1900 Detroit Tigers season

The 1900 Detroit Tigers season was the Tigers' first in the American League, which received recognition as a major league one year later in 1901. The Tigers finished in fourth place out of eight teams with a record of 71–67, 12+12 games behind Charles Comiskey's Chicago White Stockings.[1] Detroit's home games were played at Bennett Park. George Stallings was the manager.

1900 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkBennett Park
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersJames D. Burns
ManagersGeorge Stallings
Seasons 1901 →

Outfielder Dick Harley led the team with a .325 batting average, 77 runs scored, and 47 stolen bases. Sport McAllister led in slugging percentage (.383), and Frank Dillon led in extra-base hits (30).[2]

Roscoe Miller led the team with a 19-9 win-loss record for a .679 win percentage. Jack Cronin led in innings pitched (372) and strikeouts (121).[2]

After the 1900 season, the Detroit Free Press wrote that not since the 1887 Detroit Wolverines won the National League championship had baseball been as "liberally supported" in Detroit, and the club's gate receipts had been "a source of envy to other magnates in the league."[3] The paper noted that owners James D. Burns and George Stallings had spent large sums of money for "releases of star players" and had paid "major league salaries" to the majority of the players.[3]

Players

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Batting

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB H Avg. R SB
OF Dick Harley 123 486 158 .325 77 47
1B Frank Dillon 123 470 137 .291 57 25
3B Doc Casey 115 469 122 .260 75 37
C Jack Ryan 126 462 119 .258 71 15
OF Ducky Holmes 113 433 126 .291 64 29
SS Kid Elberfeld 109 396 104 .263 61 28
OF/C Sport McAllister 111 392 120 .306 65 40
3B Suter Sullivan 88 336 96 .286 49 10
C Al Shaw 88 294 76 .259 60 4
OF George Nicol 73 283 73 .258 31 10
OF George Stallings 42 147 37 .252 17 7
P Jack Cronin 46 141 28 .199 21 2
P/2B/SS Joe Yeager 46 141 28 .199 21 2
OF Charlie Jones 32 121 28 .231 14 6
P Roscoe Miller 30 98 16 .163 7 0
2B Bill Gray 21 78 22 .282 8 2

Pitching

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; PCT = Win percentage; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L PCT SO
Jack Cronin 45 372 19 22 .463 121
Joe Yeager 32 270 19 12 .613 49
Roscoe Miller 30 241 19 9 .679 54
Emil Frisk 20 150 6 9 .400 46
Ed Siever 14 111 6 5 .545 26
Welcome Gaston 8 46 1 4 na 6
Bill Hill 5 22 1 3 na 7
Jack Fifield 5 20 0 2 na 2
Frank Owen 3 12 0 1 na 6
Sport McAllister 1 1 0 0 na 0

References

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  1. ^ "1900 American League". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "1900 Detroit Tigers". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Word About Sports". Detroit Free Press. October 14, 1900. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.