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1927 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1926 / 1928)
82-71, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 845 runs, Allowed 805 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-73
Manager: George Moriarty (82-71)
Ballpark: Navin Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 773,716 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 107

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1926 / 1928 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 Larry Woodall 32 88 292 246 28 69 8 6 0 39 9 1 37 9 .280 .375 .362 .736 91 89 0 9
2 1B Lu Blue# 30 112 454 365 71 95 17 9 1 42 13 7 71 28 .260 .384 .364 .748 94 133 2 16
3 2B Charlie Gehringer* 24 133 571 508 110 161 29 11 4 61 17 8 52 31 .317 .383 .441 .824 112 224 2 9
4 SS Jackie Tavener* 29 116 474 419 60 115 22 9 5 59 19 8 36 38 .274 .333 .406 .739 90 170 1 18
5 3B Jack Warner 23 139 629 559 78 149 22 9 1 45 14 4 47 45 .267 .330 .343 .674 74 192 6 17
6 OF Heinie Manush* 25 151 659 593 102 177 31 18 6 90 12 8 47 29 .298 .354 .442 .796 105 262 4 15
7 OF Harry Heilmann 32 141 596 505 106 201 50 9 14 120 11 5 72 16 .398 .475 .616 1.091 180 311 2 17
8 OF Bob Fothergill 29 143 593 527 93 189 38 9 9 114 9 15 47 31 .359 .413 .516 .929 139 272 2 17
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 Marty McManus 27 108 422 369 60 99 19 7 9 69 8 7 34 38 .268 .332 .431 .763 96 159 1 18
10 C Johnny Bassler* 32 81 254 200 19 57 7 0 0 24 1 0 45 9 .285 .416 .320 .736 92 64 0 9
11 1B Johnny Neun# 26 79 249 204 38 66 9 4 0 27 22 7 35 13 .324 .427 .407 .834 116 83 2 8
12 OF Al Wingo* 29 75 167 137 15 32 8 2 0 20 1 0 25 14 .234 .352 .321 .673 75 44 0 5
13 OF Art Ruble* 24 56 114 91 16 15 4 2 0 11 2 2 14 15 .165 .283 .253 .536 39 23 1 8
14 C Merv Shea 26 34 94 85 5 15 6 3 0 9 0 0 7 15 .176 .239 .318 .557 43 27 0 2
15 SS Bernie DeViveiros 26 24 26 22 4 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 8 .227 .292 .273 .564 46 6 0 2
16 Clyde Manion 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 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
17 P Earl Whitehill* 28 41 90 78 4 16 2 1 0 3 0 0 5 9 .205 .262 .256 .518 34 20 1 6
18 P Lil Stoner 28 38 82 74 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 16 .108 .154 .108 .262 -31 8 1 4
19 P Ownie Carroll 24 37 72 69 11 12 2 1 0 5 0 0 2 5 .174 .197 .232 .429 11 16 0 1
20 P Ken Holloway 29 36 69 62 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .129 .143 .129 .272 -29 8 0 6
21 P Sam Gibson* 27 33 69 66 6 14 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 .212 .212 .273 .485 25 18 0 3
22 P Rip Collins 31 30 67 54 5 11 1 1 0 6 0 1 6 12 .204 .283 .259 .543 41 14 0 7
23 P Josh Billings 19 10 28 27 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .259 .286 .296 .582 51 8 0 0
24 P George Smith 25 29 20 19 5 7 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 4 .368 .368 .684 1.053 167 13 0 1
25 P Ed Wells* 27 8 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 48 2 0 0
26 P Don Hankins 25 20 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -26 1 0 0
27 P Rufus Smith 22 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
28 P Jess Doyle 29 7 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 73 1 0 0
29 P Jim Walkup 31 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
30 P Augie Johns* 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.6 156 6113 5300 845 1532 281 101 51 765 139 73 590 420 .289 .363 .409 .772 99 2168 0 25 198 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 2 4 4 2 4 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
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
*Johnny Bassler 32 254 152 27 4.7 111 .298 .285 .294 .416 .362 .320 .413 .736 .776 92 .490 1.0 0.1 .769 .265 .035 .0 2
Josh Billings 19 28 20 2 2.7 111 .368 .259 .294 .286 .362 .296 .413 .582 .776 51 .251 -2.0 -0.2 .450 .074 .037 1
#Lu Blue 30 454 293 51 4.6 111 .280 .260 .294 .384 .362 .364 .413 .748 .776 94 .480 -0.6 -0.1 .765 .315 .104 1.9 *3
Ownie Carroll 24 72 58 3 1.4 111 .188 .174 .294 .197 .363 .232 .413 .429 .776 11 .091 -9.6 -0.9 .316 .087 .058 1
Rip Collins 31 67 51 4 2.1 111 .262 .204 .294 .283 .362 .259 .413 .543 .776 41 .176 -4.9 -0.5 .432 .148 .056 1
Bernie DeViveiros 26 26 19 2 2.8 111 .357 .227 .294 .292 .362 .273 .413 .564 .776 46 .269 -1.8 -0.2 .529 .182 .045 .0 6/5
Jess Doyle 29 3 2 0 0.0 112 .500 .333 .294 .333 .363 .333 .413 .667 .776 73 .000 -0.1 0.0 .500 .000 .000 /1
Bob Fothergill 29 593 370 107 7.7 111 .370 .359 .294 .413 .362 .516 .413 .929 .776 139 .700 30.5 2.9 .892 .235 .157 9.0 *O
*Charlie Gehringer 24 571 364 85 6.2 111 .332 .317 .294 .383 .362 .441 .413 .824 .776 112 .613 9.3 0.9 .808 .244 .124 6.5 *4
*Sam Gibson 27 69 55 4 1.9 111 .241 .212 .294 .212 .362 .273 .413 .485 .776 25 .158 -7.6 -0.7 .346 .061 .061 1
Don Hankins 25 7 6 0 0.0 112 .200 .143 .294 .143 .363 .143 .413 .286 .776 -26 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .167 .000 .000 1
Harry Heilmann 32 596 326 147 12.0 111 .394 .398 .294 .475 .363 .616 .413 1.091 .776 180 .840 63.8 6.0 1.265 .372 .218 12.3 *O
Ken Holloway 29 69 60 1 0.4 111 .163 .129 .294 .143 .363 .129 .413 .272 .776 -29 .012 -12.2 -1.2 .167 .016 .000 1
*Augie Johns 27 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Clyde Manion 30 1 0 0 1.000 .362 0.3 0.0
*Heinie Manush 25 659 439 91 5.5 111 .306 .298 .294 .354 .362 .442 .413 .796 .776 105 .560 1.5 0.1 .748 .229 .143 8.0 *O
Marty McManus 27 422 295 51 4.6 111 .280 .268 .294 .332 .362 .431 .413 .763 .776 96 .477 -4.1 -0.4 .704 .257 .163 8.5 645/3
#Johnny Neun 26 249 153 37 6.4 111 .346 .324 .294 .427 .362 .407 .413 .834 .776 116 .628 7.1 0.7 .931 .328 .083 .0 3
*Art Ruble 24 114 86 6 1.9 111 .197 .165 .294 .283 .362 .253 .413 .536 .776 39 .148 -8.4 -0.8 .487 .242 .088 .0 O
Merv Shea 26 94 72 6 2.2 111 .214 .176 .294 .239 .362 .318 .413 .557 .776 43 .193 -7.9 -0.8 .486 .224 .141 2
George Smith 25 20 13 5 10.2 111 .385 .368 .294 .368 .363 .684 .413 1.053 .776 167 .797 1.5 0.1 1.083 .316 .316 .0 1
Rufus Smith 22 3 3 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .294 .000 .363 .000 .413 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Lil Stoner 28 82 70 1 0.4 111 .138 .108 .294 .154 .362 .108 .413 .262 .776 -31 .009 -14.9 -1.5 .182 .041 .000 1
*Jackie Tavener 29 474 330 57 4.6 111 .293 .274 .294 .333 .362 .406 .413 .739 .776 90 .476 -7.7 -0.7 .699 .243 .131 7.9 *6
Jim Walkup 31 1 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .294 .000 .362 .000 .413 .000 .775 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Jack Warner 23 629 431 63 3.9 111 .288 .267 .294 .330 .362 .343 .413 .674 .776 74 .402 -22.2 -2.1 .616 .179 .077 1.9 *5
*Ed Wells 27 7 5 1 5.3 112 .333 .286 .294 .286 .363 .286 .413 .571 .776 48 .543 -0.6 -0.1 .400 .000 .000 /1
*Earl Whitehill 28 90 68 5 2.0 111 .232 .205 .294 .262 .362 .256 .413 .518 .776 34 .160 -7.9 -0.8 .419 .115 .051 1
*Al Wingo 29 167 110 16 3.9 111 .260 .234 .294 .352 .362 .321 .413 .673 .776 75 .399 -4.3 -0.4 .667 .277 .088 .0 O
Larry Woodall 32 292 187 35 5.0 111 .291 .280 .294 .375 .362 .362 .413 .736 .776 91 .513 -2.6 -0.2 .753 .264 .081 .0 2
League Average 4.9 111 .302 .285 .293 .351 .362 .398 .412 .749 .773 94 .508 .697 .216 .113
Team Total 6113 4039 807 5.3 111 .307 .289 .294 .363 .363 .409 .413 .772 .776 99 .543 -7.0 -1.0 .742 .244 .120 74.6
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
*Johnny Bassler 32 85 249 205 18 56 7 0 0 22 1 44 9 .273 .402 .307 .709 25 81 81
Josh Billings 19 10 29 28 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 8 .250 .276 .286 .562 2 10 10
#Lu Blue 30 117 445 374 65 92 16 9 1 39 13 69 29 .246 .366 .345 .711 47 112 112
Ownie Carroll 24 39 74 72 11 12 2 1 0 5 0 2 5 .167 .189 .222 .411 3 37 37
Rip Collins 31 31 60 55 4 10 1 1 0 5 0 5 13 .182 .250 .236 .486 3 30 30
Bernie DeViveiros 26 25 26 24 4 6 1 0 0 2 1 2 8 .250 .308 .292 .599 2 24 24
Jess Doyle 29 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7 7
Bob Fothergill 29 149 577 531 87 178 36 8 8 106 8 44 32 .335 .388 .478 .867 99 143 143
*Charlie Gehringer 24 139 573 520 102 157 28 11 4 57 17 51 32 .302 .366 .421 .788 79 133 133
*Sam Gibson 27 34 69 69 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 33 33
Don Hankins 25 21 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 20 20
Harry Heilmann 32 147 585 513 99 195 49 9 14 112 11 70 17 .380 .456 .593 1.049 137 141 141
Ken Holloway 29 38 65 64 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 14 .125 .138 .125 .263 1 36 36
Clyde Manion 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 1
*Heinie Manush 25 158 657 607 95 172 30 17 6 84 12 46 30 .283 .338 .418 .756 85 151 151
Marty McManus 27 113 409 376 55 94 18 7 9 64 8 32 40 .250 .311 .407 .717 47 108 108
#Johnny Neun 26 83 247 210 35 66 9 4 0 25 22 35 14 .314 .417 .395 .812 34 79 79
*Art Ruble 24 59 109 94 16 15 4 2 0 11 2 14 16 .160 .275 .245 .520 6 56 56
Merv Shea 26 36 95 88 5 15 6 3 0 9 0 7 16 .170 .232 .307 .538 6 34 34
George Smith 25 30 20 20 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 4 29 29
Rufus Smith 22 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Lil Stoner 28 40 81 77 2 8 0 0 0 5 0 3 17 .104 .148 .104 .252 1 38 38
*Jackie Tavener 29 121 466 430 55 112 21 9 5 54 19 35 40 .260 .318 .386 .704 52 116 116
Jim Walkup 31 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Jack Warner 23 145 627 575 72 146 22 9 1 42 14 46 47 .254 .316 .329 .644 59 139 139
*Ed Wells 27 8 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 8 8
*Earl Whitehill 28 43 86 80 3 15 2 1 0 2 0 5 9 .188 .244 .238 .482 4 41 41
*Al Wingo 29 78 165 141 14 31 8 2 0 19 1 24 15 .220 .333 .305 .638 15 75 75
Larry Woodall 32 92 291 254 26 69 8 6 0 36 9 37 9 .272 .364 .350 .715 32 88 88
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
*Johnny Bassler 32 9 2858 811 2858 2319 250 704 99 16 1 318 13 8 437 81 .304 .416 .361 .777 104 838 10 92
Josh Billings 19 1 28 10 28 27 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .259 .286 .296 .582 51 8 0 0
#Lu Blue 30 7 4124 925 4124 3394 669 1002 176 66 19 407 85 56 589 236 .295 .403 .403 .806 110 1367 27 114
Ownie Carroll 24 2 88 48 88 85 15 18 3 1 0 9 0 0 2 6 .212 .230 .271 .500 29 23 0 1
Rip Collins 31 8 482 238 482 432 27 67 9 2 0 30 0 1 19 159 .155 .196 .185 .381 -1 80 3 28
Bernie DeViveiros 26 2 27 25 27 23 4 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 8 .217 .280 .261 .541 40 6 0 2
Jess Doyle 29 3 39 54 39 37 6 10 2 1 2 5 0 0 1 4 .270 .289 .541 .830 109 20 0 1
Bob Fothergill 29 6 1863 521 1863 1677 276 578 121 25 15 308 24 41 111 98 .345 .389 .473 .863 124 794 12 63
*Charlie Gehringer 24 4 1121 269 1121 998 177 297 48 28 5 110 27 17 84 75 .298 .354 .417 .771 99 416 3 36
*Sam Gibson 27 2 143 69 143 138 12 32 8 0 0 6 0 0 1 12 .232 .237 .290 .527 36 40 0 4
Don Hankins 25 1 7 20 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -26 1 0 0
Harry Heilmann 32 13 7238 1715 7238 6286 1040 2160 418 128 135 1215 99 55 685 414 .344 .411 .515 .927 150 3239 37 230
Ken Holloway 29 6 301 202 301 279 12 49 3 2 0 13 0 1 6 45 .176 .193 .201 .394 2 56 0 0 16 0 0
*Augie Johns 27 2 34 36 34 28 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .143 .226 .143 .369 -3 4 0 1 3 0 0
Clyde Manion 30 7 425 199 425 370 29 84 12 2 0 40 1 2 38 34 .227 .302 .270 .573 51 100 2 15
*Heinie Manush 25 5 2377 615 2377 2099 385 674 124 42 38 345 48 26 149 129 .321 .379 .475 .853 120 996 45 84
Marty McManus 27 8 4037 964 4037 3550 564 1048 204 60 65 578 59 53 331 330 .295 .359 .441 .800 102 1567 21 135
#Johnny Neun 26 3 607 236 607 521 100 158 26 11 0 46 28 17 71 51 .303 .390 .395 .785 103 206 3 12
*Art Ruble 24 1 114 56 114 91 16 15 4 2 0 11 2 2 14 15 .165 .283 .253 .536 39 23 1 8
Merv Shea 26 1 94 34 94 85 5 15 6 3 0 9 0 0 7 15 .176 .239 .318 .557 43 27 0 2
George Smith 25 2 27 52 27 24 6 7 0 0 2 7 0 0 1 5 .292 .320 .542 .862 120 13 0 2
Rufus Smith 22 1 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Lil Stoner 28 5 301 158 301 279 20 50 13 1 2 28 1 1 14 53 .179 .221 .254 .476 23 71 1 7
*Jackie Tavener 29 4 1611 408 1611 1408 170 367 55 34 6 164 32 19 127 152 .261 .324 .361 .685 76 508 5 71
Jim Walkup 31 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Jack Warner 23 3 1041 249 1041 909 126 240 30 15 1 81 22 8 88 75 .264 .336 .333 .670 74 303 11 33
*Ed Wells 27 5 163 115 163 157 17 36 6 3 0 16 1 1 3 34 .229 .244 .306 .549 41 48 0 3
*Earl Whitehill 28 5 400 158 400 356 30 81 5 5 0 27 2 0 29 65 .228 .288 .270 .557 45 96 1 14
*Al Wingo 29 5 1288 406 1288 1084 194 340 74 17 7 161 21 20 171 102 .314 .407 .433 .840 117 469 0 33
Larry Woodall 32 8 1302 482 1302 1130 142 314 45 14 1 148 13 3 135 57 .278 .355 .345 .701 83 390 1 36
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

1926 / 1928 Batting Statistics