1921 Detroit Tigers Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 71-82
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 661,527, Avg. 12,714
Ballpark: Navin Field
Manager: Ty Cobb (71-82)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1921 Detroit Tigers RosterTeam Record: 71-82
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 661,527, Avg. 12,714
Ballpark: Navin Field
Manager: Ty Cobb (71-82)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1921 Detroit Tigers Results
The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1921 season with a record of 71 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.
The Tigers scored 883 runs and allowed 852 runs. Harry Heilmann led Detroit with 19 home runs, and Bobby Veach walloped 20 or more, too. Harry Heilmann accounted for 139 RBI and topped all regular batters by hitting .394. Howard Ehmke paced the squad with 13 wins, while Dutch Leonard recorded a 3.75 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Ty Cobb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Ehmke | 13 | 14 | .481 | 4.54 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 196.3 | 220 | 123 | 99 | 15 | 81 | 0 | 68 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 888 |
| Dutch Leonard | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.75 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 245.0 | 273 | 125 | 102 | 15 | 63 | 0 | 120 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1058 |
| Red Oldham | 11 | 14 | .440 | 4.24 | 40 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 229.3 | 258 | 129 | 108 | 11 | 81 | 0 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1012 |
| Hooks Dauss | 10 | 15 | .400 | 4.33 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 233.0 | 275 | 141 | 112 | 11 | 81 | 0 | 68 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1047 |
| Bert Cole | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.27 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 109.7 | 134 | 66 | 52 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 494 |
| Suds Sutherland | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.97 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 80 | 43 | 32 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 271 |
| Jim Middleton | 6 | 11 | .353 | 5.03 | 38 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 121.7 | 149 | 83 | 68 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 556 |
| Slicker Parks | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.68 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 126 |
| Carl Holling | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.30 | 35 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 136.0 | 162 | 95 | 65 | 8 | 58 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 617 |
| Pol Perritt | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.85 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Dan Boone | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Jim Walsh | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | |
| Doc Ayers | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | |
| Lefty Stewart | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | |
| Totals | 71 | 82 | .464 | 4.40 | 269 | 154 | 83 | 73 | 4 | 16 | 1386.3 | 1634 | 852 | 678 | 71 | 495 | 0 | 452 | 54 | 7 | 19 | 6229 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Heilmann | 149 | 672 | 602 | 114 | 237 | 43 | 14 | 19 | 139 | 2 | 6 | 53 | 37 | .394 | .444 | .606 | 1.051 | 365 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Veach | 150 | 688 | 612 | 110 | 207 | 43 | 13 | 16 | 128 | 14 | 10 | 48 | 31 | .338 | .387 | .529 | .917 | 324 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Cobb | 128 | 581 | 507 | 124 | 197 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 101 | 22 | 15 | 56 | 19 | .389 | .452 | .596 | 1.048 | 302 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Lu Blue | 153 | 709 | 585 | 103 | 180 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 75 | 13 | 17 | 103 | 47 | .308 | .416 | .427 | .843 | 250 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Jones | 141 | 618 | 554 | 82 | 168 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 72 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 24 | .303 | .348 | .383 | .731 | 212 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Young | 107 | 486 | 401 | 70 | 120 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 69 | 23 | .299 | .406 | .334 | .740 | 134 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Bassler | 119 | 463 | 388 | 37 | 119 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 16 | .307 | .401 | .379 | .780 | 147 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Donie Bush | 104 | 488 | 402 | 72 | 113 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 45 | 23 | .281 | .355 | .321 | .676 | 129 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Ira Flagstead | 85 | 297 | 259 | 40 | 79 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 21 | .305 | .371 | .382 | .753 | 99 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Chick Shorten | 92 | 243 | 217 | 33 | 59 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | .272 | .333 | .350 | .684 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Sargent | 66 | 211 | 178 | 21 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 26 | .253 | .342 | .388 | .729 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Woodall | 46 | 92 | 80 | 10 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .363 | .407 | .438 | .844 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Ainsmith | 35 | 115 | 98 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | .276 | .360 | .367 | .728 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Hooks Dauss | 32 | 94 | 88 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .261 | .293 | .341 | .634 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Ehmke | 30 | 79 | 74 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .284 | .293 | .351 | .645 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Oldham | 42 | 92 | 85 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .224 | .267 | .376 | .643 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Herm Merritt | 20 | 49 | 46 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .370 | .396 | .478 | .874 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Leonard | 36 | 92 | 82 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .171 | .218 | .183 | .401 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Cole | 30 | 50 | 46 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .283 | .298 | .457 | .754 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Holling | 35 | 53 | 48 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .271 | .314 | .313 | .626 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Suds Sutherland | 17 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .407 | .448 | .444 | .893 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Middleton | 38 | 40 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .147 | .194 | .176 | .371 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Pol Perritt | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde Manion | 12 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 | .385 | .200 | .585 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Barnes | 7 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .182 | .357 | .273 | .630 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slicker Parks | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lefty Stewart | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Tavener | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Boone | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Hale | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clarence Huber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Doc Ayers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Walsh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1712 | 6293 | 5456 | 887 | 1723 | 270 | 99 | 58 | 793 | 95 | 89 | 581 | 373 | .316 | .385 | .433 | .818 | 2365 | 0 | 29 | 227 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 6.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lu Blue | 1B | 152 | 0 | 0.0 | 1478 | 85 | 16 | 75 | .990 | 1.283 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Young | 2B | 106 | 0 | 0.0 | 285 | 270 | 31 | 44 | .947 | 5.236 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Sargent | 2B | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 51 | 8 | 10 | .927 | 4.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ira Flagstead | 2B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 13 | .972 | 4.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donie Bush | 2B | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 69 | 7 | 0 | .942 | 4.957 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Barnes | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 8.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Sargent | 3B | 23 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 42 | 5 | 2 | .932 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Jones | 3B | 141 | 0 | 0.0 | 194 | 324 | 27 | 12 | .950 | 3.674 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clarence Huber | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ira Flagstead | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Woodall | C | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .966 | 2.240 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clyde Manion | C | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Bassler | C | 114 | 0 | 0.0 | 433 | 113 | 14 | 7 | .975 | 4.789 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Ainsmith | C | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 99 | 25 | 7 | 0 | .947 | 3.647 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Veach | OF | 149 | 0 | 0.0 | 384 | 21 | 11 | 4 | .974 | 2.718 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Suds Sutherland | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chick Shorten | OF | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 101 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .981 | 2.039 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Heilmann | OF | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 241 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .962 | 1.707 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ira Flagstead | OF | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Cunningham | OF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ty Cobb | OF | 121 | 0 | 0.0 | 301 | 27 | 10 | 2 | .970 | 2.711 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Walsh | P | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Suds Sutherland | P | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lefty Stewart | P | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pol Perritt | P | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Slicker Parks | P | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Oldham | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 66 | 4 | 2 | .947 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Middleton | P | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 38 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 1.237 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dutch Leonard | P | 36 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 50 | 3 | 1 | .947 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Holling | P | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 39 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 1.486 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Ehmke | P | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 55 | 2 | 3 | .970 | 2.133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hooks Dauss | P | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 84 | 1 | 2 | .989 | 2.938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bert Cole | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Boone | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doc Ayers | P | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jackie Tavener | SS | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Sargent | SS | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 41 | 8 | 9 | .904 | 3.947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herm Merritt | SS | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 0 | .882 | 2.647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ira Flagstead | SS | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | 111 | 139 | 27 | 8 | .903 | 4.545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donie Bush | SS | 81 | 0 | 0.0 | 172 | 260 | 23 | 35 | .949 | 5.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1585 | 0 | 0.0 | 4158 | 1948 | 231 | 239 | .964 | 3.852 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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