1931 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1930 / 1932

61-93, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bucky Harris (61-93)
Scored 651 runs, Allowed 836 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-94

Ballparks: Navin Field · Attendance: 434,056 (5th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 107

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1930 / 1932 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	26	R	R	5' 11"	178	Dec 25, 1904	3	29	16	29	23	0	0	0	2	0	21	0	0	0	0	5	1	-0.5
Dale Alexander	28	R	R	6' 3"	210	Apr 26, 1903	3	135	129	135	129	0	0	126	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	6	0	1.1
Tommy Bridges	24	R	R	5' 10"	155	Dec 28, 1906	2	35	23	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Louis Brower	30	R	R	5' 10"	155	Jul 1, 1900	1st	21	18	21	21	0	0	0	2	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
Orlin Collier	24	R	R	5' 11"	180	Feb 17, 1907	1st	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Gene Desautels	24	R	R	5' 11"	170	Jun 13, 1907	2	3	3	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Frank Doljack	23	R	R	5' 11"	175	Oct 5, 1907	2	64	49	64	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	43	9	55	9	0	0.0
Joe Dugan	34	R	R	5' 11"	160	May 12, 1897	14	8	4	8	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	-0.1
Charlie Gehringer HOF	28	L	R	5' 11"	180	May 11, 1903	8	101	85	101	85	0	0	9	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	1.2
Johnny Grabowski	31	R	R	5' 10"	185	Jan 7, 1900	7	40	36	40	39	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.5
Bucky Harris HOF	34	R	R	5' 9"	156	Nov 8, 1896	12	4	3	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.1
Ray Hayworth	27	R	R	6' 0"	180	Jan 29, 1904	4	88	74	88	88	0	88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Art Herring	25	R	R	5' 7"	168	Mar 10, 1906	3	35	16	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9
Chief Hogsett	27	L	L	6' 0"	190	Nov 2, 1903	3	22	12	22	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Waite Hoyt HOF	31	R	R	6' 0"	180	Sep 9, 1899	14	16	12	16	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.8
Roy Johnson	28	L	R	5' 9"	175	Feb 23, 1903	3	151	149	151	150	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	146	150	1	0	1.5
Mark Koenig	26	B	R	6' 0"	180	Jul 19, 1904	7	106	86	106	91	3	0	0	55	0	35	0	0	0	0	15	0	-1.3
Marty McManus	31	R	R	5' 10"	160	Mar 14, 1900	12	107	97	107	99	0	0	1	21	79	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0.9
Marv Owen	25	R	R	6' 1"	175	Mar 22, 1906	1st	105	96	105	102	0	0	27	4	37	37	0	0	0	0	3	0	-1.6
George Quellich	28	R	R	6' 1"	180	Feb 10, 1903	1st	13	13	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	2	13	0	0	-0.3
Nolen Richardson	28	R	R	6' 1"	170	Jan 18, 1903	2	38	38	38	38	0	0	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Billy Rogell	26	B	R	5' 10"	163	Nov 24, 1904	5	48	48	48	48	0	0	0	0	0	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9
Muddy Ruel	35	R	R	5' 9"	150	Feb 20, 1896	16	14	14	14	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Wally Schang	41	B	R	5' 10"	180	Aug 22, 1889	19	30	27	30	30	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Ivey Shiver	24	R	R	6' 1"	190	Jan 22, 1907	1st	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	-0.2
Vic Sorrell	30	R	R	5' 10"	180	Apr 9, 1901	4	35	32	35	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.4
John Stone	25	L	R	6' 1"	178	Oct 10, 1905	4	147	145	147	147	0	0	0	0	0	0	135	15	0	147	0	0	2.0
Charlie Sullivan	28	L	R	6' 1"	185	May 23, 1903	3	31	4	31	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
George Uhle	32	R	R	6' 0"	190	Sep 18, 1898	13	53	18	53	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0	4.7
Gee Walker	23	R	R	5' 11"	188	Mar 19, 1908	1st	59	43	59	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	40	1	44	11	4	-0.4
Hub Walker	24	L	R	5' 10"	175	Aug 17, 1906	1st	90	57	90	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	61	2	67	14	9	-0.1
Earl Whitehill	32	L	L	5' 9"	174	Feb 7, 1899	9	34	34	34	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0
Whit Wyatt	23	R	R	6' 1"	185	Sep 27, 1907	3	4	1	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7
	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Hub Walker	Gee Walker	Charlie Gehringer	Dale Alexander	Gene Desautels Marty McManus	Frank Doljack	Bill Akers Louis Brower Billy Rogell	Muddy Ruel Wally Schang
Ray Hayworth	Earl Whitehill	Vic Sorrell	Waite Hoyt	George Uhle	Tommy Bridges	Whit Wyatt	Chief Hogsett
Charlie Sullivan	Roy Johnson	John Stone	Joe Dugan	Ivey Shiver	Mark Koenig	Orlin Collier	Marv Owen Nolen Richardson
Bucky Harris	Johnny Grabowski	George Quellich	Art Herring

1930 / 1932 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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