# 1913 Detroit Tigers season

The 1913 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 66–87, 30 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 96 | 57 | .627 | — | 50‍–‍26 | 46‍–‍31 |
| Washington Senators | 90 | 64 | .584 | 6½ | 42‍–‍35 | 48‍–‍29 |
| Cleveland Naps | 86 | 66 | .566 | 9½ | 45‍–‍32 | 41‍–‍34 |
| Boston Red Sox | 79 | 71 | .527 | 15½ | 41‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍37 |
| Chicago White Sox | 78 | 74 | .513 | 17½ | 40‍–‍37 | 38‍–‍37 |
| Detroit Tigers | 66 | 87 | .431 | 30 | 34‍–‍42 | 32‍–‍45 |
| New York Yankees | 57 | 94 | .377 | 38 | 27‍–‍47 | 30‍–‍47 |
| St. Louis Browns | 57 | 96 | .373 | 39 | 31‍–‍46 | 26‍–‍50 |

### Record vs. opponents

1913 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 10–11 | 8–13 | 13–9 | 14–6–1 | 11–11 | 17–5 | 6–16 |
| Chicago | 11–10 | — | 9–13–1 | 13–9 | 11–10 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 11–11 |
| Cleveland | 13–8 | 13–9–1 | — | 14–7 | 14–8–1 | 9–13 | 16–6–1 | 7–15 |
| Detroit | 9–13 | 9–13 | 7–14 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 11–11 | 12–10 |
| New York | 6–14–1 | 10–11 | 8–14–1 | 11–11 | — | 5–17 | 11–11 | 6–16 |
| Philadelphia | 11–11 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 17–5 | — | 15–6 | 14–8 |
| St. Louis | 5–17 | 10–12 | 6–16–1 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 6–15 | — | 8–14–1 |
| Washington | 16–6 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 16–6 | 8–14 | 14–8–1 | — |

### 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 | 80 | 241 | 54 | .224 | 0 | 21 |
| 1B | Del Gainer | 105 | 363 | 97 | .267 | 2 | 25 |
| 2B | Ossie Vitt | 99 | 359 | 86 | .240 | 2 | 33 |
| SS | Donie Bush | 152 | 597 | 150 | .251 | 1 | 40 |
| 3B | George Moriarty | 104 | 347 | 83 | .239 | 0 | 30 |
| OF | Sam Crawford | 153 | 609 | 193 | .317 | 9 | 83 |
| OF | Ty Cobb | 122 | 429 | 167 | .389 | 4 | 67 |
| OF | Bobby Veach | 137 | 491 | 132 | .269 | 0 | 64 |

#### 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 |
| Baldy Louden | 76 | 191 | 46 | .241 | 0 | 23 |
| Paddy Baumann | 50 | 191 | 57 | .298 | 1 | 22 |
| Red McKee | 68 | 187 | 53 | .283 | 1 | 20 |
| Hugh High | 87 | 183 | 42 | .230 | 0 | 16 |
| Henri Rondeau | 36 | 70 | 13 | .186 | 0 | 5 |
| Frank Gibson | 23 | 57 | 8 | .140 | 0 | 2 |
| Eddie Onslow | 17 | 55 | 14 | .255 | 0 | 8 |
| Charlie Deal | 16 | 50 | 11 | .220 | 0 | 3 |
| Guy Tutwiler | 14 | 47 | 10 | .213 | 0 | 7 |
| Wally Pipp | 12 | 31 | 5 | .161 | 0 | 5 |
| Les Hennessy | 14 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Platte | 9 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Burns | 4 | 13 | 5 | .385 | 0 | 1 |
| Pepper Peploski | 2 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Partenheimer | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Powell | 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 |
| Jean Dubuc | 36 | 242.2 | 16 | 14 | 2.89 | 73 |
| Ed Willett | 34 | 242.0 | 13 | 14 | 3.09 | 59 |
| Hooks Dauss | 33 | 225.0 | 13 | 12 | 2.48 | 107 |
| Marc Hall | 30 | 165.0 | 9 | 12 | 3.27 | 69 |
| Ralph Comstock | 10 | 60.1 | 2 | 5 | 5.37 | 37 |
| George Mullin | 7 | 52.1 | 1 | 6 | 2.75 | 16 |
| Lefty Williams | 5 | 29.0 | 1 | 3 | 4.97 | 9 |
| George Boehler | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 2 |
| Lou North | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 15.00 | 3 |
| Erwin Renfer | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Joe Lake | 28 | 137.0 | 8 | 7 | 3.28 | 35 |
| Carl Zamloch | 17 | 69.2 | 1 | 6 | 2.45 | 28 |
| Al Klawitter | 8 | 32.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.91 | 10 |
| Al Clauss | 5 | 13.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.73 | 1 |
| Charlie Grover | 2 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Fred House | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.20 | 16 |
| Heinie Elder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 0 |
| Lefty Lorenzen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
| Charlie Harding | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |