1928 Detroit Tigers

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1 Summary
2 Roster and Statistics
3 Batting Leaders
4 Pitching Leaders

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The 1928 Detroit Tigers finished with a record of 68-86. They scored 744 runs and belted 62 home runs to go along with a .279 batting average. The offense was powered by Harry Heilmann, who led the team with 14 home runs and 107 RBI. Charlie Gehringer led the team with 193 hits for a .320 average.

The team allowed 803 runs and had a team ERA of 4.32. Ownie Carroll led the team with 16 wins. Earl Whitehill led the team with 93 strikeouts.

[edit] Roster and Statistics

Player Name	Pos	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	OBP	SLG	OPS	AVG
Infielders
Chick Galloway	SS	53	148	17	39	1	17	7	.331	.345	.676	.264
Charlie Gehringer	2B	154	603	108	193	6	74	15	.395	.451	.846	.320
Marty McManus	3B	139	500	78	144	8	73	11	.355	.430	.785	.288
Johnny Neun	1B	36	108	15	23	0	5	2	.261	.259	.520	.213
Bill Sweeney	1B	89	309	47	78	0	19	12	.287	.333	.620	.252
Jackie Tavener	SS	132	473	59	123	5	52	13	.314	.406	.720	.260
Jack Warner	3B	75	206	33	44	0	13	4	.274	.272	.546	.214
Outfielders
Paul Easterling	OF	43	114	17	37	3	12	2	.374	.482	.856	.325
Bob Fothergill	OF	111	347	49	110	3	63	8	.366	.481	.847	.317
Harry Heilmann	OF	151	558	83	183	14	107	7	.390	.507	.897	.328
Harry Rice	OF	131	510	87	154	6	81	20	.360	.425	.785	.302
John Stone	OF	26	113	20	40	2	21	1	.387	.549	.936	.354
Al Wingo	OF	87	242	30	69	2	30	2	.389	.380	.769	.285
Catchers
Pinky Hargrave	C	121	320	38	88	10	63	4	.343	.441	.784	.275
Merv Shea	C	39	85	8	20	0	9	2	.316	.329	.645	.235
Larry Woodall	C	65	186	19	39	0	13	3	.300	.258	.558	.210
Team Totals	-	-	5289	744	1475	62	686	113	.331	.401	.732	.279

Player Name	G	GS	IP	W	L	Win %	SV	SO	BB	ERA	WHIP
Pitchers
Josh Billings	21	16	110.7	5	10	.333	0	48	59	5.12	1.599
Ownie Carroll	34	28	231	16	12	.571	2	51	87	3.27	1.325
Sam Gibson	20	18	119.7	5	8	.385	0	29	53	5.42	1.738
Ken Holloway	30	11	120.3	4	8	.333	2	32	32	4.34	1.405
Phil Page	3	2	22	2	0	1.000	0	3	10	2.45	1.409
George Smith	39	2	106	1	1	.500	3	54	50	4.42	1.443
Vic Sorrell	29	23	171	8	11	.421	0	67	83	4.79	1.550
Lil Stoner	36	11	126.3	5	8	.385	4	29	42	4.35	1.528
Charlie Sullivan	3	2	12.3	0	2	.000	0	2	6	6.57	1.951
Elam Vangilder	38	11	156.3	11	10	.524	5	43	67	3.91	1.472
Earl Whitehill	31	30	196.3	11	16	.407	0	93	78	4.31	1.488
Team Totals	284	154	1371.9	68	86	.442	16	451	567	4.32	1.493

[edit] Batting Leaders

Category
Games	Charlie Gehringer	154
At Bats	Charlie Gehringer	603
Plate Appearances (approx.)	Charlie Gehringer	691
Batting Average	Harry Heilmann	.328
On-Base %	Charlie Gehringer	.395
Slugging %	Harry Heilmann	.507
OPS	Harry Heilmann	.897
Runs	Charlie Gehringer	108
Hits	Charlie Gehringer	193
Total Bases	Harry Heilmann	283
Doubles	Harry Heilmann	38
Triples	Charlie Gehringer	16
Home Runs	Harry Heilmann	14
RBI	Harry Heilmann	107
Walks	Charlie Gehringer	69
Strikeouts	Jackie Tavener	51
Stolen Bases	Harry Rice	20
Caught Stealing	Marty McManus and Harry Rice	13
Sacrifice Hits	Jackie Tavener	19

[edit] Pitching Leaders

Category
Wins	Ownie Carroll	16
Losses	Earl Whitehill	16
Saves	Elam Vangilder	5
Won-Loss %	Ownie Carroll	.571
ERA	Ownie Carroll	3.27
WHIP	Ownie Carroll	1.325
Innings Pitched	Ownie Carroll	231
Games	George Smith	39
Games Started	Earl Whitehill	30
Strikeouts	Earl Whitehill	93
Complete Games	Ownie Carroll	19
Shutouts	Ownie Carroll	2
Batters Faced	Ownie Carroll	967
Earned Runs Allowed	Earl Whitehill	94
Hits Allowed	Ownie Carroll	219
Walks Allowed	Ownie Carroll	87
Home Runs Allowed	Lil Stoner	16
Wild Pitches	Josh Billings	4
Hit Batsmen	Ownie Carroll and Sam Gibson	7

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1928 Detroit Tigers

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