1920 Detroit Tigers
Record: 85-69
Finish: 2nd in AL Division Division
Runs Scored: 674
Runs Allowed: 649
Exp W-L: 80-74
 
Ballpark: Navin Field
Attendance: 1,868,527
Manager: Rodney McBride

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-59, 4th in the American League
AA: 62-69, 5th in the American League
A: 58-73, 7th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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
CF *Edd Roush 27 141 576 80 173 25 15 5 53 30 26 48 15 .300 .355 .422 .777 81.2 16.7 4.8
1B  George Burns 27 144 557 76 164 37 9 4 88 10 9 40 10 .294 .343 .415 .758 72.6 14.1 2.8
LF *Bevo Lebourveau 25 145 547 87 163 27 14 6 58 28 14 56 59 .298 .362 .431 .794 82.3 18.1 2.7
RF *Tris Speaker 32 144 523 87 146 29 15 4 76 21 16 67 22 .279 .356 .415 .771 75.9 14.8 3.5
C #Wally Schang 30 130 492 71 131 19 5 7 46 14 7 58 40 .266 .350 .368 .718 66.0 12.4 6.7
2B  Frank O'Rourke 25 138 492 50 134 17 10 3 75 12 3 27 23 .272 .313 .366 .678 54.7 8.1 5.7
SS  Everett Scott 27 113 405 41 107 12 2 2 43 13 5 18 19 .264 .294 .319 .613 36.9 3.7 6.5
3B  Hank Gowdy 30 114 386 39 98 18 8 4 47 0 0 43 29 .254 .327 .373 .700 45.7 7.6 5.0
3B *Chet Chadbourne 35 83 235 35 59 7 3 1 31 0 1 23 10 .251 .315 .319 .635 23.4 2.8 3.0
SS  Milt Stock 26 48 145 15 41 3 2 2 17 0 1 10 5 .283 .327 .372 .699 16.4 2.7 1.4
RF *Jack Tobin 28 53 142 20 44 5 7 0 18 4 1 3 12 .310 .322 .444 .766 18.2 4.0 0.6
P  Erskine Mayer 31 40 116 3 24 3 0 0 8 0 0 2 30 .207 .220 .233 .453 5.7 0.0 0.0
P  Dazzy Vance 29 39 115 8 19 9 0 0 10 0 0 5 24 .165 .197 .243 .440 4.5 0.0 0.0
3B  Marty McManus 20 30 121 27 40 4 2 3 12 5 3 8 9 .331 .372 .471 .843 19.6 4.6 1.1
P *Joe Boehling 29 41 119 9 17 3 0 0 8 0 0 1 20 .143 .148 .168 .316 -0.5 0.0 0.0
C  Ray Schalk 27 30 84 8 18 5 0 1 10 1 1 7 7 .214 .283 .310 .592 7.0 0.3 1.3
LF  Les Mann 26 43 85 12 20 3 1 2 7 5 5 6 12 .235 .286 .365 .650 8.6 0.9 0.6
P  Elam Vangilder 24 16 51 3 14 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 6 .275 .275 .373 .647 5.2 0.8 0.0
P #Red Faber 31 13 35 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .143 .167 .171 .338 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  George Kaiserling 27 5 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .071 .133 .071 .205 -0.3 0.0 0.0
C  Hank Deberry 25 2 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3 0.0 0.1
SS  Dots Miller 33 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Sherry Smith 29 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Dave Danforth 30 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Guy Morton 27 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.0 1554 5256 674 1420 229 93 45 619 143 92 424 368 .270 .325 .375 .700 623.5 111.7 45.8
  Rank among 8 AL teams 8 6 6 4 1 2 7 5 5 5 1 6 5 4 4 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 29 19 18 .514 41 41 0 345.7 349 144 3 113 142 3.75 20.9
 Erskine Mayer 31 25 12 .676 40 40 0 342.7 355 125 6 46 123 3.28 28.6
 Dazzy Vance 29 22 15 .595 39 39 0 335.3 333 131 13 104 187 3.52 23.6
 Elam Vangilder 24 5 10 .333 16 16 0 135.0 150 72 11 48 38 4.80 4.5
 Red Faber 31 8 5 .615 13 13 0 113.7 114 36 1 31 29 2.85 10.7
 George Kaiserling 27 2 3 .400 5 5 0 45.0 52 20 0 13 11 4.00 2.2
*Sherry Smith 29 3 1 .750 22 0 2 30.0 23 6 0 9 4 1.80 5.3
 Jim Scott 32 1 5 .167 12 0 0 14.3 19 11 3 5 5 6.91 0.0
 Guy Morton 27 0 0 .000 11 0 7 10.3 13 4 1 2 4 3.48 1.6
*Dave Danforth 30 0 0 .000 5 0 0 4.3 5 4 0 2 0 8.31 0.0
Team Totals 28.9 85 69 .552 204 154 9 1376.3 1413 553 38 373 543 3.62 97.5
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 6 2 4 1 5 3 2 2 3  
* - 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 .971 36.7
W.Schang 1157.3 130 130 480 102 19 3 .968 36.7
R.Schalk 199.0 22 26 86 17 0 1 1.000 38.5
H.Deberry 20.0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1.000 14.3
Team Total 1376.3 154 158 572 120 19 4 .973 36.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 13.24
G.Burns 1252.3 140 140 1692 127 12 125 .993 13.07
C.Chadbourne 94.0 11 13 112 13 3 10 .977 11.97
H.Gowdy 26.0 3 3 37 0 0 4 1.000 12.81
D.Miller 4.0 0 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75
Team Total 1376.3 154 158 1848 140 15 139 .993 13.00
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 6.76
F.O'Rourke 934.3 106 106 233 444 12 76 .983 6.52
M.McManus 261.0 29 29 66 125 11 21 .946 6.59
M.Stock 177.0 19 23 47 74 4 13 .968 6.15
D.Miller 3.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Chadbourne 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1376.3 154 160 348 645 27 110 .974 6.49
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.93
H.Gowdy 910.0 102 103 64 221 10 15 .966 2.82
C.Chadbourne 440.7 49 51 24 124 6 9 .961 3.02
M.Stock 25.7 3 4 0 7 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1376.3 154 158 88 352 16 24 .965 2.88
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 5.85
E.Scott 964.3 108 108 175 462 25 80 .962 5.95
F.O'Rourke 257.0 29 30 48 108 11 24 .934 5.46
M.Stock 146.0 17 18 30 51 11 8 .880 4.99
C.Chadbourne 9.0 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1376.3 154 161 256 621 47 112 .949 5.73
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 1.84
B.Lebourveau 1231.3 138 138 229 11 20 3 .923 1.75
J.Tobin 144.0 16 16 23 0 1 0 .958 1.44
L.Mann 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1376.3 154 155 252 11 21 3 .926 1.72
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.41
E.Roush 1214.7 136 139 323 13 8 4 .977 2.49
L.Mann 157.7 18 20 46 1 2 0 .959 2.68
B.Lebourveau 4.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1376.3 154 163 370 14 10 4 .975 2.51
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.95
T.Speaker 1242.3 139 141 260 3 1 0 .996 1.91
J.Tobin 134.0 15 16 33 1 3 0 .919 2.28
Team Total 1376.3 154 157 293 4 4 0 .987 1.94
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 2.73
J.Boehling 345.7 41 41 16 64 2 5 .976 2.08
E.Mayer 342.7 40 40 16 69 5 5 .944 2.23
D.Vance 335.3 39 39 32 76 4 3 .964 2.90
E.Vangilder 135.0 16 16 15 25 0 2 1.000 2.67
R.Faber 113.7 13 13 6 32 2 1 .950 3.01
G.Kaiserling 45.0 5 5 4 13 0 1 1.000 3.40
S.Smith 30.0 0 22 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.70
J.Scott 14.3 0 12 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.63
G.Morton 10.3 0 11 0 2 1 0 .667 1.74
D.Danforth 4.3 0 5 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1376.3 154 204 92 289 14 19 .965 2.49
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Roush .300
On-Base Pct Lebourveau .362
Slugging Pct Lebourveau .431
OPS Lebourveau .794
XR Lebourveau 82.3
Games Lebourveau 145
At-Bats Roush 576
Runs Lebourveau, Speaker 87
Hits Roush 173
Total Bases Roush 243
Singles Roush 128
Doubles Burns 37
Triples Roush, Speaker 15
Homeruns Schang 7
RBIs Burns 88
Stolen Bases Roush 30
Caught Stealing Roush 26
Walks Speaker 67
Strikeouts Lebourveau 59
ERA Mayer 3.28
Wins Mayer 25
Losses Boehling 18
Winning Pct Mayer .676
Saves Morton 7
Games Pitched Boehling 41
Games Started Boehling 41
Complete Games Vance 34
Shutouts Mayer 3
Innings Pitched Boehling 345.7
Hits Allowed Mayer 355
Homeruns Allowed Vance 13
Strikeouts Vance 187
Walks Allowed Boehling 113
Walks per 9IP Mayer 1.2
Hits per 9IP Vance 8.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Vance 5.0
WHiP Mayer 1.17
OAVG Vance .259
OOBP Mayer .296
OSLG Mayer .350
OOPS Mayer .646
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Tris Speaker $ 24,000,000
Joe Boehling $ 13,000,000
George Burns $ 7,000,000
Erskine Mayer $ 6,670,000
Wally Schang $ 4,150,000
Dazzy Vance $ 4,130,000
Frank O'Rourke $ 3,550,000
Hank Gowdy $ 3,520,000
Edd Roush $ 2,964,286
Chet Chadbourne $ 2,250,000
Jack Tobin $ 1,790,000
Everett Scott $ 1,620,000
Jim Scott $ 390,000
Sherry Smith $ 350,000
Milt Stock $ 350,000
Les Mann $ 350,000
Charlie Jamieson $ 350,000
Ray Schalk $ 350,000
Guy Morton $ 300,000
Dave Danforth $ 300,000
Hank Deberry $ 300,000
George Kaiserling $ 300,000
Bevo Lebourveau $ 300,000
Dots Miller $ 300,000
Elam Vangilder $ 300,000
Marty McManus $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/19 Signed     Chet Chadbourne
7/1 Traded Red Faber Brooklyn Trade Z Bait
Round Draft Pick.