1928 Detroit Tigers

Roster of 27 · every name linked to a full player profile

W–L summed from pitcher decisions in the corpus.

Record

68–86

Runs

744

Home runs

Team AVG

.279

Team ERA

4.32

Pitching K

451

Postseason

Missed

Best by VAL

VAL is shown only for players who spent the whole season with this club.

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Charlie Gehringer2B	154	603	108	193	6	74	15	.320	.846	11.9
Harry HeilmannRF	151	558	83	183	14	107	7	.328	.897	13.7
Harry RiceCF	131	510	87	154	6	81	20	.302	.785	10.3
Marty McManus2B	139	500	78	144	8	73	11	.288	.785	9.9
Jackie TavenerSS	132	473	59	123	5	52	13	.260	.720	7.2
Bob FothergillLF	111	347	49	110	3	63	8	.317	.847	7.6
Pinky HargraveC	121	320	38	88	10	63	4	.275	.784	7.8
Bill Sweeney1B	89	309	47	78	0	19	12	.252	.620	3.4
Al WingoOF	87	242	30	69	2	30	2	.285	.769	4.5
Jack Warner3B	75	206	33	44	0	13	4	.214	.546	1.7
Larry WoodallC	65	186	19	39	0	13	3	.210	.558	1.5
Chick GallowaySS	53	148	17	39	1	17	7	.264	.676	2.3
Paul EasterlingLF	43	114	17	37	3	12	2	.325	.856	2.8
John StoneOF	26	113	20	40	2	21	1	.354	.936	—
Johnny Neun1B	36	108	15	23	0	5	2	.213	.520	0.7
Ownie CarrollP	43	98	7	19	0	9	0	.194	.493	9.5
Merv SheaC	39	85	8	20	0	9	2	.235	.645	1.1
Earl WhitehillP	31	67	4	13	0	3	0	.194	.444	7.2
Elam VangilderP	38	58	4	15	2	6	0	.259	.621	8.7
Vic SorrellP	29	55	2	6	0	1	0	.109	.254	5.2
Sam GibsonP	20	42	4	12	0	6	0	.286	.628	2.1
Lil StonerP	36	39	4	7	0	3	0	.179	.451	6.4
Josh BillingsP	21	35	7	10	0	5	0	.286	.742	3.3
Ken HollowayP	31	33	2	4	0	1	0	.121	.303	5.7
George SmithP	39	27	2	3	0	0	0	.111	.254	7.1
Phil PageP	3	9	0	2	0	0	0	.222	.444	—
Charlie SullivanP	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Ownie CarrollP	34	28	16	12	2	231.0	51	3.27	9.5
Earl WhitehillP	31	30	11	16	0	196.1	93	4.31	7.2
Vic SorrellP	29	23	8	11	0	171.0	67	4.79	5.2
Elam VangilderP	38	11	11	10	5	156.1	43	3.91	8.7
Lil StonerP	36	11	5	8	4	126.1	29	4.35	6.4
Ken HollowayP	30	11	4	8	2	120.1	32	4.34	5.7
Sam GibsonP	20	18	5	8	0	119.2	29	5.42	2.1
Josh BillingsP	21	16	5	10	0	110.2	48	5.12	3.3
George SmithP	39	2	1	1	3	106.0	54	4.42	7.1
Phil PageP	3	2	2	0	0	22.0	3	2.45	—
Charlie SullivanP	3	2	0	2	0	12.1	2	6.57	—

Players traded mid-season are listed with their numbers for this club only.

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Charlie Gehringer2B	154	603	108	193	6	74	15	.320	.846	11.9
Harry HeilmannRF	151	558	83	183	14	107	7	.328	.897	13.7
Harry RiceCF	131	510	87	154	6	81	20	.302	.785	10.3
Marty McManus2B	139	500	78	144	8	73	11	.288	.785	9.9
Jackie TavenerSS	132	473	59	123	5	52	13	.260	.720	7.2
Bob FothergillLF	111	347	49	110	3	63	8	.317	.847	7.6
Pinky HargraveC	121	320	38	88	10	63	4	.275	.784	7.8
Bill Sweeney1B	89	309	47	78	0	19	12	.252	.620	3.4
Al WingoOF	87	242	30	69	2	30	2	.285	.769	4.5
Jack Warner3B	75	206	33	44	0	13	4	.214	.546	1.7
Larry WoodallC	65	186	19	39	0	13	3	.210	.558	1.5
Chick GallowaySS	53	148	17	39	1	17	7	.264	.676	2.3
Paul EasterlingLF	43	114	17	37	3	12	2	.325	.856	2.8
John StoneOF	26	113	20	40	2	21	1	.354	.936	—
Johnny Neun1B	36	108	15	23	0	5	2	.213	.520	0.7
Ownie CarrollP	43	98	7	19	0	9	0	.194	.493	9.5
Merv SheaC	39	85	8	20	0	9	2	.235	.645	1.1
Earl WhitehillP	31	67	4	13	0	3	0	.194	.444	7.2
Elam VangilderP	38	58	4	15	2	6	0	.259	.621	8.7
Vic SorrellP	29	55	2	6	0	1	0	.109	.254	5.2
Sam GibsonP	20	42	4	12	0	6	0	.286	.628	2.1
Lil StonerP	36	39	4	7	0	3	0	.179	.451	6.4
Josh BillingsP	21	35	7	10	0	5	0	.286	.742	3.3
Ken HollowayP	31	33	2	4	0	1	0	.121	.303	5.7
George SmithP	39	27	2	3	0	0	0	.111	.254	7.1
Phil PageP	3	9	0	2	0	0	0	.222	.444	—
Charlie SullivanP	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—

Pitching

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Ownie CarrollP	34	28	16	12	2	231.0	51	3.27	9.5
Earl WhitehillP	31	30	11	16	0	196.1	93	4.31	7.2
Vic SorrellP	29	23	8	11	0	171.0	67	4.79	5.2
Elam VangilderP	38	11	11	10	5	156.1	43	3.91	8.7
Lil StonerP	36	11	5	8	4	126.1	29	4.35	6.4
Ken HollowayP	30	11	4	8	2	120.1	32	4.34	5.7
Sam GibsonP	20	18	5	8	0	119.2	29	5.42	2.1
Josh BillingsP	21	16	5	10	0	110.2	48	5.12	3.3
George SmithP	39	2	1	1	3	106.0	54	4.42	7.1
Phil PageP	3	2	2	0	0	22.0	3	2.45	—
Charlie SullivanP	3	2	0	2	0	12.1	2	6.57	—