1917 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNavin Field
CityDetroit
OwnersWilliam H. Yawkey and Frank Navin
ManagersHughie Jennings
← 1916 Seasons 1918 →

The 1917 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 78–75, 21½ games behind the Chicago White Sox.

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 100 54 0.649 — 56–21 44–33
Boston Red Sox 90 62 0.592 9 45–33 45–29
Cleveland Indians 88 66 0.571 12 44–34 44–32
Detroit Tigers 78 75 0.510 21½ 34–41 44–34
Washington Senators 74 79 0.484 25½ 42–35 32–44
New York Yankees 71 82 0.464 28½ 35–40 36–42
St. Louis Browns 57 97 0.370 43 31–46 26–51
Philadelphia Athletics 55 98 0.359 44½ 29–47 26–51

Record vs. opponents

1917 American League record

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


Roster

1917 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other positions

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 99 297 61 .205 0 30
1B George Burns 119 407 92 .226 1 40
2B Ralph Young 141 503 116 .231 1 38
SS Donie Bush 147 581 163 .281 0 23
3B Ossie Vitt 140 512 130 .254 0 45
OF Harry Heilmann 150 556 156 .281 5 85
OF Ty Cobb 152 588 225 .383 6 106
OF Bobby Veach 154 571 182 .319 8 110

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
Tubby Spencer 70 192 46 .240 0 22
George Harper 47 117 24 .205 0 12
Sam Crawford 61 104 18 .173 2 11
Bob Jones 46 77 12 .156 0 2
Ben Dyer 30 67 14 .209 0 0
Archie Yelle 25 51 7 .137 0 0
Babe Ellison 9 29 5 .172 1 4
Fred Nicholson 13 14 4 .286 0 2
Ira Flagstead 4 4 0 .000 0 0
Frank Walker 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Tony DeFate 3 2 0 .000 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
Hooks Dauss 37 270.2 17 14 2.43 102
Bernie Boland 43 238.0 16 11 2.68 89
Howard Ehmke 35 206.0 10 15 2.97 90
Bill James 34 198.0 13 10 2.09 62
Willie Mitchell 30 185.1 12 8 2.19 80

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
George Cunningham 44 139.0 2 7 2.91 49
Deacon Jones 24 77.0 4 4 2.92 28
Harry Coveleski 16 69.0 4 6 2.61 15

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
Johnny Couch 3 0 0 0 2.70 1

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