1916 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 February 2026 February 2026 Detroit Tigers 1916 American League Navin Field Detroit 87 67 y 3rd William H. Yawkey and Frank Navin Hughie Jennings The 1916 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 87–67, 4 games behind the Boston Red Sox. Regular season Season standings Detroit Tigers Record vs. opponents DET Roster 1916 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers George Boehler Bernie Boland Harry Coveleski George Cunningham Hooks Dauss Jean Dubuc Howard Ehmke Eric Erickson Earl Hamilton Bill James Deacon Jones Grover Lowdermilk Bill McTigue Willie Mitchell Catchers Del Baker Red McKee Tubby Spencer Oscar Stanage Billy Sullivan Infielders George Burns Donie Bush Ben Dyer Babe Ellison Frank Fuller George Maisel Ossie Vitt Ralph Young Outfielders Ty Cobb Sam Crawford Jack Dalton George Harper Harry Heilmann Marty Kavanagh Bobby Veach Manager Hughie Jennings Coaches Jimmy Burke Deacon McGuire Player stats 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 94 291 69 .237 0 34 1B George Burns George Burns (first baseman) 135 479 137 .286 4 73 2B Ralph Young Ralph Young (baseball) 153 528 139 .263 1 42 SS Donie Bush 145 550 124 .225 0 33 3B Ossie Vitt 153 597 135 .226 0 42 OF Sam Crawford 100 322 92 .286 0 47 OF Ty Cobb 145 543 201 .370 5 68 OF Bobby Veach 150 566 173 .306 3 89 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 Harry Heilmann 136 451 127 .282 2 77 Del Baker 61 98 15 .153 0 8 Marty Kavanagh 58 78 11 .141 0 4 Red McKee 32 76 16 .211 0 6 George Harper George Harper (outfielder) 44 56 9 .161 0 5 Tubby Spencer 19 54 20 .370 1 9 Ben Dyer 4 14 4 .286 0 1 Jack Dalton Jack Dalton (baseball) 8 11 2 .182 0 0 Frank Fuller Frank Fuller (baseball) 20 10 1 .100 0 1 Babe Ellison 2 7 1 .143 0 1 George Maisel 8 5 0 .000 0 0 Billy Sullivan Billy Sullivan (baseball, born 1875) 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 Harry Coveleski 44 324.1 21 11 1.97 108 Hooks Dauss 39 238.2 19 12 3.21 95 Willie Mitchell Willie Mitchell (baseball) 23 127.2 7 5 3.31 60 Earl Hamilton 5 37.1 1 2 2.65 7 Howard Ehmke 5 37.1 3 1 3.13 15 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 Jean Dubuc 36 170.1 10 10 2.96 40 Bill James Bill James (pitcher, born 1887) 30 151.2 8 12 3.68 61 George Cunningham George Cunningham (baseball) 35 150.1 7 10 2.75 68 Bernie Boland 46 130.1 10 3 3.94 59 George Boehler 5 13.1 1 1 4.74 8 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 Eric Erickson Eric Erickson (baseball) 8 0 0 0 2.81 7 Bill McTigue 3 0 0 0 5.06 1 Deacon Jones Deacon Jones (pitcher) 1 0 0 0 2.57 2 Grover Lowdermilk 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 References Baseball 1916 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1916 in Detroit