1918 Detroit Tigers season

The 1918 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished seventh in the American League with a record of 55–71, 20 games behind the Boston Red Sox.

1918 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Navin Field (since 1912) Detroit (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	William H. Yawkey and Frank Navin
Manager(s)	Hughie Jennings
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	75	51	0.595	—	49–21	26–30
Cleveland Indians	73	54	0.575	2½	38–22	35–32
Washington Senators	72	56	0.562	4	41–32	31–24
New York Yankees	60	63	0.488	13½	37–29	23–34
St. Louis Browns	58	64	0.475	15	23–30	35–34
Chicago White Sox	57	67	0.460	17	30–26	27–41
Detroit Tigers	55	71	0.437	20	28–29	27–42
Philadelphia Athletics	52	76	0.406	24	35–32	17–44

Record vs. opponents

1918 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	12–7	10–10	13–5	6–11	13–6	14–5	7–7
Chicago	7–12	—	10–11	6–10	12–6	11–10	5–5	6–13
Cleveland	10–10	11–10	—	10–3	11–7–1	13–7–1	10–6	8–11
Detroit	5–13	10–6	3–10	—	9–10–1	9–11	10–10	9–11–1
New York	11–6	6–12	7–11–1	10–9–1	—	8–4	10–10–1	8–11
Philadelphia	6–13	10–11	7–13–1	11–9	4–8	—	8–10	6–12–1
St. Louis	5–14	5–5	6–10	10–10	10–10–1	10–8	—	12–7
Washington	7–7	13–6	11–8	11–9–1	11–8	12–6–1	7–12	—

Roster

1918 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Bill Bailey Bernie Boland Harry Coveleski George Cunningham Hooks Dauss Bill Donovan Ben Dyer Eric Erickson Happy Finneran Charley Hall Herb Hall Bill James Deacon Jones Rudy Kallio Willie Mitchell		Catchers Tubby Spencer Oscar Stanage Archie Yelle Infielders Donie Bush Jack Coffey Jim Curry Lee Dressen Art Griggs Hughie Jennings Bob Jones Ossie Vitt Ralph Young		Outfielders Ty Cobb Babe Ellison George Harper Harry Heilmann Bobby Veach Frank Walker Other positions Joe Cobb		Manager Hughie Jennings Coaches Bill Donovan

Player stats

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
OF	George Harper	69	227	55	.242	0	16

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
Bob Jones	74	287	79	.275	0	21
Ben Dyer	13	18	5	.278	0	2

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
Bernie Boland	29	204	14	10	2.65	63
Bill James	19	122	6	11	3.76	42

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
Bill Bailey	8	37	1	2	5.97	13
Bill Donovan	2	6	1	0	1.50	1

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

External links

• 1918 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference