1916 Detroit Tigers Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 87-67
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 616,772, Avg. 8,407
Ballpark: Navin Field
Manager: Hughie Jennings (87-67)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1916 Detroit Tigers RosterTeam Record: 87-67
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 616,772, Avg. 8,407
Ballpark: Navin Field
Manager: Hughie Jennings (87-67)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1916 Detroit Tigers Results
The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1916 season with a record of 87 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Tigers led the league with 670 runs, sparked by 17 home runs. Detroit yielded 595 runs. Bobby Veach drove in 91 runs. Ty Cobb topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .371. Harry Coveleski paced the squad with 21 wins, while Hooks Dauss added 15 or more wins, too Harry Coveleski registered a 1.97 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Hughie Jennings coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Coveleski | 21 | 11 | .656 | 1.97 | 44 | 39 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 324.3 | 278 | 105 | 71 | 6 | 63 | 0 | 108 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1248 |
| Hooks Dauss | 19 | 12 | .613 | 3.21 | 39 | 29 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 238.7 | 220 | 102 | 85 | 2 | 90 | 0 | 95 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 961 |
| Bernie Boland | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.94 | 46 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 130.3 | 111 | 69 | 57 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 539 |
| Jean Dubuc | 10 | 10 | .500 | 2.96 | 36 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 170.3 | 134 | 66 | 56 | 1 | 84 | 0 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 663 |
| Bill James | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.68 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 151.7 | 141 | 76 | 62 | 1 | 79 | 0 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 642 |
| Willie Mitchell | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.31 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 127.7 | 119 | 53 | 47 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 523 |
| George Cunningham | 7 | 10 | .412 | 2.75 | 35 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 150.3 | 146 | 71 | 46 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 619 |
| Howard Ehmke | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37.3 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 150 |
| George Boehler | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.73 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 |
| Earl Hamilton | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.65 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37.3 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 160 |
| Grover Lowdermilk | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Carroll Jones | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |
| Eric Erickson | 0 | 0 | 2.81 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | |
| Bill McTigue | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Totals | 87 | 67 | .565 | 2.97 | 281 | 155 | 74 | 81 | 8 | 13 | 1410.0 | 1254 | 595 | 465 | 12 | 578 | 0 | 531 | 62 | 3 | 37 | 5688 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Cobb | 145 | 636 | 542 | 113 | 201 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 68 | 68 | 24 | 78 | 39 | .371 | .452 | .493 | .944 | 267 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Veach | 150 | 645 | 566 | 92 | 173 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 91 | 24 | 15 | 52 | 41 | .306 | .367 | .433 | .800 | 245 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Young | 153 | 614 | 528 | 60 | 139 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 45 | 20 | 20 | 62 | 43 | .263 | .342 | .322 | .664 | 170 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| George Burns | 135 | 527 | 479 | 60 | 137 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 73 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 30 | .286 | .327 | .382 | .709 | 183 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Ossie Vitt | 153 | 705 | 597 | 88 | 135 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 42 | 18 | 0 | 75 | 28 | .226 | .314 | .295 | .608 | 176 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Heilmann | 136 | 513 | 451 | 57 | 127 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 73 | 9 | 0 | 42 | 40 | .282 | .349 | .410 | .760 | 185 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Donie Bush | 145 | 653 | 550 | 73 | 124 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 19 | 0 | 75 | 42 | .225 | .319 | .267 | .587 | 147 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Crawford | 100 | 368 | 322 | 41 | 92 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 10 | .286 | .359 | .401 | .760 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Oscar Stanage | 94 | 318 | 291 | 16 | 69 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 48 | .237 | .286 | .316 | .602 | 92 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Coveleski | 44 | 120 | 118 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | .212 | .218 | .271 | .490 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tubby Spencer | 19 | 65 | 54 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .370 | .443 | .481 | .924 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean Dubuc | 52 | 87 | 78 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .256 | .318 | .308 | .625 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hooks Dauss | 39 | 92 | 72 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 30 | .222 | .364 | .361 | .725 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Red McKee | 32 | 84 | 76 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .211 | .268 | .276 | .545 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Del Baker | 61 | 115 | 98 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | .153 | .245 | .194 | .439 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| George Cunningham | 35 | 50 | 41 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .268 | .388 | .415 | .802 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Kavanagh | 58 | 90 | 78 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .141 | .239 | .192 | .431 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Mitchell | 23 | 43 | 36 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .250 | .357 | .250 | .607 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Harper | 44 | 62 | 56 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .161 | .230 | .179 | .408 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Boland | 49 | 39 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .250 | .351 | .250 | .601 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Dyer | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .333 | .357 | .690 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill James | 30 | 53 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .068 | .128 | .068 | .196 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Dalton | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Ehmke | 5 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Ellison | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Fuller | 20 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Hamilton | 5 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Boehler | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill McTigue | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Maisel | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carroll Jones | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Erickson | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Grover Lowdermilk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1768 | 5969 | 5193 | 673 | 1371 | 202 | 96 | 17 | 560 | 190 | 59 | 545 | 529 | .264 | .337 | .350 | .687 | 1816 | 0 | 29 | 202 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Heilmann | 1B | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 325 | 17 | 3 | 16 | .991 | 11.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Crawford | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ty Cobb | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Burns | 1B | 124 | 0 | 0.0 | 1355 | 54 | 22 | 71 | .985 | 11.363 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Young | 2B | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 345 | 419 | 27 | 55 | .966 | 5.233 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Kavanagh | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Heilmann | 2B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .871 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Fuller | 2B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .846 | 1.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Young | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ossie Vitt | 3B | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 208 | 385 | 22 | 32 | .964 | 3.927 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Maisel | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Kavanagh | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Babe Ellison | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Sullivan | C | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Oscar Stanage | C | 94 | 0 | 0.0 | 392 | 110 | 16 | 11 | .969 | 5.340 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tubby Spencer | C | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 58 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 4.158 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red McKee | C | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 76 | 31 | 5 | 3 | .955 | 4.115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Del Baker | C | 59 | 0 | 0.0 | 164 | 29 | 5 | 4 | .975 | 3.271 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Veach | OF | 150 | 0 | 0.0 | 342 | 14 | 12 | 4 | .967 | 2.373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Kavanagh | OF | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Heilmann | OF | 77 | 0 | 0.0 | 110 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .952 | 1.558 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Harper | OF | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.071 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Dalton | OF | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Crawford | OF | 79 | 0 | 0.0 | 85 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .978 | 1.152 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ty Cobb | OF | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 325 | 18 | 17 | 9 | .953 | 2.399 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Mitchell | P | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill McTigue | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grover Lowdermilk | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carroll Jones | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill James | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 46 | 6 | 1 | .893 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Hamilton | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Erickson | P | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Ehmke | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jean Dubuc | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 73 | 4 | 5 | .952 | 2.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hooks Dauss | P | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 85 | 6 | 2 | .938 | 2.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Cunningham | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 49 | 3 | 2 | .948 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Coveleski | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 119 | 5 | 5 | .961 | 2.795 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Boland | P | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .962 | .543 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Boehler | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Young | SS | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 7.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ossie Vitt | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Fuller | SS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben Dyer | SS | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donie Bush | SS | 144 | 0 | 0.0 | 278 | 435 | 34 | 41 | .954 | 4.951 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1595 | 0 | 0.0 | 4217 | 2073 | 211 | 272 | .968 | 3.944 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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