1928 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNavin Field
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersFrank Navin
ManagersGeorge Moriarty
RadioWWJ (AM)
(Ty Tyson)
← 1927 Seasons 1929 →

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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 101 53 0.656 — 52–25 49–28
Philadelphia Athletics 98 55 0.641 2½ 52–25 46–30
St. Louis Browns 82 72 0.532 19 43–34 39–38
Washington Senators 75 79 0.487 26 37–43 38–36
Chicago White Sox 72 82 0.468 29 37–40 35–42
Detroit Tigers 68 86 0.442 33 36–41 32–45
Cleveland Indians 62 92 0.403 39 28–49 34–43
Boston Red Sox 57 96 0.373 43½ 26–47 31–49

Record vs. opponents

1928 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 10–12 9–13 7–15 6–16 3–18 9–13 13–9–1
Chicago 12–10 — 12–10–1 13–9 9–13 6–16 10–12 10–12
Cleveland 13–9 10–12–1 — 10–12 6–16 6–16 7–15 10–12
Detroit 15–7 9–13 12–10 — 7–15 8–14 9–13 8–14
New York 16–6 13–9 16–6 15–7 — 16–6 12–10 13–9
Philadelphia 18–3 16–6 16–6 14–8 6–16 — 16–6 12–10
St. Louis 13–9 12–10 15–7 13–9 10–12 6–16 — 13–9
Washington 9–13–1 12–10 12–10 14–8 9–13 10–12 9–13 —


Roster

1928 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
C Pinky Hargrave 121 320 88 .275 10 63
1B Bill Sweeney 89 309 78 .252 0 19
2B Charlie Gehringer 154 603 193 .320 6 74
SS Jackie Tavener 132 473 123 .260 5 52
3B Marty McManus 139 500 144 .288 8 73
OF Harry Heilmann 151 558 183 .328 14 107
OF Bob Fothergill 111 347 110 .317 3 63
OF Harry Rice 131 510 154 .302 6 81

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 Wingo 87 242 69 .285 2 30
Jack Warner 75 206 44 .214 0 13
Larry Woodall 65 186 39 .210 0 13
Chick Galloway 53 148 39 .264 1 17
Paul Easterling 43 114 37 .325 3 12
John Stone 26 113 40 .354 2 21
Johnny Neun 36 108 23 .213 0 5
Merv Shea 39 85 20 .235 0 9

Pitching

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 Carroll 34 231.0 16 12 3.27 51
Earl Whitehill 31 196.1 11 16 4.31 93
Vic Sorrell 29 171.0 8 11 4.79 67
Sam Gibson 20 119.2 5 8 5.42 29
Josh Billings 21 110.2 5 10 5.12 48

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 Vangilder 38 156.1 11 10 3.91 43
Lil Stoner 36 126.1 5 8 4.35 29
Ken Holloway 30 120.1 4 8 4.34 32
Phil Page 3 22.0 2 0 2.45 3
Charlie Sullivan 3 12.1 0 2 6.57 2

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 Smith 39 1 1 3 4.42 54

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

External links

1928 MLB season by team
Detroit Tigers
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