1903 Detroit Tigers season

1903 was the third year for the Detroit Tigers in the still-new American League. The team finished in fifth place with a record or 65–71, 25 games behind the Boston Americans. The 1903 Tigers outscored their opponents 567 to 539. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 224,523, sixth out of the eight teams in the AL.

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	248	62	.250	0	21
1B		135	548	154	.281	2	79
2B		93	336	75	.223	1	22
3B		109	402	103	.256	0	43
SS		78	265	69	.260	0	22
OF		137	550	184	.335	4	89
OF		136	517	163	.315	2	31
OF	Billy Lush	119	423	116	.274	1	33

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
	69	239	53	.222	0	23
	63	192	41	.214	1	13
	35	132	45	.341	0	19
	29	105	25	.238	0	12
	23	74	17	.230	0	6
	11	37	10	.270	0	3
	5	22	4	.182	0	1
	2	8	3	.375	0	0
	1	3	0	.000	0	0

''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
	41	320.2	19	15	2.25	170
	35	307.0	17	16	2.29	187
	31	257.2	15	162	2.58	102
	16	118.2	7	9	2.96	33
	10	60.2	3	4	3.86	14
	7	56.1	2	5	3.36	21
	6	39.1	2	2	3.43	14
	3	18.0	0	2	8.50	10
	1	9.0	0	1	4.00	1
	2	8.2	0	1	12.46	2