1928 Detroit Tigers

68-86 • 0.442 Win% • 6th in AL

📊 Season Record

68 Wins
86 Losses
0.442 Win %
6th Rank
744 R 804 RA
Diff -60

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⚡ Quick Stats

744 Runs Scored
804 Runs Allowed
-60 Run Diff
371K Attendance

📈 vs. 1928 AL Average

Batting Avg .278 1% below the 1928 league average (.280)
OBP .337 1% below the 1928 league average (.340)
SLG .314 equal to the 1928 league average (.315)
Team ERA 4.32 7% worse than the 1928 league average (4.04)
Runs Scored 744 1% above the 1928 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 371,800
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Avg per Game 4,828

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 John Stone 0.354 2 Harry Heilmann 0.328 3 Paul Easterling 0.325 4 Charlie Gehringer 0.320 5 Bob Fothergill 0.317

Home Runs

1 Harry Heilmann 14 2 Pinky Hargrave 10 3 Marty McManus 8 4 Charlie Gehringer 6 5 Harry Rice 6

RBI

1 Harry Heilmann 107 2 Harry Rice 81 3 Charlie Gehringer 74 4 Marty McManus 73 5 Bob Fothergill 63
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Charlie Gehringer 154 603 108 193 0 0 6 74 69 22 15 0.320
Harry Heilmann 151 558 83 183 0 0 14 107 57 45 7 0.328
Harry Rice 131 510 87 154 0 0 6 81 44 27 20 0.302
Marty McManus 139 500 78 144 0 0 8 73 51 32 11 0.288
Jackie Tavener 132 473 59 123 0 0 5 52 33 51 13 0.260
Bob Fothergill 111 347 49 110 0 0 3 63 24 19 8 0.317
Pinky Hargrave 121 320 38 88 0 0 10 63 32 28 4 0.275
Bill Sweeney 89 309 47 78 0 0 0 19 15 28 12 0.252
Al Wingo 87 242 30 69 0 0 2 30 40 17 2 0.285
Jack Warner 75 206 33 44 0 0 0 13 16 15 4 0.214
Larry Woodall 65 186 19 39 0 0 0 13 24 10 3 0.210
Chick Galloway 53 148 17 39 0 0 1 17 15 3 7 0.264
Paul Easterling 43 114 17 37 0 0 3 12 8 24 2 0.325
John Stone 26 113 20 40 0 0 2 21 5 8 1 0.354
Johnny Neun 36 108 15 23 0 0 0 5 7 10 2 0.213
Ownie Carroll 43 98 7 19 0 0 0 9 7 14 0 0.194
Merv Shea 39 85 8 20 0 0 0 9 9 11 2 0.235
Earl Whitehill 31 67 4 13 0 0 0 3 5 11 0 0.194
Elam Vangilder 38 58 4 15 0 0 2 6 0 11 0 0.259
Vic Sorrell 29 55 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 0.109
Sam Gibson 20 42 4 12 0 0 0 6 2 2 0 0.286
Lil Stoner 36 39 4 7 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 0.179
Josh Billings 21 35 7 10 0 0 0 5 3 6 0 0.286
Ken Holloway 30 33 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.121
George Smith 39 27 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.111
Phil Page 3 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.222
Charlie Sullivan 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ownie Carroll 3.27 2 Elam Vangilder 3.91 3 Earl Whitehill 4.31 4 Ken Holloway 4.34 5 Lil Stoner 4.35

Wins

1 Ownie Carroll 16 2 Elam Vangilder 11 3 Earl Whitehill 11 4 Vic Sorrell 8 5 Josh Billings 5

Strikeouts

1 Earl Whitehill 93 2 Vic Sorrell 67 3 George Smith 54 4 Ownie Carroll 51 5 Josh Billings 48
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Ownie Carroll 16 12 3.27 34 28 2 231.0 87 51
Earl Whitehill 11 16 4.31 31 30 0 196.1 78 93
Vic Sorrell 8 11 4.79 29 23 0 171.0 83 67
Elam Vangilder 11 10 3.91 38 11 5 156.1 67 43
Lil Stoner 5 8 4.35 36 11 4 126.1 42 29
Ken Holloway 4 8 4.34 30 11 2 120.1 32 32
Sam Gibson 5 8 5.42 20 18 0 119.2 53 29
Josh Billings 5 10 5.12 21 16 0 110.2 59 48
George Smith 1 1 4.42 39 2 3 106.0 50 54
Phil Page 2 0 2.45 3 2 0 22.0 10 3
Charlie Sullivan 0 2 6.57 3 2 0 12.1 6 2

👥 Roster (27)

Josh Billings Ownie Carroll Paul Easterling Bob Fothergill Chick Galloway Charlie Gehringer Sam Gibson Pinky Hargrave Harry Heilmann Ken Holloway Marty McManus Johnny Neun +15 more

27 players

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