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1969 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1968 / 1970

90-72, Finished 2nd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Mayo Smith (90-72)
Scored 701 runs, Allowed 601 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-70

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,577,481 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102

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1968 / 1970 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 30 L R 5' 11" 220 May 2, 1939 7 60 14 60 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 14 46 0 -0.4 $
Ike Brown 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 13, 1942 1st 70 50 70 60 0 0 0 44 13 1 1 0 2 3 15 1 0.6 $
Dave Campbell 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 14, 1942 3 32 5 32 16 0 0 13 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 -0.7 $12,000
Norm Cash 34 L L 6' 0" 185 Nov 10, 1934 12 142 127 142 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 3.5 $60,000
Pat Dobson 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Feb 12, 1942 3 49 9 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Bill Freehan 27 R R 6' 3" 203 Nov 29, 1941 8 143 134 143 136 0 118 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2.2 $ All-Star
Cesar Gutierrez 26 R R 5' 9" 155 Jan 26, 1943 2 17 13 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 $
John Hiller 26 R L 6' 1" 185 Apr 8, 1943 5 41 8 41 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 $
Willie Horton 26 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 7 141 135 141 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 4 136 6 0 2.6 $60,000
Al Kaline HOF 34 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 19, 1934 17 131 118 131 125 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 118 118 9 0 2.9 $90,000
Mike Kilkenny 24 R L 6' 3" 175 Apr 11, 1945 1st 39 15 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Fred Lasher 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 19, 1941 4 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Mickey Lolich 28 B L 6' 1" 170 Sep 12, 1940 7 38 36 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.8 $ All-Star
Tommy Matchick 25 L R 6' 1" 173 Sep 7, 1943 3 94 76 94 81 0 0 2 47 27 6 0 0 0 0 16 0 -0.1 $
Dick McAuliffe 29 L R 5' 11" 176 Nov 29, 1939 10 74 70 74 72 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.9 $
Denny McLain 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 29, 1944 7 42 41 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 $65,000 All-Star
Don McMahon 39 R R 6' 2" 215 Jan 4, 1930 13 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Norm McRae 21 R R 6' 1" 195 Sep 26, 1947 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jim Northrup 29 L R 6' 3" 190 Nov 24, 1939 6 148 142 148 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 89 51 143 6 0 4.7 $
Daryl Patterson 25 L R 6' 4" 192 Nov 21, 1943 2 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Jim Price 27 R R 6' 0" 192 Oct 13, 1941 3 72 49 72 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0.2 $
Dick Radatz 32 R R 6' 6" 230 Apr 2, 1937 7 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Wayne Redmond 23 R R 5' 10" 165 Nov 25, 1945 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 -0.1 $
Bob Reed 24 R R 5' 10" 175 Jan 12, 1945 1st 8 1 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Fred Scherman 24 L L 6' 1" 195 Jul 25, 1944 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Joe Sparma 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Feb 4, 1942 6 23 16 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $23,500
Mickey Stanley 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 20, 1942 6 149 138 149 145 0 0 4 0 0 59 0 99 3 102 7 3 1.2 $30,000
Gary Taylor 23 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 19, 1945 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Tom Timmermann 29 R R 6' 4" 215 May 12, 1940 1st 31 1 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Dick Tracewski 34 R R 5' 11" 160 Feb 3, 1935 8 66 18 66 59 0 0 0 13 7 40 0 0 0 0 3 12 -0.1 $
Tom Tresh 30 B R 6' 1" 180 Sep 20, 1938 9 94 84 94 87 0 0 0 0 1 77 7 0 4 11 9 0 0.6 $40,000
Don Wert 30 R R 5' 10" 162 Jul 29, 1938 7 132 122 132 129 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.1 $
Earl Wilson 34 R R 6' 3" 216 Oct 2, 1934 10 37 35 37 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.2 $
Ron Woods 26 R R 5' 10" 168 Feb 1, 1943 1st 17 1 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 7 7 5 0.2 $7,500
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

Tommy Matchick

Dick McAuliffe

Tom Tresh

Jim Northrup

Al Kaline

Cesar Gutierrez

Don Wert

Ike Brown

Bill Freehan

Jim Price

Dick Radatz

Fred Lasher

Earl Wilson

Denny McLain

John Hiller

Bob Reed

Joe Sparma

Pat Dobson

Willie Horton

Mickey Stanley

Norm Cash

Gates Brown

Ron Woods

Tom Timmermann

Mickey Lolich

Wayne Redmond

Dave Campbell

Mike Kilkenny

Norm McRae

Fred Scherman

Daryl Patterson

Dick Tracewski

Don McMahon
Gary Taylor

1968 / 1970 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers