1914 Detroit Tigers season

1914 Detroit Tigers
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Navin Field (Since 1912) Detroit, Michigan (Since 1901)
1914 Information
Owner(s)	Frank Navin
Manager(s)	Hughie Jennings
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The 1914 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers finishing fourth in the American League.

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	W	L	Pct.	GB
Philadelphia Athletics	99	53	.651	--
Boston Red Sox	91	62	.595	8½
Washington Senators	81	73	.526	19
Detroit Tigers	80	73	.523	19½
St. Louis Browns	71	82	.464	28½
Chicago White Sox	70	84	.455	30
New York Yankees	70	84	.455	30
Cleveland Naps	51	102	.333	48½

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	Stanage, OscarOscar Stanage	122	400	77	.193	0	25
1B	Burns, GeorgeGeorge Burns	137	478	129	.291	5	57
2B	Kavanagh, MartyMarty Kavanagh	128	439	109	.248	4	35
3B	Moriarty, GeorgeGeorge Moriarty	132	465	118	.254	1	40
SS	Bush, DonieDonie Bush	157	596	150	.252	0	32
OF	Crawford, SamSam Crawford	157	582	183	.314	8	104
OF	Cobb, TyTy Cobb	98	345	127	.368	2	57
OF	Veach, BobbyBobby 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
Heilmann, HarryHarry Heilmann	69	182	41	.225	2	18
McMullin, FredFred McMullin	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Gainer, DelDel Gainer	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
Coveleski, HarryHarry Coveleski	44	303.1	22	12	2.49	124
Dauss, HooksHooks Dauss	45	302	18	15	2.86	150
Dubuc, JeanJean Dubuc	36	224	13	14	3.46	70
Williams, LeftyLefty Williams	1	1	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
Cavet, PugPug Cavet	31	151.1	7	7	2.44	51
Main, AlexAlex Main	32	138.1	6	6	2.67	55
Hall, MarcMarc Hall	25	90.1	4	6	2.69	18
Boehler, GeorgeGeorge Boehler	18	63	2	3	3.57	37
Williams, JohnnieJohnnie Williams	4	11.1	0	2	6.35	4
McCreery, EdEd McCreery	3	4	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