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1916 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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87-67, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Hughie Jennings (87-67)
Scored 670 runs, Allowed 595 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69

Ballparks: Navin Field · 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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1915 / 1917 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Del Baker 24 R R 5' 11" 176 May 3, 1892 3 61 61 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
George Boehler 24 R R 6' 2" 180 Jan 2, 1892 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bernie Boland 24 R R 5' 8" 168 Jan 21, 1892 2 49 49 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
George Burns 23 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 31, 1893 3 135 135 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Donie Bush 28 B R 5' 6" 140 Oct 8, 1887 9 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 1.7 $
Ty Cobb HOF 29 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 18, 1886 12 145 145 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 8.6 $20,000
Harry Coveleski 30 B L 6' 0" 180 Apr 23, 1886 7 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 $
Sam Crawford HOF 36 L L 6' 0" 190 Apr 18, 1880 18 100 100 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 78 79 1.9 $7,500
George Cunningham 21 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 13, 1894 1st 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Jack Dalton 30 R R 5' 8" 145 Jul 3, 1885 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 -0.1 $
Hooks Dauss 26 R R 5' 10" 168 Sep 22, 1889 5 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Jean Dubuc 27 R R 5' 10" 185 Sep 15, 1888 7 52 52 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Ben Dyer 23 R R 5' 10" 170 Feb 13, 1893 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Howard Ehmke 22 R R 6' 3" 190 Apr 24, 1894 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Babe Ellison 19 R R 5' 11" 170 Nov 15, 1896 1st 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Eric Erickson 21 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 13, 1895 2 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Frank Fuller 23 B R 5' 7" 150 Jan 1, 1893 2 20 20 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Earl Hamilton 24 L L 5' 8" 160 Jul 19, 1891 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
George Harper 24 L R 5' 8" 167 Jun 24, 1892 1st 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 14 -0.7 $
Harry Heilmann HOF 21 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 3, 1894 2 136 136 0 0 30 9 0 0 5 6 66 77 3.0 $
Bill James 29 B R 6' 4" 195 Jan 20, 1887 5 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Deacon Jones 23 R R 6' 1" 174 Dec 20, 1892 1st 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Marty Kavanagh 25 R R 6' 0" 187 Jun 13, 1891 3 58 58 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 10 11 -0.6 $
Grover Lowdermilk 31 R R 6' 4" 190 Jan 15, 1885 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
George Maisel 24 R R 5' 10" 180 Mar 12, 1892 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Red McKee 25 L R 5' 11" 180 Jul 20, 1890 4 32 32 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bill McTigue 25 L L 6' 1" 175 Jun 3, 1891 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Willie Mitchell 26 R L 6' 0" 176 Dec 1, 1889 8 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Tubby Spencer 32 R R 5' 10" 215 Jan 26, 1884 7 19 19 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Oscar Stanage 33 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 17, 1883 9 94 94 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Billy Sullivan 41 R R 5' 9" 155 Feb 1, 1875 16 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
Bobby Veach 28 L R 5' 11" 160 Jun 29, 1888 5 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 150 5.0 $
Ossie Vitt 26 R R 5' 10" 150 Jan 4, 1890 5 153 153 0 0 0 0 151 2 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
Ralph Young 27 B R 5' 5" 165 Sep 19, 1888 3 153 153 0 0 0 146 1 6 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1915 / 1917 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers