Tommy Bridges, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player and coach
Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1906
Place of Birth: Gordonsville, Tennessee, United States
Date of Death: 19-Apr-1968
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Tommy Bridges
- 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.
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