1904 Detroit Tigers season explained

Detroit Tigers
Season:	1904
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Bennett Park
City:	Detroit, Michigan
Owners:	William H. Yawkey
Managers:	Ed Barrow and Bobby Lowe

1904 was the fourth year for the Detroit Tigers in the American League. The team finished in seventh place with a record of 62–90 (.408), 32 games behind the Boston Americans. They played ten tie games, which is the major league record. The 1904 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 627 to 505. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 177,796, seventh out of the eight teams in the AL. In the year before Ty Cobb's arrival, pitcher George Mullin had a higher batting average than any of the team's regulars at .290.

Regular season

Roster

1904 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		51	160	39	.244	0	13
1B		92	360	77	.214	0	40
2B		140	506	105	.208	0	40
3B		83	309	66	.214	1	28
SS		135	456	97	.213	1	16
OF		152	578	146	.253	2	46
OF		162	624	167	.268	0	31
OF		150	562	143	.254	2	73

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
	101	320	77	.241	0	37
	56	206	47	.228	0	17
	49	175	43	.246	1	17
	54	174	36	.207	0	13
	42	144	35	.243	2	22
	42	136	15	.110	0	5
	4	18	6	.333	0	4
	4	16	2	.125	0	1
	1	0	0	----	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
	45	382.1	17	23	2.40	161
	34	293.0	17	16	2.46	137
	40	257.2	14	20	2.44	124
	26	199.2	8	13	3.07	38
	22	60.2	3	12	4.42	41
	8	49.0	3	3	2.57	13

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
	5	14.2	0	1	3.07	7
	3	13.0	0	1	6.23	4

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Jimmy Barrett

• AL leader in bases on balls (79)
• AL leader in times on base (249)
• AL leader in games (162)
• AL leader in plate appearances (714)
• #2 in AL in singles (152)
• #4 in AL in at bats (624)
• #5 in AL in outs (465)

Bill Donovan

• #3 in AL in bases on balls allowed (94)
• #5 in AL in wild pitches (11)

Ed Killian

• #4 in AL in bases on balls allowed (93)
• #4 in AL in games finished (6)
• #5 in AL in hit batsmen (17)

Frank Kitson

• #5 in AL in home runs allowed (7)

Bobby Lowe

• 3rd oldest player in the AL (38)

Matty McIntyre

• #3 in AL in sacrifice hits (28)

George Mullin

• AL leader in bases on balls allowed (131)
• #2 in AL in complete games (42)
• #2 in AL in hits allowed (345)
• #2 in AL in batters faced (1597)
• #3 in AL in shutouts (7)
• #3 in AL in losses (23)
• #4 in AL in games (45)
• #4 in AL in innings pitched (382.1)
• #4 in AL in games started (44)
• #5 in AL in earned runs allowed (102)

Bob Wood

• 4th oldest player in the AL (38)

References

• 1904 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics at Baseball Reference