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1903 Detroit Tigers Batting Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1902 / 1904)
65-71, Finished 5th in American League
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Scored 567 runs, Allowed 539 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-65
Manager: Ed Barrow (65-71)
Ballpark: Bennett Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 224,523 (6th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 97;   one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Deacon McGuire 39 72 269 248 15 62 12 1 0 21 3 19 .250 .306 .306 .612 87 76 1 1
2 1B Charlie Carr 26 135 573 548 59 154 23 11 2 79 10 10 .281 .296 .374 .671 104 205 2 13
3 2B Heinie Smith 31 93 375 336 36 75 11 3 1 22 12 19 .223 .271 .283 .554 69 95 3 17
4 SS Sport McAllister# 28 78 284 265 31 69 8 2 0 22 5 10 .260 .297 .306 .603 84 81 4 5
5 3B Joe Yeager 27 109 438 402 36 103 15 6 0 43 9 18 .256 .303 .323 .626 91 130 9 9
6 OF Sam Crawford* 23 137 602 550 88 184 23 25 4 89 18 25 .335 .366 .489 .855 159 269 2 25
7 OF Billy Lush# 29 119 528 423 71 116 18 14 1 33 14 70 .274 .379 .390 .769 135 165 1 34
8 OF Jimmy Barrett* 28 136 615 517 95 163 13 10 2 31 27 74 .315 .407 .391 .798 144 202 6 18
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 MI Herman Long* 37 69 256 239 21 53 12 0 0 23 11 10 .222 .256 .272 .528 61 65 1 6
10 C Fritz Buelow 27 63 213 192 24 41 3 6 1 13 4 6 .214 .249 .307 .556 69 59 3 12
11 SS Kid Elberfeld 28 35 149 132 29 45 5 3 0 19 6 11 .341 .412 .424 .836 156 56 5 1
12 OF Doc Gessler* 22 29 114 105 9 25 5 4 0 12 1 3 .238 .273 .362 .635 92 38 2 4
13 IF Ernie Courtney* 28 23 83 74 7 17 0 0 0 6 1 5 .230 .305 .230 .535 65 17 3 1
14 2B Jack Burns 23 11 42 37 2 10 0 0 0 3 0 1 .270 .325 .270 .595 83 10 2 2
15 SS John Murphy? 5 23 22 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 .182 .182 .227 .409 24 5 0 1
16 SS Simon Nicholls* 20 2 8 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750 129 3 0 0
17 3B Paddy Greene 28 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
18 P Bill Donovan 26 40 137 124 11 30 3 2 0 12 3 4 .242 .266 .298 .564 72 37 0 9
19 P George Mullin 22 46 133 126 11 35 9 1 1 12 1 2 .278 .295 .389 .683 107 49 1 4
20 P Frank Kitson* 33 36 124 116 12 21 0 2 0 4 2 2 .181 .202 .216 .417 27 25 1 5
21 P Rube Kisinger 26 16 48 47 4 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 .128 .146 .128 .273 -16 6 0 0
22 P John Deering 24 10 25 24 4 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 .333 .333 .458 .792 140 11 0 1
23 P Mal Eason 24 7 20 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200 -39 2 0 0
24 P John Skopec 23 6 16 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .154 .214 .154 .368 14 2 0 2
25 P Harry Kane* 19 3 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 22 1 0 0
26 P Alex Jones* 33 2 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.1 137 5090 4582 567 1229 162 91 12 451 128 292 .268 .318 .351 .670 104 1609 46 170
Rank in 8 AL teams 7 5 4 8 3 7 7 3 5 2 1 4 4 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Advanced Batting

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Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary
*Jimmy Barrett 28 615 372 81 5.8 79 .313 .315 .258 .407 .307 .391 .350 .798 .657 144 .706 32.4 3.6 .873 .271 .075 3.7 *O
Fritz Buelow 27 213 163 14 2.3 79 .209 .214 .258 .249 .307 .307 .350 .556 .657 69 .303 -7.9 -0.9 .477 .146 .094 1.6 2/3
Jack Burns 23 42 29 3 2.7 79 .270 .270 .258 .325 .307 .270 .350 .595 .657 83 .380 -0.7 -0.1 .481 .027 .000 4
Charlie Carr 26 573 407 60 3.9 79 .278 .281 .258 .296 .307 .374 .350 .671 .657 104 .539 0.3 0.0 .576 .130 .093 3.3 *3
*Ernie Courtney 28 83 58 5 2.3 79 .230 .230 .258 .305 .307 .230 .350 .535 .657 65 .305 -2.8 -0.3 .456 .081 .000 .0 5/6
*Sam Crawford 23 602 391 98 6.6 79 .330 .335 .258 .366 .307 .489 .350 .855 .657 159 .756 35.8 3.9 .858 .233 .155 6.5 *O
John Deering 24 25 17 4 6.2 79 .333 .333 .258 .333 .307 .458 .350 .792 .657 140 .734 0.9 0.1 .688 .125 .125 1
Bill Donovan 26 137 103 10 2.6 79 .242 .242 .258 .266 .307 .298 .350 .564 .657 72 .353 -4.4 -0.5 .468 .113 .056 .0 1/64O
Mal Eason 24 20 18 0 0.0 79 .100 .100 .258 .100 .307 .100 .350 .200 .657 -39 .000 -3.3 -0.4 .111 .000 .000 /1
Kid Elberfeld 28 149 88 22 6.6 79 .341 .341 .258 .412 .307 .424 .350 .836 .657 156 .755 9.6 1.0 .897 .212 .083 .0 6/5
*Doc Gessler 22 114 84 10 3.2 79 .238 .238 .258 .273 .307 .362 .350 .635 .657 92 .442 -1.3 -0.2 .550 .162 .124 .0 O
Paddy Greene 28 3 3 0 0.0 79 .000 .000 .258 .000 .307 .000 .349 .000 .657 -100 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /5
*Alex Jones 33 4 4 0 0.0 79 .000 .000 .258 .000 .307 .000 .350 .000 .657 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000 /1
*Harry Kane 19 8 6 0 0.0 79 .143 .143 .258 .250 .307 .143 .349 .393 .657 22 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .333 .143 .000 /1
Rube Kisinger 26 48 41 1 0.6 79 .128 .128 .258 .146 .307 .128 .349 .273 .657 -16 .042 -6.5 -0.8 .195 .043 .000 .0 1
*Frank Kitson 33 124 100 5 1.3 79 .181 .181 .258 .202 .307 .216 .350 .417 .657 27 .139 -10.4 -1.2 .316 .069 .034 .0 1/O
*Herman Long 37 256 192 16 2.2 79 .222 .222 .258 .256 .307 .272 .349 .528 .657 61 .293 -10.7 -1.2 .468 .138 .050 .0 64
#Billy Lush 29 528 341 62 4.8 79 .273 .274 .258 .379 .307 .390 .349 .769 .657 135 .633 21.5 2.4 .814 .314 .116 1.9 *O5/46
#Sport McAllister 28 284 201 23 3.0 79 .260 .260 .258 .297 .307 .306 .349 .603 .657 84 .424 -4.9 -0.6 .510 .102 .045 .0 62/O53
Deacon McGuire 39 269 187 23 3.3 79 .250 .250 .258 .306 .307 .306 .350 .612 .657 87 .457 -2.9 -0.3 .532 .145 .056 .0 2/3
George Mullin 22 133 95 14 3.9 79 .272 .278 .258 .295 .307 .389 .350 .683 .657 107 .539 0.9 0.1 .582 .135 .111 1.0 1/O
?John Murphy -- 23 19 1 1.4 79 .182 .182 .258 .182 .307 .227 .350 .409 .657 24 .150 -2.0 -0.2 .278 .045 .045 /6
*Simon Nicholls 20 8 5 1 5.3 79 .375 .375 .258 .375 .307 .375 .350 .750 .657 129 .672 0.2 0.0 .600 .000 .000 /6
John Skopec 23 16 13 0 0.0 79 .154 .154 .258 .214 .307 .154 .350 .368 .657 14 .000 -1.3 -0.2 .273 .077 .000 /1
Heinie Smith 31 375 278 25 2.4 79 .221 .223 .258 .271 .307 .283 .350 .554 .657 69 .321 -12.2 -1.4 .494 .152 .060 1.8 *4
Joe Yeager 27 438 308 37 3.2 79 .256 .256 .258 .303 .307 .323 .350 .626 .657 91 .446 -4.0 -0.4 .555 .134 .067 .0 *5/16
League Average 3.6 83 .251 .254 .264 .302 .313 .342 .357 .644 .670 92 .501 .592 .179 .087
Team Total 5090 3523 515 3.9 79 .266 .268 .258 .318 .307 .351 .349 .670 .657 104 .536 24.0 2.4 .619 .175 .083 21.9
Age PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd Pos. Summary

Team Neutralized Batting

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Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact
*Jimmy Barrett 28 159 718 617 124 204 16 13 3 41 34 93 0 .331 .425 .413 .838 106 136 136
Fritz Buelow 27 73 240 228 32 52 4 8 1 17 5 8 0 .228 .267 .329 .596 19 63 63
Jack Burns 23 13 46 43 2 12 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 .279 .326 .279 .605 3 11 11
Charlie Carr 26 157 668 652 78 193 29 14 3 104 13 13 0 .296 .313 .397 .710 79 135 135
*Ernie Courtney 28 56 201 180 17 46 4 4 1 17 2 15 0 .256 .333 .339 .672 19 48 48
*Sam Crawford 23 160 692 658 115 231 29 31 5 117 23 31 0 .351 .383 .512 .895 128 137 137
John Deering 24 22 55 55 6 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 5 19 19
Bill Donovan 26 47 152 147 14 37 4 2 0 16 4 5 0 .252 .276 .306 .582 13 40 40
Mal Eason 24 8 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7 7
Kid Elberfeld 28 146 624 566 95 174 28 10 0 78 26 40 0 .307 .372 .392 .764 78 125 125
*Doc Gessler 22 90 339 300 34 73 15 8 0 35 12 23 0 .243 .330 .347 .677 31 78 78
Paddy Greene 28 6 19 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 5 5
*Alex Jones 33 2 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2 2
*Harry Kane 19 3 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 3 3
Rube Kisinger 26 19 57 56 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 .143 .158 .143 .301 1 16 16
*Frank Kitson 33 42 139 136 14 25 0 2 0 5 2 2 0 .184 .201 .213 .415 6 36 36
*Herman Long 37 106 393 377 34 84 19 0 0 39 17 15 0 .223 .254 .273 .528 26 91 91
#Billy Lush 29 139 592 503 93 145 22 18 1 43 18 88 0 .288 .395 .410 .805 82 119 119
#Sport McAllister 28 91 331 314 40 86 10 2 0 29 6 12 0 .274 .311 .318 .630 30 78 78
Deacon McGuire 39 84 320 295 20 78 15 1 0 28 4 24 0 .264 .322 .322 .644 30 72 72
George Mullin 22 54 154 150 14 44 11 1 1 16 1 3 0 .293 .312 .400 .712 19 46 46
?John Murphy -- 6 26 26 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 5 5
*Simon Nicholls 20 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 2 2
John Skopec 23 7 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 6 6
Heinie Smith 31 108 425 397 47 93 14 4 1 29 15 24 0 .234 .285 .297 .582 33 93 93
Joe Yeager 27 127 509 476 47 128 19 7 0 56 11 22 0 .269 .316 .338 .655 49 109 109
Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Batting

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Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
*Jimmy Barrett 28 5 2585 570 2585 2205 442 682 61 36 15 192 125 314 .309 .401 .390 .791 122 860 23 43
Fritz Buelow 27 5 741 212 741 679 81 154 13 15 5 76 9 28 .227 .266 .312 .578 62 212 8 26
Jack Burns 23 1 42 11 42 37 2 10 0 0 0 3 0 1 .270 .325 .270 .595 83 10 2 2
Charlie Carr 26 3 657 157 657 629 65 169 25 11 2 83 12 12 .269 .285 .353 .638 92 222 2 14
*Ernie Courtney 28 2 362 97 362 322 40 76 6 4 1 32 5 26 .236 .311 .289 .600 82 93 9 5
*Sam Crawford 23 5 2327 540 2327 2136 364 679 79 85 31 350 67 139 .318 .362 .478 .840 146 1021 9 43
John Deering 24 1 48 19 48 47 5 9 1 1 0 5 1 0 .191 .191 .255 .447 33 12 0 1
Bill Donovan 26 6 598 183 598 549 56 101 12 6 5 51 13 25 .184 .225 .255 .480 42 140 4 20
Mal Eason 24 4 200 64 200 187 8 21 1 0 0 9 1 4 .112 .135 .118 .253 -24 22 1 8
Kid Elberfeld 28 5 1822 431 1822 1577 248 450 69 27 4 233 69 165 .285 .371 .371 .742 107 585 51 29
*Doc Gessler 22 1 306 78 306 259 29 63 13 7 0 30 10 20 .243 .331 .347 .679 100 90 14 13
Paddy Greene 28 2 86 24 86 81 7 15 2 0 0 1 2 2 .185 .214 .210 .424 28 17 1 2
*Alex Jones 33 4 87 26 87 79 9 13 1 0 0 5 1 8 32 .165 .241 .177 .419 29 14 0 0
*Harry Kane 19 2 17 7 17 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .125 .176 .125 .301 -12 2 0 0
Rube Kisinger 26 2 67 21 67 66 5 9 1 0 0 1 1 1 .136 .149 .152 .301 -11 10 0 0
*Frank Kitson 33 6 734 242 734 694 88 174 21 13 2 71 13 26 .251 .283 .327 .610 74 227 5 9
*Herman Long 37 15 8489 1873 8489 7670 1455 2126 342 97 91 1055 534 612 261 .277 .335 .383 .718 94 2935 57 150
#Billy Lush 29 6 1519 351 1519 1245 218 306 36 27 7 102 72 219 50 .246 .361 .335 .696 103 417 5 50
#Sport McAllister 28 7 1569 418 1569 1450 157 358 38 18 5 164 32 0 67 2 .247 .287 .308 .595 67 447 15 37 0
Deacon McGuire 39 19 6146 1546 6146 5581 731 1582 275 75 44 770 109 458 201 .283 .346 .383 .729 103 2139 72 35
George Mullin 22 2 262 86 262 246 31 74 13 4 1 23 2 10 .301 .331 .398 .729 109 98 1 5
?John Murphy -- 2 27 6 27 25 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 .240 .269 .320 .589 80 8 0 1
*Simon Nicholls 20 1 8 2 8 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750 129 3 0 0
John Skopec 23 2 47 15 47 43 4 12 0 1 1 5 1 2 .279 .311 .395 .706 102 17 0 2
Heinie Smith 31 6 1216 311 1216 1126 117 268 42 7 3 91 54 51 .238 .276 .296 .572 71 333 8 31
Joe Yeager 27 6 958 269 958 878 95 214 33 14 3 102 13 40 .244 .294 .323 .618 78 284 23 17
Age Yrs PA G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

1902 / 1904 Batting Statistics