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1917 Detroit Tigers
Record: 100-54
Finish: 1st in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 733
Runs Allowed: 489
Exp W-L: 104-50
 
Ballpark: Navin Field
Attendance: 1,851,942
Manager: Rodney McBride

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-62, 3rd in the American League
AA: 68-63, 5th in the American League
A: 74-57, 3rd in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Series 0-4 to St. Louis (N) Cardinals
 
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 24 146 562 80 168 22 7 5 100 18 19 47 27 .299 .356 .390 .746 68.4 14.4 1.9
3B  Hank Gowdy 27 145 538 79 161 22 8 0 72 2 1 69 43 .299 .378 .370 .748 75.3 18.5 7.5
C #Wally Schang 27 137 546 92 167 20 10 8 62 15 11 59 55 .306 .376 .423 .800 85.3 22.2 9.4
RF *Tris Speaker 29 141 515 88 175 22 17 8 93 34 27 75 12 .340 .418 .495 .913 95.9 25.3 5.5
SS  Milt Stock 23 139 524 73 153 22 8 4 72 19 4 35 11 .292 .333 .387 .721 66.3 14.7 5.3
2B  Frank O'Rourke 22 137 500 61 140 28 7 2 62 19 4 37 22 .280 .330 .376 .706 61.7 13.7 5.8
CF *Edd Roush 24 138 492 70 128 20 9 1 52 37 13 37 17 .260 .311 .343 .655 53.0 9.6 6.6
LF *Jack Tobin 25 116 429 69 111 11 6 3 46 24 21 48 30 .259 .335 .333 .669 45.4 7.7 3.4
LF *Charlie Jamieson 24 87 276 42 87 7 8 3 40 10 5 16 28 .315 .353 .431 .784 39.6 9.9 2.0
LF  Hy Myers 28 60 164 24 43 3 3 2 19 9 9 11 5 .262 .309 .354 .662 15.6 2.3 1.5
P  Erskine Mayer 28 42 144 13 23 3 0 0 11 0 1 3 44 .160 .177 .181 .357 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Dazzy Vance 26 40 124 6 10 5 0 0 9 0 0 1 26 .081 .087 .121 .208 -3.7 0.0 0.0
SS  Everett Scott 24 27 99 6 14 2 0 2 15 3 0 6 12 .141 .189 .222 .411 2.5 0.0 1.2
C  Ray Schalk 24 23 86 14 17 4 1 0 16 2 0 8 12 .198 .278 .267 .546 7.4 0.8 1.6
P *Joe Boehling 26 25 72 1 7 3 0 0 7 0 0 1 13 .097 .120 .139 .259 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Guy Morton 24 22 63 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 14 .111 .145 .127 .272 0.6 0.0 0.0
P #Red Faber 28 19 57 5 17 3 0 0 7 1 0 0 15 .298 .298 .351 .649 5.5 1.0 0.0
SS  Dots Miller 30 26 45 5 15 1 2 0 5 5 3 2 5 .333 .362 .444 .806 5.3 0.9 1.0
RF *Vin Campbell 29 13 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 .154 .353 .154 .507 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Sherry Smith 26 23 15 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Scott 29 21 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Dave Danforth 27 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 26.1 1534 5276 733 1446 199 86 38 692 198 118 462 398 .274 .333 .366 .699 622.8 141.0 52.8
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 2 2 5 1 3 2 4 6 2 1 1 2 1 1 2  
* - 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
 Erskine Mayer 28 30 10 .750 42 42 0 366.3 335 101 7 43 154 2.48 32.3
 Dazzy Vance 26 26 10 .722 40 40 0 351.3 252 102 13 142 213 2.61 26.0
*Joe Boehling 26 13 9 .591 25 25 0 215.0 169 54 0 58 107 2.26 18.4
 Guy Morton 24 11 9 .550 22 21 0 181.3 181 63 10 54 57 3.13 10.5
 Red Faber 28 9 8 .529 19 16 0 164.0 145 46 1 52 72 2.52 11.7
*Sherry Smith 26 6 5 .545 23 4 4 58.7 71 25 2 19 10 3.84 2.5
 Jim Scott 29 5 3 .625 21 3 7 41.3 33 19 0 18 23 4.14 4.1
*Dave Danforth 27 0 0 .000 7 0 2 11.0 10 5 1 4 2 4.09 0.7
Team Totals 26.8 100 54 .649 199 151 13 1389.0 1196 415 34 390 638 2.69 106.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 3 2 1  
* - 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 32.9
W.Schang 1200.0 133 133 573 116 17 0 .976 37.8
R.Schalk 189.0 21 21 87 25 3 0 .974 37.5
Team Total 1389.0 154 154 660 141 20 0 .976 37.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.89
G.Burns 1305.0 145 145 1656 114 20 116 .989 12.21
C.Jamieson 53.0 6 6 78 2 1 7 .988 13.58
J.Tobin 18.0 2 2 26 0 0 2 1.000 13.00
F.O'Rourke 13.0 1 2 15 3 0 0 1.000 12.46
Team Total 1389.0 154 155 1775 119 21 125 .989 12.27
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 6.46
F.O'Rourke 1094.7 122 122 249 507 21 78 .973 6.22
H.Myers 154.3 16 21 38 73 5 9 .957 6.47
M.Stock 131.0 15 15 32 61 3 10 .969 6.39
D.Miller 9.0 1 1 2 8 0 2 1.000 10.00
Team Total 1389.0 154 159 321 649 29 99 .971 6.29
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.95
H.Gowdy 1269.7 142 144 92 305 8 24 .980 2.81
D.Miller 84.3 8 16 5 26 0 2 1.000 3.31
F.O'Rourke 34.0 4 4 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.91
V.Campbell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1389.0 154 165 99 340 8 26 .982 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 5.59
M.Stock 1095.3 122 123 188 449 45 65 .934 5.23
E.Scott 239.0 27 27 47 93 2 17 .986 5.27
F.O'Rourke 30.0 3 5 5 13 0 3 1.000 5.40
D.Miller 24.7 2 5 6 8 1 1 .933 5.11
Team Total 1389.0 154 160 246 563 48 86 .944 5.24
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 1.83
J.Tobin 941.7 104 106 198 0 8 0 .961 1.89
C.Jamieson 400.7 46 47 79 4 3 0 .965 1.86
H.Myers 37.7 4 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.39
V.Campbell 7.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Schang 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1389.0 154 162 287 4 11 0 .964 1.89
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.35
E.Roush 1208.0 134 135 327 8 8 3 .977 2.50
H.Myers 100.3 11 12 19 1 1 0 .952 1.79
C.Jamieson 71.0 8 8 16 0 1 0 .941 2.03
J.Tobin 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
V.Campbell 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1389.0 154 157 365 9 10 3 .974 2.42
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .942 1.88
T.Speaker 1253.0 139 140 270 9 0 1 1.000 2.00
H.Myers 74.0 8 9 13 0 1 0 .929 1.58
C.Jamieson 45.0 5 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Tobin 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
V.Campbell 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1389.0 154 156 293 9 1 1 .997 1.96
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.73
E.Mayer 366.3 42 42 24 63 0 2 1.000 2.14
D.Vance 351.3 40 40 29 85 3 5 .974 2.92
J.Boehling 215.0 25 25 18 42 3 2 .952 2.51
G.Morton 181.3 21 22 12 42 3 2 .947 2.68
R.Faber 164.0 16 19 15 40 1 3 .982 3.02
S.Smith 58.7 4 23 4 11 1 3 .938 2.30
J.Scott 41.3 3 21 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.09
D.Danforth 11.0 0 7 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.27
Team Total 1389.0 151 199 102 292 11 17 .973 2.55
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Speaker .340
On-Base Pct Speaker .418
Slugging Pct Speaker .495
OPS Speaker .913
XR Speaker 95.9
Games Burns 146
At-Bats Burns 562
Runs Schang 92
Hits Speaker 175
Total Bases Speaker 255
Singles Burns 134
Doubles O'Rourke 28
Triples Speaker 17
Homeruns Schang, Speaker 8
RBIs Burns 100
Stolen Bases Roush 37
Caught Stealing Speaker 27
Walks Speaker 75
Strikeouts Schang 55
ERA Boehling 2.26
Wins Mayer 30
Losses Mayer, Vance 10
Winning Pct Mayer .750
Saves Scott 7
Games Pitched Mayer 42
Games Started Mayer 42
Complete Games Mayer 37
Shutouts Vance 5
Innings Pitched Mayer 366.3
Hits Allowed Mayer 335
Homeruns Allowed Vance 13
Strikeouts Vance 213
Walks Allowed Vance 142
Walks per 9IP Mayer 1.1
Hits per 9IP Vance 6.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Vance 5.5
WHiP Mayer 1.03
OAVG Vance .202
OOBP Mayer .268
OSLG Boehling .277
OOPS Boehling .554
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Tris Speaker $ 24,000,000
Joe Boehling $ 5,571,429
Erskine Mayer $ 4,421,429
Wally Schang $ 2,807,143
Hy Myers $ 2,078,571
George Burns $ 2,035,714
Jack Tobin $ 1,892,857
Hank Gowdy $ 1,864,286
Frank O'Rourke $ 1,621,429
Dave Danforth $ 570,000
Dots Miller $ 480,000
Red Faber $ 350,000
Vin Campbell $ 350,000
Edd Roush $ 300,000
Dazzy Vance $ 300,000
Ray Schalk $ 300,000
Everett Scott $ 300,000
Jim Scott $ 300,000
Charlie Jamieson $ 300,000
Sherry Smith $ 300,000
Milt Stock $ 300,000
Guy Morton $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/16 Traded Joe Gedeon
Eppa Rixey		 Washington Tris Speaker
2/27 Signed     Dave Danforth
3/3 Released Detroit Trade Bait    
3/3 Traded Pete Kilduff Washington Senators Trade Bait
7/1 Traded Bruno Betzel Philadelphia (N) Red Faber
 
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