1905 Detroit Tigers season

1905 was the fifth year for the Detroit Tigers in the American League. The team finished in third place with a record of, 15 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics.
The 1905 Tigers posted a run differential of -97, the lowest ever by a team with a winning record, breaking the previous record of -81 held by the 1882 Detroit Wolverines; the Tigers lost 48 games by 3 or more runs.

Regular season

The 1905 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 602 to 512, the largest negative run differential ever for a Major League team with a winning record. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 193,384, eighth out of the eight teams in the AL.

Notable transactions

August 24, 1905: Ty Cobb was purchased by the Tigers from the Augusta Tourists.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		72	211	55	.261	0	24
1B		88	329	88	.267	0	31
2B		153	554	135	.244	2	47
3B		137	489	123	.252	0	44
SS		148	512	109	.213	0	33
OF		131	495	130	.263	0	30
OF		154	575	171	.297	6	75
OF		97	377	93	.247	1	32

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	59	213	47	.221	2	20
	58	181	35	.193	0	9
	41	150	36	.240	1	15
	36	119	24	.202	0	7
	34	94	15	.160	0	4
	20	67	17	.254	0	3
	13	32	5	.156	0	4
	8	24	2	.083	0	0
	7	14	5	.357	0	1
	3	7	3	.429	1	1

''Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	44	347.2	21	21	2.51	168
	39	313.2	23	14	2.27	110
	34	280.2	18	15	2.60	135
	33	225.2	12	14	3.47	78
	7	60.2	3	3	3.27	37
	2	11.0	0	2	5.73	3

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	8	47.2	0	2	2.64	18
	7	35.0	0	1	5.66	20
	3	18.0	1	1	3.50	6
	3	17.1	1	0	2.08	1
	2	6.0	0	1	7.50	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	2	0	0	0	8.10	0
	1	0	0	0	27.00	1

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

Ty Cobb

Youngest player in the AL

Ed Killian

AL leader in shutouts
#3 in AL in wins
#3 in AL in bases on balls allowed
#4 in AL in complete games
#4 in AL in hit batsmen
#5 in AL in games started

Frank Kitson

#5 in AL in earned runs allowed

Sam Crawford

#2 in AL in OPS
#2 in AL in doubles
#2 in AL in runs created
#2 in AL in extra base hits
#3 in AL in slugging percentage
#3 in AL in hits
#3 in AL in total bases
#3 in AL in home runs
#3 in AL in times on base
#4 in AL in on-base percentage
#4 in AL in RBIs
#4 in AL in Power/Speed Number
#5 in AL in batting average

Bill Donovan

#4 in AL in bases on balls allowed

Bobby Lowe

2nd oldest player in the AL

George Mullin

AL leader in complete games
AL leader in innings pitched
AL leader in games started
AL leader in bases on balls allowed
AL leader in hits allowed
AL leader in batters faced
#2 in AL in games
#3 in AL in earned runs allowed
#4 in AL in losses

Bob Wood

3rd oldest player in AL