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1968 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967 / 1969)
103-59, Finished 1st in American League
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Scored 671 runs, Allowed 492 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 103-59
Manager: Mayo Smith (103-59)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
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
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-3) over St. Louis Cardinals
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1967 / 1969 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Gates Brown 29 L R 5' 11" 220 May 2, 1939 6 67 16 67 67 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 0 0 17 50 0
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
Dave Campbell 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 14, 1942 2 9 1 9 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Norm Cash 33 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 10, 1934 11 127 105 127 127 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 1
Bob Christian 22 R R 5' 10" 180 Oct 17, 1945 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Wayne Comer 24 R R 5' 10" 175 Feb 3, 1944 2 48 4 48 48 0 1 0 0 0 0 26 0 1 27 21 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
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
Bill Freehan 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 29, 1941 7 155 150 155 155 0 138 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 All-Star
Lenny Green 35 L L 5' 11" 170 Jan 6, 1933 12 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 0
John Hiller 25 R L 6' 0" 195 Apr 8, 1943 4 39 12 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Horton 25 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 6 143 137 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 139 6 0 All-Star
Al Kaline HOF 33 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 19, 1934 16 102 86 102 102 0 0 22 0 0 0 5 0 70 74 16 0
Fred Lasher 26 R R 6' 4" 210 Aug 19, 1941 3 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Lolich 27 B L 6' 0" 210 Sep 12, 1940 6 41 32 41 41 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Tom Matchick 24 L R 6' 0" 175 Sep 7, 1943 2 80 58 80 80 0 0 6 13 0 59 0 0 0 0 16 1
Eddie Mathews HOF 36 L R 6' 1" 200 Oct 13, 1931 17 31 11 31 31 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
Dick McAuliffe 28 L R 5' 11" 176 Nov 29, 1939 9 151 146 151 151 0 0 0 148 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 1
Denny McLain 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 29, 1944 6 44 41 44 44 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 All-Star
Don McMahon 38 R R 6' 2" 222 Jan 4, 1930 12 20 0 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Northrup 28 L R 6' 3" 190 Nov 24, 1939 5 154 148 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 48 105 151 4 1
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
Daryl Patterson 24 L R 6' 4" 195 Nov 21, 1943 1st 38 1 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Price 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 13, 1941 2 64 35 64 64 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
Dennis Ribant 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Sep 20, 1941 5 16 0 16 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jim Rooker 25 R L 6' 0" 201 Sep 23, 1942 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Sparma 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Feb 4, 1942 5 34 31 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Stanley 25 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 20, 1942 5 153 141 153 153 0 0 15 1 0 9 0 131 0 130 6 3
Dick Tracewski 33 R R 5' 11" 167 Feb 3, 1935 7 90 57 90 90 0 0 0 14 16 51 0 0 0 0 9 9
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
Don Wert 29 R R 5' 9" 165 Jul 29, 1938 6 150 147 150 150 0 0 0 0 150 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 All-Star
Earl Wilson 33 R R 6' 3" 216 Oct 2, 1934 9 40 33 40 40 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
John Wyatt 33 R R 6' 0" 200 Apr 19, 1935 8 22 0 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1967 / 1969 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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