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1929 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1928 / 1930

70-84, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bucky Harris (70-84)
Scored 926 runs, Allowed 928 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77

Ballparks: Navin Field · Attendance: 869,318 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98


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1928 / 1930 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
Bill Akers 24 R R 5' 11" 178 Dec 25, 1904 1st 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Dale Alexander 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Apr 26, 1903 1st 155 155 155 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.8
Frank Barnes 29 L L 6' 2" 195 Jan 9, 1900 1st 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Josh Billings 21 R R 5' 11" 180 Sep 27, 1907 3 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Ownie Carroll 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 11, 1902 4 37 26 37 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.0
Bob Fothergill 31 R R 5' 10" 230 Aug 16, 1897 8 115 50 115 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 21 59 55 1 2.1
Charlie Gehringer HOF 26 L R 5' 11" 180 May 11, 1903 6 155 152 155 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.0
Skinny Graham 29 R R 6' 2" 172 Aug 14, 1899 4 13 6 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Pinky Hargrave 33 B R 5' 8" 180 Jan 31, 1896 6 76 41 76 48 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 1.4
Bucky Harris HOF 32 R R 5' 9" 156 Nov 8, 1896 11 7 3 7 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.2
Ray Hayworth 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Jan 29, 1904 2 14 13 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Harry Heilmann HOF 34 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 3, 1894 15 125 111 125 115 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 114 114 10 0 3.6
Art Herring 23 R R 5' 7" 168 Mar 10, 1906 1st 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Chief Hogsett 25 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 2, 1903 1st 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Roy Johnson 26 L R 5' 9" 175 Feb 23, 1903 1st 148 146 148 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 34 27 146 2 0 3.4
Marty McManus 29 R R 5' 10" 160 Mar 14, 1900 10 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 150 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9
Phil Page 23 R L 6' 2" 175 Aug 23, 1905 2 10 4 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7
Eddie Phillips 28 R R 6' 0" 178 Feb 17, 1901 2 68 59 68 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 -0.3
Augie Prudhomme 26 R R 6' 2" 186 Nov 20, 1902 1st 34 6 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Harry Rice 27 L R 5' 9" 185 Nov 22, 1901 7 130 129 130 129 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 127 3 127 1 0 1.7
Nolen Richardson 26 R R 6' 1" 170 Jan 18, 1903 1st 13 6 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Heinie Schuble 22 R R 5' 9" 152 Nov 1, 1906 2 92 74 92 86 0 0 0 0 1 86 0 0 0 0 1 5 -1.5
Merv Shea 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Sep 5, 1900 3 50 42 50 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.6
Frank Sigafoos 25 R R 5' 9" 170 Mar 21, 1904 2 13 7 13 11 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.3
George Smith 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Oct 27, 1901 4 14 2 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6
Vic Sorrell 28 R R 5' 10" 180 Apr 9, 1901 2 36 31 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
John Stone 23 L R 6' 1" 178 Oct 10, 1905 2 51 31 51 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 2 2 36 15 0 -0.3
Lil Stoner 30 R R 5' 9" 180 Feb 28, 1899 7 24 3 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
George Uhle 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 18, 1898 11 40 30 40 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 4.1
Elam Vangilder 33 R R 6' 1" 192 Apr 23, 1896 11 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Earl Whitehill 30 L L 5' 9" 174 Feb 7, 1899 7 38 28 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7
Larry Woodall 34 R R 5' 9" 165 Jul 26, 1894 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Yats Wuestling 25 R R 5' 11" 167 Oct 18, 1903 1st 54 43 54 54 0 0 0 1 1 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3
Whit Wyatt 21 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 27, 1907 1st 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Emil Yde 29 B L 5' 11" 165 Jan 28, 1900 5 46 6 46 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14 2 0.3
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

1928 / 1930 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers