1905 Detroit Tigers season explained

Detroit Tigers
Season:	1905
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Bennett Park
City:	Detroit, Michigan
Owners:	William H. Yawkey
Managers:	Bill Armour

1905 was the fifth year for the Detroit Tigers in the American League. The team finished in third place with a record of 79–74 (.516), 15 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

Regular season

The 1905 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 602 to 512, the largest negative run differential ever for a Major League team with a winning record. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 193,384, eighth out of the eight teams in the AL.

Notable transactions

• August 24, 1905: Ty Cobb was purchased by the Tigers from the Augusta Tourists.^[1]

Roster

1905 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	211	55	.261	0	24
1B		88	329	88	.267	0	31
2B		153	554	135	.244	2	47
3B		137	489	123	.252	0	44
SS		148	512	109	.213	0	33
OF		131	495	130	.263	0	30
OF		154	575	171	.297	6	75
OF		97	377	93	.247	1	32

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
	59	213	47	.221	2	20
	58	181	35	.193	0	9
	41	150	36	.240	1	15
	36	119	24	.202	0	7
	34	94	15	.160	0	4
	20	67	17	.254	0	3
	13	32	5	.156	0	4
	8	24	2	.083	0	0
	7	14	5	.357	0	1
	3	7	3	.429	1	1

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
	44	347.2	21	21	2.51	168
	39	313.2	23	14	2.27	110
	34	280.2	18	15	2.60	135
	33	225.2	12	14	3.47	78
	7	60.2	3	3	3.27	37
	2	11.0	0	2	5.73	3

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
	8	47.2	0	2	2.64	18
	7	35.0	0	1	5.66	20
	3	18.0	1	1	3.50	6
	3	17.1	1	0	2.08	1
	2	6.0	0	1	7.50	5

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
	2	0	0	0	8.10	0
	1	0	0	0	27.00	1

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Ty Cobb

• Youngest player in the AL (18)

Ed Killian

• AL leader in shutouts (8)
• #3 in AL in wins (23)
• #3 in AL in bases on balls allowed (107)
• #4 in AL in complete games (33)
• #4 in AL in hit batsmen (13)
• #5 in AL in games started (37)

Frank Kitson

• #5 in AL in earned runs allowed (87)

Sam Crawford

• #2 in AL in OPS (.786)
• #2 in AL in doubles (38)
• #2 in AL in runs created (87)
• #2 in AL in extra base hits (54)
• #3 in AL in slugging percentage (.430)
• #3 in AL in hits (171)
• #3 in AL in total bases (247)
• #3 in AL in home runs (6)
• #3 in AL in times on base (224)
• #4 in AL in on-base percentage (.357)
• #4 in AL in RBIs (75)
• #4 in AL in Power/Speed Number (9.4)
• #5 in AL in batting average (.297)

Bill Donovan

• #4 in AL in bases on balls allowed (101)

Bobby Lowe

• 2nd oldest player in the AL (39)

George Mullin

• AL leader in complete games (35)
• AL leader in innings pitched (347)
• AL leader in games started (41)
• AL leader in bases on balls allowed (138)
• AL leader in hits allowed (303)
• AL leader in batters faced (1473)
• #2 in AL in games (44)
• #3 in AL in earned runs allowed (97)
• #4 in AL in losses (21)

Bob Wood

• 3rd oldest player in AL (39)

References

• 1905 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cobbty01.shtml Ty Cobb page at Baseball Reference