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1927 Detroit Tigers

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1926 / 1928

82-71, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: George Moriarty (82-71)
Scored 845 runs, Allowed 805 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-73

Ballparks: Navin Field · 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, 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 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
Team Totals 27.6 156 6113 5300 845 1532 281 101 51 765 139 73 590 420 .289 .363 .409 .772 99 2168 25 198
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 2 4 4 2 4 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 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 Earl Whitehill* 28 16 14 .533 3.36 41 31 10 17 3 3 236.0 238 110 88 4 105 95 9 2 2 1037 126 1.453 9.1 0.2 4.0 3.6 0.90
2 SP Lil Stoner 28 10 13 .435 3.98 38 24 12 13 0 5 215.0 251 118 95 9 77 63 3 1 6 946 106 1.526 10.5 0.4 3.2 2.6 0.82
3 SP Sam Gibson 27 11 12 .478 3.80 33 26 4 11 0 0 184.2 201 113 78 9 86 76 8 0 6 832 111 1.554 9.8 0.4 4.2 3.7 0.88
4 SP Ken Holloway 29 11 12 .478 4.07 36 23 10 11 1 6 183.1 210 103 83 10 61 36 4 0 2 804 104 1.478 10.3 0.5 3.0 1.8 0.59
5 SP Rip Collins 31 13 7 .650 4.69 30 25 2 10 1 0 172.2 207 116 90 5 59 37 8 1 3 768 90 1.541 10.8 0.3 3.1 1.9 0.63
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 Ownie Carroll 24 10 6 .625 3.98 31 15 13 8 0 0 172.0 186 99 76 5 73 41 6 1 3 762 106 1.506 9.7 0.3 3.8 2.1 0.56
7 RP George Smith 25 4 1 .800 3.91 29 0 13 0 0 0 71.1 62 38 31 3 50 32 2 1 0 318 108 1.570 7.8 0.4 6.3 4.0 0.64
8 RP Don Hankins 25 2 1 .667 6.33 20 1 9 0 0 2 42.2 67 39 30 1 13 10 0 0 0 198 67 1.875 14.1 0.2 2.7 2.1 0.77
9 RP Ed Wells* 27 0 1 .000 6.75 8 1 2 0 0 1 20.0 28 16 15 3 5 5 0 0 0 91 64 1.650 12.6 1.4 2.3 2.3 1.00
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
10 Josh Billings 19 5 4 .556 4.84 10 9 1 5 0 0 67.0 64 36 36 3 39 18 6 0 2 302 88 1.537 8.6 0.4 5.2 2.4 0.46
11 Jess Doyle 29 0 0 8.03 7 0 2 0 0 0 12.1 16 11 11 0 5 5 0 0 0 57 54 1.703 11.7 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.00
12 Rufus Smith* 22 0 0 3.38 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 8 4 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 37 131 1.375 9.0 0.0 3.4 2.3 0.67
13 Jim Walkup* 31 0 0 5.40 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 95 1.800 16.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
14 Augie Johns* 27 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 64 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
Team Totals 27.2 82 71 .536 4.14 156 156 81 75 5 17 1387.2 1542 805 638 52 577 421 47 6 25 6165 102 1.527 10.0 0.3 3.7 2.7 0.73
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 5 5 4 6 4 3 5 6 5 3 7 4
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 GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Johnny Bassler 32 67 58 46 269 206 56 7 8 .974 3.91 1 31 19 38% C
Josh Billings 19 10 9 5 16 1 15 0 0 1.000 1.60 P
Lu Blue 30 103 101 98 1126 1040 68 18 99 .984 10.65 1B
Ownie Carroll 24 31 15 8 60 10 49 1 4 .983 1.90 P
Rip Collins 31 30 25 10 76 11 64 1 6 .987 2.50 P
Bernie DeViveiros 26 15 7 4 23 7 14 2 4 .913 1.40 SS-3B
Jess Doyle 29 7 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.43 P
Bob Fothergill 29 136 134 122 331 315 3 13 1 .961 2.32 OF
Charlie Gehringer 24 121 121 121 769 304 438 27 84 .965 6.13 2B
Sam Gibson 27 33 26 11 48 7 38 3 0 .938 1.36 P
Don Hankins 25 20 1 0 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 0.70 P
Harry Heilmann 32 135 135 131 237 218 11 8 5 .966 1.70 OF
Ken Holloway 29 36 23 11 67 9 55 3 1 .955 1.78 P
Augie Johns 27 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Heinie Manush 25 149 146 143 381 361 9 11 3 .971 2.48 OF
Marty McManus 27 98 95 90 525 245 263 17 54 .968 4.98 SS-2B-3B-1B
Johnny Neun 26 53 52 50 590 548 30 12 45 .980 10.91 1B
Art Ruble 24 43 26 17 67 62 3 2 2 .970 1.51 OF
Merv Shea 26 31 28 16 117 94 17 6 1 .949 3.58 3 19 5 21% C
George Smith 25 29 0 0 22 4 15 3 0 .864 0.66 P
Rufus Smith 22 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
Lil Stoner 28 38 24 13 55 5 47 3 2 .945 1.37 P
Jackie Tavener 29 113 113 108 635 246 356 33 79 .948 5.28 SS
Jim Walkup 31 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Jack Warner 23 137 135 133 457 156 277 24 34 .947 3.14 3B
Ed Wells 27 8 1 0 10 1 8 1 0 .900 1.13 P
Earl Whitehill 28 41 31 17 59 5 47 7 3 .881 1.27 P
Al Wingo 29 34 27 25 55 43 6 6 2 .891 1.44 OF
Larry Woodall 32 85 70 67 338 265 72 1 6 .997 3.92 4 50 37 43% C
Team Totals 27.6 156 1404 1246 6353 4167 1977 209 445 .967 3.80 8 100 61 38%
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 1 5
Age G GS 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
Johnny Bassler* 32 254 2 -2 0 0 1 2 8 11 1.1 10 1.0 0.1 $ 2
Josh Billings 19 28 -2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Lu Blue# 30 454 0 2 0 0 1 -5 15 13 1.3 12 1.2 0.1 $ *3
Ownie Carroll 24 72 -10 1 0 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Rip Collins 31 67 -5 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Bernie DeViveiros 26 26 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 6/5
Jess Doyle 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Bob Fothergill 29 593 33 -4 0 0 2 -6 19 44 4.4 42 4.2 0.2 $ *O7
Charlie Gehringer* 24 571 11 5 0 0 5 4 18 43 4.3 38 3.8 0.5 $ Free Agency *4
Sam Gibson* 27 69 -8 0 0 0 0 5 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Don Hankins 25 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Harry Heilmann 32 596 67 0 0 0 -6 -6 19 74 7.2 80 7.9 -0.7 $ Rule 5 Draft *O9
Ken Holloway 29 69 -13 0 0 0 0 4 2 -7 -0.7 -7 -0.7 0.0 $ 1
Clyde Manion 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
Heinie Manush* 25 659 4 3 0 0 -4 -4 20 19 1.9 23 2.3 -0.4 $ Free Agency *O8/7
Marty McManus 27 422 -5 0 0 0 0 4 14 13 1.3 13 1.3 0.0 $ Traded 645/3
Johnny Neun# 26 249 9 2 0 0 -2 -2 8 15 1.5 17 1.7 -0.2 $ 3
Art Ruble* 24 114 -9 0 0 0 -4 -2 4 -11 -1.1 -7 -0.7 -0.4 $ O78/9
Merv Shea 26 94 -9 0 0 0 -1 1 3 -6 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 2
George Smith 25 20 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
Rufus Smith 22 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Lil Stoner 28 82 -16 0 0 0 0 5 3 -8 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $ 1
Jackie Tavener* 29 474 -8 2 0 0 0 7 15 16 1.7 16 1.6 0.1 $ *6
Jim Walkup 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Jack Warner 23 629 -22 3 0 0 0 4 19 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ *5
Ed Wells* 27 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Earl Whitehill* 28 90 -8 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
Al Wingo* 29 167 -5 0 0 0 -4 -1 5 -5 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ O9/78
Larry Woodall 32 292 -1 1 0 0 2 3 10 15 1.5 13 1.3 0.2 $ 2
Team Total 27.6 6113 1 13 0 0 -10 32 194 230 23.1 240 23.9 -0.8 $
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
Josh Billings 19 67.0 9 36 42 0 1.0 6 0.7 $
Ownie Carroll 24 172.0 15 99 107 -1 1.0 8 1.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Rip Collins 31 172.2 25 116 108 -1 1.0 -8 -0.5 $ Traded
Jess Doyle 29 12.1 0 11 8 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $
Sam Gibson 27 184.2 26 113 115 -1 1.0 2 0.5 $
Don Hankins 25 42.2 1 39 27 0 1.0 -12 -1.1 $
Ken Holloway 29 183.1 23 103 115 -1 1.0 12 1.4 $
Augie Johns* 27 1.0 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
George Smith 25 71.1 0 38 45 0 1.0 7 0.7 $
Rufus Smith* 22 8.0 1 4 5 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Lil Stoner 28 215.0 24 118 134 -1 1.0 16 1.9 $
Jim Walkup* 31 1.2 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
Ed Wells* 27 20.0 1 16 12 0 1.0 -4 -0.3 $
Earl Whitehill* 28 236.0 31 110 147 -1 1.0 37 3.9 $
Team Total 27.2 1387.2 156 805 867 -6 1.0 62 8.1 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1926 / 1928 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics