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1917 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

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
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* - 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 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 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
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 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 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 5 3 3 6 2 6 4 2 5 4
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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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

1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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