1917 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Hughie Jennings

27 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1917 MLB season.

1917 Tigers roster: batting

1917 Detroit Tigers batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Ty Cobb301525881072256055.383.4441.014
Donie Bush291475811121630034.281.370.691
Bobby Veach28154571791828021.319.393.850
Harry Heilmann22150556571565011.281.333.720
Ossie Vitt27140512651300018.254.329.631
Ralph Young2714150364116108.231.317.598
George Burns241194074292103.226.264.581
Oscar Stanage34992971961003.205.263.522
Tubby Spencer33701921346000.240.324.637
George Harper2547117624002.205.290.521
Sam Crawford3761104618200.173.204.473
Bob Jones2746771612003.156.198.418
Ben Dyer243067614003.209.232.515
Archie Yelle25255147002.137.214.371
Babe Ellison2192925100.172.333.782
Fred Nicholson22131444000.286.333.690
Ira Flagstead234400000.000.000.000
Frank Walker222200000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1917 Tigers roster: pitching

1917 Detroit Tigers pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Hooks DaussP27373117142.43270.21021.222
Bernie BolandP25432816112.68238.0891.216
Howard EhmkeP23352510152.97206.0901.272
Bill JamesP30342313102.09198.0621.311
Willie MitchellP2730221282.19185.1801.180
George CunninghamP22448272.91139.0491.184
Deacon JonesP24246442.9277.0281.230
Harry CoveleskiP311611462.6169.0151.220
Johnny CouchP2630002.7013.111.050

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.