1	245	231	114	97	16	103	3	145	3	1	5	1052	126	3.83	1.368	8.5	0.6	3.8	5.3	1.40