1900 Detroit Tigers season explained

Detroit Tigers
Season:	1900
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Bennett Park
City:	Detroit, Michigan
Owners:	James D. Burns
Managers:	George Stallings

The 1900 Detroit Tigers season was the Tigers' first in the American League, which received recognition as a major league one year later in 1901. The Tigers finished in fourth place out of eight teams with a record of 71–67, games behind Charles Comiskey's Chicago White Stockings.^[1] Detroit's home games were played at Bennett Park. George Stallings was the manager.

Outfielder Dick Harley led the team with a .325 batting average, 77 runs scored, and 47 stolen bases. Sport McAllister led in slugging percentage (.383), and Frank Dillon led in extra-base hits (30).^[2]

Roscoe Miller led the team with a 19-9 win-loss record for a .679 win percentage. Jack Cronin led in innings pitched (372) and strikeouts (121).^[2]

After the 1900 season, the Detroit Free Press wrote that not since the 1887 Detroit Wolverines won the National League championship had baseball been as "liberally supported" in Detroit, and the club's gate receipts had been "a source of envy to other magnates in the league." The paper noted that owners James D. Burns and George Stallings had spent large sums of money for "releases of star players" and had paid "major league salaries" to the majority of the players.^[3]

Players

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	R	SB
OF		123	486	158	.325	77	47
1B		123	470	137	.291	57	25
3B		115	469	122	.260	75	37
C		126	462	119	.258	71	15
OF		113	433	126	.291	64	29
SS		109	396	104	.263	61	28
OF/C		111	392	120	.306	65	40
3B		88	336	96	.286	49	10
C		88	294	76	.259	60	4
OF		73	283	73	.258	31	10
OF		42	147	37	.252	17	7
P		46	141	28	.199	21	2
P/2B/SS		46	141	28	.199	21	2
OF		32	121	28	.231	14	6
P		30	98	16	.163	7	0
2B		21	78	22	.282	8	2

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; PCT = Win percentage; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	PCT	SO
	45	372	19	22	.463	121
	32	270	19	12	.613	49
	30	241	19	9	.679	54
	20	150	6	9	.400	46
	14	111	6	5	.545	26
	8	46	1	4	na	6
	5	22	1	3	na	7
	5	20	0	2	na	2
	3	12	0	1	na	6
	1	1	0	0	na	0

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1900 American League. Sports Reference LLC. Baseball-Reference.com. October 10, 2017.
2. Web site: 1900 Detroit Tigers. Sports Reference LLC. Baseball-Reference.com. October 10, 2017.
3. News: Word About Sports. Detroit Free Press. October 14, 1900. 19. Newspapers.com.