1903 Detroit Tigers season explained

Detroit Tigers
Season:	1903
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Bennett Park
City:	Detroit, Michigan
Owners:	Samuel F. Angus
Managers:	Ed Barrow

1903 was the third year for the Detroit Tigers in the still-new American League. The team finished in fifth place with a record or 65–71 (.478), 25 games behind the Boston Americans. The 1903 Tigers outscored their opponents 567 to 539. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 224,523, sixth out of the eight teams in the AL.

Regular season

Roster

1903 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager

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		72	248	62	.250	0	21
1B		135	548	154	.281	2	79
2B		93	336	75	.223	1	22
3B		109	402	103	.256	0	43
SS		78	265	69	.260	0	22
OF		137	550	184	.335	4	89
OF		136	517	163	.315	2	31
OF		119	423	116	.274	1	33

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
	69	239	53	.222	0	23
	63	192	41	.214	1	13
	35	132	45	.341	0	19
	29	105	25	.238	0	12
	23	74	17	.230	0	6
	11	37	10	.270	0	3
	5	22	4	.182	0	1
	2	8	3	.375	0	0
	1	3	0	.000	0	0

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

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
	41	320.2	19	15	2.25	170
	35	307.0	17	16	2.29	187
	31	257.2	15	162	2.58	102
	16	118.2	7	9	2.96	33
	10	60.2	3	4	3.86	14
	7	56.1	2	5	3.36	21
	6	39.1	2	2	3.43	14
	3	18.0	0	2	8.50	10
	1	9.0	0	1	4.00	1
	2	8.2	0	1	12.46	2

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Jimmy Barrett

• AL leader in on-base percentage (.407)
• AL leader in bases on balls (74)
• AL leader in times on base (243)
• #4 in AL in batting average (.315)
• #3 in AL in runs scored (95)
• #3 in AL in plate appearances (615)
• #4 in AL in singles (138)

Sam Crawford

• AL leader in runs created (98)
• MLB leader in triples (25)
• #2 in AL in batting average (.335)
• #2 in AL in hits (184)
• #2 in AL in total bases (269)
• #3 in AL in OPS (.855)
• #3 in AL in times on base (211)
• #4 in AL in slugging percentage (.489)
• #4 in AL in sacrifice hits (25)
• #5 in AL in RBIs (89)

Bill Donovan

• #2 in AL in strikeouts (187)
• #2 in MLB in hits allowed per 9 innings pitched (7.24)
• #2 in AL in strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (5.48)
• #2 in AL in bases on balls allowed (95)
• #5 in AL in wild pitches (7)

Harry "Candy" Kane

• 2nd youngest player in AL (19)

Frank Kitson

• #4 in AL in home runs allowed (8)

Billy Lush

• MLB leader in sacrifice hits (34)
• #2 in AL in bases on balls (70)
• #3 in on-base percentage (.379)

Deacon McGuire

• 2nd oldest player in the AL (39)

George Mullin

• AL leader in saves (2)
• AL leader in bases on balls allowed (106)
• #2 in AL in shutouts (6)
• #2 in games (41)
• #3 in AL in batters faced (1345)
• #5 in AL in strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (4.77)
• #5 in AL in strikeouts (170)
• #6 in AL in ERA (2.26)

Joe Yeager

• #4 in AL in times hit by pitch (9)

References

• 1903 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics