The 1928 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 68–86, 33 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason December 2, 1927: Heinie Manush and Lu Blue were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Browns for Harry Rice, Chick Galloway and Elam Vangilder.Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1928 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Pinky Hargrave 121 320 88 .275 10 63 1B Bill Sweeney 89 309 78 .252 0 19 2B Charlie Gehringer 154 603 193 .320 6 74 SS Jackie Tavener 132 473 123 .260 5 52 3B Marty McManus 139 500 144 .288 8 73 OF Harry Heilmann 151 558 183 .328 14 107 OF Bob Fothergill 111 347 110 .317 3 63 OF 131 510 154 .302 6 81

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Al Wingo 87 242 69 .285 2 30 Jack Warner 75 206 44 .214 0 13 Larry Woodall 65 186 39 .210 0 13 53 148 39 .264 1 17 43 114 37 .325 3 12 John Stone 26 113 40 .354 2 21 Johnny Neun 36 108 23 .213 0 5 Merv Shea 39 85 20 .235 0 9

Pitching

Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 34 231.0 16 12 3.27 51 Earl Whitehill 31 196.1 11 16 4.31 93 Vic Sorrell 29 171.0 8 11 4.79 67 Sam Gibson 20 119.2 5 8 5.42 29 21 110.2 5 10 5.12 48

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 38 156.1 11 10 3.91 43 Lil Stoner 36 126.1 5 8 4.35 29 Ken Holloway 30 120.1 4 8 4.34 32 Phil Page 3 22.0 2 0 2.45 3 3 12.1 0 2 6.57 2

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO George Smith 39 1 1 3 4.42 54

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

Notes

External links

1928 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference