1916 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNavin Field
CityDetroit
OwnersWilliam H. Yawkey and Frank Navin
ManagersHughie Jennings
← 1915 Seasons 1917 →

The 1916 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the American League with a record of 87–67, 4 games behind the Boston Red Sox.

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 91 63 0.591 — 49–28 42–35
Chicago White Sox 89 65 0.578 2 49–28 40–37
Detroit Tigers 87 67 0.565 4 49–28 38–39
New York Yankees 80 74 0.519 11 46–31 34–43
St. Louis Browns 79 75 0.513 12 45–32 34–43
Cleveland Indians 77 77 0.500 14 44–33 33–44
Washington Senators 76 77 0.497 14½ 49–28 27–49
Philadelphia Athletics 36 117 0.235 54½ 23–53 13–64

Record vs. opponents

1916 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 14–8 15–7 14–8 11–11 16–6 10–12–1 11–11–1
Chicago 8–14 — 13–9 13–9 10–12 18–4 15–7 12–10–1
Cleveland 7–15 9–13 — 11–11 12–10 18–4 11–11–2 9–13–1
Detroit 8–14 9–13 11–11 — 14–8–1 18–4 13–9 14–8
New York 11–11 12–10 10–12 8–14–1 — 15–7 9–13 15–7–1
Philadelphia 6–16 4–18 4–18 4–18 7–15 — 5–17 6–15–1
St. Louis 12–10–1 7–15 11–11–2 9–13 13–9 17–5 — 10–12–1
Washington 11–11–1 10–12–1 13–9–1 8–14 7–15–1 15–6–1 12–10–1 —


Roster

1916 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Oscar Stanage 94 291 69 .237 0 34
1B George Burns 135 479 137 .286 4 73
2B Ralph Young 153 528 139 .263 1 42
SS Donie Bush 145 550 124 .225 0 33
3B Ossie Vitt 153 597 135 .226 0 42
OF Sam Crawford 100 322 92 .286 0 47
OF Ty Cobb 145 543 201 .370 5 68
OF Bobby Veach 150 566 173 .306 3 89

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Harry Heilmann 136 451 127 .282 2 77
Del Baker 61 98 15 .153 0 8
Marty Kavanagh 58 78 11 .141 0 4
Red McKee 32 76 16 .211 0 6
George Harper 44 56 9 .161 0 5
Tubby Spencer 19 54 20 .370 1 9
Ben Dyer 4 14 4 .286 0 1
Jack Dalton 8 11 2 .182 0 0
Frank Fuller 20 10 1 .100 0 1
Babe Ellison 2 7 1 .143 0 1
George Maisel 8 5 0 .000 0 0
Billy Sullivan 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Harry Coveleski 44 324.1 21 11 1.97 108
Hooks Dauss 39 238.2 19 12 3.21 95
Willie Mitchell 23 127.2 7 5 3.31 60
Earl Hamilton 5 37.1 1 2 2.65 7
Howard Ehmke 5 37.1 3 1 3.13 15

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jean Dubuc 36 170.1 10 10 2.96 40
Bill James 30 151.2 8 12 3.68 61
George Cunningham 35 150.1 7 10 2.75 68
Bernie Boland 46 130.1 10 3 3.94 59
George Boehler 5 13.1 1 1 4.74 8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Eric Erickson 8 0 0 0 2.81 7
Bill McTigue 3 0 0 0 5.06 1
Deacon Jones 1 0 0 0 2.57 2
Grover Lowdermilk 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

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