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1919 Detroit Tigers

Batting Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1918 / 1920

80-60, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Hughie Jennings (80-60)
Scored 618 runs, Allowed 578 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-66

Ballparks: Navin Field · Attendance: 643,805 (1st of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 91


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1918 / 1920 Batting 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 Eddie Ainsmith 29 114 422 364 42 99 17 12 3 32 9 45 30 .272 .354 .409 .763 115 149 1 12
2 1B Harry Heilmann 24 140 594 537 74 172 30 15 8 93 7 37 41 .320 .366 .477 .843 137 256 2 18
3 2B Ralph Young# 30 125 556 456 63 96 13 5 1 25 8 53 32 .211 .294 .268 .562 59 122 1 46
4 SS Donie Bush# 31 129 602 509 82 124 11 6 0 26 22 75 36 .244 .343 .289 .632 79 147 2 16
5 3B Bob Jones* 29 127 497 439 37 114 18 6 1 57 11 34 39 .260 .314 .335 .649 84 147 1 23
6 OF Ty Cobb* 32 124 545 497 92 191 36 13 1 70 28 38 22 .384 .429 .515 .944 166 256 1 9
7 OF Ira Flagstead 25 97 342 287 43 95 22 3 5 41 6 35 39 .331 .416 .481 .897 153 138 7 13
8 OF Bobby Veach* 31 139 598 538 87 191 45 17 3 101 19 33 33 .355 .398 .519 .916 158 279 5 22
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 OF Chick Shorten* 27 95 313 270 37 85 9 3 0 22 5 22 13 .315 .366 .370 .737 109 100 0 21
10 2B Babe Ellison 22 56 154 134 18 29 4 0 0 11 4 13 24 .216 .291 .246 .537 52 33 1 6
11 C Oscar Stanage 36 38 133 120 9 29 4 1 1 15 1 7 12 .242 .295 .317 .611 73 38 2 4
12 3B Ben Dyer 26 44 94 85 11 21 4 0 0 15 0 8 19 .247 .312 .294 .606 72 25 0 1
13 C Archie Yelle 27 6 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 -41 0 0 0
14 Snooks Dowd 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 P Hooks Dauss 29 34 108 97 7 14 2 1 0 14 1 5 24 .144 .194 .186 .380 8 18 1 5
16 P Howard Ehmke 25 33 97 91 6 23 3 1 0 5 0 3 12 .253 .277 .308 .584 65 28 0 3
17 P Bernie Boland 27 35 85 74 2 8 1 1 0 4 0 8 18 .108 .195 .149 .344 -2 11 0 3
18 P Dutch Leonard* 27 29 79 71 2 11 0 0 0 4 0 2 8 .155 .178 .155 .333 -5 11 0 6
19 P George Cunningham 24 26 32 23 4 5 0 0 0 5 0 9 8 .217 .438 .217 .655 88 5 0 0
20 P Slim Love* 28 22 28 27 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 .222 .222 .296 .519 46 8 0 1
21 P Doc Ayers 28 24 27 24 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .125 .160 .167 .327 -8 4 1 2
22 P Willie Mitchell 29 3 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 53 1 0 0
23 P Eric Erickson 24 3 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 13 1 0 0
24 P Rudy Kallio 26 12 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
25 P Bill James# 32 2 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 42 1 0 0
Team Totals 28.7 140 5330 4665 620 1319 222 84 23 544 121 429 427 .283 .346 .381 .727 106 1778 25 211
Rank in 8 AL teams 6 3 2 2 1 8 3 1 3 5 2 3 1 3 1 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 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
Eddie Ainsmith 29 422 8 0 0 0 -3 7 14 26 2.7 29 3.1 -0.4 $ Traded *2
Doc Ayers 28 27 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Bernie Boland 27 85 -11 0 0 0 0 4 3 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $ 1
Donie Bush# 31 602 -10 3 0 0 -12 8 18 7 0.6 19 2.1 -1.5 $ Purchased *6
Ty Cobb* 32 545 44 4 0 0 -6 -3 17 56 6.2 62 6.7 -0.5 $20,000 Purchased *8O
George Cunningham 24 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1/9
Hooks Dauss 29 108 -13 0 0 0 0 5 4 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ Purchased 1
Ben Dyer 26 94 -3 0 0 0 -1 1 3 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 56/O9
Howard Ehmke 25 97 -5 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 1
Babe Ellison 22 154 -9 0 0 0 -2 0 5 -6 -0.7 -4 -0.4 -0.3 $ Purchased 4O/9876
Eric Erickson 24 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
Ira Flagstead 25 342 21 -1 0 0 0 -4 12 28 3.0 28 3.0 0.0 $ O9/8
Harry Heilmann 24 594 24 0 0 0 -6 -5 20 33 3.5 39 4.2 -0.7 $ Rule 5 Draft *3
Bill James# 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /1
Bob Jones* 29 497 -10 -1 0 0 -6 4 17 4 0.2 10 1.1 -0.9 $ *5
Rudy Kallio 26 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
Dutch Leonard* 27 79 -10 0 0 0 0 3 3 -4 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ Purchased 1
Slim Love* 28 28 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Willie Mitchell 29 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Waivers /1
Chick Shorten* 27 313 4 0 0 0 -1 -3 10 10 1.1 11 1.2 -0.1 $ Traded O98/7
Oscar Stanage 36 133 -4 -1 0 0 1 2 5 3 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Purchased 2/3
Bobby Veach* 31 598 39 2 0 0 8 -7 20 62 6.6 54 5.9 0.7 $ Purchased *7O
Archie Yelle 27 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /2
Ralph Young# 30 556 -23 1 0 0 -1 0 18 -5 -0.8 -4 -0.4 -0.4 $ *4/6
Team Total 28.7 5330 34 7 0 0 -29 19 175 206 20.8 235 25.6 -4.8 $20,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
Eddie Ainsmith 29 422 277 52 5.0 93 .290 .272 .274 .354 .340 .409 .368 .763 .708 115 .597 7.3 0.8 .770 .286 .137 4.5 *2
Doc Ayers 28 27 23 1 1.2 93 .136 .125 .274 .160 .340 .167 .368 .327 .708 -8 .093 -3.5 -0.4 .238 .042 .042 1
Bernie Boland 27 85 69 2 0.8 93 .143 .108 .274 .195 .340 .149 .368 .344 .708 -2 .046 -10.2 -1.1 .288 .149 .041 1
Donie Bush# 31 602 401 50 3.4 93 .262 .244 .274 .343 .340 .289 .368 .632 .708 79 .413 -11.0 -1.2 .639 .236 .045 .0 *6
Ty Cobb* 32 545 315 110 9.4 93 .401 .384 .274 .429 .340 .515 .368 .944 .708 166 .822 43.4 4.5 1.056 .264 .131 1.9 *8O
George Cunningham 24 32 18 2 3.0 93 .333 .217 .274 .438 .340 .217 .368 .655 .708 88 .362 0.6 0.1 .778 .391 .000 1/9
Hooks Dauss 29 108 88 3 0.9 93 .192 .144 .274 .194 .340 .186 .368 .380 .708 8 .062 -12.2 -1.3 .301 .103 .041 .0 1
Snooks Dowd 21 0 0 0.0 0.0
Ben Dyer 26 94 65 8 3.3 93 .318 .247 .274 .312 .340 .294 .368 .606 .708 72 .406 -3.0 -0.3 .516 .141 .047 56/O9
Howard Ehmke 25 97 71 8 3.0 93 .291 .253 .274 .277 .340 .308 .368 .584 .708 65 .368 -4.6 -0.5 .456 .088 .055 1
Babe Ellison 22 154 111 9 2.2 93 .264 .216 .274 .291 .340 .246 .368 .537 .708 52 .242 -8.1 -0.9 .486 .157 .030 .0 4O/9876
Eric Erickson 24 5 4 0 0.0 93 .333 .200 .274 .200 .340 .200 .368 .400 .708 13 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000 /1
Ira Flagstead 25 342 205 56 7.4 93 .370 .331 .274 .416 .340 .481 .368 .897 .708 153 .747 22.3 2.3 .969 .293 .150 5.5 O9/8
Harry Heilmann 24 594 383 93 6.5 93 .336 .320 .274 .366 .340 .477 .368 .843 .708 137 .704 24.0 2.5 .827 .238 .156 7.5 *3
Bill James# 32 4 3 0 0.0 93 .500 .250 .274 .250 .340 .250 .368 .500 .708 42 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .333 .000 .000 /1
Bob Jones* 29 497 348 46 3.6 93 .283 .260 .274 .314 .340 .335 .368 .649 .708 84 .439 -10.0 -1.1 .594 .178 .075 1.8 *5
Rudy Kallio 26 4 4 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .274 .000 .340 .000 .368 .000 .708 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 1
Dutch Leonard* 27 79 66 2 0.8 93 .175 .155 .274 .178 .340 .155 .368 .333 .708 -5 .051 -10.1 -1.1 .217 .028 .000 1
Slim Love* 28 28 22 2 2.4 93 .353 .222 .274 .222 .340 .296 .368 .519 .708 46 .283 -2.0 -0.2 .381 .074 .074 1
Willie Mitchell 29 6 4 0 0.0 93 .250 .200 .274 .333 .340 .200 .368 .533 .708 53 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .200 .000 /1
Chick Shorten* 27 313 206 37 4.8 93 .331 .315 .274 .366 .340 .370 .368 .737 .708 109 .578 3.3 0.3 .686 .156 .056 .0 O98/7
Oscar Stanage 36 133 95 11 3.1 93 .262 .242 .274 .295 .340 .317 .368 .611 .708 73 .381 -4.6 -0.5 .527 .142 .075 1.0 2/3
Bobby Veach* 31 598 369 109 8.0 93 .375 .355 .274 .398 .340 .519 .368 .916 .708 158 .773 39.6 4.1 .968 .260 .164 5.2 *7O
Archie Yelle 27 5 4 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .274 .200 .340 .000 .368 .200 .708 -41 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .250 .000 /2
Ralph Young# 30 556 406 36 2.4 93 .225 .211 .274 .294 .340 .268 .368 .562 .708 59 .274 -24.0 -2.5 .511 .191 .057 1.8 *4/6
League Average 4.2 95 .291 .267 .276 .331 .342 .357 .372 .688 .714 93 .515 .651 .203 .090
Team Total 28.6 5330 3557 637 4.8 93 .307 .283 .274 .346 .340 .381 .368 .727 .708 106 .577 34.3 3.2 .703 .216 .098 38.7
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
Eddie Ainsmith 29 132 485 429 54 122 21 15 4 41 11 55 35 .284 .367 .431 .798 67 114 114
Doc Ayers 28 41 45 43 1 11 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 .256 .289 .279 .568 3 35 35
Bernie Boland 27 41 94 85 2 9 1 1 0 4 0 9 21 .106 .191 .141 .333 2 35 35
Donie Bush# 31 149 692 598 104 152 13 7 0 33 27 92 42 .254 .355 .299 .655 64 129 129
Ty Cobb* 32 143 637 589 118 235 44 16 1 89 34 47 25 .399 .444 .533 .977 140 124 124
George Cunningham 24 30 35 26 4 5 0 0 0 5 0 9 9 .192 .400 .192 .592 2 26 26
Hooks Dauss 29 39 121 114 10 18 3 1 0 19 1 6 28 .158 .207 .202 .408 5 34 34
Snooks Dowd 21 16 22 22 9 5 0 0 0 14 3 0 6 .227 .227 .227 .455 1 14 14
Ben Dyer 26 51 110 100 15 26 5 0 0 20 0 10 22 .260 .327 .310 .637 10 44 44
Howard Ehmke 25 38 112 108 8 29 4 1 0 7 0 4 14 .269 .295 .324 .619 10 33 33
Babe Ellison 22 65 173 156 22 35 5 0 0 13 5 16 28 .224 .301 .256 .557 12 56 56
Eric Erickson 24 27 64 61 5 9 2 0 0 6 0 3 28 .148 .188 .180 .368 2 23 23
Ira Flagstead 25 112 390 338 54 116 27 4 6 52 7 43 45 .343 .431 .500 .931 71 97 97
Harry Heilmann 24 162 682 634 95 212 37 18 10 119 9 46 47 .334 .381 .497 .878 119 140 140
Bill James# 32 23 47 45 4 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 13 .156 .191 .156 .347 1 20 20
Bob Jones* 29 147 559 516 47 140 22 7 1 73 14 42 45 .271 .327 .347 .674 59 127 127
Rudy Kallio 26 14 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12 12
Dutch Leonard* 27 34 84 82 2 13 0 0 0 5 0 2 9 .159 .179 .159 .337 2 29 29
Slim Love* 28 25 31 31 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 .226 .226 .290 .516 2 22 22
Willie Mitchell 29 3 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 3 3
Chick Shorten* 27 110 345 318 47 104 11 4 0 28 6 27 15 .327 .380 .387 .767 46 95 95
Oscar Stanage 36 44 152 141 12 36 5 1 1 19 1 9 14 .255 .309 .326 .635 14 38 38
Bobby Veach* 31 161 684 637 111 235 55 21 4 129 23 41 38 .369 .412 .540 .952 140 139 139
Archie Yelle 27 7 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 6 6
Ralph Young# 30 145 600 534 80 117 16 6 1 32 10 65 37 .219 .305 .277 .582 45 125 125
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Eddie Ainsmith 29 10 2305 734 2305 2045 201 447 73 38 5 186 75 12 183 318 .219 .286 .299 .585 72 611 10 67
Doc Ayers 28 7 388 251 388 361 18 63 6 2 0 20 1 4 11 66 .175 .201 .202 .403 20 73 1 15
Bernie Boland 27 5 351 205 351 310 28 43 6 2 0 11 0 0 30 80 .139 .215 .171 .386 14 53 0 11
Donie Bush# 31 12 7335 1626 7335 6062 1085 1499 157 63 8 367 379 71 1007 564 .247 .357 .298 .655 94 1806 27 239
Ty Cobb* 32 15 8277 1929 8277 7301 1416 2713 431 210 67 1211 769 113 737 535 .372 .434 .516 .950 184 3765 66 173
George Cunningham 24 4 253 161 253 210 27 47 6 3 1 13 2 0 36 67 .224 .337 .295 .633 91 62 0 7
Hooks Dauss 29 8 731 276 731 616 57 106 20 9 2 52 3 0 81 156 .172 .276 .244 .519 54 150 7 27
Snooks Dowd 21 1 18 14 18 18 4 3 0 0 0 6 2 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 -7 3 0 0
Ben Dyer 26 6 226 105 226 207 27 49 10 1 0 18 4 0 15 47 .237 .291 .295 .586 73 61 1 3
Howard Ehmke 25 4 197 91 197 186 10 42 5 1 0 9 0 0 7 33 .226 .254 .263 .517 51 49 0 4
Babe Ellison 22 4 224 74 224 193 21 41 6 2 1 18 5 0 22 29 .212 .300 .280 .579 68 54 2 7
Eric Erickson 24 4 99 44 99 91 5 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 36 .132 .160 .154 .313 -9 14 0 5
Ira Flagstead 25 2 346 101 346 291 43 95 22 3 5 41 6 35 40 .326 .411 .474 .886 150 138 7 13
Harry Heilmann 24 5 2275 573 2275 2012 247 575 100 44 22 309 41 8 177 174 .286 .348 .412 .760 125 829 14 72
Bill James# 32 8 413 203 413 358 25 51 6 1 0 12 1 2 27 138 .142 .209 .165 .374 12 59 3 25
Bob Jones* 29 3 900 247 900 803 96 205 33 12 1 80 21 55 63 .255 .305 .330 .635 86 265 3 39
Rudy Kallio 26 2 70 43 70 60 5 9 0 0 0 3 0 6 23 .150 .227 .150 .377 15 9 0 4
Dutch Leonard* 27 7 580 240 580 507 31 84 9 2 0 28 0 0 42 100 .166 .232 .191 .424 26 97 2 29
Slim Love* 28 5 166 118 166 156 11 30 6 2 0 7 0 0 5 45 .192 .217 .256 .474 40 40 0 5
Willie Mitchell 29 11 594 279 594 530 29 69 5 0 0 27 0 3 29 138 .130 .180 .140 .319 -6 74 3 32
Chick Shorten* 27 4 638 223 638 564 64 151 16 6 0 49 8 0 42 33 .268 .320 .317 .637 87 179 1 31
Oscar Stanage 36 12 3579 1015 3579 3260 236 763 106 34 8 304 30 6 205 441 .234 .284 .295 .579 70 961 24 90
Bobby Veach* 31 8 4381 1031 4381 3844 516 1168 216 92 21 636 145 58 357 247 .304 .368 .424 .792 134 1631 34 146
Archie Yelle 27 3 218 87 218 199 12 32 4 0 0 7 2 15 19 .161 .223 .181 .404 24 36 1 3
Ralph Young# 30 6 2609 640 2609 2178 264 500 60 19 3 157 65 31 286 161 .230 .321 .279 .600 78 607 7 138
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1918 / 1920 Batting Statistics