1928 Detroit Tigers Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 68-86
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 474,323, Avg. 8,647
Ballpark: Navin Field
Manager: George Moriarty (68-86)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1928 Detroit Tigers RosterTeam Record: 68-86
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 474,323, Avg. 8,647
Ballpark: Navin Field
Manager: George Moriarty (68-86)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1928 Detroit Tigers Results
The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1928 season with a record of 68 wins and 86 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.
The Tigers scored 744 runs and surrendered 804 runs. Harry Heilmann led Detroit with 14 home runs and accounted for 107 RBI, while leading all regular hitters by hitting .328. Ownie Carroll topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.27 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
George Moriarty coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ownie Carroll | 16 | 12 | .571 | 3.27 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 231.0 | 219 | 100 | 84 | 6 | 87 | 0 | 51 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 967 |
| Elam Vangilder | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.91 | 38 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 156.3 | 163 | 82 | 68 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 705 |
| Earl Whitehill | 11 | 16 | .407 | 4.31 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 196.3 | 214 | 131 | 94 | 8 | 78 | 0 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 890 |
| Vic Sorrell | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.79 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 171.0 | 182 | 106 | 91 | 9 | 83 | 0 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 776 |
| Lil Stoner | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.35 | 36 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 126.3 | 151 | 75 | 61 | 16 | 42 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 589 |
| Sam Gibson | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.42 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 119.7 | 155 | 83 | 72 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 565 |
| Josh Billings | 5 | 10 | .333 | 5.12 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 110.7 | 118 | 83 | 63 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 513 |
| Ken Holloway | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.34 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 120.3 | 137 | 67 | 58 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 544 |
| Phil Page | 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 |
| George Smith | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.42 | 39 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 106.0 | 103 | 55 | 52 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 466 |
| Charlie Sullivan | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.57 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Totals | 68 | 86 | .442 | 4.32 | 284 | 154 | 89 | 65 | 5 | 16 | 1372.0 | 1481 | 803 | 658 | 58 | 567 | 0 | 451 | 36 | 1 | 19 | 6167 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Gehringer | 154 | 691 | 603 | 108 | 193 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 74 | 15 | 9 | 69 | 22 | .320 | .395 | .451 | .846 | 272 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Heilmann | 151 | 633 | 558 | 83 | 183 | 38 | 10 | 14 | 107 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 45 | .328 | .390 | .507 | .897 | 283 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Rice | 131 | 573 | 510 | 87 | 154 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 81 | 20 | 13 | 44 | 27 | .302 | .360 | .425 | .785 | 217 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty McManus | 139 | 565 | 500 | 78 | 144 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 73 | 11 | 13 | 51 | 32 | .288 | .355 | .430 | .785 | 215 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Tavener | 132 | 529 | 473 | 59 | 123 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 52 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 51 | .260 | .314 | .406 | .720 | 192 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Fothergill | 111 | 384 | 347 | 49 | 110 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 63 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 19 | .317 | .366 | .481 | .848 | 167 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinky Hargrave | 121 | 359 | 320 | 38 | 88 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 28 | .275 | .343 | .441 | .783 | 141 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Sweeney | 89 | 329 | 309 | 47 | 78 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 28 | .252 | .287 | .333 | .620 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Wingo | 87 | 287 | 242 | 30 | 69 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 17 | .285 | .389 | .380 | .769 | 92 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Warner | 75 | 229 | 206 | 33 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | .214 | .274 | .272 | .545 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| John Stone | 26 | 122 | 113 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .354 | .387 | .549 | .935 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Galloway | 53 | 169 | 148 | 17 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 3 | .264 | .331 | .345 | .676 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Woodall | 65 | 216 | 186 | 19 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | .210 | .300 | .258 | .558 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Easterling | 43 | 124 | 114 | 17 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 24 | .325 | .374 | .482 | .856 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Neun | 36 | 116 | 108 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | .213 | .261 | .259 | .520 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Merv Shea | 39 | 97 | 85 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | .235 | .316 | .329 | .645 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ownie Carroll | 43 | 114 | 98 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | .194 | .248 | .245 | .493 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Elam Vangilder | 38 | 59 | 58 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .259 | .259 | .362 | .621 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Whitehill | 31 | 75 | 67 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .194 | .250 | .194 | .444 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Gibson | 20 | 45 | 42 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .286 | .318 | .310 | .628 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Billings | 21 | 42 | 35 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .286 | .342 | .400 | .742 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Lil Stoner | 36 | 44 | 39 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .179 | .220 | .231 | .450 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Sorrell | 29 | 61 | 55 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .109 | .109 | .145 | .255 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Holloway | 30 | 38 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .121 | .121 | .182 | .303 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| George Smith | 39 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .111 | .143 | .111 | .254 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Page | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Sullivan | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1745 | 5943 | 5289 | 744 | 1475 | 268 | 97 | 62 | 686 | 113 | 74 | 468 | 433 | .279 | .340 | .401 | .742 | 2123 | 0 | 23 | 163 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Sweeney | 1B | 75 | 0 | 0.0 | 677 | 55 | 5 | 51 | .993 | 9.760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Neun | 1B | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 180 | 16 | 5 | 16 | .975 | 7.840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty McManus | 1B | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 376 | 28 | 5 | 33 | .988 | 8.978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Heilmann | 1B | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 234 | 17 | 2 | 20 | .992 | 1.040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chick Galloway | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Gehringer | 2B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 377 | 507 | 35 | 101 | .962 | 5.740 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Warner | 3B | 52 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 107 | 10 | 6 | .944 | 3.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Rice | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty McManus | 3B | 92 | 0 | 0.0 | 114 | 183 | 14 | 12 | .955 | 3.228 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chick Galloway | 3B | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 37 | 2 | 3 | .969 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Woodall | C | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | 218 | 44 | 2 | 3 | .992 | 4.226 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Merv Shea | C | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 93 | 24 | 6 | 2 | .951 | 3.900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pinky Hargrave | C | 88 | 0 | 0.0 | 301 | 35 | 8 | 5 | .977 | 3.818 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Wingo | OF | 71 | 0 | 0.0 | 144 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .968 | 2.099 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Sweeney | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Stone | OF | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .962 | 1.962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Rice | OF | 129 | 0 | 0.0 | 347 | 10 | 14 | 0 | .962 | 2.767 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Heilmann | OF | 125 | 0 | 0.0 | 215 | 17 | 7 | 2 | .971 | 1.856 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chick Galloway | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Fothergill | OF | 90 | 0 | 0.0 | 179 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .959 | 2.056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Easterling | OF | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 68 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .921 | 2.059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ownie Carroll | OF | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Whitehill | P | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 40 | 1 | 3 | .983 | 1.839 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elam Vangilder | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 37 | 4 | 3 | .918 | 1.184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Sullivan | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lil Stoner | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .885 | .639 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Sorrell | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 2 | .838 | 1.069 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Smith | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Page | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Holloway | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .932 | 1.367 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Gibson | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 1.550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ownie Carroll | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 59 | 5 | 2 | .938 | 2.235 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Josh Billings | P | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Warner | SS | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 4 | .917 | 3.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Tavener | SS | 131 | 0 | 0.0 | 302 | 405 | 42 | 81 | .944 | 5.397 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty McManus | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chick Galloway | SS | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 49 | 47 | 9 | 11 | .914 | 4.364 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1602 | 0 | 0.0 | 4117 | 1848 | 216 | 372 | .965 | 3.723 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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