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1905 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Detroit Tigers
season	1905
league	American League
ballpark	Bennett Park
city	Detroit, Michigan
record
league_place	3rd
owners	William H. Yawkey
managers	Bill Armour

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1905 was the fifth year for the Detroit Tigers in the American League. The team finished in third place with a record of , 15 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.

The 1905 Tigers posted a run differential of -97, the lowest ever by a team with a winning record, breaking the previous record of -81 held by the 1882 Detroit Wolverines; the Tigers lost 48 games by 3 or more runs.

Regular season

The 1905 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 602 to 512, the largest negative run differential ever for a Major League team with a winning record. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 193,384, eighth out of the eight teams in the AL.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

August 24, 1905: Ty Cobb was purchased by the Tigers from the Augusta Tourists.

Roster

1905 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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	72	211	55	.261	0	24
1B	88	329	88	.267	0	31
2B	153	554	135	.244	2	47
3B	137	489	123	.252	0	44
SS	148	512	109	.213	0	33
OF	131	495	130	.263	0	30
OF	154	575	171	.297	6	75
OF	97	377	93	.247	1	32

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
59	213	47	.221	2	20
58	181	35	.193	0	9
41	150	36	.240	1	15
36	119	24	.202	0	7
34	94	15	.160	0	4
20	67	17	.254	0	3
13	32	5	.156	0	4
8	24	2	.083	0	0
7	14	5	.357	0	1
3	7	3	.429	1	1

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
44	347.2	21	21	2.51	168
39	313.2	23	14	2.27	110
34	280.2	18	15	2.60	135
33	225.2	12	14	3.47	78
7	60.2	3	3	3.27	37
2	11.0	0	2	5.73	3

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
8	47.2	0	2	2.64	18
7	35.0	0	1	5.66	20
3	18.0	1	1	3.50	6
3	17.1	1	0	2.08	1
2	6.0	0	1	7.50	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	2	0	0	0	8.10	0
	1	0	0	0	27.00	1

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Ty Cobb

Youngest player in the AL (18)

Ed Killian

AL leader in shutouts (8)
#3 in AL in wins (23)
#3 in AL in bases on balls allowed (107)
#4 in AL in complete games (33)
#4 in AL in hit batsmen (13)
#5 in AL in games started (37)

Frank Kitson

#5 in AL in earned runs allowed (87)

Sam Crawford

#2 in AL in OPS (.786)
#2 in AL in doubles (38)
#2 in AL in runs created (87)
#2 in AL in extra base hits (54)
#3 in AL in slugging percentage (.430)
#3 in AL in hits (171)
#3 in AL in total bases (247)
#3 in AL in home runs (6)
#3 in AL in times on base (224)
#4 in AL in on-base percentage (.357)
#4 in AL in RBIs (75)
#4 in AL in Power/Speed Number (9.4)
#5 in AL in batting average (.297)

Bill Donovan

#4 in AL in bases on balls allowed (101)

Bobby Lowe

2nd oldest player in the AL (39)

George Mullin

AL leader in complete games (35)
AL leader in innings pitched (347)
AL leader in games started (41)
AL leader in bases on balls allowed (138)
AL leader in hits allowed (303)
AL leader in batters faced (1473)
#2 in AL in games (44)
#3 in AL in earned runs allowed (97)
#4 in AL in losses (21)

Bob Wood

3rd oldest player in AL (39)

Notes

References

1905 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics at Baseball Reference

References

"Lowest run differential by a team in a season with a winning percentage above .500".
"Number of games in the 1905 Detroit Tigers season with a run differential -3 or lower".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cobbty01.shtml Ty Cobb page at Baseball Reference]

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