1903 Detroit Tigers season

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1903 Detroit Tigers
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Bennett Park (Since 1901) Detroit, Michigan (Since 1901)
1903 Information
Owner(s)	Samuel F. Angus
Manager(s)	Ed Barrow
Local television	none
Local radio	none

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 Red Sox. 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.

Contents 1 American League final standings 1.1 Roster 2 Regular season player stats 2.1 Batting 2.2 Pitching 3 Award Winners and League Leaders 4 External links

[edit] American League final standings

American League	W	L	T	GB	Pct.
Boston Americans	91	47	3	--	.659
Philadelphia Athletics	75	60	2	14½	.556
Cleveland Naps	77	63	0	15	.550
New York Highlanders	72	62	2	17	.537
Detroit Tigers	65	71	1	25	.478
St. Louis Browns	65	74	0	26½	.468
Chicago White Sox	60	77	1	30½	.438
Washington Senators	43	94	3	47½	.314

[edit] Roster

1903 Detroit Tigers roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

[edit] Regular season player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Deacon McGuire	72	248	62	.250	0	21
Charlie Carr	135	548	154	.281	2	79
Heinie Smith	93	336	75	.223	1	22
Joe Yeager	109	402	103	.256	0	43
Sport McAllister	78	265	69	.260	0	22
Jimmy Barrett	136	517	163	.315	2	31
Sam Crawford	137	550	184	.335	4	89
Billy Lush	119	423	116	.274	1	33
Herman Long	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
George Mullin	46	126	35	.278	1	12

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

[edit] Pitching

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
George Mullin	41	320.7	19	15	2.25	170
Bill Donovan	35	307.0	17	16	2.29	187
Frank Kitson	31	257.7	15	162	2.58	102
Rube Kisinger	16	118.7	7	9	2.96	33
John Deering	10	60.7	3	4	3.86	14
Mal Eason	7	56.3	2	5	3.36	21

[edit] Award Winners and League Leaders

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)

[edit] External links

• 1903 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics

v • d • e 1903 MLB season by team American League Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • New York • Philadelphia • St. Louis • Washington National League Boston • Brooklyn • Chicago • Cincinnati • New York • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis 1903 World Series

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