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1928 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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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Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Josh Billings 20 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 27, 1907 2 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ownie Carroll 25 R R 165 Nov 11, 1902 3 43 43 43 34 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 5
Paul Easterling 22 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 28, 1905 1st 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 2 34
Bob Fothergill 30 R R 230 Aug 16, 1897 7 111 111 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 0 20 90
Chick Galloway 31 R R 5' 8" 160 Aug 4, 1896 10 53 53 53 0 0 1 0 21 22 1 0 0 1
Charlie Gehringer HOF 25 L R 5' 11" 180 May 11, 1903 5 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Gibson 28 L R 6' 2" 198 Aug 5, 1899 3 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pinky Hargrave 32 B R 180 Jan 31, 1896 5 121 121 121 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Heilmann HOF 33 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 3, 1894 14 151 151 151 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 125 125
Ken Holloway 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 8, 1897 7 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marty McManus 28 R R 160 Mar 14, 1900 9 139 139 139 0 0 45 0 92 2 0 0 0 0
Johnny Neun 27 B L 175 Oct 28, 1900 4 36 36 36 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Page 22 R L 6' 2" 175 Aug 23, 1905 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harry Rice 26 L R 5' 9" 185 Nov 22, 1901 6 131 131 131 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 129 0 129
Merv Shea 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Sep 5, 1900 2 39 39 39 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Smith 26 R R 6' 1" 175 Oct 27, 1901 3 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vic Sorrell 27 R R 5' 10" 180 Apr 9, 1901 1st 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Stone 22 L R 6' 1" 178 Oct 10, 1905 1st 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 26
Lil Stoner 29 R R 180 Feb 28, 1899 6 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Sullivan 25 L R 6' 1" 185 May 23, 1903 1st 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Sweeney 23 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 29, 1904 1st 89 89 89 0 0 75 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Jackie Tavener 30 L R 5' 5" 138 Dec 27, 1897 5 132 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0
Elam Vangilder 32 R R 6' 1" 192 Apr 23, 1896 10 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Warner 24 R R 165 Aug 29, 1903 4 75 75 75 0 0 0 0 52 7 0 0 0 0
Earl Whitehill 29 L L 174 Feb 7, 1899 6 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Wingo 30 L R 5' 11" 180 May 6, 1898 6 87 87 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 28 6 71
Larry Woodall 33 R R 5' 9" 165 Jul 26, 1894 9 65 65 65 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

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