1928 Detroit Tigers season

The 1928 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 68–86, 33 games behind the New York Yankees.

1928 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Frank Navin
Manager(s)George Moriarty
Local televisionnone
Local radioWWJ (AM)
(Ty Tyson)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10153 0.656 — 52–25 49–28
Philadelphia Athletics 9855 0.641 2½ 52–25 46–30
St. Louis Browns 8272 0.532 19 43–34 39–38
Washington Senators 7579 0.487 26 37–43 38–36
Chicago White Sox 7282 0.468 29 37–40 35–42
Detroit Tigers 6886 0.442 33 36–41 32–45
Cleveland Indians 6292 0.403 39 28–49 34–43
Boston Red Sox 5796 0.373 43½ 26–47 31–49

Record vs. opponents
1928 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —10–129–137–156–163–189–1313–9–1
Chicago 12–10—12–10–113–99–136–1610–1210–12
Cleveland 13–910–12–1—10–126–166–167–1510–12
Detroit 15–79–1312–10—7–158–149–138–14
New York 16–613–916–615–7—16–612–1013–9
Philadelphia 18–316–616–614–86–16—16–612–10
St. Louis 13–912–1015–713–910–126–16—13–9
Washington 9–13–112–1012–1014–89–1310–129–13—

Roster
1928 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CPinky Hargrave12132088.2751063
1BBill Sweeney8930978.252019
2BCharlie Gehringer154603193.320674
SSJackie Tavener132473123.260552
3BMarty McManus139500144.288873
OFHarry Heilmann151558183.32814107
OFBob Fothergill111347110.317363
OFHarry Rice131510154.302681

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Al Wingo8724269.285230
Jack Warner7520644.214013
Larry Woodall6518639.210013
Chick Galloway5314839.264117
Paul Easterling4311437.325312
John Stone2611340.354221
Johnny Neun3610823.21305
Merv Shea398520.23509

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ownie Carroll3423116123.2751
Earl Whitehill31196.111164.3193
Vic Sorrell291718114.7967
Sam Gibson20119.2585.4229
Josh Billings21110.25105.1248

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Elam Vangilder38156.111103.9143
Lil Stoner36126.1584.3529
Ken Holloway30120.1484.3432
Phil Page322202.453
Charlie Sullivan312.1026.572

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
George Smith391134.4254

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
A Fort Worth Panthers Texas League Jake Atz
B Evansville Hubs Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Bob Coleman
C Wheeling Stogies Middle Atlantic League Bobby Prysock

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Notes
  1. Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference
  2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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