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.

1914 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNavin Field
CityDetroit
OwnersWilliam H. Yawkey and Frank Navin
ManagersHughie Jennings
← 1913 Seasons 1915 →

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

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 99 53 .651 51‍–‍24 48‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox 91 62 .595 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

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

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1914 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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League top five finishers

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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)

References

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