1933 Detroit Tigers
Record: 75-81
Finish: 2nd in AL AL East Division
Runs Scored: 801
Runs Allowed: 818
Exp W-L: 77-79
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,246,439
Manager: Ty Cobb

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 6th in the AL
AA: 62-75, 7th in the AL
A: 61-76, 8th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 2-4 to Oakland Athletics
 
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
CF *Dusty Cooke 26 149 599 96 203 38 9 8 80 3 6 70 81 .339 .408 .472 .881 106.7 22.2 0.8
CF *Earl Averill 31 149 585 101 172 43 10 13 96 1 0 64 47 .294 .362 .468 .831 89.5 15.3 1.2
RF *Showboat Fisher 34 148 581 92 164 33 6 7 82 7 6 55 83 .282 .344 .396 .740 74.2 10.6 0.9
2B  Fresco Thompson 31 146 579 79 165 37 5 9 81 11 3 53 17 .285 .344 .413 .757 77.4 11.8 4.9
1B  Ed Morgan 29 143 551 95 168 32 11 12 89 5 2 75 66 .305 .388 .468 .856 94.5 18.1 2.1
C  Spud Davis 28 129 469 61 157 23 3 4 72 0 0 42 16 .335 .390 .422 .812 70.9 13.0 7.5
SS  Bill Narleski 34 140 457 45 99 21 0 5 58 0 0 26 30 .217 .262 .295 .558 31.7 0.0 5.0
3B  Pie Traynor 33 124 365 55 116 18 4 2 45 3 1 14 7 .318 .343 .405 .748 44.5 6.3 2.6
CF *Sam West 28 118 281 52 83 19 3 3 38 0 1 44 31 .295 .388 .416 .805 44.5 7.9 0.5
2B  Jerry Standaert 31 105 280 40 88 27 5 2 47 0 0 23 16 .314 .363 .468 .831 42.7 7.9 2.8
3B  Woody English 27 92 161 33 51 7 2 1 19 3 1 20 12 .317 .390 .404 .794 25.4 4.7 1.5
P #Ted Lyons 32 41 115 8 22 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 15 .191 .212 .191 .403 3.9 0.0 0.0
P *Dave Keefe 36 42 126 10 30 1 0 1 12 0 0 0 21 .238 .234 .270 .504 8.0 0.0 0.0
C  Rollie Hemsley 26 28 82 7 23 6 1 0 12 0 0 3 7 .280 .302 .378 .680 7.3 0.4 1.5
P  Hod Lisenbee 34 34 63 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 .143 .169 .159 .328 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  George Blaeholder 29 36 53 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .113 .145 .113 .259 -0.7 0.0 0.0
1B *Joe Kuhel 27 64 52 9 12 2 0 0 7 0 0 6 3 .231 .310 .269 .580 3.5 0.0 0.0
C *Woody Jensen 25 20 54 5 12 2 0 0 8 0 0 3 3 .222 .259 .259 .518 3.3 0.0 0.9
P  Red Shea 34 9 22 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .273 .273 .318 .591 1.9 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Shaute 33 37 23 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .174 .208 .174 .382 0.3 0.0 0.0
C *Denny Williams 33 5 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 .067 .222 .067 .289 -0.4 0.0 0.1
P  Ben Cantwell 31 38 17 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .294 .294 .294 .588 1.4 0.2 0.0
LF *George Watkins 33 19 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Ed Brandt 28 44 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Ed Durham 25 56 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.3 1916 5553 801 1599 311 59 67 759 33 21 509 496 .288 .347 .401 .749 730.8 118.4 32.5
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 6 5 4 4 8 6 3 6 6 5 3 4 6 5 6  
* - 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
 Ted Lyons 32 19 15 .559 41 41 0 334.3 377 136 19 56 103 3.66 24.3
 Dave Keefe 36 20 13 .606 42 42 0 324.0 354 142 27 50 157 3.94 22.8
 Hod Lisenbee 34 8 14 .364 34 27 0 203.7 243 101 12 64 69 4.46 9.1
 George Blaeholder 29 9 15 .375 36 24 1 182.3 230 86 9 43 72 4.25 9.2
*Joe Shaute 33 5 3 .625 37 5 0 89.7 135 50 8 19 11 5.02 3.8
 Ben Cantwell 31 7 6 .538 38 7 3 76.0 108 52 8 43 13 6.16 1.3
 Red Shea 34 4 5 .444 9 9 0 70.3 94 40 3 13 10 5.12 3.3
*Ed Brandt 28 2 5 .286 44 1 3 56.7 74 46 4 32 27 7.31 0.0
 Ed Durham 25 1 5 .167 56 0 12 54.3 75 41 6 17 11 6.79 0.4
Team Totals 31.3 75 81 .481 337 156 19 1391.3 1690 694 96 337 473 4.49 74.1
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 7 6 5 8 7 2 1 4 3  
* - 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 .989 33.8
S.Davis 1043.7 117 121 361 47 1 0 .998 44.8
R.Hemsley 184.3 21 25 67 9 0 0 1.000 33.3
W.Jensen 123.3 14 17 57 3 1 0 .984 0.0
D.Williams 38.0 4 5 13 1 1 0 .933 50.0
J.Standaert 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1391.3 156 169 498 60 3 0 .995 40.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.33
E.Morgan 1230.7 139 139 1660 135 18 164 .990 13.13
S.West 160.7 17 18 198 20 1 23 .995 12.21
Team Total 1391.3 156 157 1858 155 19 187 .991 13.02
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 6.43
F.Thompson 1242.3 140 143 325 600 23 137 .976 6.70
W.English 146.0 16 18 35 77 5 19 .957 6.90
B.Narleski 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Standaert 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1391.3 156 163 360 679 28 156 .974 6.72
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .945 2.92
P.Traynor 767.7 82 110 45 187 16 11 .935 2.72
J.Standaert 616.7 74 81 54 163 10 20 .956 3.17
W.English 6.0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
B.Narleski 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1391.3 156 195 100 352 26 32 .946 2.92
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 5.69
B.Narleski 1149.3 139 139 224 540 40 111 .950 5.98
W.English 231.3 17 58 38 105 9 25 .941 5.56
J.Standaert 7.0 0 3 2 4 0 2 1.000 7.71
W.Jensen 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
S.West 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1390.7 156 202 264 651 49 138 .949 5.92
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.11
D.Cooke 1274.7 142 147 251 4 8 1 .970 1.80
S.West 116.0 14 14 21 0 4 0 .840 1.63
G.Watkins 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1391.3 156 162 272 4 12 1 .958 1.79
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.81
E.Averill 1271.0 142 146 362 1 14 0 .963 2.57
S.West 117.0 14 14 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
G.Watkins 3.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1391.3 156 162 393 1 14 0 .966 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.22
S.Fisher 1240.3 139 142 274 10 22 3 .928 2.06
S.West 147.0 17 17 39 0 2 0 .951 2.39
E.Morgan 4.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1391.3 156 160 315 11 24 4 .931 2.11
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.47
T.Lyons 334.3 41 41 27 74 4 5 .962 2.72
D.Keefe 324.0 42 42 22 64 7 2 .925 2.39
H.Lisenbee 203.7 27 34 15 50 5 3 .929 2.87
G.Blaeholder 182.3 24 36 18 42 1 4 .984 2.96
J.Shaute 89.7 5 37 7 26 3 1 .917 3.31
B.Cantwell 76.0 7 38 3 21 0 1 1.000 2.84
R.Shea 70.3 9 9 7 22 0 4 1.000 3.71
E.Brandt 56.7 1 44 3 12 1 0 .938 2.38
E.Durham 54.3 0 56 1 12 0 2 1.000 2.15
Team Total 1391.3 156 337 103 323 21 22 .953 2.76
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cooke .339
On-Base Pct Cooke .408
Slugging Pct Cooke .472
OPS Cooke .881
XR Cooke 106.7
Games Averill, Cooke 149
At-Bats Cooke 599
Runs Averill 101
Hits Cooke 203
Total Bases Cooke 283
Singles Cooke 148
Doubles Averill 43
Triples Morgan 11
Homeruns Averill 13
RBIs Averill 96
Stolen Bases Thompson 11
Caught Stealing Cooke, Fisher 6
Walks Morgan 75
Strikeouts Fisher 83
ERA Lyons 3.66
Wins Keefe 20
Losses Blaeholder, Lyons 15
Winning Pct Keefe .606
Saves Durham 12
Games Pitched Durham 56
Games Started Keefe 42
Complete Games Lyons 26
Shutouts Lyons 4
Innings Pitched Lyons 334.3
Hits Allowed Lyons 377
Homeruns Allowed Keefe 27
Strikeouts Keefe 157
Walks Allowed Lisenbee 64
Walks per 9IP Keefe 1.4
Hits per 9IP Keefe 9.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Keefe 4.4
WHiP Keefe 1.25
OAVG Keefe .273
OOBP Keefe .301
OSLG Lisenbee .398
OOPS Keefe .710
Team All-Stars
Dusty Cooke
Dave Keefe
Player Salaries
Ted Lyons $ 17,460,000
George Blaeholder $ 10,000,000
Earl Averill $ 4,871,429
Dave Keefe $ 4,500,000
Showboat Fisher $ 4,180,000
Jerry Standaert $ 4,000,000
Hod Lisenbee $ 3,500,000
Ed Morgan $ 3,000,000
Woody English $ 2,500,000
Spud Davis $ 2,435,714
Sam West $ 2,195,000
Red Shea $ 2,000,000
Fresco Thompson $ 1,700,000
Dusty Cooke $ 1,431,429
Pie Traynor $ 1,000,000
Ed Durham $ 870,000
Ed Brandt $ 650,000
Ben Cantwell $ 621,429
Rollie Hemsley $ 350,000
Joe Kuhel $ 300,000
Woody Jensen $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Taylor Douthit
2/8 Traded Dave Harris New York (A) Jerry Standaert
2/9 Signed     Woody English
2/10 Signed     Red Shea
3/2 Traded Edd Roush
Taylor Douthit
Hal Schumacher
Round Draft Pick.
Round Draft Pick.
Seattle (M) Earl Averill
Fresco Thompson
4/6 Released Virgil Cheeves    
5/16 Released Denny Williams    
9/27 Released Eddie Dyer    
9/27 Released George Watkins    
10/15 Released Bill Narleski    
10/15 Released Joe Shaute