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
← 1913Seasons1915 →

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 LeagueWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Philadelphia Athletics99530.65151–2448–29
Boston Red Sox91620.59544–3147–31
Washington Senators81730.5261940–3341–40
Detroit Tigers80730.52319½42–3538–38
St. Louis Browns71820.46428½42–3629–46
Chicago White Sox70840.4553043–3727–47
New York Yankees70840.4553036–4034–44
Cleveland Naps511020.33348½32–4719–55

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston13–916–615–7–111–1112–9–313–9–211–11
Chicago9–1313–96–1612–10–15–1713–9–112–10–1
Cleveland6–169–136–168–14–13–198–13–211–11–1
Detroit7–15–116–616–613–9–19–12–19–1310–12–1
New York11–1110–12–114–8–19–13–18–1411–117–15
Philadelphia9–12–317–519–312–9–114–815–7–113–9–1
St. Louis9–13–29–13–113–8–213–911–117–15–19–13
Washington11–1110–12–111–11–112–10–115–79–13–113–9


Roster

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1914 Detroit Tigers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
COscar Stanage12240077.193025
1BGeorge Burns137478129.291557
2BMarty Kavanagh128439109.248435
3BGeorge Moriarty132465118.254140
SSDonie Bush157596150.252032
OFSam Crawford157582183.3148104
OFTy Cobb98345127.368257
OFBobby Veach149531146.275172

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Ossie Vitt6619549.25108
Hugh High8418449.266017
Harry Heilmann6918241.225218
Billy Purtell287613.17103
Del Baker447015.21401
Red McKee346412.18808
Paddy Baumann3110.00000
Fred McMullin110.00000
Del Gainer100----00
Ray Demmitt100----00

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Harry Coveleski44303.122122.49124
Hooks Dauss45302.018152.86150
Jean Dubuc36224.013143.4670
Red Oldham945.1243.3823
Lefty Williams11.0010.000

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pug Cavet31151.1772.4451
Alex Main32138.1662.6755
Marc Hall2590.1462.6918
Ross Reynolds2678.0532.0831
George Boehler1863.0233.5737
Johnnie Williams411.1026.354
Ed McCreery34.01011.251

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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