1904 Detroit Tigers season

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1904 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkBennett Park
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersWilliam H. Yawkey
ManagersEd Barrow and Bobby Lowe
← 1903 Seasons 1905 →

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. They played ten tie games, which is the major league record. 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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Americans 95 59 .617 — 49‍–‍30 46‍–‍29
New York Highlanders 92 59 .609 1½ 46‍–‍29 46‍–‍30
Chicago White Sox 89 65 .578 6 50‍–‍27 39‍–‍38
Cleveland Naps 86 65 .570 7½ 44‍–‍31 42‍–‍34
Philadelphia Athletics 81 70 .536 12½ 47‍–‍31 34‍–‍39
St. Louis Browns 65 87 .428 29 32‍–‍43 33‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers 62 90 .408 32 34‍–‍40 28‍–‍50
Washington Senators 38 113 .252 55½ 23‍–‍52 15‍–‍61

Record vs. opponents

1904 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston — 13–9 9–13 16–6 12–10–2 13–9–1 12–10 20–2
Chicago 9–13 — 14–8 14–8–1 12–10–1 8–14 14–8 18–4
Cleveland 13–9 8–14 — 14–8–2 9–11–1 11–10 13–9 18–4
Detroit 6–16 8–14–1 8–14–2 — 7–15 10–12–1 11–11–2 12–8–4
New York 10–12–2 10–12–1 11–9–1 15–7 — 12–9 16–6 18–4
Philadelphia 9–13–1 14–8 10–11 12–10–1 9–12 — 11–10–1 16–6–1
St. Louis 10–12 8–14 9–13 11–11–2 6–16 10–11–1 — 11–10–1
Washington 2–20 4–18 4–18 8–12–4 4–18 6–16–1 10–11–1 —

Roster

1904 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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 Lew Drill 51 160 39 .244 0 13
1B Charlie Carr 92 360 77 .214 0 40
2B Bobby Lowe 140 506 105 .208 0 40
3B Ed Gremminger 83 309 66 .214 1 28
SS Charley O'Leary 135 456 97 .213 1 16
OF Matty McIntyre 152 578 146 .253 2 46
OF Jimmy Barrett 162 624 167 .268 0 31
OF Sam 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
Rabbit Robinson 101 320 77 .241 0 37
Bill Coughlin 56 206 47 .228 0 17
Bob Wood 49 175 43 .246 1 17
Monte Beville 54 174 36 .207 0 13
Charlie Hickman 42 144 35 .243 2 22
Fritz Buelow 42 136 15 .110 0 5
Frank Huelsman 4 18 6 .333 0 4
Jack Burns 4 16 2 .125 0 1
Frank 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
George Mullin 45 382.1 17 23 2.40 161
Bill Donovan 34 293.0 17 16 2.46 137
Ed Killian 40 257.2 14 20 2.44 124
Frank Kitson 26 199.2 8 13 3.07 38
Jesse Stovall 22 60.2 3 12 4.42 41
Charlie Jaeger 8 49.0 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
Bugs Raymond 5 14.2 0 1 3.07 7
Cy Ferry 3 13.0 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)

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