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1970 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969 / 1971)
79-83, Finished 4th in AL East
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Scored 666 runs, Allowed 731 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88
Manager: Mayo Smith (79-83)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,501,293 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
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1969 / 1971 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 31 L R 5' 11" 220 May 2, 1939 8 81 26 81 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 26 55 0
Ike Brown 28 R R 6' 1" 205 Apr 13, 1942 2 56 24 56 56 0 0 0 23 1 0 3 0 1 4 29 1
Les Cain 22 L L 6' 1" 200 Jan 13, 1948 2 29 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norm Cash 35 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 10, 1934 13 130 100 130 130 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
Kevin Collins 23 L R 6' 2" 190 Aug 4, 1946 5 25 1 25 25 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
Bill Freehan 28 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 29, 1941 9 117 110 117 117 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 All-Star
Cesar Gutierrez 27 R R 5' 9" 155 Jan 26, 1943 3 135 127 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Hiller 27 R L 6' 0" 195 Apr 8, 1943 6 47 5 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Horton 27 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 8 96 96 96 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 0 4 96 0 0 All-Star
Tim Hosley 23 R R 5' 10" 195 May 10, 1947 1st 7 3 7 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Dalton Jones 26 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 10, 1943 7 89 44 89 89 0 0 10 35 18 0 0 0 0 0 37 3
Al Kaline HOF 35 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 19, 1934 18 131 123 131 131 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 91 91 3 0
Mike Kilkenny 25 R L 175 Apr 11, 1945 2 37 21 37 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lerrin LaGrow 21 R R 6' 5" 220 Jul 8, 1948 1st 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Lamont 23 L R 6' 1" 195 Dec 25, 1946 1st 15 12 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Lasher 28 R R 6' 4" 210 Aug 19, 1941 5 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Lolich 29 B L 6' 0" 210 Sep 12, 1940 8 42 39 42 42 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Elliott Maddox 22 R R 5' 11" 181 Dec 21, 1947 1st 109 63 109 109 0 0 0 1 40 19 28 1 9 37 25 5
Dick McAuliffe 30 L R 5' 11" 176 Nov 29, 1939 11 146 133 146 146 0 0 0 127 12 15 0 0 0 0 12 1
Denny McLain 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 29, 1944 8 14 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norm McRae 22 R R 6' 1" 195 Sep 26, 1947 2 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russ Nagelson 25 L R 6' 0" 205 Sep 19, 1944 3 28 3 28 28 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 24 0
Joe Niekro 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 7, 1944 4 39 34 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jim Northrup 30 L R 6' 3" 190 Nov 24, 1939 7 139 135 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 38 79 136 4 0
Daryl Patterson 26 L R 6' 4" 195 Nov 21, 1943 3 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Price 28 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 13, 1941 4 52 37 52 52 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Bob Reed 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Jan 12, 1945 2 17 4 17 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jerry Robertson 26 B R 6' 2" 205 Oct 13, 1943 2 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Saunders 21 B R 6' 3" 195 Jan 4, 1949 1st 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Scherman 25 L L 6' 1" 195 Jul 25, 1944 2 48 0 48 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Stanley 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 20, 1942 7 142 132 142 142 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 132 0 132 5 3
Ken Szotkiewicz 23 L R 6' 0" 165 Feb 25, 1947 1st 47 27 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 4 0
Tom Timmermann 30 R R 6' 4" 215 May 12, 1940 2 61 0 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Wert 31 R R 5' 9" 165 Jul 29, 1938 8 128 100 128 128 0 0 0 2 117 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Earl Wilson 35 R R 6' 3" 216 Oct 2, 1934 11 18 16 18 18 18 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

1969 / 1971 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played