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1970 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Team Batting

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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	28	117	458	395	44	95	17	3	16	52	0	3	52	48	.241	.332	.420	.752	106	166	11	4	3	4	5
2	1B	Norm Cash*	35	130	452	370	58	96	18	2	15	53	0	1	72	58	.259	.383	.441	.823	126	163	16	5	0	5	6
3	2B	Dick McAuliffe*	30	146	639	530	73	124	21	1	12	50	5	6	101	62	.234	.358	.345	.704	95	183	1	3	3	2	7
4	SS	Cesar Gutierrez	27	135	451	415	40	101	11	6	0	22	4	3	18	39	.243	.275	.299	.573	58	124	8	1	14	3	6
5	3B	Don Wert	31	128	419	363	34	79	13	0	6	33	1	3	44	56	.218	.307	.303	.610	69	110	13	4	5	3	7
6	LF	Willie Horton	27	96	404	371	53	113	18	2	17	69	0	1	28	43	.305	.354	.501	.855	133	186	7	2	0	3	6
7	CF	Mickey Stanley	27	142	623	568	83	143	21	11	13	47	10	1	45	56	.252	.305	.396	.701	92	225	19	0	7	3	1
8	RF	Al Kaline	35	131	555	467	64	130	24	4	16	71	2	2	77	49	.278	.377	.450	.826	127	210	20	1	3	7	5
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	OF	Jim Northrup*	30	139	576	504	71	132	21	3	24	80	3	6	58	68	.262	.343	.458	.802	119	231	12	7	2	5	6
10	UT	Elliott Maddox	22	109	293	258	30	64	13	4	3	24	2	3	30	42	.248	.332	.364	.697	92	94	6	3	1	1	1
11	2B	Dalton Jones*	26	89	229	191	29	42	7	0	6	21	1	1	33	33	.220	.333	.351	.684	89	67	3	1	1	3	4
12	C	Jim Price	28	52	156	132	12	24	4	0	5	15	0	0	21	23	.182	.290	.326	.616	69	43	6	0	1	2	0
13	LF	Gates Brown*	31	81	148	124	18	28	3	0	3	24	0	0	20	14	.226	.331	.323	.654	81	40	3	1	0	3	0
14	2B	Ike Brown	28	56	113	94	17	27	5	0	4	15	0	0	13	26	.287	.376	.468	.844	131	44	2	1	4	1	0
15	SS	Ken Szotkiewicz*	23	47	98	84	9	9	1	0	3	9	0	0	12	29	.107	.216	.226	.443	22	19	1	0	1	1	2
16	C	Gene Lamont*	23	15	48	44	3	13	3	1	1	4	0	0	2	9	.295	.340	.477	.818	123	21	0	1	1	0	0
17	UT	Russ Nagelson*	25	28	38	32	5	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	.188	.297	.188	.485	37	6	0	0	1	0	0
18	1B	Kevin Collins*	23	25	25	24	2	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	10	.208	.240	.375	.615	67	9	0	0	0	0	0
19	C	Tim Hosley	23	7	13	12	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	.167	.154	.417	.571	51	5	0	0	0	1	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
20	P	Mickey Lolich#	29	42	101	82	4	11	0	0	0	3	1	0	12	29	.134	.245	.134	.379	7	11	3	0	7	0	0
21	P	Joe Niekro	25	39	88	66	8	13	3	1	0	7	0	0	7	17	.197	.274	.273	.547	51	18	0	0	15	0	0
22	P	Les Cain*	22	29	72	68	2	11	1	0	1	9	0	0	1	18	.162	.174	.221	.395	8	15	1	0	3	0	0
23	P	Mike Kilkenny	25	37	44	39	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19	.077	.075	.077	.152	-58	3	0	0	4	1	0
24	P	Earl Wilson	35	18	36	31	2	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	16	.194	.235	.323	.558	52	10	1	0	2	1	0
25	P	Denny McLain	26	14	34	31	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.065	.065	.097	.161	-56	3	0	0	3	0	0
26	P	John Hiller	27	47	25	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.042	.000	.042	-88	0	0	0	1	0	0
27	P	Tom Timmermann	30	61	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Bob Reed	25	17	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.083	.154	.083	.237	-33	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Fred Scherman*	25	48	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-8	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Daryl Patterson*	26	43	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
31	P	Dennis Saunders#	21	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Norm McRae	22	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Fred Lasher	28	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Lerrin LaGrow	21	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Jerry Robertson#	26	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.9	162	6199	5377	666	1282	207	38	148	619	29	30	656	825	.238	.322	.374	.696	91	2009	134	34	83	49	56
		Rank in 12 AL teams				11	6	12	6	5	6		11	11	2	11	11	6	6	6		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

* - 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	Mickey Lolich*	29	14	19	.424	3.80	40	39	0	13	3	0	272.2	272	125	115	27	109	3	230	5	0	14	1181	99	1.397	9.0	0.9	3.6	7.6	2.11
2	SP	Joe Niekro	25	12	13	.480	4.06	38	34	2	6	2	0	213.0	221	107	96	28	72	4	101	3	0	1	914	93	1.376	9.3	1.2	3.0	4.3	1.40
3	SP	Les Cain*	22	12	7	.632	3.84	29	29	0	5	0	0	180.2	167	92	77	15	98	1	156	7	1	9	793	98	1.467	8.3	0.7	4.9	7.8	1.59
4	SP	Mike Kilkenny*	25	7	6	.538	5.16	36	21	5	3	0	0	129.0	141	77	74	10	70	0	105	2	1	3	588	73	1.636	9.8	0.7	4.9	7.3	1.50
5	SP	Earl Wilson	35	4	6	.400	4.41	18	16	0	4	1	0	96.0	87	53	47	15	32	1	74	2	0	0	404	85	1.240	8.2	1.4	3.0	6.9	2.31
6	SP	Denny McLain	26	3	5	.375	4.63	14	14	0	1	0	0	91.1	100	51	47	19	28	0	52	3	1	0	402	81	1.401	9.9	1.9	2.8	5.1	1.86
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
7	CL	Tom Timmermann	30	6	7	.462	4.11	61	0	43	0	0	27	85.1	90	44	39	3	34	11	49	2	0	4	378	91	1.453	9.5	0.3	3.6	5.2	1.44
8	RP	John Hiller*	27	6	6	.500	3.03	47	5	18	1	1	3	104.0	82	39	35	12	46	4	89	2	0	3	432	124	1.231	7.1	1.0	4.0	7.7	1.93
9	RP	Daryl Patterson	26	7	1	.875	4.85	43	0	14	0	0	2	78.0	81	47	42	9	39	1	55	5	1	6	351	77	1.538	9.3	1.0	4.5	6.3	1.41
10	RP	Fred Scherman*	25	4	4	.500	3.23	48	0	20	0	0	1	69.2	61	28	25	5	28	3	58	1	1	6	290	116	1.278	7.9	0.6	3.6	7.5	2.07
11	RP	Norm McRae	22	0	0		2.87	19	0	4	0	0	0	31.1	26	13	10	1	25	0	16	1	0	6	143	131	1.628	7.5	0.3	7.2	4.6	0.64
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
12		Bob Reed	25	2	4	.333	4.86	16	4	4	0	0	2	46.1	54	25	25	5	14	0	26	0	0	1	201	77	1.468	10.5	1.0	2.7	5.1	1.86
13		Jerry Robertson	26	0	0		3.68	11	0	5	0	0	0	14.2	19	8	6	1	5	1	11	0	0	1	69	102	1.636	11.7	0.6	3.1	6.8	2.20
14		Dennis Saunders	21	1	1	.500	3.21	8	0	4	0	0	1	14.0	16	5	5	1	5	1	8	1	0	0	64	117	1.500	10.3	0.6	3.2	5.1	1.60
15		Lerrin LaGrow	21	0	1	.000	7.30	10	0	2	0	0	0	12.1	16	11	10	2	6	0	7	0	0	1	59	51	1.784	11.7	1.5	4.4	5.1	1.17
16		Fred Lasher	28	1	3	.250	5.00	12	0	8	0	0	3	9.0	10	6	5	0	12	1	8	1	0	1	50	75	2.444	10.0	0.0	12.0	8.0	0.67
		Team Totals	26.5	79	83	.488	4.09	162	162	129	33	7	39	1447.1	1443	731	658	153	623	31	1045	35	5	56	6319	92	1.427	9.0	1.0	3.9	6.5	1.68
		Rank in 12 AL teams		7	6		10				5	7	7	8	11	10	10	8	10		10958
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	31	26	26	192.0	38	34	2	2	0	.947	-3.7	-23.1	-1.7	-1.2	-0.5	-2			1.69	1.38						LF
Ike Brown	28	28	24	187.0	90	49	33	8	8	.911	-7.0	-44.9	-5.0	-2.2	-2.8	-1	-1		3.95	2.93						2B-LF-3B-RF
Les Cain	22	29	29	180.2	34	8	24	2	0	.941									1.59	1.10						P
Norm Cash	35	114	100	909.2	948	868	70	10	76	.989	2.0	2.6	2.0	0.2	1.8		0		9.28	8.23						1B
Kevin Collins	23	1	1	9.0	6	5	1	0	0	1.000	0.2	26.7	0.2	0.0	0.2		0		6.00	6.00						1B
Bill Freehan	28	114	110	984.1	786	742	42	2	6	.997	5.0	6.1						5	7.17	6.88	8	36	41	36	47%	C
Cesar Gutierrez	27	135	127	1065.0	532	183	326	23	60	.957	-17.5	-19.7	-15.5	-7.4	-8.1		-2		4.30	3.77						SS
John Hiller	27	47	5	104.0	13	3	10	0	0	1.000									1.12	0.28						P
Willie Horton	27	98	96	844.0	161	148	10	3	1	.981	-4.7	-6.7	-7.7	-3.2	-4.5	3			1.68	1.61						LF-RF
Tim Hosley	23	4	3	26.0	25	22	3	0	0	1.000	1.0	46.2						1	8.65	6.25	0	0	1	3	75%	C
Dalton Jones	26	63	44	415.1	214	111	99	4	26	.981	-3.9	-11.3	-3.9	-1.2	-2.7		0		4.55	3.33						2B-3B-1B
Al Kaline	35	143	123	1090.0	572	532	34	6	40	.990	1.4	1.5	-0.6	-3.0	2.4	2	0		4.67	3.96						RF-1B
Mike Kilkenny	25	36	21	129.0	27	6	20	1	1	.963									1.81	0.72						P
Lerrin LaGrow	21	10	0	12.1	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									1.46	0.20						P
Gene Lamont	23	15	12	112.0	95	87	8	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	7.63	6.33	3	3	7	5	42%	C
Fred Lasher	28	12	0	9.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									2.00	0.17						P
Mickey Lolich	29	40	39	272.2	57	9	46	2	1	.965									1.82	1.38						P
Elliott Maddox	22	98	63	620.1	214	100	100	14	10	.935	-4.7	-9.1	-4.7	-2.2	-2.4	2	-2		2.90	2.04						3B-LF-RF-SS-CF-2B
Dick McAuliffe	30	154	133	1200.1	711	299	391	21	83	.970	-0.3	-0.3	2.7	4.5	-1.8		-3		5.17	4.48						2B-3B-SS
Denny McLain	26	14	14	91.1	21	7	14	0	1	1.000									2.07	1.50						P
Norm McRae	22	19	0	31.1	12	3	7	2	1	.833									2.87	0.53						P
Russ Nagelson	25	6	3	31.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	-0.2	-7.7	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	0			2.32	1.33						RF-LF-1B
Joe Niekro	25	38	34	213.0	53	17	35	1	1	.981									2.20	1.37						P
Jim Northrup	30	152	135	1192.2	290	284	4	2	2	.993	-6.1	-6.1	-2.1	2.3	-4.5	-4			2.17	1.89						RF-CF-LF
Daryl Patterson	26	43	0	78.0	14	5	8	1	0	.929									1.50	0.30						P
Jim Price	28	38	37	325.0	280	266	8	6	2	.979	-5.0	-18.5						-5	7.59	7.21	4	17	19	7	27%	C
Bob Reed	25	16	4	46.1	6	2	4	0	0	1.000									1.17	0.38						P
Jerry Robertson	26	11	0	14.2	2	0	1	1	0	.500									0.61	0.09						P
Dennis Saunders	21	8	0	14.0	7	2	5	0	0	1.000									4.50	0.88						P
Fred Scherman	25	48	0	69.2	16	8	7	1	2	.938									1.94	0.31						P
Mickey Stanley	27	141	132	1198.1	405	395	9	1	10	.998	-1.9	-1.9	-1.9	3.0	-4.8	0	0		3.03	2.87						CF-1B
Ken Szotkiewicz	23	44	27	256.0	137	32	101	4	20	.971	2.0	9.4	2.0	1.8	0.3		0		4.68	3.02						SS
Tom Timmermann	30	61	0	85.1	18	7	10	1	0	.944									1.79	0.28						P
Don Wert	31	119	100	920.2	302	95	193	14	20	.954	-12.0	-15.6	-12.0	-10.0	-2.0		0		2.82	2.42						3B-2B
Earl Wilson	35	18	16	96.0	19	5	13	1	1	.947									1.69	1.00						P
Team Totals	28.4	162	1458	13026.0	6116	4343	1640	133	371	.978	-55.4	-5.1	-48.4	-18.4	-29.8	0	-8	1	4.13	3.11	15	56	68	51	43%
Rank in 12 AL teams								7	9	7
	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

1969 / 1971 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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