| Tommy Bridges | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: December 28, 1906 Gordonsville, Tennessee, U.S. | |
| Died: April 19, 1968 (aged 61) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 13, 1930, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| July 20, 1946, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 194–138 |
| Earned run average | 3.57 |
| Strikeouts | 1,674 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Thomas Jefferson Davis Bridges (December 28, 1906 – April 19, 1968) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career with the Detroit Tigers from 1930 to 1946. During the 1930s, he used an outstanding curveball to become one of the mainstays of the team's pitching staff, winning 20 games in three consecutive seasons and helping the team to its first World Series championship with two victories in the 1935 Series. He retired with 1,674 career strikeouts, then the eighth highest total in American League history, and held the Tigers franchise record for career strikeouts from 1941 to 1951.