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 Americans. 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.
1903 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Bennett Park | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | Samuel F. Angus | |
Managers | Ed Barrow | |
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Regular season
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Season standings
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Americans | 91 | 47 | 0.659 | — | 49–20 | 42–27 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 75 | 60 | 0.556 | 14½ | 44–21 | 31–39 |
Cleveland Naps | 77 | 63 | 0.550 | 15 | 49–25 | 28–38 |
New York Highlanders | 72 | 62 | 0.537 | 17 | 41–26 | 31–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 65 | 71 | 0.478 | 25 | 37–28 | 28–43 |
St. Louis Browns | 65 | 74 | 0.468 | 26½ | 38–32 | 27–42 |
Chicago White Stockings | 60 | 77 | 0.438 | 30½ | 41–28 | 19–49 |
Washington Senators | 43 | 94 | 0.314 | 47½ | 29–40 | 14–54 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | — | 14–6 | 12–8 | 10–9–1 | 13–7 | 13–6 | 14–6 | 15–5–2 | |||||
Chicago | 6–14 | — | 10–10 | 10–9 | 7–11–1 | 6–14 | 9–11 | 12–8 | |||||
Cleveland | 8–12 | 10–10 | — | 9–11 | 14–6 | 9–11 | 11–9 | 16–4 | |||||
Detroit | 9–10–1 | 9–10 | 11–9 | — | 10–9 | 11–9 | 6–14 | 9–10 | |||||
New York | 7–13 | 11–7–1 | 6–14 | 9–10 | — | 10–8–1 | 15–5 | 14–5 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6–13 | 14–6 | 11–9 | 9–11 | 8–10–1 | — | 11–8 | 16–3–1 | |||||
St. Louis | 6–14 | 11–9 | 9–11 | 14–6 | 5–15 | 8–11 | — | 12–8 | |||||
Washington | 5–15–2 | 8–12 | 4–16 | 10–9 | 5–14 | 3–16–1 | 8–12 | — |
Roster
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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 |
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C | Deacon McGuire | 72 | 248 | 62 | .250 | 0 | 21 |
1B | Charlie Carr | 135 | 548 | 154 | .281 | 2 | 79 |
2B | Heinie Smith | 93 | 336 | 75 | .223 | 1 | 22 |
3B | Joe Yeager | 109 | 402 | 103 | .256 | 0 | 43 |
SS | Sport McAllister | 78 | 265 | 69 | .260 | 0 | 22 |
OF | Sam Crawford | 137 | 550 | 184 | .335 | 4 | 89 |
OF | Jimmy Barrett | 136 | 517 | 163 | .315 | 2 | 31 |
OF | Billy Lush | 119 | 423 | 116 | .274 | 1 | 33 |
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 |
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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 |
Ernie Courtney | 23 | 74 | 17 | .230 | 0 | 6 |
Jack Burns | 11 | 37 | 10 | .270 | 0 | 3 |
John Murphy | 5 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 1 |
Simon Nicholls | 2 | 8 | 3 | .375 | 0 | 0 |
Paddy Greene | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
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George Mullin | 41 | 320.2 | 19 | 15 | 2.25 | 170 |
Bill Donovan | 35 | 307.0 | 17 | 16 | 2.29 | 187 |
Frank Kitson | 31 | 257.2 | 15 | 162 | 2.58 | 102 |
Rube Kisinger | 16 | 118.2 | 7 | 9 | 2.96 | 33 |
John Deering | 10 | 60.2 | 3 | 4 | 3.86 | 14 |
Mal Eason | 7 | 56.1 | 2 | 5 | 3.36 | 21 |
John Skopec | 6 | 39.1 | 2 | 2 | 3.43 | 14 |
Harry Kane | 3 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 8.50 | 10 |
Joe Yeager | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 |
Alex Jones | 2 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 12.46 | 2 |
Awards and honors
League top five finishers
- 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)
- 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)
- #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)
- 2nd youngest player in AL (19)
- #4 in AL in home runs allowed (8)
- MLB leader in sacrifice hits (34)
- #2 in AL in bases on balls (70)
- #3 in on-base percentage (.379)
- 2nd oldest player in the AL (39)
- 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)
- #4 in AL in times hit by pitch (9)
References
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