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1938 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937/1939) 84-70, Finished 4th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 862 runs, Allowed 795 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71 Managed by Mickey Cochrane and Del Baker Ballpark: Briggs Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 799,557 (2nd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 105   (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 99   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1938 Stats (1937/1939) / Schedule / Transactions

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Rudy York           24  135  463   85  138  27  2  33  127  92   74  .298  .417  .579   1   2       2   0          140
1B  Hank Greenberg      27  155  556  144  175  23  4  58  146 119   92  .315  .438  .683   7   5       3   3          169
2B *Charlie Gehringer   35  152  568  133  174  32  5  20  107 113   21  .306  .425  .486  14   1       4   3          121
3B  Don Ross            23   77  265   22   69   7  1   1   30  29   11  .260  .333  .306   1   0       0   3           57
SS #Billy Rogell        33  136  501   76  130  22  8   3   55  86   37  .259  .373  .353   9   2       5   5           78
OF  Pete Fox            29  155  634   91  186  35 10   7   96  31   39  .293  .328  .413  16   7       2   8           80
OF *Dixie Walker        27  127  454   84  140  27  6   6   43  65   32  .308  .396  .434   5   4       1   6          102
OF *Chet Morgan         28   74  306   50   87   6  1   0   27  20   12  .284  .330  .310   5   6       1   6           57
    Mark Christman      24   95  318   35   79   6  4   1   44  27   21  .248  .307  .302   5   2       0   2           49
    Chet Laabs          26   64  211   26   50   7  3   7   37  15   52  .237  .288  .398   3   2       0   3           65
   *Jo-Jo White         29   78  206   40   54   6  1   0   15  30   15  .262  .359  .301   3   4       1   3           62
    Birdie Tebbetts     25   53  143   16   42   6  2   1   25  12   13  .294  .348  .385   1   2       0   3           78
    Tony Piet           31   41   80    9   17   6  0   0   14  15   11  .213  .351  .288   2   4       2   0           57
   #Roy Cullenbine      24   25   67   12   19   1  3   0    9  12    9  .284  .392  .388   2   0       0   0           91
    Ray Hayworth        34    8   19    1    4   0  0   0    5   3    4  .211  .318  .211   1   0       0   0           31
   *Benny McCoy         22    7   15    2    3   1  0   0    0   1    2  .200  .250  .267   0   0       0   0           26
    George Archie       24    3    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100

   *Vern Kennedy        31   37   79   10   23   3  0   0    8   1   11  .291  .300  .329   0   0       0   7           53
    Elden Auker         27   27   57    6    5   0  0   0    2   4   24  .088  .161  .088   1   0       1   3          -38
    George Gill         29   24   57    4    6   1  1   0    1   0   15  .105  .105  .158   0   0       0   5          -37
    Tommy Bridges       31   25   54    5    7   1  1   0    3   6   17  .130  .217  .185   0   0       0   4           -1
    Roxie Lawson        32   27   45    1    2   0  0   0    1   1    9  .044  .065  .044   0   0       0   1          -73
    Boots Poffenberger  22   25   44    0    8   0  0   0    2   2    9  .182  .217  .182   0   0       0   1           -2
   *Harry Eisenstat     22   32   36    4    5   0  0   0    1   4   16  .139  .225  .139   0   0       0   5           -9
    Al Benton           27   19   33    1    4   0  0   0    1   0   13  .121  .121  .121   0   0       0   2          -41
    Slick Coffman       27   39   24    2    4   1  0   0    5   3    7  .167  .259  .208   0   0       0   1           15
   *Jake Wade           26   27   21    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    8  .048  .091  .048   0   0       0   0          -65
    Schoolboy Rowe      28    4    6    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .333   0   0       0   1           19
    Bob Harris          23    3    3    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .333  .500  .333   0   0       0   0          107
    Joe Rogalski        25    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
   *Woody Davis         25    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   0         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1  155 5270  862 1434 219 52 137  804 693  581  .272  .357  .411  76  41      22  75           96
    Rank among 8 AL teams          5    3    7   8  7   2        2    4     7     4     5   3   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Vern Kennedy        31  33   5.06  12   9  2  26   6  11   0  190.3  215  123  107  13  113   53  877   7   1  2      99
SP  Elden Auker         27  27   5.27  11  10  0  24   3  12   1  160.7  184   97   94  14   56   46  717   1   5  0      96
SP  George Gill         29  24   4.12  12   9  0  23   1  13   1  164.0  195   82   75  15   50   30  719   0   2  0     122
SP  Tommy Bridges       31  25   4.59  13   9  1  20   4  13   0  151.0  171   83   77  14   58  101  665   2   2  1     110
SP  Roxie Lawson        32  27   5.46   8   9  1  16   8   5   0  127.0  154   85   77  13   82   39  610   2   0  0      92
SP  Boots Poffenberger  22  25   4.82   6   7  1  15   6   8   1  125.0  147   74   67   8   66   28  569   2   2  0     104
SP  Al Benton           27  19   3.30   5   3  0  10   3   6   0   95.3   93   40   35  10   39   33  409   3   1  0     152

RP  Slick Coffman       27  39   6.02   4   4  2   6  15   1   0   95.7  120   70   64   6   48   31  444   1   0  0      84
RP *Jake Wade           26  27   6.56   3   2  0   2  11   0   0   70.0   73   56   51   9   48   23  325   1   0  0      77
RP *Harry Eisenstat     22  32   3.73   9   6  4   9  17   5   0  125.3  131   60   52   7   29   37  527   2   1  0     135

    Schoolboy Rowe      28   4   3.00   0   2  0   3   1   0   0   21.0   20   11    7   1   11    4   93   0   0  0     168
    Bob Harris          23   3   7.20   1   0  0   1   2   1   0   10.0   14    9    8   0    4    7   48   1   0  0      70
    Joe Rogalski        25   2   2.57   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    7.0   12    4    2   0    0    2   30   0   0  0     196
    Woody Davis         25   2   1.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.0    3    1    1   0    4    1   23   0   0  0     335
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.8 155   4.79  84  70 11 155  80  75   3 1348.0 1532  795  717 110  608  435 6056  22  14  3     105
    Rank among 8 AL teams           5   4   5  5           3   7      4    6    5        6    5    7

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RYork 116 406 70 5 10 .990 10 BTebbetts 53 108 20 2 4 .985 5 RHayworth 7 32 1 1 0 .971 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 546 91 8 14 .988 15 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .990 9.56 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HGreenberg 155 1484 120 14 146 .991 10.35 RYork 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1488 120 14 147 .991 10.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .967 5.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGehringer 152 393 455 21 115 .976 5.58 BMcCoy 6 10 16 1 4 .963 4.33 TPiet 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 403 471 22 119 .975 5.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .941 3.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DRoss 75 90 157 14 15 .946 3.29 MChristman 69 86 140 4 14 .983 3.28 TPiet 18 12 45 5 3 .919 3.17 BMcCoy 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 188 342 25 32 .955 3.54 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .953 4.99 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BRogell 134 291 431 31 101 .959 5.39 MChristman 21 46 66 6 17 .949 5.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 337 497 37 118 .958 5.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .972 2.28 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- PFox 155 301 13 2 2 .994 2.03 1 0 154 DWalker 114 224 8 5 1 .979 2.04 94 26 0 CMorgan 74 192 6 4 2 .980 2.68 6 68 0 JWhite 55 141 4 5 0 .967 2.64 21 34 1 CLaabs 53 128 4 4 1 .971 2.49 22 32 0 RCullenbine 17 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.06 17 0 0 RYork 14 21 1 5 0 .815 1.57 14 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1041 37 25 6 .977 2.40 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .952 2.11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VKennedy 33 6 46 3 4 .945 2.46 GGill 24 3 32 1 1 .972 1.92 EAuker 27 12 41 1 1 .981 2.97 TBridges 25 8 19 2 0 .931 1.61 RLawson 27 9 26 2 0 .946 2.48 HEisenstat 32 6 27 2 2 .943 2.37 BPoffenberg 25 5 17 1 1 .957 1.58 SCoffman 39 1 16 0 0 1.000 1.60 ABenton 19 3 25 1 0 .966 2.64 JWade 27 2 14 1 1 .941 2.06 SRowe 4 0 8 1 0 .889 3.43 BHarris 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.50 JRogalski 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 WDavis 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 59 274 16 10 .954 2.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Greenberg .315 On-base % Greenberg .438 Slugging % Greenberg .683 OPS Greenberg 1.121 Games Fox and Greenberg 155 At Bats Fox 634 Plate Appearances (approx.) Gehringer 688 Runs Greenberg 144 Hits Fox 186 Total Bases Greenberg 380 Doubles Fox 35 Triples Fox 10 Home Runs Greenberg 58 RBI Greenberg 146 Bases on Balls Greenberg 119 Strikeouts Greenberg 92 Stolen Bases Fox 16 Singles Fox 134 Adjusted OPS+ Greenberg 169 Runs Created Greenberg 164 Adjusted Batting Runs Greenberg 61 Batting Wins Greenberg 5.4 Extra-Base Hits Greenberg 85 Times on Base Greenberg 297 Offensive Win% Greenberg .796 Hit By Pitch Rogell 5 Sac. Hits Fox 8 Caught Stealing Fox 7 Power/Speed Number Gehringer 16.5 At Bats per Strikeout Gehringer 27.0 At Bats per Home Run Greenberg 9.6 Outs Fox 463

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Gill 4.12 Wins Bridges 13 Won-Loss % Eisenstat .600 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Auker and Gill 1.494 Hits Allowed/9IP Kennedy 10.17 Bases on Balls/9IP Gill 2.74 Strikeouts/9IP Auker 2.58 Games Coffman 39 Saves Eisenstat 4 Innings Kennedy 190.3 Strikeouts Bridges 101 Games Started Kennedy 26 Comp. Games Bridges and Gill 13 Shutouts Auker, Gill, and Poffenberger 1 Home Runs Allow. Gill 15 Bases On Balls Allow. Kennedy 113 Hits Allowed Kennedy 215 SO to Walk Auker 0.82 Losses Auker 10 Earned Runs Allow. Kennedy 107 Wild Pitches Kennedy 7 Hit Batsmen Auker 5 Batters Faced Kennedy 877 Games Finished Eisenstat 17 Adjusted ERA+ Gill 122

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Charlie Gehringer (Starting 2B)
Hank Greenberg
Vern Kennedy
Rudy York

1937/1939

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