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1908 Detroit Tigers

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907 / 1909

90-63, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Hughie Jennings (90-63)
Scored 647 runs, Allowed 547 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-65

Ballparks: Bennett Park · Attendance: 436,199 (5th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 99

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-1) to Chicago Cubs


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1907 / 1909 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Boss Schmidt# 27 122 454 419 45 111 14 3 1 38 5 16 20 .265 .297 .320 .617 97 134 3 16
2 1B Claude Rossman* 27 138 571 524 45 154 33 13 2 71 8 27 49 .294 .330 .418 .748 138 219 1 19
3 2B Red Downs 24 84 303 289 28 64 10 3 1 35 2 5 42 .221 .237 .287 .524 67 83 1 8
4 SS Germany Schaefer 32 153 665 584 96 151 20 10 3 52 40 37 73 .259 .304 .342 .646 106 200 1 43
5 3B Bill Coughlin 29 119 450 405 32 87 5 1 0 23 10 23 46 .215 .269 .232 .501 60 94 7 15
6 OF Sam Crawford* 28 152 654 591 102 184 33 16 7 80 15 37 27 .311 .355 .457 .812 159 270 3 23
7 OF Matty McIntyre* 28 151 672 569 105 168 24 13 0 28 20 83 61 .295 .392 .383 .775 148 218 7 13
8 OF Ty Cobb* 21 150 635 581 88 188 36 20 4 108 39 34 41 .324 .367 .475 .842 169 276 6 14
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 SS Charley O'Leary 32 65 231 211 21 53 9 3 0 17 4 9 16 .251 .295 .322 .617 97 68 4 7
10 OF Davy Jones* 28 56 138 121 17 25 2 1 0 10 11 13 9 .207 .284 .240 .523 67 29 0 4
11 C Ira Thomas 27 40 108 101 6 31 1 0 0 8 0 5 10 .307 .346 .317 .663 112 32 1 1
12 MI Red Killefer 23 28 85 75 9 16 1 0 0 11 4 3 10 .213 .253 .227 .480 53 17 1 6
13 SS Donie Bush# 20 20 79 68 13 20 1 1 0 4 2 7 11 .294 .360 .338 .698 123 23 0 4
14 C Fred Payne 27 20 55 45 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 .067 .176 .067 .243 -22 3 3 4
15 3B Clay Perry 26 7 18 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .118 .167 .118 .284 -9 2 1 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
16 P George Mullin 27 55 137 125 13 32 2 2 1 8 2 7 26 .256 .306 .328 .634 102 41 2 3
17 P Ed Summers# 23 40 117 113 6 14 2 0 0 5 0 0 36 .124 .124 .142 .265 -15 16 0 4
18 P Bill Donovan# 31 30 93 82 5 13 1 0 0 2 2 10 25 .159 .250 .171 .421 35 14 0 1
19 P Ed Killian* 31 28 73 73 5 10 3 0 0 6 0 0 10 .137 .137 .178 .315 0 13 0 0
20 P Ed Willett 24 30 70 67 4 11 1 0 0 8 0 0 19 .164 .176 .179 .356 14 12 1 2
21 P George Winter 30 7 20 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -29 2 0 2
22 P Ed Siever* 33 11 19 18 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 7 3 0 1
23 P George Suggs 25 6 12 10 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 .200 .273 .300 .573 83 3 0 1
24 P Herm Malloy 23 3 9 9 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 113 3 0 0
Team Totals 27.2 154 5668 5115 644 1347 199 86 19 520 165 320 545 .263 .312 .347 .659 110 1775 42 191
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 1 1 1 2 3 5 1 6 8 1 1 1 1 1 6 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Donie Bush# 20 79 2 0 0 0 -1 1 3 5 0.5 6 0.7 -0.2 $ Purchased 6
Ty Cobb* 21 635 42 4 0 0 -3 -8 20 55 6.7 58 6.9 -0.2 $4,500 Purchased *O
Bill Coughlin 29 450 -16 -1 0 0 -4 4 15 -2 -0.7 2 0.2 -0.9 $ Purchased *5
Sam Crawford* 28 654 36 2 0 0 -9 -4 20 45 5.5 54 6.4 -0.9 $4,000 Jumped Lgs *O3
Bill Donovan# 31 93 -5 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Jumped Lgs 1
Red Downs 24 303 -11 0 0 0 -6 0 10 -7 -1.0 -1 -0.1 -0.9 $ Purchased 4/5
Davy Jones* 28 138 -4 1 0 0 0 -1 5 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased O
Red Killefer 23 85 -4 0 0 0 -4 1 3 -4 -0.5 0 0.0 -0.5 $ Rule 5 Draft 4/65
Ed Killian* 31 73 -8 0 0 0 0 2 2 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.5 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Herm Malloy 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Matty McIntyre* 28 672 36 2 0 0 8 -8 20 58 6.8 50 5.9 0.9 $ Traded *O
George Mullin 27 137 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 9 0.9 9 1.1 -0.2 $ 1
Charley O'Leary 32 231 -1 0 0 0 -6 4 8 5 0.4 11 1.3 -0.9 $ 6/4
Fred Payne 27 55 -6 0 0 0 0 1 2 -3 -0.5 -3 -0.4 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft 2/O
Clay Perry 26 18 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 -2 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ /5
Claude Rossman* 27 571 20 -3 0 0 -4 -4 19 28 3.2 32 3.8 -0.6 $ Purchased *3
Germany Schaefer 32 665 3 6 0 0 -8 5 21 27 2.9 35 4.2 -1.3 $ Purchased 645
Boss Schmidt# 27 454 -2 -1 0 0 -1 8 15 19 1.8 20 2.4 -0.6 $ Purchased *2
Ed Siever* 33 19 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
George Suggs 25 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Ed Summers# 23 117 -14 0 0 0 0 4 4 -6 -1.0 -6 -0.7 -0.3 $ 1
Ira Thomas 27 108 2 -1 0 0 1 2 4 8 0.8 7 0.8 0.0 $ Purchased 2
Ed Willett 24 70 -6 0 0 0 0 2 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
George Winter 30 20 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Waivers /1
Team Total 27.2 5668 57 9 0 0 -38 18 184 230 24.3 268 31.8 -7.5 $8,500
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Donie Bush# 20 79 52 8 4.1 71 .351 .294 .250 .360 .308 .338 .318 .698 .626 123 .652 1.9 0.2 .667 .176 .044 .0 6
Ty Cobb* 21 635 407 100 6.6 71 .343 .324 .250 .367 .308 .475 .318 .842 .626 169 .815 42.1 5.1 .903 .277 .151 7.3 *O
Bill Coughlin 29 450 333 24 1.9 71 .242 .215 .250 .269 .308 .232 .318 .501 .626 60 .318 -17.6 -2.2 .421 .099 .017 .0 *5
Sam Crawford* 28 654 430 95 5.9 71 .318 .311 .250 .355 .308 .457 .318 .812 .626 159 .784 36.6 4.4 .799 .234 .146 9.5 *O3
Bill Donovan# 31 93 70 4 1.5 71 .228 .159 .250 .250 .308 .171 .318 .421 .626 35 .234 -5.6 -0.7 .377 .159 .012 .0 1
Red Downs 24 303 233 19 2.2 71 .256 .221 .250 .237 .308 .287 .318 .524 .626 67 .368 -11.6 -1.5 .404 .090 .066 1.3 4/5
Davy Jones* 28 138 100 8 2.2 71 .223 .207 .250 .284 .308 .240 .318 .523 .626 67 .361 -4.0 -0.5 .552 .231 .033 .0 O
Red Killefer 23 85 65 4 1.6 71 .246 .213 .250 .253 .308 .227 .318 .480 .626 53 .258 -3.9 -0.5 .424 .107 .013 .0 4/65
Ed Killian* 31 73 63 2 0.8 71 .159 .137 .250 .137 .308 .178 .318 .315 .626 0 .094 -8.1 -1.0 .206 .041 .041 1
Herm Malloy 23 9 6 1 4.5 71 .429 .333 .250 .333 .308 .333 .318 .667 .626 113 .684 0.1 0.0 .500 .000 .000 /1
Matty McIntyre* 28 672 414 84 5.4 71 .331 .295 .250 .392 .308 .383 .318 .775 .626 148 .756 35.2 4.3 .818 .269 .088 .0 *O
George Mullin 27 137 96 12 3.4 71 .316 .256 .250 .306 .308 .328 .318 .634 .626 102 .561 0.1 0.0 .559 .144 .072 1.3 1
Charley O'Leary 32 231 165 19 3.1 71 .272 .251 .250 .295 .308 .322 .318 .617 .626 97 .524 -1.0 -0.1 .538 .133 .071 .0 6/4
Fred Payne 27 55 46 0 0.0 71 .070 .067 .250 .176 .308 .067 .318 .243 .626 -22 .000 -6.0 -0.8 .238 .089 .000 .0 2/O
Clay Perry 26 18 15 0 0.0 71 .133 .118 .250 .167 .308 .118 .318 .284 .626 -9 .000 -2.1 -0.3 .200 .000 .000 /5
Claude Rossman* 27 571 389 72 5.0 71 .321 .294 .250 .330 .308 .418 .318 .748 .626 138 .724 20.6 2.5 .689 .191 .124 3.2 *3
Germany Schaefer 32 665 476 61 3.4 71 .291 .259 .250 .304 .308 .342 .318 .646 .626 106 .573 2.8 0.3 .642 .216 .084 5.6 645
Boss Schmidt# 27 454 324 39 3.2 71 .276 .265 .250 .297 .308 .320 .318 .617 .626 97 .544 -2.4 -0.3 .513 .105 .055 1.7 *2
Ed Siever* 33 19 16 1 1.7 71 .200 .167 .250 .167 .308 .167 .318 .333 .626 7 .264 -1.9 -0.2 .200 .000 .000 1
George Suggs 25 12 9 1 3.0 71 .222 .200 .250 .273 .308 .300 .318 .573 .626 83 .508 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .200 .100 /1
Ed Summers# 23 117 103 2 0.5 71 .182 .124 .250 .124 .308 .142 .318 .265 .626 -15 .040 -14.6 -1.9 .162 .018 .018 1
Ira Thomas 27 108 71 11 4.2 71 .341 .307 .250 .346 .308 .317 .318 .663 .626 112 .655 1.3 0.2 .543 .059 .010 2
Ed Willett 24 70 58 2 0.9 71 .229 .164 .250 .176 .308 .179 .318 .356 .626 14 .108 -6.6 -0.8 .232 .015 .015 1
George Winter 30 20 18 0 0.0 71 .143 .111 .250 .111 .308 .111 .318 .222 .626 -29 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .125 .000 .000 /1
League Average 3.0 69 .269 .239 .247 .294 .304 .305 .314 .599 .618 94 .515 .546 .166 .065
Team Total 27.2 5668 3959 569 3.9 71 .292 .263 .250 .312 .308 .347 .318 .659 .626 110 .622 52.4 5.9 .611 .178 .084 34.1
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Donie Bush# 20 21 81 73 16 23 1 1 0 5 2 8 11 .315 .383 .356 .739 10 20 20
Ty Cobb* 21 156 677 630 113 222 43 24 5 138 46 40 43 .352 .397 .521 .918 128 150 150
Bill Coughlin 29 124 467 432 41 102 6 1 0 30 12 27 48 .236 .293 .255 .548 31 119 119
Sam Crawford* 28 158 688 640 130 217 39 19 8 102 18 44 28 .339 .385 .497 .882 122 152 152
Bill Donovan# 31 31 99 87 6 15 1 0 0 2 2 12 26 .172 .273 .184 .457 4 30 30
Red Downs 24 87 316 309 36 75 12 4 1 45 2 6 44 .243 .259 .317 .577 25 84 84
Davy Jones* 28 58 144 129 21 29 2 1 0 13 13 15 9 .225 .306 .256 .561 10 56 56
Red Killefer 23 29 85 80 11 19 1 0 0 14 5 4 10 .238 .282 .250 .532 5 28 28
Ed Killian* 31 29 76 76 6 11 3 0 0 7 0 0 10 .145 .145 .184 .329 2 28 28
Herm Malloy 23 3 9 9 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 3 3
Matty McIntyre* 28 157 723 616 135 200 29 15 0 36 24 99 63 .325 .425 .420 .845 108 151 151
George Mullin 27 57 145 135 17 38 2 2 1 10 2 8 27 .281 .331 .348 .679 16 55 55
Charley O'Leary 32 68 243 227 27 63 11 4 0 22 5 11 17 .278 .325 .361 .686 25 65 65
Fred Payne 27 21 53 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 .000 .113 .000 .113 0 20 20
Clay Perry 26 7 19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .053 .000 .053 0 7 7
Claude Rossman* 27 143 599 566 58 182 39 15 2 91 9 32 51 .322 .359 .454 .813 92 138 138
Germany Schaefer 32 159 673 628 123 178 24 12 4 67 47 44 76 .283 .331 .379 .710 78 153 153
Boss Schmidt# 27 127 473 450 57 130 16 4 1 48 6 19 21 .289 .323 .349 .672 50 122 122
Ed Siever* 33 11 21 21 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 .238 .238 .238 .476 1 11 11
George Suggs 25 6 11 10 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 .200 .273 .300 .573 1 6 6
Ed Summers# 23 42 118 118 6 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 37 .127 .127 .144 .271 2 40 40
Ira Thomas 27 42 116 109 7 36 1 0 0 10 0 6 10 .330 .371 .339 .710 14 40 40
Ed Willett 24 31 71 70 4 12 1 0 0 8 0 0 20 .171 .183 .186 .369 2 30 30
George Winter 30 30 72 72 6 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 15 .194 .194 .208 .403 3 29 29
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Donie Bush# 20 1 79 20 79 68 13 20 1 1 0 4 2 7 11 .294 .360 .338 .698 123 23 0 4
Ty Cobb* 21 4 1835 439 1835 1694 249 549 85 39 11 276 117 87 159 .324 .362 .440 .802 152 745 14 40
Bill Coughlin 29 9 4232 1049 4232 3854 481 972 133 39 15 380 159 203 399 .252 .299 .319 .617 87 1228 52 123
Sam Crawford* 28 10 5471 1285 5471 5009 755 1531 231 160 52 731 166 345 341 .306 .353 .447 .799 144 2238 18 99
Bill Donovan# 31 11 1210 368 1210 1101 114 217 26 10 6 83 35 57 281 .197 .240 .255 .495 51 281 5 47
Red Downs 24 2 706 189 706 663 56 146 23 8 2 77 5 18 107 .220 .244 .288 .532 68 191 3 22
Davy Jones* 28 7 2429 587 2429 2112 324 559 66 21 7 184 112 263 186 .265 .349 .326 .675 106 688 10 44
Red Killefer 23 2 89 29 89 79 9 16 1 0 0 11 4 3 10 .203 .241 .215 .456 46 17 1 6
Ed Killian* 31 6 549 184 549 520 51 113 18 9 0 46 6 13 84 .217 .238 .287 .524 65 149 1 15
Herm Malloy 23 2 13 4 13 13 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .308 .308 .385 .692 120 5 0 0
Matty McIntyre* 28 6 2874 669 2874 2524 345 680 88 44 2 198 83 268 255 .269 .344 .342 .685 113 862 18 64
George Mullin 27 7 1035 361 1035 960 102 252 40 15 2 70 13 55 126 .263 .306 .342 .648 99 328 5 15
Charley O'Leary 32 5 2310 615 2310 2087 202 468 64 10 3 134 45 108 158 .224 .269 .269 .538 70 561 20 95
Fred Payne 27 3 484 145 484 436 43 91 7 7 0 36 9 23 44 .209 .264 .257 .521 63 112 10 15
Clay Perry 26 1 18 7 18 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .118 .167 .118 .284 -9 2 1 0
Claude Rossman* 27 4 1701 427 1701 1553 159 447 72 23 3 199 39 77 132 .288 .323 .370 .693 119 574 4 67
Germany Schaefer 32 6 2541 622 2541 2252 284 548 66 28 8 187 123 165 303 .243 .296 .308 .605 90 694 5 119
Boss Schmidt# 27 3 1053 294 1053 984 90 243 24 12 1 71 14 27 66 .247 .275 .299 .574 81 294 11 31
Ed Siever* 33 7 568 204 568 526 37 82 7 1 0 24 2 16 128 .156 .185 .173 .358 7 91 3 23
George Suggs 25 1 12 6 12 10 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 .200 .273 .300 .573 83 3 0 1
Ed Summers# 23 1 117 40 117 113 6 14 2 0 0 5 0 0 36 .124 .124 .142 .265 -15 16 0 4
Ira Thomas 27 3 458 164 458 424 38 94 7 6 1 47 7 23 44 .222 .270 .274 .543 68 116 5 6
Ed Willett 24 3 93 43 93 89 5 12 1 0 0 9 0 1 26 .135 .154 .146 .300 -5 13 1 2
George Winter 30 8 627 223 627 592 56 114 5 0 1 20 9 20 167 .193 .224 .206 .430 30 122 4 11
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1907 / 1909 Batting Statistics