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1968 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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

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

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1967 / 1969 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Bill Freehan 26 155 635 540 73 142 24 2 25 84 0 1 65 64 .263 .366 .454 .819 145 245 9 24 3 3 4
2 1B Norm Cash* 33 127 458 411 50 108 15 1 25 63 1 1 39 70 .263 .329 .487 .816 142 200 12 3 2 3 7
3 2B Dick McAuliffe* 28 151 658 570 95 142 24 10 16 56 8 7 82 99 .249 .344 .411 .755 126 234 0 2 1 3 8
4 SS Ray Oyler 29 111 247 215 13 29 6 1 1 12 0 2 20 59 .135 .213 .186 .399 20 40 8 2 7 3 0
5 3B Don Wert 29 150 589 536 44 107 15 1 12 37 0 3 37 79 .200 .258 .299 .556 67 160 12 5 11 0 7
6 LF Willie Horton 25 143 578 512 68 146 20 2 36 85 0 3 49 110 .285 .352 .543 .895 165 278 14 8 2 7 8
7 CF Mickey Stanley 25 153 641 583 88 151 16 6 11 60 4 3 42 57 .259 .311 .364 .675 102 212 22 4 8 4 1
8 RF Jim Northrup* 28 154 643 580 76 153 29 7 21 90 4 5 50 87 .264 .324 .447 .770 129 259 14 4 4 5 4
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Al Kaline 33 102 389 327 49 94 14 1 10 53 6 4 55 39 .287 .392 .428 .820 146 140 4 3 1 3 7
10 SS Tommy Matchick* 24 80 244 227 18 46 6 2 3 14 0 2 10 46 .203 .248 .286 .534 60 65 3 4 2 1 3
11 SS Dick Tracewski 33 90 240 212 30 33 3 1 4 15 3 0 24 51 .156 .239 .236 .475 43 50 5 0 2 2 0
12 C Jim Price 26 64 146 132 12 23 4 0 3 13 0 0 13 14 .174 .253 .273 .526 58 36 6 1 0 0 1
13 LF Gates Brown* 29 67 104 92 15 34 7 2 6 15 0 0 12 4 .370 .442 .685 1.127 234 63 2 0 0 0 1
14 CI Eddie Mathews* 36 31 57 52 4 11 0 0 3 8 0 0 5 12 .212 .281 .385 .665 98 20 0 0 0 0 1
15 UT Wayne Comer 24 48 51 48 8 6 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 7 .125 .160 .229 .389 16 11 4 0 1 0 0
16 2B Dave Campbell 26 9 9 8 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .500 .722 112 4 0 0 0 0 0
17 LF Lenny Green* 35 6 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 99 1 1 0 0 0 1
18 UT Bob Christian 22 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 194 2 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
19 P Denny McLain 24 44 128 111 7 18 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 37 .162 .170 .189 .359 8 21 1 0 16 0 0
20 P Earl Wilson 33 40 92 88 9 20 0 1 7 17 0 0 2 35 .227 .253 .489 .741 118 43 1 1 1 0 0
21 P Mickey Lolich# 27 41 80 70 5 8 3 0 0 3 0 1 6 25 .114 .184 .157 .341 3 11 3 0 4 0 0
22 P Joe Sparma 26 34 67 60 2 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 24 .133 .148 .150 .298 -11 9 0 0 6 0 0
23 P John Hiller 25 39 37 37 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 .081 .081 .081 .162 -51 3 1 0 0 0 0
24 P Pat Dobson 26 47 32 28 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .143 .200 .143 .343 4 4 0 0 2 0 0
25 P Daryl Patterson* 24 38 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .000 .071 .000 .071 -77 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Fred Lasher 26 34 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -33 1 1 0 0 0 0
27 P Les Cain* 20 8 7 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .286 .429 26 2 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Dennis Ribant 26 16 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 63 1 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Don McMahon 38 20 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
30 P John Wyatt 33 22 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Jon Warden# 21 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Jim Rooker 25 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Roy Face 40 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.0 164 6179 5490 671 1292 190 39 185 640 26 32 521 964 .235 .307 .385 .692 107 2115 124 61 73 34 53
Rank in 10 AL teams 1 1 2 6 3 1 10 8 4 6 4 2 1 1 1 1 7
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Denny McLain 24 31 6 .838 1.96 41 41 0 28 6 0 336.0 241 86 73 31 63 2 280 6 0 3 1288 154 0.905 6.5 0.8 1.7 7.5 4.44
2 SP Earl Wilson 33 13 12 .520 2.85 34 33 0 10 3 0 224.1 192 77 71 20 65 4 168 0 2 7 909 106 1.146 7.7 0.8 2.6 6.7 2.58
3 SP Mickey Lolich* 27 17 9 .654 3.19 39 32 4 8 4 1 220.0 178 84 78 23 65 4 197 11 0 3 905 94 1.105 7.3 0.9 2.7 8.1 3.03
4 SP Joe Sparma 26 10 10 .500 3.70 34 31 1 7 1 0 182.1 169 81 75 14 77 3 110 7 0 5 781 81 1.349 8.3 0.7 3.8 5.4 1.43
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 CL Pat Dobson 26 5 8 .385 2.66 47 10 16 2 1 7 125.0 89 39 37 13 48 6 93 2 1 4 502 113 1.096 6.4 0.9 3.5 6.7 1.94
6 RP John Hiller* 25 9 6 .600 2.39 39 12 13 4 1 2 128.0 92 37 34 9 51 4 78 0 0 2 518 126 1.117 6.5 0.6 3.6 5.5 1.53
7 RP Daryl Patterson 24 2 3 .400 2.12 38 1 22 0 0 7 68.0 53 19 16 3 27 1 49 4 1 3 283 142 1.176 7.0 0.4 3.6 6.5 1.81
8 RP Fred Lasher 26 5 1 .833 3.33 34 0 14 0 0 5 48.2 37 19 18 5 22 7 32 0 0 2 200 90 1.212 6.8 0.9 4.1 5.9 1.45
9 RP Jon Warden* 21 4 1 .800 3.62 28 0 11 0 0 3 37.1 30 15 15 5 15 2 25 0 0 0 155 83 1.205 7.2 1.2 3.6 6.0 1.67
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Don McMahon 38 3 1 .750 2.02 20 0 9 0 0 1 35.2 22 8 8 2 10 1 33 0 0 3 135 149 0.897 5.6 0.5 2.5 8.3 3.30
11 John Wyatt 33 1 0 1.000 2.37 22 0 10 0 0 2 30.1 26 9 8 2 11 2 25 1 0 4 125 127 1.220 7.7 0.6 3.3 7.4 2.27
12 Dennis Ribant 26 2 2 .500 2.22 14 0 4 0 0 1 24.1 20 7 6 1 10 2 7 1 0 0 105 136 1.233 7.4 0.4 3.7 2.6 0.70
13 Les Cain* 20 1 0 1.000 3.00 8 4 1 0 0 0 24.0 25 9 8 1 20 1 13 0 0 2 114 100 1.875 9.4 0.4 7.5 4.9 0.65
14 Jim Rooker* 25 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 18 78 1.071 7.7 0.0 1.9 7.7 4.00
15 Roy Face 40 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
Team Totals 26.8 103 59 .636 2.71 164 164 105 59 16 29 1489.2 1180 492 449 129 486 40 1115 32 4 38 6043 111 1.118 7.1 0.8 2.9 6.7 2.29
Rank in 10 AL teams 1 10 3 1 2 6 1 3 1 4 9 4 9642
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Gates Brown 29 18 16 118.1 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.4 14.2 0.4 -0.1 0.4 1 0 1.67 1.22 LF-1B
Les Cain 20 8 4 24.0 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.75 P
Dave Campbell 26 5 1 15.0 7 4 3 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -8.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.20 1.40 2B
Norm Cash 33 117 105 965.2 1020 924 88 8 66 .992 5.0 6.2 5.0 3.9 1.1 0 9.43 8.65 1B
Bob Christian 22 2 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 6.75 1.50 RF-1B
Wayne Comer 24 28 4 91.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -14.5 0.9 0.6 0.3 -1 -1 1.98 0.71 0 2 0 0 LF-RF-C
Pat Dobson 26 47 10 125.0 35 12 22 1 0 .971 2.45 0.72 P
Roy Face 40 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Bill Freehan 26 160 150 1356.2 1223 1133 83 7 26 .994 4.9 4.3 -0.1 -0.6 0.5 0 5 8.07 7.60 9 27 66 38 37% C-1B-RF
Lenny Green 35 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 -0.1 -0.4 0.00 0.00 LF
John Hiller 25 39 12 128.0 27 12 15 0 1 1.000 1.90 0.69 P
Willie Horton 25 139 137 1200.1 215 203 6 6 2 .972 -1.7 -1.7 -3.7 -2.6 -1.0 2 1.57 1.50 LF
Al Kaline 33 97 86 767.0 304 283 14 7 15 .977 4.1 6.4 5.1 3.9 1.2 -1 0 3.49 3.06 RF-1B-LF
Fred Lasher 26 34 0 48.2 14 3 10 1 1 .929 2.40 0.38 P
Mickey Lolich 27 39 32 220.0 34 5 26 3 0 .912 1.27 0.79 P
Tommy Matchick 24 78 58 486.2 270 106 154 10 31 .963 1.6 3.9 1.6 4.0 -2.4 0 4.81 3.33 SS-2B-1B
Eddie Mathews 36 12 11 77.0 51 37 13 1 5 .980 1.3 20.3 1.3 0.8 0.5 0 5.84 4.17 1B-3B
Dick McAuliffe 28 153 146 1299.2 653 292 352 9 80 .986 6.7 6.2 6.7 4.4 2.3 0 4.46 4.21 2B-SS
Denny McLain 24 41 41 336.0 77 36 40 1 3 .987 2.04 1.85 P
Don McMahon 38 20 0 35.2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.26 0.25 P
Jim Northrup 28 165 148 1342.1 340 326 7 7 1 .979 17.8 15.9 13.8 5.8 8.0 4 2.23 2.02 RF-CF-LF
Ray Oyler 29 111 70 687.1 354 139 207 8 31 .977 3.3 5.8 3.3 2.2 1.1 0 4.53 3.12 SS
Daryl Patterson 24 38 1 68.0 14 4 9 1 0 .929 1.72 0.34 P
Jim Price 26 42 35 307.1 238 223 14 1 1 .996 -2.0 -7.8 -2 6.94 5.64 3 9 14 2 13% C
Dennis Ribant 26 14 0 24.1 8 2 3 3 0 .625 1.85 0.36 P
Jim Rooker 25 2 0 4.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 1.00 P
Joe Sparma 26 34 31 182.1 30 9 19 2 0 .933 1.38 0.82 P
Mickey Stanley 25 156 141 1293.2 453 409 40 4 14 .991 10.1 9.4 5.1 -2.6 7.7 6 -1 3.12 2.88 CF-1B-SS-2B
Dick Tracewski 33 81 57 557.2 244 82 157 5 27 .980 5.5 11.8 4.5 2.1 2.4 1 3.86 2.95 SS-3B-2B
Jon Warden 21 28 0 37.1 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.48 0.07 P
Don Wert 29 152 147 1344.2 443 144 284 15 22 .966 6.8 6.1 6.8 2.3 4.5 0 2.86 2.82 3B-SS
Earl Wilson 33 34 33 224.1 60 26 30 4 3 .933 2.25 1.65 P
John Wyatt 33 22 0 30.1 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.78 0.27 P
Team Totals 27.8 164 1476 13407.0 6183 4463 1615 105 329 .983 63.1 5.6 50.1 23.9 26.1 11 0 2 4.08 3.19 12 38 80 40 33%
Rank in 10 AL teams 10 7 1
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1967 / 1969 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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