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

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Game Results

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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	1	5	7	1	2	1	1		1		2		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

* - 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	1085	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	13	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	821	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	102	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	25	4	0	4	139.0	113	72	45	2	51		49	4	0	4	553	91	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	91	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	1	0	0	0	13.1	13	6	4	0	1		1	0	0	0	52	102	1.050	8.8	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.00
		Team Totals	26.0	78	75	.510	2.56	154	154	76	78	20	15	1396.1	1209	566	397	12	504		516	55	1	18	5600	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		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

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

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Bernie Boland	25	44		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		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		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		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	0	0	0		0.00							OF
George Harper	25	31		51	48	2	1	0	.980	1.61							OF
Harry Heilmann	22	150		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		55	11	40	4	2	.927	1.65							P-OF
Fred Nicholson	22	3		3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.00							OF
Tubby Spencer	33	62		314	250	57	7	10	.978	4.95	8		63	40	39%		C
Oscar Stanage	34	95		484	385	88	11	13	.977	4.98	10		98	61	38%		C
Bobby Veach	29	154		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		17	11	39%		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		178	112	39%
Rank in 8 AL teams							5	8	4
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
Bernie Boland	25	81	-13	1	0	0	0	3	3	-6	-0.9	-6	-0.7	-0.2	$		1/O
George Burns	24	442	-13	0	0	0	3	-3	15	2	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		*3
Donie Bush#	29	673	11	5	0	0	-9	10	21	38	4.1	47	5.4	-1.3	$	Purchased	*6
Ty Cobb*	30	669	74	6	0	0	6	-5	21	102	11.9	96	10.9	1.0	$20,000	Purchased	*O
Johnny Couch*	26	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Harry Coveleski#	31	23	-2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	Purchased	1
Sam Crawford*	37	112	-7	-1	0	0	-1	-1	4	-6	-0.8	-5	-0.6	-0.2	$7,500	Jumped Lgs	3/O
George Cunningham	22	39	-2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	Purchased	1
Hooks Dauss	27	103	-9	0	0	0	0	4	4	-1	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$	Purchased	1/O
Tony DeFate	22	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/4
Ben Dyer	24	71	-4	0	0	0	-1	1	2	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		6/5
Howard Ehmke	23	74	-3	-1	0	0	0	3	3	2	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$	Purchased	1
Babe Ellison	20	37	1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	Purchased	/3
Ira Flagstead	23	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/O
George Harper*	25	136	-6	-1	0	0	0	-2	5	-4	-0.6	-4	-0.5	-0.1	$		O
Harry Heilmann	22	619	11	-2	0	0	-2	-7	21	21	2.3	23	2.6	-0.3	$	Rule 5 Draft	*O3
Bill James#	30	69	-2	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	Traded	1
Bob Jones*	27	83	-7	2	0	0	1	0	3	-1	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$		4/5
Deacon Jones	24	21	-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		1
Willie Mitchell	27	65	-9	0	0	0	0	3	2	-4	-0.6	-4	-0.5	-0.1	$	Waivers	1/O
Fred Nicholson	22	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$		/O
Tubby Spencer	33	218	-1	-2	0	0	1	4	8	10	0.9	9	1.0	-0.1	$		2
Oscar Stanage	34	329	-15	-2	0	0	1	6	11	1	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$	Purchased	2
Bobby Veach*	29	666	40	-1	0	0	4	-8	22	57	6.5	53	6.0	0.5	$	Purchased	*O
Ossie Vitt	27	600	-2	1	0	0	-4	5	20	20	2.0	24	2.7	-0.7	$	Rule 5 Draft	*5
Frank Walker	22	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
Archie Yelle	25	56	-5	0	0	0	0	2	2	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		2
Ralph Young#	28	598	-9	-1	0	0	1	0	20	11	0.9	10	1.1	-0.2	$		*4
Team Total	27.7	5814	21	4	0	0	-1	22	194	240	24.6	241	27.2	-2.6	$27,500
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
Bernie Boland	25	238.0	28	89	108	0	1.0	19	2.2	$
Johnny Couch	26	13.1	0	16	6	0	1.0	-10	-1.2	$
Harry Coveleski*	31	69.0	11	39	31	0	1.0	-8	-1.0	$	Purchased
George Cunningham	22	139.0	8	73	63	0	1.0	-10	-1.3	$	Purchased
Hooks Dauss	27	270.2	31	105	123	0	1.0	18	2.1	$	Purchased
Howard Ehmke	23	206.0	25	84	94	0	1.0	10	1.1	$	Purchased
Bill James	30	198.0	23	71	90	0	1.0	19	2.2	$	Traded
Deacon Jones	24	77.0	6	34	35	0	1.0	1	0.1	$
Willie Mitchell*	27	185.1	22	66	84	0	1.0	18	2.1	$	Waivers
Team Total	26.0	1396.1	154	577	634	0	1.0	57	6.3	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1916 / 1918 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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