1904 Detroit Tigers season

1904 was the fourth year for the Detroit Tigers in the American League. The team finished in seventh place with a record of 62–90 (.408), 32 games behind the Boston Americans. They played ten tie games, which is the major league record. The 1904 Tigers were outscored by their opponents 627 to 505. The team's attendance at Bennett Park was 177,796, seventh out of the eight teams in the AL. In the year before Ty Cobb's arrival, pitcher George Mullin had a higher batting average than any of the team's regulars at .290.

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

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

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

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

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

League top five finishers
Jimmy Barrett
 * AL leader in bases on balls (79)
 * AL leader in times on base (249)
 * AL leader in games (162)
 * AL leader in plate appearances (714)
 * #2 in AL in singles (152)
 * #4 in AL in at bats (624)
 * #5 in AL in outs (465)

Bill Donovan
 * #3 in AL in bases on balls allowed (94)
 * #5 in AL in wild pitches (11)

Ed Killian
 * #4 in AL in bases on balls allowed (93)
 * #4 in AL in games finished (6)
 * #5 in AL in hit batsmen (17)

Frank Kitson
 * #5 in AL in home runs allowed (7)

Bobby Lowe
 * 3rd oldest player in the AL (38)

Matty McIntyre
 * #3 in AL in sacrifice hits (28)

George Mullin
 * AL leader in bases on balls allowed (131)
 * #2 in AL in complete games (42)
 * #2 in AL in hits allowed (345)
 * #2 in AL in batters faced (1597)
 * #3 in AL in shutouts (7)
 * #3 in AL in losses (23)
 * #4 in AL in games (45)
 * #4 in AL in innings pitched (382.1)
 * #4 in AL in games started (44)
 * #5 in AL in earned runs allowed (102)

Bob Wood
 * 4th oldest player in the AL (38)