1918 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNavin Field
CityDetroit
OwnersWilliam H. Yawkey and Frank Navin
ManagersHughie Jennings
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The 1918 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the American League with a record of 55–71, 20 games behind the Boston Red Sox.

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 75 51 0.595 — 49–21 26–30
Cleveland Indians 73 54 0.575 2½ 38–22 35–32
Washington Senators 72 56 0.562 4 41–32 31–24
New York Yankees 60 63 0.488 13½ 37–29 23–34
St. Louis Browns 58 64 0.475 15 23–30 35–34
Chicago White Sox 57 67 0.460 17 30–26 27–41
Detroit Tigers 55 71 0.437 20 28–29 27–42
Philadelphia Athletics 52 76 0.406 24 35–32 17–44

Record vs. opponents

1918 American League record

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


Roster

1918 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 54 186 47 .253 1 16
1B Harry Heilmann 79 286 79 .276 5 43
2B Ralph Young 91 298 56 .188 0 21
SS Donie Bush 128 500 117 .234 0 26
3B Ossie Vitt 81 267 64 .240 0 17
OF George Harper 69 227 55 .242 0 16
OF Ty Cobb 111 421 161 .382 3 62
OF Bobby Veach 127 499 139 .279 3 84

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
Bob Jones 74 287 79 .275 0 21
Frank Walker 55 167 33 .198 1 20
Tubby Spencer 66 155 34 .219 0 10
Archie Yelle 56 144 25 .174 0 8
George Cunningham 56 112 25 .223 0 3
Lee Dressen 31 107 19 .178 0 2
Art Griggs 28 99 36 .364 0 19
Jack Coffey 22 67 14 .209 0 2
Marty Kavanagh 13 44 12 .273 0 9
Babe Ellison 7 23 6 .261 0 3
Jim Curry 5 20 5 .250 0 3
Ben Dyer 13 18 5 .278 0 2
Davy Jones 1 2 0 .000 0 0
Joe Cobb 1 0 0 ---- 0 0
Hughie Jennings 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
Hooks Dauss 33 249.2 12 16 2.99 73
Bernie Boland 29 204.0 14 10 2.65 63
Rudy Kallio 30 181.1 8 13 3.62 70
Bill James 19 122.0 6 11 3.76 42
Eric Erickson 12 94.1 4 5 2.48 48
Willie Mitchell 1 4.0 0 1 9.00 2

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 27 140.0 6 7 3.15 39
Bill Bailey 8 37.0 1 2 5.97 13
Harry Coveleski 3 14.0 0 1 3.86 3
Happy Finneran 5 13.2 0 2 9.88 2
Charley Hall 6 13.1 0 1 6.75 2
Bill Donovan 2 6.0 1 0 1.50 1

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
Deacon Jones 21 3 2 0 3.09 15
Herb Hall 3 0 0 0 15.00 1
Ty Cobb 2 0 0 0 4.50 0
Ben Dyer 2 0 0 0 0.00 0
Bobby Veach 1 0 0 1 4.50 0

External links

1918 MLB season by team
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