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1928 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1927 / 1929

68-86, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: George Moriarty (68-86)
Scored 744 runs, Allowed 804 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-82

Ballparks: Navin Field · Attendance: 474,323 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100


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1927 / 1929 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Josh Billings 20 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 27, 1907 2 21 16 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Ownie Carroll 25 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 11, 1902 3 43 32 43 39 34 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 5 1 3 4.3
Paul Easterling 22 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 28, 1905 1st 43 28 43 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1 2 34 9 0 0.4
Bob Fothergill 30 R R 5' 10" 230 Aug 16, 1897 7 111 84 111 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 1 21 89 22 0 1.8
Chick Galloway 31 R R 5' 8" 160 Aug 4, 1896 10 53 36 53 45 0 0 1 0 22 22 1 0 0 1 5 3 0.2
Charlie Gehringer HOF 25 L R 5' 11" 180 May 11, 1903 5 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.4
Sam Gibson 28 L R 6' 2" 198 Aug 5, 1899 3 20 18 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Pinky Hargrave 32 B R 5' 8" 180 Jan 31, 1896 5 121 72 121 87 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 1.6
Harry Heilmann HOF 33 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 3, 1894 14 151 149 151 150 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 126 126 1 0 3.5
Ken Holloway 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 8, 1897 7 31 11 31 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5
Marty McManus 28 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 14, 1900 9 139 127 139 133 0 0 44 0 92 2 0 0 0 0 5 1 2.2
Johnny Neun 27 B L 5' 10" 175 Oct 28, 1900 4 36 21 36 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -0.7
Phil Page 22 R L 6' 2" 175 Aug 23, 1905 1st 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5
Harry Rice 26 L R 5' 9" 185 Nov 22, 1901 6 131 129 131 129 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 129 0 129 2 0 2.0
Merv Shea 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Sep 5, 1900 2 39 26 39 30 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -0.1
George Smith 26 R R 6' 1" 175 Oct 27, 1901 3 39 2 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Vic Sorrell 27 R R 5' 10" 180 Apr 9, 1901 1st 29 23 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
John Stone 22 L R 6' 1" 178 Oct 10, 1905 1st 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 26 0 0 1.0
Lil Stoner 29 R R 5' 9" 180 Feb 28, 1899 6 36 11 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Charlie Sullivan 25 L R 6' 1" 185 May 23, 1903 1st 3 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Bill Sweeney 23 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 29, 1904 1st 89 74 89 77 0 0 75 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 8 4 -0.7
Jackie Tavener 30 L R 5' 5" 138 Dec 27, 1897 5 132 130 132 131 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0
Elam Vangilder 32 R R 6' 1" 192 Apr 23, 1896 10 38 11 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8
Jack Warner 24 R R 5' 9" 165 Aug 29, 1903 4 75 52 75 59 0 0 0 0 52 7 0 0 0 0 2 14 -0.6
Earl Whitehill 29 L L 5' 9" 174 Feb 7, 1899 6 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Al Wingo 30 L R 5' 11" 180 May 6, 1898 6 87 64 87 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 28 10 71 15 1 0.6
Larry Woodall 33 R R 5' 9" 165 Jul 26, 1894 9 65 56 65 61 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.4
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1927 / 1929 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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