1930 Detroit Tigers
Record: 86-74
Finish: 2nd in AL AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 746
Runs Allowed: 758
Exp W-L: 79-81
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,105,651
Manager: Ty Cobb

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 6th in the AL
AA: 65-72, 8th in the AL
A: 69-68, 6th in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF *Lefty O'Doul 33 154 595 100 201 22 8 16 102 6 2 69 20 .338 .405 .482 .888 107.7 27.6 1.6
3B  Pie Traynor 30 151 633 91 189 27 3 6 49 0 0 28 12 .299 .331 .379 .710 69.6 12.7 5.8
SS  Bill Narleski 31 154 539 55 152 34 2 5 79 0 0 28 24 .282 .318 .380 .698 58.9 9.6 9.4
C  Spud Davis 25 142 513 75 139 23 2 7 75 2 0 47 17 .271 .332 .365 .696 56.4 9.0 6.9
CF *Edd Roush 37 131 513 85 149 17 7 13 76 32 11 33 13 .290 .327 .427 .754 69.7 12.6 1.6
1B  Harry Heilmann 35 101 384 71 143 23 6 8 64 1 1 51 13 .372 .443 .526 .969 79.0 21.9 2.0
LF  George Puccinelli 23 99 369 51 101 27 5 6 47 0 0 37 48 .274 .340 .423 .763 49.5 10.1 1.5
3B  Eric McNair 21 100 276 21 48 8 1 5 30 0 1 15 13 .174 .215 .264 .480 10.5 0.0 4.5
2B  Babe Ellison 34 53 215 25 70 9 4 0 24 1 2 8 27 .326 .348 .405 .753 27.4 5.9 2.0
CF *Sam West 25 54 188 21 44 10 0 1 25 3 4 28 19 .234 .332 .303 .635 19.9 2.6 1.2
CF *Marty Callaghan 30 63 193 31 57 9 2 1 16 8 2 14 7 .295 .341 .378 .719 25.7 5.1 0.4
2B  Bill Regan 31 45 167 22 51 9 1 1 18 2 1 6 16 .305 .328 .389 .717 18.9 3.5 1.9
C  Rollie Hemsley 23 59 162 20 45 8 4 0 21 3 0 6 3 .278 .304 .377 .680 17.8 3.3 2.0
CF  Joe Connolly 34 57 131 12 32 8 2 0 14 1 0 12 4 .244 .306 .336 .641 11.7 1.0 0.3
P *Dave Keefe 33 42 136 9 30 4 0 1 12 0 0 1 21 .221 .225 .272 .497 7.6 0.0 0.0
P  Hod Lisenbee 31 41 121 6 13 1 0 0 11 0 0 5 25 .107 .141 .116 .256 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  George Blaeholder 26 33 108 11 13 3 0 1 13 0 0 2 27 .120 .134 .176 .310 1.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Ski Melillo 30 55 92 8 18 3 1 1 8 2 0 3 4 .196 .229 .283 .512 5.1 0.0 1.0
CF *Dusty Cooke 23 30 75 9 19 0 0 2 14 1 1 8 10 .253 .325 .333 .659 7.7 0.9 0.2
P  Ben Cantwell 28 35 63 7 13 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 7 .206 .219 .254 .473 3.5 0.0 0.0
P *Ed Brandt 25 41 65 3 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .185 .197 .215 .412 2.1 0.0 0.0
LF *George Watkins 30 23 47 10 8 3 0 1 4 0 0 3 4 .170 .231 .298 .529 3.4 0.0 0.1
CF  Taylor Douthit 29 9 8 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .875 1.375 2.6 0.8 0.2
P *Spades Wood 21 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
1B #Lu Blue 33 5 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750 1.6 0.6 0.0
P  Eddie Rommel 32 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Eddie Dyer 29 26 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.3 0.0
P  Glenn Liebhardt 19 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.6 1749 5607 746 1555 251 48 77 713 62 25 406 341 .277 .325 .380 .706 656.5 127.4 42.5
  Rank among 12 AL teams 9 8 8 12 7 7 8 3 8 11 2 8 10 8 10 10  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Dave Keefe 33 19 18 .514 42 42 0 340.3 379 150 18 38 125 3.97 24.1
 Hod Lisenbee 31 22 13 .629 41 41 0 336.0 366 138 16 108 128 3.70 23.0
 George Blaeholder 26 20 9 .690 33 33 0 281.0 304 113 20 55 94 3.62 21.8
 Ben Cantwell 28 9 12 .429 35 25 0 202.0 254 106 14 65 33 4.72 6.5
*Ed Brandt 25 10 13 .435 41 19 7 186.0 207 96 7 75 46 4.65 9.2
*Eddie Dyer 29 2 5 .286 22 0 0 22.7 29 18 3 16 5 7.15 0.0
 Eddie Rommel 32 1 1 .500 18 0 1 21.7 31 16 2 7 3 6.65 0.0
*Spades Wood 21 0 1 .000 16 0 5 15.7 22 8 0 7 7 4.60 1.0
 Glenn Liebhardt 19 2 1 .667 12 0 4 11.7 16 5 0 7 2 3.86 1.4
 Rollie Stiles 23 1 1 .500 9 0 0 11.3 19 6 1 5 3 4.77 0.7
 Ernie Maun 29 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.4
Team Totals 26.9 86 74 .538 271 160 17 1430.3 1628 656 81 383 446 4.13 88.1
Rank among 12 AL teams 5 5 9 5 6 9 9 4 2 5 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 36.9
S.Davis 1192.3 133 138 381 56 7 2 .984 36.5
R.Hemsley 238.0 27 30 96 7 0 0 1.000 42.9
Team Total 1430.3 160 168 477 63 7 2 .987 37.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.87
H.Heilmann 614.6 68 70 875 67 6 87 .994 13.79
G.Puccinelli 473.3 53 54 652 30 18 72 .974 12.97
S.West 277.0 32 32 415 31 2 37 .996 14.49
B.Ellison 119.5 14 15 166 13 2 18 .989 13.48
L.O'Doul 66.0 7 7 88 3 0 8 1.000 12.41
S.Melillo 26.0 3 3 35 3 1 5 .974 13.15
R.Hemsley 24.3 3 3 34 1 0 3 1.000 12.95
B.Regan 10.2 1 1 16 1 0 2 1.000 15.00
L.Blue 7.4 4 4 10 1 0 1 1.000 13.38
Team Total 1618.4 185 189 2291 150 29 233 .988 13.57
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 6.70
E.McNair 656.3 80 84 186 339 8 82 .985 7.20
B.Regan 356.9 40 42 105 155 6 38 .977 6.56
B.Ellison 266.1 32 32 65 146 3 28 .986 7.14
S.Melillo 116.7 8 34 35 57 4 13 .958 7.10
B.Narleski 32.0 3 6 12 11 0 2 1.000 6.47
T.Douthit 21.0 1 8 7 15 1 3 .957 9.43
H.Heilmann 5.8 1 1 2 1 1 1 .750 4.66
E.Roush 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Cooke 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Watkins 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.6 165 208 412 724 23 167 .980 7.01
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 3.15
P.Traynor 1308.0 148 149 86 377 27 30 .945 3.19
R.Hemsley 68.0 8 8 3 20 2 5 .920 3.04
S.Melillo 40.3 4 6 5 7 1 1 .923 2.68
E.McNair 8.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
S.Davis 6.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1430.3 160 165 94 409 30 36 .944 3.17
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 5.77
B.Narleski 1280.3 146 147 218 685 31 145 .967 6.35
S.Melillo 60.0 7 7 6 14 2 4 .909 3.00
E.McNair 57.3 4 14 15 32 3 9 .940 7.38
R.Hemsley 7.0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 6.43
M.Callaghan 6.7 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.05
B.Regan 6.2 1 1 1 4 0 1 1.000 7.26
J.Connolly 2.0 0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50
D.Cooke 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1419.7 159 173 244 740 37 159 .964 6.24
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.07
L.O'Doul 1282.3 143 147 270 13 8 3 .973 1.99
D.Cooke 150.8 21 22 32 1 1 0 .971 1.97
M.Callaghan 18.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Connolly 17.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
S.West 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
G.Puccinelli 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
G.Watkins 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1482.1 169 176 313 14 9 3 .973 1.99
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.76
E.Roush 1115.3 125 128 291 13 11 1 .965 2.45
S.West 149.0 16 17 44 2 0 1 1.000 2.78
J.Connolly 43.0 5 5 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.93
G.Watkins 39.2 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
M.Callaghan 20.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Cooke 6.8 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
Team Total 1373.3 153 160 361 16 11 2 .972 2.47
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.16
G.Puccinelli 348.0 39 39 69 3 4 1 .947 1.86
M.Callaghan 347.7 37 47 63 0 0 0 1.000 1.63
H.Heilmann 256.7 29 29 50 1 5 1 .911 1.79
J.Connolly 185.0 22 22 29 1 0 0 1.000 1.46
B.Ellison 31.2 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
G.Watkins 29.3 2 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.07
D.Cooke 9.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
S.West 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1215.9 135 148 231 5 9 2 .963 1.75
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.53
D.Keefe 340.3 42 42 28 61 2 3 .978 2.35
H.Lisenbee 336.0 41 41 24 89 5 5 .958 3.03
G.Blaeholder 281.0 33 33 18 51 2 4 .972 2.21
B.Cantwell 202.0 25 35 14 49 1 6 .984 2.81
E.Brandt 186.0 19 41 10 48 1 5 .983 2.81
E.Dyer 22.7 0 22 3 4 1 1 .875 2.78
E.Rommel 21.7 0 18 1 5 0 2 1.000 2.49
S.Wood 15.7 0 16 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.72
G.Liebhardt 11.7 0 12 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.32
R.Stiles 11.3 0 9 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.38
E.Maun 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.3 160 271 99 315 12 26 .972 2.61
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average O'Doul .338
On-Base Pct O'Doul .405
Slugging Pct O'Doul .482
OPS O'Doul .888
XR O'Doul 107.7
Games Narleski, O'Doul 154
At-Bats Traynor 633
Runs O'Doul 100
Hits O'Doul 201
Total Bases O'Doul 287
Singles O'Doul 155
Doubles Narleski 34
Triples O'Doul 8
Homeruns O'Doul 16
RBIs O'Doul 102
Stolen Bases Roush 32
Caught Stealing Roush 11
Walks O'Doul 69
Strikeouts Puccinelli 48
ERA Blaeholder 3.62
Wins Lisenbee 22
Losses Keefe 18
Winning Pct Blaeholder .690
Saves Brandt 7
Games Pitched Keefe 42
Games Started Keefe 42
Complete Games Blaeholder 25
Shutouts Blaeholder, Keefe 2
Innings Pitched Keefe 340.3
Hits Allowed Keefe 379
Homeruns Allowed Blaeholder 20
Strikeouts Lisenbee 128
Walks Allowed Lisenbee 108
Walks per 9IP Keefe 1.0
Hits per 9IP Blaeholder 9.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Lisenbee 3.4
WHiP Keefe 1.23
OAVG Lisenbee .277
OOBP Keefe .304
OSLG Lisenbee .373
OOPS Keefe .705
Team All-Stars
Harry Heilmann
Player Salaries
Edd Roush $ 12,160,000
Dave Keefe $ 10,030,000
Babe Ellison $ 7,106,800
Lefty O'Doul $ 6,748,800
George Blaeholder $ 5,500,000
Pie Traynor $ 5,354,600
Hod Lisenbee $ 2,821,429
Lu Blue $ 2,250,000
Eddie Rommel $ 420,000
Eddie Dyer $ 350,000
Bill Regan $ 350,000
Spud Davis $ 300,000
Ben Cantwell $ 300,000
Rollie Hemsley $ 300,000
Ed Brandt $ 300,000
Dusty Cooke $ 300,000
Glenn Liebhardt $ 300,000
Eric McNair $ 300,000
Spades Wood $ 300,000
Ski Melillo $ 300,000
Bill Narleski $ 300,000
George Puccinelli $ 300,000
Rollie Stiles $ 300,000
George Watkins $ 300,000
Sam West $ 300,000
Ernie Maun $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Rene Graves
Round Draft Pick.
Montreal Ed Brandt
2/1 Traded Foster Edwards Seattle (M) Tommy Thevenow
2/1 Traded Gus Felix
Eddie Moore
Seattle (P) Billy Gleason
Round Draft Pick.
2/1 Traded Tommy Thevenow New York (G) Lou Legett
Round Draft Pick.
2/1 Traded Gus Mancuso Middletown Fred Mcmullin
Round Draft Pick.
2/1 Traded Monk Sherlock Minnesota Joe Connolly
4/1 Signed     Jim Park
4/1 Signed     Steamboat Williams
4/1 Signed     Jesse Barnes
4/1 Signed     Virgil Cheeves
7/16 Traded Marty Callaghan
Taylor Douthit
Joe Connolly
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
California Bill Regan
George Watkins
Rollie Stiles
Ernie Maun
7/31 Signed     Rip Wheeler
7/31 Signed     Pop-Boy Smith
7/31 Signed     Herb Pennock
7/31 Traded Harry Heilmann Seattle (P) Babe Ellison
Dusty Cooke
Lu Blue
Glenn Liebhardt