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1928 Detroit Tigers (MLB)
+ American League
| Nickname: | |||
| W-L Record: | 68-86 .442 | ||
| Rank: | 6th in American League | ||
| Run Differential: | 744-803 -59 | ||
| Manager(s): | George Moriarty | ||
| General Manager: | |||
| Location: | Detroit, Michigan | ||
| Ballpark: | Navin Field | ||
| Attendance: | 474,323 10/16 | ||
| Playoffs: | |||
| Top Draft Pick: | All picks | ||
| Years Active: | |||
| Franchise Information | |||
Coaching Staff
Assistant Coach: Benny MeyerAssistant Coach: Shag Shaughnessy
Assistant Coach: Lefty Leifield
Organization Affiliates
MLB: Detroit Tigers (MLB-AL) 68-86Organizational Player Roster
Detroit Tigers Affiliate History
| American League Standings | |||||||||
| Team | W | L | WPct | GBL | |||||
| NY Yankees | 101 | 53 | .656 | -- | |||||
| Philadelphia | 98 | 55 | .641 | 2.5 | |||||
| St. Louis | 82 | 72 | .532 | 19.0 | |||||
| Washington | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26.0 | |||||
| Chi White Sox | 72 | 82 | .468 | 29.0 | |||||
| Detroit | 68 | 86 | .442 | 33.0 | |||||
| Cleveland | 62 | 92 | .403 | 39.0 | |||||
| Boston | 57 | 96 | .373 | 43.5 | |||||
| Batting Statistics |
| # | Player | Pos | Age | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | GDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | ISO | secA | Babip | K/BB | AB/HR | TB | PA | |
| - | Josh Billings | P | 20 | 21 | 35 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .342 | .400 | 742 | .114 | .200 | .345 | 2.00 | -- | 14 | 42 | ||||
| - | Ownie Carroll | P | 25 | 43 | 98 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 9 | .194 | .248 | .245 | 493 | .051 | .112 | .226 | 2.00 | -- | 24 | 114 | ||||
| - | Paul Easterling | OF | 22 | 43 | 114 | 17 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .325 | .369 | .482 | 851 | .158 | .237 | .391 | 3.00 | 38.0 | 55 | 123 | ||||
| - | Bob Fothergill | OF | 30 | 111 | 347 | 49 | 110 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 63 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 10 | .317 | .361 | .481 | 842 | .164 | .248 | .329 | 0.79 | 115.7 | 167 | 381 | ||||
| - | Chick Galloway | SS-3B | 31 | 53 | 148 | 17 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .264 | .331 | .345 | 676 | .081 | .216 | .264 | 0.20 | 148.0 | 51 | 169 | ||||
| - | Charlie Gehringer | 2B | 25 | 154 | 603 | 108 | 193 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 74 | 15 | 9 | 69 | 22 | 6 | 13 | .320 | .390 | .451 | 841 | .131 | .255 | .325 | 0.32 | 100.5 | 272 | 685 | ||||
| - | Sam Gibson | P | 28 | 20 | 42 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .318 | .310 | 628 | .024 | .071 | .300 | 1.00 | -- | 13 | 45 | ||||
| - | Pinky Hargrave | C | 32 | 121 | 320 | 38 | 88 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 6 | .275 | .341 | .441 | 782 | .166 | .275 | .277 | 0.88 | 32.0 | 141 | 358 | ||||
| - | Harry Heilmann | OF | 33 | 151 | 558 | 83 | 183 | 38 | 10 | 14 | 107 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 45 | 0 | 18 | .328 | .390 | .507 | 897 | .179 | .289 | .339 | 0.79 | 39.9 | 283 | 633 | ||||
| - | Ken Holloway | P | 30 | 30 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | .121 | .121 | .182 | 303 | .061 | .061 | .154 | -- | -- | 6 | 38 | ||||
| - | Marty McManus | 3B | 28 | 139 | 500 | 78 | 144 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 73 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 32 | 1 | 13 | .288 | .354 | .430 | 784 | .142 | .240 | .296 | 0.63 | 62.5 | 215 | 564 | ||||
| - | Johnny Neun | 1B | 27 | 36 | 108 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .213 | .261 | .259 | 520 | .046 | .111 | .235 | 1.43 | -- | 28 | 116 | ||||
| - | Phil Page | P | 22 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | 444 | .000 | .000 | .400 | -- | -- | 2 | 9 | ||||
| - | Harry Rice | OF | 26 | 131 | 510 | 87 | 154 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 81 | 20 | 13 | 44 | 27 | 2 | 17 | .302 | .357 | .425 | 782 | .124 | .224 | .310 | 0.61 | 85.0 | 217 | 571 | ||||
| - | Merv Shea | C | 27 | 39 | 85 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .235 | .309 | .329 | 638 | .094 | .200 | .270 | 1.22 | -- | 28 | 96 | ||||
| - | George Smith | P | 26 | 39 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .143 | .111 | 254 | .000 | .037 | .158 | 8.00 | -- | 3 | 29 | ||||
| - | Vic Sorrell | P | 27 | 29 | 55 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | .109 | .109 | .145 | 254 | .036 | .036 | .146 | -- | -- | 8 | 61 | ||||
| - | John Stone | OF | 22 | 26 | 113 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .354 | .381 | .549 | 930 | .195 | .248 | .369 | 1.60 | 56.5 | 62 | 121 | ||||
| - | Lil Stoner | P | 29 | 36 | 39 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .179 | .200 | .231 | 431 | .051 | .077 | .212 | 6.00 | -- | 9 | 43 | ||||
| - | Charlie Sullivan | P | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 4 | ||||
| - | Bill Sweeney | 1B | 23 | 89 | 309 | 47 | 78 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 5 | .252 | .287 | .333 | 620 | .081 | .139 | .278 | 1.87 | -- | 103 | 329 | ||||
| - | Jackie Tavener | SS | 30 | 132 | 473 | 59 | 123 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 52 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 51 | 4 | 19 | .260 | .308 | .406 | 714 | .146 | .226 | .283 | 1.55 | 94.6 | 192 | 525 | ||||
| - | Elam Vangilder | P | 32 | 38 | 58 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .259 | .259 | .362 | 621 | .103 | .103 | .289 | -- | 29.0 | 21 | 59 | ||||
| - | Jack Warner | 3B | 24 | 75 | 206 | 33 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | .214 | .270 | .272 | 542 | .058 | .136 | .230 | 0.94 | -- | 56 | 228 | ||||
| - | Earl Whitehill | P | 28 | 31 | 67 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | .194 | .250 | .194 | 444 | .000 | .075 | .232 | 2.20 | -- | 13 | 75 | ||||
| - | Al Wingo | OF | 30 | 87 | 242 | 30 | 69 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 17 | 1 | 4 | .285 | .387 | .380 | 767 | .095 | .260 | .300 | 0.43 | 121.0 | 92 | 286 | ||||
| - | Larry Woodall | C | 33 | 65 | 186 | 19 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 6 | .210 | .300 | .258 | 558 | .048 | .188 | .222 | 0.42 | -- | 48 | 216 | ||||
| Batting Totals | 1745 | 5289 | 744 | 1475 | 268 | 97 | 62 | 686 | 113 | 74 | 468 | 433 | 23 | 0 | 163 | .279 | .338 | .401 | 739 | .123 | .218 | .295 | 0.93 | 85.3 | 2123 | 5920 | ||||||
| Pitching Statistics |
| # | Player | Age | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WP | BK | HB | WHIP | H9 | HR9 | BB9 | SO9 | K/BB | |
| - | Josh Billings | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5.11 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 110 | 118 | 83 | 63 | 4 | 59 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 9.57 | 0.32 | 4.78 | 3.89 | 0.81 | |
| - | Elam Vangilder | 32 | 11 | 10 | 3.92 | 38 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 156 | 163 | 82 | 68 | 4 | 67 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.47 | 9.40 | 0.23 | 3.87 | 2.48 | 0.64 | |
| - | Charlie Sullivan | 25 | 0 | 2 | 6.75 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 13.50 | 0.75 | 4.50 | 1.50 | 0.33 | |
| - | Lil Stoner | 29 | 5 | 8 | 4.36 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 126 | 151 | 75 | 61 | 16 | 42 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.53 | 10.79 | 1.14 | 3.00 | 2.07 | 0.69 | |
| - | Vic Sorrell | 27 | 8 | 11 | 4.79 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 171 | 182 | 106 | 91 | 9 | 83 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.55 | 9.58 | 0.47 | 4.37 | 3.53 | 0.81 | |
| - | George Smith | 26 | 1 | 1 | 4.42 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 106 | 103 | 55 | 52 | 3 | 50 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.44 | 8.75 | 0.25 | 4.25 | 4.58 | 1.08 | |
| - | Phil Page | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2.45 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.41 | 8.59 | 0.41 | 4.09 | 1.23 | 0.30 | |
| - | Ken Holloway | 30 | 4 | 8 | 4.35 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 120 | 137 | 67 | 58 | 2 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.41 | 10.28 | 0.15 | 2.40 | 2.40 | 1.00 | |
| - | Sam Gibson | 28 | 5 | 8 | 5.40 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 119 | 155 | 83 | 72 | 4 | 53 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.73 | 11.63 | 0.30 | 3.98 | 2.18 | 0.55 | |
| - | Ownie Carroll | 25 | 16 | 12 | 3.27 | 34 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 231 | 219 | 100 | 84 | 6 | 87 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.32 | 8.53 | 0.23 | 3.39 | 1.99 | 0.59 | |
| - | Earl Whitehill | 28 | 11 | 16 | 4.32 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 196 | 214 | 131 | 94 | 8 | 78 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.49 | 9.83 | 0.37 | 3.58 | 4.27 | 1.19 | |
| Pitching Totals | 68 | 86 | 4.32 | 284 | 154 | 65 | 5 | 89 | 16 | 1372 | 1481 | 803 | 658 | 58 | 567 | 451 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1.49 | 9.72 | 0.38 | 3.72 | 2.96 | 0.80 | |||
| Fielding Statistics | |||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fpct | RF | ||||||||||
| Pinky Hargrave | C | 88 | 301 | 35 | 8 | 5 | .977 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Larry Woodall | C | 62 | 218 | 44 | 2 | 3 | .992 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Merv Shea | C | 30 | 93 | 24 | 6 | 2 | .951 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Player | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fpct | RF | ||||||||||
| Bill Sweeney | 1B | 75 | 677 | 55 | 5 | 51 | .993 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Marty McManus | 1B | 45 | 376 | 28 | 5 | 33 | .988 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Harry Heilmann | 1B | 25 | 234 | 17 | 2 | 20 | .992 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Neun | 1B | 25 | 180 | 16 | 5 | 16 | .975 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Chick Galloway | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Player | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fpct | RF | ||||||||||
| Charlie Gehringer | 2B | 154 | 377 | 507 | 35 | 101 | .962 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Player | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fpct | RF | ||||||||||
| Marty McManus | 3B | 92 | 114 | 183 | 14 | 12 | .955 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Jack Warner | 3B | 52 | 62 | 107 | 10 | 6 | .944 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Chick Galloway | 3B | 21 | 26 | 37 | 2 | 3 | .969 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Harry Rice | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Player | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fpct | RF | ||||||||||
| Jackie Tavener | SS | 131 | 302 | 405 | 42 | 81 | .944 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Chick Galloway | SS | 22 | 49 | 47 | 9 | 11 | .914 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Jack Warner | SS | 7 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | .917 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Marty McManus | SS | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Player | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fpct | RF | ||||||||||
| Harry Rice | OF | 129 | 347 | 10 | 14 | 0 | .962 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Harry Heilmann | OF | 125 | 215 | 17 | 7 | 2 | .971 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Bob Fothergill | OF | 90 | 179 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .959 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Al Wingo | OF | 71 | 144 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .968 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Paul Easterling | OF | 34 | 68 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .921 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| John Stone | OF | 26 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .962 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Ownie Carroll | OF | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Bill Sweeney | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Chick Galloway | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | |||||||||||
| Player | Pos | G | Inn | PO | A | E | DP | Fpct | RF | ||||||||||
| George Smith | P | 39 | 106 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.78 | ||||||||||
| Elam Vangilder | P | 38 | 156 | 8 | 37 | 4 | 3 | .918 | 2.59 | ||||||||||
| Lil Stoner | P | 36 | 126 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 1.64 | ||||||||||
| Ownie Carroll | P | 34 | 231 | 17 | 59 | 5 | 2 | .938 | 2.96 | ||||||||||
| Earl Whitehill | P | 31 | 196 | 17 | 40 | 1 | 3 | .983 | 2.62 | ||||||||||
| Ken Holloway | P | 30 | 120 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .932 | 3.07 | ||||||||||
| Vic Sorrell | P | 29 | 171 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 2 | .838 | 1.63 | ||||||||||
| Josh Billings | P | 21 | 110 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 2.21 | ||||||||||
| Sam Gibson | P | 20 | 119 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 2.34 | ||||||||||
| Phil Page | P | 3 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.68 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Sullivan | P | 3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 2.23 | ||||||||||
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