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, 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 (.383), and Frank Dillon led in extra-base hits (30).
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).
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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. R SB OF 123 486 158 .325 77 47 1B 123 470 137 .291 57 25 3B 115 469 122 .260 75 37 C 126 462 119 .258 71 15 OF 113 433 126 .291 64 29 SS 109 396 104 .263 61 28 OF/C 111 392 120 .306 65 40 3B 88 336 96 .286 49 10 C 88 294 76 .259 60 4 OF 73 283 73 .258 31 10 OF 42 147 37 .252 17 7 P 46 141 28 .199 21 2 P/2B/SS 46 141 28 .199 21 2 OF 32 121 28 .231 14 6 P 30 98 16 .163 7 0 2B 21 78 22 .282 8 2
Pitching Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; PCT = Win percentage; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L PCT SO 45 372 19 22 .463 121 32 270 19 12 .613 49 30 241 19 9 .679 54 20 150 6 9 .400 46 14 111 6 5 .545 26 8 46 1 4 na 6 5 22 1 3 na 7 5 20 0 2 na 2 3 12 0 1 na 6 1 1 0 0 na 0
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