Claim: The Detroit Tigers ranked second best in the 1911 American League in runs scored but the pitching staff's earned run average of 3.73 was the second worst in the league; playing in Bennett Field, with its 8,500-seat wooden grandstand, their home attendance for the entire season was 484,988.
Evidence: The team ranked second best in the American League in runs scored but the pitching staff's earned run average of 3.73 was the second worst in the league—a full point above the league leading Red Sox' team ERA of 2.74. Playing in Bennett Field, with its 8,500-seat wooden grandstand, their home attendance for the entire season was 484,988.