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
League	American League
Ballpark	Navin Field
City	Detroit
Owners	William H. Yawkey and Frank Navin
Managers	Hughie Jennings
Seasons

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

Season standings

American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	99	53	.651	—	51‍–‍24	48‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox	91	62	.595	8½	44‍–‍31	47‍–‍31
Washington Senators	81	73	.526	19	40‍–‍33	41‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers	80	73	.523	19½	42‍–‍35	38‍–‍38
St. Louis Browns	71	82	.464	28½	42‍–‍36	29‍–‍46
Chicago White Sox	70	84	.455	30	43‍–‍37	27‍–‍47
New York Yankees	70	84	.455	30	36‍–‍40	34‍–‍44
Cleveland Naps	51	102	.333	48½	32‍–‍47	19‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1914 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	13–9	16–6	15–7–1	11–11	12–9–3	13–9–2	11–11
Chicago	9–13	—	13–9	6–16	12–10–1	5–17	13–9–1	12–10–1
Cleveland	6–16	9–13	—	6–16	8–14–1	3–19	8–13–2	11–11–1
Detroit	7–15–1	16–6	16–6	—	13–9–1	9–12–1	9–13	10–12–1
New York	11–11	10–12–1	14–8–1	9–13–1	—	8–14	11–11	7–15
Philadelphia	9–12–3	17–5	19–3	12–9–1	14–8	—	15–7–1	13–9–1
St. Louis	9–13–2	9–13–1	13–8–2	13–9	11–11	7–15–1	—	9–13
Washington	11–11	10–12–1	11–11–1	12–10–1	15–7	9–13–1	13–9	—

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	Oscar Stanage	122	400	77	.193	0	25
1B	George Burns	137	478	129	.291	5	57
2B	Marty Kavanagh	128	439	109	.248	4	35
3B	George Moriarty	132	465	118	.254	1	40
SS	Donie Bush	157	596	150	.252	0	32
OF	Sam Crawford	157	582	183	.314	8	104
OF	Ty Cobb	98	345	127	.368	2	57
OF	Bobby Veach	149	531	146	.275	1	72

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
Ossie Vitt	66	195	49	.251	0	8
Hugh High	84	184	49	.266	0	17
Harry Heilmann	69	182	41	.225	2	18
Billy Purtell	28	76	13	.171	0	3
Del Baker	44	70	15	.214	0	1
Red McKee	34	64	12	.188	0	8
Paddy Baumann	3	11	0	.000	0	0
Fred McMullin	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Del Gainer	1	0	0	----	0	0
Ray Demmitt	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
Harry Coveleski	44	303.1	22	12	2.49	124
Hooks Dauss	45	302.0	18	15	2.86	150
Jean Dubuc	36	224.0	13	14	3.46	70
Red Oldham	9	45.1	2	4	3.38	23
Lefty Williams	1	1.0	0	1	0.00	0

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
Pug Cavet	31	151.1	7	7	2.44	51
Alex Main	32	138.1	6	6	2.67	55
Marc Hall	25	90.1	4	6	2.69	18
Ross Reynolds	26	78.0	5	3	2.08	31
George Boehler	18	63.0	2	3	3.57	37
Johnnie Williams	4	11.1	0	2	6.35	4
Ed McCreery	3	4.0	1	0	11.25	1

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

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

• 1914 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference