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1937 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1936 / 1938)
89-65, Finished 2nd in American League
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Scored 935 runs, Allowed 841 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70
Manager: Mickey Cochrane (42-33), Del Baker (41-23) and Cy Perkins (6-9)
Ballpark: Navin Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,072,276 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 109, Pitching - 107

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1936 / 1938 Batting Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Rudy York 23 104 417 375 72 115 18 3 35 103 3 2 41 52 .307 .375 .651 1.026 151 244 0 1
2 1B Hank Greenberg 26 154 701 594 137 200 49 14 40 183 8 3 102 101 .337 .436 .668 1.105 172 397 3 2
3 2B Charlie Gehringer* 34 144 660 564 133 209 40 1 14 96 11 4 90 25 .371 .458 .520 .978 144 293 1 5
4 SS Billy Rogell# 32 146 632 536 85 148 30 7 8 64 5 5 83 48 .276 .376 .403 .779 95 216 3 10
5 3B Marv Owen 31 107 441 396 48 114 22 5 1 45 3 4 41 24 .288 .358 .376 .734 84 149 2 2
6 OF Gee Walker 29 151 683 635 105 213 42 4 18 113 23 7 41 74 .335 .380 .499 .880 118 317 5 2
7 OF Jo-Jo White* 28 94 358 305 50 75 5 7 0 21 12 7 50 40 .246 .354 .308 .662 67 94 1 2
8 OF Pete Fox 28 148 679 628 116 208 39 8 12 82 12 8 41 43 .331 .372 .476 .848 110 299 0 10
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 OF Chet Laabs 25 72 267 242 31 58 13 5 8 37 6 2 24 66 .240 .308 .434 .742 83 105 0 1
10 OF Goose Goslin* 36 79 219 181 30 43 11 1 4 35 0 1 35 18 .238 .367 .376 .743 86 68 2 1
11 C Birdie Tebbetts 24 50 175 162 15 31 4 3 2 16 0 0 10 13 .191 .238 .290 .528 31 47 0 3
12 C Mickey Cochrane* 34 27 126 98 27 30 10 1 2 12 0 1 25 4 .306 .452 .490 .941 135 48 1 2
13 C Ray Hayworth 33 30 96 78 9 21 2 0 1 8 0 0 14 15 .269 .394 .333 .727 84 26 2 2
14 IF Gil English 27 18 72 65 6 17 1 0 1 6 1 1 6 4 .262 .333 .323 .656 65 21 1 0
15 C Cliff Bolton* 30 27 65 57 6 15 2 0 1 7 0 0 8 6 .263 .354 .351 .705 77 20 0 0
16 IF Flea Clifton 27 15 52 43 4 5 1 0 0 2 3 0 7 10 .116 .240 .140 .380 -3 6 0 2
17 SS Charlie Gelbert 31 20 51 47 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 .085 .157 .128 .285 -28 6 0 0
18 OF Babe Herman* 34 17 22 20 2 6 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 6 .300 .364 .450 .814 102 9 1 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
19 P Elden Auker 26 43 105 91 14 18 4 2 3 16 0 0 8 36 .198 .263 .385 .647 60 35 0 6
20 P Tommy Bridges 30 34 104 96 9 23 2 1 0 8 0 0 5 26 .240 .277 .281 .558 40 27 0 3
21 P Roxie Lawson 31 37 92 81 11 21 3 0 0 6 0 0 6 14 .259 .310 .296 .607 52 24 0 5
22 P Jake Wade* 25 33 63 59 4 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 31 .186 .226 .203 .429 8 12 0 1
23 P Boots Poffenberger 21 29 53 51 5 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .216 .216 .275 .490 22 14 0 2
24 P George Gill 28 31 52 50 6 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .140 .157 .160 .317 -21 8 0 1
25 P Slick Coffman 26 28 38 29 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 13 .172 .294 .207 .501 27 6 0 4
26 P Schoolboy Rowe 27 10 12 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .200 .273 .200 .473 20 2 0 1
27 P Pat McLaughlin 26 11 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 -28 1 0 0
28 P Jack Russell 31 25 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .222 .000 .222 -40 0 0 1
29 P Vic Sorrell 36 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 1
30 P Clyde Hatter 28 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 -32 0 0 0
31 P Bob Logan 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.0 155 6264 5516 935 1611 309 62 150 873 89 45 656 712 .292 .370 .452 .822 104 2494 0 22 70 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 2 1 2 6 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 2 2 2
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Elden Auker 26 105 79 9 3.0 119 .288 .198 .292 .263 .368 .385 .435 .647 .803 60 .265 -6.6 -0.6 .589 .275 .187 .0 1
*Cliff Bolton 30 65 42 7 4.4 119 .280 .263 .292 .354 .368 .351 .436 .705 .804 77 .420 -1.9 -0.2 .667 .228 .088 .0 2
Tommy Bridges 30 104 76 7 2.4 119 .329 .240 .292 .277 .368 .281 .436 .558 .804 40 .196 -9.4 -0.9 .438 .094 .042 1
Flea Clifton 27 52 40 2 1.3 119 .152 .116 .292 .240 .368 .140 .435 .380 .803 -3 .074 -7.0 -0.7 .421 .256 .023 .0 /564
*Mickey Cochrane 34 126 71 21 7.8 119 .304 .306 .292 .452 .368 .490 .436 .941 .804 135 .674 7.3 0.7 1.058 .429 .184 .0 2
Slick Coffman 26 38 28 2 1.9 119 .313 .172 .292 .294 .368 .207 .436 .501 .804 27 .134 -3.2 -0.3 .458 .207 .034 1
Gil English 27 72 49 7 3.8 119 .267 .262 .292 .333 .368 .323 .436 .656 .804 65 .353 -3.6 -0.3 .571 .154 .062 1.0 4/5
Pete Fox 28 679 438 110 6.6 119 .342 .331 .292 .372 .368 .476 .436 .848 .804 110 .605 8.4 0.8 .804 .217 .145 12.0 *O
*Charlie Gehringer 34 660 364 135 9.8 119 .371 .371 .292 .458 .368 .520 .436 .978 .804 144 .758 44.1 4.0 1.089 .321 .149 12.3 *4
Charlie Gelbert 31 51 43 1 0.6 119 .111 .085 .292 .157 .368 .128 .435 .285 .803 -28 .019 -9.6 -0.9 .233 .128 .043 6
George Gill 28 52 44 1 0.6 119 .184 .140 .292 .157 .368 .160 .436 .317 .804 -21 .018 -9.6 -0.9 .209 .040 .020 1
*Goose Goslin 36 219 140 24 4.5 119 .245 .238 .292 .367 .368 .376 .436 .743 .804 86 .433 -2.9 -0.3 .748 .326 .138 .0 O/3
Hank Greenberg 26 701 399 172 11.4 119 .353 .337 .292 .436 .368 .668 .436 1.105 .804 172 .805 66.9 6.0 1.277 .512 .332 13.3 *3
Clyde Hatter 28 4 3 0 0.0 119 .000 .000 .292 .250 .368 .000 .435 .250 .803 -32 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .333 .333 .000 /1
Ray Hayworth 33 96 59 10 4.5 119 .323 .269 .292 .394 .368 .333 .436 .727 .804 84 .428 -1.3 -0.1 .737 .244 .064 .0 2
*Babe Herman 34 22 14 3 5.7 119 .429 .300 .292 .364 .368 .450 .436 .814 .804 102 .534 0.2 0.0 .929 .300 .150 .0 /O
Chet Laabs 25 267 187 33 4.7 119 .298 .240 .292 .308 .368 .434 .436 .742 .804 83 .446 -8.0 -0.7 .715 .310 .194 6.9 O
Roxie Lawson 31 92 65 7 2.8 119 .313 .259 .292 .310 .368 .296 .436 .607 .804 52 .245 -6.0 -0.6 .500 .111 .037 1
Bob Logan 27 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Pat McLaughlin 26 11 9 0 0.0 119 .125 .100 .292 .182 .368 .100 .436 .282 .804 -28 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .222 .100 .000 1
Marv Owen 31 441 288 52 4.8 119 .305 .288 .292 .358 .368 .376 .436 .734 .804 84 .456 -9.6 -0.9 .668 .189 .088 1.5 *5
Boots Poffenberger 21 53 42 3 1.9 119 .256 .216 .292 .216 .368 .275 .435 .490 .803 22 .134 -6.4 -0.6 .350 .059 .059 1
#Billy Rogell 32 632 403 80 5.2 119 .292 .276 .292 .376 .368 .403 .436 .779 .804 95 .499 -2.5 -0.2 .768 .282 .127 6.2 *6
Schoolboy Rowe 27 12 9 1 2.9 119 .333 .200 .292 .273 .368 .200 .436 .473 .804 20 .256 -1.3 -0.1 .375 .100 .000 1
Jack Russell 31 10 8 0 0.0 119 .000 .000 .292 .222 .368 .000 .435 .222 .803 -40 .000 -1.6 -0.1 .286 .286 .000 1
Vic Sorrell 36 4 4 0 0.0 119 .000 .000 .292 .000 .368 .000 .435 .000 .803 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Birdie Tebbetts 24 175 134 11 2.2 119 .197 .191 .292 .238 .368 .290 .436 .528 .804 31 .166 -18.6 -1.7 .435 .160 .099 .0 2
*Jake Wade 25 63 49 3 1.6 119 .393 .186 .292 .226 .368 .203 .435 .429 .803 8 .104 -8.7 -0.8 .313 .068 .017 1
Gee Walker 29 683 431 120 7.4 119 .359 .335 .292 .380 .368 .499 .435 .880 .803 118 .649 16.2 1.5 .883 .254 .164 20.2 *O
*Jo-Jo White 28 358 239 33 3.6 119 .283 .246 .292 .354 .368 .308 .436 .662 .804 67 .340 -15.1 -1.4 .633 .243 .062 .0 O
Rudy York 23 417 263 91 9.1 119 .278 .307 .292 .375 .368 .651 .435 1.026 .803 151 .734 26.1 2.4 1.092 .456 .344 5.5 25/3
League Average 5.3 117 .299 .281 .289 .355 .365 .413 .431 .768 .796 93 .508 .734 .249 .132
Team Total 6264 4020 945 6.2 119 .314 .292 .292 .370 .368 .452 .435 .822 .803 104 .576 32.6 2.6 .814 .287 .160 111.7
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Elden Auker 26 45 101 93 13 17 4 2 3 14 0 8 37 .183 .248 .366 .613 8 43 43
*Cliff Bolton 30 28 65 58 5 14 2 0 1 6 0 7 6 .241 .323 .328 .651 6 27 27
Tommy Bridges 30 35 102 97 7 21 2 1 0 7 0 5 27 .216 .255 .258 .513 6 34 34
Flea Clifton 27 16 53 45 5 6 1 0 0 2 4 8 10 .133 .264 .156 .420 2 15 15
*Mickey Cochrane 34 28 121 98 23 27 9 1 2 10 0 22 4 .276 .413 .449 .862 18 27 27
Slick Coffman 26 29 33 29 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 14 .138 .242 .172 .415 1 28 28
Gil English 27 102 385 352 33 101 6 2 3 46 4 31 33 .287 .348 .341 .689 42 97 97
Pete Fox 28 154 665 627 100 191 36 7 11 70 11 38 45 .305 .344 .437 .781 95 148 148
*Charlie Gehringer 34 150 646 562 115 193 37 1 13 83 10 83 26 .343 .429 .482 .911 116 144 144
Charlie Gelbert 31 66 189 169 16 28 6 0 1 14 1 20 24 .166 .254 .219 .473 9 63 63
George Gill 28 32 52 51 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 12 .118 .135 .137 .272 1 31 31
*Goose Goslin 36 82 216 182 26 39 10 1 4 30 0 32 19 .214 .338 .346 .684 21 79 79
Hank Greenberg 26 160 691 594 118 185 45 13 37 158 7 94 105 .311 .408 .618 1.026 148 154 154
Clyde Hatter 28 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 3 3
Ray Hayworth 33 31 93 78 8 19 2 0 1 7 0 13 16 .244 .366 .308 .673 8 30 30
*Babe Herman 34 18 23 21 2 6 3 0 0 3 2 1 6 .286 .348 .429 .776 3 17 17
Chet Laabs 25 75 267 245 27 54 12 5 7 32 6 22 69 .220 .285 .396 .681 28 72 72
Roxie Lawson 31 38 86 81 9 19 3 0 0 5 0 5 15 .235 .279 .272 .551 6 37 37
Bob Logan 27 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5 5
Pat McLaughlin 26 11 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 11 11
Marv Owen 31 111 438 398 41 105 20 5 1 39 3 38 25 .264 .331 .347 .678 45 107 107
Boots Poffenberger 21 30 53 53 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 3 29 29
#Billy Rogell 32 152 618 539 73 136 28 6 7 55 5 76 50 .252 .348 .365 .713 69 146 146
Schoolboy Rowe 27 10 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 10 10
Jack Russell 31 26 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .222 .000 .222 0 25 25
Vic Sorrell 36 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7 7
Birdie Tebbetts 24 52 173 164 13 28 4 3 2 13 0 9 14 .171 .214 .268 .482 9 50 50
*Jake Wade 25 34 63 60 3 10 1 0 0 1 0 3 32 .167 .206 .183 .390 2 33 33
Gee Walker 29 157 680 637 91 199 39 4 17 97 21 38 77 .312 .356 .466 .822 104 151 151
*Jo-Jo White 28 98 357 309 43 70 5 7 0 18 11 47 42 .227 .331 .288 .619 29 94 94
Rudy York 23 108 414 376 62 106 17 3 32 88 3 38 54 .282 .348 .598 .946 78 104 104
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Elden Auker 26 5 381 172 381 334 33 71 10 6 3 48 0 0 21 110 .213 .261 .305 .567 43 102 1 25
*Cliff Bolton 30 6 1066 321 1066 951 113 280 49 18 6 142 3 3 109 48 .294 .369 .403 .772 99 383 3 3
Tommy Bridges 30 8 711 255 711 630 50 124 17 6 0 53 0 0 41 168 .197 .246 .243 .489 25 153 0 40
Flea Clifton 27 4 219 87 219 195 27 39 7 0 0 13 5 2 17 28 .200 .268 .236 .504 30 46 1 6
*Mickey Cochrane 34 13 6206 1482 6206 5169 1041 1652 333 64 119 832 64 46 857 217 .320 .419 .478 .897 128 2470 29 151
Slick Coffman 26 1 38 28 38 29 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 13 .172 .294 .207 .501 27 6 0 4
Gil English 27 4 590 160 590 547 53 141 13 7 5 62 4 1 35 55 .258 .305 .335 .639 75 183 11 2 6
Pete Fox 28 5 2671 608 2671 2416 461 742 146 32 40 283 61 31 192 209 .307 .362 .444 .806 106 1072 15 48
*Charlie Gehringer 34 14 7845 1742 7845 6890 1376 2264 461 128 134 1100 152 83 802 288 .329 .402 .491 .893 128 3383 39 114
Charlie Gelbert 31 7 2835 756 2835 2536 346 680 153 37 14 306 32 0 248 215 .268 .335 .374 .709 81 949 17 5 46
George Gill 28 1 52 31 52 50 6 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 12 .140 .157 .160 .317 -21 8 0 1
*Goose Goslin 36 17 9757 2249 9757 8599 1477 2726 497 173 246 1601 175 89 941 580 .317 .388 .501 .889 128 4307 55 162
Hank Greenberg 26 6 2632 589 2632 2302 445 755 197 42 115 595 28 13 307 369 .328 .408 .600 1.008 157 1381 6 17
Clyde Hatter 28 2 15 11 15 13 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .231 .286 .231 .516 35 3 0 1
Ray Hayworth 33 10 2214 650 2214 1987 218 534 90 16 5 232 1 6 187 174 .269 .333 .338 .671 72 671 6 34
*Babe Herman 34 12 6187 1515 6187 5569 876 1809 398 110 180 988 94 0 515 546 .325 .383 .533 .916 141 2967 42 11 92
Chet Laabs 25 1 267 72 267 242 31 58 13 5 8 37 6 2 24 66 .240 .308 .434 .742 83 105 0 1
Roxie Lawson 31 6 188 113 188 169 18 38 4 2 0 15 0 0 11 35 .225 .276 .272 .548 38 46 1 7
Bob Logan 27 2 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat McLaughlin 26 1 11 11 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282 -28 1 0 0
Marv Owen 31 6 3310 792 3310 2954 363 820 135 38 25 421 20 21 269 233 .278 .342 .374 .717 84 1106 21 66
Boots Poffenberger 21 1 53 29 53 51 5 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 .216 .216 .275 .490 22 14 0 2
#Billy Rogell 32 11 5053 1239 5053 4415 648 1197 228 64 36 528 69 59 535 357 .271 .352 .376 .728 87 1661 16 87
Schoolboy Rowe 27 5 414 172 414 368 58 103 14 4 6 69 0 0 33 55 .280 .341 .389 .729 87 143 1 12
Jack Russell 31 12 617 469 617 555 60 96 16 8 1 37 1 0 34 184 .173 .221 .236 .457 20 131 0 28
Vic Sorrell 36 10 623 281 623 553 35 77 10 1 0 28 0 1 35 144 .139 .190 .161 .351 -9 89 0 35
Birdie Tebbetts 24 2 213 60 213 195 22 41 5 5 3 20 0 0 15 16 .210 .267 .333 .600 49 65 0 3
*Jake Wade 25 2 95 46 95 88 7 16 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 42 .182 .234 .193 .427 7 17 0 1
Gee Walker 29 7 3241 794 3241 3046 475 966 216 32 61 468 132 50 140 253 .317 .351 .469 .820 107 1429 20 35
*Jo-Jo White 28 6 1862 552 1862 1594 308 421 54 32 6 158 72 36 245 176 .264 .364 .349 .713 84 557 5 18
Rudy York 23 2 424 107 424 381 72 116 18 3 35 103 3 2 42 55 .304 .374 .643 1.017 149 245 0 1
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1936 / 1938 Batting Statistics