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1917 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1916 / 1918

78-75, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Hughie Jennings (78-75)
Scored 639 runs, Allowed 577 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-69

Ballparks: Navin Field · 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 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
Bernie Boland 25 R R 5' 8" 168 Jan 21, 1892 3 45 45 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.3 $
George Burns 24 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 31, 1893 4 119 119 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Donie Bush 29 B R 5' 6" 140 Oct 8, 1887 10 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 4.1 $
Ty Cobb HOF 30 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 18, 1886 13 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 29 152 11.9 $20,000
Johnny Couch 26 L R 6' 0" 180 Mar 31, 1891 1st 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Harry Coveleski 31 B L 6' 0" 180 Apr 23, 1886 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Sam Crawford HOF 37 L L 6' 0" 190 Apr 18, 1880 19 61 61 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 -0.8 $7,500
George Cunningham 22 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 13, 1894 2 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Hooks Dauss 27 R R 5' 10" 168 Sep 22, 1889 6 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.8 $
Tony DeFate 22 R R 5' 8" 158 Feb 22, 1895 1st 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ben Dyer 24 R R 5' 10" 170 Feb 13, 1893 4 30 30 0 0 0 0 8 14 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Howard Ehmke 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Apr 24, 1894 3 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Babe Ellison 20 R R 5' 11" 170 Nov 15, 1896 2 9 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Ira Flagstead 23 R R 5' 9" 165 Sep 22, 1893 1st 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.1 $
George Harper 25 L R 5' 8" 167 Jun 24, 1892 2 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 28 31 -0.6 $
Harry Heilmann HOF 22 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 3, 1894 3 150 150 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 28 95 123 2.3 $
Bill James 30 B R 6' 4" 195 Jan 20, 1887 6 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Bob Jones 27 L R 6' 0" 170 Dec 2, 1889 1st 46 46 0 0 0 18 8 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Deacon Jones 24 R R 6' 1" 174 Dec 20, 1892 2 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Willie Mitchell 27 R L 6' 0" 176 Dec 1, 1889 9 31 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.5 $
Fred Nicholson 22 R R 5' 10" 173 Sep 1, 1894 1st 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0.1 $
Tubby Spencer 33 R R 5' 10" 215 Jan 26, 1884 8 70 70 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Oscar Stanage 34 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 17, 1883 10 99 99 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bobby Veach 29 L R 5' 11" 160 Jun 29, 1888 6 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 154 6.5 $
Ossie Vitt 27 R R 5' 10" 150 Jan 4, 1890 6 140 140 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Frank Walker 22 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 22, 1894 1st 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Archie Yelle 25 R R 5' 10" 170 Jun 11, 1892 1st 25 25 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ralph Young 28 B R 5' 5" 165 Sep 19, 1888 4 141 141 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
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

1916 / 1918 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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