1914 Detroit Tigers season

1914 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNavin Field
CityDetroit
Record80–73 (.523)
League place4th
OwnersWilliam H. Yawkey and Frank Navin
ManagersHughie Jennings

The 1914 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers finishing fourth in the American League.

Ty Cobb won another batting title with a .368 average. Sam Crawford led the league in RBI and was second in MVP voting.

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 99 53 .651 — 51‍–‍24 48‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox 91 62 .595 8½ 44‍–‍31 47‍–‍31
Washington Senators 81 73 .526 19 40‍–‍33 41‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers 80 73 .523 19½ 42‍–‍35 38‍–‍38
St. Louis Browns 71 82 .464 28½ 42‍–‍36 29‍–‍46
Chicago White Sox 70 84 .455 30 43‍–‍37 27‍–‍47
New York Yankees 70 84 .455 30 36‍–‍40 34‍–‍44
Cleveland Naps 51 102 .333 48½ 32‍–‍47 19‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents


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Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 13–9 16–6 15–7–1 11–11 12–9–3 13–9–2 11–11
Chicago 9–13 — 13–9 6–16 12–10–1 5–17 13–9–1 12–10–1
Cleveland 6–16 9–13 — 6–16 8–14–1 3–19 8–13–2 11–11–1
Detroit 7–15–1 16–6 16–6 — 13–9–1 9–12–1 9–13 10–12–1
New York 11–11 10–12–1 14–8–1 9–13–1 — 8–14 11–11 7–15
Philadelphia 9–12–3 17–5 19–3 12–9–1 14–8 — 15–7–1 13–9–1
St. Louis 9–13–2 9–13–1 13–8–2 13–9 11–11 7–15–1 — 9–13
Washington 11–11 10–12–1 11–11–1 12–10–1 15–7 9–13–1 13–9 —

Roster

1914 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 122 400 77 .193 0 25
1B George Burns 137 478 129 .291 5 57
2B Marty Kavanagh 128 439 109 .248 4 35
3B George Moriarty 132 465 118 .254 1 40
SS Donie Bush 157 596 150 .252 0 32
OF Sam Crawford 157 582 183 .314 8 104
OF Ty Cobb 98 345 127 .368 2 57
OF Bobby Veach 149 531 146 .275 1 72

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
Ossie Vitt 66 195 49 .251 0 8
Hugh High 84 184 49 .266 0 17
Harry Heilmann 69 182 41 .225 2 18
Billy Purtell 28 76 13 .171 0 3
Del Baker 44 70 15 .214 0 1
Red McKee 34 64 12 .188 0 8
Paddy Baumann 3 11 0 .000 0 0
Fred McMullin 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Del Gainer 1 0 0 ---- 0 0
Ray Demmitt 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 44 303.1 22 12 2.49 124
Hooks Dauss 45 302.0 18 15 2.86 150
Jean Dubuc 36 224.0 13 14 3.46 70
Red Oldham 9 45.1 2 4 3.38 23
Lefty Williams 1 1.0 0 1 0.00 0

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
Pug Cavet 31 151.1 7 7 2.44 51
Alex Main 32 138.1 6 6 2.67 55
Marc Hall 25 90.1 4 6 2.69 18
Ross Reynolds 26 78.0 5 3 2.08 31
George Boehler 18 63.0 2 3 3.57 37
Johnnie Williams 4 11.1 0 2 6.35 4
Ed McCreery 3 4.0 1 0 11.25 1

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Donie Bush

  • #4 in AL in runs scored (97)

Ty Cobb

  • MLB leader in on-base percentage (.466)
  • AL leader in batting average (.368)
  • AL leader in slugging percentage (.513)

Harry Coveleski

  • #2 in AL in wins (22)

Sam Crawford

  • AL leader in RBI (104)
  • #3 in AL in slugging percentage (.483)

References