1938 Detroit Tigers
Record: 49-113
Finish: 8th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 607
Runs Allowed: 869
Exp W-L: 55-107
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,172,236
Manager: Johnny Cooney

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 6th in the AL
AA: 62-75, 6th in the AL
A: 61-76, 7th 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  Jesse Hill 31 143 554 77 166 27 7 3 46 25 10 51 67 .300 .359 .390 .748 74.3 9.3 2.6
1B *Don Hurst 32 153 544 66 146 28 2 15 70 0 0 51 55 .268 .332 .410 .742 71.1 8.2 3.1
2B #Billy Rogell 33 130 457 59 122 25 4 4 22 21 4 32 48 .267 .314 .365 .680 53.3 5.7 4.5
2B  Jimmy Jordan 30 136 473 28 106 20 2 3 39 1 1 8 17 .224 .236 .294 .529 26.8 0.0 3.1
RF *Chuck Klein 33 102 407 60 117 23 2 17 64 0 0 29 36 .287 .334 .479 .813 59.6 7.9 1.6
C *Ben Huffman 23 109 352 24 81 13 3 1 32 0 0 11 12 .230 .262 .293 .555 25.5 0.0 4.2
RF *Gene Moore 28 89 343 47 104 21 6 5 44 15 2 29 27 .303 .358 .443 .801 53.1 8.1 1.2
LF #Joe Mowry 30 127 340 34 94 14 3 1 28 1 0 26 44 .276 .329 .344 .673 35.5 3.1 1.4
1B *Bud Clancy 37 92 333 26 76 7 2 2 32 0 1 19 45 .228 .270 .279 .549 21.5 0.0 1.5
RF  Beau Bell 30 52 192 24 46 13 0 3 25 0 0 21 15 .240 .318 .354 .672 20.0 1.6 0.9
3B  Freddie Lindstrom 32 46 173 22 54 6 1 3 23 4 4 9 7 .312 .342 .410 .753 22.0 2.4 0.5
2B  Greg Mulleavy 32 51 170 18 56 8 4 3 29 6 1 15 9 .329 .385 .476 .861 30.6 5.0 1.1
2B  Joe Chamberlain 28 86 177 16 41 8 0 3 21 1 1 5 48 .232 .254 .328 .582 14.0 0.1 1.1
C  Rollie Hemsley 31 47 167 17 39 11 0 1 26 0 0 6 9 .234 .257 .317 .575 11.2 0.0 2.4
SS  John Mihalic 26 46 145 20 30 6 0 1 7 4 5 24 12 .207 .320 .269 .588 12.2 0.0 1.3
LF  Al Simmons 36 49 112 9 25 5 0 1 14 0 0 8 10 .223 .279 .295 .573 8.4 0.0 0.5
C *Jo-Jo Moore 29 58 97 14 19 1 1 0 6 3 1 12 15 .196 .284 .227 .511 6.7 0.0 0.7
P *Whitey Wilshere 25 36 88 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 34 .091 .091 .102 .193 -2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Beggs 27 35 65 3 13 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 14 .200 .197 .246 .443 2.9 0.0 0.0
1B  Andy Cohen 33 44 64 9 13 0 0 1 8 0 1 5 7 .203 .261 .250 .511 3.9 0.0 0.3
1B  Art Garibaldi 30 45 63 1 9 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 8 .143 .154 .206 .360 0.8 0.0 0.3
CF *Marty Callaghan 38 22 50 8 16 1 2 1 9 1 2 2 5 .320 .340 .480 .820 7.7 1.0 0.2
P *Lefty Grove 38 24 44 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 .068 .068 .068 .136 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P *Clyde Shoun 26 38 40 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Max Lanier 22 15 36 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .167 .162 .167 .329 0.6 0.0 0.0
RF  Carl Reynolds 35 32 38 3 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 4 .184 .238 .237 .475 1.8 0.0 0.1
RF  Don Ross 23 12 32 2 8 3 1 0 3 0 0 4 1 .250 .333 .406 .740 4.4 0.6 0.2
P  Max Butcher 27 17 29 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .207 .207 .241 .448 1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Randy Gumpert 20 15 25 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 8 .160 .192 .160 .352 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Leon Chagnon 35 22 24 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Herm Holshouser 31 23 15 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .267 .267 .333 .600 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Roy Parmelee 31 5 12 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .083 .083 .167 .250 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Tony Kaufmann 37 14 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.8 0.1 0.0
P  Roxie Lawson 32 21 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Rollie Stiles 31 58 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Spades Wood 29 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Cy Moore 33 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 2045 5681 607 1432 251 41 68 578 83 35 372 606 .252 .298 .347 .645 563.9 53.1 32.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 8 7 8 8 8 8 1 8 8 5 8 8 8 8 8  
* - 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
*Whitey Wilshere 25 9 22 .290 36 36 0 279.3 253 122 16 132 144 3.93 16.7
 Joe Beggs 27 4 19 .174 35 29 0 216.3 272 125 15 77 50 5.20 3.5
*Clyde Shoun 26 6 9 .400 38 17 6 143.0 152 61 10 41 53 3.84 11.0
*Lefty Grove 38 5 10 .333 24 18 1 139.7 165 81 12 46 53 5.22 3.5
*Max Lanier 22 6 6 .500 15 15 0 113.3 118 35 1 41 61 2.78 10.8
 Max Butcher 27 2 8 .200 17 11 0 84.7 135 58 4 35 21 6.17 0.0
 Randy Gumpert 20 1 7 .125 15 10 0 84.3 100 43 6 39 20 4.59 3.5
 Leon Chagnon 35 4 9 .308 22 12 0 84.0 101 56 9 42 37 6.00 0.7
 Rollie Stiles 31 3 7 .300 58 1 1 70.7 82 36 6 28 22 4.59 3.9
 Herm Holshouser 31 1 4 .200 23 5 0 59.3 73 43 5 29 22 6.52 0.0
*Spades Wood 29 2 3 .400 33 0 0 37.7 37 16 5 29 11 3.82 2.8
 Roxie Lawson 32 1 2 .333 21 0 0 37.3 54 19 2 12 10 4.58 2.0
 Tony Kaufmann 37 3 2 .600 14 3 3 37.3 44 19 3 19 17 4.58 2.8
 Roy Parmelee 31 0 3 .000 5 5 0 32.3 40 21 2 26 16 5.85 0.0
 Cy Moore 33 2 2 .500 18 0 5 21.3 31 17 3 18 11 7.17 0.0
 Jim Tobin 25 0 0 .000 7 0 1 9.0 15 11 1 3 1 11.00 0.0
 Ed Carroll 30 0 0 .000 7 0 0 7.0 12 6 0 2 0 7.71 0.0
 Buck Ross 23 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1.7 6 1 1 1 0 5.42 0.0
Team Totals 29.0 49 113 .302 390 162 17 1458.3 1690 770 101 620 549 4.75 61.1
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 7 8 4 8 6 8 7 7 8  
* - 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 39.9
B.Huffman 872.3 96 103 344 23 4 1 .989 66.7
R.Hemsley 398.9 43 45 193 16 5 3 .977 36.8
J.Moore 173.0 19 21 65 8 3 0 .961 16.7
Team Total 1444.2 158 169 602 47 12 4 .982 43.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 12.24
D.Hurst 1233.3 138 149 1428 103 17 168 .989 11.17
A.Simmons 95.1 10 10 123 9 3 14 .978 12.49
A.Garibaldi 67.0 8 11 83 5 0 10 1.000 11.82
B.Bell 52.3 6 6 55 3 1 5 .983 9.98
J.Mowry 21.0 2 6 27 3 0 3 1.000 12.86
B.Rogell 21.0 3 3 22 2 2 2 .923 10.29
G.Mulleavy 18.0 2 2 16 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
J.Chamberlain 17.3 0 4 27 1 0 2 1.000 14.54
J.Mihalic 17.3 2 3 26 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
C.Reynolds 13.7 4 4 19 1 1 2 .952 13.14
B.Clancy 9.0 1 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.00
R.Hemsley 6.8 0 2 3 3 0 1 1.000 7.94
A.Cohen 2.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 4.50
Team Total 1573.9 176 202 1840 132 25 209 .987 11.28
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.39
J.Jordan 834.3 99 101 251 353 14 96 .977 6.52
G.Mulleavy 372.7 41 43 94 165 4 34 .985 6.26
J.Mihalic 103.0 13 13 15 40 0 8 1.000 4.81
J.Chamberlain 87.7 7 17 19 36 4 6 .932 5.65
A.Garibaldi 29.0 1 14 8 13 0 1 1.000 6.52
B.Rogell 19.0 1 5 3 11 0 2 1.000 6.63
A.Cohen 10.7 0 5 6 4 0 4 1.000 8.44
J.Moore 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.3 162 200 396 622 22 151 .979 6.28
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.05
B.Clancy 712.0 82 83 64 184 8 13 .969 3.13
F.Lindstrom 226.9 21 23 17 50 5 6 .931 2.66
J.Chamberlain 108.0 9 17 7 30 2 5 .949 3.08
A.Cohen 99.3 11 13 8 24 0 5 1.000 2.90
B.Rogell 54.0 6 8 2 15 1 1 .944 2.83
J.Jordan 53.3 6 7 4 10 1 2 .933 2.36
A.Garibaldi 35.7 4 5 3 10 3 0 .813 3.28
G.Mulleavy 8.0 1 1 0 4 1 0 .800 4.50
B.Bell 6.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Mowry 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1304.2 140 160 105 327 21 32 .954 2.98
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 5.59
B.Rogell 872.3 95 106 148 392 28 81 .951 5.57
J.Mihalic 224.0 24 31 43 85 2 22 .985 5.14
J.Jordan 213.7 27 28 47 80 7 16 .948 5.35
J.Chamberlain 128.3 14 17 19 61 3 17 .964 5.61
G.Mulleavy 20.0 2 3 4 11 1 3 .938 6.75
Team Total 1458.3 162 185 261 629 41 139 .956 5.49
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.00
C.Klein 869.7 97 97 223 14 9 1 .963 2.45
J.Mowry 287.7 34 35 73 2 3 0 .962 2.35
F.Lindstrom 124.4 13 13 29 1 1 1 .968 2.17
A.Simmons 90.4 9 13 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.69
M.Callaghan 58.7 7 8 18 0 1 0 .947 2.76
C.Reynolds 52.4 14 16 10 0 1 0 .909 1.72
A.Cohen 19.0 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
J.Moore 9.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
J.Hill 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1512.5 176 189 386 18 15 2 .964 2.40
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.63
J.Hill 1187.3 135 141 376 18 25 6 .940 2.99
J.Mowry 191.3 23 24 57 3 1 0 .984 2.82
A.Simmons 15.6 0 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
M.Callaghan 15.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
D.Ross 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
G.Moore 8.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
C.Reynolds 3.1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.90
F.Lindstrom 2.2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.09
B.Bell 2.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1432.6 162 182 447 23 26 7 .948 2.95
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.09
G.Moore 759.3 85 86 172 6 2 3 .989 2.11
B.Bell 399.0 45 46 111 4 3 3 .975 2.59
J.Mowry 170.3 19 22 55 2 0 0 1.000 3.01
D.Ross 65.7 8 8 21 2 0 2 1.000 3.15
M.Callaghan 18.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Moore 17.3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.52
C.Klein 14.0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64
C.Reynolds 11.3 3 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
A.Cohen 5.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1460.0 165 177 372 14 5 8 .987 2.38
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.31
W.Wilshere 279.3 36 36 15 39 0 3 1.000 1.74
J.Beggs 216.3 29 35 19 38 1 3 .983 2.37
C.Shoun 143.0 17 38 5 25 0 1 1.000 1.89
L.Grove 139.7 18 24 8 25 1 2 .971 2.13
M.Lanier 113.3 15 15 5 22 0 2 1.000 2.14
M.Butcher 84.7 11 17 3 13 1 0 .941 1.70
R.Gumpert 84.3 10 15 2 17 0 4 1.000 2.03
L.Chagnon 84.0 12 22 4 12 0 1 1.000 1.71
R.Stiles 70.7 1 58 4 18 0 3 1.000 2.80
H.Holshouser 59.3 5 23 3 17 0 0 1.000 3.03
S.Wood 37.7 0 33 1 9 0 2 1.000 2.39
R.Lawson 37.3 0 21 2 8 0 2 1.000 2.41
T.Kaufmann 37.3 3 14 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.93
R.Parmelee 32.3 5 5 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.51
C.Moore 21.3 0 18 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.53
J.Tobin 9.0 0 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00
E.Carroll 7.0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
B.Ross 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.3 162 390 77 263 3 25 .991 2.10
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hill .300
On-Base Pct Hill .359
Slugging Pct Klein .413
OPS Hill .748
XR Hill 74.3
Games Hurst 153
At-Bats Hill 554
Runs Hill 77
Hits Hill 166
Total Bases Hurst 223
Singles Hill 129
Doubles Hurst 28
Triples Hill 7
Homeruns Klein 17
RBIs Hurst 70
Stolen Bases Hill 25
Caught Stealing Hill 10
Walks Hill, Hurst 51
Strikeouts Hill 67
ERA Wilshere 3.93
Wins Wilshere 9
Losses Wilshere 22
Winning Pct Wilshere .290
Saves Shoun 6
Games Pitched Stiles 58
Games Started Wilshere 36
Complete Games Wilshere 15
Shutouts Lanier 2
Innings Pitched Wilshere 279.3
Hits Allowed Beggs 272
Homeruns Allowed Wilshere 16
Strikeouts Wilshere 144
Walks Allowed Wilshere 132
Walks per 9IP Beggs 3.2
Hits per 9IP Wilshere 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Wilshere 4.6
WHiP Wilshere 1.38
OAVG Wilshere .245
OOBP Wilshere .336
OSLG Wilshere .354
OOPS Wilshere .690
Team All-Stars
Chuck Klein
Player Salaries
Jack Cummings $ 11,015,000
Lefty Grove $ 8,000,000
Carl Reynolds $ 6,300,000
Al Simmons $ 5,005,005
Don Hurst $ 5,000,000
Freddie Lindstrom $ 4,870,000
Cy Moore $ 2,810,000
Gene Moore $ 1,750,000
Whitey Wilshere $ 1,240,000
Greg Mulleavy $ 919,286
Tony Kaufmann $ 760,000
Leon Chagnon $ 600,000
Billy Rogell $ 550,000
Roy Parmelee $ 500,000
Herm Holshouser $ 350,000
Rollie Hemsley $ 350,000
Jimmy Jordan $ 350,000
Marty Callaghan $ 300,000
Max Butcher $ 300,000
Art Garibaldi $ 300,000
Nino Bongiovanni $ 300,000
Randy Gumpert $ 300,000
Jesse Hill $ 300,000
Beau Bell $ 300,000
Joe Chamberlain $ 300,000
Ben Huffman $ 300,000
Joe Beggs $ 300,000
Roxie Lawson $ 300,000
Spades Wood $ 300,000
Steve Mesner $ 300,000
John Mihalic $ 300,000
Jo-Jo Moore $ 300,000
Joe Mowry $ 300,000
Buck Ross $ 300,000
Don Ross $ 300,000
Clyde Shoun $ 300,000
Rollie Stiles $ 300,000
Jim Tobin $ 300,000
Max Lanier $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Woody English New York (A) Ripper Collins
Whitey Wilshere
2/1 Traded Lou Gehrig
Johnny Allen
Spud Davis
Minnesota John Mihalic
Clyde Shoun
2/1 Traded Dusty Cooke Boston (N) Jim Tobin
Gene Moore
Round Draft Pick.
2/7 Traded Pie Traynor Minnesota Ben Geraghty
2/7 Traded Ripper Collins Boston (N) Don Hurst
2/8 Signed     Roy Parmelee
2/10 Signed     Bill Cissell
2/13 Signed     Bud Clancy
2/13 Signed     Jo-Jo Moore
2/16 Signed     Leon Chagnon
2/17 Signed     Billy Rogell
3/3 Traded George Blaeholder New York (A) Andy Cohen
Herm Holshouser
Joe Mowry
Round Draft Pick.
3/3 Traded Jim Turner
Garland Braxton
Rollie Hemsley
Bill Cissell
Greg Mulleavy
Tampa Bay Frank Gabler
3/3 Traded Mike Ryba Tampa Bay Ben Huffman
3/3 Traded Woody Jensen St. Louis (C) Roxie Lawson
Round Draft Pick.
7/31 Traded Ed Carroll Montreal Cy Moore
Freddie Lindstrom
7/31 Traded Ben Geraghty Boston (A) Jack Cummings
Round Draft Pick.
7/31 Traded George Turbeville
Round Draft Pick.
New York (G) Al Simmons
7/31 Traded Chuck Klein Tampa Bay Carl Reynolds
Greg Mulleavy
Beau Bell
Rollie Hemsley
7/31 Signed     Tony Kaufmann
7/31 Signed     Marty Callaghan
8/16 Released Bud Clancy    
8/16 Released Andy Cohen