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1970 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969 / 1971

79-83, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Mayo Smith (79-83)
Scored 666 runs, Allowed 731 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · 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 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 31 L R 5' 11" 220 May 2, 1939 8 81 26 81 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 26 55 0 -0.3 $
Ike Brown 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 13, 1942 2 56 24 56 27 0 0 0 23 1 0 3 0 1 4 29 1 0.2 $
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 1.9 $
Norm Cash 35 L L 6' 0" 185 Nov 10, 1934 13 130 100 130 114 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 2.0 $
Kevin Collins 23 L R 6' 1" 180 Aug 4, 1946 5 25 1 25 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0.0 $14,000
Bill Freehan 28 R R 6' 3" 203 Nov 29, 1941 9 117 110 117 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2.6 $ 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 -2.2 $15,000
John Hiller 27 R L 6' 1" 185 Apr 8, 1943 6 47 5 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
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 1.9 $ All-Star
Tim Hosley 23 R R 5' 11" 185 May 10, 1947 1st 7 3 7 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.1 $
Dalton Jones 26 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 10, 1943 7 89 44 89 62 0 0 10 35 18 0 0 0 0 0 37 3 0.1 $33,000
Al Kaline HOF 35 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 19, 1934 18 131 123 131 129 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 91 91 3 0 3.3 $90,000
Mike Kilkenny 25 R L 6' 3" 175 Apr 11, 1945 2 37 21 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.7 $
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 -0.5 $
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 0.4 $
Fred Lasher 28 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 19, 1941 5 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Mickey Lolich 29 B L 6' 1" 170 Sep 12, 1940 8 42 39 42 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.8 $60,000
Elliott Maddox 22 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 21, 1947 1st 109 63 109 93 0 0 0 1 41 19 28 1 9 37 25 5 0.0 $
Dick McAuliffe 30 L R 5' 11" 176 Nov 29, 1939 11 146 133 146 143 0 0 0 127 12 15 0 0 0 0 12 1 2.3 $
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 0.2 $90,000
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 0.4 $8,100
Russ Nagelson 25 L R 6' 0" 205 Sep 19, 1944 3 28 3 28 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 4 24 0 -0.1 $
Joe Niekro 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 7, 1944 4 39 34 39 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.0 $23,000
Jim Northrup 30 L R 6' 3" 190 Nov 24, 1939 7 139 135 139 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 38 79 136 4 0 1.4 $
Daryl Patterson 26 L R 6' 4" 192 Nov 21, 1943 3 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Jim Price 28 R R 6' 0" 192 Oct 13, 1941 4 52 37 52 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 -0.7 $
Bob Reed 25 R R 5' 10" 175 Jan 12, 1945 2 17 4 17 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
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 0.0 $15,000
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 0.2 $
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 0.9 $
Mickey Stanley 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 20, 1942 7 142 132 142 140 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 132 0 132 5 3 0.7 $
Ken Szotkiewicz 23 L R 6' 0" 165 Feb 25, 1947 1st 47 27 47 44 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.3 $
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 0.0 $
Don Wert 31 R R 5' 10" 162 Jul 29, 1938 8 128 100 128 118 0 0 0 2 117 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 -1.6 $29,000
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 0.7 $
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

Dalton Jones

Dick McAuliffe

Kevin Collins

Jim Northrup

Al Kaline

Cesar Gutierrez

Don Wert

Ike Brown

Bill Freehan

Jim Price

Fred Lasher

Earl Wilson

Denny McLain

John Hiller

Joe Niekro

Bob Reed

Willie Horton

Mickey Stanley

Norm Cash

Gates Brown

Tom Timmermann

Mickey Lolich
Jerry Robertson

Lerrin LaGrow

Russ Nagelson

Gene Lamont

Tim Hosley

Mike Kilkenny

Norm McRae

Les Cain

Fred Scherman

Elliott Maddox

Ken Szotkiewicz

Daryl Patterson

Dennis Saunders

1969 / 1971 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers