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1906 Detroit Tigers 71 - 78

1905 / 1907 (Organization)

6th place in the AL (21 GB)
Home Record: Away Record:	42 - 34 (.553) 29 - 44 (.397)	+0.8 wins -4.4 wins

Scored/Expected: 518 / 569 ( -51 ) Allowed/Expected: 599 / 568 ( -31 )
Pyth Record: 65 - 84 (+6)

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Bennett Park
Attendance:	174,043	Avg Att:	2,231 (0.47)
Att Rank:	7 / 8	Lg Avg:	4,793

Park Factor:	1.03
HR Factor:	0.79	R/L HR:	0.89 / 0.68

Notes:

Transactions

Date									WAR
M	D	Yr	Player	Pos	Age	Transaction	From	To	Before	After	Org
10	1	1905	Fred Payne	C	-64.3	Rule 5 Draft	Rocheste	DET	0.0	2.0	0.7
12	5	1905	Frank Kitson	SP	-64.1	Traded Away	DET	WS1	21.5	2.1	1.4
12	5	1905	Happy Townsend	SP	-64.1	Received in Trade	WS1	DET	0.6	-0.9	0.0
12	24	1905	Red Donahue	SP	-64.0	Received in Trade	CLE	DET	18.9	4.0	4.0
12	24	1905	Happy Townsend	SP	-64.0	Traded Away	DET	CLE	0.6	-0.9	-0.9
1	1	1906	Davy Jones	LF	-64.0	Purchased	Minneapo	DET	5.7	10.8	8.9
1	1	1906	Boss Schmidt	C	-64.0	Purchased	Minneapo	DET	0.0	4.4	4.4
1	1	1906	Ed Siever	SP	-64.0	Purchased	Minneapo	DET	11.1	7.7	7.7
5	9	1906	Jimmy Barrett	CF	-63.6	Purchased	DET	CIN	17.9	1.1	-0.2
6	1	1906	Jimmy Wiggs	SP	-63.6	Purchased	DET	Toledo	-1.0	0.0	0.0
8	1	1906	Red Downs	2B	-63.4	Purchased	Topeka	DET	0.0	-1.3	-1.9
8	1	1906	Elijah Jones	SP	-63.4	Purchased	Springfi	DET	0.0	-0.5	-0.5
8	1	1906	Jack Rowan	SP	-63.4	Purchased	Leavenwo	DET	0.0	3.3	-0.3
8	1	1906	Ed Willett	SP	-63.4	Purchased	Wichita	DET	0.0	12.4	13.6
8	13	1906	John Warner	C	-63.4	Purchased	DET	WS1	7.8	2.8	2.8
9	1	1906	Jimmy Archer	C	-63.3	Rule 5 Draft	Atlanta	DET	-0.3	5.8	-0.3
9	1	1906	Tex Erwin	C	-63.3	Rule 5 Draft	Fort Wor	DET	0.0	2.0	-0.1
9	1	1906	Hughie Jennings	SS	-63.3	Rule 5 Draft	Baltimor	DET	42.4	-0.0	-0.0
9	1	1906	Red Killefer	CF	-63.3	Rule 5 Draft	Kalamazo	DET	0.0	4.5	0.0

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Trades

12 / 5 / 1905

Washington Senators Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	WS1	1st Yr
Frank Kitson	SP	DET	35.2	21.5	2.1	1.4	1.7
Totals				21.5	2.1	1.4	1.7

Detroit Tigers Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	DET	1st Yr
Happy Townsend	SP	WS1	25.7	0.6	-0.9	0.0	-0.9
Totals				0.6	-0.9	0.0	-0.9

Team Analysis

	WAR After Trade			WAR First Year
Tm	Out	In	Diff	Out	In	Diff
WS1	-0.9	2.1	3.0	-0.9	1.7	2.6
DET	2.1	-0.9	-3.0	1.7	-0.9	-2.6

12 / 24 / 1905

Detroit Tigers Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	DET	1st Yr
Red Donahue	SP	CLE	31.9	18.9	4.0	4.0	4.0
Totals				18.9	4.0	4.0	4.0

Cleveland Naps Receive

				Wins Above Replacement
Player	Pos	From	Age	Before	After	CLE	1st Yr
Happy Townsend	SP	DET	25.7	0.6	-0.9	-0.9	-0.9
Totals				0.6	-0.9	-0.9	-0.9

Team Analysis

	WAR After Trade			WAR First Year
Tm	Out	In	Diff	Out	In	Diff
DET	-0.9	4.0	4.9	-0.9	4.0	4.9
CLE	4.0	-0.9	-4.9	4.0	-0.9	-4.9

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James