Tommy Bridges
1930–1946 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Detroit Tigers, MLS
424G
.180AVG
.237OBP
.223SLG
More career statistics
181H
0HR
72RBI
0SB
194–138W–L
2,826.1IP
1,674K
3.57ERA
362GS
10SV
6Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 1,003 | 1,004 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 271 | 272 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,142 | 1,144 |
| Batting · Runs | 83 | 84 |
| Batting · RBI | 72 | 74 |
| Batting · Walks | 74 | 75 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 12,165 | 12,163 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,122 | 1,123 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,675 | 2,674 |
| Pitching · p hr | 181 | 179 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 8,479 | 8,477 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,674 | 1,684 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,192 | 1,193 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 424 | 1,142 | 1,003 | 83 | 181 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 72 | 74 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 224 | .180 | .237 | .223 | .460 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,826.3 | 424 | 362 | 200 | 194 | 138 | 10 | 2,675 | 1,322 | 1,122 | 181 | 1,192 | 1,674 | 0 | 0 | 3.57 | 1.368 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1935-04-29 to 1935-06-05
11longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 14 scoreless innings | 1942-08-11 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1930-08-25 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | 14 strikeouts | 1941-06-10 | 1 in 1,810 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 219 | 549 | 93 | 0 | 35 | 40 | 111 | .195 | .242 | .234 |
| Away | 205 | 595 | 88 | 0 | 39 | 35 | 161 | .167 | .207 | .213 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 33 | 88 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .205 | .250 | .231 |
| May | 78 | 207 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 57 | .171 | .217 | .221 |
| June | 73 | 201 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 42 | .207 | .254 | .264 |
| July | 79 | 210 | 28 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 47 | .147 | .190 | .163 |
| August | 80 | 224 | 39 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 46 | .203 | .254 | .255 |
| September | 81 | 214 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 59 | .164 | .192 | .212 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 69 | 195 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 47 | .148 | .185 | .188 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 64 | 173 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 47 | .152 | .202 | .159 |
| cleveland-guardians | 62 | 174 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 39 | .146 | .195 | .166 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 62 | 170 | 36 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 29 | .248 | .300 | .338 |
| boston-red-sox | 61 | 160 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 38 | .186 | .219 | .221 |
| st-louis-browns | 57 | 165 | 32 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 44 | .215 | .236 | .282 |
| new-york-yankees | 49 | 107 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 28 | .174 | .243 | .217 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |  Detroit Tigers | 8 | 10 | 3 | – | – | – | .300 | 37 | 17 |
| 1931 | Detroit Tigers | 35 | 54 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .148 | 173 | 105 |
| 1932 | Detroit Tigers | 34 | 67 | 11 | – | 4 | – | .164 | 200 | 115 |
| 1933 | Detroit Tigers | 33 | 78 | 16 | – | 6 | – | .205 | 233 | 120 |
| 1934 | Detroit Tigers | 36 | 98 | 12 | – | 11 | – | .122 | 275 | 152 |
| 1935 | Detroit Tigers | 36 | 109 | 26 | – | 10 | – | .239 | 274 | 163 |
| 1936 | Detroit Tigers | 39 | 119 | 25 | – | 15 | – | .210 | 294 | 175 |
| 1937 | Detroit Tigers | 34 | 96 | 23 | – | 8 | – | .240 | 245 | 138 |
| 1938 | Detroit Tigers | 25 | 54 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .130 | 151 | 102 |
| 1939 | Detroit Tigers | 29 | 71 | 14 | – | 6 | – | .197 | 198 | 129 |
| 1940 | Detroit Tigers | 29 | 68 | 12 | – | 4 | – | .176 | 197 | 133 |
| 1941 | Detroit Tigers | 25 | 47 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .085 | 147 | 90 |
| 1942 | Detroit Tigers | 23 | 63 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .095 | 174 | 97 |
| 1943 | Detroit Tigers | 25 | 64 | 14 | – | 3 | – | .219 | 191 | 125 |
| 1945 | Detroit Tigers | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 11 | 6 |
| 1946 | Detroit Tigers | 9 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 21 | 17 |