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1928 Detroit Tigers (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
Managed by George Moriarty

Ballpark: Navin Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 474,323 (4th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 101, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 100
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 Stats (1927/1929) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Pinky Hargrave      32  121  320   38   88  13  5  10   63  32   28  .275  .343  .441   4   1       1   6          104
1B  Bill Sweeney        23   89  309   47   78  15  5   0   19  15   28  .252  .287  .333  12   9       0   5           62
2B *Charlie Gehringer   25  154  603  108  193  29 16   6   74  69   22  .320  .395  .451  15   9       6  13          121
3B  Marty McManus       28  139  500   78  144  37  5   8   73  51   32  .288  .355  .430  11  13       1  13          104
SS *Jackie Tavener      30  132  473   59  123  24 15   5   52  33   51  .260  .314  .406  13   8       4  19           87
OF *Harry Rice          26  131  510   87  154  21 12   6   81  44   27  .302  .360  .425  20  13       2  17          105
OF  Harry Heilmann      33  151  558   83  183  38 10  14  107  57   45  .328  .390  .507   7   3       0  18          133
OF  Bob Fothergill      30  111  347   49  110  28 10   3   63  24   19  .317  .366  .481   8   3       3  10          120
   *Al Wingo            30   87  242   30   69  13  2   2   30  40   17  .285  .389  .380   2   2       1   4          102
    Jack Warner         24   75  206   33   44   4  4   0   13  16   15  .214  .274  .272   4   4       1   6           43
    Larry Woodall       33   65  186   19   39   7  1   0   13  24   10  .210  .300  .258   3   1       0   6           47
    Chick Galloway      31   53  148   17   39   5  2   1   17  15    3  .264  .331  .345   7   2       0   6           77
    Paul Easterling     22   43  114   17   37   7  1   3   12   8   24  .325  .374  .482   2   1       1   1          122
   *John Stone          22   26  113   20   40  10  3   2   21   5    8  .354  .387  .549   1   0       1   3          142
   #Johnny Neun         27   36  108   15   23   3  1   0    5   7   10  .213  .261  .259   2   2       0   1           36
    Merv Shea           27   39   85    8   20   2  3   0    9   9   11  .235  .316  .329   2   2       1   2           69

    Ownie Carroll       25   43   98    7   19   3  1   0    9   7   14  .194  .248  .245   0   1       0   9           29
   *Earl Whitehill      29   31   67    4   13   0  0   0    3   5   11  .194  .250  .194   0   0       0   3           18
    Elam Vangilder      32   38   58    4   15   0  0   2    6   0   11  .259  .259  .362   0   0       0   1           61
    Vic Sorrell         27   29   55    2    6   2  0   0    1   0   14  .109  .109  .145   0   0       0   6          -34
   *Sam Gibson          28   20   42    4   12   1  0   0    6   2    2  .286  .318  .310   0   0       0   1           65
    Lil Stoner          29   36   39    4    7   2  0   0    3   1    6  .179  .220  .231   0   0       1   3           18
    Josh Billings       20   21   35    7   10   2  1   0    5   3    6  .286  .342  .400   0   0       0   4           93
    Ken Holloway        30   30   33    2    4   2  0   0    1   0    7  .121  .121  .182   0   0       0   5          -22
    George Smith        26   39   27    2    3   0  0   0    0   1    8  .111  .143  .111   0   0       0   1          -33
    Phil Page           22    3    9    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    4  .222  .222  .222   0   0       0   0           17
   *Charlie Sullivan    25    3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1  154 5292  744 1476 265 97  62  686 469  438  .279  .338  .401 113  77      23 163          100
    Rank among 8 AL teams          4    4    5   6  1   4        5    6     5     5     3   2   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Earl Whitehill      29  31   4.31  11  16  0  30   1  12   1  196.3  214  131   94   8   78   93  890   0   1  0      96
SP  Ownie Carroll       25  34   3.27  16  12  2  28   5  19   2  231.0  219  100   84   6   87   51  967   3   7  0     126
SP  Vic Sorrell         27  29   4.79   8  11  0  23   4   8   0  171.0  182  106   91   9   83   67  776   3   5  0      86
SP  Sam Gibson          28  20   5.42   5   8  0  18   1   5   1  119.7  155   83   72   4   53   29  565   1   7  0      76
SP  Josh Billings       20  21   5.12   5  10  0  16   3   3   1  110.7  118   83   63   4   59   48  513   4   5  0      80

CL  Elam Vangilder      32  38   3.91  11  10  5  11  21   7   0  156.3  163   82   68   4   67   43  705   2   3  0     105
RP  George Smith        26  39   4.42   1   1  3   2  21   0   0  106.0  103   55   52   3   50   54  466   2   0  0      93
RP  Lil Stoner          29  36   4.35   5   8  4  11  16   4   0  126.3  151   75   61  16   42   29  589   1   3  0      95
RP  Ken Holloway        30  30   4.34   4   8  2  11  15   5   0  120.3  137   67   58   2   32   32  544   2   5  1      95

   *Phil Page           22   3   2.45   2   0  0   2   1   2   0   22.0   21    9    6   1   10    3   93   1   0  0     168
    Charlie Sullivan    25   3   6.57   0   2  0   2   1   0   0   12.3   18   12    9   1    6    2   59   0   0  0      63
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.3 154   4.32  68  86 16 154  89  65   5 1372.0 1481  804  659  58  567  451 6167  19  36  1      95
    Rank among 8 AL teams           6   6   3  2           8   6      6    4    7        4    8    5

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
PHargrave    88  301   35   8   5  .977   6            
LWoodall     62  218   44   2   3  .992   4            
MShea        30   93   24   6   2  .951   2            
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  154  612  103  16  10  .978  12   0   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .990  9.90
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BSweeney     75  677   55   5  51  .993  9.76
MMcManus     45  376   28   5  33  .988  8.98
HHeilmann    25  234   17   2  20  .992 10.04
JNeun        25  180   16   5  16  .975  7.84
CGalloway     1    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154 1468  116  17 120  .989 10.39
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .963  5.31
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
CGehringer  154  377  507  35 101  .962  5.74
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  377  507  35 101  .962  5.80
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .951  3.05
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
MMcManus     92  114  183  14  12  .955  3.23
JWarner      52   62  107  10   6  .944  3.25
CGalloway    21   26   37   2   3  .969  3.00
HRice         2    1    1   0   0 1.000  1.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  203  328  26  21  .953  3.48
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .938  4.74
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JTavener    131  302  405  42  81  .944  5.40
CGalloway    22   49   47   9  11  .914  4.36
JWarner       7    9   13   2   4  .917  3.14
MMcManus      2    1    2   0   0 1.000  1.50
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  361  467  53  96  .940  5.43
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     G   PO    A   E   DP  .973  2.22  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
HRice       129  347   10  14   0  .962  2.77   0 129   0
HHeilmann   125  215   17   7   2  .971  1.86   0   0 125
BFothergill  90  179    6   8   0  .959  2.06  70   0  20
AWingo       71  144    5   5   1  .968  2.10  35  28   6
PEasterling  34   68    2   6   0  .921  2.06  32   0   2
JStone       26   49    2   2   0  .962  1.96  26   0   0
OCarroll      5   10    1   0   0 1.000  2.20   4   1   0
BSweeney      3    3    0   0   0 1.000  1.00   3   0   0
CGalloway     1    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.00   1   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  154 1016   43  42   3  .962  2.32 154 154 154
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .957  2.44
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
OCarroll     34   17   59   5   2  .938  2.96
EWhitehill   31   17   40   1   3  .983  2.61
VSorrell     29    3   28   6   2  .838  1.63
EVangilder   38    8   37   4   3  .918  2.59
LStoner      36    4   19   3   2  .885  1.64
KHolloway    30    7   34   3   2  .932  3.07
SGibson      20    7   24   1   2  .969  2.33
JBillings    21    5   22   1   1  .964  2.20
GSmith       39    8   13   2   0  .913  1.78
PPage         3    4    5   0   3 1.000  3.68
CSullivan     3    0    3   1   1  .750  2.20
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154   80  284  27  21  .931  2.39
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageHeilmann.328
On-base %Gehringer.395
Slugging %Heilmann.507
OPSHeilmann.897
GamesGehringer154
At BatsGehringer603
Plate Appearances (approx.)Gehringer691
RunsGehringer108
HitsGehringer193
Total BasesHeilmann283
DoublesHeilmann38
TriplesGehringer16
Home RunsHeilmann14
RBIHeilmann107
Bases on BallsGehringer69
StrikeoutsTavener51
Stolen BasesRice20
SinglesGehringer142
Adjusted OPS+Heilmann133
Runs CreatedHeilmann111
Adjusted Batting RunsHeilmann27
Batting WinsHeilmann2.6
Extra-Base HitsHeilmann62
Times on BaseGehringer268
Offensive Win%Heilmann.697
Hit By PitchGehringer6
Sac. HitsTavener19
Caught StealingMcManus and Rice13
Power/Speed NumberHeilmann and McManus9.3
At Bats per StrikeoutGehringer27.4
At Bats per Home RunHargrave32.0
OutsGehringer432

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERACarroll3.27
WinsCarroll16
Won-Loss %Carroll.571
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Carroll1.325
Hits Allowed/9IPCarroll8.53
Bases on Balls/9IPCarroll3.39
Strikeouts/9IPWhitehill4.26
GamesSmith39
SavesVangilder5
InningsCarroll231.0
StrikeoutsWhitehill93
Games StartedWhitehill30
Comp. GamesCarroll19
ShutoutsCarroll2
Home Runs Allow.Stoner16
Bases On Balls Allow.Carroll87
Hits AllowedCarroll219
SO to WalkWhitehill1.19
LossesWhitehill16
Earned Runs Allow.Whitehill94
Wild PitchesBillings4
Hit BatsmenCarroll and Gibson7
Batters FacedCarroll967
Games FinishedSmith and Vangilder21
Adjusted ERA+Carroll126

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