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1916 Detroit Tigers

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 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 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 0 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 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 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 0 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 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 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 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 0
21 P Harry Coveleski# 30 44 120 118 7 25 3 2 0 7 0 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Team Totals 27.2 155 5969 5193 673 1371 202 96 17 560 190 59 545 529 .264 .337 .350 .687 103 1816 29 202
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 2 7 1 1 1 1 1 8 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
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Harry Coveleski* 30 21 11 .656 1.97 44 39 4 22 3 2 324.1 278 105 71 6 63 108 11 1 5 1248 145 1.051 7.7 0.2 1.7 3.0 1.71
2 SP Hooks Dauss 26 19 12 .613 3.21 39 29 9 18 1 4 238.2 220 102 85 2 90 95 16 1 8 961 89 1.299 8.3 0.1 3.4 3.6 1.06
3 SP Bill James 29 8 12 .400 3.68 30 20 4 8 0 1 151.2 141 76 62 1 79 61 11 1 6 642 78 1.451 8.4 0.1 4.7 3.6 0.77
4 SP Willie Mitchell* 26 7 5 .583 3.31 23 17 6 7 2 0 127.2 119 53 47 1 48 60 5 0 2 523 86 1.308 8.4 0.1 3.4 4.2 1.25
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 RP Jean Dubuc 27 10 10 .500 2.96 36 16 16 8 1 1 170.1 134 66 56 1 84 40 5 0 4 663 97 1.280 7.1 0.1 4.4 2.1 0.48
6 RP George Cunningham 21 7 10 .412 2.75 35 14 14 5 0 2 150.1 146 71 46 0 74 68 3 0 7 619 104 1.463 8.7 0.0 4.4 4.1 0.92
7 RP Bernie Boland 24 10 3 .769 3.94 46 9 12 5 1 3 130.1 111 69 57 1 73 59 4 0 3 539 73 1.412 7.7 0.1 5.0 4.1 0.81
8 RP Eric Erickson 21 0 0 2.81 8 0 4 0 0 0 16.0 13 6 5 0 8 7 1 0 0 68 105 1.313 7.3 0.0 4.5 3.9 0.88
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
9 Earl Hamilton* 24 1 2 .333 2.65 5 5 0 3 0 0 37.1 34 14 11 0 22 7 4 0 0 160 109 1.500 8.2 0.0 5.3 1.7 0.32
10 Howard Ehmke 22 3 1 .750 3.13 5 4 1 4 0 0 37.1 34 16 13 0 15 15 0 0 1 150 92 1.313 8.2 0.0 3.6 3.6 1.00
11 George Boehler 24 1 1 .500 4.73 5 2 2 1 0 0 13.1 12 8 7 0 9 8 2 0 1 57 63 1.575 8.1 0.0 6.1 5.4 0.89
12 Deacon Jones 23 0 0 2.57 1 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 7 3 2 0 5 2 0 0 0 31 119 1.714 9.0 0.0 6.4 2.6 0.40
13 Bill McTigue* 25 0 0 5.06 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 5 6 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 23 62 1.875 8.4 0.0 8.4 1.7 0.20
14 Grover Lowdermilk 31 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 9.000 0.0 0.0 81.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 26.4 87 67 .565 2.97 155 155 74 81 8 13 1410.0 1254 595 465 12 578 531 62 3 37 5688 97 1.299 8.0 0.1 3.7 3.4 0.92
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 6 7 4 8 5 6 4 6 7 2 7 7
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Del Baker 24 59 198 164 29 5 4 .975 3.27 2 40 16 29% C
George Boehler 24 5 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.20 P
Bernie Boland 24 46 26 3 22 1 1 .962 0.54 P
George Burns 23 124 1431 1355 54 22 71 .985 11.36 1B
Donie Bush 28 144 747 278 435 34 41 .954 4.95 SS
Ty Cobb 29 144 370 335 18 17 9 .954 2.45 OF-1B
Harry Coveleski 30 44 128 4 119 5 5 .961 2.80 P
Sam Crawford 36 81 112 104 6 2 3 .982 1.36 OF-1B
George Cunningham 21 35 58 6 49 3 2 .948 1.57 P
Jack Dalton 30 4 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 OF
Hooks Dauss 26 39 96 5 85 6 2 .938 2.31 P
Jean Dubuc 27 36 84 7 73 4 5 .952 2.22 P
Ben Dyer 23 4 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 2.75 SS
Howard Ehmke 22 5 16 3 13 0 0 1.000 3.20 P
Babe Ellison 19 2 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.50 3B
Eric Erickson 21 8 6 0 3 3 0 .500 0.38 P
Frank Fuller 23 9 13 4 7 2 2 .846 1.22 2B-SS
Earl Hamilton 24 5 18 1 17 0 0 1.000 3.60 P
George Harper 24 14 16 15 0 1 0 .938 1.07 OF
Harry Heilmann 21 116 502 442 47 13 16 .974 4.22 OF-1B-2B
Bill James 29 30 56 4 46 6 1 .893 1.67 P
Deacon Jones 23 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 P
Marty Kavanagh 25 14 22 20 2 0 1 1.000 1.57 OF-2B-3B
Grover Lowdermilk 31 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 P
George Maisel 24 3 7 1 5 1 1 .857 2.00 3B
Red McKee 25 26 112 76 31 5 3 .955 4.12 0 27 18 40% C
Bill McTigue 25 3 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.33 P
Willie Mitchell 26 23 24 2 21 1 1 .958 1.00 P
Tubby Spencer 32 19 80 58 21 1 1 .988 4.16 1 23 15 39% C
Oscar Stanage 33 94 518 392 110 16 11 .969 5.34 10 112 64 36% C
Billy Sullivan 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 C
Bobby Veach 28 150 368 342 14 12 4 .967 2.37 OF
Ossie Vitt 26 153 621 210 389 22 32 .965 3.92 3B-SS
Ralph Young 27 153 840 373 438 29 56 .965 5.30 2B-SS-3B
Team Totals 27.0 155 6501 4217 2073 211 272 .968 3.94 13 202 113 36%
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 7 2
Age G CG Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Del Baker 24 115 -8 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ 2
George Boehler 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Bernie Boland 24 39 -1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 1
George Burns 23 527 6 2 0 0 -2 -4 18 20 2.2 22 2.4 -0.2 $ *3
Donie Bush# 28 653 -13 4 0 0 -2 9 20 18 1.7 20 2.2 -0.5 $ Purchased *6
Ty Cobb* 29 636 58 4 0 0 -5 -4 20 73 8.6 78 8.5 0.1 $20,000 Purchased *O/3
Harry Coveleski# 30 120 -9 0 0 0 0 6 4 1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ Purchased 1
Sam Crawford* 36 368 12 2 0 0 -6 -4 13 17 1.9 23 2.5 -0.6 $7,500 Jumped Lgs O/3
George Cunningham 21 50 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 7 0.7 7 0.8 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Jack Dalton 30 11 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /O
Hooks Dauss 26 92 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 9 0.9 9 1.0 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Jean Dubuc 27 87 -1 -1 0 0 0 3 3 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft 1
Ben Dyer 23 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /6
Howard Ehmke 22 14 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
Babe Ellison 19 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /5
Eric Erickson 21 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Frank Fuller# 23 12 -1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /46
Earl Hamilton* 24 14 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Purchased /1
George Harper* 24 62 -5 0 0 0 -2 -1 2 -6 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $ O
Harry Heilmann 21 513 14 1 0 0 -1 -5 18 27 3.0 28 3.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft O3/4
Bill James# 29 53 -8 0 0 0 0 2 2 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ Traded 1
Deacon Jones 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Marty Kavanagh 25 90 -7 0 0 0 0 -1 3 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft O/45
George Maisel 24 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /5
Red McKee* 25 84 -4 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Traded 2
Bill McTigue* 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Willie Mitchell 26 43 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.4 3 0.3 0.1 $ Waivers 1
Tubby Spencer 32 65 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 0.9 8 0.9 0.0 $ 2
Oscar Stanage 33 318 -8 -2 0 0 -1 6 11 6 0.4 7 0.8 -0.4 $ Purchased 2
Bobby Veach* 28 645 26 0 0 0 6 -8 21 45 5.0 39 4.2 0.8 $ Purchased *O
Ossie Vitt 26 705 -10 5 0 0 16 5 22 38 3.7 22 2.4 1.3 $ Rule 5 Draft *5/6
Ralph Young# 27 614 1 -7 0 0 -8 0 21 7 0.6 15 1.6 -1.0 $ *4/65
Team Total 27.2 5969 42 9 0 0 -5 25 195 266 27.9 271 29.6 -1.7 $27,500
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
George Boehler 24 13.1 2 8 6 0 1.0 -2 -0.2 $
Bernie Boland 24 130.1 9 69 60 0 1.0 -9 -0.9 $
Harry Coveleski* 30 324.1 39 105 150 -1 1.0 45 5.6 $ Purchased
George Cunningham 21 150.1 14 71 70 0 1.0 -1 0.0 $ Purchased
Hooks Dauss 26 238.2 29 102 110 -1 1.0 8 1.2 $ Purchased
Jean Dubuc 27 170.1 16 66 79 0 1.0 13 1.7 $ Rule 5 Draft
Howard Ehmke 22 37.1 4 16 17 0 1.0 1 0.2 $ Purchased
Eric Erickson 21 16.0 0 6 7 0 1.0 1 0.2 $
Earl Hamilton* 24 37.1 5 14 17 0 1.0 3 0.4 $ Purchased
Bill James 29 151.2 20 76 70 0 1.0 -6 -0.6 $ Traded
Deacon Jones 23 7.0 0 3 3 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
Grover Lowdermilk 31 0.1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Purchased
Bill McTigue* 25 5.1 0 6 2 0 1.0 -4 -0.4 $
Willie Mitchell* 26 127.2 17 53 59 0 1.0 6 0.8 $ Waivers
Team Total 26.4 1410.0 155 595 650 -2 1.0 55 8.0 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1915 / 1917 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics