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, 12-1/2 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
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OwnersJames D. Burns
ManagersGeorge Stallings
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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

Batting

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
OFDick Harley123486158.3257747
1BFrank Dillon123470137.2915725
3BDoc Casey115469122.2607537
CJack Ryan126462119.2587115
OFDucky Holmes113433126.2916429
SSKid Elberfeld109396104.2636128
OF/CSport McAllister111392120.3066540
3BSuter Sullivan8833696.2864910
CAl Shaw8829476.259604
OFGeorge Nicol7328373.2583110
OFGeorge Stallings4214737.252177
PJack Cronin4614128.199212
P/2B/SSJoe Yeager4614128.199212
OFCharlie Jones3212128.231146
PRoscoe Miller309816.16370
2BBill Gray217822.28282

Pitching

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

Player G IP W L PCT SO
Jack Cronin453721922.463121
Joe Yeager322701912.61349
Roscoe Miller30241199.67954
Emil Frisk2015069.40046
Ed Siever1411165.54526
Welcome Gaston84614na6
Bill Hill52213na7
Jack Fifield52002na2
Frank Owen31201na6
Sport McAllister1100na0

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