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1909 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Heinie Beckendorf 25 R R 5' 9" 174 Jun 15, 1884 1st 15 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Donie Bush 21 B R 5' 6" 140 Oct 8, 1887 2 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0
Joe Casey 21 R R 5' 9" 180 Aug 15, 1887 1st 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ty Cobb HOF 22 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 18, 1886 5 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 156
Sam Crawford HOF 29 L L 6' 0" 190 Apr 18, 1880 11 156 156 156 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 139 0 139
Jim Delahanty 30 R R 170 Jun 20, 1879 8 46 46 46 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Donovan 32 R R 5' 11" 190 Oct 13, 1876 12 22 22 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Del Gainer 22 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 10, 1886 1st 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hughie Jennings HOF 40 R R 165 Apr 2, 1869 15 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davy Jones 29 L R 5' 10" 165 Jun 30, 1880 8 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 13 2 57
Elijah Jones 27 R R Jan 27, 1882 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Jones 32 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 22, 1877 7 44 44 44 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Killefer 24 R R 5' 9" 175 Apr 13, 1885 3 23 23 23 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 1 1
Ed Killian 32 L L 5' 11" 170 Nov 12, 1876 7 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Lafitte 23 R R 6' 2" 188 Apr 7, 1886 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Lelivelt 24 R R 5' 10" 168 Oct 21, 1884 1st 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matty McIntyre 29 L L 5' 11" 175 Jun 12, 1880 7 125 125 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 3 0 122
George Moriarty 23 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 7, 1885 6 133 133 133 0 0 24 0 106 0 0 0 0 0
George Mullin 28 R R 5' 11" 188 Jul 4, 1880 8 53 53 53 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Charley O'Leary 26 R R 5' 7" 165 Oct 15, 1882 6 76 76 76 0 0 0 15 54 4 1 0 1 2
Claude Rossman 28 L L 6' 0" 188 Jun 17, 1881 5 82 82 82 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germany Schaefer 33 R R 5' 9" 175 Feb 4, 1876 7 87 87 87 0 0 0 86 0 0 0 0 1 1
Boss Schmidt 28 B R 5' 11" 200 Sep 12, 1880 4 84 84 84 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Kid Speer 23 L L 5' 9" 152 Jun 16, 1886 1st 13 13 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oscar Stanage 26 R R 185 Mar 17, 1883 2 77 77 77 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Suggs 26 R R 168 Jul 7, 1882 2 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Summers 24 B R 6' 2" 180 Dec 5, 1884 2 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Willett 25 R R 6' 0" 183 Mar 7, 1884 4 42 42 42 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ralph Works 21 L R 185 Mar 16, 1888 1st 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

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