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1918 Detroit Tigers

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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55-71, Finished 7th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Hughie Jennings (55-71)
Scored 476 runs, Allowed 557 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 54-72

Ballparks: Navin Field · Attendance: 203,719 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 99


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1917 / 1919 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 Archie Yelle 26 56 157 144 7 25 3 0 0 7 0 9 15 .174 .227 .194 .422 29 28 1 3
2 1B Harry Heilmann 23 79 331 286 34 79 10 6 5 39 13 35 10 .276 .359 .406 .765 134 116 2 8
3 2B Ralph Young# 29 91 368 298 31 56 7 1 0 21 15 54 17 .188 .313 .218 .531 63 65 0 16
4 SS Donie Bush# 30 128 593 500 74 117 10 3 0 22 9 79 31 .234 .340 .266 .606 86 133 1 13
5 3B Ossie Vitt 28 81 319 267 29 64 5 2 0 17 5 32 6 .240 .321 .273 .594 82 73 0 20
6 OF George Harper* 26 69 258 227 19 55 5 2 0 16 3 18 14 .242 .301 .282 .583 79 64 1 12
7 OF Ty Cobb* 31 111 473 421 83 161 19 14 3 64 34 41 21 .382 .440 .515 .955 193 217 2 9
8 OF Bobby Veach* 30 127 555 499 59 139 21 13 3 78 21 35 23 .279 .331 .391 .722 121 195 4 17
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 3B Bob Jones* 28 74 320 287 43 79 14 4 0 21 7 17 16 .275 .320 .352 .672 106 101 2 14
10 C Oscar Stanage 35 54 200 186 9 47 4 0 1 14 2 11 18 .253 .294 .290 .585 79 54 0 3
11 OF Frank Walker 23 55 179 167 10 33 10 3 1 20 3 7 29 .198 .234 .311 .546 67 52 1 4
12 C Tubby Spencer 34 66 178 155 11 34 8 1 0 8 1 19 18 .219 .313 .284 .596 83 44 2 2
13 1B Lee Dressen* 28 31 134 107 10 19 1 2 0 3 2 21 10 .178 .323 .224 .547 68 24 2 4
14 OF George Cunningham 23 56 132 112 11 25 4 1 0 2 2 16 34 .223 .320 .277 .597 83 31 0 4
15 1B Art Griggs 33 28 111 99 11 36 8 0 0 16 2 10 5 .364 .422 .444 .866 166 44 0 2
16 2B Jack Coffey 31 22 78 67 7 14 0 2 0 4 2 8 6 .209 .303 .269 .571 75 18 1 2
17 1B Marty Kavanagh 27 13 55 44 2 12 3 0 0 9 0 11 6 .273 .418 .341 .759 133 15 0 0
18 UT Babe Ellison 21 7 26 23 1 6 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 .261 .346 .304 .651 99 7 0 0
19 2B Jim Curry 32 5 21 20 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .286 .300 .586 80 6 1 0
20 UT Ben Dyer 25 13 18 18 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 .278 .278 .278 .556 70 5 0 0
21 OF Davy Jones* 38 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
22 Joe Cobb 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0
23 1B Hughie Jennings 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 P Hooks Dauss 28 33 94 77 3 14 2 2 0 11 0 11 13 .182 .300 .260 .560 72 20 2 4
25 P Bernie Boland 26 29 75 69 9 12 3 0 0 2 0 6 17 .174 .240 .217 .457 40 15 0 0
26 P Rudy Kallio 25 31 66 56 5 9 0 0 0 3 0 6 23 .161 .242 .161 .403 23 9 0 4
27 P Bill James# 31 19 47 46 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 .109 .128 .130 .258 -21 6 0 0
28 P Eric Erickson 23 12 34 33 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .121 .121 .121 .242 -26 4 0 1
29 P Deacon Jones 25 22 26 25 1 5 0 0 0 3 1 1 11 .200 .231 .200 .431 32 5 0 0
30 P Bill Bailey* 30 8 13 13 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .154 .231 -29 2 0 0
31 P Harry Coveleski# 32 3 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 53 1 0 0
32 P Happy Finneran 27 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
33 P Charley Hall* 33 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
34 P Willie Mitchell 28 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
35 P Bill Donovan# 41 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 207 1 0 0
36 P Herb Hall# 25 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.6 128 4878 4262 473 1063 141 56 13 390 123 452 380 .249 .325 .318 .642 97 1355 22 142
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 3 4 6 2 4 4 1 2 3 6 3 6 5 4 8 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 28 12 16 .429 2.99 33 26 7 21 1 3 249.2 243 105 83 3 58 73 9 0 5 1027 89 1.206 8.8 0.1 2.1 2.6 1.26
2 SP Bernie Boland 26 14 10 .583 2.65 29 25 4 14 4 0 204.0 176 69 60 1 67 63 6 0 1 834 101 1.191 7.8 0.0 3.0 2.8 0.94
3 SP Rudy Kallio 25 8 13 .381 3.62 30 22 5 10 2 0 181.1 178 91 73 0 76 70 1 0 7 785 74 1.401 8.8 0.0 3.8 3.5 0.92
4 SP George Cunningham 23 6 7 .462 3.15 27 14 12 10 0 1 140.0 131 68 49 0 38 39 5 0 2 578 85 1.207 8.4 0.0 2.4 2.5 1.03
5 SP Bill James 31 6 11 .353 3.76 19 18 1 8 1 0 122.0 127 68 51 3 68 42 5 0 2 546 71 1.598 9.4 0.2 5.0 3.1 0.62
6 SP Eric Erickson 23 4 5 .444 2.48 12 9 2 8 0 1 94.1 81 32 26 2 29 48 3 1 0 375 108 1.166 7.7 0.2 2.8 4.6 1.66
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 Deacon Jones 25 3 2 .600 3.09 21 4 8 1 0 0 67.0 60 35 23 0 38 15 1 0 0 290 87 1.463 8.1 0.0 5.1 2.0 0.39
8 RP Bill Bailey* 30 1 2 .333 5.97 8 4 2 1 0 0 37.2 53 34 25 0 26 13 1 0 0 178 45 2.097 12.7 0.0 6.2 3.1 0.50
9 RP Charley Hall 33 0 1 .000 6.75 6 1 4 0 0 0 13.1 14 10 10 1 6 2 0 0 0 61 41 1.500 9.5 0.7 4.1 1.4 0.33
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
10 Harry Coveleski* 32 0 1 .000 3.86 3 1 2 1 0 0 14.0 17 9 6 0 6 3 0 0 0 62 72 1.643 10.9 0.0 3.9 1.9 0.50
11 Happy Finneran 27 0 2 .000 9.88 5 2 2 0 0 1 13.2 22 17 15 0 8 2 0 0 1 64 28 2.195 14.5 0.0 5.3 1.3 0.25
12 Herb Hall 25 0 0 15.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 12 11 10 0 7 1 2 0 0 33 19 3.167 18.0 0.0 10.5 1.5 0.14
13 Bill Donovan 41 1 0 1.000 1.50 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 23 194 1.000 7.5 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.00
14 Willie Mitchell* 28 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 4 4 0 5 2 0 0 0 20 34 2.000 6.8 0.0 11.3 4.5 0.40
15 Ty Cobb 31 0 0 4.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 17 68 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
16 Bobby Veach 30 0 0 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 76 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
17 Ben Dyer 25 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 26.5 55 71 .437 3.40 128 128 54 74 8 7 1160.2 1130 557 439 10 437 374 33 1 18 4907 79 1.350 8.8 0.1 3.4 2.9 0.86
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 2 8 6 5 7 3 8 8 8 4 6 3
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
Bill Bailey 30 8 15 1 14 0 0 1.000 1.88 P
Bernie Boland 26 29 62 11 49 2 3 .968 2.07 P
Donie Bush 30 128 692 280 364 48 32 .931 5.03 SS
Ty Cobb 31 112 399 360 29 10 7 .975 3.47 P-OF-1B-2B-3B
Jack Coffey 31 22 116 55 56 5 9 .957 5.05 2B
Harry Coveleski 32 3 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.33 P
George Cunningham 23 47 71 24 42 5 1 .930 1.40 P-OF
Jim Curry 32 5 21 7 13 1 1 .952 4.00 2B
Hooks Dauss 28 33 89 6 79 4 1 .955 2.58 P
Bill Donovan 41 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 P
Lee Dressen 28 30 337 322 11 4 18 .988 11.10 1B
Ben Dyer 25 7 19 14 5 0 1 1.000 2.71 P-OF-1B-2B
Babe Ellison 21 7 22 8 14 0 1 1.000 3.14 OF-2B
Eric Erickson 23 12 14 0 13 1 0 .929 1.08 P
Happy Finneran 27 5 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.60 P
Art Griggs 33 25 276 263 9 4 9 .986 10.88 1B
Charley Hall 33 6 3 1 1 1 1 .667 0.33 P
Herb Hall 25 3 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67 P
George Harper 26 64 136 125 5 6 2 .956 2.03 OF
Harry Heilmann 23 79 463 427 28 8 13 .983 5.76 OF-1B-2B
Bill James 31 19 49 5 43 1 4 .980 2.53 P
Hughie Jennings 49 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1B
Bob Jones 28 70 271 143 117 11 11 .959 3.71 3B-1B-OF
Davy Jones 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 OF
Deacon Jones 25 22 27 1 25 1 0 .963 1.18 P-OF
Rudy Kallio 25 31 62 10 47 5 0 .919 1.84 P-OF
Marty Kavanagh 27 12 140 129 6 5 9 .964 11.25 1B
Willie Mitchell 28 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 P
Tubby Spencer 34 49 206 153 46 7 3 .966 4.06 4 51 27 35% C-1B
Oscar Stanage 35 53 299 234 56 9 10 .970 5.47 2 57 31 35% C-1B-SS
Bobby Veach 30 128 298 277 14 7 3 .977 2.27 P-OF
Ossie Vitt 28 78 301 128 159 14 19 .953 3.68 3B-2B-OF
Frank Walker 23 45 116 102 5 9 0 .922 2.38 OF
Archie Yelle 26 52 267 172 81 14 5 .948 4.87 9 49 47 49% C
Ralph Young 29 91 491 190 271 30 32 .939 5.07 2B
Team Totals 28.4 128 5285 3453 1620 212 195 .960 3.96 15 157 105 40%
Rank in 8 AL teams 3 8 6
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
Bill Bailey* 30 13 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /1
Bernie Boland 26 75 -5 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
Donie Bush# 30 593 -5 1 0 0 -22 8 18 0 -0.1 22 2.6 -2.7 $ Purchased *6
Joe Cobb 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft
Ty Cobb* 31 473 45 5 0 0 -1 -3 16 62 7.2 63 7.4 -0.2 $20,000 Purchased *O3/145
Jack Coffey 31 78 -2 0 0 0 -4 0 3 -3 -0.4 1 0.1 -0.5 $ 4
Harry Coveleski# 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased /1
George Cunningham 23 132 -3 0 0 0 -4 1 5 -1 -0.2 3 0.4 -0.6 $ Purchased 1O
Jim Curry 32 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /4
Hooks Dauss 28 94 -3 -1 0 0 0 2 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Purchased 1
Bill Donovan# 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Jumped Lgs /1
Lee Dressen* 28 134 -3 0 0 0 -1 -1 4 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 3
Ben Dyer 25 18 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /3O14
Babe Ellison 21 26 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $ Purchased /O4
Eric Erickson 23 34 -5 0 0 0 0 1 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.4 0.0 $ 1
Happy Finneran 27 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Art Griggs 33 111 8 -1 0 0 -1 -1 4 9 1.0 10 1.2 -0.2 $ 3
Charley Hall* 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
Herb Hall# 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
George Harper* 26 258 -6 -1 0 0 0 -3 9 -1 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ O
Harry Heilmann 23 331 12 0 0 0 -2 -3 11 18 2.1 20 2.3 -0.2 $ Rule 5 Draft O3/4
Bill James# 31 47 -7 0 0 0 0 1 2 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.5 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Bob Jones* 28 320 1 1 0 0 -2 2 10 12 1.3 14 1.6 -0.3 $ 5/3O
Davy Jones* 38 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Purchased /O
Deacon Jones 25 26 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1/O
Rudy Kallio 25 66 -6 0 0 0 0 2 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1/O
Marty Kavanagh 27 55 2 -1 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0.2 3 0.4 -0.2 $ Purchased 3
Willie Mitchell 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Waivers /1
Tubby Spencer 34 178 -3 -1 0 0 -1 3 6 4 0.3 5 0.6 -0.3 $ 2/3
Oscar Stanage 35 200 -5 -1 0 0 1 3 7 5 0.4 4 0.5 -0.1 $ Purchased 2/36
Bobby Veach* 30 555 11 2 0 0 2 -7 18 26 2.9 24 2.8 0.1 $ Purchased *O/1
Ossie Vitt 28 319 -4 0 0 0 -6 2 11 3 0.2 9 1.1 -0.9 $ Rule 5 Draft 5/4O
Frank Walker 23 179 -8 0 0 0 -2 -2 6 -6 -0.8 -4 -0.5 -0.3 $ O
Archie Yelle 26 157 -12 -1 0 0 -3 3 5 -8 -1.0 -5 -0.6 -0.4 $ 2
Ralph Young# 29 368 -11 0 0 0 -11 0 12 -10 -1.2 1 0.1 -1.3 $ *4
Team Total 28.6 4878 -15 2 0 0 -57 11 162 103 9.9 160 18.8 -8.9 $20,000
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
Bill Bailey* 30 37.2 4 34 17 -1 1.0 -17 -2.1 $
Bernie Boland 26 204.0 25 69 92 -7 1.0 23 3.3 $
Ty Cobb 31 4.0 0 2 2 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Purchased
Harry Coveleski* 32 14.0 1 9 6 0 1.0 -3 -0.3 $ Purchased
George Cunningham 23 140.0 14 68 63 -5 1.0 -5 -0.4 $ Purchased
Hooks Dauss 28 249.2 26 105 112 -9 1.0 7 1.4 $ Purchased
Bill Donovan 41 6.0 1 1 3 0 1.0 2 0.2 $ Jumped Lgs
Ben Dyer 25 1.2 0 0 1 0 1.0 1 0.1 $
Eric Erickson 23 94.1 9 32 42 -3 1.0 10 1.5 $
Happy Finneran 27 13.2 2 17 6 0 1.0 -11 -1.3 $
Charley Hall 33 13.1 1 10 6 0 1.0 -4 -0.5 $
Herb Hall 25 6.0 0 11 3 0 1.0 -8 -1.0 $
Bill James 31 122.0 18 68 55 -4 1.0 -13 -1.4 $ Traded
Deacon Jones 25 67.0 4 36 30 -2 1.0 -6 -0.6 $
Rudy Kallio 25 181.1 22 91 82 -6 1.0 -9 -0.8 $
Willie Mitchell* 28 4.0 1 4 2 0 1.0 -2 -0.3 $ Waivers
Bobby Veach 30 2.0 0 1 1 0 1.0 0 0.0 $ Purchased
Team Total 26.5 1160.2 128 558 523 -37 1.0 -35 -2.2 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1917 / 1919 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics