1917 Detroit Tigers Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 78-75
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 457,289, Avg. 6,119
Ballpark: Navin Field
Manager: Hughie Jennings (78-75)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1917 Detroit Tigers RosterTeam Record: 78-75
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 457,289, Avg. 6,119
Ballpark: Navin Field
Manager: Hughie Jennings (78-75)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1917 Detroit Tigers Results
The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1917 season with a record of 78 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Tigers tallied 639 runs and conceded 577 runs. Bobby Veach drove in 103 runs. Ty Cobb topped all regular hitters by hitting .383. Hooks Dauss led the team with 17 wins, while Bernie Boland added 15 or more wins, too Bill James recorded a 2.09 ERA, leading 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hooks Dauss | 17 | 14 | .548 | 2.43 | 37 | 31 | 5 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 270.7 | 243 | 105 | 73 | 3 | 87 | 0 | 102 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1090 |
| Bernie Boland | 16 | 11 | .593 | 2.68 | 43 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 238.0 | 192 | 89 | 71 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 89 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 952 |
| Bill James | 13 | 10 | .565 | 2.09 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 198.0 | 163 | 71 | 46 | 2 | 96 | 0 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 830 |
| Willie Mitchell | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.19 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 185.3 | 172 | 66 | 45 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 80 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 747 |
| Howard Ehmke | 10 | 15 | .400 | 2.97 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 206.0 | 174 | 84 | 68 | 3 | 88 | 0 | 90 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 808 |
| Carroll Jones | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.92 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 69 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 302 |
| Harry Coveleski | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.61 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 70 | 39 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 280 |
| George Cunningham | 2 | 7 | .222 | 2.91 | 44 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 139.0 | 113 | 73 | 45 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 561 |
| Johnny Couch | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | |
| Totals | 78 | 75 | .510 | 2.56 | 266 | 154 | 75 | 78 | 20 | 15 | 1396.3 | 1209 | 577 | 397 | 12 | 504 | 0 | 516 | 55 | 1 | 18 | 5622 |
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 | 152 | 669 | 588 | 107 | 225 | 44 | 24 | 6 | 102 | 55 | 0 | 61 | 34 | .383 | .444 | .570 | 1.014 | 335 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Veach | 154 | 666 | 571 | 79 | 182 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 103 | 21 | 0 | 61 | 44 | .319 | .393 | .457 | .850 | 261 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Donie Bush | 147 | 673 | 581 | 112 | 163 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 34 | 0 | 80 | 40 | .281 | .370 | .322 | .691 | 187 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Heilmann | 150 | 619 | 556 | 57 | 156 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 86 | 11 | 0 | 41 | 54 | .281 | .333 | .387 | .720 | 215 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Ossie Vitt | 140 | 600 | 512 | 65 | 130 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 18 | 0 | 56 | 15 | .254 | .329 | .303 | .631 | 155 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Young | 141 | 598 | 503 | 64 | 116 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 61 | 35 | .231 | .317 | .280 | .598 | 141 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| George Burns | 119 | 442 | 407 | 42 | 92 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 33 | .226 | .264 | .317 | .581 | 129 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Oscar Stanage | 99 | 329 | 297 | 19 | 61 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 35 | .205 | .263 | .259 | .522 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Tubby Spencer | 70 | 218 | 192 | 13 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | .240 | .324 | .313 | .637 | 60 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Harper | 47 | 136 | 117 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 15 | .205 | .290 | .231 | .521 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Crawford | 61 | 112 | 104 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .173 | .204 | .269 | .473 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Ehmke | 35 | 74 | 69 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .246 | .288 | .275 | .563 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Dyer | 30 | 71 | 67 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .209 | .232 | .284 | .515 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill James | 34 | 69 | 57 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .211 | .328 | .211 | .539 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Jones | 46 | 83 | 77 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .156 | .198 | .221 | .418 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hooks Dauss | 38 | 103 | 87 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 24 | .126 | .240 | .161 | .401 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Archie Yelle | 25 | 56 | 51 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .137 | .214 | .157 | .371 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Mitchell | 31 | 65 | 59 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .119 | .148 | .119 | .266 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| George Cunningham | 44 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .176 | .243 | .265 | .508 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Coveleski | 16 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .227 | .227 | .227 | .455 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Ellison | 9 | 37 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .172 | .333 | .448 | .782 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Nicholson | 13 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .333 | .357 | .690 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Boland | 45 | 81 | 72 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .056 | .105 | .097 | .202 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ira Flagstead | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Couch | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Walker | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony DeFate | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carroll Jones | 24 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .000 | .211 | .000 | .211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1682 | 5814 | 5093 | 639 | 1317 | 204 | 77 | 25 | 535 | 163 | 0 | 483 | 476 | .259 | .328 | .344 | .672 | 1750 | 0 | 45 | 193 | 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 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 266 | 23 | 4 | 9 | .986 | 1.704 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Babe Ellison | 1B | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 98 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .980 | 11.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Crawford | 1B | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 158 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .988 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Burns | 1B | 104 | 0 | 0.0 | 1127 | 57 | 12 | 44 | .990 | 11.385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Young | 2B | 141 | 0 | 0.0 | 300 | 449 | 33 | 46 | .958 | 5.312 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Jones | 2B | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 41 | 4 | 1 | .938 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony DeFate | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ossie Vitt | 3B | 140 | 0 | 0.0 | 164 | 260 | 27 | 18 | .940 | 3.029 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Jones | 3B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 2.875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Dyer | 3B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 3.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Archie Yelle | C | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 3.250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Stanage | C | 95 | 0 | 0.0 | 385 | 88 | 11 | 13 | .977 | 4.979 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tubby Spencer | C | 62 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 | 57 | 7 | 10 | .978 | 4.952 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Veach | OF | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 356 | 17 | 17 | 5 | .956 | 2.422 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Nicholson | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Mitchell | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harry Heilmann | OF | 123 | 0 | 0.0 | 200 | 17 | 9 | 4 | .960 | 1.764 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Harper | OF | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.613 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ira Flagstead | OF | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hooks Dauss | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sam Crawford | OF | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ty Cobb | OF | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 373 | 27 | 11 | 9 | .973 | 2.632 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Boland | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willie Mitchell | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 40 | 4 | 2 | .927 | 1.700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carroll Jones | P | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.292 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill James | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 61 | 5 | 1 | .929 | 1.912 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Ehmke | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 68 | 4 | 1 | .953 | 2.343 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hooks Dauss | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 100 | 4 | 2 | .965 | 2.973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Cunningham | P | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 43 | 4 | 3 | .922 | 1.068 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Coveleski | P | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 1 | .892 | 2.063 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Couch | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Boland | P | 43 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 72 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 1.884 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Dyer | SS | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 4 | .846 | 3.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donie Bush | SS | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 281 | 423 | 51 | 41 | .932 | 4.789 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1550 | 0 | 0.0 | 4186 | 1993 | 234 | 226 | .964 | 3.986 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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