1908 Detroit Disciples
Record: 95-49
Finish: 1st in AL AL West Division
Runs Scored: 707
Runs Allowed: 437
Exp W-L: 102-42
 
Ballpark: The Sanctuary
Attendance: 2,954,391
Manager: Dan Bacon

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 86-35, 2nd in the AL
AA: 85-36, 1st in the AL
A: 76-45, 2nd in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Des Moines Diesel
 
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
2B *John Acree 27 132 510 107 178 29 10 43 123 23 9 52 62 .349 .408 .698 1.106 127.2 30.8 6.6
1B  Jim Vanderhoff 25 133 496 104 124 14 2 58 132 2 0 58 231 .250 .326 .637 .963 103.0 20.7 4.1
LF  George Gephart 27 135 492 50 144 14 1 26 63 1 0 31 146 .293 .338 .484 .822 79.0 15.1 3.0
SS  Timothy Robertson 23 131 488 78 112 10 0 49 108 0 0 47 222 .230 .299 .551 .850 83.6 15.4 5.8
LF *Bryan Finkbeiner 29 105 376 31 109 14 2 8 46 6 4 38 49 .290 .355 .402 .757 53.3 10.0 2.1
CF *Roy Thomas 34 90 344 66 81 16 2 2 29 18 8 48 52 .235 .338 .311 .649 40.7 5.5 2.3
3B  Adam Mayer 24 90 351 52 100 9 1 2 33 3 3 40 97 .285 .363 .333 .696 43.5 7.2 4.1
C  Sean Geib 27 62 200 24 36 4 0 10 24 0 1 22 107 .180 .260 .350 .610 19.8 1.1 3.1
C  Richard Thibodaux 26 56 172 19 43 7 2 6 16 0 0 13 53 .250 .303 .419 .721 20.4 2.6 2.2
SS  Nap Lajoie 33 42 163 21 47 10 3 3 19 11 6 7 15 .288 .324 .442 .765 21.9 3.7 1.6
LF *Mike Donlin 30 40 154 29 57 10 4 2 18 15 7 7 19 .370 .398 .526 .923 28.0 6.4 0.7
C  Pat Moran 32 39 115 10 26 2 0 1 6 9 4 12 12 .226 .302 .270 .572 9.9 0.3 1.5
P  Anthony Hopper 27 35 114 5 7 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 73 .061 .078 .105 .183 -4.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Lawson 31 36 109 3 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 56 .046 .055 .073 .128 -6.6 0.0 0.0
P #Jesse Tannehill 33 33 98 7 24 1 1 1 6 0 0 6 12 .245 .288 .306 .595 8.4 0.8 0.0
1B #John Anderson 34 30 100 12 28 10 1 1 13 5 1 3 20 .280 .308 .430 .738 12.2 2.3 0.7
CF  John Bridgeforth 24 29 89 13 18 3 1 1 8 10 1 12 9 .202 .301 .292 .593 10.1 1.2 0.7
SS #Sammy Jackson 33 29 87 9 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 8 43 .092 .168 .103 .272 -0.9 0.0 0.7
CF  Jeffrey Embree 27 29 90 13 20 1 0 5 11 2 0 2 33 .222 .239 .400 .639 9.0 1.0 0.5
P  Fredrick Hettinger 25 25 69 12 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 29 .101 .139 .174 .313 0.5 0.0 0.0
LF *Neal Clyburn 29 38 74 10 15 0 1 1 2 0 0 9 29 .203 .289 .270 .559 5.8 0.3 0.5
3B  Thomas Difranco 27 28 68 10 21 1 0 2 5 0 1 11 26 .309 .405 .412 .817 11.6 2.3 1.0
2B  Gordon Lenard 30 39 70 12 9 0 0 2 5 5 1 6 35 .129 .218 .214 .432 3.2 0.0 1.1
2B  David Nida 26 17 43 8 16 3 1 2 5 1 1 6 15 .372 .449 .628 1.077 10.5 2.8 0.6
P  Jack Taylor 34 12 26 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .038 .074 .038 .113 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P *Stephen Blanch 27 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .083 .000 .083 -0.7 0.0 0.0
3B *John McGraw 35 1 5 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 1.5 0.5 0.1
P *Kevin Moten 23 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Nicholas Krupa 23 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Michael Carter 32 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.6 1485 4927 706 1238 167 33 227 682 111 47 446 1465 .251 .315 .437 .752 687.8 130.0 42.8
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 2 7 6 1 2 5 2 2 5 2 2 2 2 2  
* - 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
 Bob Lawson 31 25 9 .735 36 36 0 316.3 210 71 6 102 388 2.02 31.4
 Anthony Hopper 27 22 10 .688 35 35 0 306.7 245 80 29 38 338 2.35 27.7
*Jesse Tannehill 33 16 14 .533 33 33 0 274.3 246 116 48 56 297 3.81 14.5
 Fredrick Hettinger 25 16 5 .762 25 25 0 210.0 161 57 8 64 252 2.44 19.9
 Jack Taylor 34 3 5 .375 12 10 0 80.3 62 33 12 19 70 3.70 2.7
*Kevin Moten 23 8 1 .889 28 0 7 39.3 20 3 0 8 48 0.69 10.7
*Stephen Blanch 27 2 2 .500 4 4 0 32.3 30 14 7 12 42 3.90 1.0
 Nicholas Krupa 23 2 2 .500 15 0 2 25.3 13 9 5 15 37 3.20 2.0
 Michael Carter 32 0 0 .000 2 1 0 10.0 7 4 2 6 13 3.60 0.4
 Ray Hillyard 29 1 0 1.000 10 0 2 8.3 6 5 0 3 12 5.40 0.9
 Daryl Anderson 26 0 1 .000 6 0 1 4.3 1 1 1 1 5 2.08 0.8
Team Totals 28.2 95 49 .660 206 144 12 1307.3 1001 393 118 324 1502 2.71 112.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1  
* - 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 28.2
S.Geib 537.7 60 60 660 33 5 1 .993 30.4
R.Thibodaux 450.7 50 54 471 34 6 0 .988 42.6
P.Moran 287.0 35 36 310 20 2 0 .994 30.4
Team Total 1275.3 145 150 1441 87 13 1 .992 34.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 9.08
J.Vanderhoff 1156.3 129 131 976 75 5 61 .995 8.18
A.Mayer 257.3 29 30 251 21 3 14 .989 9.51
N.Clyburn 134.0 14 18 118 13 3 8 .978 8.80
J.Anderson 15.1 2 3 15 2 0 2 1.000 10.13
M.Donlin 2.8 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.43
P.Moran 1.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1567.3 174 183 1362 111 11 85 .993 8.46
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.44
J.Acree 1145.7 127 130 212 311 11 47 .979 4.11
G.Lenard 152.7 16 17 38 40 0 10 1.000 4.60
N.Lajoie 115.6 13 13 18 33 1 5 .981 3.97
D.Nida 88.5 13 13 16 26 1 4 .977 4.27
S.Jackson 9.0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00
Team Total 1511.4 170 174 285 413 13 66 .982 4.16
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.29
A.Mayer 530.9 58 60 36 92 3 7 .977 2.17
T.Robertson 358.0 39 42 18 66 3 1 .966 2.11
T.Difranco 157.0 16 22 5 31 0 0 1.000 2.06
J.McGraw 10.0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
S.Jackson 9.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
P.Moran 1.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.29
Team Total 1066.6 115 127 59 193 6 8 .977 2.13
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.95
T.Robertson 776.7 87 89 90 230 7 30 .979 3.71
N.Lajoie 226.7 26 27 22 63 4 10 .955 3.37
S.Jackson 187.7 18 25 19 38 3 9 .950 2.73
Team Total 1191.0 131 141 131 331 14 49 .971 3.49
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.56
B.Finkbeiner 886.3 100 101 156 4 1 2 .994 1.62
G.Gephart 242.0 26 26 45 2 1 1 .979 1.75
M.Donlin 232.0 26 27 39 2 6 1 .872 1.59
J.Embree 16.3 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.21
D.Nida 14.9 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.21
N.Clyburn 11.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
J.Bridgeforth 9.2 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
G.Lenard 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1412.7 158 164 250 8 8 4 .970 1.64
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.06
R.Thomas 819.1 87 87 175 5 7 3 .963 1.98
J.Bridgeforth 203.4 24 24 49 1 1 1 .980 2.21
M.Donlin 90.2 10 11 19 1 0 1 1.000 2.00
J.Embree 24.5 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.47
D.Nida 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1137.7 123 125 247 7 8 5 .969 2.01
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.61
G.Gephart 955.3 108 108 171 6 0 1 1.000 1.67
J.Anderson 215.9 25 26 43 2 1 1 .978 1.88
J.Embree 157.6 20 20 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.60
B.Finkbeiner 16.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Bridgeforth 9.8 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.92
G.Lenard 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Geib 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
N.Clyburn 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1359.6 155 162 245 9 1 2 .996 1.68
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 1.83
B.Lawson 316.3 36 36 16 43 6 1 .908 1.68
A.Hopper 306.7 35 35 12 50 1 1 .984 1.82
J.Tannehill 274.3 33 33 15 38 1 4 .981 1.74
F.Hettinger 210.0 25 25 11 39 0 2 1.000 2.14
J.Taylor 80.3 10 12 6 10 1 0 .941 1.79
K.Moten 39.3 0 28 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.92
S.Blanch 32.3 4 4 2 4 1 1 .857 1.67
N.Krupa 25.3 0 15 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.42
M.Carter 10.0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.90
R.Hillyard 8.3 0 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
D.Anderson 4.3 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1307.3 144 206 66 190 10 10 .962 1.76
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Acree .349
On-Base Pct Acree .408
Slugging Pct Acree .698
OPS Acree 1.106
XR Acree 127.2
Games Gephart 135
At-Bats Acree 510
Runs Acree 107
Hits Acree 178
Total Bases Acree 356
Singles Gephart 103
Doubles Acree 29
Triples Acree 10
Homeruns Vanderhoff 58
RBIs Vanderhoff 132
Stolen Bases Acree 23
Caught Stealing Acree 9
Walks Vanderhoff 58
Strikeouts Vanderhoff 231
ERA Lawson 2.02
Wins Lawson 25
Losses Tannehill 14
Winning Pct Hettinger .762
Saves Moten 7
Games Pitched Lawson 36
Games Started Lawson 36
Complete Games Hopper 29
Shutouts Hopper 7
Innings Pitched Lawson 316.3
Hits Allowed Tannehill 246
Homeruns Allowed Tannehill 48
Strikeouts Lawson 388
Walks Allowed Lawson 102
Walks per 9IP Hopper 1.1
Hits per 9IP Lawson 6.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Lawson 11.0
WHiP Hopper 0.92
OAVG Lawson .189
OOBP Hopper .247
OSLG Lawson .264
OOPS Lawson .519
Team All-Stars
John Acree
Fredrick Hettinger
Anthony Hopper
Timothy Robertson
Jim Vanderhoff
Player Salaries
Nap Lajoie $ 11,120,000
Mike Donlin $ 10,940,000
Jesse Tannehill $ 5,000,000
Pat Moran $ 3,850,000
Bob Lawson $ 3,552,000
Sammy Jackson $ 350,000
Michael Carter $ 340,000
John Bridgeforth $ 300,000
Anthony Hopper $ 300,000
Stephen Blanch $ 300,000
Sean Geib $ 300,000
Brett Arevalo $ 300,000
Thomas Difranco $ 300,000
Daryl Anderson $ 300,000
Bryan Finkbeiner $ 300,000
Neal Clyburn $ 300,000
George Gephart $ 300,000
John Acree $ 300,000
Ray Hillyard $ 300,000
Jim Vanderhoff $ 300,000
Nicholas Krupa $ 300,000
Gordon Lenard $ 300,000
Kevin Moten $ 300,000
David Nida $ 300,000
Timothy Robertson $ 300,000
Gary Smith $ 300,000
Richard Thibodaux $ 300,000
Fredrick Hettinger $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/31 Traded John Severns Chicago (N) George Gephart
2/1 Signed     John Anderson
2/3 Signed     Jack Taylor
2/9 Traded Harold Pittman Texas Adam Mayer
2/9 Traded Bill Coughlin
Steffen Rohrbach
Thomas Hogle
Charlie Wulff
Wayne Steigerwald
Texas Kevin Moten
Victor Leake
Aubrey Luevano
Round Draft Pick.
2/11 Traded Victor Leake
Michael Pride
Milwaukee Larry Fullilove
3/1 Signed     William Cotten
3/1 Signed     Togie Pittinger
3/1 Signed     Archie Stimmel
3/1 Signed     Thomas Bundy
3/1 Signed     Jason Aho
6/8 Released Togie Pittinger    
6/8 Released Archie Stimmel    
6/8 Released Eric Broaddus    
6/8 Released William Cotten    
6/8 Released John Gibson    
6/8 Released Otto Wilson    
6/8 Released Clinton Morejon    
7/26 Traded Adam Mayer
Roy Thomas
Chicago (N) John Mcgraw
John Bridgeforth
7/27 Traded Scott Clevenger Pittsburgh Pat Moran
7/27 Traded John Mcgraw
Alan Zacarias
John Anderson
Jack Taylor
Texas Nap Lajoie
David Nida
Stephen Blanch
Brett Arevalo
7/27 Traded Bill Henry
Jeffrey Embree
Minnesota Mike Donlin