1928 Detroit Tigers roster

26 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1928 MLB season.

1928 Tigers roster: batting

1928 Detroit Tigers batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Charlie Gehringer15460310819367415.320.395.846
Harry Heilmann15155883183141077.328.390.897
Harry Rice1315108715468120.302.360.785
Marty McManus1395007814487311.288.355.785
Jackie Tavener1324735912355213.260.314.720
Bob Fothergill111347491103638.317.366.848
Pinky Hargrave121320388810634.275.343.783
Bill Sweeney89309477801912.252.287.620
Al Wingo8724230692302.285.389.769
Jack Warner7520633440134.214.274.545
Larry Woodall6518619390133.210.300.558
Chick Galloway5314817391177.264.331.676
Paul Easterling4311417373122.325.374.856
John Stone2611320402211.354.387.935
Johnny Neun361081523052.213.261.520
Merv Shea3985820092.235.316.645

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1928 Tigers roster: pitching

1928 Detroit Tigers pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Ownie CarrollP342816123.27231.0511.322
Earl WhitehillP313011164.31196.1931.490
Elam VangilderP381111103.91156.1431.475
Lil StonerP3611584.35126.1291.534
Ken HollowayP3011484.34120.1321.402
Sam GibsonP2018585.42119.2291.740
Josh BillingsP21165105.12110.2481.600
George SmithP392114.42106.0541.443
Phil PageP32202.4522.031.410
Charlie SullivanP32026.5712.121.950

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.