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.
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| Owner(s) | William H. Yawkey |
| Manager(s) | Ed Barrow and Bobby Lowe |
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Regular season
Season standings
| American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| 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
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| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NY | PHI | STL | 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
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| George Mullin | 45 | 382.1 | 17 | 23 | 2.40 | 161 |
| Bill Donovan | 34 | 293 | 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 | 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 |
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| Bugs Raymond | 5 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 3.07 | 7 |
| Cy Ferry | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 4 |
Awards and honors
League top five finishers
- 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)
- #3 in AL in bases on balls allowed (94)
- #5 in AL in wild pitches (11)
- #4 in AL in bases on balls allowed (93)
- #4 in AL in games finished (6)
- #5 in AL in hit batsmen (17)
- #5 in AL in home runs allowed (7)
- 3rd oldest player in the AL (38)
- #3 in AL in sacrifice hits (28)
- 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)
- 4th oldest player in the AL (38)