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1903 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Detroit Tigers
season	1903
league	American League
ballpark	Bennett Park
city	Detroit, Michigan
record
league_place	5th
owners	Samuel F. Angus
managers	Ed Barrow

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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

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1903 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers

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		72	248	62	.250	0	21
1B		135	548	154	.281	2	79
2B		93	336	75	.223	1	22
3B		109	402	103	.256	0	43
SS		78	265	69	.260	0	22
OF		137	550	184	.335	4	89
OF		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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
69	239	53	.222	0	23
63	192	41	.214	1	13
35	132	45	.341	0	19
29	105	25	.238	0	12
23	74	17	.230	0	6
11	37	10	.270	0	3
5	22	4	.182	0	1
2	8	3	.375	0	0
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
41	320.2	19	15	2.25	170
35	307.0	17	16	2.29	187
31	257.2	15	162	2.58	102
16	118.2	7	9	2.96	33
10	60.2	3	4	3.86	14
7	56.1	2	5	3.36	21
6	39.1	2	2	3.43	14
3	18.0	0	2	8.50	10
1	9.0	0	1	4.00	1
2	8.2	0	1	12.46	2

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Jimmy Barrett

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)

Sam Crawford

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)

Bill Donovan

#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)

Harry "Candy" Kane

2nd youngest player in AL (19)

Frank Kitson

#4 in AL in home runs allowed (8)

Billy Lush

MLB leader in sacrifice hits (34)
#2 in AL in bases on balls (70)
#3 in on-base percentage (.379)

Deacon McGuire

2nd oldest player in the AL (39)

George Mullin

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)

Joe Yeager

#4 in AL in times hit by pitch (9)

References

1903 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics

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