1938 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Mickey Cochrane, Del Baker

30 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1938 MLB season.

1938 Tigers roster: batting

1938 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.
Pete Fox291556349118679616.293.328.742
Charlie Gehringer351525681331742010714.306.425.911
Hank Greenberg27155556144175581467.315.4381.122
Billy Rogell33136501761303559.259.373.727
Rudy York2413546385138331271.298.417.995
Dixie Walker27127454841406435.308.396.830
Mark Christman249531835791445.248.307.609
Chet Morgan287430650870275.284.330.641
Don Ross237726522691301.260.333.639
Chet Laabs266421126507373.237.288.686
Jo-jo White297820640540153.262.359.660
Birdie Tebbetts255314316421251.294.348.733
Tony Piet3141809170142.213.351.638
Roy Cullenbine2425671219092.284.392.780
Benny McCoy2271523000.200.250.517
George Archie243210000.000.000.000

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

1938 Tigers roster: pitching

1938 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.
Vern KennedyP3133261295.06190.1531.722
George GillP2924231294.12164.0301.490
Elden AukerP27272411105.27160.2461.490
Tommy BridgesP3125201394.59151.01011.521
Roxie LawsonP322716895.46127.0391.861
Harry EisenstatP22329963.73125.1371.284
Boots PoffenbergerP222515674.82125.0281.701
Slick CoffmanP27396446.0295.2311.762
Al BentonP271910533.3095.1331.380
Jake WadeP26272326.5670.0231.730
Schoolboy RoweP2843023.0021.041.480
Bob HarrisP2131107.2010.071.800
Joe RogalskiP2520002.577.021.710
Woody DavisP2520001.506.011.170

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.