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
League	American League
Ballpark	Bennett Park
City	Detroit, Michigan
Owners	William H. Yawkey
Managers	Ed Barrow and Bobby Lowe
← 1903 Seasons 1905 →

Regular season

Season standings

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Americans	95	59	0.617	—	49–30	46–29
New York Highlanders	92	59	0.609	1½	46–29	46–30
Chicago White Sox	89	65	0.578	6	50–27	39–38
Cleveland Naps	86	65	0.570	7½	44–31	42–34
Philadelphia Athletics	81	70	0.536	12½	47–31	34–39
St. Louis Browns	65	87	0.428	29	32–43	33–44
Detroit Tigers	62	90	0.408	32	34–40	28–50
Washington Senators	38	113	0.252	55½	23–52	15–61

Record vs. opponents

1904 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYH	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	13–9	9–13	16–6	12–10–2	13–9–1	12–10	20–2
Chicago	9–13	—	14–8	14–8–1	12–10–1	8–14	14–8	18–4
Cleveland	13–9	8–14	—	14–8–2	9–11–1	11–10	13–9	18–4
Detroit	6–16	8–14–1	8–14–2	—	7–15	10–12–1	11–11–2	12–8–4
New York	10–12–2	10–12–1	11–9–1	15–7	—	12–9	16–6	18–4
Philadelphia	9–13–1	14–8	10–11	12–10–1	9–12	—	11–10–1	16–6–1
St. Louis	10–12	8–14	9–13	11–11–2	6–16	10–11–1	—	11–10–1
Washington	2–20	4–18	4–18	8–12–4	4–18	6–16–1	10–11–1	—

Roster

1904 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Bill Donovan Cy Ferry Charlie Jaeger Ed Killian Frank Kitson George Mullin Bugs Raymond Jesse Stovall		Catchers Monte Beville Fritz Buelow Lew Drill Frank McManus Bob Wood Infielders Jack Burns Charlie Carr Bill Coughlin Ed Gremminger Charlie Hickman Bobby Lowe Charley O'Leary Rabbit Robinson		Outfielders Jimmy Barrett Sam Crawford Frank Huelsman Matty McIntyre		Manager Ed Barrow Bobby Lowe

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	Lew Drill	51	160	39	.244	0	13
1B	Charlie Carr	92	360	77	.214	0	40
2B	Bobby Lowe	140	506	105	.208	0	40
3B	Ed Gremminger	83	309	66	.214	1	28
SS	Charley O'Leary	135	456	97	.213	1	16
OF	Matty McIntyre	152	578	146	.253	2	46
OF	Jimmy Barrett	162	624	167	.268	0	31
OF	Sam Crawford	150	562	143	.254	2	73

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 Robinson	101	320	77	.241	0	37
Bill Coughlin	56	206	47	.228	0	17
Bob Wood	49	175	43	.246	1	17
Monte Beville	54	174	36	.207	0	13
Charlie Hickman	42	144	35	.243	2	22
Fritz Buelow	42	136	15	.110	0	5
Frank Huelsman	4	18	6	.333	0	4
Jack Burns	4	16	2	.125	0	1
Frank McManus	1	0	0	----	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	45	382.1	17	23	2.40	161
Bill Donovan	34	293.0	17	16	2.46	137
Ed Killian	40	257.2	14	20	2.44	124
Frank Kitson	26	199.2	8	13	3.07	38
Jesse Stovall	22	60.2	3	12	4.42	41
Charlie Jaeger	8	49.0	3	3	2.57	13

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 Raymond	5	14.2	0	1	3.07	7
Cy Ferry	3	13.0	0	1	6.23	4

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

•  Baseball portal

• 1904 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics at Baseball Reference