1904 Detroit Tigers season

1904 Detroit Tigers
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1900)
Location
Bennett Park (Since 1896) Detroit, Michigan (Since 1894)
1904 Information
Owner(s)	William H. Yawkey
Manager(s)	Ed Barrow and Bobby Lowe
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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. 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

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Americans	95	59	0.617	—	49–30	46–29
New York Highlanders	92	59	0.609	1½	46–29	46–30
Chicago White Sox	89	65	0.578	6	50–27	39–38
Cleveland Naps	86	65	0.570	7½	44–31	42–34
Philadelphia Athletics	81	70	0.536	12½	47–31	34–39
St. Louis Browns	65	87	0.428	29	32–43	33–44
Detroit Tigers	62	90	0.408	32	34–40	28–50
Washington Senators	38	113	0.252	55½	23–52	15–61

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	Drill, LewLew Drill	51	160	39	.244	0	13
1B	Carr, CharlieCharlie Carr	92	360	77	.214	0	40
2B	Lowe, BobbyBobby Lowe	140	506	105	.208	0	40
3B	Gremminger, EdEd Gremminger	83	309	66	.214	1	28
SS	O'Leary, CharleyCharley O'Leary	135	456	97	.213	1	16
OF	McIntyre, MattyMatty McIntyre	152	578	146	.253	2	46
OF	Barrett, JimmyJimmy Barrett	162	624	167	.268	0	31
OF	Crawford, SamSam Crawford	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
Robinson, RabbitRabbit Robinson	101	320	77	.241	0	37
Coughlin, BillBill Coughlin	56	206	47	.228	0	17
Wood, BobBob Wood	49	175	43	.246	1	17
Beville, MonteMonte Beville	54	174	36	.207	0	13
Hickman, CharlieCharlie Hickman	42	144	35	.243	2	22
Buelow, FritzFritz Buelow	42	136	15	.110	0	5
Huelsman, FrankFrank Huelsman	4	18	6	.333	0	4
Burns, JackJack Burns	4	16	2	.125	0	1
McManus, FrankFrank McManus	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
Mullin, GeorgeGeorge Mullin	45	382.1	17	23	2.40	161
Donovan, BillBill Donovan	34	293	17	16	2.46	137
Killian, EdEd Killian	40	257.2	14	20	2.44	124
Kitson, FrankFrank Kitson	26	199.2	8	13	3.07	38
Stovall, JesseJesse Stovall	22	60.2	3	12	4.42	41
Jaeger, CharlieCharlie Jaeger	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
Raymond, BugsBugs Raymond	5	14.2	0	1	3.07	7
Ferry, CyCy Ferry	3	13	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