# 1914 Detroit Tigers season

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

vteAmerican 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

1914 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | 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
## 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)