1916 Detroit Tigers
Record: 88-66
Finish: 2nd in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 602
Runs Allowed: 500
Exp W-L: 90-64
 
Ballpark: Navin Field
Attendance: 1,140,426
Manager: Rodney McBride

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-73, 7th in the American League
AA: 57-74, 7th in the American League
A: 74-57, 3rd in the American League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
1B  George Burns 23 150 567 57 163 22 10 2 76 17 17 39 55 .287 .339 .372 .711 63.8 12.3 4.3
RF *Jack Tobin 24 147 534 63 138 26 8 3 73 35 21 69 27 .258 .348 .354 .702 65.5 12.9 3.4
3B  Hank Gowdy 26 147 527 57 140 14 4 1 55 4 1 66 34 .266 .345 .313 .658 59.6 11.3 7.1
CF *Edd Roush 23 137 551 66 157 19 13 1 48 43 27 34 17 .285 .325 .372 .697 60.3 11.2 5.4
LF *Charlie Jamieson 23 141 510 53 142 16 2 2 45 15 19 45 58 .278 .336 .329 .666 54.9 9.6 3.3
SS  Milt Stock 22 138 514 81 158 22 8 1 63 19 8 38 10 .307 .351 .387 .738 69.8 16.4 7.6
C #Wally Schang 26 136 494 74 139 19 3 3 64 24 12 65 52 .281 .370 .350 .720 67.5 15.9 8.5
2B  Frank O'Rourke 21 131 472 53 125 21 7 1 45 14 6 42 31 .265 .324 .345 .670 48.8 8.6 5.6
LF  Hy Myers 27 46 140 14 44 5 2 1 15 7 7 5 8 .314 .336 .400 .736 16.2 3.2 1.3
C  Ray Schalk 23 40 114 14 25 2 0 0 4 2 3 16 7 .219 .333 .237 .570 9.9 0.7 2.4
SS  Dots Miller 29 51 121 11 29 5 1 0 11 3 0 13 15 .240 .313 .298 .611 12.4 2.3 1.5
P  Erskine Mayer 27 41 123 12 29 1 0 0 16 0 0 5 39 .236 .262 .244 .505 7.5 0.0 0.0
P  Dazzy Vance 25 39 122 6 13 3 0 0 10 0 0 3 31 .107 .126 .131 .257 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P *Joe Boehling 25 41 116 8 12 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .103 .133 .138 .271 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Eppa Rixey 25 30 97 12 18 1 0 0 14 0 0 3 11 .186 .210 .196 .406 2.9 0.0 0.0
CF  Les Mann 22 25 82 12 18 2 0 1 11 6 7 4 17 .220 .264 .280 .545 5.1 0.0 0.8
RF *Vin Campbell 28 31 46 5 10 1 0 1 8 1 1 4 18 .217 .280 .304 .584 3.3 0.0 0.3
SS *Harry Spratt 28 11 30 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 .200 .242 .233 .476 2.1 0.0 0.7
P  Jim Scott 28 17 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Sherry Smith 25 27 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Prendergast 27 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 25.1 1532 5179 602 1369 184 58 17 568 190 130 456 473 .264 .325 .332 .657 546.9 104.4 52.1
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 5 4 6 8 8 5 4 7 5 1 3 3 5 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Joe Boehling 25 23 11 .676 41 41 0 351.7 272 75 4 93 206 1.92 37.5
 Erskine Mayer 27 21 16 .568 41 41 0 349.7 324 103 12 38 156 2.65 31.2
 Dazzy Vance 25 18 19 .486 39 39 0 323.0 262 118 19 142 241 3.29 16.7
*Eppa Rixey 25 17 10 .630 30 30 0 260.7 294 100 2 59 79 3.45 14.5
 Jim Scott 28 6 1 .857 17 3 0 48.7 47 21 3 18 26 3.88 2.8
*Sherry Smith 25 2 8 .200 27 0 9 37.7 43 13 0 5 12 3.11 4.1
 Mike Prendergast 27 1 1 .500 6 0 1 11.3 12 5 0 7 6 3.97 0.7
Team Totals 26.0 88 66 .571 201 154 10 1382.6 1254 435 40 362 726 2.83 107.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 4 2 4 3 6 2 2 1 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 34.0
W.Schang 1081.0 120 121 576 111 12 1 .983 34.9
R.Schalk 301.7 34 34 172 31 4 1 .981 39.6
Team Total 1382.7 154 155 748 142 16 2 .982 35.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.78
G.Burns 1321.7 147 149 1689 123 10 120 .995 12.34
D.Miller 60.0 7 7 82 7 1 4 .989 13.35
H.Myers 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1382.0 154 156 1771 130 11 124 .994 12.38
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 6.52
F.O'Rourke 1143.7 128 128 281 521 23 77 .972 6.31
D.Miller 91.0 10 11 17 39 1 9 .982 5.54
H.Myers 41.9 5 6 11 15 1 2 .963 5.58
Team Total 1276.6 143 145 309 575 25 88 .972 6.23
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.78
H.Gowdy 1302.3 146 147 88 307 11 18 .973 2.73
D.Miller 37.7 3 10 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.15
H.Spratt 25.3 2 4 2 7 0 0 1.000 3.20
W.Schang 8.0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50
M.Stock 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1374.3 152 163 92 325 11 19 .974 2.73
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 5.44
M.Stock 1214.7 137 138 200 496 42 83 .943 5.16
D.Miller 84.7 9 11 13 40 2 4 .964 5.63
H.Spratt 41.6 4 5 7 24 1 5 .969 6.71
F.O'Rourke 23.7 2 3 3 7 2 1 .833 3.80
H.Myers 7.1 1 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.80
V.Campbell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1372.7 153 159 223 570 47 93 .944 5.20
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 1.76
C.Jamieson 1223.0 138 138 219 4 10 1 .957 1.64
H.Myers 221.6 28 30 45 1 1 1 .979 1.87
L.Mann 80.0 9 9 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.69
V.Campbell 10.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
J.Tobin 4.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
W.Schang 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1540.3 176 181 281 6 11 2 .963 1.68
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.34
E.Roush 1214.3 136 137 304 10 10 6 .969 2.33
L.Mann 73.3 7 9 27 2 2 0 .935 3.56
H.Myers 46.7 6 6 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.89
W.Schang 25.0 3 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.24
V.Campbell 18.0 2 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
Team Total 1377.4 154 157 362 13 12 6 .969 2.45
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .946 1.90
J.Tobin 1292.0 144 145 240 5 19 1 .928 1.71
V.Campbell 30.7 3 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.64
L.Mann 26.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
H.Myers 9.6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.94
Team Total 1358.3 151 152 253 5 19 1 .931 1.71
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 2.68
J.Boehling 351.7 41 41 26 69 2 1 .979 2.43
E.Mayer 349.7 41 41 17 80 3 7 .970 2.50
D.Vance 323.0 39 39 24 57 3 4 .964 2.26
E.Rixey 260.7 30 30 22 55 2 2 .975 2.66
J.Scott 48.7 3 17 2 3 1 0 .833 0.92
S.Smith 37.7 0 27 2 13 0 0 1.000 3.58
M.Prendergast 11.3 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.79
Team Total 1382.6 154 201 93 278 11 14 .971 2.41
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Stock .307
On-Base Pct Schang .370
Slugging Pct Stock .387
OPS Stock .738
XR Stock 69.8
Games Burns 150
At-Bats Burns 567
Runs Stock 81
Hits Burns 163
Total Bases Burns 211
Singles Burns 129
Doubles Tobin 26
Triples Roush 13
Homeruns Schang, Tobin 3
RBIs Burns 76
Stolen Bases Roush 43
Caught Stealing Roush 27
Walks Tobin 69
Strikeouts Jamieson 58
ERA Boehling 1.92
Wins Boehling 23
Losses Vance 19
Winning Pct Boehling .676
Saves Smith 9
Games Pitched Boehling, Mayer 41
Games Started Boehling, Mayer 41
Complete Games Mayer 32
Shutouts Boehling 8
Innings Pitched Boehling 351.7
Hits Allowed Mayer 324
Homeruns Allowed Vance 19
Strikeouts Vance 241
Walks Allowed Vance 142
Walks per 9IP Mayer 1.0
Hits per 9IP Boehling 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Vance 6.7
WHiP Mayer 1.04
OAVG Boehling .215
OOBP Boehling .270
OSLG Boehling .272
OOPS Boehling .542
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Hy Myers $ 1,621,429
Jim Scott $ 878,571
Dots Miller $ 646,429
Vin Campbell $ 350,000
Bill Rariden $ 350,000
George Burns $ 300,000
Hank Gowdy $ 300,000
Charlie Jamieson $ 300,000
Les Mann $ 300,000
Erskine Mayer $ 300,000
Lee Meadows $ 300,000
Joe Boehling $ 300,000
Mike Prendergast $ 300,000
Dazzy Vance $ 300,000
Eppa Rixey $ 300,000
Edd Roush $ 300,000
Ray Schalk $ 300,000
Wally Schang $ 300,000
Sherry Smith $ 300,000
Milt Stock $ 300,000
Jack Tobin $ 300,000
Frank O'Rourke $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/12 Released Jack Quinn    
4/12 Released Red Downs    
4/15 Waived Cozy Dolan Chicago (A)  
5/1 Traded Frank Gilhooley Pittsburgh Wilbur Cooper
Bruno Betzel
7/31 Traded Harry Spratt Philadelphia (N) Lee Meadows
7/31 Traded Cards Bait
Round Draft Pick.
New York (A) Hy Myers