1904 Detroit Tigers season

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.

1904 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)William H. Yawkey
Manager(s)Ed Barrow and Bobby Lowe
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Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Americans 9559 0.617 49–30 46–29
New York Highlanders 9259 0.609 46–29 46–30
Chicago White Sox 8965 0.578 6 50–27 39–38
Cleveland Naps 8665 0.570 44–31 42–34
Philadelphia Athletics 8170 0.536 12½ 47–31 34–39
St. Louis Browns 6587 0.428 29 32–43 33–44
Detroit Tigers 6290 0.408 32 34–40 28–50
Washington Senators 38113 0.252 55½ 23–52 15–61

Record vs. opponents

1904 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston 13–99–1316–612–10–213–9–112–1020–2
Chicago 9–1314–814–8–112–10–18–1414–818–4
Cleveland 13–98–1414–8–29–11–111–1013–918–4
Detroit 6–168–14–18–14–27–1510–12–111–11–212–8–4
New York 10–12–210–12–111–9–115–712–916–618–4
Philadelphia 9–13–114–810–1112–10–19–1211–10–116–6–1
St. Louis 10–128–149–1311–11–26–1610–11–111–10–1
Washington 2–204–184–188–12–44–186–16–110–11–1

Roster

1904 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CLew Drill5116039.244013
1BCharlie Carr9236077.214040
2BBobby Lowe140506105.208040
3BEd Gremminger8330966.214128
SSCharley O'Leary13545697.213116
OFMatty McIntyre152578146.253246
OFJimmy Barrett162624167.268031
OFSam Crawford150562143.254273

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 Robinson10132077.241037
Bill Coughlin5620647.228017
Bob Wood4917543.246117
Monte Beville5417436.207013
Charlie Hickman4214435.243222
Fritz Buelow4213615.11005
Frank Huelsman4186.33304
Jack Burns4162.12501
Frank McManus100----00

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

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 Mullin45382.117232.40161
Bill Donovan3429317162.46137
Ed Killian40257.214202.44124
Frank Kitson26199.28133.0738
Jesse Stovall2260.23124.4241
Charlie Jaeger849332.5713

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 Raymond514.2013.077
Cy Ferry313016.234

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

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