1919 Detroit Tigers

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	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 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	29	21	9	.700	3.55	34	32	1	22	2	0	256.1	262	125	101	9	63		73	5	0	1	1049	90	1.268	9.2	0.3	2.2	2.6	1.16
2	SP	Howard Ehmke	25	17	10	.630	3.18	33	31	2	20	2	0	248.2	255	114	88	5	107		79	6	0	3	1043	100	1.456	9.2	0.2	3.9	2.9	0.74
3	SP	Bernie Boland	27	14	16	.467	3.04	35	30	4	18	1	1	242.2	222	93	82	7	80		71	3	0	4	960	105	1.245	8.2	0.3	3.0	2.6	0.89
4	SP	Dutch Leonard*	27	14	13	.519	2.77	29	28	1	18	4	0	217.1	212	89	67	7	65		102	7	0	4	908	115	1.275	8.8	0.3	2.7	4.2	1.57
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
5	RP	Doc Ayers	28	5	3	.625	2.69	24	5	10	3	1	0	93.2	88	34	28	2	31		32	3	1	1	381	119	1.270	8.5	0.2	3.0	3.1	1.03
6	RP	Slim Love*	28	6	4	.600	3.01	22	8	11	4	0	1	89.2	92	40	30	3	40		46	6	0	1	380	107	1.472	9.2	0.3	4.0	4.6	1.15
7	RP	George Cunningham	24	1	1	.500	4.91	17	0	15	0	0	1	47.2	54	36	26	0	15		11	5	0	2	205	66	1.448	10.2	0.0	2.8	2.1	0.73
8	RP	Rudy Kallio	26	0	0		5.64	12	1	9	0	0	1	22.1	28	15	14	0	8		3	1	0	3	95	58	1.612	11.3	0.0	3.2	1.2	0.38
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		Eric Erickson	24	0	2	.000	6.75	3	2	1	0	0	0	14.2	17	17	11	0	10		4	1	0	3	69	49	1.841	10.4	0.0	6.1	2.5	0.40
10		Willie Mitchell*	29	1	2	.333	5.27	3	2	0	0	0	0	13.2	12	8	8	2	10		4	1	0	1	58	63	1.610	7.9	1.3	6.6	2.6	0.40
11		Bill James	32	1	0	1.000	5.79	2	1	0	0	0	0	9.1	12	6	6	0	7		3	0	0	1	44	58	2.036	11.6	0.0	6.8	2.9	0.43
		Team Totals	27.1	80	60	.571	3.30	140	140	54	85	10	4	1256.0	1254	577	461	35	436		428	38	1	24	5192	97	1.346	9.0	0.3	3.1	3.1	0.98
		Rank in 8 AL teams		3	5		6				3	6	5	4	6	7	7	5	6		5
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	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Eddie Ainsmith	29	106	105	100	585	456	107	22	7	.962	5.31	9		83	55	40%		C
Doc Ayers	28	24	5	3	34	5	25	4	3	.882	1.25							P
Bernie Boland	27	35	30	18	73	14	57	2	4	.973	2.03							P
Donie Bush	31	129	129	124	706	290	376	40	45	.943	5.16							SS
Ty Cobb	32	123	123	120	299	272	19	8	2	.973	2.37							OF
George Cunningham	24	18	0	0	21	2	16	3	0	.857	1.06							P
Hooks Dauss	29	34	32	22	108	5	101	2	6	.981	3.12							P
Ben Dyer	26	37	19	18	104	36	62	6	5	.942	2.80							3B-SS-OF
Howard Ehmke	25	33	31	20	98	9	86	3	3	.969	2.88							P
Babe Ellison	22	36	28	28	128	59	65	4	7	.969	3.44							2B-OF-SS
Eric Erickson	24	3	2	0	7	0	6	1	0	.857	2.00							P
Ira Flagstead	25	84	79	76	163	140	15	8	2	.951	1.87							OF
Harry Heilmann	24	140	140	139	1511	1402	78	31	66	.979	10.57							1B
Bill James	32	2	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.50							P
Bob Jones	29	127	127	115	374	134	219	21	11	.944	2.78							3B
Rudy Kallio	26	12	1	0	5	1	4	0	1	1.000	0.42							P
Dutch Leonard	27	29	28	18	50	7	40	3	1	.940	1.62							P
Slim Love	28	22	8	4	18	1	15	2	2	.889	0.73							P
Willie Mitchell	29	3	2	0	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.67							P
Chick Shorten	27	75	71	66	149	143	2	4	2	.973	1.93							OF
Oscar Stanage	36	37	35	32	194	150	39	5	6	.974	5.11	2		46	20	30%		C-1B
Bobby Veach	31	138	138	138	364	338	14	12	1	.967	2.55							OF
Archie Yelle	27	6	0	0	6	4	1	1	0	.833	0.83	0		0	1	100%		C
Ralph Young	30	125	125	120	740	312	405	23	41	.969	5.74							2B-SS
Team Totals	28.5	140	1259	1161	5745	3782	1758	205	215	.964	4.03	11		129	76	37%
Rank in 8 AL teams								4	8	5
	Age	G	GS	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
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 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
Doc Ayers	28	93.2	5	34	49	-2	1.0	15	1.7	$	Traded
Bernie Boland	27	242.2	30	93	126	-4	1.0	33	3.9	$
George Cunningham	24	47.2	0	36	25	-1	1.0	-11	-1.2	$	Purchased
Hooks Dauss	29	256.1	32	125	133	-4	1.0	8	1.2	$	Purchased
Howard Ehmke	25	248.2	31	114	129	-4	1.0	15	2.0	$	Purchased
Eric Erickson	24	14.2	2	17	8	0	1.0	-9	-1.0	$
Bill James	32	9.1	1	6	5	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$	Traded
Rudy Kallio	26	22.1	1	15	12	0	1.0	-3	-0.4	$
Dutch Leonard*	27	217.1	28	89	113	-4	1.0	24	2.9	$	Purchased
Slim Love*	28	89.2	8	40	46	-1	1.0	6	0.8	$	Traded
Willie Mitchell*	29	13.2	2	8	7	0	1.0	-1	-0.1	$	Waivers
Team Total	27.1	1256.0	140	577	653	-20	1.0	76	9.7	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1918 / 1920 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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