1903 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1903 American League Bennett Park Detroit, Michigan 65 71 y 5th Samuel F. Angus 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 thumb|200px|right|The 1903 Detroit Tigers Season standings Detroit Tigers Record vs. opponents DET Roster 1903 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers John Deering Bill Donovan Mal Eason Alex Jones Harry Kane Rube Kisinger Frank Kitson George Mullin John Skopec Catchers Fritz Buelow Deacon McGuire Infielders Jack Burns Charlie Carr Ernie Courtney Kid Elberfeld Paddy Greene Herman Long Sport McAllister John Murphy Simon Nicholls Heinie Smith Joe Yeager Outfielders Jimmy Barrett Sam Crawford Doc Gessler Billy Lush Manager Ed Barrow 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 Deacon McGuire 72 248 62 .250 0 21 1B Charlie Carr 135 548 154 .281 2 79 2B Heinie Smith 93 336 75 .223 1 22 3B Joe Yeager 109 402 103 .256 0 43 SS Sport McAllister 78 265 69 .260 0 22 OF Sam Crawford 137 550 184 .335 4 89 OF Jimmy Barrett Jimmy Barrett (baseball) 136 517 163 .315 2 31 OF Billy Lush 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 Herman Long Herman Long (baseball) 69 239 53 .222 0 23 Fritz Buelow 63 192 41 .214 1 13 Kid Elberfeld 35 132 45 .341 0 19 Doc Gessler 29 105 25 .238 0 12 Ernie Courtney 23 74 17 .230 0 6 Jack Burns Jack Burns (second baseman) 11 37 10 .270 0 3 John Murphy John Murphy (infielder) 5 22 4 .182 0 1 Simon Nicholls Simon Nicholls (baseball) 2 8 3 .375 0 0 Paddy Greene 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 George Mullin George Mullin (baseball) 41 320.2 19 15 2.25 170 Bill Donovan 35 307.0 17 16 2.29 187 Frank Kitson Frank Kitson (baseball) 31 257.2 15 162 2.58 102 Rube Kisinger 16 118.2 7 9 2.96 33 John Deering John Deering (baseball) 10 60.2 3 4 3.86 14 Mal Eason 7 56.1 2 5 3.36 21 John Skopec 6 39.1 2 2 3.43 14 Harry Kane Harry Kane (baseball) 3 18.0 0 2 8.50 10 Joe Yeager 1 9.0 0 1 4.00 1 Alex Jones Alex Jones (baseball) 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 Baseball 1903 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1903 in Detroit