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
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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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | 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 | 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 | 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 | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Hooks Dauss | 27 | 17 | 14 | .548 | 2.43 | 37 | 31 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 270.2 | 243 | 105 | 73 | 3 | 87 | 102 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1090 | 109 | 1.219 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 1.17 | |
| 2 | SP | Bernie Boland | 25 | 16 | 11 | .593 | 2.68 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 238.0 | 192 | 89 | 71 | 0 | 95 | 89 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 952 | 98 | 1.206 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 0.94 | |
| 3 | SP | Howard Ehmke | 23 | 10 | 15 | .400 | 2.97 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 206.0 | 174 | 84 | 68 | 3 | 88 | 90 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 808 | 89 | 1.272 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 1.02 | |
| 4 | SP | Bill James | 30 | 13 | 10 | .565 | 2.09 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 198.0 | 163 | 71 | 46 | 2 | 96 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 830 | 126 | 1.308 | 7.4 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 0.65 | |
| 5 | SP | Willie Mitchell* | 27 | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.19 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 185.1 | 172 | 66 | 45 | 2 | 46 | 80 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 747 | 121 | 1.176 | 8.4 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 1.74 | |
| 6 | SP | Harry Coveleski* | 31 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.61 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 70 | 39 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 280 | 101 | 1.217 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.07 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 7 | RP | George Cunningham | 22 | 2 | 7 | .222 | 2.91 | 44 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 139.0 | 113 | 73 | 45 | 2 | 51 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 561 | 90 | 1.180 | 7.3 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 0.96 | |
| 8 | RP | Deacon Jones | 24 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.92 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 69 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 26 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 302 | 90 | 1.234 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 1.08 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 9 | Johnny Couch | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 98 | 1.050 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.00 | |||
| Team Totals | 26.0 | 78 | 75 | .510 | 2.56 | 154 | 154 | 75 | 78 | 20 | 15 | 1396.1 | 1209 | 577 | 397 | 12 | 504 | 516 | 55 | 1 | 18 | 5622 | 103 | 1.227 | 7.8 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 1.02 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4147 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Boland | 25 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 9 | 72 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 1.84 | P-OF | |
| George Burns | 24 | 104 | 1196 | 1127 | 57 | 12 | 44 | .990 | 11.38 | 1B | ||||
| Donie Bush | 29 | 147 | 755 | 281 | 423 | 51 | 41 | .932 | 4.79 | SS | ||||
| Ty Cobb | 30 | 152 | 0 | 123 | 29 | 411 | 373 | 27 | 11 | 9 | .973 | 2.63 | OF | |
| Johnny Couch | 26 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.33 | P | ||||
| Harry Coveleski | 31 | 16 | 37 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 1 | .892 | 2.06 | P | ||||
| Sam Crawford | 37 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 169 | 165 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .988 | 9.28 | 1B-OF | |
| George Cunningham | 22 | 44 | 51 | 4 | 43 | 4 | 3 | .922 | 1.07 | P | ||||
| Hooks Dauss | 27 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 10 | 100 | 4 | 2 | .965 | 2.89 | P-OF | |
| Tony DeFate | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 2B | ||||
| Ben Dyer | 24 | 22 | 81 | 25 | 46 | 10 | 4 | .877 | 3.23 | SS-3B | ||||
| Howard Ehmke | 23 | 35 | 86 | 14 | 68 | 4 | 1 | .953 | 2.34 | P | ||||
| Babe Ellison | 20 | 9 | 101 | 98 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .980 | 11.00 | 1B | ||||
| Ira Flagstead | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | OF | ||
| George Harper | 25 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 51 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.61 | OF | |
| Harry Heilmann | 22 | 150 | 0 | 28 | 95 | 519 | 466 | 40 | 13 | 13 | .975 | 3.37 | OF-1B | |
| Bill James | 30 | 34 | 70 | 4 | 61 | 5 | 1 | .929 | 1.91 | P | ||||
| Bob Jones | 27 | 26 | 89 | 26 | 57 | 6 | 2 | .933 | 3.19 | 2B-3B | ||||
| Deacon Jones | 24 | 24 | 32 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.29 | P | ||||
| Willie Mitchell | 27 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 11 | 40 | 4 | 2 | .927 | 1.65 | P-OF | |
| Fred Nicholson | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | OF | |
| Tubby Spencer | 33 | 62 | 314 | 250 | 57 | 7 | 10 | .978 | 4.95 | 8 | C | |||
| Oscar Stanage | 34 | 95 | 484 | 385 | 88 | 11 | 13 | .977 | 4.98 | 10 | C | |||
| Bobby Veach | 29 | 154 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 390 | 356 | 17 | 17 | 5 | .956 | 2.42 | OF | |
| Ossie Vitt | 27 | 140 | 451 | 164 | 260 | 27 | 18 | .940 | 3.03 | 3B | ||||
| Archie Yelle | 25 | 24 | 80 | 62 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 3.25 | 3 | C | |||
| Ralph Young | 28 | 141 | 782 | 300 | 449 | 33 | 46 | .958 | 5.31 | 2B | ||||
| Team Totals | 27.5 | 154 | 6413 | 4186 | 1993 | 234 | 226 | .964 | 3.99 | 21 | ||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 5 | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Age | G | G_LF | G_CF | G_RF | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | Pos. Summary |