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. Detroit's home games were played at Bennett Park. George Stallings was the manager.
Outfielder Dick Harley led the team with a.325 batting average, 77 runs scored, and 47 stolen bases. Sport McAllister led in slugging percentage, and Frank Dillon led in extra-base hits.
Roscoe Miller led the team with a 19-9 win-loss record for a.679 win percentage. Jack Cronin led in innings pitched and strikeouts.
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." 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.

Players

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; SB = Stolen bases
PosPlayerGABHAvg.RSB
OF123486158.3257747
1B123470137.2915725
3B115469122.2607537
C126462119.2587115
OF113433126.2916429
SS109396104.2636128
OF/C111392120.3066540
3B8833696.2864910
C8829476.259604
OF7328373.2583110
OF4214737.252177
P4614128.199212
P/2B/SS4614128.199212
OF3212128.231146
P309816.16370
2B217822.28282

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; PCT = Win percentage; SO = Strikeouts
PlayerGIPWLPCTSO
453721922.463121
322701912.61349
30241199.67954
2015069.40046
1411165.54526
84614na6
52213na7
52002na2
31201na6
1100na0