Franchise Encyclopedia: 1921 / 1923
79-75, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ty Cobb (79-75)
Scored 828 runs, Allowed 791 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-74
Ballpark: Navin Field (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 861,206 (2nd of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Johnny Bassler* | 27 | 121 | 453 | 372 | 41 | 120 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 62 | 12 | .323 | .422 | .360 | .782 | 109 | 134 | 2 | 17 | |||
| 2 | 1B | Lu Blue# | 25 | 145 | 681 | 584 | 131 | 175 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 82 | 48 | .300 | .392 | .414 | .807 | 114 | 242 | 7 | 8 | |||
| 3 | 2B | George Cutshaw | 34 | 132 | 556 | 499 | 57 | 133 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 61 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 13 | .267 | .300 | .339 | .639 | 69 | 169 | 4 | 33 | |||
| 4 | SS | Topper Rigney | 25 | 155 | 642 | 536 | 68 | 161 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 63 | 17 | 8 | 68 | 44 | .300 | .380 | .369 | .750 | 99 | 198 | 1 | 37 | |||
| 5 | 3B | Bob Jones* | 32 | 124 | 522 | 455 | 65 | 117 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 18 | .257 | .314 | .325 | .640 | 70 | 148 | 2 | 29 | |||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 6 | Bobby Veach* | 34 | 155 | 704 | 618 | 96 | 202 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 126 | 9 | 1 | 42 | 27 | .327 | .377 | .468 | .845 | 123 | 289 | 8 | 36 | ||||
| 7 | Ty Cobb* | 35 | 137 | 612 | 526 | 99 | 211 | 42 | 16 | 4 | 99 | 9 | 13 | 55 | 24 | .401 | .462 | .565 | 1.026 | 171 | 297 | 4 | 27 | ||||
| 8 | 1B | Harry Heilmann | 27 | 118 | 527 | 455 | 92 | 162 | 27 | 10 | 21 | 92 | 8 | 4 | 58 | 28 | .356 | .432 | .598 | 1.030 | 170 | 272 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 9 | 3B | Fred Haney | 26 | 81 | 258 | 213 | 41 | 75 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 14 | .352 | .439 | .423 | .862 | 129 | 90 | 1 | 12 | |||
| 10 | 2B | Danny Clark* | 28 | 83 | 205 | 185 | 31 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 11 | .292 | .345 | .432 | .777 | 105 | 80 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 11 | Bob Fothergill | 24 | 42 | 163 | 152 | 20 | 49 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | .322 | .356 | .454 | .810 | 113 | 69 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 12 | C | Larry Woodall | 27 | 50 | 136 | 125 | 19 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 11 | .344 | .388 | .392 | .780 | 107 | 49 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 13 | Ira Flagstead | 28 | 44 | 110 | 91 | 21 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 16 | .308 | .411 | .527 | .939 | 147 | 48 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 14 | C | Clyde Manion | 25 | 42 | 76 | 69 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .275 | .315 | .362 | .677 | 79 | 25 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 15 | IF | Chick Gagnon | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | John Mohardt | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 431 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 17 | P | Howard Ehmke | 28 | 45 | 108 | 102 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .157 | .173 | .216 | .389 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 18 | P | Herman Pillette | 25 | 40 | 106 | 99 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .172 | .204 | .202 | .406 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 19 | P | Hooks Dauss | 32 | 39 | 84 | 72 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .208 | .296 | .292 | .588 | 56 | 21 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 20 | P | Red Oldham# | 28 | 43 | 80 | 73 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .260 | .316 | .342 | .659 | 75 | 25 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 21 | P | Ole Olsen | 27 | 39 | 43 | 39 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .179 | .200 | .231 | .431 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 22 | P | Syl Johnson | 21 | 29 | 37 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .222 | .222 | .278 | .500 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 23 | P | Bert Cole* | 25 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .160 | .222 | .160 | .382 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 24 | P | Lil Stoner | 23 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .100 | .182 | .150 | .332 | -11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 25 | P | Roy Moore# | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 128 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 26 | P | Carl Holling | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 27 | P | Ken Holloway | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 29.1 | 155 | 6168 | 5360 | 828 | 1642 | 247 | 89 | 54 | 735 | 78 | 60 | 530 | 382 | .306 | .373 | .416 | .788 | 109 | 2229 | 0 | 36 | 242 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Howard Ehmke | 28 | 17 | 17 | .500 | 4.22 | 45 | 30 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 279.2 | 299 | 146 | 131 | 12 | 101 | 108 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1232 | 92 | 1.430 | 9.6 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 1.07 | |
| 2 | SP | Herman Pillette | 25 | 19 | 12 | .613 | 2.85 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 274.2 | 270 | 110 | 87 | 6 | 95 | 71 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1183 | 136 | 1.329 | 8.8 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 0.75 | |
| 3 | SP | Hooks Dauss | 32 | 13 | 13 | .500 | 4.20 | 39 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 218.2 | 251 | 123 | 102 | 7 | 59 | 78 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 967 | 92 | 1.418 | 10.3 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 1.32 | |
| 4 | SP | Red Oldham* | 28 | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.67 | 43 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 212.0 | 256 | 130 | 110 | 14 | 59 | 72 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 938 | 83 | 1.486 | 10.9 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1.22 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 5 | RP | Ole Olsen | 27 | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.53 | 37 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 137.0 | 147 | 84 | 69 | 8 | 40 | 52 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 597 | 85 | 1.365 | 9.7 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 1.30 | |
| 6 | RP | Syl Johnson | 21 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.71 | 29 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 97.0 | 99 | 52 | 40 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 407 | 104 | 1.330 | 9.2 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 0.97 | |
| 7 | RP | Bert Cole* | 25 | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.88 | 23 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 79.1 | 105 | 60 | 43 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 383 | 79 | 1.815 | 11.9 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 0.54 | |
| 8 | RP | Lil Stoner | 23 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 7.04 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62.2 | 76 | 53 | 49 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 289 | 55 | 1.771 | 10.9 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 0.51 | |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 9 | Roy Moore* | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5.95 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19.2 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 65 | 1.983 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 0.90 | |||
| 10 | Carl Holling | 25 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 15.43 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 25 | 2.786 | 20.3 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 0.40 | ||
| 11 | Ken Holloway | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 27.0 | 79 | 75 | .513 | 4.27 | 155 | 155 | 91 | 67 | 7 | 15 | 1391.0 | 1554 | 789 | 660 | 62 | 473 | 461 | 84 | 2 | 19 | 6148 | 91 | 1.457 | 10.1 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 0.97 | |||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3581 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Bassler | 27 | 118 | 545 | 421 | 113 | 11 | 12 | .980 | 4.53 | 7 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Lu Blue | 25 | 144 | 1616 | 1506 | 95 | 15 | 107 | .991 | 11.12 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Danny Clark | 28 | 39 | 184 | 73 | 101 | 10 | 16 | .946 | 4.46 | 2B-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Bert Cole | 25 | 23 | 29 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.17 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| George Cutshaw | 34 | 132 | 745 | 334 | 390 | 21 | 69 | .972 | 5.48 | 2B | ||||||||||||||||
| Hooks Dauss | 32 | 39 | 68 | 5 | 61 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 1.69 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Howard Ehmke | 28 | 45 | 88 | 11 | 75 | 2 | 2 | .977 | 1.91 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Chick Gagnon | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | SS-3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Fred Haney | 26 | 66 | 282 | 158 | 112 | 12 | 17 | .957 | 4.09 | 3B-1B-SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Harry Heilmann | 27 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 1B | ||||||||||||||||
| Carl Holling | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.60 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ken Holloway | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | P | |||||||||||||||||
| Syl Johnson | 21 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 0.69 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Jones | 32 | 119 | 445 | 161 | 267 | 17 | 22 | .962 | 3.60 | 3B | ||||||||||||||||
| Clyde Manion | 25 | 23 | 74 | 61 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .932 | 3.00 | 0 | C-1B | |||||||||||||||
| Roy Moore | 23 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.78 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Red Oldham | 28 | 43 | 67 | 7 | 57 | 3 | 1 | .955 | 1.49 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Ole Olsen | 27 | 37 | 45 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 1.19 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Herman Pillette | 25 | 40 | 97 | 11 | 82 | 4 | 5 | .959 | 2.33 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Topper Rigney | 25 | 155 | 805 | 262 | 493 | 50 | 74 | .938 | 4.87 | SS | ||||||||||||||||
| Lil Stoner | 23 | 17 | 26 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.41 | P | ||||||||||||||||
| Larry Woodall | 27 | 40 | 131 | 117 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .977 | 3.20 | 3 | C | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.7 | 155 | 6375 | 4167 | 2016 | 192 | 341 | .970 | 3.83 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank in 8 AL teams | 6 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |