# 1923 Detroit Tigers season

The 1923 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 83–71, 16 games behind the New York Yankees.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 54 | .645 | — | 46‍–‍30 | 52‍–‍24 |
| Detroit Tigers | 83 | 71 | .539 | 16 | 45‍–‍32 | 38‍–‍39 |
| Cleveland Indians | 82 | 71 | .536 | 16½ | 42‍–‍36 | 40‍–‍35 |
| Washington Senators | 75 | 78 | .490 | 23½ | 43‍–‍34 | 32‍–‍44 |
| St. Louis Browns | 74 | 78 | .487 | 24 | 40‍–‍36 | 34‍–‍42 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 69 | 83 | .454 | 29 | 34‍–‍41 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Chicago White Sox | 69 | 85 | .448 | 30 | 30‍–‍45 | 39‍–‍40 |
| Boston Red Sox | 61 | 91 | .401 | 37 | 37‍–‍40 | 24‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1923 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 9–13 | 10–12 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | 13–7 | 4–18–1 | 7–15 |
| Chicago | 13–9 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 11–11–1 | 10–12–1 |
| Cleveland | 12–10 | 13–9 | — | 9–13 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 10–11 |
| Detroit | 12–10–1 | 13–9 | 13–9 | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 11–11 |
| New York | 14–8 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 12–10 | — | 16–6 | 15–5 | 16–6 |
| Philadelphia | 7–13 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 6–16 | — | 9–13 | 15–7–1 |
| St. Louis | 18–4–1 | 11–11–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 5–15 | 13–9 | — | 9–13 |
| Washington | 15–7 | 12–10–1 | 11–10 | 11–11 | 6–16 | 7–15–1 | 13–9 | — |

### 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 | Johnny Bassler | 135 | 383 | 114 | .298 | 0 | 49 |
| 1B | Lu Blue | 129 | 504 | 143 | .284 | 1 | 46 |
| 2B | Fred Haney | 142 | 503 | 142 | .282 | 4 | 67 |
| SS | Topper Rigney | 129 | 470 | 148 | .315 | 1 | 74 |
| 3B | Bob Jones | 100 | 372 | 93 | .250 | 1 | 40 |
| OF | Harry Heilmann | 144 | 524 | 211 | .403 | 18 | 115 |
| OF | Ty Cobb | 145 | 556 | 189 | .340 | 6 | 88 |
| OF | Bobby Veach | 114 | 293 | 94 | .321 | 2 | 39 |

#### 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 |
| Heinie Manush | 109 | 308 | 103 | .334 | 4 | 54 |
| Del Pratt | 101 | 297 | 92 | .310 | 0 | 40 |
| Bob Fothergill | 101 | 241 | 76 | .315 | 1 | 49 |
| Larry Woodall | 71 | 148 | 41 | .277 | 1 | 19 |
| George Cutshaw | 45 | 143 | 32 | .224 | 0 | 13 |
| John Kerr | 19 | 42 | 9 | .214 | 0 | 1 |
| Clyde Manion | 23 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 2 |
| Les Burke | 7 | 10 | 1 | .100 | 0 | 2 |
| Ira Flagstead | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Carisch | 2 | 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 | 50 | 316.0 | 21 | 13 | 3.62 | 105 |
| Herman Pillette | 47 | 250.1 | 14 | 19 | 3.85 | 64 |
| Rip Collins | 17 | 92.1 | 3 | 7 | 4.87 | 25 |

#### 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 |
| Ken Holloway | 42 | 194.0 | 11 | 10 | 4.45 | 55 |
| Syl Johnson | 37 | 176.1 | 12 | 7 | 3.98 | 93 |
| Bert Cole | 52 | 163.0 | 13 | 5 | 4.14 | 32 |
| Ray Francis | 33 | 79.1 | 5 | 8 | 4.42 | 27 |
| Earl Whitehill | 8 | 33.0 | 2 | 0 | 2.73 | 19 |

#### 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 |
| Ole Olsen | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.31 | 12 |
| Ed Wells | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 6 |
| Rufe Clarke | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |
| Roy Moore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 7 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| A | Fort Worth Panthers | Texas League | Jake Atz |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Worth