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.

Bridges had another one-hitter against the Senators, on May 24, 1933, allowing a home run to Joe Kuhel in the eighth inning.

For the 1933 season, Bridges had a 3.09 earned run average (ERA) (139 Adjusted ERA+), second-best in the American League.

In the bottom of the ninth, Goose Goslin drove in the winning run with two outs, and the Tigers won their first championship.

After the game, manager Mickey Cochrane said the following of Bridges's gutsy performance: A hundred and fifty pounds of courage.

If there ever is a payoff on courage, this little 150 pound pitcher is the greatest World Series hero.In a nationwide poll Bridges was named the No.

Bridges served in the U.S. Army during World War II, missing the entire 1944 season and coming back in time for only one start in 1945.

Bridges' life outside the major leagues took a downward turn, in part due to alcoholism, which developed during his war service.

Though his unadjusted ERA is less impressive because of the high batting averages in the years in which he pitched, Bridges had an Adjusted ERA+ in excess of 140 on six occasions: 1932–33, 1939–40, 1942–43.

His team record for career strikeouts was broken in 1951 by Hal Newhouser, and remained the top mark for a right-hander until Jack Morris broke it in 1988.