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1928 Detroit Tigers

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 Pinky Hargrave# 32 121 359 320 38 88 13 5 10 63 4 1 32 28 .275 .343 .441 .783 103 141 1 6
2 1B Bill Sweeney 23 89 329 309 47 78 15 5 0 19 12 8 15 28 .252 .287 .333 .620 61 103 0 5
3 2B Charlie Gehringer* 25 154 691 603 108 193 29 16 6 74 15 9 69 22 .320 .395 .451 .846 120 272 6 13
4 SS Jackie Tavener* 30 132 529 473 59 123 24 15 5 52 13 8 33 51 .260 .314 .406 .720 86 192 4 19
5 3B Marty McManus 28 139 566 500 78 144 37 5 8 73 11 13 51 32 .288 .355 .430 .785 104 215 1 13
6 OF Harry Heilmann 33 151 632 558 83 183 38 10 14 107 7 3 57 45 .328 .390 .507 .897 132 283 0 18
7 OF Bob Fothergill 30 111 386 347 49 110 28 10 3 63 8 3 24 19 .317 .366 .481 .848 119 167 3 10
8 OF Harry Rice* 26 131 574 510 87 154 21 12 6 81 20 12 44 27 .302 .360 .425 .785 104 217 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 87 290 242 30 69 13 2 2 30 2 2 40 17 .285 .389 .380 .769 101 92 1 4
10 3B Jack Warner 24 75 229 206 33 44 4 4 0 13 4 5 16 15 .214 .274 .272 .545 42 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 3 15 3 .264 .331 .345 .676 76 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 .935 141 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 1 9 11 .235 .316 .329 .645 68 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 17 13 0 3
19 P Vic Sorrell 27 29 63 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 60 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 64 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 17 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 16 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 5951 5289 744 1475 268 97 62 686 113 73 468 433 .279 .340 .401 .742 92 2123 23 163
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 4 5 6 1 4 2 2 5 6 5 5 3 3 3 6 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 Ownie Carroll 25 16 12 .571 3.27 34 28 5 19 2 2 231.0 219 100 84 6 87 51 7 0 3 966 126 1.325 8.5 0.2 3.4 2.0 0.59
2 SP Earl Whitehill* 29 11 16 .407 4.31 31 30 1 12 1 0 196.1 214 131 94 8 78 93 1 0 0 880 96 1.487 9.8 0.4 3.6 4.3 1.19
3 SP Vic Sorrell 27 8 11 .421 4.79 29 23 4 8 0 0 171.0 182 106 91 9 83 67 5 0 3 769 86 1.550 9.6 0.5 4.4 3.5 0.81
4 SP Sam Gibson 28 5 8 .385 5.42 20 18 1 5 1 0 119.2 155 83 72 4 52 29 7 0 1 558 76 1.730 11.7 0.3 3.9 2.2 0.56
5 SP Josh Billings 20 5 10 .333 5.12 21 16 3 3 1 0 110.2 118 83 63 4 59 48 5 0 4 510 81 1.599 9.6 0.3 4.8 3.9 0.81
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 CL Elam Vangilder 32 11 10 .524 3.91 38 11 21 7 0 5 156.1 163 82 68 4 68 43 3 0 2 692 105 1.478 9.4 0.2 3.9 2.5 0.63
7 RP Lil Stoner 29 5 8 .385 4.35 36 11 16 4 0 4 126.1 151 75 61 16 42 29 3 0 1 569 95 1.528 10.8 1.1 3.0 2.1 0.69
8 RP Ken Holloway 30 4 8 .333 4.34 30 11 15 5 0 2 120.1 137 67 58 2 32 32 5 1 2 531 95 1.404 10.2 0.1 2.4 2.4 1.00
9 RP George Smith 26 1 1 .500 4.42 39 2 21 0 0 3 106.0 103 55 52 3 50 54 0 0 2 457 94 1.443 8.7 0.3 4.2 4.6 1.08
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 Phil Page* 22 2 0 1.000 2.45 3 2 1 2 0 0 22.0 21 9 6 1 10 3 0 0 1 93 171 1.409 8.6 0.4 4.1 1.2 0.30
11 Charlie Sullivan 25 0 2 .000 6.57 3 2 1 0 0 0 12.1 18 12 9 1 6 2 0 0 0 59 65 1.946 13.1 0.7 4.4 1.5 0.33
Team Totals 27.3 68 86 .442 4.32 154 154 89 65 5 16 1372.0 1481 803 658 58 567 451 36 1 19 6084 96 1.493 9.7 0.4 3.7 3.0 0.80
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 3 6 8 6 2 6 4 7 6 4 8 5
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% lgCS% PO Pos Summary
Josh Billings 20 21 16 3 28 5 22 1 1 .964 1.29 P
Ownie Carroll 25 39 32 22 92 27 60 5 2 .946 2.23 P-OF
Paul Easterling 22 34 28 26 76 68 2 6 0 .921 2.06 OF
Bob Fothergill 30 89 84 76 193 179 6 8 0 .959 2.06 OF
Chick Galloway 31 45 36 34 172 77 84 11 14 .936 3.58 SS-3B-1B-OF
Charlie Gehringer 25 154 154 154 919 377 507 35 101 .962 5.74 2B
Sam Gibson 28 20 18 5 32 7 24 1 2 .969 1.55 P
Pinky Hargrave 32 87 72 68 344 301 35 8 5 .977 3.82 6 35 21 38% 41% C
Harry Heilmann 33 150 149 144 492 449 34 9 22 .982 3.22 OF-1B
Ken Holloway 30 30 11 5 44 7 34 3 2 .932 1.37 P
Marty McManus 28 133 127 119 723 491 213 19 45 .974 5.06 3B-1B-SS
Johnny Neun 27 25 21 20 201 180 16 5 16 .975 7.84 1B
Phil Page 22 3 2 2 9 4 5 0 3 1.000 3.00 P
Harry Rice 26 129 129 123 373 348 11 14 0 .962 2.74 OF-3B
Merv Shea 27 30 26 17 123 93 24 6 2 .951 3.90 2 13 13 50% 41% C
George Smith 26 39 2 0 23 8 13 2 0 .913 0.54 P
Vic Sorrell 27 29 23 8 37 3 28 6 2 .838 1.07 P
John Stone 22 26 26 26 53 49 2 2 0 .962 1.96 OF
Lil Stoner 29 36 11 4 26 4 19 3 2 .885 0.64 P
Charlie Sullivan 25 3 2 0 4 0 3 1 1 .750 1.00 P
Bill Sweeney 23 77 74 61 740 680 55 5 51 .993 9.42 1B-OF
Jackie Tavener 30 131 130 125 749 302 405 42 81 .944 5.40 SS
Elam Vangilder 32 38 11 7 49 8 37 4 3 .918 1.18 P
Jack Warner 24 59 52 43 203 71 120 12 10 .941 3.24 3B-SS
Earl Whitehill 29 31 30 12 58 17 40 1 3 .983 1.84 P
Al Wingo 30 71 64 62 154 144 5 5 1 .968 2.10 OF
Larry Woodall 33 61 56 46 264 218 44 2 3 .992 4.23 4 38 28 42% 41% C
Team Totals 28.1 154 1386 1212 6181 4117 1848 216 372 .965 3.72 12 86 62 42% 41%
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 5 8
Age G GS CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary
Josh Billings 20 21 42 -1 0 0 0 4 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .519 .502 0.4 0.0 5 $ 1
Ownie Carroll 25 43 114 -11 -0 0 0 12 0 0.0 4 4 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 4 $ Amateur Free Agent 1/O78
Paul Easterling 22 43 124 3 0 0 -1 -2 0 0.0 4 4 0.4 .501 .500 0.5 -0.2 5 $ O7/98
Bob Fothergill 30 111 386 9 1 0 -1 -4 5 0.5 12 17 1.7 .504 .503 1.8 -0.5 18 $ O79/8
Chick Galloway 31 53 169 -5 0 0 -3 2 -5 -0.5 5 0 0.0 .490 .497 0.3 -0.1 3 $ Traded 65/37O
Charlie Gehringer* 25 154 691 20 0 0 -6 5 20 1.9 22 42 4.1 .512 .512 4.6 -0.1 48 $ Free Agency *4
Sam Gibson* 28 20 45 -2 0 0 0 5 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .514 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $ 1
Pinky Hargrave# 32 121 359 1 1 0 0 3 4 0.5 11 16 1.6 .504 .503 1.6 0.3 16 $ Traded 2
Harry Heilmann 33 151 632 26 1 0 -4 -7 16 1.6 20 36 3.6 .510 .510 3.9 -1.1 40 $ Rule 5 Draft *9O3
Ken Holloway 30 30 38 -7 0 0 0 4 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .490 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
Marty McManus 28 139 566 3 -3 0 2 1 3 0.3 18 21 2.1 .502 .502 1.8 0.3 19 $ Traded 53/6
Johnny Neun# 27 36 116 -10 -0 0 0 -1 -12 -1.2 4 -8 -0.8 .467 .493 -0.8 -0.1 -8 $ 3
Phil Page 22 3 9 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
Harry Rice* 26 131 574 3 -0 0 -1 -3 -1 -0.1 18 17 1.7 .499 .499 1.8 -0.4 18 $ Traded *8O/5
Merv Shea 27 39 97 -4 0 0 -1 1 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.1 .489 .497 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ 2
George Smith 26 39 29 -6 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .494 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ 1
Vic Sorrell 27 29 63 -12 0 0 0 7 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.6 .480 .496 -0.6 0.0 -4 $ Traded 1
John Stone* 22 26 122 6 0 0 0 -1 6 0.5 4 9 0.9 .521 .503 0.9 -0.1 9 $ 7O
Lil Stoner 29 36 44 -5 0 0 0 5 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
Charlie Sullivan* 25 3 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .476 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
Bill Sweeney 23 89 329 -18 -0 0 3 -4 -19 -2.0 10 -9 -0.9 .478 .488 -1.2 -0.0 -12 $ 3/7O
Jackie Tavener* 30 132 529 -12 0 0 -5 9 -8 -0.8 17 8 0.9 .494 .495 1.3 0.4 13 $ *6
Elam Vangilder 32 38 59 -4 0 0 0 6 3 0.3 2 4 0.3 .507 .502 0.3 0.0 4 $ Traded 1
Jack Warner 24 75 229 -17 -1 0 1 2 -15 -1.6 7 -8 -0.8 .479 .490 -0.9 0.3 -9 $ 5/6
Earl Whitehill* 29 31 75 -8 0 0 0 8 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
Al Wingo* 30 87 290 2 -0 0 -3 -3 -4 -0.3 9 6 0.6 .496 .498 0.9 -0.6 9 $ O789
Larry Woodall 33 65 216 -14 0 0 1 2 -11 -1.1 7 -4 -0.4 .484 .493 -0.5 0.3 -5 $ 2
Team Total 28.1 1745 5951 -66 0 0 -18 55 -28 -2.9 189 161 14.4 .498 .499 15.8 -1.5 179 $
Age G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Acquired Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired
Josh Billings 20 110.2 21 16 83 6.75 4.58 -0.12 0.00 102.5 4.81 -24 -2.2 1.0 -0.1 -1.3 -11 .395 .486 $
Ownie Carroll 25 231.0 34 28 100 3.90 4.75 -0.12 0.00 101.9 4.96 26 2.8 1.0 -0.1 4.7 53 .582 .517 $ Amateur Free Agent
Sam Gibson 28 119.2 20 18 83 6.24 4.76 -0.13 0.00 101.0 4.94 -18 -1.6 1.0 -0.1 -0.7 -4 .418 .490 $
Ken Holloway 30 120.1 30 11 67 5.01 4.64 -0.13 0.00 101.8 4.85 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.8 11 .491 .498 $
Phil Page* 22 22.0 3 2 9 3.68 4.68 -0.12 0.00 104.0 4.99 3 0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.5 6 .611 .502 $
George Smith 26 105.0 39 2 55 4.71 5.01 -0.11 0.00 102.2 5.23 6 0.6 1.0 -0.0 1.5 18 .515 .504 $
Vic Sorrell 27 170.1 29 23 106 5.60 4.94 -0.12 0.00 101.9 5.15 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 0.5 11 .470 .495 $ Traded
Lil Stoner 29 125.1 36 11 75 5.39 4.87 -0.12 0.00 100.9 5.04 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 0.5 9 .486 .497 $
Charlie Sullivan 25 12.1 3 2 12 8.76 5.13 -0.13 0.00 102.1 5.37 -5 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .363 .497 $
Elam Vangilder 32 158.0 38 11 82 4.67 4.99 -0.12 0.00 101.3 5.17 8 0.8 1.0 -0.1 2.2 27 .522 .505 $ Traded
Earl Whitehill* 29 196.0 31 30 131 6.02 4.78 -0.12 0.00 102.0 5.00 -23 -2.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0 .431 .487 $
Team Total 27.3 1370.2 284 154 803 5.27 4.82 -0.12 0.00 101.8 5.02 -43 -3.5 1.0 -0.6 7.9 115 .488 .498 $
Age IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Acquired

1927 / 1929 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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