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1937 Detroit Tigers
Record: 85-77
Finish: 5th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 778
Runs Allowed: 748
Exp W-L: 84-78
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,338,850
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-65, 3rd in the AL
AA: 71-66, 2nd in the AL
A: 66-71, 4th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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 30 152 598 112 178 38 7 10 72 3 1 93 90 .298 .392 .435 .826 99.4 20.5 4.2
3B  Woody English 31 157 614 90 189 39 6 5 54 1 1 56 58 .308 .369 .415 .784 87.2 16.4 7.1
RF *Chuck Klein 32 156 602 106 182 31 6 20 95 4 1 66 49 .302 .371 .473 .845 95.7 19.1 3.3
1B *Lou Gehrig 34 155 563 106 155 38 14 21 118 0 0 78 95 .275 .367 .504 .871 101.6 20.7 3.7
C  Spud Davis 32 144 531 54 153 20 3 2 70 0 1 36 55 .288 .332 .348 .681 54.3 6.8 7.8
2B  Jimmy Jordan 29 147 516 54 131 22 3 4 61 1 0 8 26 .254 .263 .331 .595 35.7 0.0 6.6
RF *Babe Herman 34 101 394 61 121 27 5 7 77 0 0 23 59 .307 .344 .454 .799 55.7 10.5 2.2
2B *Jack Saltzgaver 34 122 349 32 95 8 2 3 45 2 1 45 61 .272 .351 .332 .683 43.9 5.7 3.6
C *Woody Jensen 29 99 323 45 101 14 3 2 56 2 1 11 4 .313 .342 .393 .735 40.9 6.8 3.0
2B  Greg Mulleavy 31 117 258 37 70 8 3 1 23 5 3 23 9 .271 .330 .337 .667 26.4 2.7 2.4
3B  Pie Traynor 37 109 198 29 55 6 1 2 23 1 0 11 3 .278 .313 .348 .661 19.0 1.7 1.1
P  George Blaeholder 33 43 125 8 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 43 .120 .141 .136 .277 -1.2 0.0 0.0
CF  Jesse Hill 30 60 124 11 31 5 1 0 10 3 1 11 13 .250 .309 .306 .615 10.5 0.3 0.6
P *Jim Turner 33 29 76 6 14 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 .184 .192 .211 .403 2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Appleton 33 48 58 4 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 9 .241 .241 .259 .500 3.5 0.0 0.0
P *Lefty Grove 37 21 50 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 .120 .154 .120 .274 -0.1 0.0 0.0
1B *Joe Kuhel 31 36 51 4 12 5 1 1 14 0 0 6 6 .235 .310 .431 .742 7.1 1.1 0.3
RF *Johnny Frederick 35 11 44 4 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 2 .318 .375 .341 .716 5.0 0.8 0.3
C  Rollie Hemsley 30 23 39 3 16 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 3 .410 .415 .487 .902 7.2 1.6 0.9
P #Garland Braxton 37 23 37 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .081 .081 .081 .162 -1.9 0.0 0.0
P  Randy Gumpert 19 16 26 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 .308 .357 .308 .665 3.0 0.1 0.0
P  Johnny Allen 31 9 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.1 0.0 0.0
RF  Pete Scott 38 6 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .056 .150 .056 .206 -0.8 0.0 0.1
P *Red Lucas 35 14 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Max Butcher 26 45 16 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .313 .313 .313 .625 1.5 0.2 0.0
P  Buck Ross 22 33 6 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.9 0.1 0.0
P  Mike Ryba 34 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Dutch Henry 35 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.9 1919 5660 778 1574 268 55 79 747 22 11 481 639 .278 .335 .387 .722 694.5 115.3 47.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 4 4 7 3 8 4 5 3 5 7 5 4 6 6 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
 George Blaeholder 33 27 15 .643 43 43 0 353.7 352 150 34 59 122 3.82 27.3
 Jim Turner 33 15 8 .652 29 23 0 204.3 206 67 14 35 54 2.95 21.5
 Pete Appleton 33 7 13 .350 48 24 4 202.0 255 116 14 85 60 5.17 7.0
*Lefty Grove 37 9 8 .529 21 21 0 169.0 174 65 12 39 78 3.46 14.0
*Garland Braxton 37 8 7 .533 23 18 2 114.7 125 66 7 52 68 5.18 3.8
 Randy Gumpert 19 3 6 .333 16 12 0 87.7 107 47 10 25 12 4.83 3.4
 Max Butcher 26 6 5 .545 45 5 6 87.7 103 46 8 23 15 4.72 6.1
 Johnny Allen 31 3 4 .429 9 9 0 63.7 83 37 6 31 40 5.23 0.6
 Red Lucas 35 3 6 .333 14 6 2 58.3 65 30 3 25 11 4.63 2.5
 Buck Ross 22 1 2 .333 33 1 0 52.0 71 31 5 14 11 5.37 1.3
 Mike Ryba 34 2 3 .400 35 0 4 44.0 48 15 4 15 8 3.07 4.9
*Dutch Henry 35 1 0 1.000 8 0 0 6.3 15 6 0 2 1 8.53 0.0
Team Totals 31.3 85 77 .525 324 162 18 1443.3 1604 676 117 405 480 4.22 92.4
Rank among 8 AL teams 5 5 7 5 6 6 8 5 1 7 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 .988 32.0
S.Davis 1180.3 132 139 418 32 2 0 .996 24.3
W.Jensen 198.7 23 24 66 5 0 0 1.000 0.0
R.Hemsley 64.3 7 10 29 6 0 0 1.000 80.0
Team Total 1443.3 162 173 513 43 2 0 .996 28.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.33
L.Gehrig 1316.0 147 152 1773 146 13 160 .993 13.12
J.Kuhel 98.3 17 19 124 10 1 13 .993 12.27
P.Traynor 79.3 9 9 94 9 3 10 .972 11.69
Team Total 1493.6 173 180 1991 165 17 183 .992 12.99
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 6.35
J.Saltzgaver 911.3 106 120 229 432 17 101 .975 6.53
G.Mulleavy 527.0 56 86 123 235 1 49 .997 6.11
P.Traynor 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Hill 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.English 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 162 210 352 668 18 150 .983 6.36
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 3.04
W.English 1298.3 145 150 93 387 11 20 .978 3.33
P.Traynor 145.0 17 18 7 40 4 3 .922 2.92
Team Total 1443.3 162 168 100 427 15 23 .972 3.29
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 5.65
J.Jordan 1239.7 147 147 214 606 25 117 .970 5.95
G.Mulleavy 106.3 9 24 16 57 8 8 .901 6.18
P.Traynor 68.7 5 17 14 26 1 9 .976 5.24
W.English 10.0 0 4 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.50
J.Saltzgaver 10.0 1 2 1 6 0 2 1.000 6.30
R.Hemsley 3.0 0 1 2 3 0 2 1.000 15.00
J.Hill 2.7 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 10.15
W.Jensen 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Cooke 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 162 198 248 705 34 139 .966 5.94
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.01
C.Klein 1213.0 136 136 262 8 13 1 .954 2.00
D.Cooke 95.0 11 11 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.52
W.Jensen 62.0 7 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.60
J.Hill 55.3 6 6 13 0 2 0 .867 2.11
P.Scott 18.0 2 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1443.3 162 162 305 9 15 2 .954 1.96
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.69
D.Cooke 970.3 108 112 283 5 7 1 .976 2.67
W.Jensen 290.3 34 35 80 6 0 1 1.000 2.67
J.Hill 152.7 17 22 42 0 2 0 .955 2.48
J.Frederick 77.9 8 8 22 0 1 0 .957 2.54
P.Traynor 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1494.2 167 178 427 11 10 2 .978 2.64
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.08
B.Herman 864.3 96 101 204 6 18 3 .921 2.19
D.Cooke 241.0 27 28 46 1 1 0 .979 1.76
W.Jensen 113.0 14 14 32 2 1 0 .971 2.71
C.Klein 108.0 12 16 28 0 1 0 .966 2.33
J.Frederick 17.8 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
P.Scott 17.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
J.Hill 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
L.Gehrig 8.3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Kuhel 4.4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
P.Traynor 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1385.5 155 169 322 9 21 3 .940 2.15
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 2.39
G.Blaeholder 353.7 43 43 31 58 5 2 .947 2.26
J.Turner 204.3 23 29 10 40 1 6 .980 2.20
P.Appleton 202.0 24 48 21 39 1 2 .984 2.67
L.Grove 169.0 21 21 8 32 2 1 .952 2.13
G.Braxton 114.7 18 23 8 21 0 0 1.000 2.28
M.Butcher 87.7 5 45 6 24 0 1 1.000 3.08
R.Gumpert 87.7 12 16 5 13 1 0 .947 1.85
J.Allen 63.7 9 9 5 14 1 1 .950 2.69
R.Lucas 58.3 6 14 4 10 1 0 .933 2.16
B.Ross 52.0 1 33 0 13 0 0 1.000 2.25
M.Ryba 44.0 0 35 3 14 1 1 .944 3.48
D.Henry 6.3 0 8 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.84
Team Total 1443.3 162 324 101 280 13 15 .967 2.38
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average English .308
On-Base Pct Cooke .392
Slugging Pct Gehrig .504
OPS Gehrig .871
XR Gehrig 101.6
Games English 157
At-Bats English 614
Runs Cooke 112
Hits English 189
Total Bases Klein 285
Singles English 139
Doubles English 39
Triples Gehrig 14
Homeruns Gehrig 21
RBIs Gehrig 118
Stolen Bases Mulleavy 5
Caught Stealing Mulleavy 3
Walks Cooke 93
Strikeouts Gehrig 95
ERA Turner 2.95
Wins Blaeholder 27
Losses Blaeholder 15
Winning Pct Turner .652
Saves Butcher 6
Games Pitched Appleton 48
Games Started Blaeholder 43
Complete Games Blaeholder 29
Shutouts Turner 3
Innings Pitched Blaeholder 353.7
Hits Allowed Blaeholder 352
Homeruns Allowed Blaeholder 34
Strikeouts Blaeholder 122
Walks Allowed Appleton 85
Walks per 9IP Blaeholder 1.5
Hits per 9IP Blaeholder 9.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Grove 4.2
WHiP Blaeholder 1.16
OAVG Blaeholder .256
OOBP Blaeholder .286
OSLG Turner .357
OOPS Turner .653
Team All-Stars
George Blaeholder
Woody English
Lefty Grove
Babe Herman
Player Salaries
Chuck Klein $ 13,000,000
Lou Gehrig $ 12,010,000
George Blaeholder $ 10,000,000
Johnny Frederick $ 8,500,000
Lefty Grove $ 8,000,000
Dusty Cooke $ 5,120,000
Spud Davis $ 3,500,000
Garland Braxton $ 2,500,000
Woody English $ 2,500,000
Johnny Allen $ 2,500,000
Pete Appleton $ 1,200,000
Pie Traynor $ 1,000,000
Greg Mulleavy $ 919,286
Rollie Hemsley $ 350,000
Woody Jensen $ 350,000
Jack Saltzgaver $ 350,000
Jim Turner $ 300,000
Jesse Hill $ 300,000
Jimmy Jordan $ 300,000
Buck Ross $ 300,000
Max Butcher $ 300,000
Mike Ryba $ 300,000
Pete Scott $ 300,000
Randy Gumpert $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Ted Lyons San Diego Babe Herman
Garland Braxton
Dutch Henry
Greg Mulleavy
2/21 Traded Slick Castleman
Round Draft Pick.		 Boston (N) Paul Gregory
Round Draft Pick.
7/1 Traded Jimmy Outlaw
Red Lucas
Dutch Henry		 St. Louis (C) Lefty Grove
7/31 Released Paul Gregory    
7/31 Released Lew Krausse    
7/31 Traded Babe Herman
Joe Kuhel		 Pittsburgh Johnny Frederick
Johnny Allen
 
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