1916 Detroit Tigers

87-67 • .565 Win% • 3rd in AL

📊 Season Record

87 Wins
67 Losses
.565 Win %
3rd Rank
670 R 595 RA
Diff +75

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⚡ Quick Stats

670 Runs Scored
595 Runs Allowed
+75 Run Diff
630K Attendance

📈 vs. 1916 AL Average

Batting Avg .264 6% above the 1916 league average (.248)
OBP .337 5% above the 1916 league average (.321)
SLG .349 8% above the 1916 league average (.323)
Team ERA 2.97 5% worse than the 1916 league average (2.83)
Runs Scored 670 17% above the 1916 league average (575 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 630,488
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Avg per Game 8,188

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1916

Batting Avg

1 Ty Cobb 0.371 2 Tubby Spencer 0.370 3 Bobby Veach 0.306 4 George Burns 0.286 5 Sam Crawford 0.286

Home Runs

1 Ty Cobb 5 2 George Burns 4 3 Bobby Veach 3 4 Harry Heilmann 2 5 Hooks Dauss 1

RBI

1 Bobby Veach 91 2 George Burns 73 3 Harry Heilmann 73 4 Ty Cobb 68 5 Ralph Young 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ossie Vitt 153 597 88 135 17 12 0 42 75 28 18 0.226
Bobby Veach 150 566 92 173 33 15 3 91 52 41 24 0.306
Donie Bush 145 550 73 124 5 9 0 34 75 42 19 0.225
Ty Cobb 145 542 113 201 31 10 5 68 78 39 68 0.371
Ralph Young 153 528 60 139 16 6 1 45 62 43 20 0.263
George Burns 135 479 60 137 22 6 4 73 22 30 12 0.286
Harry Heilmann 136 451 57 127 30 11 2 73 42 40 9 0.282
Sam Crawford 100 322 41 92 11 13 0 42 37 10 10 0.286
Oscar Stanage 94 291 16 69 17 3 0 30 17 48 3 0.237
Harry Coveleski 44 118 7 25 3 2 0 7 0 38 0 0.212
Del Baker 61 98 7 15 4 0 0 6 11 8 2 0.153
Jean Dubuc 52 78 3 20 0 2 0 7 7 12 0 0.256
Marty Kavanagh 58 78 6 11 4 0 0 5 9 15 0 0.141
Red McKee 32 76 3 16 1 2 0 4 6 11 0 0.211
Hooks Dauss 39 72 8 16 3 2 1 5 15 30 0 0.222
George Harper 44 56 4 9 1 0 0 3 5 8 0 0.161
Tubby Spencer 19 54 7 20 1 1 1 10 6 6 2 0.370
Bill James 30 44 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 24 0 0.068
George Cunningham 35 41 7 11 2 2 0 3 8 12 0 0.268
Willie Mitchell 23 36 3 9 0 0 0 3 5 6 0 0.250
Bernie Boland 49 32 4 8 0 0 0 2 5 12 0 0.250
Ben Dyer 4 14 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.286
Howard Ehmke 5 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.143
Earl Hamilton 5 13 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0.077
Jack Dalton 8 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.182
Frank Fuller 20 10 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 0.100
Babe Ellison 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.143
George Maisel 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Eric Erickson 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
George Boehler 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.000
Carroll Jones 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill McTigue 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Grover Lowdermilk 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Billy Sullivan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1916

ERA

1 Harry Coveleski 1.97 2 Earl Hamilton 2.65 3 George Cunningham 2.75 4 Jean Dubuc 2.96 5 Howard Ehmke 3.13

Wins

1 Harry Coveleski 21 2 Hooks Dauss 19 3 Bernie Boland 10 4 Jean Dubuc 10 5 Bill James 8

Strikeouts

1 Harry Coveleski 108 2 Hooks Dauss 95 3 George Cunningham 68 4 Bill James 61 5 Willie Mitchell 60
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Harry Coveleski 21 11 1.97 44 39 2 324.1 278 71 63 108
Hooks Dauss 19 12 3.21 39 29 4 238.2 220 85 90 95
Jean Dubuc 10 10 2.96 36 16 1 170.1 134 56 84 40
Bill James 8 12 3.68 30 20 1 151.2 141 62 79 61
George Cunningham 7 10 2.75 35 14 2 150.1 146 46 74 68
Bernie Boland 10 3 3.94 46 9 3 130.1 111 57 73 59
Willie Mitchell 7 5 3.31 23 17 0 127.2 119 47 48 60
Howard Ehmke 3 1 3.13 5 4 0 37.1 34 13 15 15
Earl Hamilton 1 2 2.65 5 5 0 37.1 34 11 22 7
Eric Erickson 0 0 2.81 8 0 0 16.0 13 5 8 7
George Boehler 1 1 4.73 5 2 0 13.1 12 7 9 8
Carroll Jones 0 0 2.57 1 0 0 7.0 7 2 5 2
Bill McTigue 0 0 5.06 3 0 0 5.1 5 3 5 1
Grover Lowdermilk 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 3 0

👥 Roster (34)

Del Baker George Boehler Bernie Boland George Burns Donie Bush Ty Cobb Harry Coveleski Sam Crawford George Cunningham Jack Dalton Hooks Dauss Jean Dubuc +22 more

34 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1916 Detroit Tigers

What was the 1916 Detroit Tigers record?
The 1916 Detroit Tigers finished 87-67 (.565 win pct).
Who led the 1916 Detroit Tigers in home runs?
Ty Cobb led the 1916 Detroit Tigers with 5 home runs.
What was the 1916 Detroit Tigers team ERA?
The 1916 Detroit Tigers posted a team ERA of 2.97.
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