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1968 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967 / 1969

103-59, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Mayo Smith (103-59)
Scored 671 runs, Allowed 492 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 103-59

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 2,031,847 (1st of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 104

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over St. Louis Cardinals

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1967 / 1969 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Gates Brown 29 L R 5' 11" 220 May 2, 1939 6 67 16 67 18 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 0 0 17 50 0 2.0 $18,000
Les Cain 20 L L 6' 1" 200 Jan 13, 1948 1st 8 4 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dave Campbell 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 14, 1942 2 9 1 9 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.0 $
Norm Cash 33 L L 6' 0" 185 Nov 10, 1934 11 127 105 127 117 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 3.2 $40,000
Bob Christian 22 R R 5' 10" 180 Oct 17, 1945 1st 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0.0 $5,100
Wayne Comer 24 R R 5' 10" 175 Feb 3, 1944 2 48 4 48 27 0 1 0 0 0 0 26 0 1 27 21 6 -0.6 $
Pat Dobson 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Feb 12, 1942 2 47 10 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Roy Face 40 R R 5' 8" 155 Feb 20, 1928 15 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Bill Freehan 26 R R 6' 3" 203 Nov 29, 1941 7 155 150 155 154 0 138 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 6.5 $37,000 All-Star
Lenny Green 35 L L 5' 11" 170 Jan 6, 1933 12 6 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 0 -0.1 $12,000
John Hiller 25 R L 6' 1" 185 Apr 8, 1943 4 39 12 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Willie Horton 25 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 6 143 137 143 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 139 6 0 4.9 $40,000 All-Star
Al Kaline HOF 33 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 19, 1934 16 102 86 102 94 0 0 22 0 0 0 5 0 70 74 16 0 3.0 $70,000
Fred Lasher 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 19, 1941 3 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Mickey Lolich 27 B L 6' 1" 170 Sep 12, 1940 6 41 32 41 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.6 $25,000
Tommy Matchick 24 L R 6' 1" 173 Sep 7, 1943 2 80 58 80 73 0 0 6 13 0 59 0 0 0 0 16 1 -0.3 $
Eddie Mathews HOF 36 L R 6' 1" 190 Oct 13, 1931 17 31 11 31 12 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0.2 $75,000
Dick McAuliffe 28 L R 5' 11" 176 Nov 29, 1939 9 151 146 151 150 0 0 0 148 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 5.2 $
Denny McLain 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 29, 1944 6 44 41 44 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.8 $33,000 All-Star
Don McMahon 38 R R 6' 2" 215 Jan 4, 1930 12 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $34,000
Jim Northrup 28 L R 6' 3" 190 Nov 24, 1939 5 154 148 154 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 48 105 151 4 1 5.4 $
Ray Oyler 29 R R 5' 11" 165 Aug 4, 1938 4 111 70 111 111 0 0 0 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1.0 $
Daryl Patterson 24 L R 6' 4" 192 Nov 21, 1943 1st 38 1 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Jim Price 26 R R 6' 0" 192 Oct 13, 1941 2 64 35 64 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 -0.5 $11,000
Dennis Ribant 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 20, 1941 5 15 0 15 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $24,500
Jim Rooker 25 R L 6' 0" 195 Sep 23, 1942 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $8,000
Joe Sparma 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Feb 4, 1942 5 34 31 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Mickey Stanley 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 20, 1942 5 154 141 154 148 0 0 15 1 0 9 0 131 0 131 6 3 3.3 $15,500
Dick Tracewski 33 R R 5' 11" 160 Feb 3, 1935 7 90 57 90 77 0 0 0 14 16 51 0 0 0 0 9 9 0.3 $
Jon Warden 21 B L 6' 0" 205 Oct 1, 1946 1st 28 0 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Don Wert 29 R R 5' 10" 162 Jul 29, 1938 6 150 147 150 150 0 0 0 0 150 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 $ All-Star
Earl Wilson 33 R R 6' 3" 216 Oct 2, 1934 9 40 33 40 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3.1 $50,000
John Wyatt 33 R R 5' 11" 200 Apr 19, 1935 8 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance
1

Ray Oyler
2

Tommy Matchick
3

Dick McAuliffe
5

Jim Northrup
6

Al Kaline
7

Eddie Mathews
8

Don Wert
11

Bill Freehan
12

Jim Price
14

Dennis Ribant
15

Fred Lasher
16

Earl Wilson
17

Denny McLain
18

John Hiller
21

Joe Sparma
22

Pat Dobson
23

Willie Horton
24

Mickey Stanley
25

Norm Cash
26

Gates Brown
27

Wayne Comer
29

Mickey Lolich
30

Roy Face
Lenny Green
33

Dave Campbell
34

Jim Rooker
37

John Wyatt
38

Les Cain
39

Jon Warden
43

Daryl Patterson
44

Dick Tracewski
46

Bob Christian
47

Don McMahon

1967 / 1969 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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