1938 Detroit Tigers
84 - 70
1937 / 1939 (Organization)
4th place in the AL (16 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		48 - 31 (.608)
36 - 39 (.480)		 +5.5 wins
+1.3 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 862 / 856 ( +6 )
Allowed/Expected: 795 / 861 ( +66 )
Pyth Record: 83 - 71 (+1)
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Briggs Stadium
Attendance: 799,557 Avg Att: 10,121 (1.40)
Att Rank: 2 / 8 Lg Avg: 7,252
       
Park Factor: 1.04    
HR Factor: 1.16 R/L HR: 1.21 / 1.07
Notes:


Defensive Regression Analysis

Filters
Positions
    Multi-Year   1-Year
#
G
Inn
 
Arm
A2
PB
 
Arm
GO2
CS
A2
PB
1 Hank Greenberg
1B
155
1,321.3
 
9.5
7.2
9.5
 
15.2
15.2
2 Pete Fox
RF
154
1,313.0
 
9.7
7.4
10.7
-1.0
 
-1.1
-0.1
-1.0
3 Charlie Gehringer
2B
152
1,295.7
 
3.8
3.0
3.8
 
-7.7
-7.7
4 Billy Rogell
SS
134
1,142.3
 
-0.7
-0.7
-0.7
 
5.2
5.2
5 Rudy York
C
116
979.7
 
-3.4
-3.5
1.8
-5.2
 
3.9
0.0
0.0
1.7
2.1
6 Dixie Walker
LF
94
724.0
 
3.3
4.6
2.0
1.3
 
0.9
-0.8
1.7
7 Don Ross
3B
75
629.7
 
3.0
4.7
3.0
 
4.7
4.7
8 Chet Morgan
CF
68
573.0
 
-0.5
-0.8
-0.3
-0.2
 
-0.8
-0.5
-0.3
9 Mark Christman
3B
69
562.7
 
2.3
4.1
2.3
 
4.2
4.2
10 Birdie Tebbetts
C
53
294.7
 
1.1
3.7
1.3
-0.3
 
-2.7
0.0
0.0
1.1
-3.7
11 Jo-Jo White
CF
34
286.7
 
-2.2
-7.7
-1.9
-0.4
 
-0.2
-0.2
0.1
12 Chet Laabs
CF
32
269.7
 
-4.3
-16.0
-4.0
-0.3
 
0.3
-0.3
0.6
13 Dixie Walker
CF
26
219.0
 
1.2
5.5
1.4
-0.2
 
-1.6
-0.2
-1.5
14 Mark Christman
SS
21
206.0
 
-0.3
-1.6
-0.3
 
0.8
0.8
15 Chet Laabs
LF
22
169.7
 
-0.1
-0.8
-0.1
-0.1
 
-1.1
-0.2
-0.8
16 Jo-Jo White
LF
21
161.7
 
-0.3
-1.7
-0.1
-0.2
 
-0.9
-0.3
-0.6
17 Tony Piet
3B
18
150.0
 
-0.4
-2.8
-0.4
 
1.3
1.3
18 Roy Cullenbine
LF
17
131.0
 
-1.2
-8.9
-1.2
0.1
 
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
19 Rudy York
LF
14
108.0
 
0.0
0.2
-0.0
0.0
 
0.1
-0.1
0.2
20 Ray Hayworth
C
7
74.0
 
-0.1
-2.0
-0.5
0.3
 
-0.2
0.0
0.0
-1.8
1.6
21 Benny McCoy
2B
6
50.0
 
-0.2
-3.4
-0.2
 
-0.3
-0.3
22 Chet Morgan
LF
6
46.3
 
-0.0
-1.1
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.2
-0.0
-0.2
23 Jo-Jo White
RF
1
35.3
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
24 Rudy York
1B
1
27.0
 
0.1
2.1
0.1
 
-0.2
-0.2
25 Pete Fox
LF
1
7.7
 
-0.0
-2.0
-0.0
-0.0
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
26 Benny McCoy
3B
1
6.0
 
-0.0
-0.3
-0.0
 
0.0
0.0
27 Tony Piet
2B
1
2.7
 
0.0
15.7
0.0
 
0.0
0.0
  16        
20.1
1.9
23.6
-1.0
2.7
-5.2
  
19.3
20.2
-1.8
0.0
0.0
1.0
-0.0
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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