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1937 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1936/1938) 89-65, Finished 2nd in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 935 runs, Allowed 841 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70 Managed by Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker, and Cy Perkins Ballpark: Navin Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,072,276 (1st of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 101   (one-year): Batting - 109, Pitching - 107   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1937 Stats (1936/1938) / Schedule / Transactions

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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   Rudy York           23  104  375   72  115  18  3  35  103  41   52  .307  .375  .651   3   2       0   1          151
1B  Hank Greenberg      26  154  594  137  200  49 14  40  183 102  101  .337  .436  .668   8   3       3   2          172
2B *Charlie Gehringer   34  144  564  133  209  40  1  14   96  90   25  .371  .458  .520  11   4       1   5          144
3B  Marv Owen           31  107  396   48  114  22  5   1   45  41   24  .288  .358  .376   3   4       2   2           84
SS #Billy Rogell        32  146  536   85  148  30  7   8   64  83   48  .276  .376  .403   5   5       3  10           95
OF  Gee Walker          29  151  635  105  213  42  4  18  113  41   74  .335  .380  .499  23   7       5   2          118
OF  Pete Fox            28  148  628  116  208  39  8  12   82  41   43  .331  .372  .476  12   8       0  10          110
OF *Jo-Jo White         28   94  305   50   75   5  7   0   21  50   40  .246  .354  .308  12   7       1   2           67
    Chet Laabs          25   72  242   31   58  13  5   8   37  24   66  .240  .308  .434   6   2       0   1           83
   *Goose Goslin        36   79  181   30   43  11  1   4   35  35   18  .238  .367  .376   0   1       2   1           86
    Birdie Tebbetts     24   50  162   15   31   4  3   2   16  10   13  .191  .238  .290   0   0       0   3           31
   *Mickey Cochrane     34   27   98   27   30  10  1   2   12  25    4  .306  .452  .490   0   1       1   2          135
    Ray Hayworth        33   30   78    9   21   2  0   1    8  14   15  .269  .394  .333   0   0       2   2           84
    Gil English         27   18   65    6   17   1  0   1    6   6    4  .262  .333  .323   1   1       1   0           65
   *Cliff Bolton        30   27   57    6   15   2  0   1    7   8    6  .263  .354  .351   0   0       0   0           77
    Charlie Gelbert     31   20   47    4    4   2  0   0    1   4   11  .085  .157  .128   0   0       0   0          -28
    Flea Clifton        27   15   43    4    5   1  0   0    2   7   10  .116  .240  .140   3   0       0   2           -3
   *Babe Herman         34   17   20    2    6   3  0   0    3   1    6  .300  .364  .450   2   0       1   0          102

    Tommy Bridges       30   34   96    9   23   2  1   0    8   5   26  .240  .277  .281   0   0       0   3           40
    Elden Auker         26   43   91   14   18   4  2   3   16   8   36  .198  .263  .385   0   0       0   6           60
    Roxie Lawson        31   37   81   11   21   3  0   0    6   6   14  .259  .310  .296   0   0       0   5           52
   *Jake Wade           25   33   59    4   11   1  0   0    1   3   31  .186  .226  .203   0   0       0   1            8
    Boots Poffenberger  21   29   51    5   11   3  0   0    3   0    8  .216  .216  .275   0   0       0   2           22
    George Gill         28   31   50    6    7   1  0   0    2   1   12  .140  .157  .160   0   0       0   1          -21
    Slick Coffman       26   28   29    3    5   1  0   0    2   5   13  .172  .294  .207   0   0       0   4           27
    Pat McLaughlin      26   11   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .100  .182  .100   0   0       0   0          -28
    Schoolboy Rowe      27   10   10    2    2   0  0   0    1   1    4  .200  .273  .200   0   0       0   1           20
    Jack Russell        31   25    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    2  .000  .222  .000   0   0       0   1          -40
    Clyde Hatter        28    3    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .250  .000   0   0       0   0          -32
    Vic Sorrell         36    7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0       0   1         -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.0  155 5516  935 1611 309 62 150  873 656  711  .292  .367  .452  89  45      22  70          111
    Rank among 8 AL teams          2    2    1   2  6   2        2    1     1     1     2   2   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

    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  Elden Auker         26  39   3.88  17   9  1  32   6  19   1  252.7  250  127  109  13   97   73 1081   2   6  0     120
SP  Tommy Bridges       30  34   4.07  15  12  0  31   2  18   3  245.3  267  129  111  15   91  138 1076   4   3  1     115
SP  Roxie Lawson        31  37   5.26  18   7  1  29   5  15   0  217.3  236  141  127  17  115   68  995   6   1  1      89
SP *Jake Wade           25  33   5.39   7  10  0  25   4   7   1  165.3  160  106   99  13  107   69  744   5   3  0      87
SP  Boots Poffenberger  21  29   4.65  10   5  3  16  10   5   0  137.3  147   83   71   8   79   35  625   2   4  0     100

RP  Jack Russell        31  25   7.59   2   5  4   0  16   0   0   40.3   63   35   34   4   20   10  196   0   1  0      62
RP  Slick Coffman       26  28   4.37   7   5  0   5  15   1   0  101.0  121   61   49   8   39   22  457   1   3  2     107
RP  George Gill         28  31   4.51  11   4  1  10  18   4   1  127.7  146   74   64  11   42   40  564   2   1  0     103
RP  Schoolboy Rowe      27  10   8.62   1   4  0   2   2   1   0   31.3   49   32   30   7    9    6  152   1   1  0      54

    Pat McLaughlin      26  10   6.34   0   2  0   3   6   0   0   32.7   39   23   23   3   16    8  150   0   0  0      74
    Vic Sorrell         36   7   9.00   0   2  1   2   1   0   0   17.0   25   18   17   3    8   11   83   1   0  0      52
   *Clyde Hatter        28   3  11.57   1   0  0   0   0   0   0    9.3   17   12   12   0   11    4   54   0   1  0      40
   *Bob Logan           27   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.7    1    0    0   0    1    1    4   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4 155   4.87  89  65 11 155  85  70   6 1378.0 1521  841  746 102  635  485 6181  24  24  4      96
    Rank among 8 AL teams           7   2   7  6           4   3      3    6    5        5    6    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RYork 54 190 27 9 6 .960 12 BTebbetts 48 155 25 7 1 .963 4 RHayworth 28 118 14 1 2 .992 2 MCochrane 27 108 13 0 1 1.000 0 CBolton 13 47 9 1 2 .982 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 155 618 88 18 12 .975 19 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.61 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HGreenberg 154 1477 102 13 133 .992 10.25 RYork 2 11 2 0 0 1.000 6.50 GGoslin 1 12 1 1 0 .929 13.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 1500 105 14 133 .991 10.48 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .972 5.28 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGehringer 142 331 485 12 102 .986 5.75 GEnglish 12 23 28 2 5 .962 4.25 FClifton 3 6 6 3 2 .800 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 360 519 17 109 .981 5.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .946 3.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MOwen 106 108 219 10 17 .970 3.08 RYork 41 45 66 9 5 .925 2.71 FClifton 7 9 14 1 1 .958 3.29 GEnglish 6 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 165 305 20 23 .959 3.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .955 5.06 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BRogell 146 323 451 26 103 .967 5.30 CGelbert 16 22 35 4 7 .934 3.56 FClifton 4 6 9 0 1 1.000 3.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 351 495 30 111 .966 5.53 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .969 2.28 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- GWalker 151 316 9 15 2 .956 2.15 88 11 54 PFox 143 321 6 8 0 .976 2.29 11 27 106 JWhite 82 216 4 6 0 .973 2.68 3 79 0 CLaabs 62 133 2 4 0 .971 2.18 22 40 0 GGoslin 40 81 2 4 1 .954 2.08 39 0 1 BHerman 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 2 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 155 1070 23 37 3 .967 2.38 155 155 155 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .954 2.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EAuker 39 15 72 3 4 .967 3.10 TBridges 34 14 46 1 2 .984 2.20 RLawson 37 16 33 2 2 .961 2.03 JWade 33 6 33 0 1 1.000 2.12 BPoffenberg 29 8 32 1 3 .976 2.62 GGill 31 3 32 2 3 .946 2.47 SCoffman 28 4 16 1 1 .952 1.78 JRussell 25 1 13 0 0 1.000 3.13 PMcLaughlin 10 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.10 SRowe 10 6 6 0 0 1.000 3.45 VSorrell 7 1 3 1 0 .800 2.12 CHatter 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.97 BLogan 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 155 75 290 11 16 .971 2.38 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Gehringer .371 On-base % Gehringer .458 Slugging % Greenberg .668 OPS Greenberg 1.104 Games Greenberg 154 At Bats Walker 635 Plate Appearances (approx.) Greenberg 701 Runs Greenberg 137 Hits Walker 213 Total Bases Greenberg 397 Doubles Greenberg 49 Triples Greenberg 14 Home Runs Greenberg 40 RBI Greenberg 183 Bases on Balls Greenberg 102 Strikeouts Greenberg 101 Stolen Bases Walker 23 Singles Gehringer 154 Adjusted OPS+ Greenberg 172 Runs Created Greenberg 172 Adjusted Batting Runs Greenberg 67 Batting Wins Greenberg 6.0 Extra-Base Hits Greenberg 103 Times on Base Greenberg 305 Offensive Win% Greenberg .805 Hit By Pitch Walker 5 Sac. Hits Fox and Rogell 10 Caught Stealing Fox 8 Power/Speed Number Walker 20.2 At Bats per Strikeout Gehringer 22.6 At Bats per Home Run York 10.7 Outs Fox 438

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Auker 3.88 Wins Lawson 18 Won-Loss % Gill .733 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Auker 1.373 Hits Allowed/9IP Wade 8.71 Bases on Balls/9IP Bridges 3.34 Strikeouts/9IP Bridges 5.06 Games Auker 39 Saves Russell 4 Innings Auker 252.7 Strikeouts Bridges 138 Games Started Auker 32 Comp. Games Auker 19 Shutouts Bridges 3 Home Runs Allow. Lawson 17 Bases On Balls Allow. Lawson 115 Hits Allowed Bridges 267 SO to Walk Bridges 1.52 Losses Bridges 12 Earned Runs Allow. Lawson 127 Wild Pitches Lawson 6 Hit Batsmen Auker 6 Batters Faced Auker 1081 Games Finished Gill 18 Adjusted ERA+ Auker 120

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Tommy Bridges
Charlie Gehringer (Starting 2B)
Hank Greenberg
Gee Walker

1936/1938

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