1905 Detroit Tigers

Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1904 / 1906

79-74, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Armour (79-74)
Scored 512 runs, Allowed 604 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-88

Ballparks: Bennett Park & Neil Park II · Attendance: 193,384 (8th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 100

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1904 / 1906 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

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Game Results

Season Summary	79-74, Final Rank:3, GB: 15.5
Days in First	2	last on Wednesday, Apr 26, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
	2	last on Apr 26, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead	never led
Farthest Behind	17	last on Monday, Sep 25, for days on which they played
Most Games over .500	6	last on Monday, Oct 2
Most Games under .500	9	last on Monday, Aug 28
Longest Winning Streak	5	Wednesday, Jul 19 to Saturday, Jul 22 and Tuesday, Sep 26 to Saturday, Sep 30
Longest Losing Streak	6	Saturday, Jul 29 to Friday, Aug 4
Most Runs Allowed	15	Saturday, Apr 29, Saturday, Jun 10 and Wednesday, Sep 6
Most Runs Scored	12	Wednesday, May 24
Times Shutout by Opponent	21
Times Opponent Shutout	17

Team Win/Loss Splits

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Overall
Overall	79	74	512	604	.516
Home/Road
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Home	45	30	267	277	.600
Road	34	44	245	327	.436
Month by Month
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
April	5	6	31	45	.455
May	13	11	91	98	.542
June	11	13	82	123	.458
July	14	13	83	123	.519
August	11	17	75	93	.393
September	21	11	118	100	.656
October	4	3	32	22	.571

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
By Season Half
First Half	36	37	237	329	.493
Second Half	43	37	275	275	.538
One-Run Games
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
One Run	32	16	145	129	.667
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Blowout	16	26	162	263	.381

Split	W	L	RS	RA	WP
Opponent
BOS	12	10	70	69	.545
CHW	11	11	55	92	.500
CLE	10	12	69	84	.455
NYY	13	8	74	70	.619
PHA	9	13	82	111	.409
SLB	13	9	76	86	.591
WSH	11	11	86	92	.500

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
1	1	Saturday, Apr 15	DET	@	CLE	L	2	6		0-1	6	1.5							`-`
2	2	Wednesday, Apr 19	DET		CHW	W	3	0		1-1	4	1.5							`+`
3	3	Saturday, Apr 22	DET		CHW	W	6	3		2-1	3	1.5							`++`
4	4	Sunday, Apr 23	DET	@	CHW	W	3	2		3-1	2	1.0							`+++`
5	5	Monday, Apr 24	DET		CLE	W	2	0		4-1	1	Tied							`++++`
6	6	Tuesday, Apr 25	DET		CLE	L	0	1		4-2	2	1.0							`-`
7	7	Wednesday, Apr 26	DET		CLE	W	5	0		5-2	1	Tied							`+`
8	8	Thursday, Apr 27	DET		CLE	L	0	2		5-3	2	1.0							`-`
9	9	Friday, Apr 28	DET	@	CHW	L	5	10		5-4	3	1.0							`--`
10	10	Saturday, Apr 29	DET	@	CHW	L	5	15		5-5	5	1.5							`---`
11	11	Sunday, Apr 30	DET	@	CHW	L	0	6		5-6	6	2.0							`----`
12	12	Monday, May 1	DET		SLB	L	0	6		5-7	7	2.0							`-----`
13	13	Tuesday, May 2	DET		SLB	W	4	0		6-7	6	2.0							`+`
14	14	Wednesday, May 3	DET		SLB	W	7	5		7-7	5	2.0							`++`
15	15	Thursday, May 4	DET		SLB	W	4	2		8-7	3	1.0							`+++`
16	16	Friday, May 5	DET	@	SLB	L	7	11		8-8	3	2.0							`-`
17	17	Saturday, May 6	DET	@	SLB	L	4	9		8-9	5	2.0							`--`
18	18	Sunday, May 7	DET	@	SLB	L	1	2		8-10	7	3.0							`---`
19	19	Friday, May 12	DET		BOS	W	8	1		9-10	7	2.0							`+`
20	20	Saturday, May 13	DET		BOS	W	3	2		10-10	3	2.0							`++`
21	21	Monday, May 15	DET		BOS	L	2	6		10-11	5	2.0							`-`
22	22	Thursday, May 18	DET		WSH	W	5	0		11-11	5	1.5							`+`
23	23	Friday, May 19 (1)	DET		WSH	W	4	2		12-11	5	2.0							`++`
24	24	Friday, May 19 (2)	DET		WSH	L	2	10		12-12	5	2.0							`-`
25	25	Saturday, May 20	DET		NYY	W	6	0		13-12	3	2.0							`+`
26	26	Monday, May 22	DET		NYY	L	0	3		13-13	4	2.0							`-`
27	27	Tuesday, May 23	DET		NYY	W	5	4		14-13	4	2.0							`+`
28	28	Wednesday, May 24	DET		NYY	W	12	6		15-13	3	2.0							`++`
29	29	Thursday, May 25	DET		PHA	L	7	9		15-14	4	2.5							`-`
30	30	Friday, May 26	DET		PHA	L	2	5		15-15	4	3.5							`--`
31	31	Saturday, May 27	DET		PHA	W	3	2		16-15	4	3.5							`+`
32	32	Monday, May 29	DET	@	CHW	L	1	9		16-16	4	4.0							`-`
33	33	Tuesday, May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W	1	0		17-16	4	4.0							`+`
34	34	Tuesday, May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W	3	2		18-16	4	4.0							`++`
35	35	Wednesday, May 31	DET	@	CHW	L	0	2		18-17	4	5.0							`-`
36	36	Thursday, Jun 1	DET	@	SLB	W	5	2		19-17	4	4.0							`+`
37	37	Friday, Jun 2	DET	@	SLB	L	1	5		19-18	4	4.5							`-`
38	38	Saturday, Jun 3	DET	@	SLB	W	5	4		20-18	4	4.5							`+`
39	39	Sunday, Jun 4	DET	@	SLB	L	0	9		20-19	4	5.5							`-`
40	40	Tuesday, Jun 6	DET	@	WSH	L	3	7		20-20	4	6.0							`--`
41	41	Thursday, Jun 8	DET	@	WSH	W	6	5		21-20	4	6.0							`+`
42	42	Friday, Jun 9	DET	@	WSH	W	7	6		22-20	4	6.0							`++`
43	43	Saturday, Jun 10	DET	@	PHA	L	8	15		22-21	4	6.0							`-`
44	44	Tuesday, Jun 13	DET	@	PHA	W	1	0		23-21	4	6.0							`+`
45	45	Wednesday, Jun 14	DET	@	PHA	L	1	4		23-22	4	6.0							`-`
46	46	Thursday, Jun 15	DET	@	BOS	W	5	1		24-22	4	6.0							`+`
47	47	Friday, Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W	5	2		25-22	4	6.0							`++`
48	48	Saturday, Jun 17 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W	7	2		26-22	4	6.5							`+++`
49	49	Saturday, Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L	5	6		26-23	4	6.5							`-`
50	50	Tuesday, Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	W	5	3		27-23	4	7.0							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
51	51	Friday, Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L	0	7		27-24	4	6.0							`-`
52	52	Saturday, Jun 24	DET		CHW	L	1	2		27-25	4	6.0							`--`
53	53	Sunday, Jun 25	DET	@	SLB	L	1	8		27-26	4	6.0							`---`
54	54	Monday, Jun 26	DET		CLE	L	5	14		27-27	4	7.0							`----`
55	55	Tuesday, Jun 27	DET		CLE	L	1	8		27-28	4	8.0							`-----`
56	56	Wednesday, Jun 28	DET		CLE	W	4	1		28-28	4	7.5							`+`
57	57	Thursday, Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L	3	8		28-29	4	7.0							`-`
58	58	Thursday, Jun 29 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W	3	2		29-29	4	7.0							`+`
59	59	Friday, Jun 30	DET	@	CLE	L	0	2		29-30	4	8.0							`-`
60	60	Saturday, Jul 1	DET	@	CLE	L	3	14		29-31	4	9.0							`--`
61	61	Sunday, Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	L	0	1		29-32	5	10.0							`---`
62	62	Tuesday, Jul 4 (1)	DET		SLB	W	4	1		30-32	4	10.0							`+`
63	63	Tuesday, Jul 4 (2)	DET		SLB	L	0	11		30-33	4	10.0							`-`
64	64	Wednesday, Jul 5	DET		SLB	W	2	1		31-33	4	10.0							`+`
65	65	Thursday, Jul 6	DET		SLB	W	4	3		32-33	4	9.0							`++`
66	66	Friday, Jul 7	DET		CHW	L	1	4		32-34	4	10.0							`-`
67	67	Saturday, Jul 8	DET		CHW	T	3	3		32-34	4	10.0							`-`
68	68	Sunday, Jul 9	DET	@	CHW	W	1	0		33-34	4	9.0							`+`
69	69	Monday, Jul 10	DET		NYY	L	0	3		33-35	4	9.5							`-`
70	70	Tuesday, Jul 11	DET		NYY	W	3	1		34-35	4	9.0							`+`
71	71	Wednesday, Jul 12	DET		NYY	L	0	7		34-36	4	9.5							`-`
72	72	Thursday, Jul 13	DET		NYY	W	6	3		35-36	4	9.5							`+`
73	73	Saturday, Jul 15 (1)	DET		PHA	W	5	2		36-36	4	9.5							`++`
74	74	Saturday, Jul 15 (2)	DET		PHA	L	1	9		36-37	4	9.5							`-`
75	75	Monday, Jul 17	DET		PHA	W	4	3		37-37	4	9.5							`+`
76	76	Tuesday, Jul 18	DET		PHA	L	3	6		37-38	4	9.5							`-`
77	77	Wednesday, Jul 19	DET		WSH	W	6	2		38-38	4	10.0							`+`
78	78	Thursday, Jul 20	DET		WSH	W	7	6		39-38	4	10.5							`++`
79	79	Friday, Jul 21	DET		WSH	W	8	7		40-38	4	9.5							`+++`
80	80	Saturday, Jul 22 (1)	DET		WSH	W	8	6		41-38	4	9.0							`++++`
81	81	Saturday, Jul 22 (2)	DET		WSH	W	4	3		42-38	4	9.0							`+++++`
82	82	Sunday, Jul 23	DET		BOS	L	1	6		42-39	4	9.5							`-`
83	83	Monday, Jul 24	DET		BOS	L	1	7		42-40	4	10.5							`--`
84	84	Wednesday, Jul 26 (1)	DET		BOS	L	3	8		42-41	4	10.0							`---`
85	85	Wednesday, Jul 26 (2)	DET		BOS	W	4	0		43-41	4	10.0							`+`
86	86	Saturday, Jul 29	DET	@	WSH	L	0	1		43-42	4	8.5							`-`
87	87	Monday, Jul 31	DET	@	WSH	L	1	5		43-43	4	9.0							`--`
88	88	Tuesday, Aug 1	DET	@	WSH	L	0	4		43-44	4	9.0							`---`
89	89	Wednesday, Aug 2	DET	@	WSH	L	1	2		43-45	5	9.0							`----`
90	90	Thursday, Aug 3	DET	@	PHA	L	2	3		43-46	6	10.0							`-----`
91	91	Friday, Aug 4 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L	0	8		43-47	6	10.0							`------`
92	92	Friday, Aug 4 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W	3	2		44-47	6	10.0							`+`
93	93	Saturday, Aug 5	DET	@	PHA	L	3	5		44-48	6	11.0							`-`
94	94	Monday, Aug 7	DET	@	PHA	W	9	3		45-48	6	10.0							`+`
95	95	Tuesday, Aug 8	DET	@	BOS	L	0	3		45-49	6	10.0							`-`
96	96	Thursday, Aug 10 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W	2	1		46-49	6	10.0							`+`
97	97	Thursday, Aug 10 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L	3	5		46-50	6	10.0							`-`
98	98	Friday, Aug 11	DET	@	BOS	L	2	5		46-51	6	11.0							`--`
99	99	Saturday, Aug 12 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L	1	2		46-52	6	11.5							`---`
100	100	Saturday, Aug 12 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W	2	1		47-52	6	11.5							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
101	101	Monday, Aug 14	DET	@	NYY	L	1	7		47-53	6	12.5							`-`
102	102	Tuesday, Aug 15	DET	@	NYY	W	6	4		48-53	6	12.5							`+`
103	103	Thursday, Aug 17	DET		PHA	L	2	6		48-54	6	14.0							`-`
104	104	Friday, Aug 18	DET		BOS	W	2	1		49-54	6	13.5							`+`
105	105	Monday, Aug 21 (1)	DET		BOS	L	0	3		49-55	6	12.5							`-`
106	106	Monday, Aug 21 (2)	DET		BOS	W	5	0		50-55	6	12.5							`+`
107	107	Tuesday, Aug 22	DET		WSH	L *V	1	2		50-56	6	13.0							`-`
108	108	Wednesday, Aug 23	DET		WSH	L	4	5		50-57	6	13.5							`--`
109	109	Thursday, Aug 24	DET		WSH	L	2	3		50-58	6	14.0							`---`
110	110	Friday, Aug 25	DET		PHA	L	3	6		50-59	6	15.0							`----`
111	111	Saturday, Aug 26	DET		PHA	W	5	4		51-59	6	14.0							`+`
112	112	Monday, Aug 28	DET		PHA	L	4	5		51-60	6	15.0							`-`
113	113	Tuesday, Aug 29	DET		NYY	W	2	0		52-60	6	15.5							`+`
114	114	Wednesday, Aug 30	DET		NYY	W	5	3		53-60	6	15.5							`++`
115	115	Thursday, Aug 31	DET		NYY	W	5	0		54-60	6	15.5							`+++`
116	116	Saturday, Sep 2	DET	@	SLB	W	10	1		55-60	6	15.0							`++++`
117	117	Sunday, Sep 3	DET	@	SLB	L	2	3		55-61	6	15.5							`-`
118	118	Monday, Sep 4 (1)	DET		CHW	W	5	1		56-61	6	15.5							`+`
119	119	Monday, Sep 4 (2)	DET		CHW	W	3	2		57-61	6	15.5							`++`
120	120	Tuesday, Sep 5 (1)	DET		CHW	W	6	5		58-61	6	14.0							`+++`
121	121	Tuesday, Sep 5 (2)	DET		CHW	W	3	2		59-61	6	14.0							`++++`
122	122	Wednesday, Sep 6 (1)	DET		CHW	L	0	2		59-62	6	15.5							`-`
123	123	Wednesday, Sep 6 (2)	DET		CHW	L	0	15		59-63	6	15.5							`--`
124	124	Thursday, Sep 7	DET		SLB	W	4	1		60-63	6	15.5							`+`
125	125	Friday, Sep 8	DET		SLB	W	1	0		61-63	6	15.5							`++`
126	126	Saturday, Sep 9	DET		SLB	W	8	1		62-63	6	15.5							`+++`
127	127	Sunday, Sep 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W	3	1		63-63	6	15.5							`++++`
128	128	Sunday, Sep 10 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L	2	5		63-64	6	15.5							`-`
129	129	Tuesday, Sep 12	DET		CLE	W	4	3		64-64	5	15.0							`+`
130	130	Wednesday, Sep 13	DET		CLE	L	2	9		64-65	5	16.0							`-`
131	131	Thursday, Sep 14	DET		CLE	W	6	0		65-65	5	15.0							`+`
132	132	Saturday, Sep 16	DET		CLE	W	6	2		66-65	5	15.0							`++`
133	133	Sunday, Sep 17	DET	@	SLB	W	2	1		67-65	4	14.5							`+++`
134	134	Monday, Sep 18	DET	@	CLE	W	3	0		68-65	3	14.0							`++++`
135	135	Tuesday, Sep 19 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L	1	2		68-66	5	15.0							`-`
136	136	Tuesday, Sep 19 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L	2	4		68-67	5	15.0							`--`
137	137	Thursday, Sep 21	DET	@	WSH	W	5	1		69-67	4	14.5							`+`
138	138	Friday, Sep 22	DET	@	WSH	W	6	4		70-67	3	14.0							`++`
139	139	Saturday, Sep 23 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L	5	8		70-68	4	16.0							`-`
140	140	Saturday, Sep 23 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L	1	3		70-69	4	16.0							`--`
141	141	Monday, Sep 25	DET	@	PHA	L	2	3		70-70	6	17.0							`---`
142	142	Tuesday, Sep 26	DET	@	PHA	W	6	4		71-70	4	16.0							`+`
143	143	Wednesday, Sep 27	DET	@	PHA	W	8	7		72-70	3	15.0							`++`
144	144	Thursday, Sep 28	DET	@	BOS	W	4	3		73-70	3	15.0							`+++`
145	145	Friday, Sep 29	DET	@	BOS	W	4	1		74-70	3	15.0							`++++`
146	146	Saturday, Sep 30 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W	3	2		75-70	3	14.5							`+++++`
147	147	Saturday, Sep 30 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L	1	4		75-71	3	14.5							`-`
148	148	Monday, Oct 2 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W	7	2		76-71	3	14.0							`+`
149	149	Monday, Oct 2 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W	7	1		77-71	3	14.0							`++`
150	150	Tuesday, Oct 3 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L	0	3		77-72	3	15.5							`-`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak
151	151	Tuesday, Oct 3 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L	1	10		77-73	3	15.5							`--`
152	152	Thursday, Oct 5	DET	@	CLE	W	7	0		78-73	3	16.5							`+`
153	153	Friday, Oct 6	DET	@	CLE	L	3	5		78-74	3	16.5							`-`
154	154	Saturday, Oct 7	DET	@	CLE	W	7	1		79-74	3	15.5							`+`
Rk	Gm#	Date	Tm		Opp		R	RA	Inn	W-L	Rank	GB	Win	Loss	Save	Time	D/N	Attendance	Streak

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1904 / 1906 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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