1904 Detroit Tigers season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

1904 was the fourth year for the Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

in the American League

American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...

. The team finished in seventh place with a record of 62-90 (.408), 32 games behind the Boston Americans

1904 Boston Americans season

The Boston Americans season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Americans finishing 1st in the American League with a record of 95 wins and 59 losses...

. 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

Ty Cobb

Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb , nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He was born in Narrows, Georgia...

's arrival, pitcher George Mullin

George Mullin (baseball)

George Joseph Mullin was a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played fourteen seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators of the American League and the Indianapolis Hoosiers/Newark Pepper of the Federal League.-Career Overview:Mullin holds the Detroit Tigers...

had a higher batting average than any of the team's regulars at .290.

Roster

1904 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

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	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

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

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
45	382.1	17	23	2.40	161
34	293	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	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	1	6.23	4

League top five finishers

Jimmy Barrett

James Erigena Barrett was a Major League Baseball center fielder. A native of Athol, Massachusetts, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Barrett played 10 seasons in the major leagues with the Cincinnati Reds , Detroit Tigers , and Boston Red Sox...

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

Edwin Henry Killian , nicknamed "Twilight Ed," was a Major League Baseball pitcher primarily of the Detroit Tigers....

#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

Robert Lincoln "Bobby" Lowe , nicknamed "Link", was an American baseball player, coach and scout. He played Major League Baseball for the Boston Beaneaters , Chicago Cubs , Pittsburgh Pirates , and Detroit Tigers...

3rd oldest player in the AL (38)

Matty McIntyre

Matthew W. "Matty" McIntyre was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played ten seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics , Detroit Tigers , and Chicago White Sox ....

#3 in AL in sacrifice hits (28)

George Mullin

George Mullin (baseball)

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

Bob Wood (baseball)

Robert Lynn "Bob" Wood , was a Major League Baseball player who played seven seasons in the Major Leagues, three with the Cincinnati Reds , and two each with the Cleveland Blues/Bronchos and Detroit Tigers . Born in Thorn Hill, Ohio, Wood did not debut in the Major Leagues until he was 32 years old...

4th oldest player in the AL (38)

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