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1968 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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	Tom 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
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

* - 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	3	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

* - 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	7	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
Tom 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	10	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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