1919 Detroit Tigers season

1919 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Ballpark	Navin Field
City	Detroit
Owners	Frank Navin
Managers	Hughie Jennings
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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

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	88	52	0.629	—	48–22	40–30
Cleveland Indians	84	55	0.604	3½	44–25	40–30
New York Yankees	80	59	0.576	7½	46–25	34–34
Detroit Tigers	80	60	0.571	8	46–24	34–36
St. Louis Browns	67	72	0.482	20½	40–30	27–42
Boston Red Sox	66	71	0.482	20½	35–30	31–41
Washington Senators	56	84	0.400	32	32–40	24–44
Philadelphia Athletics	36	104	0.257	52	21–49	15–55

Record vs. opponents

1919 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1919 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Doc Ayers Bernie Boland George Cunningham Hooks Dauss Howard Ehmke Eric Erickson Bill James Rudy Kallio Dutch Leonard Slim Love Willie Mitchell		Catchers Eddie Ainsmith Oscar Stanage Archie Yelle Infielders Donie Bush Ben Dyer Babe Ellison Harry Heilmann Bob Jones Ralph Young		Outfielders Ty Cobb Ira Flagstead Chick Shorten Bobby Veach Other positions Snooks Dowd		Manager Hughie Jennings Coaches Dan Howley

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

References

• 1919 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference