
1929 Detroit Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 70-84
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 869,318, Avg. 12,651
Ballpark: Navin Field
Manager: Bucky Harris (70-84)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1929 Detroit Tigers Results
The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1929 season with a record of 70 wins and 84 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.
The Tigers scored 926 runs, most in the league. Detroit conceded 928 runs, most in the circuit. Dale Alexander paced the squad with 25 home runs, while Harry Heilmann and Marty McManus walloped 20 or more, too. Dale Alexander accounted for 137 RBI. Harry Heilmann topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .344. George Uhle led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 4.08 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Bucky Harris coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Uhle | 15 | 11 | .577 | 4.08 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 249.0 | 283 | 141 | 113 | 9 | 58 | 0 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1084 |
Earl Whitehill | 14 | 15 | .483 | 4.62 | 38 | 28 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 245.3 | 267 | 147 | 126 | 16 | 96 | 0 | 103 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1076 |
Vic Sorrell | 14 | 15 | .483 | 5.18 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 226.0 | 270 | 152 | 130 | 15 | 106 | 0 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1034 |
Ownie Carroll | 9 | 17 | .346 | 4.63 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 202.0 | 249 | 133 | 104 | 10 | 86 | 0 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 926 |
Emil Yde | 7 | 3 | .700 | 5.30 | 29 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 86.7 | 100 | 60 | 51 | 8 | 63 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 412 |
George Smith | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.80 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 | 42 | 33 | 23 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 178 |
Lil Stoner | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.26 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 53.0 | 57 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 242 |
Art Herring | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.78 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 38 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 147 |
Elon Hogsett | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.83 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28.7 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 121 |
Kyle Graham | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.57 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51.7 | 70 | 41 | 32 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 254 |
Augie Prudhomme | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6.22 | 34 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94.0 | 119 | 78 | 65 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 447 |
Josh Billings | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.12 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
Elam Vangilder | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.35 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
Whit Wyatt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 30 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 121 |
Frank Barnes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
Phil Page | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.17 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 29 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 126 |
Totals | 70 | 84 | .455 | 4.96 | 294 | 155 | 74 | 82 | 5 | 9 | 1390.3 | 1641 | 928 | 766 | 73 | 646 | 0 | 467 | 28 | 3 | 31 | 6345 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dale Alexander | 155 | 700 | 626 | 110 | 215 | 43 | 15 | 25 | 137 | 5 | 9 | 56 | 63 | .343 | .397 | .580 | .977 | 363 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Gehringer | 155 | 715 | 634 | 131 | 215 | 45 | 19 | 13 | 106 | 27 | 9 | 64 | 19 | .339 | .405 | .532 | .936 | 337 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Roy Johnson | 148 | 713 | 640 | 128 | 201 | 45 | 14 | 10 | 69 | 20 | 15 | 67 | 60 | .314 | .379 | .475 | .854 | 304 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Marty McManus | 154 | 672 | 599 | 99 | 168 | 32 | 8 | 18 | 90 | 16 | 11 | 60 | 52 | .280 | .347 | .451 | .798 | 270 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Rice | 130 | 613 | 536 | 97 | 163 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 69 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 23 | .304 | .379 | .425 | .805 | 228 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Harry Heilmann | 125 | 519 | 453 | 86 | 156 | 41 | 7 | 15 | 120 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 39 | .344 | .412 | .565 | .977 | 256 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Fothergill | 115 | 293 | 277 | 42 | 98 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | .354 | .378 | .570 | .949 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Pinky Hargrave | 76 | 210 | 185 | 26 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 24 | .330 | .401 | .443 | .844 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Heinie Schuble | 92 | 283 | 258 | 35 | 60 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 23 | .233 | .288 | .353 | .640 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Phillips | 68 | 249 | 221 | 24 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 16 | .235 | .302 | .330 | .632 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Merv Shea | 50 | 182 | 162 | 23 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 18 | .290 | .365 | .383 | .747 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Stone | 51 | 163 | 150 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | .260 | .311 | .400 | .711 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
George Uhle | 40 | 116 | 108 | 18 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .343 | .377 | .370 | .748 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Yats Wuestling | 54 | 167 | 150 | 13 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 24 | .200 | .250 | .240 | .490 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Whitehill | 38 | 100 | 90 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .256 | .302 | .378 | .680 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Bill Akers | 24 | 98 | 83 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | .265 | .351 | .373 | .725 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Ownie Carroll | 37 | 81 | 74 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .230 | .278 | .311 | .589 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Emil Yde | 46 | 52 | 48 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .333 | .373 | .396 | .768 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Vic Sorrell | 36 | 88 | 83 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | .145 | .155 | .157 | .311 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Hayworth | 14 | 47 | 43 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .256 | .304 | .256 | .560 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
George Smith | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .417 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Augie Prudhomme | 34 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .238 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nolen Richardson | 13 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .190 | .261 | .190 | .451 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Sigafoos | 14 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | .174 | .321 | .217 | .539 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Art Herring | 4 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .500 | .714 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Elon Hogsett | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kyle Graham | 13 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .105 | .105 | .263 | .368 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Page | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Whit Wyatt | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bucky Harris | 7 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lil Stoner | 24 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Elam Vangilder | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Josh Billings | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Woodall | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Barnes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1768 | 6252 | 5593 | 927 | 1672 | 337 | 96 | 110 | 851 | 95 | 74 | 515 | 493 | .299 | .360 | .453 | .813 | 2531 | 0 | 20 | 124 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harry Heilmann | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dale Alexander | 1B | 155 | 0 | 0.0 | 1443 | 90 | 18 | 129 | .988 | 9.890 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Yats Wuestling | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bucky Harris | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Gehringer | 2B | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 404 | 501 | 23 | 93 | .975 | 5.877 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Yats Wuestling | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Sigafoos | 3B | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Heinie Schuble | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Harry Rice | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marty McManus | 3B | 150 | 0 | 0.0 | 206 | 289 | 14 | 29 | .972 | 3.300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Merv Shea | C | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 157 | 32 | 7 | 4 | .964 | 4.109 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Eddie Phillips | C | 63 | 0 | 0.0 | 255 | 34 | 10 | 4 | .967 | 4.587 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Hayworth | C | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .951 | 4.143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pinky Hargrave | C | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 175 | 38 | 6 | 7 | .973 | 4.438 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Emil Yde | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Stone | OF | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Harry Rice | OF | 127 | 0 | 0.0 | 345 | 16 | 15 | 6 | .960 | 2.843 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roy Johnson | OF | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 377 | 25 | 31 | 5 | .928 | 2.753 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Harry Heilmann | OF | 114 | 0 | 0.0 | 193 | 8 | 7 | 3 | .966 | 1.763 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Fothergill | OF | 59 | 0 | 0.0 | 116 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .967 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Emil Yde | P | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Whit Wyatt | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Earl Whitehill | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 49 | 4 | 0 | .941 | 1.684 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Elam Vangilder | P | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Uhle | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 39 | 4 | 2 | .929 | 1.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lil Stoner | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .920 | .958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Vic Sorrell | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Smith | P | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .824 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Augie Prudhomme | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .964 | .794 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Phil Page | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Elon Hogsett | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Art Herring | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kyle Graham | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ownie Carroll | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 56 | 5 | 2 | .930 | 1.941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Josh Billings | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Barnes | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Yats Wuestling | SS | 52 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 139 | 13 | 19 | .943 | 4.135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Sigafoos | SS | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 3.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Heinie Schuble | SS | 86 | 0 | 0.0 | 141 | 216 | 46 | 43 | .886 | 4.151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nolen Richardson | SS | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .839 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marty McManus | SS | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.625 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bucky Harris | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bill Akers | SS | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 57 | 7 | 13 | .935 | 4.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1615 | 0 | 0.0 | 4163 | 1831 | 242 | 379 | .961 | 3.711 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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