1938 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics

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1938 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 / 1939)
84-70, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 862 runs, Allowed 795 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71
Manager: Mickey Cochrane (47-51) and Del Baker (37-19)
Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 799,557 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 105; one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99

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1937 / 1939 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	24	135	557	463	85	138	27	2	33	127	1	2	92	74	.298	.417	.579	.995	140	268		2	0
2	1B	Hank Greenberg	27	155	681	556	144	175	23	4	58	146	7	5	119	92	.315	.438	.683	1.122	169	380		3	3
3	2B	Charlie Gehringer*	35	152	688	568	133	174	32	5	20	107	14	1	113	21	.306	.425	.486	.911	121	276		4	3
4	SS	Billy Rogell#	33	136	597	501	76	130	22	8	3	55	9	2	86	37	.259	.373	.353	.727	78	177		5	5
5	3B	Don Ross	23	77	297	265	22	69	7	1	1	30	1	0	29	11	.260	.333	.306	.639	57	81		0	3
6	OF	Dixie Walker*	27	127	526	454	84	140	27	6	6	43	5	4	65	32	.308	.396	.434	.830	102	197		1	6
7	OF	Pete Fox	29	155	675	634	91	186	35	10	7	96	16	7	31	39	.293	.328	.413	.742	80	262		2	8
8	OF	Chet Morgan*	28	74	333	306	50	87	6	1	0	27	5	6	20	12	.284	.330	.310	.641	57	95		1	6
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	IF	Mark Christman	24	95	347	318	35	79	6	4	1	44	5	2	27	21	.248	.307	.302	.609	49	96		0	2
10	OF	Jo-Jo White*	29	78	240	206	40	54	6	1	0	15	3	4	30	15	.262	.359	.301	.660	62	62		1	3
11	OF	Chet Laabs	26	64	229	211	26	50	7	3	7	37	3	2	15	52	.237	.288	.398	.686	65	84		0	3
12	C	Birdie Tebbetts	25	53	158	143	16	42	6	2	1	25	1	2	12	13	.294	.348	.385	.733	78	55		0	3
13	3B	Tony Piet	31	41	97	80	9	17	6	0	0	14	2	4	15	11	.213	.351	.288	.638	57	23		2	0
14	OF	Roy Cullenbine#	24	25	79	67	12	19	1	3	0	9	2	0	12	9	.284	.392	.388	.780	91	26		0	0
15	C	Ray Hayworth	34	8	22	19	1	4	0	0	0	5	1	0	3	4	.211	.318	.211	.529	31	4		0	0
16	IF	Benny McCoy*	22	7	16	15	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.250	.267	.517	26	4		0	0
17		George Archie	24	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	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
18	P	Vern Kennedy*	31	37	87	79	10	23	3	0	0	8	0	0	1	11	.291	.300	.329	.629	53	26		0	7
19	P	Elden Auker	27	27	65	57	6	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	24	.088	.161	.088	.249	-38	5		1	3
20	P	Tommy Bridges	31	25	64	54	5	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	6	17	.130	.217	.185	.402	-1	10		0	4
21	P	George Gill	29	24	62	57	4	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	15	.105	.105	.158	.263	-37	9		0	5
22	P	Roxie Lawson	32	27	47	45	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.044	.065	.044	.110	-73	2		0	1
23	P	Boots Poffenberger	22	25	47	44	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	.182	.217	.182	.399	-2	8		0	1
24	P	Harry Eisenstat*	22	32	45	36	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	16	.139	.225	.139	.364	-9	5		0	5
25	P	Al Benton	27	19	35	33	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	.121	.121	.121	.242	-41	4		0	2
26	P	Slick Coffman	27	39	28	24	2	4	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	7	.167	.259	.208	.468	15	5		0	1
27	P	Jake Wade*	26	27	22	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.048	.091	.048	.139	-65	1		0	0
28	P	Schoolboy Rowe	28	4	7	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.333	.500	19	2		0	1
29	P	Bob Harris	23	3	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	107	1		0	0
30	P	Joe Rogalski	25	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
31	P	Woody Davis*	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	28.2	155	6060	5270	862	1434	219	52	137	804	76	41	693	579	.272	.359	.411	.770	87	2168		22	75
		Rank in 8 AL teams				5	3	7	8	7	2		3	3	2	4	7	4	5	5		5
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

* - 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
George Archie	24	2	2	0	0.0	124	.000	.000	.299	.000	.378	.000	.445	.000	.824	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
Elden Auker	27	65	55	1	0.5	124	.152	.088	.299	.161	.379	.088	.445	.249	.824	-38	.012	-13.0	-1.2	.212	.088	.000	.0	1
Al Benton	27	35	31	0	0.0	124	.200	.121	.299	.121	.379	.121	.445	.242	.824	-41	.000	-7.6	-0.7	.138	.000	.000		1
Tommy Bridges	31	64	51	2	1.0	124	.189	.130	.299	.217	.379	.185	.445	.402	.824	-1	.048	-9.2	-0.9	.340	.167	.056		1
Mark Christman	24	347	243	30	3.2	124	.264	.248	.299	.307	.379	.302	.445	.609	.824	49	.292	-27.2	-2.5	.523	.148	.053	1.7	56
Slick Coffman	27	28	21	1	1.2	124	.235	.167	.299	.259	.379	.208	.445	.468	.824	15	.067	-3.3	-0.3	.400	.167	.042		1
#Roy Cullenbine	24	79	48	11	6.0	124	.328	.284	.299	.392	.379	.388	.445	.780	.824	91	.561	-1.0	-0.1	.833	.313	.104	.0	O
*Woody Davis	25	1	1	0	0.0	124		.000	.299	.000	.379	.000	.445	.000	.824	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000		/1
*Harry Eisenstat	22	45	36	1	0.7	124	.250	.139	.299	.225	.379	.139	.445	.364	.824	-9	.026	-6.5	-0.6	.290	.111	.000		1
Pete Fox	29	675	463	86	4.9	124	.304	.293	.299	.328	.379	.413	.445	.742	.824	80	.465	-24.1	-2.2	.668	.183	.120	9.7	*O
*Charlie Gehringer	35	688	398	119	7.9	124	.292	.306	.299	.425	.379	.486	.445	.911	.824	121	.675	23.2	2.1	1.028	.401	.180	16.5	*4
George Gill	29	62	56	1	0.5	124	.143	.105	.299	.105	.379	.158	.445	.263	.824	-37	.012	-12.9	-1.2	.176	.053	.053		1
Hank Greenberg	27	681	389	164	11.1	124	.288	.315	.299	.438	.379	.683	.445	1.122	.824	169	.796	60.8	5.4	1.306	.586	.369	12.5	*3
Bob Harris	23	4	2	1	13.1	124	1.000	.333	.299	.500	.379	.333	.445	.833	.824	107	.842	0.1	0.0	1.000	.333	.000		/1
Ray Hayworth	34	22	15	1	1.8	124	.267	.211	.299	.318	.379	.211	.445	.529	.824	31	.117	-2.1	-0.2	.533	.211	.000	.0	/2
*Vern Kennedy	31	87	63	8	3.3	124	.338	.291	.299	.300	.379	.329	.445	.629	.824	53	.303	-6.2	-0.6	.482	.051	.038		1
Chet Laabs	26	229	166	24	3.8	124	.283	.237	.299	.288	.379	.398	.445	.686	.824	65	.355	-13.7	-1.3	.613	.237	.161	4.2	O
Roxie Lawson	32	47	44	0	0.0	124	.056	.044	.299	.065	.379	.044	.445	.110	.824	-73	.000	-12.8	-1.2	.070	.022	.000		1
*Benny McCoy	22	16	12	1	2.2	124	.231	.200	.299	.250	.379	.267	.445	.517	.824	26	.167	-1.8	-0.2	.417	.133	.067		/45
*Chet Morgan	28	333	231	30	3.4	124	.296	.284	.299	.330	.379	.310	.445	.641	.824	57	.311	-21.6	-2.0	.511	.088	.026	.0	O
Tony Piet	31	97	67	7	2.8	124	.246	.213	.299	.351	.379	.288	.445	.638	.824	57	.233	-4.9	-0.4	.567	.238	.075	.0	5/4
Boots Poffenberger	22	47	37	2	1.4	124	.229	.182	.299	.217	.379	.182	.445	.399	.824	-2	.083	-7.4	-0.7	.278	.045	.000		1
Joe Rogalski	25	2	2	0	0.0	124	.000	.000	.299	.000	.378	.000	.445	.000	.824	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/1
#Billy Rogell	33	597	378	66	4.6	124	.275	.259	.299	.373	.379	.353	.445	.727	.824	78	.437	-16.0	-1.5	.737	.279	.094	4.5	*6
Don Ross	23	297	199	27	3.6	124	.269	.260	.299	.333	.379	.306	.445	.639	.824	57	.329	-18.5	-1.7	.566	.158	.045	1.0	5
Schoolboy Rowe	28	7	6	0	0.0	124	.200	.167	.299	.167	.379	.333	.445	.500	.824	19	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.400	.167	.167		/1
Birdie Tebbetts	25	158	106	19	4.7	124	.318	.294	.299	.348	.379	.385	.445	.733	.824	78	.449	-5.4	-0.5	.641	.168	.091	1.0	2
*Jake Wade	26	22	20	0	0.0	124	.077	.048	.299	.091	.379	.048	.445	.139	.824	-65	.000	-5.7	-0.5	.100	.048	.000		1
*Dixie Walker	27	526	324	77	6.2	124	.322	.308	.299	.396	.379	.434	.445	.830	.824	102	.577	2.7	0.2	.830	.271	.126	5.5	*O
*Jo-Jo White	29	240	159	22	3.6	124	.283	.262	.299	.359	.379	.301	.445	.660	.824	62	.337	-11.8	-1.1	.590	.180	.039	.0	O
Rudy York	24	557	327	110	8.8	124	.295	.298	.299	.417	.379	.579	.445	.995	.824	140	.720	30.2	2.7	1.104	.477	.281	1.9	*2O/3
League Average					5.4	118	.296	.281	.290	.357	.369	.414	.432	.771	.802	92	.507			.740	.253	.133
Team Total		6060	3952	811	5.4	124	.285	.272	.299	.359	.379	.411	.445	.770	.824	87	.511	-118.1	-11.2	.753	.277	.139	97.8
	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
George Archie	24	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3	3
Elden Auker	27	29	67	61	8	6	0	0	0	3	1		5	25	.098	.179	.098	.277	1	27	27
Al Benton	27	20	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	14	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	19	19
Tommy Bridges	31	26	63	57	5	7	1	1	0	3	0		6	18	.123	.206	.175	.382	2	25	25
Mark Christman	24	101	350	325	29	72	5	4	1	36	5		25	22	.222	.277	.271	.548	24	95	95
Slick Coffman	27	41	28	25	2	4	1	0	0	4	0		3	7	.160	.250	.200	.450	1	39	39
#Roy Cullenbine	24	26	79	68	10	17	1	3	0	7	2		11	10	.250	.354	.353	.707	8	25	25
*Woody Davis	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	2
*Harry Eisenstat	22	34	42	38	4	5	0	0	0	1	0		4	17	.132	.214	.132	.346	1	32	32
Pete Fox	29	164	673	643	74	169	32	9	6	78	15		28	41	.263	.296	.369	.664	70	155	155
*Charlie Gehringer	35	161	683	576	109	159	29	5	18	87	13		103	22	.276	.389	.438	.827	97	152	152
George Gill	29	25	60	60	4	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	16	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	24	24
Hank Greenberg	27	164	668	559	117	156	21	4	52	119	6		106	97	.279	.397	.610	1.007	133	155	155
Bob Harris	23	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	3	3
Ray Hayworth	34	14	28	24	1	4	0	0	0	4	1		4	5	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	13	13
*Vern Kennedy	31	39	81	80	8	21	3	0	0	7	0		1	12	.263	.272	.300	.572	6	37	37
Chet Laabs	26	68	229	215	21	45	6	3	6	30	3		14	55	.209	.258	.349	.606	19	64	64
Roxie Lawson	32	29	49	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	10	.000	.020	.000	.020	0	27	27
*Benny McCoy	22	7	17	16	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	2	.188	.235	.250	.485	1	7	7
*Chet Morgan	28	78	328	309	40	77	5	1	0	22	4		18	13	.249	.293	.272	.565	24	74	74
Tony Piet	31	43	95	81	7	14	5	0	0	10	2		12	12	.173	.295	.235	.529	5	41	41
Boots Poffenberger	22	26	46	44	0	6	0	0	0	1	0		2	10	.136	.174	.136	.310	1	25	25
Joe Rogalski	25	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	2
#Billy Rogell	33	144	596	512	62	119	20	7	3	45	8		79	39	.232	.341	.316	.657	54	136	136
Don Ross	23	82	297	271	18	63	6	1	1	25	1		26	12	.232	.300	.273	.573	22	77	77
Schoolboy Rowe	28	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4	4
Birdie Tebbetts	25	56	155	144	13	37	5	2	1	20	1		11	14	.257	.310	.340	.650	15	53	53
*Jake Wade	26	29	23	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	8	.000	.043	.000	.043	0	27	27
*Dixie Walker	27	134	517	458	69	126	24	5	5	35	4		58	34	.275	.358	.382	.740	64	127	127
*Jo-Jo White	29	83	238	210	33	49	5	1	0	13	3		27	16	.233	.324	.267	.590	18	78	78
Rudy York	24	143	553	468	69	124	24	2	30	104	1		83	78	.265	.378	.517	.895	90	135	135
	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
George Archie	24	1	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
Elden Auker	27	6	446	199	446	391	39	76	10	6	3	50	1	0	25	134	.194	.246	.274	.520	31	107		2	28
Al Benton	27	3	120	78	120	113	3	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	46	.097	.113	.097	.210	-46	11		0	5
Tommy Bridges	31	9	775	280	775	684	55	131	18	7	0	56	0	0	47	185	.192	.244	.238	.482	23	163		0	44
Mark Christman	24	1	347	95	347	318	35	79	6	4	1	44	5	2	27	21	.248	.307	.302	.609	49	96		0	2
Slick Coffman	27	2	66	67	66	53	5	9	2	0	0	7	0	0	8	20	.170	.279	.208	.486	22	11		0	5
#Roy Cullenbine	24	1	79	25	79	67	12	19	1	3	0	9	2	0	12	9	.284	.392	.388	.780	91	26		0	0
*Woody Davis	25	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
*Harry Eisenstat	22	4	65	52	65	51	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	21	.118	.237	.118	.355	-8	6	0	0	6
Pete Fox	29	6	3346	763	3346	3050	552	928	181	42	47	379	77	38	223	248	.304	.355	.437	.792	100	1334		17	56
*Charlie Gehringer	35	15	8533	1894	8533	7458	1509	2438	493	133	154	1207	166	84	915	309	.327	.404	.491	.894	127	3659		43	117
George Gill	29	2	114	55	114	107	10	13	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	27	.121	.130	.159	.289	-29	17		0	6
Hank Greenberg	27	7	3313	744	3313	2858	589	930	220	46	173	741	35	18	426	461	.325	.415	.616	1.031	159	1761		9	20
Bob Harris	23	1	4	3	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	107	1		0	0
Ray Hayworth	34	11	2241	663	2241	2010	219	538	90	16	5	237	2	6	191	179	.268	.333	.336	.669	72	675	0	6	34
*Vern Kennedy	31	5	386	139	386	359	39	95	15	2	2	38	0	0	3	60	.265	.273	.334	.607	50	120		1	23
Chet Laabs	26	2	496	136	496	453	57	108	20	8	15	74	9	4	39	118	.238	.299	.417	.716	75	189		0	4
Roxie Lawson	32	7	235	140	235	214	19	40	4	2	0	16	0	0	12	44	.187	.233	.224	.458	15	48		1	8
*Benny McCoy	22	1	16	7	16	15	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.200	.250	.267	.517	26	4		0	0
*Chet Morgan	28	2	361	88	361	329	52	91	7	1	0	28	5	6	25	12	.277	.330	.304	.634	56	100		1	6
Tony Piet	31	8	2914	744	2914	2585	352	717	132	30	23	312	80	16	247	274	.277	.350	.378	.728	91	978	17	40	42
Boots Poffenberger	22	2	100	54	100	95	5	19	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	17	.200	.216	.232	.448	11	22		0	3
Joe Rogalski	25	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
#Billy Rogell	33	12	5650	1375	5650	4916	724	1327	250	72	39	583	78	61	621	394	.270	.354	.374	.728	86	1838		21	92
Don Ross	23	1	297	77	297	265	22	69	7	1	1	30	1	0	29	11	.260	.333	.306	.639	57	81		0	3
Schoolboy Rowe	28	6	421	176	421	374	59	104	15	4	6	69	0	0	33	56	.278	.338	.388	.726	86	145		1	13
Birdie Tebbetts	25	3	371	113	371	338	38	83	11	7	4	45	1	2	27	29	.246	.301	.355	.656	61	120		0	6
*Jake Wade	26	3	117	73	117	109	7	17	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	50	.156	.207	.165	.372	-7	18		0	1
*Dixie Walker	27	7	1721	438	1721	1505	276	442	75	31	31	207	10	9	185	103	.294	.372	.447	.819	106	672		3	28
*Jo-Jo White	29	7	2102	630	2102	1800	348	475	60	33	6	173	75	40	275	191	.264	.363	.344	.707	82	619		6	21
Rudy York	24	3	981	242	981	844	157	254	45	5	68	230	4	4	134	129	.301	.398	.608	1.006	144	513		2	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

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