# 1916 Detroit Tigers season

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

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Red Sox | 91 | 63 | .591 | — | 49‍–‍28 | 42‍–‍35 |
| Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | .578 | 2 | 49‍–‍28 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Detroit Tigers | 87 | 67 | .565 | 4 | 49‍–‍28 | 38‍–‍39 |
| New York Yankees | 80 | 74 | .519 | 11 | 46‍–‍31 | 34‍–‍43 |
| St. Louis Browns | 79 | 75 | .513 | 12 | 45‍–‍32 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Cleveland Indians | 77 | 77 | .500 | 14 | 44‍–‍33 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Washington Senators | 76 | 77 | .497 | 14½ | 49‍–‍28 | 27‍–‍49 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 117 | .235 | 54½ | 23‍–‍53 | 13‍–‍64 |

### Record vs. opponents

1916 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 |