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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1936 / 1938
89-65, Finished 2nd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Mickey Cochrane (42-33), Del Baker (41-23) and Cy Perkins (6-9)
Scored 935 runs, Allowed 841 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70
Ballparks: Navin Field · 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 - 110, Pitching - 108
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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elden Auker | 26 | R | R | 6' 2" | 194 | Sep 21, 1910 | 5 | 43 | 32 | 43 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.8 | $ | |
| Cliff Bolton | 30 | L | R | 5' 9" | 160 | Apr 10, 1907 | 6 | 27 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Tommy Bridges | 30 | R | R | 5' 10" | 155 | Dec 28, 1906 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | $16,500 | All-Star |
| Flea Clifton | 28 | R | R | 5' 10" | 160 | Dec 12, 1908 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.5 | $ | |
| Mickey Cochrane HOF | 34 | L | R | 5' 10" | 180 | Apr 6, 1903 | 13 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | $ | |
| Slick Coffman | 26 | R | R | 6' 0" | 155 | Dec 11, 1910 | 1st | 28 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | $ | |
| Gil English | 27 | R | R | 5' 11" | 180 | Jul 2, 1909 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Pete Fox | 28 | R | R | 5' 11" | 165 | Mar 8, 1909 | 5 | 148 | 141 | 148 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 28 | 105 | 143 | 3 | 3 | 2.9 | $ | |
| Charlie Gehringer HOF | 34 | L | R | 5' 11" | 180 | May 11, 1903 | 14 | 144 | 142 | 144 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.6 | $18,500 | All-Star |
| Charlie Gelbert | 31 | R | R | 5' 11" | 170 | Jan 26, 1906 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -0.7 | $ | |
| George Gill | 28 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Feb 13, 1909 | 1st | 31 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | $ | |
| Goose Goslin HOF | 36 | L | R | 5' 11" | 185 | Oct 16, 1900 | 17 | 79 | 41 | 79 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 38 | 0 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Hank Greenberg HOF | 26 | R | R | 6' 3" | 210 | Jan 1, 1911 | 6 | 154 | 154 | 154 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | $25,000 | All-Star |
| Clyde Hatter | 28 | R | L | 5' 11" | 170 | Aug 7, 1908 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | $ | |
| Ray Hayworth | 33 | R | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Jan 29, 1904 | 10 | 30 | 21 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Babe Herman | 34 | L | L | 6' 4" | 190 | Jun 26, 1903 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Chet Laabs | 25 | R | R | 5' 8" | 175 | Apr 30, 1912 | 1st | 72 | 60 | 72 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 41 | 0 | 62 | 9 | 1 | -0.5 | $ | |
| Roxie Lawson | 31 | R | R | 6' 0" | 170 | Apr 13, 1906 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | $ | |
| Bob Logan | 27 | R | L | 5' 10" | 170 | Feb 10, 1910 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Pat McLaughlin | 26 | R | R | 6' 2" | 175 | Aug 17, 1910 | 1st | 11 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Marv Owen | 31 | R | R | 6' 1" | 175 | Mar 22, 1906 | 6 | 107 | 102 | 107 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | $ | |
| Boots Poffenberger | 21 | R | R | 5' 10" | 178 | Jul 1, 1915 | 1st | 29 | 16 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | $ | |
| Billy Rogell | 32 | B | R | 5' 10" | 163 | Nov 24, 1904 | 11 | 146 | 145 | 146 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | $ | |
| Schoolboy Rowe | 27 | R | R | 6' 4" | 210 | Jan 11, 1910 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.9 | $ | |
| Jack Russell | 31 | R | R | 6' 1" | 178 | Oct 24, 1905 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.7 | $ | |
| Vic Sorrell | 36 | R | R | 5' 10" | 180 | Apr 9, 1901 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.7 | $ | |
| Birdie Tebbetts | 24 | R | R | 5' 11" | 170 | Nov 10, 1912 | 2 | 50 | 40 | 50 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1.2 | $ | |
| Jake Wade | 25 | L | L | 6' 2" | 175 | Apr 1, 1912 | 2 | 33 | 25 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | $ | |
| Gee Walker | 29 | R | R | 5' 11" | 188 | Mar 19, 1908 | 7 | 151 | 151 | 151 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 17 | 50 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | $ | All-Star |
| Jo-Jo White | 28 | L | R | 5' 11" | 165 | Jun 1, 1909 | 6 | 94 | 71 | 94 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 0 | 82 | 9 | 3 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Rudy York | 23 | R | R | 6' 1" | 209 | Aug 17, 1913 | 2 | 104 | 94 | 104 | 97 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3.3 | $ | |
| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR |