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1916 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1915 / 1917)
87-67, Finished 3rd in American League
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Scored 670 runs, Allowed 595 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69
Manager: Hughie Jennings (87-67)
Ballpark: Navin Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 616,772 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Oscar Stanage 33 94 318 291 16 69 17 3 0 30 3 17 48 .237 .286 .316 .602 78 92 3 7
2 1B George Burns 23 135 527 479 60 137 22 6 4 73 12 22 30 .286 .327 .382 .709 109 183 7 19
3 2B Ralph Young# 27 153 614 528 60 139 16 6 1 45 20 20 62 43 .263 .342 .322 .664 96 170 1 23
4 SS Donie Bush# 28 145 653 550 73 124 5 9 0 34 19 75 42 .225 .319 .267 .587 73 147 1 27
5 3B Ossie Vitt 26 153 705 597 88 135 17 12 0 42 18 75 28 .226 .314 .295 .608 80 176 1 32
6 OF Sam Crawford* 36 100 368 322 41 92 11 13 0 42 10 37 10 .286 .359 .401 .760 124 129 0 9
7 OF Ty Cobb* 29 145 636 542 113 201 31 10 5 68 68 24 78 39 .371 .452 .493 .944 179 267 2 14
8 OF Bobby Veach* 28 150 645 566 92 173 33 15 3 91 24 15 52 41 .306 .367 .433 .800 136 245 3 24
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Harry Heilmann 21 136 513 451 57 127 30 11 2 73 9 42 40 .282 .349 .410 .760 124 185 5 15
10 C Del Baker 24 61 115 98 7 15 4 0 0 6 2 11 8 .153 .245 .194 .439 30 19 1 5
11 UT Marty Kavanagh 25 58 90 78 6 11 4 0 0 5 0 9 15 .141 .239 .192 .431 27 15 1 2
12 C Red McKee* 25 32 84 76 3 16 1 2 0 4 0 6 11 .211 .268 .276 .545 61 21 0 2
13 C Tubby Spencer 32 19 65 54 7 20 1 1 1 10 2 6 6 .370 .443 .481 .924 173 26 1 4
14 OF George Harper* 24 44 62 56 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 5 8 .161 .230 .179 .408 21 10 0 1
15 SS Ben Dyer 23 4 15 14 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 .286 .333 .357 .690 104 5 0 0
16 MI Frank Fuller# 23 20 12 10 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 4 .100 .182 .100 .282 -17 1 0 1
17 OF Jack Dalton 30 8 11 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .182 .182 .182 .364 7 2 0 0
18 3B Babe Ellison 19 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -16 1 0 0
19 3B George Maisel 24 8 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
20 C Billy Sullivan 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Harry Coveleski# 30 44 120 118 7 25 3 2 0 7 0 0 38 .212 .218 .271 .490 45 32 1 1
22 P Hooks Dauss 26 39 92 72 8 16 3 2 1 5 0 15 30 .222 .364 .361 .725 114 26 1 4
23 P Jean Dubuc 27 52 87 78 3 20 0 2 0 7 0 7 12 .256 .318 .308 .625 85 24 0 2
24 P Bill James# 29 30 53 44 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 24 .068 .128 .068 .196 -42 3 0 6
25 P George Cunningham 21 35 50 41 7 11 2 2 0 3 0 8 12 .268 .388 .415 .802 137 17 0 1
26 P Willie Mitchell 26 23 43 36 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 5 6 .250 .357 .250 .607 80 9 1 1
27 P Bernie Boland 24 49 39 32 4 8 0 0 0 2 0 5 12 .250 .351 .250 .601 78 8 0 2
28 P Earl Hamilton* 24 5 14 13 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 .077 .143 .077 .220 -35 1 0 0
29 P Howard Ehmke 22 5 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 -16 2 0 0
30 P George Boehler 24 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .400 .000 .400 19 0 0 0
31 P Eric Erickson 21 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Deacon Jones 23 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
33 P Bill McTigue* 25 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
34 P Grover Lowdermilk 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.2 155 5969 5193 673 1371 202 96 17 560 190 59 545 529 .264 .337 .350 .687 103 1816 0 29 202 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 7 1 1 1 1 1
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Del Baker 24 115 88 5 1.5 86 .167 .153 .261 .245 .336 .194 .341 .439 .677 30 .186 -8.4 -1.0 .398 .173 .041 .0 2
George Boehler 24 5 3 0 0.0 86 .000 .000 .261 .400 .336 .000 .341 .400 .677 19 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .667 .667 .000 /1
Bernie Boland 24 39 26 3 3.1 86 .400 .250 .261 .351 .336 .250 .341 .601 .677 78 .456 -0.6 -0.1 .542 .156 .000 1
George Burns 23 527 361 58 4.4 86 .299 .286 .261 .327 .336 .382 .341 .709 .677 109 .604 3.0 0.4 .655 .167 .096 6.0 *3
#Donie Bush 28 653 453 47 2.8 86 .244 .225 .261 .319 .336 .267 .341 .587 .677 73 .407 -17.2 -2.0 .568 .213 .042 .0 *6
*Ty Cobb 29 636 379 125 8.9 86 .394 .371 .261 .452 .336 .493 .341 .944 .677 179 .851 56.4 6.3 1.071 .347 .122 9.3 *O/3
#Harry Coveleski 30 120 94 7 2.0 86 .313 .212 .261 .218 .336 .271 .341 .490 .677 45 .273 -9.0 -1.0 .355 .059 .059 1
*Sam Crawford 36 368 239 46 5.2 86 .295 .286 .261 .359 .336 .401 .341 .760 .677 124 .680 8.7 1.0 .765 .261 .115 .0 O/3
George Cunningham 21 50 31 7 6.1 86 .379 .268 .261 .388 .336 .415 .341 .802 .677 137 .741 2.1 0.2 .833 .341 .146 1
Jack Dalton 30 11 9 0 0.0 86 .333 .182 .261 .182 .336 .182 .341 .364 .677 7 .000 -1.3 -0.2 .222 .000 .000 /O
Hooks Dauss 26 92 60 9 4.1 86 .366 .222 .261 .364 .336 .361 .341 .725 .677 114 .574 1.8 0.2 .750 .347 .139 .0 1
Jean Dubuc 27 87 60 8 3.6 86 .303 .256 .261 .318 .336 .308 .341 .625 .677 85 .521 -1.8 -0.2 .534 .141 .051 1
Ben Dyer 23 15 10 2 5.4 86 .308 .286 .261 .333 .336 .357 .341 .690 .677 104 .696 0.1 0.0 .600 .143 .071 /6
Howard Ehmke 22 14 12 0 0.0 86 .222 .143 .261 .143 .336 .143 .341 .286 .677 -16 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .167 .000 .000 /1
Babe Ellison 19 7 6 0 0.0 86 .167 .143 .261 .143 .336 .143 .341 .286 .677 -16 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .167 .000 .000 /5
Eric Erickson 21 4 4 0 0.0 86 .000 .000 .261 .000 .336 .000 .341 .000 .677 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
#Frank Fuller 23 12 10 0 0.0 86 .167 .100 .261 .182 .336 .100 .341 .282 .677 -17 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .556 .400 .000 .0 /46
*Earl Hamilton 24 14 12 0 0.0 86 .143 .077 .261 .143 .336 .077 .341 .220 .677 -35 .000 -2.2 -0.3 .167 .077 .000 /1
*George Harper 24 62 48 2 1.1 86 .188 .161 .261 .230 .336 .179 .341 .408 .677 21 .115 -5.6 -0.6 .319 .107 .018 O
Harry Heilmann 21 513 339 63 5.0 86 .306 .282 .261 .349 .336 .410 .341 .760 .677 124 .666 12.7 1.4 .744 .242 .129 3.3 O3/4
#Bill James 29 53 47 0 0.0 86 .150 .068 .261 .128 .336 .068 .341 .196 .677 -42 .000 -7.9 -0.9 .146 .068 .000 1
Deacon Jones 23 2 2 0 0.0 86 .000 .000 .261 .000 .336 .000 .341 .000 .677 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
Marty Kavanagh 25 90 69 3 1.2 86 .175 .141 .261 .239 .336 .192 .341 .431 .677 27 .123 -6.9 -0.8 .373 .167 .051 O/45
Grover Lowdermilk 31 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
George Maisel 24 5 5 0 0.0 86 .000 .000 .261 .000 .336 .000 .341 .000 .677 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /5
*Red McKee 25 84 62 6 2.6 86 .246 .211 .261 .268 .336 .276 .341 .545 .677 61 .377 -4.1 -0.5 .450 .145 .066 2
*Bill McTigue 25 1 1 0 0.0 86 .000 .000 .261 .000 .336 .000 .341 .000 .677 -100 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Willie Mitchell 26 43 28 3 2.9 86 .300 .250 .261 .357 .336 .250 .341 .607 .677 80 .421 -0.6 -0.1 .556 .139 .000 1
Tubby Spencer 32 65 38 11 7.8 86 .404 .370 .261 .443 .336 .481 .341 .924 .677 173 .818 5.0 0.6 1.029 .259 .111 1.3 2
Oscar Stanage 33 318 229 26 3.1 86 .284 .237 .261 .286 .336 .316 .341 .602 .677 78 .448 -8.8 -1.0 .518 .148 .079 .0 2
Billy Sullivan 41 0 0 0.0 0.0 /2
*Bobby Veach 28 645 432 88 5.5 86 .326 .306 .261 .367 .336 .433 .341 .800 .677 136 .703 23.8 2.7 .757 .235 .127 5.3 *O
Ossie Vitt 26 705 494 55 3.0 86 .237 .226 .261 .314 .336 .295 .341 .608 .677 80 .439 -14.9 -1.7 .584 .224 .069 .0 *5/6
#Ralph Young 27 614 432 56 3.5 86 .285 .263 .261 .342 .336 .322 .341 .664 .677 96 .508 -1.8 -0.2 .570 .176 .059 1.9 *4/65
League Average 3.6 83 .277 .248 .257 .321 .331 .323 .336 .644 .667 93 .514 .596 .199 .075
Team Total 5969 4083 630 4.2 86 .291 .264 .261 .337 .336 .350 .341 .687 .677 103 .587 14.6 1.3 .650 .216 .086 31.2
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Del Baker 24 63 115 102 8 16 4 0 0 7 2 12 8 .157 .252 .196 .448 5 61 61
George Boehler 24 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .400 .000 .400 0 5 5
Bernie Boland 24 51 40 34 4 9 0 0 0 2 0 6 12 .265 .375 .265 .640 3 49 49
George Burns 23 140 543 510 72 155 25 7 5 87 14 25 31 .304 .346 .410 .756 70 135 135
#Donie Bush 28 151 668 582 87 140 6 10 0 41 21 85 44 .241 .338 .285 .624 56 145 145
*Ty Cobb 29 151 684 590 136 236 36 12 6 82 80 92 40 .400 .482 .532 1.015 151 145 145
#Harry Coveleski 30 46 124 123 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 39 .000 .008 .000 .008 8 44 44
*Sam Crawford 36 104 386 344 50 105 13 15 0 51 11 42 10 .305 .381 .430 .811 56 100 100
George Cunningham 21 36 53 44 9 13 2 2 0 4 0 9 12 .295 .415 .432 .847 8 35 35
Jack Dalton 30 8 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
Hooks Dauss 26 40 94 76 10 18 3 2 1 6 0 17 31 .237 .383 .368 .751 11 39 39
Jean Dubuc 27 54 91 83 4 23 0 2 0 9 0 8 12 .277 .341 .325 .666 9 52 52
Ben Dyer 23 4 16 15 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 .333 .375 .400 .775 2 4 4
Howard Ehmke 22 5 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5 5
Babe Ellison 19 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
Eric Erickson 21 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
#Frank Fuller 23 21 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 20 20
*Earl Hamilton 24 29 45 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 16 .000 .156 .000 .156 0 28 28
*George Harper 24 46 66 60 5 11 1 0 0 4 0 6 8 .183 .258 .200 .458 3 44 44
Harry Heilmann 21 141 534 480 68 144 34 12 2 87 10 48 42 .300 .371 .433 .804 76 136 136
#Bill James 29 31 49 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25 .000 .061 .000 .061 0 30 30
Deacon Jones 23 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
Marty Kavanagh 25 80 144 130 12 26 7 1 1 18 0 13 21 .200 .278 .292 .570 10 77 77
Grover Lowdermilk 31 11 19 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 11 11
George Maisel 24 8 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8 8
*Red McKee 25 33 88 81 4 19 1 2 0 5 0 7 11 .235 .295 .296 .592 7 32 32
*Bill McTigue 25 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3 3
Willie Mitchell 26 36 60 51 4 12 0 0 0 4 0 8 10 .235 .350 .235 .585 4 35 35
Tubby Spencer 32 20 66 58 8 23 1 1 1 12 2 7 6 .397 .470 .500 .970 14 19 19
Oscar Stanage 33 98 331 309 19 78 19 3 0 36 3 19 50 .252 .302 .333 .635 31 94 94
*Bobby Veach 28 156 663 602 110 194 37 17 3 109 27 58 43 .322 .385 .455 .840 105 150 150
Ossie Vitt 26 159 719 633 106 153 19 14 0 51 20 85 29 .242 .332 .316 .648 66 153 153
#Ralph Young 27 159 626 557 72 153 18 7 1 54 22 68 45 .275 .355 .338 .692 66 153 153
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Del Baker 24 3 354 173 354 302 27 63 9 4 0 22 5 3 32 32 .209 .289 .265 .554 63 80 2 18
George Boehler 24 5 41 38 41 37 5 8 2 1 0 4 1 4 4 .216 .293 .324 .617 81 12 0 0
Bernie Boland 24 2 110 96 110 95 9 19 1 0 0 3 0 12 26 .200 .290 .211 .500 47 20 0 3
George Burns 23 3 1507 377 1507 1349 164 375 62 14 14 180 44 16 76 137 .278 .328 .376 .704 108 507 24 58
#Donie Bush 28 9 5467 1223 5467 4472 817 1095 118 51 8 295 312 53 773 172 .245 .359 .299 .658 94 1339 22 200
*Ty Cobb 29 12 6594 1542 6594 5795 1134 2136 332 159 57 975 648 79 597 135 .369 .433 .510 .943 182 2957 59 143
#Harry Coveleski 30 7 429 179 429 392 28 73 8 4 0 26 0 3 15 99 .186 .218 .227 .445 32 89 1 21
*Sam Crawford 36 18 10482 2456 10482 9466 1385 2943 454 309 95 1513 366 30 756 98 .311 .363 .454 .818 145 4300 23 237
George Cunningham 21 1 50 35 50 41 7 11 2 2 0 3 0 8 12 .268 .388 .415 .802 137 17 0 1
Jack Dalton 30 4 1346 345 1346 1163 167 333 39 15 4 112 52 129 112 .286 .362 .356 .718 111 414 9 45
Hooks Dauss 26 5 426 166 426 355 40 67 13 6 2 25 2 52 94 .189 .299 .276 .575 70 98 4 15
Jean Dubuc 27 7 652 325 652 604 55 143 22 9 4 54 2 29 55 .237 .274 .323 .597 76 195 2 17
Ben Dyer 23 3 43 18 43 37 9 9 1 1 0 1 1 5 5 .243 .349 .324 .673 105 12 1 0
Howard Ehmke 22 2 26 23 26 26 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 .077 .077 .077 .154 -55 2 0 0
Babe Ellison 19 1 7 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -16 1 0 0
Eric Erickson 21 2 5 9 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
#Frank Fuller 23 2 53 34 53 42 8 6 0 0 0 3 5 3 10 11 .143 .308 .143 .451 33 6 0 1
*Earl Hamilton 24 6 461 211 461 387 21 52 9 1 0 12 2 1 54 82 .134 .244 .163 .407 21 63 2 18
*George Harper 24 1 62 44 62 56 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 5 8 .161 .230 .179 .408 21 10 0 1
Harry Heilmann 21 2 731 205 731 633 82 168 38 12 4 91 10 8 64 69 .265 .339 .382 .722 113 242 7 27
#Bill James 29 5 252 130 252 216 14 28 5 1 0 8 1 2 15 86 .130 .193 .162 .355 6 35 2 19
Deacon Jones 23 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Marty Kavanagh 25 3 1022 318 1022 893 125 229 41 20 9 99 24 22 94 106 .256 .332 .377 .709 109 337 7 28
Grover Lowdermilk 31 5 130 76 130 121 3 15 3 1 0 3 0 0 6 40 .124 .172 .165 .337 1 20 0 1 2 0 0
George Maisel 24 2 24 19 24 23 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 9 .130 .167 .217 .384 14 5 0 0
*Red McKee 25 4 509 189 509 433 38 110 10 7 2 49 9 2 54 64 .254 .339 .323 .663 95 140 2 20
*Bill McTigue 25 4 27 28 27 26 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 10 .077 .111 .115 .226 -38 3 0 0
Willie Mitchell 26 8 521 244 521 464 26 61 5 0 0 22 0 1 27 77 .131 .183 .142 .325 -5 66 2 28
Tubby Spencer 32 7 1061 313 1061 979 82 218 27 6 3 103 12 53 13 .223 .267 .272 .539 71 266 6 23
Oscar Stanage 33 9 2917 824 2917 2657 199 626 84 32 6 245 24 2 167 182 .236 .286 .298 .584 70 792 19 74
Billy Sullivan 41 16 3981 1147 3981 3647 363 777 119 33 21 378 98 170 0 .213 .254 .281 .535 63 1025 32 132
*Bobby Veach 28 5 2562 611 2562 2236 291 656 119 50 7 354 84 54 228 144 .293 .363 .401 .764 125 896 16 82
Ossie Vitt 26 5 2350 546 2350 1984 323 477 57 32 3 150 76 26 235 76 .240 .324 .306 .630 85 607 9 122
#Ralph Young 27 3 1087 283 1087 921 106 232 22 11 1 76 34 31 118 77 .252 .339 .303 .642 89 279 3 45
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

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