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1909 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1908 / 1910)
98-54, Finished 1st in American League
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Scored 666 runs, Allowed 493 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-56
Manager: Hughie Jennings (98-54)
Ballpark: Bennett Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 490,490 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 106
Won AL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to Pittsburgh Pirates

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1908 / 1910 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# 28 84 285 253 21 53 8 2 1 28 7 7 .209 .240 .269 .508 58 68 3 22
2 1B Claude Rossman* 28 82 310 287 16 75 8 3 0 39 10 13 .261 .293 .310 .603 87 89 0 10
3 2B Germany Schaefer 33 87 308 280 26 70 12 0 0 22 12 14 .250 .286 .293 .579 80 82 0 14
4 SS Donie Bush# 21 157 676 532 114 145 18 2 0 33 53 88 .273 .380 .314 .694 116 167 4 52
5 3B George Moriarty 23 133 515 473 43 129 20 4 1 39 34 24 .273 .309 .338 .648 101 160 1 17
6 OF Sam Crawford* 29 156 662 589 83 185 35 14 6 97 30 47 .314 .366 .452 .817 153 266 1 25
7 OF Matty McIntyre* 29 125 542 476 65 116 18 9 1 34 13 54 .244 .325 .326 .650 102 155 3 9
8 OF Ty Cobb* 22 156 651 573 116 216 33 10 9 107 76 48 .377 .431 .517 .947 194 296 6 24
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 IF Charley O'Leary 26 76 278 261 29 53 10 0 0 13 9 6 .203 .224 .241 .465 44 63 1 10
10 C Oscar Stanage 26 77 269 252 17 66 8 6 0 21 2 11 .262 .298 .341 .639 98 86 2 4
11 OF Davy Jones* 29 69 239 204 44 57 2 2 0 10 12 28 .279 .369 .309 .678 111 63 1 6
12 2B Jim Delahanty 30 46 185 150 29 38 10 1 0 20 9 17 .253 .364 .333 .697 117 50 9 9
13 1B Tom Jones 32 44 172 153 13 43 9 0 0 18 9 5 .281 .317 .340 .657 104 52 3 11
14 2B Red Killefer 24 23 68 61 6 17 2 2 1 4 2 3 .279 .343 .426 .770 139 26 3 1
15 C Heinie Beckendorf 25 15 30 27 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 .259 .310 .296 .607 88 8 0 1
16 C Joe Casey 21 3 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -48 0 0 0
17 1B Del Gainer 22 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 24 1 0 0
18 1B Hughie Jennings 40 2 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 210 2 0 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
19 P George Mullin 28 53 141 126 13 27 7 0 0 17 2 13 .214 .288 .270 .558 73 34 0 2
20 P Ed Willett 25 42 119 112 10 22 5 3 0 10 0 3 .196 .224 .295 .519 61 33 1 3
21 P Ed Summers# 24 35 101 94 4 10 1 0 0 3 0 4 .106 .143 .117 .260 -19 11 0 3
22 P Ed Killian* 32 25 67 62 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 .161 .188 .161 .349 8 10 0 3
23 P Bill Donovan 32 22 53 45 6 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 .200 .250 .200 .450 40 9 1 5
24 P Kid Speer* 23 13 27 25 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 .120 .185 .160 .345 7 4 0 0
25 P Ralph Works* 21 16 17 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 .059 .059 .118 -63 1 0 0
26 P George Suggs 26 9 17 15 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .067 .125 .133 .258 -20 2 0 1
27 P Bill Lelivelt 24 4 8 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .500 .333 .833 159 2 0 0
28 P Elijah Jones 27 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 55 1 0 0
29 P Ed Lafitte 23 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 55 1 0 0
Team Totals 26.4 158 5763 5095 666 1360 209 58 19 521 280 397 .267 .325 .342 .667 107 1742 39 232
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 1 1 1 5 3 1 4 1 1 2 1 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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
Heinie Beckendorf 25 30 21 2 2.5 76 .259 .259 .257 .310 .318 .296 .326 .607 .644 88 .416 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .111 .037 2
#Donie Bush 21 676 439 63 3.8 76 .273 .273 .257 .380 .318 .314 .326 .694 .644 116 .601 16.0 1.9 .806 .306 .041 .0 *6
Joe Casey 21 6 5 0 0.0 76 .000 .000 .257 .167 .318 .000 .326 .167 .644 -48 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .200 .200 .000 /2
*Ty Cobb 22 651 381 126 8.8 76 .367 .377 .257 .431 .318 .517 .326 .947 .644 194 .874 62.2 7.3 1.193 .356 .140 16.1 *O
*Sam Crawford 29 662 429 97 6.0 76 .307 .314 .257 .366 .318 .452 .326 .817 .644 153 .776 35.1 4.2 .851 .268 .138 10.0 *O3
Jim Delahanty 30 185 121 16 3.5 76 .253 .253 .257 .364 .318 .333 .326 .697 .644 117 .565 4.7 0.6 .759 .253 .080 .0 4
Bill Donovan 32 53 41 2 1.3 76 .200 .200 .257 .250 .318 .200 .326 .450 .644 40 .173 -3.2 -0.4 .333 .044 .000 1
Del Gainer 22 5 4 0 0.0 76 .200 .200 .257 .200 .318 .200 .326 .400 .644 24 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .250 .000 .000 /3
Hughie Jennings 40 4 2 1 13.3 76 .500 .500 .257 .500 .318 .500 .326 1.000 .644 210 .937 0.5 0.1 1.000 .000 .000 /3
*Davy Jones 29 239 153 23 4.0 76 .279 .279 .257 .369 .318 .309 .326 .678 .644 111 .621 3.9 0.5 .707 .225 .029 .0 O
Elijah Jones 27 4 3 0 0.0 76 .250 .250 .257 .250 .318 .250 .326 .500 .644 55 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .333 .000 .000 /1
Tom Jones 32 172 121 16 3.5 76 .281 .281 .257 .317 .318 .340 .326 .657 .644 104 .565 0.6 0.1 .627 .150 .059 .0 3
Red Killefer 24 68 45 8 4.7 76 .267 .279 .257 .343 .318 .426 .326 .770 .644 139 .690 2.5 0.3 .773 .230 .148 1.3 4/O
*Ed Killian 32 67 55 2 1.0 76 .161 .161 .257 .188 .318 .161 .326 .349 .644 8 .109 -6.7 -0.8 .231 .032 .000 1
Ed Lafitte 23 4 3 0 0.0 76 .250 .250 .257 .250 .318 .250 .326 .500 .644 55 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .333 .000 .000 /1
Bill Lelivelt 24 8 4 1 6.7 76 .333 .333 .257 .500 .318 .333 .326 .833 .644 159 .806 0.7 0.1 1.000 .333 .000 /1
*Matty McIntyre 29 542 369 50 3.6 76 .242 .244 .257 .325 .318 .326 .326 .650 .644 102 .575 2.2 0.3 .625 .223 .082 1.9 *O
George Moriarty 23 515 361 49 3.6 76 .271 .273 .257 .309 .318 .338 .326 .648 .644 101 .576 -0.5 -0.1 .637 .188 .066 1.9 *53
George Mullin 28 141 101 10 2.6 76 .214 .214 .257 .288 .318 .270 .326 .558 .644 73 .433 -3.4 -0.4 .495 .175 .056 .0 1/O
Charley O'Leary 26 278 218 14 1.7 76 .203 .203 .257 .224 .318 .241 .326 .465 .644 44 .256 -17.3 -2.1 .380 .096 .038 .0 54/6O
*Claude Rossman 28 310 222 26 3.1 76 .261 .261 .257 .293 .318 .310 .326 .603 .644 87 .509 -5.1 -0.6 .528 .129 .049 .0 3
Germany Schaefer 33 308 224 23 2.7 76 .250 .250 .257 .286 .318 .293 .326 .579 .644 80 .450 -6.8 -0.8 .514 .136 .043 .0 4/O
#Boss Schmidt 28 285 222 16 1.9 76 .206 .209 .257 .240 .318 .269 .326 .508 .644 58 .299 -13.2 -1.6 .425 .115 .059 1.8 2/O
*Kid Speer 23 27 22 1 1.2 76 .120 .120 .257 .185 .318 .160 .326 .345 .644 7 .155 -2.6 -0.3 .273 .120 .040 1
Oscar Stanage 26 269 190 25 3.5 76 .262 .262 .257 .298 .318 .341 .326 .639 .644 98 .562 -1.6 -0.2 .543 .131 .079 .0 2
George Suggs 26 17 15 0 0.0 76 .067 .067 .257 .125 .318 .133 .326 .258 .644 -20 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .214 .133 .067 /1
#Ed Summers 24 101 87 2 0.6 76 .106 .106 .257 .143 .318 .117 .326 .260 .644 -19 .050 -13.1 -1.6 .179 .053 .011 1
Ed Willett 25 119 93 7 2.0 76 .196 .196 .257 .224 .318 .295 .326 .519 .644 61 .317 -5.7 -0.7 .411 .125 .098 1/O
*Ralph Works 21 17 16 0 0.0 76 .059 .059 .257 .059 .318 .059 .326 .118 .644 -63 .000 -3.2 -0.4 .063 .000 .000 1
League Average 3.1 73 .241 .243 .252 .302 .313 .307 .320 .609 .632 93 .513 .568 .176 .064
Team Total 5763 3967 580 3.9 76 .264 .267 .257 .325 .318 .342 .326 .667 .644 107 .609 42.1 4.6 .658 .208 .075 35.6
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
Heinie Beckendorf 25 16 31 29 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 .276 .323 .310 .633 3 15 15
#Donie Bush 21 164 687 577 148 173 21 2 0 43 63 105 0 .300 .412 .343 .755 82 157 157
Joe Casey 21 3 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 3 3
*Ty Cobb 22 163 697 632 150 259 40 12 11 139 91 58 0 .410 .465 .563 1.028 163 156 156
*Sam Crawford 29 163 699 642 107 220 42 17 7 125 36 56 0 .343 .396 .494 .890 125 156 156
Jim Delahanty 30 142 558 491 64 128 28 7 1 56 16 49 0 .261 .349 .352 .702 57 136 136
Bill Donovan 32 23 54 50 9 12 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .240 .296 .240 .536 3 22 22
Del Gainer 22 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Hughie Jennings 40 2 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 2 2
*Davy Jones 29 72 258 223 58 69 2 2 0 13 15 34 0 .309 .403 .336 .739 30 69 69
Elijah Jones 27 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Tom Jones 32 147 577 537 60 158 22 4 0 66 27 29 0 .294 .343 .350 .693 62 141 141
Red Killefer 24 66 225 199 23 48 4 3 1 12 8 20 0 .241 .329 .307 .635 19 63 63
*Ed Killian 32 26 67 65 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .169 .194 .169 .363 2 25 25
Ed Lafitte 23 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Bill Lelivelt 24 4 8 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 4 4
*Matty McIntyre 29 131 581 513 83 137 21 11 1 44 15 64 0 .267 .353 .357 .710 64 125 125
George Moriarty 23 139 542 513 56 153 24 5 1 50 40 28 0 .298 .336 .370 .706 64 133 133
George Mullin 28 55 150 135 17 32 8 0 0 22 2 15 0 .237 .313 .296 .610 13 53 53
Charley O'Leary 26 79 287 279 37 62 12 0 0 17 11 7 0 .222 .244 .265 .509 18 76 76
*Claude Rossman 28 88 336 320 21 91 10 4 0 51 12 16 0 .284 .318 .341 .659 34 84 84
Germany Schaefer 33 130 467 442 52 121 20 1 1 34 17 24 0 .274 .313 .330 .643 46 124 124
#Boss Schmidt 28 88 283 271 27 62 9 2 1 35 8 8 0 .229 .261 .288 .549 20 84 84
*Kid Speer 23 14 30 27 1 4 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 .148 .233 .185 .419 1 13 13
Oscar Stanage 26 80 287 272 22 78 9 7 0 27 2 13 0 .287 .324 .371 .695 32 77 77
George Suggs 26 9 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 9 9
#Ed Summers 24 37 105 100 5 12 1 0 0 4 0 5 0 .120 .162 .130 .292 2 35 35
Ed Willett 25 44 125 120 13 26 6 4 0 13 0 4 0 .217 .248 .333 .581 9 42 42
*Ralph Works 21 17 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 16 16
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
Heinie Beckendorf 25 1 30 15 30 27 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 .259 .310 .296 .607 88 8 0 1
#Donie Bush 21 2 755 177 755 600 127 165 19 3 0 37 55 95 .275 .378 .317 .694 117 190 4 56
Joe Casey 21 1 6 3 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -48 0 0 0
*Ty Cobb 22 5 2490 595 2490 2267 365 765 118 49 20 383 189 135 .337 .380 .459 .839 163 1041 20 68
*Sam Crawford 29 11 6133 1441 6133 5598 838 1716 266 174 58 828 196 392 .307 .354 .447 .801 145 2504 19 124
Jim Delahanty 30 8 3010 766 3010 2666 308 720 117 37 13 292 107 209 .270 .337 .356 .694 119 950 62 73
Bill Donovan 32 12 1263 390 1263 1146 120 226 26 10 6 84 35 59 .197 .240 .253 .493 51 290 6 52
Del Gainer 22 1 5 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 24 1 0 0
Hughie Jennings 40 15 5638 1283 5638 4903 994 1527 232 88 18 840 359 0 347 117 .311 .390 .406 .796 117 1989 287 101 0
*Davy Jones 29 8 2668 656 2668 2316 368 616 68 23 7 194 124 291 .266 .351 .324 .675 106 751 11 50
Elijah Jones 27 2 8 6 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -22 1 0 0
Tom Jones 32 7 3779 923 3779 3415 309 854 110 30 3 291 113 158 .250 .290 .302 .592 89 1033 34 172
Red Killefer 24 3 299 92 299 261 26 54 4 2 1 20 10 19 .207 .276 .249 .525 68 65 6 13
*Ed Killian 32 7 616 209 616 582 55 123 18 9 0 46 6 15 .211 .232 .273 .506 59 159 1 18
Ed Lafitte 23 1 4 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 55 1 0 0
Bill Lelivelt 24 1 8 4 8 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .500 .333 .833 159 2 0 0
*Matty McIntyre 29 7 3416 794 3416 3000 410 796 106 53 3 232 96 322 .265 .341 .339 .680 111 1017 21 73
George Moriarty 23 6 1609 430 1609 1473 142 378 55 17 1 132 92 78 .257 .299 .319 .618 92 470 10 48
George Mullin 28 8 1176 414 1176 1086 115 279 47 15 2 87 15 68 .257 .304 .333 .637 96 362 5 17
Charley O'Leary 26 6 2588 691 2588 2348 231 521 74 10 3 147 54 114 .222 .264 .266 .530 67 624 21 105
*Claude Rossman 28 5 2019 511 2019 1848 175 523 80 26 3 238 49 90 .283 .318 .359 .677 113 664 4 77
Germany Schaefer 33 7 2989 746 2989 2660 324 649 83 29 9 213 137 185 .244 .295 .307 .602 89 817 6 138
#Boss Schmidt 28 4 1338 378 1338 1237 111 296 32 14 2 99 21 34 .239 .268 .293 .560 76 362 14 53
*Kid Speer 23 1 27 13 27 25 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 .120 .185 .160 .345 7 4 0 0
Oscar Stanage 26 2 270 78 270 253 17 66 8 6 0 21 2 11 .261 .297 .340 .637 98 86 2 4
George Suggs 26 2 29 15 29 25 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 .120 .185 .200 .385 21 5 0 2
#Ed Summers 24 2 218 75 218 207 10 24 3 0 0 8 0 4 .116 .133 .130 .263 -17 27 0 7
Ed Willett 25 4 212 85 212 201 15 34 6 3 0 19 0 4 .169 .193 .229 .422 32 46 2 5
*Ralph Works 21 1 17 16 17 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 .059 .059 .118 -63 1 0 0
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

1908 / 1910 Batting Statistics