1919 Detroit Tigers season

1919 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNavin Field
CityDetroit
Record80–60 (.571)
League place4th
OwnersFrank Navin
ManagersHughie Jennings

The 1919 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fourth in the American League with a record of 80–60, 8 games behind the Chicago White Sox.

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago White Sox 88 52 .629 — 48‍–‍22 40‍–‍30
Cleveland Indians 84 55 .604 3½ 44‍–‍25 40‍–‍30
New York Yankees 80 59 .576 7½ 46‍–‍25 34‍–‍34
Detroit Tigers 80 60 .571 8 46‍–‍24 34‍–‍36
St. Louis Browns 67 72 .482 20½ 40‍–‍30 27‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox 66 71 .482 20½ 35‍–‍30 31‍–‍41
Washington Senators 56 84 .400 32 32‍–‍40 24‍–‍44
Philadelphia Athletics 36 104 .257 52 21‍–‍49 15‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents


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

Roster

1919 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 Eddie Ainsmith 114 364 99 .272 3 35
1B Harry Heilmann 140 537 172 .320 8 92
2B Ralph Young 125 456 96 .211 1 26
SS Donie Bush 129 509 124 .244 0 33
3B Bob Jones 127 439 114 .260 1 57
OF Ty Cobb 124 498 191 .384 1 67
OF Ira Flagstead 97 287 95 .331 5 47
OF Bobby Veach 139 538 191 .355 3 97

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
Chick Shorten 95 270 85 .315 0 26
Babe Ellison 56 134 29 .216 0 13
Oscar Stanage 38 120 29 .242 1 16
Ben Dyer 44 85 21 .247 0 15
Archie Yelle 6 4 0 .000 0 0
Snooks Dowd 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 34 256.1 21 9 3.55 73
Howard Ehmke 33 248.2 17 10 3.18 79
Bernie Boland 35 242.2 14 16 3.04 71
Dutch Leonard 29 217.1 14 13 2.77 102

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
Doc Ayers 24 93.2 5 3 2.69 32
Slim Love 22 89.2 6 4 3.01 46
Eric Erickson 3 14.2 0 2 6.75 4
Willie Mitchell 3 13.2 1 2 5.27 4
Bill James 2 9.1 1 0 5.79 3

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
George Cunningham 17 1 1 1 4.91 11
Rudy Kallio 12 0 0 1 5.64 3

References