1918 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1918 American League Navin Field Detroit 55 71 y 7th William H. Yawkey and Frank Navin Hughie Jennings The 1918 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the American League with a record of 55–71, 20 games behind the Boston Red Sox. Regular season Season standings Detroit Tigers Record vs. opponents DET Roster 1918 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Bill Bailey Bernie Boland Harry Coveleski George Cunningham Hooks Dauss Bill Donovan Ben Dyer Eric Erickson Happy Finneran Charley Hall Herb Hall Bill James Deacon Jones Rudy Kallio Willie Mitchell Catchers Tubby Spencer Oscar Stanage Archie Yelle Infielders Donie Bush Jack Coffey Jim Curry Lee Dressen Art Griggs Hughie Jennings Bob Jones Ossie Vitt Ralph Young Outfielders Ty Cobb Babe Ellison George Harper Harry Heilmann Davy Jones Bobby Veach Frank Walker Other positions Joe Cobb Manager Hughie Jennings Coaches Bill Donovan Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Oscar Stanage 54 186 47 .253 1 16 1B Harry Heilmann 79 286 79 .276 5 43 2B Ralph Young 91 298 56 .188 0 21 SS Donie Bush 128 500 117 .234 0 26 3B Ossie Vitt 81 267 64 .240 0 17 OF George Harper George Harper (outfielder) 69 227 55 .242 0 16 OF Ty Cobb 111 421 161 .382 3 62 OF Bobby Veach 127 499 139 .279 3 84 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Bob Jones Bob Jones (third baseman) 74 287 79 .275 0 21 Frank Walker 55 167 33 .198 1 20 Tubby Spencer 66 155 34 .219 0 10 Archie Yelle 56 144 25 .174 0 8 George Cunningham 56 112 25 .223 0 3 Lee Dressen 31 107 19 .178 0 2 Art Griggs 28 99 36 .364 0 19 Jack Coffey 22 67 14 .209 0 2 Marty Kavanagh 13 44 12 .273 0 9 Babe Ellison 7 23 6 .261 0 3 Jim Curry 5 20 5 .250 0 3 Ben Dyer 13 18 5 .278 0 2 Davy Jones 1 2 0 .000 0 0 Joe Cobb 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 Hughie Jennings 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Hooks Dauss 33 249.2 12 16 2.99 73 Bernie Boland 29 204.0 14 10 2.65 63 Rudy Kallio 30 181.1 8 13 3.62 70 Bill James Bill James (pitcher, born 1887) 19 122.0 6 11 3.76 42 Eric Erickson 12 94.1 4 5 2.48 48 Willie Mitchell 1 4.0 0 1 9.00 2 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO George Cunningham 27 140.0 6 7 3.15 39 Bill Bailey Bill Bailey (pitcher) 8 37.0 1 2 5.97 13 Harry Coveleski 3 14.0 0 1 3.86 3 Happy Finneran 5 13.2 0 2 9.88 2 Charley Hall 6 13.1 0 1 6.75 2 Bill Donovan 2 6.0 1 0 1.50 1 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Deacon Jones 21 3 2 0 3.09 15 Herb Hall 3 0 0 0 15.00 1 Ty Cobb 2 0 0 0 4.50 0 Ben Dyer 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 Bobby Veach 1 0 0 1 4.50 0 External links Baseball 1918 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1918 in Detroit