1928 Detroit Tigers
68 - 86
1927 / 1929 (Organization)
6th place in the AL (33 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		36 - 41 (.468)
32 - 45 (.416)		 -4.1 wins
-4.9 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 744 / 755 ( -11 )
Allowed/Expected: 804 / 750 ( -54 )
Pyth Record: 71 - 83 (-3)
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Attendance: 474,323 Avg Att: 6,160 (0.90)
Att Rank: 4 / 8 Lg Avg: 6,841
       
Park Factor: 1.02    
HR Factor: 1.02 R/L HR: 1.27 / 0.85
Notes:


Pitching

Filters
Role
Throws
#
R
H
K
1 Ownie Carroll
SP
25.6
231.0
30.2
-2.0
25.9
17.9
-10.7
-22.6
-32.9
3.9
-2.3
5.2
0.4
13.6
0.0
0.0
2 Elam Vangilder
SP
32.2
156.3
5.9
-1.5
-4.0
9.6
-11.4
-10.5
-21.4
3.2
0.5
1.5
-0.6
2.8
0.0
0.0
3 George Smith
RP
26.7
106.0
4.4
3.3
2.3
11.1
-13.2
18.9
6.3
1.8
2.3
-1.0
-0.1
-28.1
0.0
0.0
4 Phil Page*
SP
22.9
22.0
3.4
-1.6
1.2
1.8
-2.6
-4.0
-6.6
-0.1
0.5
1.0
-0.1
1.8
0.0
0.0
5 Ken Holloway
SP
30.9
120.3
0.7
5.9
2.3
-4.0
11.2
-9.3
1.4
3.6
-2.4
-0.5
-0.6
21.7
0.0
0.0
6 Lil Stoner
SP
29.3
126.3
-4.2
-17.3
-11.1
-7.0
4.7
-15.8
-11.3
-10.1
-0.1
-1.5
-0.6
10.2
0.0
0.0
7 Charlie Sullivan
SP
25.1
12.3
-5.1
-1.6
-5.9
-3.6
-1.3
-2.5
-3.7
-0.4
0.3
-1.0
-0.1
1.0
0.0
0.0
8 Vic Sorrell
SP
27.2
171.0
-10.3
-7.8
-19.8
8.0
-21.9
8.4
-12.6
-1.1
-1.2
-3.5
-1.3
-32.7
0.0
0.0
9 Sam Gibson
SP
28.9
119.7
-15.9
-5.6
-40.1
-17.0
-8.4
-13.9
-22.0
1.8
-4.3
-4.0
-0.0
3.0
0.0
0.0
10 Josh Billings
SP
20.8
110.7
-21.2
-3.7
-20.1
7.6
-18.6
9.3
-8.5
1.2
-2.5
-5.0
0.1
-29.1
0.0
0.0
11 Earl Whitehill*
SP
29.4
196.3
-21.3
5.6
-5.5
3.8
-7.7
26.1
18.8
1.1
3.4
-3.0
-0.7
-29.3
0.0
0.0
1372.0
-33.4
-26.4
-74.9
28.3
-80.0
-15.9
-92.7
4.9
-5.8
-11.8
-3.7
-64.9
0.0
0.0

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James