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1938 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Vern Kennedy 31 12 9 .571 5.06 33 26 6 11 0 2 190.1 215 123 107 13 113 53 1 2 7 877 99 1.723 10.2 0.6 5.3 2.5 0.47
2 SP George Gill 29 12 9 .571 4.12 24 23 1 13 1 0 164.0 195 82 75 15 50 30 2 0 0 719 122 1.494 10.7 0.8 2.7 1.6 0.60
3 SP Elden Auker 27 11 10 .524 5.27 27 24 3 12 1 0 160.2 184 97 94 14 56 46 5 0 1 717 96 1.494 10.3 0.8 3.1 2.6 0.82
4 SP Tommy Bridges 31 13 9 .591 4.59 25 20 4 13 0 1 151.0 171 83 77 14 58 101 2 1 2 665 110 1.517 10.2 0.8 3.5 6.0 1.74
5 SP Roxie Lawson 32 8 9 .471 5.46 27 16 8 5 0 1 127.0 154 85 77 13 82 39 0 0 2 610 92 1.858 10.9 0.9 5.8 2.8 0.48
6 SP Boots Poffenberger 22 6 7 .462 4.82 25 15 6 8 1 1 125.0 147 74 67 8 66 28 2 0 2 569 104 1.704 10.6 0.6 4.8 2.0 0.42
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 RP Harry Eisenstat* 22 9 6 .600 3.73 32 9 17 5 0 4 125.1 131 60 52 7 29 37 1 0 2 527 135 1.277 9.4 0.5 2.1 2.7 1.28
8 RP Slick Coffman 27 4 4 .500 6.02 39 6 15 1 0 2 95.2 120 70 64 6 48 31 0 0 1 444 84 1.756 11.3 0.6 4.5 2.9 0.65
9 RP Al Benton 27 5 3 .625 3.30 19 10 3 6 0 0 95.1 93 40 35 10 39 33 1 0 3 409 152 1.385 8.8 0.9 3.7 3.1 0.85
10 RP Jake Wade* 26 3 2 .600 6.56 27 2 11 0 0 0 70.0 73 56 51 9 48 23 0 0 1 325 77 1.729 9.4 1.2 6.2 3.0 0.48
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Schoolboy Rowe 28 0 2 .000 3.00 4 3 1 0 0 0 21.0 20 11 7 1 11 4 0 0 0 93 168 1.476 8.6 0.4 4.7 1.7 0.36
12 Bob Harris 23 1 0 1.000 7.20 3 1 2 1 0 0 10.0 14 9 8 0 4 7 0 0 1 48 70 1.800 12.6 0.0 3.6 6.3 1.75
13 Joe Rogalski 25 0 0 2.57 2 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 12 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 30 196 1.714 15.4 0.0 0.0 2.6
14 Woody Davis 25 0 0 1.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 23 335 1.167 4.5 0.0 6.0 1.5 0.25
Team Totals 27.7 84 70 .545 4.79 155 155 80 75 3 11 1348.1 1532 795 717 110 608 435 14 3 22 6056 105 1.587 10.2 0.7 4.1 2.9 0.72
Rank in 8 AL teams 4 5 5 3 7 5 4 6 5 5 6 5 4256
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary
Elden Auker 27 27 54 12 41 1 1 .981 1.96 P
Al Benton 27 19 29 3 25 1 0 .966 1.47 P
Tommy Bridges 31 25 29 8 19 2 0 .931 1.08 P
Mark Christman 24 90 348 132 206 10 31 .971 3.76 3B-SS
Slick Coffman 27 39 17 1 16 0 0 1.000 0.44 P
Roy Cullenbine 24 17 17 0 0 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.06 OF
Woody Davis 25 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50 P
Harry Eisenstat 22 32 35 6 27 2 2 .943 1.03 P
Pete Fox 29 155 1 0 154 316 301 13 2 2 .994 2.03 OF
Charlie Gehringer 35 152 869 393 455 21 115 .976 5.58 2B
George Gill 29 24 36 3 32 1 1 .972 1.46 P
Hank Greenberg 27 155 1618 1484 120 14 146 .991 10.35 1B
Bob Harris 23 3 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.67 P
Ray Hayworth 34 7 34 32 1 1 0 .971 4.71 0 C
Vern Kennedy 31 33 55 6 46 3 4 .945 1.58 P
Chet Laabs 26 53 22 32 0 136 128 4 4 1 .971 2.49 OF
Roxie Lawson 32 27 37 9 26 2 0 .946 1.30 P
Benny McCoy 22 7 29 10 16 3 4 .897 3.71 2B-3B
Chet Morgan 28 74 6 68 0 202 192 6 4 2 .980 2.68 OF
Tony Piet 31 19 62 12 45 5 3 .919 3.00 3B-2B
Boots Poffenberger 22 25 23 5 17 1 1 .957 0.88 P
Joe Rogalski 25 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Billy Rogell 33 134 753 291 431 31 101 .959 5.39 SS
Don Ross 23 75 261 90 157 14 15 .946 3.29 3B
Schoolboy Rowe 28 4 9 0 8 1 0 .889 2.00 P
Birdie Tebbetts 25 53 130 108 20 2 4 .985 2.42 5 C
Jake Wade 26 27 17 2 14 1 1 .941 0.59 P
Dixie Walker 27 114 94 26 0 237 224 8 5 1 .979 2.04 OF
Jo-Jo White 29 55 21 34 1 150 141 4 5 0 .967 2.64 OF
Rudy York 24 131 14 0 0 512 431 71 10 11 .980 3.83 10 C-OF-1B
Team Totals 28.0 155 6041 4062 1832 147 446 .976 3.73 15
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 2 1
Age G G_LF G_CF G_RF Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB Pos. Summary

1937 / 1939 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics