1908 Detroit Tigers

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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

American League Champs

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1907 / 1909 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Ed Summers	23	24	12	.667	1.64	40	32	8	23	5	1	301.0	271	112	55	3	55		103	20	1	5	1195	147	1.083	8.1	0.1	1.6	3.1	1.87
2	SP	George Mullin	27	17	13	.567	3.10	39	30	8	26	1	0	290.2	301	142	100	1	71		121	7	0	12	1187	78	1.280	9.3	0.0	2.2	3.7	1.70
3	SP	Bill Donovan	31	18	7	.720	2.08	29	28	1	25	6	0	242.2	210	78	56	2	53		141	6	0	3	967	116	1.084	7.8	0.1	2.0	5.2	2.66
4	SP	Ed Willett	24	15	8	.652	2.28	30	23	7	18	2	1	197.1	186	67	50	2	60		77	14	0	10	786	106	1.247	8.5	0.1	2.7	3.5	1.28
5	SP	Ed Killian*	31	12	9	.571	2.99	27	23	4	15	0	1	180.2	170	78	60	3	53		47	8	0	1	736	81	1.234	8.5	0.1	2.6	2.3	0.89
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
6	RP	George Suggs	25	1	1	.500	1.67	6	1	3	1	0	1	27.0	32	8	5	0	2		8	0	0	0	109	148	1.259	10.7	0.0	0.7	2.7	4.00
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7		Ed Siever*	33	2	6	.250	3.50	11	9	2	4	1	0	61.2	74	37	24	0	13		23	0	0	1	258	70	1.411	10.8	0.0	1.9	3.4	1.77
8		George Winter	30	1	5	.167	1.60	7	6	1	5	0	1	56.1	49	19	10	0	7		25	3	0	0	214	153	0.994	7.8	0.0	1.1	4.0	3.57
9		Herm Malloy	23	0	2	.000	3.71	3	2	1	2	0	0	17.0	20	11	7	1	4		8	2	0	1	78	67	1.412	10.6	0.5	2.1	4.2	2.00
		Team Totals	27.2	90	63	.588	2.40	154	154	35	119	15	5	1374.1	1313	552	367	12	318		553	60	1	33	5530	101	1.187	8.6	0.1	2.1	3.6	1.74
		Rank in 8 AL teams		1	8		6				1	4	4	7	8	6	6	4	2		7
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Donie Bush	20	20		112	42	63	7	9	.938	5.25							SS
Ty Cobb	21	150		249	212	23	14	5	.944	1.57							OF
Bill Coughlin	29	119		355	120	214	21	12	.941	2.81							3B
Sam Crawford	28	151		464	428	22	14	14	.970	2.98							OF-1B
Bill Donovan	31	29		60	16	39	5	0	.917	1.90							P
Red Downs	24	83		483	181	266	36	25	.925	5.39							2B-3B
Davy Jones	28	32		75	67	5	3	2	.960	2.25							OF
Red Killefer	23	27		114	48	54	12	9	.895	3.78							2B-SS-3B
Ed Killian	31	27		89	15	71	3	0	.966	3.19							P
Herm Malloy	23	3		13	2	10	1	0	.923	4.00							P
Matty McIntyre	28	151		354	329	17	8	4	.977	2.29							OF
George Mullin	27	39		128	21	102	5	2	.961	3.15							P
Charley O'Leary	32	65		337	131	179	27	15	.920	4.77							SS-2B
Fred Payne	27	18		67	54	10	3	1	.955	3.56	1		14	7	33%		C-OF
Clay Perry	26	7		20	7	10	3	1	.850	2.43							3B
Claude Rossman	27	138		1560	1429	102	29	70	.981	11.09							1B
Germany Schaefer	32	155		855	319	479	57	58	.933	5.15							SS-2B-3B
Boss Schmidt	27	121		762	541	184	37	12	.951	5.99	5		134	129	49%		C
Ed Siever	33	11		23	5	16	2	0	.913	1.91							P
George Suggs	25	6		4	0	4	0	1	1.000	0.67							P
Ed Summers	23	40		117	20	90	7	2	.940	2.75							P
Ira Thomas	27	29		143	124	15	4	3	.972	4.79	1		29	11	28%		C
Ed Willett	24	30		99	14	81	4	3	.960	3.17							P
George Winter	30	7		33	6	22	5	1	.848	4.00							P
Team Totals	27.2	154		6516	4131	2078	307	249	.953	4.26	7		177	147	45%
Rank in 8 AL teams							2	2	7
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

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 Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Bill Donovan	31	242.2	28	78	106	-5	1.0	28	4.2	$	Jumped Lgs
Ed Killian*	31	180.2	23	78	79	-3	1.0	1	0.6	$	Traded
Herm Malloy	23	17.0	2	11	7	0	1.0	-4	-0.4	$
George Mullin	27	290.2	30	142	127	-6	1.0	-15	-1.0	$
Ed Siever*	33	61.2	9	37	27	-1	1.0	-10	-1.1	$	Purchased
George Suggs	25	27.0	1	8	12	-1	1.0	4	0.5	$
Ed Summers	23	301.0	32	112	131	-6	1.0	19	3.3	$
Ed Willett	24	197.1	23	67	86	-4	1.0	19	3.0	$	Purchased
George Winter	30	56.1	6	19	25	-1	1.0	6	0.9	$	Waivers
Team Total	27.2	1374.1	154	552	600	-27	1.0	48	10.0	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1907 / 1909 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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