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1917 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1916/1918) 78-75, Finished 4th in American League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 639 runs, Allowed 577 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-69 Managed by Hughie Jennings Ballpark: Navin Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 457,289 (3rd of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 99   (one-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 96   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Oscar Stanage       34   99  297   19   61  14  1   0   30  20   35  .205  .263  .259   3           3   9           59
1B  George Burns        24  119  407   42   92  14 10   1   40  15   33  .226  .264  .317   3           6  14           77
2B #Ralph Young         28  141  503   64  116  18  2   1   35  61   35  .231  .317  .280   8           3  31           82
3B  Ossie Vitt          27  140  512   65  130  13  6   0   47  56   15  .254  .329  .303  18           1  31           93
SS #Donie Bush          29  147  581  112  163  18  3   0   24  80   40  .281  .370  .322  34           2  10          111
OF *Bobby Veach         29  154  571   79  182  31 12   8  103  61   44  .319  .393  .457  21           9  25          159
OF *Ty Cobb             30  152  588  107  225  44 24   6  102  61   34  .383  .444  .570  55           4  16          209
OF  Harry Heilmann      22  150  556   57  156  22 11   5   86  41   54  .281  .333  .387  11           3  19          120
    Tubby Spencer       33   70  192   13   46   8  3   0   22  15   15  .240  .324  .313   0           9   2           94
   *George Harper       25   47  117    6   24   3  0   0   12  11   15  .205  .290  .231   2           3   5           59
   *Sam Crawford        37   61  104    6   18   4  0   2   12   4    6  .173  .204  .269   0           0   4           44
   *Bob Jones           27   46   77   16   12   1  2   0    2   4    8  .156  .198  .221   3           0   2           28
    Ben Dyer            24   30   67    6   14   5  0   0    0   2   17  .209  .232  .284   3           0   2           57
    Archie Yelle        25   25   51    4    7   1  0   0    0   5    4  .137  .214  .157   2           0   0           13
    Babe Ellison        20    9   29    2    5   1  2   1    4   6    3  .172  .333  .448   0           1   1          138
    Fred Nicholson      22   13   14    4    4   1  0   0    1   1    2  .286  .333  .357   0           0   2          111
    Ira Flagstead       23    4    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
    Tony DeFate         22    3    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100
    Frank Walker        22    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0           0   0         -100

    Hooks Dauss         27   38   87    7   11   3  0   0    2  13   24  .126  .240  .161   0           0   3           22
    Bernie Boland       25   45   72    8    4   1  1   0    2   4   19  .056  .105  .097   0           0   5          -38
    Howard Ehmke        23   35   69    3   17   2  0   0    2   4   13  .246  .288  .275   0           0   1           72
    Willie Mitchell     27   31   59    3    7   0  0   0    4   1   11  .119  .148  .119   0           1   4          -19
   #Bill James          30   34   57    7   12   0  0   0    2  10   20  .211  .328  .211   0           0   2           65
    George Cunningham   22   44   34    5    6   0  0   1    3   3   13  .176  .243  .265   0           0   2           55
   #Harry Coveleski     31   16   22    2    5   0  0   0    0   0    5  .227  .227  .227   0           0   1           39
    Deacon Jones        24   24   15    1    0   0  0   0    0   4    8  .000  .211  .000   0           0   2          -35
   *Johnny Couch        26    3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .200  .000   0           0   0          -39
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7  154 5093  639 1317 204 77  25  535 483  476  .259  .323  .344 163          45 193          112
    Rank among 8 AL teams          4    2    1   2  2   2        5    7     1     1     1   4                        
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Hooks Dauss         27  37   2.43  17  14  2  31   5  22   6  270.7  243  105   73   3   87  102 1090   4   7  1     109
SP  Bernie Boland       25  43   2.68  16  11  6  28  14  13   3  238.0  192   89   71   0   95   89  952   0   6  0      98
SP  Howard Ehmke        23  35   2.97  10  15  2  25  10  13   4  206.0  174   84   68   3   88   90  808   4   5  0      89
SP  Bill James          30  34   2.09  13  10  1  23   5  10   2  198.0  163   71   46   2   96   62  830   2  12  0     126
SP *Willie Mitchell     27  30   2.19  12   8  0  22   7  12   5  185.3  172   66   45   2   46   80  747   0  13  0     121
SP *Harry Coveleski     31  16   2.61   4   6  0  11   1   2   0   69.0   70   39   20   0   14   15  280   1   2  0     101

RP  George Cunningham   22  44   2.91   2   7  4   8  24   4   0  139.0  113   73   45   2   51   49  561   4   4  0      90
RP  Deacon Jones        24  24   2.92   4   4  0   6   9   2   0   77.0   69   34   25   0   26   28  302   3   6  0      90

    Johnny Couch        26   3   2.70   0   0  0   0   0   0   0   13.3   13   16    4   0    1    1   52   0   0  0      98
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.1 154   2.56  78  75 15 154  76  78  20 1396.0 1209  577  397  12  504  516 5622  18  55  1     103
    Rank among 8 AL teams           4   4   5  3           5   3      6    2    6        2    5    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- OStanage 95 385 88 11 13 .977 10 TSpencer 62 250 57 7 10 .978 8 AYelle 24 62 16 2 1 .975 3 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 697 161 20 24 .977 21 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .989 10.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GBurns 104 1127 57 12 44 .990 11.38 HHeilmann 27 266 23 4 9 .986 10.70 SCrawford 15 158 2 2 5 .988 10.67 BEllison 9 98 1 2 5 .980 11.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1649 83 20 63 .989 11.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .959 4.94 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RYoung 141 300 449 33 46 .958 5.31 BJones 18 19 41 4 1 .937 3.33 TDeFate 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 319 491 37 47 .956 5.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .941 3.23 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- OVitt 140 164 260 27 18 .940 3.03 BDyer 8 6 21 2 0 .931 3.38 BJones 8 7 16 2 1 .920 2.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 177 297 31 19 .939 3.06 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .931 4.84 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DBush 147 281 423 51 41 .932 4.79 BDyer 14 19 25 8 4 .846 3.14 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 300 448 59 45 .927 4.82 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .967 2.14 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BVeach 154 356 17 17 5 .956 2.42 154 0 0 TCobb 152 373 27 11 9 .973 2.63 0 123 29 HHeilmann 123 200 17 9 4 .960 1.76 0 28 95 GHarper 31 48 2 1 0 .980 1.61 0 3 28 SCrawford 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 0 0 3 FNicholson 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1 0 2 IFlagstead 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 2 BBoland 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 1 HDauss 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 WMitchell 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 1 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 987 63 38 18 .965 2.26 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .947 3.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HDauss 37 10 100 4 2 .965 3.66 BBoland 43 9 72 2 0 .976 3.06 HEhmke 35 14 68 4 1 .953 3.58 BJames 34 4 61 5 1 .929 2.95 WMitchell 30 11 40 4 2 .927 2.48 GCunningham 44 4 43 4 3 .922 3.04 DJones 24 1 30 1 0 .969 3.62 HCoveleski 16 3 30 4 1 .892 4.30 JCouch 3 1 6 1 0 .875 4.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 57 450 29 10 .946 3.27 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Cobb .383 On-base % Cobb .444 Slugging % Cobb .570 OPS Cobb 1.014 Games Veach 154 At Bats Cobb 588 Plate Appearances (approx.) Bush 673 Runs Bush 112 Hits Cobb 225 Total Bases Cobb 335 Doubles Cobb 44 Triples Cobb 24 Home Runs Veach 8 RBI Veach 103 Bases on Balls Bush 80 Strikeouts Heilmann 54 Stolen Bases Cobb 55 Singles Cobb 151 Adjusted OPS+ Cobb 209 Runs Created Cobb 148 Adjusted Batting Runs Cobb 75 Batting Wins Cobb 8.4 Extra-Base Hits Cobb 74 Times on Base Cobb 290 Offensive Win% Cobb .889 Hit By Pitch Spencer and Veach 9 Sac. Hits Vitt and Young 31 Power/Speed Number Veach 11.6 At Bats per Strikeout Vitt 34.1 At Bats per Home Run Veach 71.4 Outs Bush 428

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA James 2.09 Wins Dauss 17 Won-Loss % Mitchell .600 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Mitchell 1.176 Hits Allowed/9IP Boland 7.26 Bases on Balls/9IP Mitchell 2.23 Strikeouts/9IP Ehmke 3.93 Games Cunningham 44 Saves Boland 6 Innings Dauss 270.7 Strikeouts Dauss 102 Games Started Dauss 31 Comp. Games Dauss 22 Shutouts Dauss 6 Home Runs Allow. Dauss and Ehmke 3 Bases On Balls Allow. James 96 Hits Allowed Dauss 243 SO to Walk Mitchell 1.74 Losses Ehmke 15 Earned Runs Allow. Dauss 73 Wild Pitches Cunningham, Dauss, and Ehmke 4 Hit Batsmen Mitchell 13 Batters Faced Dauss 1090 Games Finished Cunningham 24 Adjusted ERA+ James 126

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