1903 Detroit Tigers

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1902 / 1904

65-71, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ed Barrow (65-71)
Scored 567 runs, Allowed 539 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-65

Ballparks: Bennett Park, Armory Park & Ramona Park · 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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1902 / 1904 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	24	.250	.306	.306	.612	87	76		1	1
2	1B	Charlie Carr	26	135	573	548	59	154	23	11	2	79	10		10	44	.281	.296	.374	.671	103	205		2	13
3	2B	Heinie Smith	31	93	375	336	36	75	11	3	1	22	12		19	47	.223	.271	.283	.554	69	95		3	17
4	SS	Sport McAllister#	28	78	284	265	31	69	8	2	0	22	5		10	16	.260	.297	.306	.603	84	81		4	5
5	3B	Joe Yeager	27	109	438	402	36	103	15	6	0	43	9		18	25	.256	.303	.323	.626	91	130		9	9
6	OF	Sam Crawford*	23	137	602	550	88	184	23	25	4	89	18		25	46	.335	.366	.489	.855	159	269		2	25
7	OF	Billy Lush#	29	119	528	423	71	116	18	14	1	33	14		70	53	.274	.379	.390	.769	135	165		1	34
8	OF	Jimmy Barrett*	28	136	615	517	95	163	13	10	2	31	27		74	67	.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	21	.222	.256	.272	.528	61	65		1	6
10	C	Fritz Buelow	27	63	213	192	24	41	3	6	1	13	4		6	28	.214	.249	.307	.556	69	59		3	12
11	SS	Kid Elberfeld	28	35	149	132	29	45	5	3	0	19	6		11	5	.341	.412	.424	.836	156	56		5	1
12	OF	Doc Gessler*	22	29	114	105	9	25	5	4	0	12	1		3	23	.238	.273	.362	.635	92	38		2	4
13	IF	Ernie Courtney*	28	23	83	74	7	17	0	0	0	6	1		5	7	.230	.305	.230	.535	65	17		3	1
14	2B	Jack Burns	25	11	42	37	2	10	0	0	0	3	0		1	0	.270	.325	.270	.595	83	10		2	2
15	SS	John Murphy?	24	5	23	22	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		0	4	.182	.182	.227	.409	24	5		0	1
16	SS	Simon Nicholls*	20	2	8	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.375	.375	.375	.750	129	3		0	0
17	3B	Paddy Greene	28	1	3	3	0	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	34	.242	.266	.298	.564	72	37		0	9
19	P	George Mullin	22	46	133	126	11	35	9	1	1	12	1		2	17	.278	.295	.389	.683	107	49		1	4
20	P	Frank Kitson*	33	36	124	116	12	21	0	2	0	4	2		2	31	.181	.202	.216	.417	27	25		1	5
21	P	Rube Kisinger	26	16	48	47	4	6	0	0	0	1	1		1	12	.128	.146	.128	.273	-16	6		0	0
22	P	John Deering	25	10	25	24	4	8	1	1	0	3	0		0	10	.333	.333	.458	.792	140	11		0	1
23	P	Mal Eason	24	7	20	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200	-39	2		0	0
24	P	John Skopec	23	6	16	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.154	.214	.154	.368	14	2		0	2
25	P	Harry Kane*	19	3	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	22	1		0	0
26	P	Alex Jones*	33	2	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	28.1	137	5090	4582	567	1229	162	91	12	451	128		292	524	.268	.318	.351	.670	104	1609		46	170
		Rank in 8 AL teams				7	5	4	8	3	7		7	1	3	5	2	1	4	4		4		2		1
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

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	George Mullin	22	19	15	.559	2.25	41	36	5	31	6	2	320.2	284	128	80	4	106		170	8	0	6	1312	128	1.216	8.0	0.1	3.0	4.8	1.60
2	SP	Bill Donovan	26	17	16	.515	2.29	35	34	1	34	4	0	307.0	247	104	78	3	95		187	5	0	7	1223	126	1.114	7.2	0.1	2.8	5.5	1.97
3	SP	Frank Kitson	33	15	16	.484	2.58	31	28	3	28	2	0	257.2	277	112	74	8	38		102	5	0	3	1055	111	1.223	9.7	0.3	1.3	3.6	2.68
4	SP	Rube Kisinger	26	7	9	.438	2.96	16	14	2	13	2	0	118.2	118	58	39	0	27		33	2	0	0	485	98	1.222	8.9	0.0	2.0	2.5	1.22
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
5		John Deering	25	3	4	.429	3.86	10	8	2	5	0	0	60.2	77	38	26	3	24		14	1	0	2	275	75	1.665	11.4	0.4	3.6	2.1	0.58
6		Mal Eason	24	2	5	.286	3.36	7	6	1	6	1	0	56.1	60	33	21	1	19		21	3	0	0	243	86	1.402	9.6	0.2	3.0	3.4	1.11
7		John Skopec*	23	2	2	.500	3.43	6	5	0	3	0	0	39.1	46	22	15	0	13		14	2	0	1	173	85	1.500	10.5	0.0	3.0	3.2	1.08
8		Harry Kane*	19	0	2	.000	8.50	3	3	0	2	0	0	18.0	26	22	17	0	8		10	1	0	0	86	35	1.889	13.0	0.0	4.0	5.0	1.25
9		Joe Yeager	27	0	1	.000	4.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	15	7	4	0	0		1	0	0	0	41	76	1.667	15.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
10		Alex Jones*	33	0	1	.000	12.46	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.2	19	15	12	0	6		2	0	0	2	50	24	2.885	19.7	0.0	6.2	2.1	0.33
		Team Totals	26.1	65	71	.478	2.75	137	137	14	123	15	2	1196.0	1169	539	366	19	336		554	27	0	21	4943	105	1.258	8.8	0.1	2.5	4.2	1.65
		Rank in 8 AL teams		5	4		3				3	3	5	8	4	4	2	2	8		3
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary
Jimmy Barrett	28	136		337	303	19	15	7	.955	2.37							OF
Fritz Buelow	27	62		358	278	67	13	7	.964	5.56	5		69	49	42%		C-1B
Jack Burns	25	11		53	19	33	1	5	.981	4.73							2B
Charlie Carr	26	135		1412	1276	111	25	60	.982	10.27							1B
Ernie Courtney	28	22		76	28	43	5	2	.934	3.23							3B-SS
Sam Crawford	23	137		251	225	16	10	3	.960	1.76							OF
John Deering	25	10		19	2	16	1	0	.947	1.80							P
Bill Donovan	26	39		105	26	71	8	3	.924	2.49							P-SS-2B-OF
Mal Eason	24	7		27	2	24	1	0	.963	3.71							P
Kid Elberfeld	28	35		207	74	119	14	11	.932	5.51							SS-3B
Doc Gessler	22	28		38	36	1	1	1	.974	1.32							OF
Paddy Greene	28	1		4	3	0	1	0	.750	3.00							3B
Alex Jones	33	2		3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.50							P
Harry Kane	19	3		4	0	3	1	0	.750	1.00							P
Rube Kisinger	26	16		45	1	43	1	0	.978	2.75							P
Frank Kitson	33	36		87	15	69	3	0	.966	2.33							P-OF
Herman Long	37	69		391	161	198	32	18	.918	5.20							SS-2B
Billy Lush	29	119		315	257	43	15	6	.952	2.52							OF-3B-2B-SS
Sport McAllister	28	74		372	170	169	33	14	.911	4.58	5		24	24	50%		SS-C-OF-3B-1B
Deacon McGuire	39	70		422	331	73	18	9	.957	5.77	9		92	54	37%		C-1B
George Mullin	22	42		156	38	108	10	1	.936	3.48							P-OF
John Murphy	24	5		27	7	16	4	1	.852	4.60							SS
Simon Nicholls	20	2		10	3	3	4	0	.600	3.00							SS
John Skopec	23	6		16	0	14	2	0	.875	2.33							P
Heinie Smith	31	93		503	200	267	36	30	.928	5.02							2B
Joe Yeager	27	109		343	130	186	27	10	.921	2.90							P-3B-SS
Team Totals	28.1	137		5581	3586	1714	281	188	.950	4.18	19		185	127	41%
Rank in 8 AL teams							3	7	6
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary
Jimmy Barrett*	28	615	32	1	0	0	1	-4	18	48	5.2	47	5.0	0.2	$	Jumped Lgs	*O
Fritz Buelow	27	213	-8	1	0	0	0	4	7	4	0.3	4	0.4	-0.1	$	Jumped Lgs	2/3
Jack Burns	25	42	-1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$		4
Charlie Carr	26	573	-1	-1	0	0	9	-4	18	21	2.1	12	1.3	0.8	$		*3
Ernie Courtney*	28	83	-3	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	Traded	5/6
Sam Crawford*	23	602	35	2	0	0	4	-7	18	52	5.7	48	5.1	0.6	$	Jumped Lgs	*O
John Deering	25	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$		1
Bill Donovan#	26	137	-5	0	0	0	0	6	4	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$	Jumped Lgs	1/64O
Mal Eason	24	20	-3	0	0	0	0	1	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	Jumped Lgs	/1
Kid Elberfeld	28	149	9	1	0	0	2	2	5	19	2.0	17	1.8	0.2	$		6/5
Doc Gessler*	22	114	-2	0	0	0	-1	-1	4	0	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$		O
Paddy Greene	28	3	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-2	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	Traded	/5
Alex Jones*	33	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Harry Kane*	19	8	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$		/1
Rube Kisinger	26	48	-7	0	0	0	0	2	2	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$		1
Frank Kitson*	33	124	-10	0	0	0	0	5	4	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$	Jumped Lgs	1/O
Herman Long*	37	256	-12	0	0	0	-3	2	8	-5	-0.6	-2	-0.2	-0.4	$	Traded	64
Billy Lush#	29	528	20	0	0	0	7	-5	16	38	4.0	31	3.3	0.7	$	Free Agency	*O5/46
Sport McAllister#	28	284	-5	0	0	0	-3	4	9	5	0.5	8	0.9	-0.4	$	Purchased--return	62/O53
Deacon McGuire	39	269	-4	-3	0	0	0	4	9	6	0.5	6	0.6	-0.1	$	Jumped Lgs	2/3
George Mullin	22	133	0	-1	0	0	0	6	4	9	0.9	9	1.0	-0.1	$3,500		1/O
John Murphy?	24	23	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$		/6
Simon Nicholls*	20	8	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$		/6
John Skopec	23	16	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$		/1
Heinie Smith	31	375	-13	0	0	0	-2	0	12	-3	-0.4	-1	-0.1	-0.3	$	Traded	*4
Joe Yeager	27	438	-5	-2	0	0	-5	4	14	6	0.6	11	1.2	-0.6	$	Jumped Lgs	*5/16
Team Total	28.1	5090	12	-2	0	0	8	22	159	199	20.1	191	20.4	-0.3	$3,500
	Age	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired
John Deering	25	60.2	8	38	32	0	1.0	-6	-0.8	$
Bill Donovan	26	307.0	34	104	161	1	1.0	57	5.8	$	Jumped Lgs
Mal Eason	24	56.1	6	33	30	0	1.0	-3	-0.5	$	Jumped Lgs
Alex Jones*	33	8.2	2	15	5	0	1.0	-10	-1.2	$
Harry Kane*	19	18.0	3	22	9	0	1.0	-13	-1.4	$
Rube Kisinger	26	118.2	14	58	62	1	1.0	4	0.3	$
Frank Kitson	33	257.2	28	112	135	1	1.0	23	2.1	$	Jumped Lgs
George Mullin	22	320.2	36	128	168	2	1.0	40	3.9	$
John Skopec*	23	39.1	5	22	21	0	1.0	-1	-0.2	$
Joe Yeager	27	9.0	1	7	5	0	1.0	-2	-0.3	$	Jumped Lgs
Team Total	26.1	1196.0	137	539	628	5	1.0	89	7.7	$
	Age	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Acquired

1902 / 1904 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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