1903 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkBennett Park
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersSamuel F. Angus
ManagersEd Barrow
← 1902 Seasons 1904 →

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.

Regular season

The 1903 Detroit Tigers

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

1903 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

1903 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 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
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
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

Jimmy Barrett

Sam Crawford

Bill Donovan

Harry "Candy" Kane

Frank Kitson

Billy Lush

Deacon McGuire

George Mullin

Joe Yeager

References

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