1917 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics

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1917 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1916 / 1918)
78-75, Finished 4th in American League
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Scored 639 runs, Allowed 577 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-69
Manager: Hughie Jennings (78-75)
Ballpark: Navin Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 457,289 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99; one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96

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1916 / 1918 Batting Statistics

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	34	99	329	297	19	61	14	1	0	30	3		20	35	.205	.263	.259	.522	59	77		3	9
2	1B	George Burns	24	119	442	407	42	92	14	10	1	40	3		15	33	.226	.264	.317	.581	77	129		6	14
3	2B	Ralph Young#	28	141	598	503	64	116	18	2	1	35	8		61	35	.231	.317	.280	.598	82	141		3	31
4	SS	Donie Bush#	29	147	673	581	112	163	18	3	0	24	34		80	40	.281	.370	.322	.691	111	187		2	10
5	3B	Ossie Vitt	27	140	600	512	65	130	13	6	0	47	18		56	15	.254	.329	.303	.631	93	155		1	31
6	OF	Harry Heilmann	22	150	619	556	57	156	22	11	5	86	11		41	54	.281	.333	.387	.720	120	215		3	19
7	OF	Ty Cobb*	30	152	669	588	107	225	44	24	6	102	55		61	34	.383	.444	.570	1.014	209	335		4	16
8	OF	Bobby Veach*	29	154	666	571	79	182	31	12	8	103	21		61	44	.319	.393	.457	.850	159	261		9	25
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	C	Tubby Spencer	33	70	218	192	13	46	8	3	0	22	0		15	15	.240	.324	.313	.637	94	60		9	2
10	OF	George Harper*	25	47	136	117	6	24	3	0	0	12	2		11	15	.205	.290	.231	.521	59	27		3	5
11	1B	Sam Crawford*	37	61	112	104	6	18	4	0	2	12	0		4	6	.173	.204	.269	.473	44	28		0	4
12	IF	Bob Jones*	27	46	83	77	16	12	1	2	0	2	3		4	8	.156	.198	.221	.418	28	17		0	2
13	IF	Ben Dyer	24	30	71	67	6	14	5	0	0	0	3		2	17	.209	.232	.284	.515	57	19		0	2
14	C	Archie Yelle	25	25	56	51	4	7	1	0	0	0	2		5	4	.137	.214	.157	.371	13	8		0	0
15	1B	Babe Ellison	20	9	37	29	2	5	1	2	1	4	0		6	3	.172	.333	.448	.782	138	13		1	1
16	OF	Fred Nicholson	22	13	17	14	4	4	1	0	0	1	0		1	2	.286	.333	.357	.690	111	5		0	2
17	OF	Ira Flagstead	23	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
18		Frank Walker	22	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
19	2B	Tony DeFate	22	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
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
20	P	Hooks Dauss	27	38	103	87	7	11	3	0	0	2	0		13	24	.126	.240	.161	.401	22	14		0	3
21	P	Bernie Boland	25	45	81	72	8	4	1	1	0	2	0		4	19	.056	.105	.097	.202	-38	7		0	5
22	P	Howard Ehmke	23	35	74	69	3	17	2	0	0	2	0		4	13	.246	.288	.275	.563	72	19		0	1
23	P	Bill James#	30	34	69	57	7	12	0	0	0	2	0		10	20	.211	.328	.211	.539	65	12		0	2
24	P	Willie Mitchell	27	31	65	59	3	7	0	0	0	4	0		1	11	.119	.148	.119	.266	-19	7		1	4
25	P	George Cunningham	22	44	39	34	5	6	0	0	1	3	0		3	13	.176	.243	.265	.508	55	9		0	2
26	P	Harry Coveleski#	31	16	23	22	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.227	.227	.227	.455	39	5		0	1
27	P	Deacon Jones	24	24	21	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	8	.000	.211	.000	.211	-35	0		0	2
28	P	Johnny Couch*	26	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-39	0		0	0
		Team Totals	27.7	154	5814	5093	639	1317	204	77	25	535	163		483	476	.259	.328	.344	.672	105	1750		45	193
		Rank in 8 AL teams				4	2	1	2	2	2		4		5	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

* - 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
Bernie Boland	25	81	73	1	0.4	80	.075	.056	.255	.105	.326	.097	.330	.202	.656	-38	.017	-12.2	-1.4	.162	.097	.042		1/O
George Burns	24	442	329	33	2.7	80	.244	.226	.255	.264	.326	.317	.330	.581	.656	77	.401	-13.9	-1.6	.486	.135	.091	1.5	*3
#Donie Bush	29	673	428	69	4.4	80	.301	.281	.255	.370	.326	.322	.330	.691	.656	111	.613	11.6	1.3	.725	.238	.041	.0	*6
*Ty Cobb	30	669	379	148	10.6	80	.400	.383	.255	.444	.326	.570	.330	1.014	.656	209	.889	75.3	8.4	1.253	.384	.187	10.8	*O
*Johnny Couch	26	5	4	0	0.0	80	.000	.000	.255	.200	.326	.000	.330	.200	.656	-39	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.250	.000		/1
#Harry Coveleski	31	23	18	1	1.5	80	.294	.227	.255	.227	.326	.227	.330	.455	.656	39	.184	-1.7	-0.2	.294	.000	.000		1
*Sam Crawford	37	112	90	6	1.8	80	.167	.173	.255	.204	.326	.269	.330	.473	.656	44	.239	-7.5	-0.9	.372	.135	.096	.0	3/O
George Cunningham	22	39	30	2	1.8	80	.250	.176	.255	.243	.326	.265	.330	.508	.656	55	.239	-2.0	-0.2	.429	.176	.088	.0	1
Hooks Dauss	27	103	79	3	1.0	80	.175	.126	.255	.240	.326	.161	.330	.401	.656	22	.102	-7.7	-0.9	.355	.184	.034		1/O
Tony DeFate	22	2	2	0	0.0	80	.000	.000	.255	.000	.326	.000	.330	.000	.656	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/4
Ben Dyer	24	71	55	4	2.0	80	.280	.209	.255	.232	.326	.284	.330	.515	.656	57	.270	-3.6	-0.4	.453	.149	.075	.0	6/5
Howard Ehmke	23	74	53	5	2.6	80	.304	.246	.255	.288	.326	.275	.330	.563	.656	72	.373	-2.4	-0.3	.442	.087	.029		1
Babe Ellison	20	37	25	4	4.3	80	.160	.172	.255	.333	.326	.448	.330	.782	.656	138	.610	1.3	0.2	.833	.483	.276	.0	/3
Ira Flagstead	23	4	4	0	0.0	80	.000	.000	.255	.000	.326	.000	.330	.000	.656	-100	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.000	.000	.000		/O
*George Harper	25	136	98	7	1.9	80	.235	.205	.255	.290	.326	.231	.330	.521	.656	59	.263	-5.4	-0.6	.462	.137	.026	.0	O
Harry Heilmann	22	619	419	71	4.6	80	.304	.281	.255	.333	.326	.387	.330	.720	.656	120	.635	10.6	1.2	.675	.200	.106	6.9	*O3
#Bill James	30	69	47	4	2.3	80	.324	.211	.255	.328	.326	.211	.330	.539	.656	65	.330	-1.9	-0.2	.489	.175	.000		1
*Bob Jones	27	83	67	3	1.2	80	.174	.156	.255	.198	.326	.221	.330	.418	.656	28	.132	-7.2	-0.8	.369	.156	.065	.0	4/5
Deacon Jones	24	21	17	0	0.0	80	.000	.000	.255	.211	.326	.000	.330	.211	.656	-35	.000	-2.3	-0.3	.267	.267	.000		1
Willie Mitchell	27	65	56	1	0.5	80	.146	.119	.255	.148	.326	.119	.330	.266	.656	-19	.027	-8.6	-1.0	.173	.017	.000		1/O
Fred Nicholson	22	17	12	2	4.5	80	.333	.286	.255	.333	.326	.357	.330	.690	.656	111	.628	0.2	0.0	.600	.143	.071		/O
Tubby Spencer	33	218	148	18	3.3	80	.260	.240	.255	.324	.326	.313	.330	.637	.656	94	.486	-0.9	-0.1	.575	.151	.073		2
Oscar Stanage	34	329	245	20	2.2	80	.233	.205	.255	.263	.326	.259	.330	.522	.656	59	.314	-14.7	-1.7	.436	.131	.054	.0	2
*Bobby Veach	29	666	414	100	6.5	80	.335	.319	.255	.393	.326	.457	.330	.850	.656	159	.769	40.8	4.6	.905	.282	.138	11.6	*O
Ossie Vitt	27	600	413	51	3.3	80	.262	.254	.255	.329	.326	.303	.330	.631	.656	93	.493	-3.8	-0.4	.602	.193	.049	.0	*5
Frank Walker	22	2	2	0	0.0	80	.000	.000	.255	.000	.326	.000	.330	.000	.656	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
Archie Yelle	25	56	44	2	1.2	80	.149	.137	.255	.214	.326	.157	.330	.371	.656	13	.135	-5.3	-0.6	.341	.157	.020	.0	2
#Ralph Young	28	598	418	44	2.8	80	.246	.231	.255	.317	.326	.280	.330	.598	.656	82	.421	-8.6	-1.0	.550	.187	.050	1.8	*4
League Average					3.5	80	.273	.247	.255	.317	.326	.319	.330	.636	.656	94	.516			.600	.197	.072
Team Total		5814	3969	599	4.1	80	.281	.259	.255	.328	.326	.344	.330	.672	.656	105	.585	27.5	2.6	.646	.212	.085	43.4
	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
Bernie Boland	25	47	81	76	11	5	1	1	0	3	0		5	20	.066	.123	.105	.229	1	45	45
George Burns	24	124	458	434	53	107	16	12	1	51	3		17	34	.247	.286	.346	.632	42	119	119
#Donie Bush	29	153	719	624	140	190	21	3	0	30	40		93	42	.304	.396	.348	.744	86	147	147
*Ty Cobb	30	158	719	642	135	265	52	28	7	128	65		72	35	.413	.476	.614	1.089	186	152	152
*Johnny Couch	26	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	3	3
#Harry Coveleski	31	17	23	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	16	16
*Sam Crawford	37	63	115	110	8	21	5	0	2	15	0		5	6	.191	.226	.291	.517	7	61	61
George Cunningham	22	46	40	36	7	7	0	0	1	4	0		4	14	.194	.275	.278	.553	3	44	44
Hooks Dauss	27	39	107	92	9	13	4	0	0	2	0		15	25	.141	.262	.185	.446	4	38	38
Tony DeFate	22	18	24	18	2	3	0	0	0	2	0		6	6	.167	.375	.167	.542	1	17	17
Ben Dyer	24	31	73	71	7	16	6	0	0	0	3		2	18	.225	.247	.310	.556	5	30	30
Howard Ehmke	23	36	79	74	4	20	2	0	0	3	0		5	14	.270	.316	.297	.614	7	35	35
Babe Ellison	20	9	39	31	3	6	1	2	1	5	0		7	3	.194	.359	.452	.811	5	9	9
Ira Flagstead	23	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4	4
*George Harper	25	49	142	125	8	28	4	0	0	15	2		13	16	.224	.317	.256	.573	9	47	47
Harry Heilmann	22	156	649	597	72	182	26	13	6	108	13		48	56	.305	.361	.422	.783	89	150	150
#Bill James	30	35	73	61	9	14	0	0	0	3	0		12	21	.230	.356	.230	.586	5	34	34
*Bob Jones	27	48	87	82	20	14	1	2	0	2	4		5	8	.171	.218	.232	.450	4	46	46
Deacon Jones	24	25	20	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	8	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	24	24
Willie Mitchell	27	32	64	62	3	8	0	0	0	4	0		1	11	.129	.156	.129	.285	1	31	31
Fred Nicholson	22	14	16	15	5	5	1	0	0	1	0		1	2	.333	.375	.400	.775	2	13	13
Tubby Spencer	33	73	232	205	16	53	9	3	0	27	0		17	16	.259	.345	.332	.677	22	70	70
Oscar Stanage	34	103	342	316	24	71	16	1	0	38	3		23	36	.225	.284	.282	.565	25	99	99
*Bobby Veach	29	160	701	618	100	214	36	14	9	130	25		72	46	.346	.424	.494	.917	127	154	154
Ossie Vitt	27	145	614	548	81	151	15	7	0	59	21		65	16	.276	.353	.328	.682	63	140	140
Frank Walker	22	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	2
Archie Yelle	25	26	60	54	5	8	1	0	0	0	2		6	4	.148	.233	.167	.400	2	25	25
#Ralph Young	28	146	614	538	81	136	21	2	1	44	9		72	36	.253	.345	.305	.650	56	141	141
	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
Bernie Boland	25	3	191	141	191	167	17	23	2	1	0	5	0		16	45	.138	.213	.162	.375	12	27		0	8
George Burns	24	4	1949	496	1949	1756	206	467	76	24	15	220	47	16	91	170	.266	.313	.362	.675	101	636		30	72
#Donie Bush	29	10	6140	1370	6140	5053	929	1258	136	54	8	319	346	53	853	212	.249	.360	.302	.662	96	1526		24	210
*Ty Cobb	30	13	7263	1694	7263	6383	1241	2361	376	183	63	1077	703	79	658	169	.370	.434	.516	.950	185	3292		63	159
*Johnny Couch	26	1	5	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-39	0		0	0
#Harry Coveleski	31	8	452	195	452	414	30	78	8	4	0	26	0	3	15	104	.188	.219	.227	.446	33	94		1	22
*Sam Crawford	37	19	10594	2517	10594	9570	1391	2961	458	309	97	1525	366	30	760	104	.309	.362	.452	.814	144	4328		23	241
George Cunningham	22	2	89	79	89	75	12	17	2	2	1	6	0		11	25	.227	.326	.347	.672	101	26		0	3
Hooks Dauss	27	6	529	204	529	442	47	78	16	6	2	27	2		65	118	.176	.288	.253	.541	61	112		4	18
Tony DeFate	22	1	20	17	20	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		4	6	.125	.300	.125	.425	34	2		0	0
Ben Dyer	24	4	114	48	114	104	15	23	6	1	0	1	4		7	22	.221	.277	.298	.575	75	31		1	2
Howard Ehmke	23	3	100	58	100	95	4	19	2	0	0	4	0		4	21	.200	.232	.221	.453	37	21		0	1
Babe Ellison	20	2	44	11	44	36	2	6	1	2	1	5	0		6	4	.167	.302	.389	.691	109	14		1	1
Ira Flagstead	23	1	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
*George Harper	25	2	198	91	198	173	10	33	4	0	0	15	2		16	23	.191	.271	.214	.485	46	37		3	6
Harry Heilmann	22	3	1350	355	1350	1189	139	324	60	23	9	177	21	8	105	123	.272	.337	.384	.721	116	457		10	46
#Bill James	30	6	321	164	321	273	21	40	5	1	0	10	1	2	25	106	.147	.223	.172	.395	19	47		2	21
*Bob Jones	27	1	83	46	83	77	16	12	1	2	0	2	3		4	8	.156	.198	.221	.418	28	17		0	2
Deacon Jones	24	2	23	25	23	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	8	.000	.190	.000	.190	-42	0		0	2
Willie Mitchell	27	9	586	275	586	523	29	68	5	0	0	26	0	1	28	88	.130	.179	.140	.318	-6	73		3	32
Fred Nicholson	22	1	17	13	17	14	4	4	1	0	0	1	0		1	2	.286	.333	.357	.690	111	5		0	2
Tubby Spencer	33	8	1279	383	1279	1171	95	264	35	9	3	125	12		68	28	.225	.277	.278	.555	75	326		15	25
Oscar Stanage	34	10	3246	923	3246	2954	218	687	98	33	6	275	27	2	187	217	.233	.283	.294	.577	69	869		22	83
*Bobby Veach	29	6	3228	765	3228	2807	370	838	150	62	15	457	105	54	289	188	.299	.369	.412	.781	132	1157		25	107
Ossie Vitt	27	6	2950	686	2950	2496	388	607	70	38	3	197	94	26	291	91	.243	.325	.305	.630	87	762		10	153
Frank Walker	22	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
Archie Yelle	25	1	56	25	56	51	4	7	1	0	0	0	2		5	4	.137	.214	.157	.371	13	8		0	0
#Ralph Young	28	4	1685	424	1685	1424	170	348	40	13	2	111	42	31	179	112	.244	.331	.295	.626	87	420		6	76
	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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