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
Ballpark: Navin Field (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 649,450 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 106
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Ray Hayworth | 26 | 77 | 255 | 227 | 24 | 63 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 19 | .278 | .336 | .379 | .715 | 79 | 86 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 2 | 1B | Dale Alexander | 27 | 154 | 660 | 602 | 86 | 196 | 33 | 8 | 20 | 135 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 56 | .326 | .372 | .507 | .878 | 118 | 305 | 2 | 14 | |||
| 3 | 2B | Charlie Gehringer* | 27 | 154 | 699 | 610 | 144 | 201 | 47 | 15 | 16 | 98 | 19 | 15 | 69 | 17 | .330 | .404 | .534 | .938 | 134 | 326 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 4 | SS | Mark Koenig# | 25 | 76 | 301 | 267 | 37 | 64 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 15 | .240 | .295 | .300 | .595 | 50 | 80 | 1 | 13 | |||
| 5 | 3B | Marty McManus | 30 | 132 | 561 | 484 | 74 | 155 | 40 | 4 | 9 | 89 | 23 | 8 | 59 | 28 | .320 | .396 | .475 | .872 | 118 | 230 | 2 | 16 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Liz Funk* | 25 | 140 | 584 | 527 | 74 | 145 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 65 | 12 | 6 | 29 | 39 | .275 | .319 | .389 | .708 | 77 | 205 | 5 | 23 | ||||
| 7 | Roy Johnson* | 27 | 125 | 505 | 462 | 84 | 127 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 40 | 46 | .275 | .333 | .409 | .742 | 85 | 189 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 8 | John Stone* | 24 | 127 | 465 | 425 | 60 | 132 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 56 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 49 | .311 | .360 | .452 | .812 | 103 | 192 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| 9 | IF | Bill Akers | 25 | 85 | 277 | 233 | 36 | 65 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 34 | .279 | .375 | .472 | .848 | 112 | 110 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 10 | SS | Billy Rogell# | 25 | 54 | 165 | 144 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 23 | .167 | .250 | .222 | .472 | 20 | 32 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 11 | C | Pinky Hargrave# | 34 | 55 | 161 | 137 | 18 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 12 | .285 | .380 | .453 | .832 | 108 | 62 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 12 | Bob Fothergill | 32 | 55 | 153 | 143 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .259 | .289 | .406 | .694 | 72 | 58 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 13 | Harry Rice* | 28 | 37 | 153 | 128 | 16 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 8 | .305 | .403 | .398 | .801 | 102 | 51 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 14 | C | Gene Desautels | 23 | 42 | 138 | 126 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .190 | .239 | .254 | .493 | 24 | 32 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 15 | Paul Easterling | 24 | 29 | 87 | 79 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 18 | .203 | .259 | .316 | .575 | 44 | 25 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 16 | Frank Doljack | 22 | 20 | 77 | 74 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .257 | .286 | .473 | .759 | 87 | 35 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Tom Hughes* | 22 | 17 | 63 | 59 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .373 | .413 | .508 | .921 | 130 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | C | Tony Rensa | 28 | 20 | 45 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .270 | .386 | .459 | .846 | 112 | 17 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 19 | 1B | Jimmy Shevlin* | 20 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20 | SS | Johnny Watson* | 22 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .308 | .417 | .724 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 21 | SS | Yats Wuestling | 26 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .182 | .000 | .182 | -50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 22 | C | Hughie Wise# | 24 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 23 | Hank Greenberg | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 24 | P | George Uhle | 31 | 59 | 129 | 117 | 15 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .308 | .352 | .427 | .779 | 95 | 50 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 25 | P | Vic Sorrell | 29 | 35 | 89 | 80 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 25 | .188 | .235 | .225 | .460 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 26 | P | Earl Whitehill* | 31 | 34 | 87 | 83 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .193 | .221 | .205 | .426 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 27 | P | Chief Hogsett* | 26 | 33 | 59 | 58 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .293 | .305 | .414 | .719 | 79 | 24 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 28 | P | Waite Hoyt | 30 | 26 | 49 | 46 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .196 | .213 | .196 | .408 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 29 | P | Whit Wyatt | 22 | 22 | 35 | 34 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .353 | .353 | .529 | .882 | 119 | 18 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 30 | P | Art Herring | 24 | 23 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .130 | .167 | .130 | .297 | -24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 31 | P | Charlie Sullivan* | 27 | 40 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .292 | .346 | .417 | .763 | 91 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 32 | P | Tommy Bridges | 23 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .300 | .364 | .400 | .764 | 92 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 33 | P | Guy Cantrell | 26 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 34 | P | Ownie Carroll | 27 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | -28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 35 | P | Joe Samuels | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 36 | P | Phil Page | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 26.8 | 154 | 5927 | 5298 | 783 | 1504 | 298 | 90 | 82 | 728 | 97 | 70 | 459 | 507 | .284 | .344 | .421 | .764 | 91 | 2228 | 0 | 25 | 145 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | George Uhle | 31 | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.65 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 239.0 | 239 | 110 | 97 | 18 | 75 | 117 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1005 | 131 | 1.314 | 9.0 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 1.56 | |
| 2 | SP | Vic Sorrell | 29 | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.86 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 233.1 | 245 | 116 | 100 | 13 | 106 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1021 | 124 | 1.504 | 9.5 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 0.92 | |
| 3 | SP | Earl Whitehill* | 31 | 17 | 13 | .567 | 4.24 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 220.2 | 248 | 139 | 104 | 8 | 80 | 109 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 983 | 113 | 1.486 | 10.1 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 1.36 | |
| 4 | SP | Chief Hogsett* | 26 | 9 | 8 | .529 | 5.42 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 146.0 | 174 | 102 | 88 | 9 | 63 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 670 | 88 | 1.623 | 10.7 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 0.86 | |
| 5 | SP | Waite Hoyt | 30 | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.78 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 135.2 | 176 | 89 | 72 | 7 | 47 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 628 | 100 | 1.644 | 11.7 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.53 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | CL | Charlie Sullivan | 27 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.53 | 40 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 93.2 | 112 | 72 | 68 | 9 | 53 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 433 | 73 | 1.762 | 10.8 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 0.72 | |
| 7 | RP | Whit Wyatt | 22 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.57 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 85.2 | 76 | 41 | 34 | 6 | 35 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 363 | 134 | 1.296 | 8.0 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 7.1 | 1.94 | |
| 8 | RP | Art Herring | 24 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.33 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77.2 | 97 | 54 | 46 | 2 | 36 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 359 | 90 | 1.712 | 11.2 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 0.44 | |
| 9 | RP | Guy Cantrell | 26 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.66 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 38 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 168 | 85 | 1.657 | 9.8 | 1.3 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 1.00 | |
| 10 | RP | Phil Page* | 24 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.75 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 49 | 2.667 | 17.3 | 0.8 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 0.22 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 11 | Tommy Bridges | 23 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.06 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37.2 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 118 | 1.354 | 6.7 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 0.74 | ||
| 12 | Ownie Carroll | 27 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 10.62 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.1 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 45 | 1.918 | 13.3 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 0.44 | ||
| 13 | Mark Koenig | 25 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 48 | 2.111 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 0.75 | ||
| 14 | Joe Samuels | 25 | 0 | 0 | 16.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 29 | 2.667 | 15.0 | 1.5 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 0.17 | |||
| Team Totals | 28.2 | 75 | 79 | .487 | 4.70 | 154 | 154 | 86 | 68 | 4 | 17 | 1351.2 | 1507 | 832 | 706 | 86 | 570 | 574 | 33 | 0 | 27 | 6026 | 102 | 1.537 | 10.0 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 1.01 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4081 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Akers | 25 | 75 | 323 | 119 | 184 | 20 | 43 | .938 | 4.04 | SS-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Dale Alexander | 27 | 154 | 1431 | 1338 | 71 | 22 | 132 | .985 | 9.15 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Bridges | 23 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 0.88 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Guy Cantrell | 26 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.69 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ownie Carroll | 27 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Gene Desautels | 23 | 42 | 231 | 207 | 23 | 1 | 3 | .996 | 5.48 | 3 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Charlie Gehringer | 27 | 154 | 919 | 399 | 501 | 19 | 97 | .979 | 5.84 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Pinky Hargrave | 34 | 40 | 192 | 175 | 14 | 3 | 3 | .984 | 4.73 | 3 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Ray Hayworth | 26 | 76 | 311 | 277 | 27 | 7 | 4 | .977 | 4.00 | 11 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Art Herring | 24 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.78 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Chief Hogsett | 26 | 33 | 52 | 10 | 37 | 5 | 1 | .904 | 1.42 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Waite Hoyt | 30 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 0.73 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Mark Koenig | 25 | 74 | 327 | 117 | 185 | 25 | 40 | .924 | 4.08 | SS-3B-P | ||||||||||||||||
| Marty McManus | 30 | 134 | 419 | 156 | 249 | 14 | 26 | .967 | 3.02 | 3B-SS-1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Phil Page | 24 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.42 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Tony Rensa | 28 | 18 | 55 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .964 | 2.94 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Billy Rogell | 25 | 46 | 186 | 62 | 114 | 10 | 20 | .946 | 3.83 | SS-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Samuels | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Shevlin | 20 | 25 | 58 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.32 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Vic Sorrell | 29 | 35 | 37 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 1.03 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Sullivan | 27 | 40 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 0.65 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| George Uhle | 31 | 33 | 40 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 2 | .975 | 1.18 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Watson | 22 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .933 | 3.50 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Earl Whitehill | 31 | 34 | 41 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.18 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Hughie Wise | 24 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.50 | 0 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Yats Wuestling | 26 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .842 | 4.00 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Whit Wyatt | 22 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 0.90 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 26.6 | 154 | 5875 | 4034 | 1653 | 188 | 398 | .968 | 3.49 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |