1929 Detroit Tigers

70-84 • 0.455 Win% • 6th in AL

📊 Season Record

70 Wins
84 Losses
0.455 Win %
6th Rank
926 R 928 RA
Diff -2

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⚡ Quick Stats

926 Runs Scored
928 Runs Allowed
-2 Run Diff
860K Attendance

📈 vs. 1929 AL Average

Batting Avg .298 5% above the 1929 league average (.283)
OBP .358 3% above the 1929 league average (.346)
SLG .357 10% above the 1929 league average (.326)
Team ERA 4.96 17% worse than the 1929 league average (4.24)
Runs Scored 926 21% above the 1929 league average (767 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 860,252
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Avg per Game 11,172

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bob Fothergill 0.354 2 Harry Heilmann 0.344 3 Dale Alexander 0.343 4 George Uhle 0.343 5 Charlie Gehringer 0.339

Home Runs

1 Dale Alexander 25 2 Marty McManus 18 3 Harry Heilmann 15 4 Charlie Gehringer 13 5 Roy Johnson 10

RBI

1 Dale Alexander 137 2 Harry Heilmann 120 3 Charlie Gehringer 106 4 Marty McManus 90 5 Roy Johnson 69
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Roy Johnson 148 640 128 201 0 0 10 69 67 60 20 0.314
Charlie Gehringer 155 634 131 215 0 0 13 106 64 19 27 0.339
Dale Alexander 155 626 110 215 0 0 25 137 56 63 5 0.343
Marty McManus 154 599 99 168 0 0 18 90 60 52 16 0.280
Harry Rice 130 536 97 163 0 0 6 69 61 23 6 0.304
Harry Heilmann 125 453 86 156 0 0 15 120 50 39 5 0.344
Bob Fothergill 115 277 42 98 0 0 6 62 11 11 3 0.354
Heinie Schuble 92 258 35 60 0 0 2 28 19 23 3 0.233
Eddie Phillips 68 221 24 52 0 0 2 21 20 16 0 0.235
Pinky Hargrave 76 185 26 61 0 0 3 26 20 24 2 0.330
Merv Shea 50 162 23 47 0 0 3 24 19 18 2 0.290
John Stone 51 150 23 39 0 0 2 15 11 13 1 0.260
Yats Wuestling 54 150 13 30 0 0 0 16 9 24 1 0.200
George Uhle 40 108 18 37 0 0 0 13 6 6 0 0.343
Earl Whitehill 38 90 10 23 0 0 3 11 6 17 0 0.256
Bill Akers 24 83 15 22 0 0 1 9 10 9 2 0.265
Vic Sorrell 36 83 9 12 0 0 0 6 1 28 0 0.145
Ownie Carroll 37 74 9 17 0 0 0 11 4 4 0 0.230
Emil Yde 46 48 8 16 0 0 0 3 3 6 0 0.333
Ray Hayworth 14 43 5 11 0 0 0 4 3 8 0 0.256
Frank Sigafoos 14 23 3 4 0 0 0 2 5 4 0 0.174
Augie Prudhomme 34 21 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 0.238
Nolen Richardson 13 21 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0.190
Kyle Graham 13 19 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0.105
Lil Stoner 24 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.067
Art Herring 4 14 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0.214
George Smith 14 12 3 5 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0.417
Bucky Harris 7 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0.091
Elon Hogsett 4 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Whit Wyatt 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.100
Phil Page 10 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.125
Josh Billings 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Frank Barnes 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Elam Vangilder 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Larry Woodall 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 George Uhle 4.08 2 Earl Whitehill 4.62 3 Ownie Carroll 4.63 4 Art Herring 4.78 5 Vic Sorrell 5.18

Wins

1 George Uhle 15 2 Vic Sorrell 14 3 Earl Whitehill 14 4 Ownie Carroll 9 5 Emil Yde 7

Strikeouts

1 Earl Whitehill 103 2 George Uhle 100 3 Vic Sorrell 81 4 Ownie Carroll 54 5 Augie Prudhomme 26
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
George Uhle 15 11 4.08 32 30 0 249.0 58 100
Earl Whitehill 14 15 4.62 38 28 1 245.1 96 103
Vic Sorrell 14 15 5.18 36 31 1 226.0 106 81
Ownie Carroll 9 17 4.63 34 26 1 202.0 86 54
Augie Prudhomme 1 6 6.22 34 6 1 94.0 53 26
Emil Yde 7 3 5.30 29 6 0 86.2 63 23
Lil Stoner 3 3 5.26 24 3 4 53.0 31 12
Kyle Graham 1 3 5.57 13 6 1 51.2 33 7
George Smith 3 2 5.80 14 2 0 35.2 36 13
Art Herring 2 1 4.78 4 4 0 32.0 19 15
Elon Hogsett 1 2 2.83 4 4 0 28.2 9 9
Phil Page 0 2 8.17 10 4 0 25.1 19 6
Whit Wyatt 0 1 6.75 4 4 0 25.1 18 14
Josh Billings 0 1 5.12 8 0 0 19.1 9 1
Elam Vangilder 0 1 6.35 6 0 0 11.1 7 3
Frank Barnes 0 1 7.20 4 1 0 5.0 3 0

👥 Roster (35)

Bill Akers Dale Alexander Frank Barnes Josh Billings Ownie Carroll Bob Fothergill Charlie Gehringer Kyle Graham Pinky Hargrave Bucky Harris Ray Hayworth Harry Heilmann +23 more

35 players

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