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1908 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1907/1909)
90-63, Finished 1st in American League
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Won AL Pennant
Scored 647 runs, Allowed 547 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-65
Managed by Hughie Jennings

Ballpark: Bennett Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 436,199 (5th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year):
Batting - 104, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-1) to Chicago Cubs

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Boss Schmidt        27  122  419   45  111  14  3   1   38  16       .265  .297  .320   5           3  16           97
1B *Claude Rossman      27  138  524   45  154  33 13   2   71  27       .294  .330  .418   8           1  19          138
2B  Red Downs           24   84  289   29   64  10  3   1   35   5       .221  .237  .287   2           1   8           67
3B  Bill Coughlin       29  119  405   32   87   5  1   0   23  23       .215  .269  .232  10           7  15           60
SS  Germany Schaefer    32  153  584   96  151  20 10   3   52  37       .259  .304  .342  40           1  43          106
OF *Matty McIntyre      28  151  569  105  168  24 13   0   28  83       .295  .392  .383  20           7  13          148
OF *Ty Cobb             21  150  581   88  188  36 20   4  108  34       .324  .367  .475  39           6  14          169
OF *Sam Crawford        28  152  591  102  184  33 16   7   80  37       .311  .355  .457  15           3  23          159
    Charley O'Leary     25   65  211   21   53   9  3   0   17   9       .251  .295  .322   4           4   7           97
   *Davy Jones          28   56  121   17   25   2  1   0   10  13       .207  .284  .240  11           0   4           67
    Ira Thomas          27   40  101    6   31   1  0   0    8   5       .307  .346  .317   0           1   1          112
    Red Killefer        23   28   75    9   16   1  0   0   11   3       .213  .253  .227   4           1   6           53
   #Donie Bush          20   20   68   13   20   1  1   0    4   7       .294  .360  .338   2           0   4          123
    Fred Payne          27   20   45    3    3   0  0   0    2   3       .067  .176  .067   1           3   4          -22
    Clay Perry          26    7   17    0    2   0  0   0    0   0       .118  .167  .118   0           1   0           -9

    George Mullin       27   55  125   13   32   2  2   1    8   7       .256  .306  .328   2           2   3          102
   #Ed Summers          23   40  113    6   14   2  0   0    5   0       .124  .124  .142   0           0   4          -15
    Bill Donovan        31   30   82    5   13   1  0   0    2  10       .159  .250  .171   2           0   1           35
   *Ed Killian          31   28   73    5   10   3  0   0    6   0       .137  .137  .178   0           0   0            0
    Ed Willett          24   30   67    4   11   1  0   0    8   0       .164  .176  .179   0           1   2           14
   *Ed Siever           33   11   18    0    3   0  0   0    2   0       .167  .167  .167   0           0   1            7
    George Winter       30    7   18    0    2   0  0   0    0   0       .111  .111  .111   0           0   2          -29
    George Suggs        25    6   10    1    2   1  0   0    1   1       .200  .273  .300   0           0   1           83
    Herm Malloy         23    3    9    0    3   0  0   0    1   0       .333  .333  .333   0           0   0          113
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.9  154 5115  647 1347 199 86  19  520 320       .263  .307  .347 165          42 191          119
    Rank among 8 AL teams          2    1    1   1  2   3        6          1     1     1   6                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Ed Summers          23  40   1.64  24  12  1  32   8  23   5  301.0  271  112   55   3   55  103 1195   5  20  1     147
SP  George Mullin       27  39   3.10  17  13  0  30   8  26   1  290.7  301  142  100   1   71  121 1232  12   7  0      78
SP  Bill Donovan        31  29   2.08  18   7  0  28   1  25   6  242.7  210   78   56   2   53  141  997   3   6  0     116
SP *Ed Killian          31  27   2.99  12   9  1  23   4  15   0  180.7  170   78   60   3   53   47  736   1   8  0      81
SP  Ed Willett          24  30   2.28  15   8  1  23   7  18   2  197.3  186   67   50   2   60   77  786  10  14  0     106
SP *Ed Siever           33  11   3.50   2   6  0   9   2   4   1   61.7   74   37   24   0   13   23  258   1   0  0      69
SP  George Winter       30   7   1.60   1   5  1   6   1   5   0   56.3   49   19   10   0    7   25  214   0   3  0     151

RP  George Suggs        25   6   1.67   1   1  1   1   3   1   0   27.0   32    8    5   0    2    8  109   0   0  0     145

    Herm Malloy         23   3   3.71   0   2  0   2   1   2   0   17.0   20   11    7   1    4    8   78   1   2  0      65
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4 154   2.40  90  63  5 154  35 119  15 1374.0 1313  547  366  12  318  553 5605  33  60  1     100
    Rank among 8 AL teams           6   1   8  4           1   4      7    8    6        4    2    7

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
BSchmidt    121  541  184  37  12  .951   5            
IThomas      29  124   15   4   3  .972   1            
FPayne       17   52   10   3   1  .954   1            
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  154  717  209  44  16  .955   7   0   0   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .984 11.05
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
CRossman    138 1429  102  29  70  .981 11.09
SCrawford    17  176   13   6  12  .969 11.12
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154 1605  115  35  82  .980 11.27
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .951  5.11
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RDowns       82  180  265  36  24  .925  5.43
GSchaefer    58  122  160  15  22  .949  4.86
RKillefer    16   30   35   3   7  .956  4.06
CO'Leary      1    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  333  460  54  53  .936  5.19
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .932  3.20
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BCoughlin   119  120  214  21  12  .941  2.81
GSchaefer    29   35   65   5   1  .952  3.45
CPerry        7    7   10   3   1  .850  2.43
RKillefer     4    1    6   4   1  .636  1.75
RDowns        1    1    1   0   1 1.000  2.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  164  296  33  16  .933  3.01
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .927  5.42
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
GSchaefer    68  162  254  37  35  .918  6.12
CO'Leary     64  130  179  27  15  .920  4.83
DBush        20   42   63   7   9  .937  5.25
RKillefer     7   17   13   5   1  .857  4.29
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154  351  509  76  60  .919  5.63
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     G   PO    A   E   DP  .954  1.80  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
MMcIntyre   151  329   17   8   4  .977  2.29 151   0   0
TCobb       150  212   23  14   5  .944  1.57   0   0 150
SCrawford   134  252    9   8   2  .970  1.95   0 134   0
DJones       32   67    5   3   2  .960  2.25   4  26   2
FPayne        1    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.00   0   0   1
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  154  862   54  33  13  .965  2.00 154 154 154
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .946  3.20
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
ESummers     40   20   90   7   2  .940  3.29
GMullin      39   21  102   5   2  .961  3.81
BDonovan     29   16   39   5   0  .917  2.04
EWillett     30   14   81   4   3  .960  4.33
EKillian     27   15   71   3   0  .966  4.28
ESiever      11    5   16   2   0  .913  3.06
GWinter       7    6   22   5   1  .848  4.48
GSuggs        6    0    4   0   1 1.000  1.33
HMalloy       3    2   10   1   0  .923  6.35
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  154   99  435  32   9  .943  3.50
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageCobb.324
On-base %McIntyre.392
Slugging %Cobb.475
OPSCobb.842
GamesSchaefer153
At BatsCrawford591
Plate Appearances (approx.)McIntyre672
RunsMcIntyre105
HitsCobb188
Total BasesCobb276
DoublesCobb36
TriplesCobb20
Home RunsCrawford7
RBICobb108
Bases on BallsMcIntyre83
Stolen BasesSchaefer40
SinglesMcIntyre131
Adjusted OPS+Cobb169
Runs CreatedCobb100
Adjusted Batting RunsCobb42
Batting WinsCobb5.1
Extra-Base HitsCobb60
Times on BaseMcIntyre258
Offensive Win%Cobb.815
Hit By PitchCoughlin and McIntyre7
Sac. HitsSchaefer43
Power/Speed NumberCrawford9.5
At Bats per Home RunCrawford84.4
OutsSchaefer476

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERASummers1.64
WinsSummers24
Won-Loss %Donovan.720
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Summers1.083
Hits Allowed/9IPDonovan7.79
Bases on Balls/9IPSummers1.64
Strikeouts/9IPDonovan5.23
GamesSummers40
SavesKillian, Suggs, Summers, Willett, and Winter1
InningsSummers301.0
StrikeoutsDonovan141
Games StartedSummers32
Comp. GamesMullin26
ShutoutsDonovan6
Home Runs Allow.Killian and Summers3
Bases On Balls Allow.Mullin71
Hits AllowedMullin301
SO to WalkDonovan2.66
LossesMullin13
Earned Runs Allow.Mullin100
Wild PitchesMullin12
Hit BatsmenSummers20
Batters FacedMullin1232
Games FinishedMullin and Summers8
Adjusted ERA+Summers147

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