1903 Detroit Tigers Statistics
American League (AL)
Team Record: 65-71
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 224,523, Avg. 4,216
Ballpark: Bennett Park
Manager: Ed Barrow (65-71)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1903 Detroit Tigers RosterTeam Record: 65-71
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 224,523, Avg. 4,216
Ballpark: Bennett Park
Manager: Ed Barrow (65-71)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1903 Detroit Tigers Results
The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1903 season with a record of 65 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.
The Tigers plated 567 runs and gave up 539 runs. Sam Crawford drove in 89 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .335. George Mullin paced the team with 19 wins, while Bill Donovan and Frank Kitson added 15 or more victories as well George Mullin recorded a 2.25 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Ed Barrow coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Mullin | 19 | 15 | .559 | 2.25 | 41 | 36 | 5 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 320.7 | 284 | 128 | 80 | 4 | 106 | 0 | 170 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1312 |
| Bill Donovan | 17 | 16 | .515 | 2.29 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 307.0 | 247 | 104 | 78 | 3 | 95 | 0 | 187 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1223 |
| Frank Kitson | 15 | 16 | .484 | 2.58 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 257.7 | 277 | 112 | 74 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1055 |
| Rube Kisinger | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.96 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 118.7 | 118 | 58 | 39 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 485 |
| John Deering | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.86 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.7 | 77 | 38 | 26 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 275 |
| John Skopec | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.43 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39.3 | 46 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173 |
| Mal Eason | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.36 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 56.3 | 60 | 33 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 243 |
| Joe Yeager | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Alex Jones | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 |
| Harry Kane | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
| Totals | 65 | 71 | .478 | 2.75 | 152 | 137 | 14 | 123 | 15 | 2 | 1196.0 | 1169 | 539 | 366 | 19 | 336 | 0 | 554 | 27 | 0 | 21 | 4943 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Crawford | 137 | 602 | 550 | 88 | 184 | 23 | 25 | 4 | 89 | 18 | 0 | 25 | 46 | .335 | .366 | .489 | .855 | 269 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Barrett | 136 | 615 | 517 | 95 | 163 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 74 | 67 | .315 | .407 | .391 | .798 | 202 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Carr | 135 | 573 | 548 | 59 | 154 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 79 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 44 | .281 | .296 | .374 | .671 | 205 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Lush | 119 | 528 | 423 | 71 | 116 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 70 | 53 | .274 | .379 | .390 | .769 | 165 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Yeager | 109 | 438 | 402 | 36 | 103 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 25 | .256 | .303 | .323 | .626 | 130 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| George Smith | 93 | 375 | 336 | 36 | 75 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 47 | .223 | .271 | .283 | .554 | 95 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Sport McAllister | 78 | 284 | 265 | 31 | 69 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .260 | .297 | .306 | .603 | 81 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon McGuire | 72 | 269 | 248 | 15 | 62 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 24 | .250 | .306 | .306 | .612 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Long | 69 | 256 | 239 | 21 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 21 | .222 | .256 | .272 | .528 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Kid Elberfeld | 35 | 149 | 132 | 29 | 45 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 5 | .341 | .412 | .424 | .836 | 56 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fritz Buelow | 63 | 213 | 192 | 24 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .214 | .249 | .307 | .556 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| George Mullin | 46 | 133 | 126 | 11 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .278 | .295 | .389 | .683 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Donovan | 40 | 137 | 124 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 34 | .242 | .266 | .298 | .564 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Doc Gessler | 29 | 114 | 105 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .238 | .273 | .362 | .635 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Kitson | 36 | 124 | 116 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | .181 | .202 | .216 | .417 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Courtney | 23 | 83 | 74 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .230 | .305 | .230 | .535 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Burns | 11 | 42 | 37 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .270 | .325 | .270 | .595 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Deering | 10 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .333 | .333 | .458 | .792 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rube Kisinger | 16 | 48 | 47 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .128 | .146 | .128 | .273 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Murphy | 5 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .227 | .409 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Nicholls | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Skopec | 6 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mal Eason | 7 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Kane | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paddy Greene | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Jones | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1283 | 5090 | 4582 | 567 | 1229 | 162 | 91 | 12 | 451 | 128 | 0 | 292 | 524 | .268 | .318 | .351 | .670 | 1609 | 0 | 46 | 170 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Carr | 1B | 135 | 0 | 1172.0 | 1276 | 111 | 25 | 60 | .982 | 1.651 | 1.274 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fritz Buelow | 1B | 2 | 0 | 20.0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.250 | 12.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon McGuire | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sport McAllister | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Smith | 2B | 93 | 0 | 814.0 | 200 | 267 | 36 | 30 | .928 | 5.163 | 5.022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Long | 2B | 31 | 0 | 267.0 | 71 | 91 | 5 | 6 | .970 | 5.461 | 5.226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Burns | 2B | 11 | 0 | 90.0 | 19 | 33 | 1 | 5 | .981 | 5.200 | 4.727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Lush | 2B | 3 | 0 | 24.0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 4.500 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Donovan | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Yeager | 3B | 107 | 0 | 941.0 | 126 | 176 | 26 | 9 | .921 | 2.888 | 2.822 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Lush | 3B | 12 | 0 | 103.0 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 2.796 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Courtney | 3B | 13 | 0 | 102.0 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 2.647 | 2.308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sport McAllister | 3B | 4 | 0 | 39.0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 2.538 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paddy Greene | 3B | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 2.700 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kid Elberfeld | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon McGuire | C | 69 | 0 | 584.0 | 330 | 73 | 17 | 9 | .960 | 6.211 | 5.841 | 9 | 0 | 92 | 54 | 37.0 |
| Fritz Buelow | C | 60 | 0 | 452.0 | 254 | 66 | 13 | 6 | .961 | 6.372 | 5.333 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 49 | 41.5 |
| Sport McAllister | C | 18 | 0 | 160.0 | 85 | 32 | 3 | 2 | .975 | 6.581 | 6.500 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 50.0 |
| Jimmy Barrett | OF | 136 | 0 | 1183.0 | 303 | 19 | 15 | 7 | .955 | 2.450 | 2.368 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Crawford | OF | 137 | 0 | 1167.0 | 225 | 16 | 10 | 3 | .960 | 1.859 | 1.759 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Lush | OF | 101 | 0 | 985.0 | 227 | 17 | 8 | 4 | .968 | 2.229 | 2.416 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doc Gessler | OF | 28 | 0 | 201.0 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.657 | 1.321 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Kitson | OF | 5 | 0 | 24.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sport McAllister | OF | 5 | 0 | 14.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.286 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Donovan | OF | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.077 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Mullin | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Mullin | P | 41 | 0 | 321.0 | 38 | 108 | 10 | 1 | .936 | 4.093 | 3.561 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Donovan | P | 35 | 0 | 307.0 | 25 | 65 | 6 | 2 | .938 | 2.638 | 2.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Kitson | P | 31 | 0 | 258.0 | 9 | 69 | 3 | 0 | .963 | 2.721 | 2.516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rube Kisinger | P | 16 | 0 | 119.0 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 3.328 | 2.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Deering | P | 10 | 0 | 61.0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 2.656 | 1.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mal Eason | P | 7 | 0 | 56.0 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 4.179 | 3.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Skopec | P | 6 | 0 | 39.0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 3.231 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Kane | P | 3 | 0 | 18.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Yeager | P | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Jones | P | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sport McAllister | SS | 46 | 0 | 375.0 | 77 | 129 | 26 | 12 | .888 | 4.944 | 4.478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Long | SS | 38 | 0 | 337.0 | 90 | 107 | 27 | 12 | .879 | 5.261 | 5.184 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kid Elberfeld | SS | 34 | 0 | 309.0 | 73 | 119 | 14 | 11 | .932 | 5.592 | 5.647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Courtney | SS | 9 | 0 | 72.0 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .932 | 5.125 | 4.556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Murphy | SS | 5 | 0 | 43.0 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .852 | 4.814 | 4.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Lush | SS | 3 | 0 | 24.0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .800 | 4.500 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Simon Nicholls | SS | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 3.176 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Yeager | SS | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 6.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Donovan | SS | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .600 | 3.375 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1269 | 0 | 10770.0 | 3586 | 1714 | 281 | 188 | .950 | 4.429 | 4.177 | 19 | 0 | 185 | 127 | 40.7 |
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