# 1919 Detroit Tigers season

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

vteAmerican 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

1919 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 |