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Tommy Bridges Detroit Tigers Pitcher

Tommy Bridges

NOT RANKED IN TOP 100
1930—1946
Starting Pitcher
BORN
December 28, 1906, in Gordonsville, TN
THROWS
Right-Handed
PRIMARY TEAM
Detroit Tigers

What Pitches Did Tommy Bridges Throw?

Curve
Fastball
Change
194
WINS
55.2
QUALITY START PCT
50.9
WAR
138
LOSSES
126
ERA+
34.2
WAR7
3.57
ERA
1.40
K / BB RATIO
16.8
WAR3
1674
STRIKEOUTS
1.37
WHIP
3.6
WAR PER SEASON
Gritty little right-hander with what Babe Ruth called “the best curveball I ever saw.”
6 -TIME
ALL-STAR
Tigers
ALL-TIME TEAM
1935, 1945
WORLD SERIES CHAMPION

Tommy Bridges Compared to Hall of Fame Pitcher

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 JAWS WAR PER SN
Bridges
50.9
34.2
23.7
16.8
42.6
3.6
AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER
73.0
49.8
30.3
21.5
61.4
4.5

Where Does Tommy Bridges Rank Among Pitchers?

RANKING CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK JAWS
NR
87
NR
NR
NR
NR
EGG RANKING
WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3
JAWS