1917 Detroit Tigers Statistics

1916 Season 1918 Season

Record: 78-75-1, Finished 4th in American League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Hughie Jennings (78-75-1)

Ballpark: Navin Field

Attendance: 457,289 (3rd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97

Pythagorean W-L: 84-69, 639 Runs, 577 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	Oscar Stanage	34	99	329	297	19	61	14	1	0	30	3		20	35	.205	.263	.259	.522	59	77		3	9
2	1B	George Burns	24	119	443	407	42	92	14	10	1	42	3		15	33	.226	.264	.317	.581	77	129		6	14
3	2B	Ralph Young#	28	141	599	503	64	116	18	2	1	38	8		61	35	.231	.317	.280	.598	82	141		3	31
4	SS	Donie Bush#	29	147	675	581	112	163	18	3	0	23	34		80	40	.281	.370	.322	.691	111	187		2	10
5	3B	Ossie Vitt	27	140	603	512	65	130	13	6	0	45	18		56	15	.254	.329	.303	.631	93	155		1	31
6	OF	Harry Heilmann	22	150	623	556	57	156	22	11	5	85	11		41	54	.281	.333	.387	.720	120	215		3	19
7	OF	Ty Cobb*	30	152	671	588	107	225	44	24	6	106	55		61	34	.383	.444	.570	1.014	209	335		4	16
8	OF	Bobby Veach*	29	154	666	571	79	182	31	12	8	110	21		61	44	.319	.393	.457	.850	159	261		9	25
Rk	Pos	Name	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	C	Tubby Spencer	33	70	219	192	13	46	8	3	0	22	0		15	15	.240	.324	.313	.637	94	60		9	2
10	OF	George Harper*	25	47	137	117	6	24	3	0	0	12	2		11	15	.205	.290	.231	.521	59	27		3	5
11	1B	Sam Crawford*	37	61	113	104	6	18	4	0	2	11	0		4	6	.173	.204	.269	.473	44	28		0	4
12	IF	Bob Jones*	27	46	83	77	16	12	1	2	0	2	3		4	8	.156	.198	.221	.418	28	17		0	2
13	IF	Ben Dyer	24	30	71	67	6	14	5	0	0	0	3		2	17	.209	.232	.284	.515	57	19		0	2
14	C	Archie Yelle	25	25	57	51	4	7	1	0	0	0	2		5	4	.137	.214	.157	.371	13	8		0	0
15	1B	Babe Ellison	20	9	37	29	2	5	1	2	1	4	0		6	3	.172	.333	.448	.782	138	13		1	1
16	OF	Fred Nicholson	22	13	18	14	4	4	1	0	0	2	0		1	2	.286	.333	.357	.690	111	5		0	2
17	OF	Ira Flagstead	23	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
18		Frank Walker	22	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
19	2B	Tony DeFate	22	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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
20	P	Hooks Dauss	27	38	103	87	7	11	3	0	0	2	0		13	24	.126	.240	.161	.401	22	14		0	3
21	P	Bernie Boland	25	45	82	72	8	4	1	1	0	3	0		4	19	.056	.105	.097	.202	-38	7		0	5
22	P	Howard Ehmke	23	35	74	69	3	17	2	0	0	2	0		4	13	.246	.288	.275	.563	72	19		0	1
23	P	Bill James#	30	34	69	57	7	12	0	0	0	2	0		10	20	.211	.328	.211	.539	65	12		0	2
24	P	Willie Mitchell	27	31	66	59	3	7	0	0	0	4	0		1	11	.119	.148	.119	.266	-19	7		1	4
25	P	George Cunningham	22	44	39	34	5	6	0	0	1	3	0		3	13	.176	.243	.265	.508	55	9		0	2
26	P	Harry Coveleski#	31	16	23	22	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.227	.227	.227	.455	39	5		0	1
27	P	Carroll Jones	23	24	21	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	8	.000	.211	.000	.211	-35	0		0	2
28	P	Johnny Couch*	26	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-39	0		0	0
		Team Totals	27.8	154	5834	5093	639	1317	204	77	25	548	163		483	476	.259	.328	.344	.672	105	1750		45	193
		Rank in 8 AL teams				4	2	1	2	2	2		4		5	2	1	2	1	1		1		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.0	154	5352	4674	603	1255	198	76	24	532	163		443	363	.269	.338	.359	.696	112	1677		44	173
		Pitcher Totals	26.1	154	482	419	36	62	6	1	1	16	0		40	113	.148	.224	.174	.398	22	73		1	20
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Hooks Dauss	27	17	14	.548	2.43	37	31	5	22	6	2	270.2	243	105	73	3	87		102	7	1	4	1085	109	2.69	1.219	8.1	0.1	2.9	3.4	1.17
2	SP	Bernie Boland	25	16	11	.593	2.68	43	28	13	13	3	6	238.0	192	89	71	0	95		89	6	0	0	952	98	2.79	1.206	7.3	0.0	3.6	3.4	0.94
3	SP	Howard Ehmke	23	10	15	.400	2.97	35	25	10	13	4	2	206.0	174	84	68	3	88		90	5	0	4	808	89	2.93	1.272	7.6	0.1	3.8	3.9	1.02
4	SP	Bill James	30	13	10	.565	2.09	34	23	5	10	2	1	198.0	163	71	46	2	96		62	12	0	2	821	126	3.40	1.308	7.4	0.1	4.4	2.8	0.65
5	SP	Willie Mitchell*	27	12	8	.600	2.19	30	22	7	12	5	0	185.1	172	66	45	2	46		80	13	0	0	747	121	2.49	1.176	8.4	0.1	2.2	3.9	1.74
6	SP	Harry Coveleski*	31	4	6	.400	2.61	16	11	1	2	0	0	69.0	70	39	20	0	14		15	2	0	1	280	102	2.52	1.217	9.1	0.0	1.8	2.0	1.07
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	RP	George Cunningham	22	2	7	.222	2.91	44	8	25	4	0	4	139.0	113	72	45	2	51		49	4	0	4	553	91	2.93	1.180	7.3	0.1	3.3	3.2	0.96
8	RP	Carroll Jones	23	4	4	.500	2.92	24	6	9	2	0	0	77.0	69	34	25	0	26		28	6	0	3	302	91	2.78	1.234	8.1	0.0	3.0	3.3	1.08
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
9		Johnny Couch	26	0	0		2.70	3	0	1	0	0	0	13.1	13	6	4	0	1		1	0	0	0	52	102	2.34	1.050	8.8	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.00
		Team Totals	26.0	78	75	.510	2.56	154	154	76	78	20	15	1396.1	1209	566	397	12	504		516	55	1	18	5600	103	2.84	1.227	7.8	0.1	3.2	3.3	1.02
		Rank in 8 AL teams		4	5		4				5	3	3	6	2	6	4	2	5		4
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W