1905 Detroit Tigers season

1905 Detroit Tigers
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1900)
Location
Bennett Park (Since 1896) Detroit, Michigan (Since 1894)
1905 Information
Owner(s)	William H. Yawkey
Manager(s)	Bill Armour
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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), 15½ games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

Regular season

The 1905 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 602 to 512. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 193,384, eighth out of the eight teams in the AL.

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	92	56	0.622	—	51–22	41–34
Chicago White Sox	92	60	0.605	2	50–29	42–31
Detroit Tigers	79	74	0.516	15½	45–30	34–44
Boston Americans	78	74	0.513	16	44–32	34–42
Cleveland Naps	76	78	0.494	19	41–36	35–42
New York Highlanders	71	78	0.477	21½	40–35	31–43
Washington Senators	64	87	0.424	29½	33–42	31–45
St. Louis Browns	54	99	0.353	40½	34–42	20–57

Notable transactions

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

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	72	211	55	.261	0	24
1B	Lindsay, ChrisChris Lindsay	88	329	88	.267	0	31
2B	Schaefer, GermanyGermany Schaefer	153	554	135	.244	2	47
3B	Coughlin, BillBill Coughlin	137	489	123	.252	0	44
SS	O'Leary, CharleyCharley O'Leary	148	512	109	.213	0	33
OF	McIntyre, MattyMatty McIntyre	131	495	130	.263	0	30
OF	Crawford, SamSam Crawford	154	575	171	.297	6	75
OF	Cooley, DuffDuff Cooley	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
Hickman, CharlieCharlie Hickman	59	213	47	.221	2	20
Lowe, BobbyBobby Lowe	58	181	35	.193	0	9
Cobb, TyTy Cobb	41	150	36	.240	1	15
Warner, JackJack Warner	36	119	24	.202	0	7
Doran, TomTom Doran	34	94	15	.160	0	4
Barrett, JimmyJimmy Barrett	20	67	17	.254	0	3
Sullivan, JohnJohn Sullivan	13	32	5	.156	0	4
Wood, BobBob Wood	8	24	2	.083	0	0
Eubank, JohnJohn Eubank	7	14	5	.357	0	1
Clarke, NigNig Clarke	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
Mullin, GeorgeGeorge Mullin	44	347.2	21	21	2.51	168
Donovan, BillBill Donovan	34	280.2	18	15	2.60	135
Killian, EdEd Killian	39	313.2	23	14	2.27	110
Kitson, FrankFrank Kitson	33	225.2	12	14	3.47	78
Wiggs, JimmyJimmy Wiggs	7	60.2	3	3	3.27	37
Jackson, HerbHerb Jackson	2	11	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
Disch, GeorgeGeorge Disch	8	47.2	0	2	2.64	18
Ford, GeneGene Ford	7	35	0	1	5.66	20
Cicotte, EddieEddie Cicotte	3	18	1	1	3.50	6
Eubank, JohnJohn Eubank	3	17.1	1	0	2.08	1
Thomas, FrostyFrosty Thomas	2	6	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
Justis, WaltWalt Justis	2	0	0	0	8.10	0
Bruckmiller, AndyAndy Bruckmiller	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 (347⅔)
• 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