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1921 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1920 / 1922)
71-82, Finished 6th in American League
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Scored 883 runs, Allowed 852 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-74
Manager: Ty Cobb (71-82)
Ballpark: Navin Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 661,527 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94

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1920 / 1922 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 Johnny Bassler* 26 119 463 388 37 119 18 5 0 56 2 1 58 16 .307 .401 .379 .780 101 147 3 14
2 1B Lu Blue# 24 153 709 585 103 180 33 11 5 75 13 17 103 47 .308 .416 .427 .843 116 250 5 16
3 2B Ralph Young# 32 107 486 401 70 120 8 3 0 29 11 9 69 23 .299 .406 .334 .740 91 134 3 13
4 SS Donie Bush# 33 104 488 402 72 113 6 5 0 27 8 11 45 23 .281 .355 .321 .676 74 129 1 40
5 3B Bob Jones* 31 141 618 554 82 168 23 9 1 72 8 9 37 24 .303 .348 .383 .731 87 212 1 26
6 OF Harry Heilmann 26 149 672 602 114 237 43 14 19 139 2 6 53 37 .394 .444 .606 1.051 167 365 2 15
7 OF Ty Cobb* 34 128 581 507 124 197 37 16 12 101 22 15 56 19 .389 .452 .596 1.048 166 302 3 15
8 OF Bobby Veach* 33 150 688 612 110 207 43 13 16 128 14 10 48 31 .338 .387 .529 .917 133 324 1 27
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 SS Ira Flagstead 27 85 297 259 40 79 16 2 0 31 8 4 21 21 .305 .371 .382 .753 93 99 6 11
10 OF Chick Shorten* 29 92 243 217 33 59 11 3 0 23 2 3 20 11 .272 .333 .350 .684 75 76 0 6
11 IF Joe Sargent 27 66 211 178 21 45 8 5 2 22 2 3 24 26 .253 .342 .388 .729 86 69 0 9
12 C Eddie Ainsmith 31 35 115 98 6 27 5 2 0 12 1 0 13 7 .276 .360 .367 .728 87 36 0 4
13 C Larry Woodall 26 46 92 80 10 29 4 1 0 14 1 0 6 7 .363 .407 .438 .844 116 35 0 6
14 SS Herm Merritt 20 20 49 46 3 17 1 2 0 6 1 0 1 5 .370 .396 .478 .874 123 22 1 1
15 C Clyde Manion 24 12 14 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .200 .385 .200 .585 53 2 1 1
16 2B Sam Barnes* 21 7 14 11 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .182 .357 .273 .630 63 3 1 0
17 SS Jackie Tavener* 23 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
18 Sammy Hale 24 9 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
19 3B Clarence Huber 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 OF George Cunningham 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Hooks Dauss 31 32 94 88 8 23 2 1 1 11 0 0 4 15 .261 .293 .341 .634 62 30 0 2
22 P Red Oldham# 27 42 92 85 12 19 1 3 2 7 0 0 5 23 .224 .267 .376 .643 63 32 0 2
23 P Dutch Leonard* 29 36 92 82 6 14 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 13 .171 .218 .183 .401 4 15 0 5
24 P Howard Ehmke 27 30 79 74 9 21 3 1 0 9 0 0 1 7 .284 .293 .351 .645 64 26 0 4
25 P Carl Holling 24 35 53 48 4 13 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 4 .271 .314 .313 .626 61 15 0 2
26 P Bert Cole* 24 30 50 46 12 13 2 3 0 8 0 0 1 4 .283 .298 .457 .754 91 21 0 3
27 P Jim Middleton 32 38 40 34 2 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 .147 .194 .176 .371 -4 6 0 4
28 P Suds Sutherland 27 17 29 27 4 11 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 4 .407 .448 .444 .893 129 12 1 0
29 P Slicker Parks 25 10 11 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311 -19 1 0 1
30 P Pol Perritt 29 4 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 105 2 0 0
31 P Dan Boone 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
32 P Lefty Stewart 20 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
33 P Doc Ayers 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Jim Walsh* 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.2 154 6293 5456 887 1723 270 99 58 793 95 89 581 373 .316 .385 .433 .818 109 2365 0 29 227 0 0
Rank in 8 AL teams 2 3 1 3 2 4 3 2 3 6 1 1 2 2 2
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 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 31 115 75 13 4.6 113 .297 .276 .298 .360 .364 .367 .419 .728 .783 87 .459 -1.7 -0.2 .704 .235 .092 .0 2
Doc Ayers 30 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
*Sam Barnes 21 14 9 1 3.0 113 .200 .182 .298 .357 .364 .273 .419 .630 .783 63 .273 -0.4 -0.0 .667 .273 .091 /4
*Johnny Bassler 26 463 284 58 5.5 113 .320 .307 .298 .401 .364 .379 .419 .780 .783 101 .534 3.7 0.4 .774 .224 .072 .0 *2
#Lu Blue 24 709 438 99 6.1 113 .328 .308 .298 .416 .364 .427 .419 .843 .783 116 .579 20.1 1.9 .839 .289 .120 7.2 *3
Dan Boone 26 1 1 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .298 .000 .364 .000 .419 .000 .783 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
#Donie Bush 33 488 340 44 3.5 113 .298 .281 .298 .355 .364 .321 .419 .676 .783 74 .332 -14.7 -1.4 .573 .144 .040 .0 64
*Ty Cobb 34 581 340 133 10.5 113 .389 .389 .298 .452 .364 .596 .419 1.048 .783 166 .790 51.7 4.8 1.132 .331 .207 15.5 *O
*Bert Cole 24 50 36 6 4.5 113 .310 .283 .298 .298 .364 .457 .419 .754 .783 91 .441 -1.2 -0.1 .667 .196 .174 1
George Cunningham 26 0 0 0.0 0.0 /O
Hooks Dauss 31 94 67 9 3.6 113 .306 .261 .298 .293 .364 .341 .419 .634 .783 62 .347 -5.4 -0.5 .523 .125 .080 .0 1
Howard Ehmke 27 79 57 8 3.8 113 .313 .284 .298 .293 .364 .351 .419 .645 .783 64 .366 -4.3 -0.4 .509 .081 .068 1
Ira Flagstead 27 297 195 35 4.8 113 .332 .305 .298 .371 .364 .382 .419 .753 .783 93 .475 -1.6 -0.2 .707 .174 .077 .0 6O/45
Sammy Hale 24 2 3 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .298 .000 .364 .000 .419 .000 .783 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 -0.333 -0.500 .000
Harry Heilmann 26 672 386 159 11.0 113 .399 .394 .298 .444 .364 .606 .419 1.051 .783 167 .805 60.1 5.5 1.121 .294 .213 3.6 *O/3
Carl Holling 24 53 37 5 3.6 113 .295 .271 .298 .314 .364 .313 .419 .626 .783 61 .350 -2.8 -0.3 .514 .104 .042 1
Clarence Huber 25 0 0 0.0 0.0 /5
*Bob Jones 31 618 421 72 4.6 113 .316 .303 .298 .348 .364 .383 .419 .731 .783 87 .453 -11.5 -1.1 .630 .144 .079 1.8 *5
*Dutch Leonard 29 92 73 3 1.1 113 .203 .171 .298 .218 .364 .183 .419 .401 .783 4 .057 -12.2 -1.2 .294 .073 .012 1
Clyde Manion 24 14 9 1 3.0 113 .250 .200 .298 .385 .364 .200 .419 .585 .783 53 .273 -0.5 -0.1 .625 .200 .000 /2
Herm Merritt 20 49 30 9 8.0 113 .415 .370 .298 .396 .364 .478 .419 .874 .783 123 .698 1.3 0.1 .862 .152 .109 .0 6
Jim Middleton 32 40 33 1 0.8 113 .147 .147 .298 .194 .364 .176 .419 .371 .783 -4 .034 -5.5 -0.5 .276 .088 .029 1
#Red Oldham 27 92 68 9 3.6 113 .283 .224 .298 .267 .364 .376 .419 .643 .783 63 .341 -5.7 -0.5 .561 .212 .153 .0 1
Slicker Parks 25 11 9 0 0.0 113 .125 .111 .298 .200 .364 .111 .419 .311 .783 -19 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .250 .111 .000 1
Pol Perritt 29 5 3 1 8.9 113 .400 .400 .298 .400 .364 .400 .419 .800 .783 105 .737 0.0 0.0 .667 .000 .000 /1
Joe Sargent 27 211 145 23 4.3 113 .287 .253 .298 .342 .364 .388 .419 .729 .783 86 .419 -3.8 -0.4 .676 .264 .135 2.0 456
*Chick Shorten 29 243 167 25 4.0 113 .286 .272 .298 .333 .364 .350 .419 .684 .783 75 .394 -8.0 -0.8 .590 .166 .078 .0 O
Lefty Stewart 20 1 1 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .298 .000 .364 .000 .419 .000 .783 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000 /1
Suds Sutherland 27 29 16 5 8.4 113 .478 .407 .298 .448 .364 .444 .419 .893 .783 129 .714 1.3 0.1 .875 .074 .037 1/O
*Jackie Tavener 23 4 4 0 0.0 113 .000 .000 .298 .000 .364 .000 .419 .000 .783 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /6
*Bobby Veach 33 688 442 123 7.5 113 .338 .338 .298 .387 .364 .529 .419 .917 .783 133 .669 28.4 2.6 .908 .276 .191 14.9 *O
*Jim Walsh 26 0 0 0.0 0.0 /1
Larry Woodall 26 92 57 14 6.6 113 .397 .363 .298 .407 .364 .438 .419 .844 .783 116 .616 2.1 0.2 .824 .163 .075 .0 2
#Ralph Young 32 486 303 54 4.8 113 .317 .299 .298 .406 .364 .334 .419 .740 .783 91 .471 -0.8 -0.1 .717 .212 .035 .0 *4
League Average 5.1 114 .310 .292 .300 .356 .365 .407 .421 .762 .786 94 .505 .706 .210 .115
Team Total 6293 4049 910 6.0 113 .331 .316 .298 .385 .364 .433 .419 .818 .783 109 .577 84.6 7.6 .780 .225 .118 72.0
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 31 65 182 166 11 45 5 3 0 16 1 16 12 .271 .335 .337 .673 19 62 62
*Sam Barnes 21 7 14 11 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .182 .357 .273 .630 1 7 7
*Johnny Bassler 26 125 457 398 34 115 17 5 0 51 2 56 17 .289 .381 .357 .738 54 119 119
#Lu Blue 24 161 700 597 95 171 31 10 5 69 12 98 49 .286 .391 .397 .788 92 153 153
Dan Boone 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 1
#Donie Bush 33 134 555 499 81 126 7 5 0 27 10 55 28 .253 .328 .287 .615 46 127 127
*Ty Cobb 34 135 569 513 114 187 35 15 11 93 21 53 20 .365 .427 .556 .983 122 128 128
*Bert Cole 24 32 48 47 10 12 2 3 0 7 0 1 4 .255 .271 .426 .696 5 30 30
Hooks Dauss 31 34 95 91 8 23 2 1 1 11 0 4 16 .253 .284 .330 .614 8 32 32
Howard Ehmke 27 32 78 77 9 21 3 1 0 9 0 1 7 .273 .282 .338 .620 7 30 30
Ira Flagstead 27 89 292 266 37 77 16 2 0 29 8 20 22 .289 .353 .365 .717 33 85 85
Sammy Hale 24 9 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9 9
Harry Heilmann 26 157 663 610 105 226 41 13 18 128 2 51 39 .370 .421 .569 .990 146 149 149
Carl Holling 24 37 52 49 4 12 2 0 0 4 0 3 4 .245 .288 .286 .574 4 35 35
*Bob Jones 31 148 603 567 76 161 22 9 1 66 8 35 25 .284 .327 .360 .686 66 141 141
*Dutch Leonard 29 38 91 86 6 14 1 0 0 5 0 5 14 .163 .209 .174 .383 3 36 36
Clyde Manion 24 13 16 11 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 .273 .500 .273 .773 1 12 12
Herm Merritt 20 21 50 48 3 17 1 2 0 6 1 1 5 .354 .380 .458 .838 8 20 20
Jim Middleton 32 40 38 36 2 5 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 .139 .184 .167 .351 1 38 38
#Red Oldham 27 44 92 87 10 18 1 3 2 6 0 5 24 .207 .250 .356 .606 7 42 42
Slicker Parks 25 11 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 10 10
Pol Perritt 29 9 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 9 9
Joe Sargent 27 69 206 183 19 43 8 5 2 20 2 23 27 .235 .320 .366 .687 21 66 66
*Chick Shorten 29 97 242 223 31 57 11 3 0 22 2 19 12 .256 .314 .332 .646 23 92 92
Lefty Stewart 20 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5 5
Suds Sutherland 27 18 29 27 3 10 1 0 0 6 0 1 4 .370 .414 .407 .821 4 17 17
*Jackie Tavener 23 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Bobby Veach 33 158 671 624 101 198 41 12 15 117 13 46 33 .317 .365 .494 .859 113 150 150
Larry Woodall 26 48 89 83 9 29 4 1 0 13 1 6 7 .349 .393 .422 .815 14 46 46
#Ralph Young 32 113 482 412 65 116 8 3 0 27 11 67 24 .282 .386 .316 .701 49 107 107
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 31 12 2693 865 2693 2391 231 535 83 44 6 222 80 12 213 253 .224 .290 .303 .593 72 724 10 79
Doc Ayers 30 9 451 299 451 420 20 72 10 2 0 23 1 4 13 72 .171 .198 .205 .403 18 86 0 1 17 0 0
*Sam Barnes 21 1 14 7 14 11 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .182 .357 .273 .630 63 3 1 0
*Johnny Bassler 26 3 558 163 558 467 42 133 19 6 0 62 5 3 73 24 .285 .386 .351 .737 94 164 4 14
#Lu Blue 24 1 709 153 709 585 103 180 33 11 5 75 13 17 103 47 .308 .416 .427 .843 116 250 5 16
Dan Boone 26 2 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
#Donie Bush 33 14 8548 1895 8548 7054 1257 1763 182 73 9 429 402 73 1137 338 .250 .356 .300 .657 91 2118 29 328
*Ty Cobb 34 17 9357 2169 9357 8236 1626 3053 496 234 81 1375 802 104 851 259 .371 .434 .517 .951 180 4260 71 199
*Bert Cole 24 1 50 30 50 46 12 13 2 3 0 8 0 0 1 4 .283 .298 .457 .754 91 21 0 3
George Cunningham 26 5 253 162 253 210 27 47 6 3 1 13 2 0 36 67 .224 .337 .295 .633 91 62 0 7
Hooks Dauss 31 10 925 341 925 787 72 143 24 12 3 68 3 0 99 197 .182 .279 .254 .533 54 200 7 32
Howard Ehmke 27 6 383 159 383 365 23 88 15 4 0 23 0 0 8 50 .241 .257 .304 .561 55 111 0 10
Ira Flagstead 27 4 1002 296 1002 861 123 247 51 10 8 107 17 8 93 88 .287 .366 .397 .763 105 342 14 34
Sammy Hale 24 2 126 85 126 118 15 34 3 3 1 14 2 1 5 16 .288 .317 .390 .707 89 46 0 3
Harry Heilmann 26 7 3549 868 3549 3157 427 980 171 63 50 537 46 21 269 243 .310 .368 .452 .820 131 1427 18 105
Carl Holling 24 1 53 35 53 48 4 13 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 4 .271 .314 .313 .626 61 15 0 2
Clarence Huber 25 2 42 12 42 42 4 9 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 5 .214 .214 .310 .524 39 13 0 0
*Bob Jones 31 5 1817 469 1817 1622 213 439 62 24 3 170 32 13 114 100 .271 .321 .344 .665 83 558 5 76
*Dutch Leonard 29 9 740 304 740 646 39 110 13 2 0 38 0 0 55 121 .170 .238 .197 .434 26 127 2 37
Clyde Manion 24 2 101 44 101 90 4 24 4 1 0 10 0 0 6 9 .267 .327 .333 .660 76 30 2 3
Herm Merritt 20 1 49 20 49 46 3 17 1 2 0 6 1 0 1 5 .370 .396 .478 .874 123 22 1 1
Jim Middleton 32 2 48 51 48 42 2 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 .119 .159 .143 .302 -20 6 0 4
#Red Oldham 27 4 203 107 203 183 22 37 4 4 2 15 0 0 13 50 .202 .255 .301 .556 47 55 0 7
Slicker Parks 25 1 11 10 11 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .111 .311 -19 1 0 1
Pol Perritt 29 10 509 257 509 477 27 72 10 2 0 21 2 1 10 152 .151 .168 .180 .349 6 86 0 22
Joe Sargent 27 1 211 66 211 178 21 45 8 5 2 22 2 3 24 26 .253 .342 .388 .729 86 69 0 9
*Chick Shorten 29 6 1291 431 1291 1145 132 315 36 15 1 112 12 7 90 58 .275 .328 .335 .664 84 384 1 55
Lefty Stewart 20 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Suds Sutherland 27 1 29 17 29 27 4 11 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 4 .407 .448 .444 .893 129 12 1 0
*Jackie Tavener 23 1 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
*Bobby Veach 33 10 5739 1335 5739 5068 718 1563 298 120 48 877 170 71 441 297 .308 .369 .443 .812 132 2245 42 188
*Jim Walsh 26 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Woodall 26 2 146 64 146 129 14 41 5 1 0 19 1 0 8 13 .318 .358 .372 .730 90 48 0 9
#Ralph Young 32 8 3798 897 3798 3173 418 793 89 28 3 219 84 53 440 214 .250 .343 .298 .642 83 947 12 173
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

1920 / 1922 Batting Statistics