1926 Detroit Tigers

79-75 • 0.513 Win% • 6th in AL

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
75 Losses
0.513 Win %
6th Rank
793 R 830 RA
Diff -37

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⚡ Quick Stats

793 Runs Scored
830 Runs Allowed
-37 Run Diff
519K Attendance

📈 vs. 1926 AL Average

Batting Avg .291 3% above the 1926 league average (.281)
OBP .362 4% above the 1926 league average (.347)
SLG .311 equal to the 1926 league average (.311)
Team ERA 4.41 10% worse than the 1926 league average (4.02)
Runs Scored 793 9% above the 1926 league average (729 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 519,665
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Avg per Game 6,415

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Heinie Manush 0.378 2 Bob Fothergill 0.367 3 Harry Heilmann 0.367 4 Ty Cobb 0.339 5 Johnny Bassler 0.305

Home Runs

1 Heinie Manush 14 2 Harry Heilmann 9 3 Ty Cobb 4 4 Bob Fothergill 3 5 Lu Blue 1

RBI

1 Harry Heilmann 103 2 Heinie Manush 86 3 Bob Fothergill 73 4 Ty Cobb 62 5 Jackie Tavener 58
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jackie Tavener 156 532 65 141 0 0 1 58 52 53 8 0.265
Harry Heilmann 141 502 90 184 0 0 9 103 67 19 6 0.367
Heinie Manush 136 498 95 188 0 0 14 86 31 28 11 0.378
Charlie Gehringer 123 459 62 127 0 0 1 48 30 42 9 0.277
Lu Blue 128 429 92 123 0 0 1 52 90 18 13 0.287
Bob Fothergill 110 387 63 142 0 0 3 73 33 23 4 0.367
Frank O'Rourke 111 363 43 88 0 0 1 41 35 33 8 0.242
Jack Warner 100 311 41 78 0 0 0 34 38 24 8 0.251
Al Wingo 108 298 45 84 0 0 1 45 52 32 4 0.282
Johnny Neun 97 242 47 72 0 0 0 15 27 26 4 0.298
Ty Cobb 79 233 48 79 0 0 4 62 26 2 9 0.339
Clyde Manion 75 176 15 35 0 0 0 14 24 16 1 0.199
Johnny Bassler 66 174 20 53 0 0 0 22 45 6 0 0.305
Larry Woodall 67 146 18 34 0 0 0 15 15 2 0 0.233
Earl Whitehill 36 91 6 23 0 0 0 10 6 24 0 0.253
Les Burke 38 75 9 17 0 0 0 4 7 3 1 0.227
Ed Wells 36 73 6 15 0 0 0 7 1 12 1 0.205
Sam Gibson 36 72 6 18 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.250
Lil Stoner 32 53 5 9 0 0 0 5 2 13 0 0.170
Ken Holloway 36 46 1 11 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0.239
Hooks Dauss 35 42 6 10 0 0 1 5 3 11 0 0.238
Rip Collins 31 39 2 6 0 0 0 5 2 16 0 0.154
Augie Johns 35 28 3 4 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 0.143
Billy Mullen 11 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0.077
Ray Hayworth 12 11 1 3 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0.273
Clyde Barfoot 11 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.200
Rudy Kneisch 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
George Smith 23 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.000
Wilbur Cooper 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
Jess Doyle 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Rip Collins 2.73 2 Sam Gibson 3.48 3 Earl Whitehill 3.99 4 Ed Wells 4.15 5 Hooks Dauss 4.20

Wins

1 Earl Whitehill 16 2 Hooks Dauss 12 3 Sam Gibson 12 4 Ed Wells 12 5 Rip Collins 8

Strikeouts

1 Earl Whitehill 109 2 Sam Gibson 61 3 Ed Wells 58 4 Lil Stoner 57 5 Rip Collins 44
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Earl Whitehill 16 13 3.99 36 34 0 252.1 79 109
Sam Gibson 12 9 3.48 35 24 2 196.1 75 61
Ed Wells 12 10 4.15 36 26 0 178.0 76 58
Lil Stoner 7 10 5.47 32 22 0 159.2 63 57
Ken Holloway 4 6 5.12 36 12 2 139.0 42 43
Hooks Dauss 12 6 4.20 35 5 9 124.1 49 27
Rip Collins 8 8 2.73 30 13 1 122.0 44 44
Augie Johns 6 4 5.35 35 14 1 112.2 69 40
George Smith 1 2 6.95 23 1 0 44.0 33 15
Clyde Barfoot 1 2 4.88 11 1 2 31.1 9 7
Rudy Kneisch 0 1 2.65 2 2 0 17.0 6 4
Wilbur Cooper 0 4 11.20 8 3 0 13.2 9 2
Jess Doyle 0 0 4.15 2 0 1 4.1 1 2

👥 Roster (30)

Clyde Barfoot Johnny Bassler Lu Blue Les Burke Ty Cobb Rip Collins Wilbur Cooper Hooks Dauss Jess Doyle Bob Fothergill Charlie Gehringer Sam Gibson +18 more

30 players

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