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1909 Detroit Tigers

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1908 / 1910

98-54, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Hughie Jennings (98-54)
Scored 666 runs, Allowed 493 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-56

Ballparks: Bennett Park · Attendance: 490,490 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 106

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to Pittsburgh Pirates


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1908 / 1910 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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# 28 84 285 253 21 53 8 2 1 28 7 7 27 .209 .240 .269 .508 57 68 3 22
2 1B Claude Rossman* 28 82 310 287 16 75 8 3 0 39 10 13 31 .261 .293 .310 .603 86 89 0 10
3 2B Germany Schaefer 33 87 308 280 26 70 12 0 0 22 12 14 48 .250 .286 .293 .579 79 82 0 14
4 SS Donie Bush# 21 157 676 532 114 145 18 2 0 33 53 88 75 .273 .380 .314 .694 115 167 4 52
5 3B George Moriarty 23 133 515 473 43 129 20 4 1 39 34 24 49 .273 .309 .338 .648 100 160 1 17
6 OF Sam Crawford* 29 156 662 589 83 185 35 14 6 97 30 47 32 .314 .366 .452 .817 152 266 1 25
7 OF Matty McIntyre* 29 125 542 476 65 116 18 9 1 34 13 54 52 .244 .325 .326 .650 101 155 3 9
8 OF Ty Cobb* 22 156 651 573 116 216 33 10 9 107 76 48 45 .377 .431 .517 .947 193 296 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 33 76 278 261 29 53 10 0 0 13 9 6 21 .203 .224 .241 .465 44 63 1 10
10 C Oscar Stanage 26 77 269 252 17 66 8 6 0 21 2 11 27 .262 .298 .341 .639 98 86 2 4
11 OF Davy Jones* 29 69 239 204 44 57 2 2 0 10 12 28 26 .279 .369 .309 .678 110 63 1 6
12 2B Jim Delahanty 30 46 185 150 29 38 10 1 0 20 9 17 23 .253 .364 .333 .697 116 50 9 9
13 1B Tom Jones 32 44 172 153 13 43 9 0 0 18 9 5 7 .281 .317 .340 .657 103 52 3 11
14 2B Red Killefer 24 23 68 61 6 17 2 2 1 4 2 3 8 .279 .343 .426 .770 138 26 3 1
15 C Heinie Beckendorf 25 15 30 27 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 8 .259 .310 .296 .607 88 8 0 1
16 C Joe Casey 21 3 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 -48 0 0 0
17 1B Del Gainer 22 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 24 1 0 0
18 1B Hughie Jennings 40 2 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 209 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 25 .214 .288 .270 .558 72 34 0 2
20 P Ed Willett 25 42 119 112 10 22 5 3 0 10 0 3 37 .196 .224 .295 .519 60 33 1 3
21 P Ed Summers# 24 35 101 94 4 10 1 0 0 3 0 4 30 .106 .143 .117 .260 -20 11 0 3
22 P Ed Killian* 32 25 67 62 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 .161 .188 .161 .349 8 10 0 3
23 P Bill Donovan# 32 22 53 45 6 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 .200 .250 .200 .450 39 9 1 5
24 P Kid Speer* 23 13 27 25 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 6 .120 .185 .160 .345 7 4 0 0
25 P Ralph Works* 21 16 17 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .059 .059 .059 .118 -64 1 0 0
26 P George Suggs 26 9 17 15 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 .067 .125 .133 .258 -20 2 0 1
27 P Bill Lelivelt 24 4 8 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .333 .500 .333 .833 158 2 0 0
28 P Elijah Jones 27 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 55 1 0 0
29 P Ed Lafitte 23 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 55 1 0 0
Team Totals 26.7 158 5763 5095 666 1360 209 58 19 521 280 397 625 .267 .325 .342 .667 106 1742 39 232
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 1 1 1 5 3 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 8 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 George Mullin 28 29 8 .784 2.22 40 35 5 29 3 1 303.2 258 96 75 1 78 124 8 0 5 1189 114 1.106 7.6 0.0 2.3 3.7 1.59
2 SP Ed Willett 25 21 10 .677 2.34 41 34 3 25 3 1 292.2 239 112 76 5 76 89 15 0 11 1173 108 1.076 7.3 0.2 2.3 2.7 1.17
3 SP Ed Summers 24 19 9 .679 2.24 35 32 3 24 3 1 281.2 243 91 70 4 52 107 10 1 5 1132 113 1.047 7.8 0.1 1.7 3.4 2.06
4 SP Ed Killian* 32 11 9 .550 1.71 25 19 4 14 3 1 173.1 150 45 33 1 49 54 6 0 4 691 148 1.148 7.8 0.1 2.5 2.8 1.10
5 SP Bill Donovan 32 8 7 .533 2.31 21 17 4 13 4 2 140.1 121 50 36 0 60 76 6 0 4 580 110 1.290 7.8 0.0 3.8 4.9 1.27
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 Ralph Works 21 4 1 .800 1.97 16 4 10 4 0 2 64.0 62 19 14 0 17 31 1 0 2 256 129 1.234 8.7 0.0 2.4 4.4 1.82
7 RP George Suggs 26 1 3 .250 2.03 9 4 5 2 0 1 44.1 34 12 10 1 10 18 3 0 1 162 126 0.992 6.9 0.2 2.0 3.7 1.80
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
8 Kid Speer* 23 4 4 .500 2.83 12 8 3 4 0 1 76.1 88 39 24 2 13 12 4 0 4 317 90 1.323 10.4 0.2 1.5 1.4 0.92
9 Bill Lelivelt 24 0 1 .000 4.50 4 2 2 1 0 1 20.0 27 12 10 0 2 4 0 0 0 85 58 1.450 12.2 0.0 0.9 1.8 2.00
10 Ed Lafitte 23 0 1 .000 3.86 3 1 2 1 0 1 14.0 22 14 6 2 2 11 1 0 1 67 68 1.714 14.1 1.3 1.3 7.1 5.50
11 Elijah Jones 27 1 1 .500 2.70 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 10 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 36 99 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 1.8
Team Totals 26.7 98 54 .645 2.26 158 158 41 117 16 12 1420.1 1254 493 357 16 359 528 54 1 37 5688 112 1.136 7.9 0.1 2.3 3.3 1.47
Rank in 8 AL teams 1 8 3 1 5 2 2 6 3 3 5 3 8
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% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Heinie Beckendorf 25 15 47 36 9 2 4 .957 3.00 0 10 7 41% 45% C
Donie Bush 21 157 946 308 567 71 38 .925 5.57 SS
Joe Casey 21 3 14 9 5 0 1 1.000 4.67 0 2 4 67% 45% C
Ty Cobb 22 156 260 222 24 14 7 .946 1.58 OF
Sam Crawford 29 157 520 486 17 17 4 .967 3.20 OF-1B
Jim Delahanty 30 46 228 88 127 13 13 .943 4.67 2B
Bill Donovan 32 21 39 9 29 1 1 .974 1.81 P
Del Gainer 22 2 14 12 1 1 0 .929 6.50 1B
Hughie Jennings 40 2 10 9 1 0 2 1.000 5.00 1B
Davy Jones 29 57 109 103 4 2 1 .982 1.88 OF
Elijah Jones 27 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Tom Jones 32 44 493 452 33 8 20 .984 11.02 1B
Red Killefer 24 18 91 28 55 8 3 .912 4.61 2B-OF
Ed Killian 32 25 61 11 49 1 1 .984 2.40 P
Ed Lafitte 23 3 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.67 P
Bill Lelivelt 24 4 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Matty McIntyre 29 122 237 217 14 6 1 .975 1.89 OF
George Moriarty 23 130 692 400 265 27 23 .961 5.12 3B-1B
George Mullin 28 42 114 12 99 3 2 .974 2.64 P-OF
Charley O'Leary 33 75 283 104 161 18 8 .936 3.53 3B-2B-SS-OF
Claude Rossman 28 75 967 913 36 18 30 .981 12.65 1B
Germany Schaefer 33 87 470 181 273 16 26 .966 5.22 2B-OF
Boss Schmidt 28 82 442 315 107 20 7 .955 5.15 3 91 83 48% 45% C-OF
Kid Speer 23 12 36 4 30 2 2 .944 2.83 P
Oscar Stanage 26 77 419 324 80 15 12 .964 5.25 3 87 62 42% 45% C
George Suggs 26 9 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 1.44 P
Ed Summers 24 35 106 14 89 3 8 .972 2.94 P
Ed Willett 25 42 113 15 91 7 2 .938 2.52 P-OF
Ralph Works 21 16 20 2 16 2 1 .900 1.13 P
Team Totals 26.8 158 6759 4278 2206 275 217 .959 4.28 6 190 156 45% 45%
Rank in 8 AL teams 5 8 3
Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Heinie Beckendorf 25 15 30 -1 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .508 .501 0.1 0.2 1 2
Donie Bush# 21 157 676 12 3 0 8 10 33 3.9 23 56 6.2 .526 .525 5.4 2.2 48 $2,500 Purchased *6
Joe Casey 21 3 6 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .475 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 /2
Ty Cobb* 22 156 651 57 9 0 4 -8 62 7.3 22 84 9.5 .548 .546 9.2 -0.7 80 $4,500 Purchased *O
Sam Crawford* 29 156 662 33 -0 0 -2 -4 27 3.1 22 49 5.3 .521 .520 5.7 -0.9 51 Jumped Lgs *O3
Jim Delahanty 30 46 185 3 0 0 1 0 4 0.5 6 11 1.1 .512 .503 1.0 0.1 10 Traded 4
Bill Donovan# 32 22 53 -3 0 0 0 4 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .506 .501 0.1 -0.0 3 Jumped Lgs 1
Del Gainer 22 2 5 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .468 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 Purchased /3
Hughie Jennings 40 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0.1 .525 .500 0.1 0.0 1 Rule 5 Draft /3
Davy Jones* 29 69 239 3 -0 0 0 -3 -0 -0.1 8 8 0.7 .500 .500 0.8 -0.4 8 Purchased O
Elijah Jones 27 2 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .506 .500 0.0 0.0 0 Purchased /1
Tom Jones 32 44 172 1 0 0 3 -1 3 0.3 6 8 0.9 .507 .502 0.5 0.2 5 Traded 3
Red Killefer 24 23 68 2 -0 0 1 -0 3 0.4 2 6 0.6 .517 .502 0.5 0.1 4 Rule 5 Draft 4/O
Ed Killian* 32 25 67 -6 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.1 -0.0 1 Traded 1
Ed Lafitte 23 3 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .504 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
Bill Lelivelt 24 4 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .533 .501 0.1 0.0 1 /1
Matty McIntyre* 29 125 542 1 -1 0 3 -6 -3 -0.6 18 15 1.3 .497 .497 1.0 -0.5 12 Traded *O
George Moriarty 23 133 515 -1 2 0 9 3 13 1.5 17 30 3.2 .512 .510 2.2 1.4 21 Purchased *53
George Mullin 28 53 141 -4 -0 0 0 11 7 0.8 5 11 0.8 .515 .505 0.8 -0.1 11 1/O
Charley O'Leary 33 76 278 -16 0 0 2 2 -12 -1.6 9 -2 -0.6 .481 .491 -0.8 0.4 -4 54/6O
Claude Rossman* 28 82 310 -5 -0 0 -1 -2 -9 -1.2 10 2 -0.1 .487 .493 0.1 -0.5 3 Purchased 3
Germany Schaefer 33 87 308 -8 -0 0 6 -0 -2 -0.3 10 9 0.7 .497 .499 0.0 0.7 3 Purchased 4/O
Boss Schmidt# 28 84 285 -12 -0 0 0 5 -8 -1.1 10 2 -0.1 .488 .494 0.0 0.5 2 Purchased 2/O
Kid Speer* 23 13 27 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 -0.0 0 1
Oscar Stanage 26 77 269 -1 -0 0 2 4 5 0.6 9 14 1.5 .508 .504 1.3 0.8 12 Purchased 2
George Suggs 26 9 17 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .486 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 Traded /1
Ed Summers# 24 35 101 -13 0 0 0 8 -5 -0.6 3 -1 -0.6 .483 .496 -0.6 -0.0 -1 1
Ed Willett 25 42 119 -6 0 0 0 9 3 0.4 4 7 0.4 .510 .502 0.4 -0.0 7 Purchased 1/O
Ralph Works* 21 16 17 -3 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .485 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 Purchased 1
Team Total 26.7 1561 5763 29 12 0 37 42 120 12.8 195 315 30.7 .509 .503 27.4 3.3 278 $7,000
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Bill Donovan 32 140.1 21 17 50 3.21 3.33 0.22 0.00 102.0 3.17 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.2 11 .507 .501 Jumped Lgs
Elijah Jones 27 10.0 2 2 3 2.70 3.33 0.24 0.00 102.0 3.15 1 0.1 -0.0 0.2 1 .540 .500 Purchased
Ed Killian* 32 173.1 25 19 45 2.34 3.33 0.24 0.00 102.0 3.15 18 2.4 1.0 -0.2 3.7 30 .596 .515 Traded
Ed Lafitte 23 14.0 3 1 14 9.00 3.33 0.26 0.00 102.0 3.13 -9 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.7 -8 .232 .495
Bill Lelivelt 24 20.0 4 2 12 5.40 3.33 0.27 0.00 102.0 3.11 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .367 .497
George Mullin 28 303.2 40 35 96 2.85 3.33 0.23 0.00 102.0 3.16 14 1.9 1.0 -0.3 4.2 35 .547 .512
Kid Speer* 23 76.1 12 8 39 4.60 3.33 0.26 0.00 102.0 3.13 -12 -1.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .391 .492
George Suggs 26 44.1 9 4 12 2.44 3.33 0.21 0.00 102.0 3.18 4 0.6 1.0 -0.0 0.9 7 .561 .503 Traded
Ed Summers 24 281.2 35 32 91 2.91 3.33 0.24 0.00 102.0 3.15 11 1.4 1.0 -0.3 3.5 30 .540 .509
Ed Willett 25 292.2 41 34 112 3.44 3.33 0.24 0.00 102.0 3.15 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.3 1.5 14 .482 .495 Purchased
Ralph Works 21 64.0 16 4 19 2.67 3.33 0.23 0.00 102.0 3.16 4 0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.1 9 .534 .503 Purchased
Team Total 26.7 1420.1 208 158 493 3.12 3.33 0.23 0.00 102.0 3.16 22 3.6 1.0 -1.5 14.5 120 .517 .502
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1908 / 1910 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics