1923 Detroit Tigers season

The 1923 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished second in the American League with a record of 83–71, 16 games behind the New York Yankees.

1923 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Navin Field (since 1912) Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Navin
Manager(s)	Ty Cobb
Local television	none
Local radio	none
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Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	98	54	0.645	—	46–30	52–24
Detroit Tigers	83	71	0.539	16	45–32	38–39
Cleveland Indians	82	71	0.536	16½	42–36	40–35
Washington Senators	75	78	0.490	23½	43–34	32–44
St. Louis Browns	74	78	0.487	24	40–36	34–42
Philadelphia Athletics	69	83	0.454	29	34–41	35–42
Chicago White Sox	69	85	0.448	30	30–45	39–40
Boston Red Sox	61	91	0.401	37	37–40	24–51

Record vs. opponents

1923 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	9–13	10–12	10–12–1	8–14	13–7	4–18–1	7–15
Chicago	13–9	—	9–13	9–13	7–15	10–12	11–11–1	10–12–1
Cleveland	12–10	13–9	—	9–13	12–10	12–10	14–8	10–11
Detroit	12–10–1	13–9	13–9	—	10–12	12–10	12–10	11–11
New York	14–8	15–7	10–12	12–10	—	16–6	15–5	16–6
Philadelphia	7–13	12–10	10–12	10–12	6–16	—	9–13	15–7–1
St. Louis	18–4–1	11–11–1	8–14	10–12	5–15	13–9	—	9–13
Washington	15–7	12–10–1	11–10	11–11	6–16	7–15–1	13–9	—

Roster

1923 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Rufe Clarke Bert Cole Rip Collins Hooks Dauss Ray Francis Ken Holloway Syl Johnson Roy Moore Ole Olsen Herman Pillette Ed Wells Earl Whitehill		Catchers Johnny Bassler Fred Carisch Clyde Manion Larry Woodall Infielders Lu Blue Les Burke George Cutshaw Fred Haney Bob Jones John Kerr Del Pratt Topper Rigney		Outfielders Ty Cobb Bob Fothergill Harry Heilmann Heinie Manush Bobby Veach Other batters Ira Flagstead		Manager Ty Cobb Coaches Fred Carisch

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
C	Johnny Bassler	135	383	114	.298	0	49
1B	Lu Blue	129	504	143	.284	1	46
2B	Fred Haney	142	503	142	.282	4	67
SS	Topper Rigney	129	470	148	.315	1	74
3B	Bob Jones	100	372	93	.250	1	40
OF	Harry Heilmann	144	524	211	.403	18	115
OF	Ty Cobb	145	556	189	.340	6	88
OF	Bobby Veach	114	293	94	.321	2	39

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
Heinie Manush	109	308	103	.334	4	54
Del Pratt	101	297	92	.310	0	40
Bob Fothergill	101	241	76	.315	1	49
Larry Woodall	71	148	41	.277	1	19
George Cutshaw	45	143	32	.224	0	13
John Kerr	19	42	9	.214	0	1
Clyde Manion	23	22	3	.136	0	2
Les Burke	7	10	1	.100	0	2
Ira Flagstead	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Fred Carisch	2	0	0	---	0	0

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	50	316	21	13	3.62	105
Herman Pillette	47	250.1	14	19	3.85	64
Rip Collins	17	92.1	3	7	4.87	25

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
Ken Holloway	42	194	11	10	4.45	55
Syl Johnson	37	176.1	12	7	3.98	93
Bert Cole	52	163	13	5	4.14	32
Ray Francis	33	79.1	5	8	4.42	27
Earl Whitehill	8	33	2	0	2.73	19

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
Ole Olsen	17	1	1	0	6.31	12
Ed Wells	7	0	0	0	5.40	6
Rufe Clarke	5	1	1	0	4.50	2
Roy Moore	3	0	0	1	3.00	7

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
A	Fort Worth Panthers	Texas League	Jake Atz

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fort Worth[1]

Notes

1. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1923 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference