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1908 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Donie Bush 20 B R 5' 6" 140 Oct 8, 1887 1st 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Ty Cobb HOF 21 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 18, 1886 4 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 150 6.7 $4,500
Bill Coughlin 29 R R 5' 9" 140 Jul 12, 1878 9 119 119 0 0 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Sam Crawford HOF 28 L L 6' 0" 190 Apr 18, 1880 10 152 152 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 134 0 134 5.5 $4,000
Bill Donovan 31 B R 5' 11" 190 Oct 13, 1876 11 30 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $
Red Downs 24 R R 5' 11" 155 Aug 23, 1883 2 84 84 0 0 0 82 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Davy Jones 28 L R 5' 10" 165 Jun 30, 1880 7 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 26 2 32 0.0 $
Red Killefer 23 R R 5' 9" 175 Apr 13, 1885 2 28 28 0 0 0 16 4 7 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Ed Killian 31 L L 5' 11" 170 Nov 12, 1876 6 28 28 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Herm Malloy 23 R R 6' 0" Jun 1, 1885 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Matty McIntyre 28 L L 5' 11" 175 Jun 12, 1880 6 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 151 6.8 $
George Mullin 27 R R 5' 11" 188 Jul 4, 1880 7 55 55 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Charley O'Leary 32 R R 5' 7" 165 Oct 15, 1875 5 65 65 0 0 0 1 0 64 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Fred Payne 27 R R 5' 10" 162 Sep 2, 1880 3 20 20 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.5 $
Clay Perry 26 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 18, 1881 1st 7 7 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Claude Rossman 27 L L 6' 0" 188 Jun 17, 1881 4 138 138 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $
Germany Schaefer 32 R R 5' 9" 175 Feb 4, 1876 6 153 153 0 0 0 58 29 68 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Boss Schmidt 27 B R 5' 11" 200 Sep 12, 1880 3 122 122 0 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Ed Siever 33 L L 5' 11" 190 Apr 2, 1875 7 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
George Suggs 25 R R 5' 7" 168 Jul 7, 1882 1st 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Ed Summers 23 B R 6' 2" 180 Dec 5, 1884 1st 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Ira Thomas 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Jan 22, 1881 3 40 40 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Ed Willett 24 R R 6' 0" 183 Mar 7, 1884 3 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
George Winter 30 R R 5' 8" 155 Apr 27, 1878 8 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1907 / 1909 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers