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.
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 | 54 | 186 | 47 | .253 | 1 | 16 |
| 1B | Harry Heilmann | 79 | 286 | 79 | .276 | 5 | 43 |
| 2B | Ralph Young | 91 | 298 | 56 | .188 | 0 | 21 |
| SS | Donie Bush | 128 | 500 | 117 | .234 | 0 | 26 |
| 3B | Ossie Vitt | 81 | 267 | 64 | .240 | 0 | 17 |
| OF | 69 | 227 | 55 | .242 | 0 | 16 | |
| OF | Ty Cobb | 111 | 421 | 161 | .382 | 3 | 62 |
| OF | Bobby Veach | 127 | 499 | 139 | .279 | 3 | 84 |
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 |
| 74 | 287 | 79 | .275 | 0 | 21 | |
| Frank Walker | 55 | 167 | 33 | .198 | 1 | 20 |
| Tubby Spencer | 66 | 155 | 34 | .219 | 0 | 10 |
| Archie Yelle | 56 | 144 | 25 | .174 | 0 | 8 |
| George Cunningham | 56 | 112 | 25 | .223 | 0 | 3 |
| Lee Dressen | 31 | 107 | 19 | .178 | 0 | 2 |
| Art Griggs | 28 | 99 | 36 | .364 | 0 | 19 |
| Jack Coffey | 22 | 67 | 14 | .209 | 0 | 2 |
| Marty Kavanagh | 13 | 44 | 12 | .273 | 0 | 9 |
| Babe Ellison | 7 | 23 | 6 | .261 | 0 | 3 |
| Jim Curry | 5 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 0 | 2 | |
| Davy Jones | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Cobb | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
| Hughie Jennings | 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 | 33 | 249.2 | 12 | 16 | 2.99 | 73 |
| 29 | 204.0 | 14 | 10 | 2.65 | 63 | |
| Rudy Kallio | 30 | 181.1 | 8 | 13 | 3.62 | 70 |
| 19 | 122.0 | 6 | 11 | 3.76 | 42 | |
| Eric Erickson | 12 | 94.1 | 4 | 5 | 2.48 | 48 |
| Willie Mitchell | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 2 |
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 |
| George Cunningham | 27 | 140.0 | 6 | 7 | 3.15 | 39 |
| 8 | 37.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.97 | 13 | |
| Harry Coveleski | 3 | 14.0 | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 3 |
| Happy Finneran | 5 | 13.2 | 0 | 2 | 9.88 | 2 |
| Charley Hall | 6 | 13.1 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 2 |
| 2 | 6.0 | 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 |
| Deacon Jones | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.09 | 15 |
| Herb Hall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 1 |
| Ty Cobb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |
| Ben Dyer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Bobby Veach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 0 |