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1928 American League Team Record GB New York Yankees 101 - 53 — Philadelphia Athletics 98 - 55 2.5 St. Louis Browns 82 - 72 19.0 Washington Senators 75 - 79 26.0 Chicago White Sox 72 - 82 29.0 Detroit Tigers 68 - 86 33.0 Cleveland Indians 62 - 92 39.0 Boston Red Sox 57 - 96 43.5	6th (AL) Runs Scored: 744 Runs Allowed: 804 Attendance: 474,323
1928 Detroit Tigers Batting (Starters) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Pinky Hargrave C 32 121 320 38 88 13 5 10 63 32 0 28 4 1 6 1 0 .275 .343 .441 .784 Bill Sweeney 1B 23 89 309 47 78 15 5 0 19 15 0 28 12 9 5 0 0 .252 .287 .333 .620 Charlie Gehringer 2B 25 154 603 108 193 29 16 6 74 69 0 22 15 9 13 6 0 .320 .395 .451 .846 Marty McManus 3B 28 139 500 78 144 37 5 8 73 51 0 32 11 13 13 1 0 .288 .355 .430 .785 Jackie Tavener SS 30 132 473 59 123 24 15 5 52 33 0 51 13 8 19 4 0 .260 .314 .406 .720 Bob Fothergill LF 30 111 347 49 110 28 10 3 63 24 0 19 8 3 10 3 0 .317 .366 .481 .847 Harry Rice CF 26 131 510 87 154 21 12 6 81 44 0 27 20 13 17 2 0 .302 .360 .425 .785 Harry Heilmann RF 33 151 558 83 183 38 10 14 107 57 0 45 7 3 18 0 0 .328 .390 .507 .897
1928 Detroit Tigers Batting (Bench) Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Al Wingo 30 87 242 30 69 13 2 2 30 40 0 17 2 2 4 1 0 .285 .389 .380 .769 Jack Warner 24 75 206 33 44 4 4 0 13 16 0 15 4 4 6 1 0 .214 .274 .272 .546 Larry Woodall 33 65 186 19 39 7 1 0 13 24 0 10 3 1 6 0 0 .210 .300 .258 .558 Chick Galloway 31 53 148 17 39 5 2 1 17 15 0 3 7 2 6 0 0 .264 .331 .345 .676 Paul Easterling 22 43 114 17 37 7 1 3 12 8 0 24 2 1 1 1 0 .325 .374 .482 .856 Merv Shea 27 39 85 8 20 2 3 0 9 9 0 11 2 2 2 1 0 .235 .316 .329 .645 Johnny Neun 27 36 108 15 23 3 1 0 5 7 0 10 2 2 1 0 0 .213 .261 .259 .520 John Stone 22 26 113 20 40 10 3 2 21 5 0 8 1 0 3 1 0 .354 .387 .549 .936
1928 Detroit Tigers Batting (Pitchers) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Ownie Carroll P 25 43 98 7 19 3 1 0 9 7 0 14 0 1 9 0 0 .194 .248 .245 .493 Earl Whitehill P 29 31 67 4 13 0 0 0 3 5 0 11 0 0 3 0 0 .194 .250 .194 .444 Elam Vangilder P 32 38 58 4 15 0 0 2 6 0 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 .259 .259 .362 .621 Vic Sorrell P 27 29 55 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 0 6 0 0 .109 .109 .145 .254 Sam Gibson P 28 20 42 4 12 1 0 0 6 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .318 .310 .628 Lil Stoner P 29 36 39 4 7 2 0 0 3 1 0 6 0 0 3 1 0 .179 .220 .231 .451 Josh Billings P 20 21 35 7 10 2 1 0 5 3 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 .286 .342 .400 .742 Ken Holloway P 30 30 33 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 0 .121 .121 .182 .303 George Smith P 26 39 27 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 .111 .143 .111 .254 Phil Page P 22 3 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444 Charlie Sullivan P 25 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1928 Detroit Tigers Pitching (Starters) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Earl Whitehill 29 31 30 11 16 .407 4.31 196.1 131 94 214 8 78 93 .264 1 0 12 1 0 3.79 Ownie Carroll 25 34 28 16 12 .571 3.27 231.0 100 84 219 6 87 51 .251 7 3 19 2 2 4.12 Vic Sorrell 27 29 23 8 11 .421 4.79 171.0 106 91 182 9 83 67 .265 5 3 8 0 0 4.44 Sam Gibson 28 20 18 5 8 .385 5.42 119.2 83 72 155 4 53 29 .307 7 1 5 1 0 4.45 Josh Billings 20 21 16 5 10 .333 5.12 110.2 83 63 118 4 59 48 .263 5 4 3 1 0 4.34 Phil Page 22 3 2 2 0 1.000 2.45 22.0 9 6 21 1 10 3 .253 0 1 2 0 0 4.68 Charlie Sullivan 25 3 2 0 2 .000 6.57 12.1 12 9 18 1 6 2 .340 0 0 0 0 0 5.19
1928 Detroit Tigers Pitching (Bullpen) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE George Smith 26 39 2 1 1 .500 4.42 106.0 55 52 103 3 50 54 .248 0 2 0 0 3 3.76 Elam Vangilder 32 38 11 11 10 .524 3.91 156.1 82 68 163 4 67 43 .257 3 2 7 0 5 4.13 Lil Stoner 29 36 11 5 8 .385 4.35 126.1 75 61 151 16 42 29 .278 3 1 4 0 4 5.26 Ken Holloway 30 30 11 4 8 .333 4.34 120.1 67 58 137 2 32 32 .270 5 2 5 0 2 3.61