| Breaking News |  | Monday, October 30th, 1939: Valo Presented AL Rookie of the Year Award
Detroit fans have reason to cheer today as right fielder Elmer Valo brought home the American League Rookie of the Year Award for 1939.
He put together a .338 batting average on the strength of 187 hits and swatted 12 home runs. He also racked up 80 RBIs and scored 120 runs, signaling that this might be the beginning of a solid baseball career.
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 | Tuesday, October 3rd, 1939: Birkofer Fires Shutout in Red Sox Win
Ralph Birkofer of the Boston (A) Red Sox was on top of his game today. He tantalized the Detroit Tigers with crisp curves and changeups, mixed in with just enough fastballs to keep the batters honest and came away with a 9-0 shutout.
In the postgame comments, the Detroit skipper said, "He had the changeup working. You knew it was coming and you still grounded out -- and then he threw it even slower."
The Boston (A) hurler had 4 strikeouts, gave up 1 walk and surrendered 5 hits in his complete game effort.
Birkofer told reporters after the game, "To be successful in this league, you have to keep the ball down. If you don't, they'll make you pay."
So far in 1939 Birkofer has compiled a 17-12 record with a 3.00 ERA.
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 | Sunday, October 1st, 1939: Boston (A) Blanked by Wynn
Today Tigers pitcher Early Wynn sparkled in a 2-hit shutout against the Boston (A) Red Sox at Tiger Stadium. He fanned 5 and walked 2 to help Detroit post the 2-0 win.
To date this year, Wynn shows a 16-7 record, 35 starts, 227 innings, 141 strikeouts and a 4.16 ERA.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 95-59, .617 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 52-25, .675 PCT | | Record on the road | 43-34, .558 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 8-5, .615 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 18-23, .439 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 42-28, .600 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 53-31, .631 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in April | 11-5, .688 PCT | | Record in May | 14-15, .483 PCT | | Record in June | 15-13, .536 PCT | | Record in July | 21-5, .808 PCT | | Record in August | 16-13, .552 PCT | | Record in September | 18-8, .692 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .293 - 1st in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .373 - 1st in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .437 - 2nd in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .810 - 1st in AL | | Runs Scored | 973 - 1st in AL | | Hits | 1650 - 1st in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 522 - 2nd in AL | | Home Runs | 111 - 2nd in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 723 - 1st in AL | | Strikeouts | 518 - 2nd in AL | | Stolen Bases | 14 - 8th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.14 - 2nd in AL | | Starters' ERA | 4.31 - 3rd in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.97 - 2nd in AL | | Runs allowed | 783 - 3rd in AL | | Hits allowed | 1497 - 3rd in AL | | Opponents AVG | .272 - 3rd in AL | | BABIP | .299 - 5th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 99 - tied for 3rd in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 540 - 2nd in AL | | Strikeouts | 719 - 1st in AL |
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