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1917 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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
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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 4 5 3 3 6 2 6 4 2 5 4147
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