1928 Detroit Tigers Statistics

1927 Season 1929 Season

Record: 68-86-0, Finished 6th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Ballpark: Navin Field

Attendance: 474,323 (4th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100

Pythagorean W-L: 72-82, 744 Runs, 804 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Pinky Hargrave#	32	121	360	320	38	88	13	5	10	63	4	1	32	28	.275	.343	.441	.783	103	141		1	6		1
2	1B	Bill Sweeney	23	89	329	309	48	78	15	5	0	19	12	8	15	28	.252	.287	.333	.620	61	103		0	5		0
3	2B	Charlie Gehringer*	25	154	691	603	107	193	29	16	6	74	15	9	69	22	.320	.395	.451	.846	120	272		6	13		1
4	SS	Jackie Tavener*	30	132	529	473	59	123	24	15	5	52	13	8	33	51	.260	.314	.406	.720	86	192		4	19		0
5	3B	Marty McManus	28	139	566	500	77	144	37	5	8	73	11	13	51	32	.288	.355	.430	.785	104	215		1	13		1
6	OF	Harry Heilmann	33	151	633	558	83	183	38	10	14	107	7	3	57	45	.328	.390	.507	.897	132	283		0	18		3
7	OF	Bob Fothergill	30	111	386	347	49	110	28	10	3	63	8	3	24	19	.317	.366	.481	.848	119	167		3	10		0
8	OF	Harry Rice*	26	131	574	510	87	154	21	12	6	81	20	12	44	27	.302	.360	.425	.785	104	217		2	17		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Al Wingo*	30	87	290	242	30	69	13	2	2	30	2	2	40	17	.285	.389	.380	.769	101	92		1	4		2
10	3B	Jack Warner	24	75	229	206	34	44	4	4	0	13	4	5	16	15	.214	.274	.272	.545	42	56		1	6		0
11	C	Larry Woodall	33	65	216	186	19	39	7	1	0	13	3	1	24	10	.210	.300	.258	.558	47	48		0	6		2
12	IF	Chick Galloway	31	53	169	148	17	39	5	2	1	17	7	3	15	3	.264	.331	.345	.676	76	51		0	6		0
13	OF	Paul Easterling	22	43	124	114	17	37	7	1	3	12	2	1	8	24	.325	.374	.482	.856	122	55		1	1		1
14	OF	John Stone*	22	26	122	113	20	40	10	3	2	21	1	0	5	8	.354	.387	.549	.935	141	62		1	3		0
15	1B	Johnny Neun#	27	36	116	108	15	23	3	1	0	5	2	2	7	10	.213	.261	.259	.520	36	28		0	1		0
16	C	Merv Shea	27	39	97	85	8	20	2	3	0	9	2	0	9	11	.235	.316	.329	.645	68	28		1	2		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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
17	P	Ownie Carroll	25	43	114	98	7	19	3	1	0	9	0	1	7	14	.194	.248	.245	.493	29	24		0	9		0
18	P	Earl Whitehill*	29	31	76	67	4	13	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	11	.194	.250	.194	.444	17	13		0	3		0
19	P	Vic Sorrell	27	29	63	55	2	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.109	.109	.145	.255	-34	8		0	6		0
20	P	Elam Vangilder	32	38	59	58	4	15	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	11	.259	.259	.362	.621	60	21		0	1		0
21	P	Sam Gibson*	28	20	45	42	4	12	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	2	.286	.318	.310	.628	64	13		0	1		0
22	P	Lil Stoner	29	36	44	39	4	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.179	.220	.231	.450	17	9		1	3		0
23	P	Josh Billings	20	21	42	35	7	10	2	1	0	5	0	0	3	6	.286	.342	.400	.742	93	14		0	4		0
24	P	Ken Holloway	30	30	38	33	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.121	.121	.182	.303	-22	6		0	5		0
25	P	George Smith	26	39	30	27	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.111	.143	.111	.254	-33	3		0	1		0
26	P	Phil Page	22	3	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	16	2		0	0		0
27	P	Charlie Sullivan*	25	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
		Team Totals	28.2	154	5955	5289	744	1475	268	97	62	686	113	72	468	433	.279	.340	.401	.742	92	2123		23	163		11
		Rank in 8 AL teams				4	4	5	6	1	4		2	7	5	3	5	5	3	3		3		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.3	154	5431	4822	708	1384	256	95	60	652	113	71	449	350	.287	.350	.417	.767	99	2010		22	130		11
		Pitcher Totals	27.2	154	524	467	36	91	12	2	2	34	0	1	19	83	.195	.228	.242	.470	22	113		1	33		0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Ownie Carroll	25	16	12	.571	3.27	34	28	5	19	2	2	231.0	219	100	84	6	87	4	51	7	0	3	966	126	4.15	1.325	8.5	0.2	3.4	2.0	0.59
2	SP	Earl Whitehill*	29	11	16	.407	4.31	31	30	1	12	1	0	196.1	214	131	94	8	78	4	93	1	0	0	880	96	3.82	1.487	9.8	0.4	3.6	4.3	1.19
3	SP	Vic Sorrell	27	8	11	.421	4.79	29	23	4	8	0	0	171.0	182	106	91	9	83	3	67	5	0	3	769	86	4.48	1.550	9.6	0.5	4.4	3.5	0.81
4	SP	Sam Gibson	28	5	8	.385	5.42	20	18	1	5	1	0	119.2	155	83	72	4	52	1	29	7	0	1	558	76	4.46	1.730	11.7	0.3	3.9	2.2	0.56
5	SP	Josh Billings	20	5	10	.333	5.12	21	16	3	3	1	0	110.2	118	83	63	4	59	1	48	5	0	4	510	81	4.37	1.599	9.6	0.3	4.8	3.9	0.81
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Elam Vangilder	32	11	10	.524	3.91	38	11	21	7	0	5	156.1	163	82	68	4	68	5	43	3	0	2	692	105	4.18	1.478	9.4	0.2	3.9	2.5	0.63
7	RP	Lil Stoner	29	5	8	.385	4.35	36	11	16	4	0	4	126.1	151	75	61	16	42	2	29	3	0	1	569	95	5.29	1.528	10.8	1.1	3.0	2.1	0.69
8	RP	Ken Holloway	30	4	8	.333	4.34	30	11	15	5	0	2	120.1	137	67	58	2	32	4	32	5	1	2	531	95	3.64	1.404	10.2	0.1	2.4	2.4	1.00
9	RP	George Smith	26	1	1	.500	4.42	39	2	21	0	0	3	106.0	103	55	52	3	50	1	54	0	0	2	457	94	3.80	1.443	8.7	0.3	4.2	4.6	1.08
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Phil Page*	22	2	0	1.000	2.45	3	2	1	2	0	0	22.0	21	9	6	1	10	0	3	0	0	1	93	171	4.71	1.409	8.6	0.4	4.1	1.2	0.30
11		Charlie Sullivan	25	0	2	.000	6.57	3	2	1	0	0	0	12.1	18	12	9	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	59	65	5.22	1.946	13.1	0.7	4.4	1.5	0.33
		Team Totals	27.3	68	86	.442	4.32	154	154	89	65	5	16	1372.0	1481	803	658	58	567	25	451	36	1	19	6084	96	4.24	1.493	9.7	0.4	3.7	3.0	0.80
		Rank in 8 AL teams		6	3		6				8	6	2	6	4	7	6	4	8		5
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W