1917 Detroit Tigers

78-75 • 0.510 Win% • 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

78 Wins
75 Losses
0.510 Win %
4th Rank
639 R 577 RA
Diff +62

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639 Runs Scored
577 Runs Allowed
+62 Run Diff
409K Attendance

📈 vs. 1917 AL Average

Batting Avg .258 4% above the 1917 league average (.247)
OBP .322 3% above the 1917 league average (.312)
SLG .273 6% above the 1917 league average (.257)
Team ERA 2.56 4% better than the 1917 league average (2.66)
Runs Scored 639 13% above the 1917 league average (568 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 76
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Total Attendance 409,990
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Avg per Game 5,394

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ty Cobb 0.383 2 Bobby Veach 0.319 3 Harry Heilmann 0.281 4 Donie Bush 0.281 5 Ossie Vitt 0.254

Home Runs

1 Bobby Veach 8 2 Ty Cobb 6 3 Harry Heilmann 5 4 Sam Crawford 2 5 George Burns 1

RBI

1 Bobby Veach 103 2 Ty Cobb 102 3 Harry Heilmann 86 4 Ossie Vitt 47 5 George Burns 40
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ty Cobb 152 588 107 225 0 0 6 102 61 34 55 0.383
Donie Bush 147 581 112 163 0 0 0 24 80 40 34 0.281
Bobby Veach 154 571 79 182 0 0 8 103 61 44 21 0.319
Harry Heilmann 150 556 57 156 0 0 5 86 41 54 11 0.281
Ossie Vitt 140 512 65 130 0 0 0 47 56 15 18 0.254
Ralph Young 141 503 64 116 0 0 1 35 61 35 8 0.231
George Burns 119 407 42 92 0 0 1 40 15 33 3 0.226
Oscar Stanage 99 297 19 61 0 0 0 30 20 35 3 0.205
Tubby Spencer 70 192 13 46 0 0 0 22 15 15 0 0.240
George Harper 47 117 6 24 0 0 0 12 11 15 2 0.205
Sam Crawford 61 104 6 18 0 0 2 12 4 6 0 0.173
Hooks Dauss 38 87 7 11 0 0 0 2 13 24 0 0.126
Bob Jones 46 77 16 12 0 0 0 2 4 8 3 0.156
Bernie Boland 45 72 8 4 0 0 0 2 4 19 0 0.056
Howard Ehmke 35 69 3 17 0 0 0 2 4 13 0 0.246
Ben Dyer 30 67 6 14 0 0 0 0 2 17 3 0.209
Willie Mitchell 31 59 3 7 0 0 0 4 1 11 0 0.119
Bill James 34 57 7 12 0 0 0 2 10 20 0 0.211
Archie Yelle 25 51 4 7 0 0 0 0 5 4 2 0.137
George Cunningham 44 34 5 6 0 0 1 3 3 13 0 0.176
Babe Ellison 9 29 2 5 0 0 1 4 6 3 0 0.172
Harry Coveleski 16 22 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.227
Carroll Jones 24 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 0 0.000
Fred Nicholson 13 14 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.286
Johnny Couch 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Ira Flagstead 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tony DeFate 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Frank Walker 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bill James 2.09 2 Willie Mitchell 2.19 3 Hooks Dauss 2.43 4 Harry Coveleski 2.61 5 Bernie Boland 2.68

Wins

1 Hooks Dauss 17 2 Bernie Boland 16 3 Bill James 13 4 Willie Mitchell 12 5 Howard Ehmke 10

Strikeouts

1 Hooks Dauss 102 2 Howard Ehmke 90 3 Bernie Boland 89 4 Willie Mitchell 80 5 Bill James 62
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Hooks Dauss 17 14 2.43 37 31 2 270.2 87 102
Bernie Boland 16 11 2.68 43 28 6 238.0 95 89
Howard Ehmke 10 15 2.97 35 25 2 206.0 88 90
Bill James 13 10 2.09 34 23 1 198.0 96 62
Willie Mitchell 12 8 2.19 30 22 0 185.1 46 80
George Cunningham 2 7 2.91 44 8 4 139.0 51 49
Carroll Jones 4 4 2.92 24 6 0 77.0 26 28
Harry Coveleski 4 6 2.61 16 11 0 69.0 14 15
Johnny Couch 0 0 2.70 3 0 0 13.1 1 1

👥 Roster (28)

Bernie Boland George Burns Donie Bush Ty Cobb Johnny Couch Harry Coveleski Sam Crawford George Cunningham Hooks Dauss Tony DeFate Ben Dyer Howard Ehmke +16 more

28 players

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