1928 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics

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1928 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929)
68-86, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 744 runs, Allowed 804 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-82
Manager: George Moriarty (68-86)
Ballpark: Navin Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 474,323 (4th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102; one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100

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1927 / 1929 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	Pinky Hargrave#	32	121	359	320	38	88	13	5	10	63	4	1	32	28	.275	.343	.441	.783	104	141		1	6
2	1B	Bill Sweeney	23	89	329	309	47	78	15	5	0	19	12	9	15	28	.252	.287	.333	.620	62	103		0	5
3	2B	Charlie Gehringer*	25	154	691	603	108	193	29	16	6	74	15	9	69	22	.320	.395	.451	.846	121	272		6	13
4	SS	Jackie Tavener*	30	132	529	473	59	123	24	15	5	52	13	8	33	51	.260	.314	.406	.720	87	192		4	19
5	3B	Marty McManus	28	139	565	500	78	144	37	5	8	73	11	13	51	32	.288	.355	.430	.785	104	215		1	13
6	OF	Harry Heilmann	33	151	633	558	83	183	38	10	14	107	7	3	57	45	.328	.390	.507	.897	133	283		0	18
7	OF	Bob Fothergill	30	111	384	347	49	110	28	10	3	63	8	3	24	19	.317	.366	.481	.848	120	167		3	10
8	OF	Harry Rice*	26	131	573	510	87	154	21	12	6	81	20	13	44	27	.302	.360	.425	.785	105	217		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	OF	Al Wingo*	30	87	287	242	30	69	13	2	2	30	2	2	40	17	.285	.389	.380	.769	102	92		1	4
10	3B	Jack Warner	24	75	229	206	33	44	4	4	0	13	4	4	16	15	.214	.274	.272	.545	43	56		1	6
11	C	Larry Woodall	33	65	216	186	19	39	7	1	0	13	3	1	24	10	.210	.300	.258	.558	47	48		0	6
12	IF	Chick Galloway	31	53	169	148	17	39	5	2	1	17	7	2	15	3	.264	.331	.345	.676	77	51		0	6
13	OF	Paul Easterling	22	43	124	114	17	37	7	1	3	12	2	1	8	24	.325	.374	.482	.856	122	55		1	1
14	OF	John Stone*	22	26	122	113	20	40	10	3	2	21	1	0	5	8	.354	.387	.549	.935	142	62		1	3
15	1B	Johnny Neun#	27	36	116	108	15	23	3	1	0	5	2	2	7	10	.213	.261	.259	.520	36	28		0	1
16	C	Merv Shea	27	39	97	85	8	20	2	3	0	9	2	2	9	11	.235	.316	.329	.645	69	28		1	2
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	Ownie Carroll	25	43	114	98	7	19	3	1	0	9	0	1	7	14	.194	.248	.245	.493	29	24		0	9
18	P	Earl Whitehill*	29	31	75	67	4	13	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	11	.194	.250	.194	.444	18	13		0	3
19	P	Vic Sorrell	27	29	61	55	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.109	.109	.145	.255	-34	8		0	6
20	P	Elam Vangilder	32	38	59	58	4	15	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	11	.259	.259	.362	.621	61	21		0	1
21	P	Sam Gibson*	28	20	45	42	4	12	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	2	.286	.318	.310	.628	65	13		0	1
22	P	Lil Stoner	29	36	44	39	4	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.179	.220	.231	.450	18	9		1	3
23	P	Josh Billings	20	21	42	35	7	10	2	1	0	5	0	0	3	6	.286	.342	.400	.742	93	14		0	4
24	P	Ken Holloway	30	30	38	33	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.121	.121	.182	.303	-22	6		0	5
25	P	George Smith	26	39	29	27	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.111	.143	.111	.254	-33	3		0	1
26	P	Phil Page	22	3	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	17	2		0	0
27	P	Charlie Sullivan*	25	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	28.1	154	5943	5289	744	1475	268	97	62	686	113	74	468	433	.279	.340	.401	.742	93	2123		23	163
		Rank in 8 AL teams				4	4	5	6	1	4		2	2	5	6	5	5	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

* - 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
Josh Billings	20	42	29	5	4.6	109	.345	.286	.290	.342	.355	.400	.412	.742	.767	93	.486	-0.4	-0.0	.680	.200	.114		1
Ownie Carroll	25	114	89	6	1.8	109	.226	.194	.290	.248	.355	.245	.412	.493	.767	29	.145	-10.4	-1.0	.375	.112	.051		1/O
Paul Easterling	22	124	79	20	6.8	109	.391	.325	.290	.374	.355	.482	.412	.856	.767	122	.657	3.6	0.3	.833	.237	.158	2.4	O
Bob Fothergill	30	384	250	61	6.5	109	.329	.317	.290	.366	.355	.481	.412	.848	.767	120	.641	9.4	0.9	.829	.248	.164	4.4	O
Chick Galloway	31	169	117	17	3.9	109	.264	.264	.290	.331	.355	.345	.412	.676	.767	77	.409	-5.1	-0.5	.640	.216	.081	1.8	65/3O
*Charlie Gehringer	25	691	432	106	6.6	109	.325	.320	.290	.395	.355	.451	.412	.846	.767	121	.644	19.4	1.9	.842	.255	.131	8.6	*4
*Sam Gibson	28	45	31	4	3.4	109	.300	.286	.290	.318	.355	.310	.412	.628	.767	65	.357	-2.2	-0.2	.500	.071	.024		1
#Pinky Hargrave	32	359	239	48	5.4	109	.277	.275	.290	.343	.355	.441	.412	.783	.767	104	.556	0.6	0.0	.760	.275	.166	5.7	2
Harry Heilmann	33	633	396	111	7.5	109	.339	.328	.290	.390	.355	.507	.412	.897	.767	133	.697	26.7	2.6	.910	.289	.179	9.3	*O3
Ken Holloway	30	38	34	1	0.8	109	.154	.121	.290	.121	.355	.182	.412	.303	.767	-22	.036	-5.9	-0.6	.207	.061	.061		1
Marty McManus	28	565	382	73	5.1	109	.296	.288	.290	.355	.355	.430	.412	.785	.767	104	.533	3.7	0.4	.718	.240	.142	9.3	53/6
#Johnny Neun	27	116	88	7	2.1	109	.235	.213	.290	.261	.355	.259	.412	.520	.767	36	.187	-10.3	-1.0	.402	.111	.046	.0	3
Phil Page	22	9	7	0	0.0	109	.400	.222	.290	.222	.355	.222	.412	.444	.767	17	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.286	.000	.000		/1
*Harry Rice	26	573	386	76	5.3	109	.310	.302	.290	.360	.355	.425	.412	.785	.767	105	.548	2.3	0.2	.732	.224	.124	9.2	*O/5
Merv Shea	27	97	69	8	3.1	109	.270	.235	.290	.316	.355	.329	.412	.645	.767	69	.314	-4.1	-0.4	.567	.200	.094	.0	2
George Smith	26	29	25	0	0.0	109	.158	.111	.290	.143	.355	.111	.412	.254	.767	-33	.000	-5.4	-0.5	.167	.037	.000		1
Vic Sorrell	27	61	55	1	0.5	109	.146	.109	.290	.109	.355	.145	.412	.255	.767	-34	.016	-10.9	-1.1	.163	.036	.036		1
*John Stone	22	122	76	24	8.4	109	.369	.354	.290	.387	.355	.549	.412	.935	.767	142	.742	6.5	0.6	.945	.248	.195	1.3	O
Lil Stoner	29	44	35	2	1.5	109	.212	.179	.290	.220	.355	.231	.412	.450	.767	18	.112	-4.8	-0.5	.344	.077	.051		1
*Charlie Sullivan	25	4	4	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.290	.000	.355	.000	.412	.000	.767	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/1
Bill Sweeney	23	329	245	28	3.0	109	.278	.252	.290	.287	.355	.333	.412	.620	.767	62	.309	-18.3	-1.8	.504	.139	.081	.0	3/O
*Jackie Tavener	30	529	377	58	4.1	109	.283	.260	.290	.314	.355	.406	.412	.720	.767	87	.435	-11.6	-1.1	.654	.226	.146	7.2	*6
Elam Vangilder	32	59	44	5	3.0	109	.289	.259	.290	.259	.355	.362	.412	.621	.767	61	.306	-3.8	-0.4	.488	.103	.103	.0	1
Jack Warner	24	229	172	15	2.3	109	.230	.214	.290	.274	.355	.272	.412	.545	.767	43	.214	-17.9	-1.8	.440	.136	.058	.0	5/6
*Earl Whitehill	29	75	57	3	1.4	109	.232	.194	.290	.250	.355	.194	.412	.444	.767	18	.097	-8.2	-0.8	.333	.075	.000		1
*Al Wingo	30	287	179	35	5.2	109	.300	.285	.290	.389	.355	.380	.412	.769	.767	102	.544	2.6	0.2	.760	.260	.095	2.0	O
Larry Woodall	33	216	154	15	2.6	109	.222	.210	.290	.300	.355	.258	.412	.558	.767	47	.250	-14.0	-1.4	.500	.188	.048	.0	2
League Average					4.8	108	.298	.280	.288	.343	.353	.395	.410	.739	.763	94	.506			.679	.211	.115
Team Total		5943	4051	729	4.8	109	.295	.279	.290	.340	.355	.401	.412	.742	.767	93	.506	-61.0	-6.1	.682	.218	.123	80.1
	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
Josh Billings	20	22	38	35	6	9	2	1	0	4	0		3	6	.257	.316	.371	.687	4	21	21
Ownie Carroll	25	45	108	101	6	18	3	1	0	8	0		7	15	.178	.231	.228	.459	5	43	43
Paul Easterling	22	45	127	118	17	37	7	1	3	12	2		8	25	.314	.362	.466	.828	20	43	43
Bob Fothergill	30	117	387	360	48	111	28	10	3	61	8		24	20	.308	.357	.467	.823	59	111	111
Chick Galloway	31	56	170	155	16	40	5	2	1	16	7		15	3	.258	.324	.335	.659	17	53	53
*Charlie Gehringer	25	162	698	623	104	192	29	16	6	72	15		69	23	.308	.383	.435	.818	102	154	154
*Sam Gibson	28	21	46	44	4	12	1	0	0	6	0		2	2	.273	.304	.295	.600	4	20	20
#Pinky Hargrave	32	127	365	332	36	88	13	5	10	60	4		32	29	.265	.332	.425	.756	46	121	121
Harry Heilmann	33	159	634	577	81	183	38	10	14	104	7		57	47	.317	.379	.490	.869	107	151	151
Ken Holloway	30	32	35	35	3	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	30	30
Marty McManus	28	146	565	514	75	140	36	5	8	70	11		50	34	.272	.338	.409	.747	70	139	139
#Johnny Neun	27	38	120	113	16	24	3	1	0	5	2		7	11	.212	.258	.257	.515	7	36	36
Phil Page	22	3	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3	3
*Harry Rice	26	138	571	526	84	152	21	12	6	78	20		43	28	.289	.345	.409	.754	74	131	131
Merv Shea	27	41	98	88	8	20	2	3	0	9	2		9	12	.227	.306	.318	.624	8	39	39
George Smith	26	41	29	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	8	.000	.034	.000	.034	0	39	39
Vic Sorrell	27	31	58	58	2	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	15	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	29	29
*John Stone	22	27	123	117	19	40	10	3	2	20	1		5	8	.342	.374	.530	.904	23	26	26
Lil Stoner	29	38	44	42	5	8	2	0	0	4	0		1	6	.190	.227	.238	.465	2	36	36
*Charlie Sullivan	25	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3	3
Bill Sweeney	23	94	334	319	45	76	15	5	0	18	12		15	29	.238	.272	.317	.589	27	89	89
*Jackie Tavener	30	139	528	491	58	123	24	15	5	51	13		33	54	.251	.303	.391	.694	57	132	132
Elam Vangilder	32	40	61	61	4	0	0	0	0	6	0		0	12	.000	.000	.000	.000	5	38	38
Jack Warner	24	79	228	212	31	42	4	4	0	12	4		15	16	.198	.254	.255	.509	14	75	75
*Earl Whitehill	29	33	75	70	4	13	0	0	0	3	0		5	12	.186	.240	.186	.426	3	31	31
*Al Wingo	30	92	290	250	29	68	13	2	2	29	2		39	18	.272	.372	.364	.736	34	87	87
Larry Woodall	33	68	218	194	18	39	7	1	0	12	3		24	11	.201	.289	.247	.536	14	65	65
	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
Josh Billings	20	2	70	31	70	62	11	17	3	1	0	6	0	0	4	14	.274	.318	.355	.673	75	22		0	4
Ownie Carroll	25	3	202	91	202	183	22	37	6	2	0	18	0	1	9	20	.202	.240	.257	.496	29	47		0	10
Paul Easterling	22	1	124	43	124	114	17	37	7	1	3	12	2	1	8	24	.325	.374	.482	.856	122	55		1	1
Bob Fothergill	30	7	2247	632	2247	2024	325	688	149	35	18	371	32	44	135	117	.340	.385	.475	.860	123	961		15	73
Chick Galloway	31	10	3996	1076	3996	3583	391	946	136	46	17	407	79	71	274	225	.264	.317	.342	.659	69	1225		6	133
*Charlie Gehringer	25	5	1812	423	1812	1601	285	490	77	44	11	184	42	26	153	97	.306	.370	.430	.800	107	688		9	49
*Sam Gibson	28	3	188	89	188	180	16	44	9	0	0	12	0	0	3	14	.244	.257	.294	.551	43	53		0	5
#Pinky Hargrave	32	5	960	342	960	878	99	243	47	11	25	156	9	1	59	91	.277	.326	.441	.767	95	387		5	18
Harry Heilmann	33	14	7871	1866	7871	6844	1123	2343	456	138	149	1322	106	58	742	459	.342	.410	.515	.924	149	3522		37	248
Ken Holloway	30	7	339	232	339	312	14	53	5	2	0	14	0	1	6	52	.170	.186	.199	.384	-0	62	0	0	21	0	0
Marty McManus	28	9	4602	1103	4602	4050	642	1192	241	65	73	651	70	66	382	362	.294	.358	.440	.798	103	1782		22	148
#Johnny Neun	27	4	723	272	723	629	115	181	29	12	0	51	30	19	78	61	.288	.369	.372	.741	92	234		3	13
Phil Page	22	1	9	3	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	17	2		0	0
*Harry Rice	26	6	2344	577	2344	2058	369	637	106	39	33	270	44	38	218	108	.310	.380	.447	.827	111	920		16	52
Merv Shea	27	2	191	73	191	170	13	35	8	6	0	18	2	2	16	26	.206	.278	.324	.602	56	55		1	4
George Smith	26	3	56	91	56	51	8	10	0	0	2	7	0	0	2	13	.196	.226	.314	.540	39	16		0	3
Vic Sorrell	27	1	61	29	61	55	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.109	.109	.145	.255	-34	8		0	6
*John Stone	22	1	122	26	122	113	20	40	10	3	2	21	1	0	5	8	.354	.387	.549	.935	142	62		1	3
Lil Stoner	29	6	345	194	345	318	24	57	15	1	2	31	1	1	15	59	.179	.221	.252	.472	22	80		2	10
*Charlie Sullivan	25	1	4	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
Bill Sweeney	23	1	329	89	329	309	47	78	15	5	0	19	12	9	15	28	.252	.287	.333	.620	62	103		0	5
*Jackie Tavener	30	5	2140	540	2140	1881	229	490	79	49	11	216	45	27	160	203	.260	.321	.372	.694	79	700		9	90
Elam Vangilder	32	10	650	367	650	600	61	146	30	4	8	53	0	1	21	98	.243	.275	.347	.621	58	208		5	24
Jack Warner	24	4	1270	324	1270	1115	159	284	34	19	1	94	26	12	104	90	.255	.325	.322	.647	68	359		12	39
*Earl Whitehill	29	6	475	189	475	423	34	94	5	5	0	30	2	0	34	76	.222	.282	.258	.539	40	109		1	17
*Al Wingo	30	6	1575	493	1575	1326	224	409	87	19	9	191	23	22	211	119	.308	.404	.423	.827	115	561		1	37
Larry Woodall	33	9	1518	547	1518	1316	161	353	52	15	1	161	16	4	159	67	.268	.348	.333	.680	78	438		1	42
	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

1927 / 1929 Batting Statistics

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