1930 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1929 / 1931

75-79, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bucky Harris (75-79)
Scored 783 runs, Allowed 833 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-81

Ballparks: Navin Field · Attendance: 649,450 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 106

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1929 / 1931 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	25	R	R	5' 11"	178	Dec 25, 1904	2	85	63	85	75	0	0	0	0	26	49	0	0	0	0	5	5	1.4
Dale Alexander	27	R	R	6' 3"	210	Apr 26, 1903	2	154	154	154	154	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.3
Tommy Bridges	23	R	R	5' 10"	155	Dec 28, 1906	1st	8	5	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9
Guy Cantrell	26	R	R	6' 0"	190	Apr 9, 1904	3	16	2	16	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Ownie Carroll	27	R	R	5' 10"	165	Nov 11, 1902	5	6	3	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8
Gene Desautels	23	R	R	5' 11"	170	Jun 13, 1907	1st	42	38	42	42	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Frank Doljack	22	R	R	5' 11"	175	Oct 5, 1907	1st	20	20	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	13	20	0	0	-0.1
Paul Easterling	24	R	R	5' 11"	180	Sep 28, 1905	2	29	19	29	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	13	25	4	0	-0.8
Bob Fothergill	32	R	R	5' 10"	230	Aug 16, 1897	9	55	31	55	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	6	38	17	0	-0.5
Liz Funk	25	L	L	5' 8"	160	Oct 28, 1904	2	140	125	140	129	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	127	2	129	10	1	-0.1
Charlie Gehringer HOF	27	L	R	5' 11"	180	May 11, 1903	7	154	154	154	154	0	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.4
Hank Greenberg HOF	19	R	R	6' 3"	210	Jan 1, 1911	1st	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0
Pinky Hargrave	34	B	R	5' 8"	180	Jan 31, 1896	7	55	34	55	41	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0.7
Ray Hayworth	26	R	R	6' 0"	180	Jan 29, 1904	3	77	68	77	76	0	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Art Herring	24	R	R	5' 7"	168	Mar 10, 1906	2	23	6	23	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Chief Hogsett	26	L	L	6' 0"	190	Nov 2, 1903	2	33	17	33	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Waite Hoyt HOF	30	R	R	6' 0"	180	Sep 9, 1899	13	26	20	26	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
Tom Hughes	22	L	R	6' 1"	190	Aug 6, 1907	1st	17	16	17	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	0	16	0	1	0.3
Roy Johnson	27	L	R	5' 9"	175	Feb 23, 1903	2	125	110	125	118	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	2	101	118	6	1	0.5
Mark Koenig	25	B	R	6' 0"	180	Jul 19, 1904	6	76	70	76	74	2	0	0	0	2	70	0	0	1	1	2	0	-1.0
Marty McManus	30	R	R	5' 10"	160	Mar 14, 1900	11	132	132	132	132	0	0	1	0	130	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.8
Phil Page	24	R	L	6' 2"	175	Aug 23, 1905	3	12	0	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Tony Rensa	28	R	R	5' 10"	180	Sep 29, 1901	1st	20	12	20	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.3
Harry Rice	28	L	R	5' 9"	185	Nov 22, 1901	8	37	35	37	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	2	22	35	2	0	0.3
Billy Rogell	25	B	R	5' 10"	163	Nov 24, 1904	4	54	37	54	46	0	0	0	0	13	33	0	0	0	0	2	6	-0.9
Joe Samuels	25	R	R	6' 1"	196	Mar 21, 1905	1st	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Jimmy Shevlin	20	L	L	5' 10"	155	Jul 9, 1909	1st	29	0	29	26	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-0.2
Vic Sorrell	29	R	R	5' 10"	180	Apr 9, 1901	3	35	30	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5
John Stone	24	L	R	6' 1"	178	Oct 10, 1905	3	127	106	127	109	0	0	0	0	0	0	89	12	9	109	18	0	1.1
Charlie Sullivan	27	L	R	6' 1"	185	May 23, 1903	2	40	3	40	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
George Uhle	31	R	R	6' 0"	190	Sep 18, 1898	12	59	29	59	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0	6.4
Johnny Watson	22	L	R	6' 0"	175	Jan 16, 1908	1st	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Earl Whitehill	31	L	L	5' 9"	174	Feb 7, 1899	8	34	31	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6
Hughie Wise	24	B	R	6' 0"	178	Mar 9, 1906	1st	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Yats Wuestling	26	R	R	5' 11"	167	Oct 18, 1903	2	4	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Whit Wyatt	22	R	R	6' 1"	185	Sep 27, 1907	2	22	7	22	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.2
	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR

1929 / 1931 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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