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1938 Detroit Tigers

1938 > Class Major League > 1938 American League
Overall: 84-70
Scored 862 runs, Allowed 795 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Del Baker and Mickey Cochrane
Represented: Detroit, MI
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1937 / 1939

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 George Archie 24 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
2 Elden Auker 27 27 65 57 6 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 24 .088 .161 .088 .249 5 1 3
3 Al Benton 27 19 35 33 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .121 .121 .121 .242 4 0 2
4 Tommy Bridges 31 25 64 54 5 7 1 1 0 3 0 0 6 17 .130 .217 .185 .402 10 0 4
5 Mark Christman 24 95 347 318 35 79 6 4 1 44 5 2 27 21 .248 .307 .302 .609 96 0 2
6 Slick Coffman 27 39 28 24 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 7 .167 .259 .208 .468 5 0 1
7 Roy Cullenbine# 24 25 79 67 12 19 1 3 0 9 2 0 12 9 .284 .392 .388 .780 26 0 0
8 Woody Davis* 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
9 Harry Eisenstat* 22 32 45 36 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 16 .139 .225 .139 .364 5 0 5
10 Pete Fox 29 155 675 634 91 186 35 10 7 96 16 7 31 39 .293 .328 .413 .742 262 2 8
11 Charlie Gehringer* 35 152 688 568 133 174 32 5 20 107 14 1 113 21 .306 .425 .486 .911 276 4 3
12 George Gill 29 24 62 57 4 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 .105 .105 .158 .263 9 0 5
13 Hank Greenberg 27 155 681 556 144 175 23 4 58 146 7 5 119 92 .315 .438 .683 1.122 380 3 3
14 Bob Harris 23 3 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0
15 Ray Hayworth 34 8 22 19 1 4 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 4 .211 .318 .211 .529 4 0 0
16 Vern Kennedy* 31 37 87 79 10 23 3 0 0 8 0 0 1 11 .291 .300 .329 .629 26 0 7
17 Chet Laabs 26 64 229 211 26 50 7 3 7 37 3 2 15 52 .237 .288 .398 .686 84 0 3
18 Roxie Lawson 32 27 47 45 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .044 .065 .044 .110 2 0 1
19 Benny McCoy* 22 7 16 15 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .250 .267 .517 4 0 0
20 Chet Morgan* 28 74 333 306 50 87 6 1 0 27 5 6 20 12 .284 .330 .310 .641 95 1 6
21 Tony Piet 31 41 97 80 9 17 6 0 0 14 2 4 15 11 .213 .351 .288 .638 23 2 0
22 Boots Poffenberger 22 25 47 44 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .182 .217 .182 .399 8 0 1
23 Joe Rogalski 25 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0
24 Billy Rogell# 33 136 597 501 76 130 22 8 3 55 9 2 86 37 .259 .373 .353 .727 177 5 5
25 Don Ross 23 77 297 265 22 69 7 1 1 30 1 0 29 11 .260 .333 .306 .639 81 0 3
26 Schoolboy Rowe 28 4 7 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 2 0 1
27 Birdie Tebbetts 25 53 158 143 16 42 6 2 1 25 1 2 12 13 .294 .348 .385 .733 55 0 3
28 Jake Wade* 26 27 22 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .048 .091 .048 .139 1 0 0
29 Dixie Walker* 27 127 526 454 84 140 27 6 6 43 5 4 65 32 .308 .396 .434 .830 197 1 6
30 Jo-Jo White* 29 78 240 206 40 54 6 1 0 15 3 4 30 15 .262 .359 .301 .660 62 1 3
31 Rudy York 24 135 557 463 85 138 27 2 33 127 1 2 92 74 .298 .417 .579 .995 268 2 0
31 Players 28.1 155 6060 5270 862 1434 219 52 137 804 76 41 693 581 .272 .359 .411 .770 2168 22 75
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Elden Auker 27 11 10 .524 5.27 27 24 3 12 1 0 160.2 184 97 94 14 56 46 5 0 1 717 1.494 10.3 0.8 3.1 2.6 0.82
2 Al Benton 27 5 3 .625 3.30 19 10 3 6 0 0 95.1 93 40 35 10 39 33 1 0 3 409 1.385 8.8 0.9 3.7 3.1 0.85
3 Tommy Bridges 31 13 9 .591 4.59 25 20 4 13 0 1 151.0 171 83 77 14 58 101 2 1 2 665 1.517 10.2 0.8 3.5 6.0 1.74
4 Slick Coffman 27 4 4 .500 6.02 39 6 15 1 0 2 95.2 120 70 64 6 48 31 0 0 1 444 1.756 11.3 0.6 4.5 2.9 0.65
5 Woody Davis 25 0 0 1.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 23 1.167 4.5 0.0 6.0 1.5 0.25
6 Harry Eisenstat* 22 9 6 .600 3.73 32 9 17 5 0 4 125.1 131 60 52 7 29 37 1 0 2 527 1.277 9.4 0.5 2.1 2.7 1.28
7 George Gill 29 12 9 .571 4.12 24 23 1 13 1 0 164.0 195 82 75 15 50 30 2 0 0 719 1.494 10.7 0.8 2.7 1.6 0.60
8 Bob Harris 23 1 0 1.000 7.20 3 1 2 1 0 0 10.0 14 9 8 0 4 7 0 0 1 48 1.800 12.6 0.0 3.6 6.3 1.75
9 Vern Kennedy 31 12 9 .571 5.06 33 26 6 11 0 2 190.1 215 123 107 13 113 53 1 2 7 877 1.723 10.2 0.6 5.3 2.5 0.47
10 Roxie Lawson 32 8 9 .471 5.46 27 16 8 5 0 1 127.0 154 85 77 13 82 39 0 0 2 610 1.858 10.9 0.9 5.8 2.8 0.48
11 Boots Poffenberger 22 6 7 .462 4.82 25 15 6 8 1 1 125.0 147 74 67 8 66 28 2 0 2 569 1.704 10.6 0.6 4.8 2.0 0.42
12 Joe Rogalski 25 0 0 2.57 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 12 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 30 1.714 15.4 0.0 0.0 2.6
13 Schoolboy Rowe 28 0 2 .000 3.00 4 3 1 0 0 0 21.0 20 11 7 1 11 4 0 0 0 93 1.476 8.6 0.4 4.7 1.7 0.36
14 Jake Wade* 26 3 2 .600 6.56 27 2 11 0 0 0 70.0 73 56 51 9 48 23 0 0 1 325 1.729 9.4 1.2 6.2 3.0 0.48
14 Players 27.6 84 70 .545 4.79 155 155 80 75 3 11 1348.1 1532 795 717 110 608 435 14 3 22 6056 1.587 10.2 0.7 4.1 2.9 0.72

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Rudy York 116 406 70 5 10 .990 4.10 10 39 28 42%
Birdie Tebbetts 53 108 20 2 4 .985 2.42 5 6 6 50%
Ray Hayworth 7 32 1 1 0 .971 4.71 0 4 1 20%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Hank Greenberg 155 1484 120 14 146 .991 10.35
Rudy York 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 4.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Charlie Gehringer 152 393 455 21 115 .976 5.58
Benny McCoy 6 10 16 1 4 .963 4.33
Tony Piet 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Don Ross 75 90 157 14 15 .946 3.29
Mark Christman 69 86 140 4 14 .983 3.28
Tony Piet 18 12 45 5 3 .919 3.17
Benny McCoy 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Billy Rogell 134 291 431 31 101 .959 5.39
Mark Christman 21 46 66 6 17 .949 5.33

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dixie Walker 94 0.00
Chet Laabs 22 0.00
Jo-Jo White 21 0.00
Roy Cullenbine 17 0.00
Rudy York 14 0.00
Chet Morgan 6 0.00
Pete Fox 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Chet Morgan 68 0.00
Jo-Jo White 34 0.00
Chet Laabs 32 0.00
Dixie Walker 26 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Pete Fox 154 0.00
Jo-Jo White 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Pete Fox 155 301 13 2 2 .994 2.03
Dixie Walker 114 224 8 5 1 .979 2.04
Chet Morgan 74 192 6 4 2 .980 2.68
Jo-Jo White 55 141 4 5 0 .967 2.64
Chet Laabs 53 128 4 4 1 .971 2.49
Roy Cullenbine 17 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.06
Rudy York 14 21 1 5 0 .815 1.57

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Slick Coffman 39 1 16 0 0 1.000 0.44
Vern Kennedy 33 6 46 3 4 .945 1.58
Harry Eisenstat 32 6 27 2 2 .943 1.03
Elden Auker 27 12 41 1 1 .981 1.96
Roxie Lawson 27 9 26 2 0 .946 1.30
Jake Wade 27 2 14 1 1 .941 0.59
Tommy Bridges 25 8 19 2 0 .931 1.08
Boots Poffenberger 25 5 17 1 1 .957 0.88
George Gill 24 3 32 1 1 .972 1.46
Al Benton 19 3 25 1 0 .966 1.47
Schoolboy Rowe 4 0 8 1 0 .889 2.00
Bob Harris 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.67
Woody Davis 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50
Joe Rogalski 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
George Archie 24 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Apr 27, 1914 Nashville, TN, US
Elden Auker 27 R R 6' 2.0" 194 Sep 21, 1910 Norcatur, KS, US
Al Benton 27 R R 6' 4.0" 215 Mar 18, 1911 Noble, OK, US
Tommy Bridges 31 R R 5' 10.0" 155 Dec 28, 1906 Gordonsville, TN, US
Mark Christman 24 R R 5' 11.0" 175 Oct 21, 1913 Maplewood, MO, US
Slick Coffman 27 R R 6' 0.0" 155 Dec 11, 1910 Veto, AL, US
Roy Cullenbine 24 S R 6' 1.0" 190 Oct 18, 1913 Nashville, TN, US
Woody Davis 25 L R 6' 1.0" 200 Apr 25, 1913 Nicholas, GA, US
Harry Eisenstat 22 L L 5' 11.0" 185 Oct 10, 1915 Brooklyn, NY, US
Pete Fox 29 R R 5' 11.0" 165 Mar 8, 1909 Evansville, IN, US
Charlie Gehringer 35 L R 5' 11.0" 180 May 11, 1903 Fowlerville, MI, US
George Gill 29 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Feb 13, 1909 Catchings, MS, US
Hank Greenberg 27 R R 6' 3.0" 210 Jan 1, 1911 New York, NY, US
Bob Harris 23 R R 6' 0.0" 185 May 1, 1915 Gillette, WY, US
Ray Hayworth 34 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Jan 29, 1904 High Point, NC, US
Vern Kennedy 31 L R 6' 0.0" 175 Mar 20, 1907 Kansas City, MO, US
Chet Laabs 26 R R 5' 8.0" 175 Apr 30, 1912 Milwaukee, WI, US
Roxie Lawson 32 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Apr 13, 1906 Donnellson, IA, US
Benny McCoy 22 L R 5' 9.0" 170 Nov 9, 1915 Jenison, MI, US
Chet Morgan 28 L R 5' 9.0" 160 Jun 6, 1910 Cleveland, MS, US
Tony Piet 31 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Dec 7, 1906 Berwick, PA, US
Boots Poffenberger 22 R R 5' 10.0" 178 Jul 1, 1915 Williamsport, MD, US
Joe Rogalski 25 R R 6' 2.0" 187 Jul 15, 1912 Ashland, WI, US
Billy Rogell 33 S R 5' 10.0" 163 Nov 24, 1904 Springfield, IL, US
Don Ross 23 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Jul 16, 1914 Pasadena, CA, US
Schoolboy Rowe 28 R R 6' 4.0" 210 Jan 11, 1910 Waco, TX, US
Birdie Tebbetts 25 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Nov 10, 1912 Burlington, VT, US
Jake Wade 26 L L 6' 2.0" 175 Apr 1, 1912 Morehead City, NC, US
Dixie Walker 27 L R 6' 1.0" 175 Sep 24, 1910 Villa Rica, GA, US
Jo-Jo White 29 L R 5' 11.0" 165 Jun 1, 1909 Red Oak, GA, US
Rudy York 24 R R 6' 1.0" 209 Aug 17, 1913 Ragland, AL, US

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