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1970 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969/1971)
79-83, Finished 4th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 666 runs, Allowed 731 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-88
Managed by Mayo Smith

Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,501,293 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 104
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Bill Freehan        28  117  395   44   95  17  3  16   52  52   48  .241  .332  .420   0   3  11   4   3   4   5  106
1B *Norm Cash           35  130  370   58   96  18  2  15   53  72   58  .259  .383  .441   0   1  16   5   0   5   6  126
2B *Dick McAuliffe      30  146  530   73  124  21  1  12   50 101   62  .234  .358  .345   5   6   1   3   3   2   7   95
3B  Don Wert            31  128  363   34   79  13  0   6   33  44   56  .218  .307  .303   1   3  13   4   5   3   7   69
SS  Cesar Gutierrez     27  135  415   40  101  11  6   0   22  18   39  .243  .275  .299   4   3   8   1  14   3   6   58
LF  Willie Horton       27   96  371   53  113  18  2  17   69  28   43  .305  .354  .501   0   1   7   2   0   3   6  133
CF  Mickey Stanley      27  142  568   83  143  21 11  13   47  45   56  .252  .305  .396  10   1  19   0   7   3   1   92
RF  Al Kaline           35  131  467   64  130  24  4  16   71  77   49  .278  .377  .450   2   2  20   1   3   7   5  127
   *Jim Northrup        30  139  504   71  132  21  3  24   80  58   68  .262  .343  .458   3   6  12   7   2   5   6  119
    Elliott Maddox      22  109  258   30   64  13  4   3   24  30   42  .248  .332  .364   2   3   6   3   1   1   1   92
   *Dalton Jones        26   89  191   29   42   7  0   6   21  33   33  .220  .333  .351   1   1   3   1   1   3   4   89
    Jim Price           28   52  132   12   24   4  0   5   15  21   23  .182  .290  .326   0   0   6   0   1   2   0   69
   *Gates Brown         31   81  124   18   28   3  0   3   24  20   14  .226  .331  .323   0   0   3   1   0   3   0   81
    Ike Brown           28   56   94   17   27   5  0   4   15  13   26  .287  .376  .468   0   0   2   1   4   1   0  131
   *Ken Szotkiewicz     23   47   84    9    9   1  0   3    9  12   29  .107  .216  .226   0   0   1   0   1   1   2   22
   *Gene Lamont         23   15   44    3   13   3  1   1    4   2    9  .295  .340  .477   0   0   0   1   1   0   0  123
   *Russ Nagelson       25   28   32    5    6   0  0   0    2   5    6  .188  .297  .188   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   37
   *Kevin Collins       23   25   24    2    5   1  0   1    3   1   10  .208  .240  .375   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   67
    Tim Hosley          23    7   12    1    2   0  0   1    2   0    6  .167  .154  .417   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   51

   #Mickey Lolich       29   42   82    4   11   0  0   0    3  12   29  .134  .245  .134   1   0   3   0   7   0   0    7
   *Les Cain            22   29   68    2   11   1  0   1    9   1   18  .162  .174  .221   0   0   1   0   3   0   0    8
    Joe Niekro          25   39   66    8   13   3  1   0    7   7   17  .197  .274  .273   0   0   0   0  15   0   0   51
    Mike Kilkenny       25   37   39    0    3   0  0   0    1   0   19  .077  .075  .077   0   0   0   0   4   1   0  -58
    Denny McLain        26   14   31    2    2   1  0   0    0   0   13  .065  .065  .097   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -56
    Earl Wilson         35   18   31    2    6   1  0   1    3   2   16  .194  .235  .323   0   0   1   0   2   1   0   52
    John Hiller         27   47   23    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    9  .000  .042  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -88
    Tom Timmermann      30   61   16    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    9  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bob Reed            25   17   12    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    4  .083  .154  .083   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -33
   *Fred Scherman       25   48   12    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -8
   *Daryl Patterson     26   43   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    9  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Dennis Saunders     21    8    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Lerrin LaGrow       21   10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Fred Lasher         28   12    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Norm McRae          22   19    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7  162 5377  666 1282 207 38 148  619 656  825  .238  .321  .374  29  30 134  34  83  49  56   99
    Rank among 12 AL teams        11    6   12   6  5   6        2   11    11     6     6  11  11                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Mickey Lolich       29  40   3.80  14  19  0  39   0  13   3  272.7  272  125  115  27  109  230 1181  14   5  0   3  99
SP  Joe Niekro          25  38   4.06  12  13  0  34   2   6   2  213.0  221  107   96  28   72  101  914   1   3  0   4  93
SP *Les Cain            22  29   3.84  12   7  0  29   0   5   0  180.7  167   92   77  15   98  156  793   9   7  1   1  98
SP *Mike Kilkenny       25  36   5.16   7   6  0  21   5   3   0  129.0  141   77   74  10   70  105  588   3   2  1   0  73
SP  Earl Wilson         35  18   4.41   4   6  0  16   0   4   1   96.0   87   53   47  15   32   74  404   0   2  0   1  85
SP  Denny McLain        26  14   4.63   3   5  0  14   0   1   0   91.3  100   51   47  19   28   52  402   0   3  1   0  81

CL  Tom Timmermann      30  61   4.11   6   7 27   0  43   0   0   85.3   90   44   39   3   34   49  378   4   2  0  11  91
RP *Fred Scherman       25  48   3.23   4   4  1   0  20   0   0   69.7   61   28   25   5   28   58  290   6   1  1   3 116
RP  Daryl Patterson     26  43   4.85   7   1  2   0  14   0   0   78.0   81   47   42   9   39   55  351   6   5  1   1  77
RP *John Hiller         27  47   3.03   6   6  3   5  18   1   1  104.0   82   39   35  12   46   89  432   3   2  0   4 124
RP  Norm McRae          22  19   2.87   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   31.3   26   13   10   1   25   16  143   6   1  0   0 131

    Bob Reed            25  16   4.86   2   4  2   4   4   0   0   46.3   54   25   25   5   14   26  201   1   0  0   0  77
    Jerry Robertson     26  11   3.68   0   0  0   0   5   0   0   14.7   19    8    6   1    5   11   69   1   0  0   1 102
    Dennis Saunders     21   8   3.21   1   1  1   0   4   0   0   14.0   16    5    5   1    5    8   64   0   1  0   1 117
    Lerrin LaGrow       21  10   7.30   0   1  0   0   2   0   0   12.3   16   11   10   2    6    7   59   1   0  0   0  51
    Fred Lasher         28  12   5.00   1   3  3   0   8   0   0    9.0   10    6    5   0   12    8   50   1   1  0   1  75
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.6 162   4.09  79  83 39 162 129  33   9 1447.0 1443  731  658 153  623 1045 6319  56  35  5  31  92
    Rank among 12 AL teams         10   7   6  7           5   7      8   11   10        8   10    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BFreehan 984 110 114 742 42 2 6 .997 8 36 41 36 JPrice 325 37 38 266 8 6 2 .979 4 17 19 7 GLamont 112 12 15 87 8 0 0 1.000 3 3 7 5 THosley 26 3 4 22 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 3 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1447 162 162 1117 61 8 8 .993 15 56 68 51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NCash 909 100 114 868 70 10 76 .989 9.28 AKaline 403 48 52 374 31 4 39 .990 9.04 MStanley 68 8 9 67 6 1 10 .986 9.62 DJones 49 4 10 43 4 0 4 1.000 8.63 KCollins 9 1 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 RNagelson 8 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 1361 112 15 129 .990 9.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *5.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMcAuliffe 1032 116 127 280 333 16 75 .975 5.35 DJones 252 25 35 59 70 2 18 .985 4.60 IBrown 155 21 23 41 31 5 8 .935 4.18 DWert 5 0 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 EMaddox 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 383 437 23 102 .973 5.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *3.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DWert 915 100 117 94 191 14 20 .953 2.80 EMaddox 318 35 40 41 83 11 8 .919 3.51 DJones 114 15 18 9 25 2 4 .944 2.68 DMcAuliffe 93 11 12 3 24 2 5 .931 2.60 IBrown 6 1 1 1 2 2 0 .600 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 148 325 31 37 .938 2.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGutierrez 1065 127 135 183 326 23 60 .957 4.30 KSzotkiewic 256 27 44 32 101 4 20 .971 4.68 DMcAuliffe 75 6 15 16 34 3 3 .943 6.00 EMaddox 51 2 19 6 14 2 0 .909 3.51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 237 475 32 83 .957 4.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WHorton 814 92 94 142 10 3 1 .981 1.68 JNorthrup 234 23 35 59 0 1 0 .983 2.27 GBrown 192 26 26 34 2 2 0 .947 1.69 EMaddox 175 19 28 38 2 1 1 .976 2.06 IBrown 22 2 3 5 0 1 0 .833 2.05 RNagelson 10 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 280 14 8 2 .974 1.83 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MStanley 1130 124 132 328 3 0 0 1.000 2.64 JNorthrup 313 38 38 66 0 0 0 1.000 1.90 EMaddox 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 394 3 0 0 1.000 2.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AKaline 686 75 91 158 3 2 1 .988 2.11 JNorthrup 645 74 79 159 4 1 2 .994 2.27 EMaddox 68 7 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.70 WHorton 30 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 RNagelson 13 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 IBrown 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 340 7 3 3 .991 2.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.14 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JNorthrup 1192 135 136 284 4 2 1 .993 2.17 MStanley 1130 124 132 317 3 0 0 1.000 2.55 WHorton 844 96 96 154 10 3 1 .982 1.75 AKaline 686 75 91 156 3 2 1 .988 2.08 EMaddox 247 26 37 55 2 1 1 .983 2.07 GBrown 192 26 26 37 1 2 0 .950 1.78 IBrown 26 2 4 7 0 1 0 .875 2.42 RNagelson 23 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1447 162 162 1014 23 11 4 .990 2.15 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MLolich 272 39 40 9 46 2 1 .965 1.82 JNiekro 213 34 38 17 35 1 1 .981 2.20 LCain 180 29 29 8 24 2 0 .941 1.59 MKilkenny 129 21 36 6 20 1 1 .963 1.81 JHiller 104 5 47 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.12 EWilson 96 16 18 5 13 1 1 .947 1.69 DMcLain 91 14 14 7 14 0 1 1.000 2.07 TTimmermann 85 0 61 7 10 1 0 .944 1.79 DPatterson 78 0 43 5 8 1 0 .929 1.50 FScherman 69 0 48 8 7 1 2 .937 1.94 BReed 46 4 16 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.17 NMcRae 31 0 19 3 7 2 1 .833 2.88 JRobertson 14 0 11 0 1 1 0 .500 0.61 DSaunders 14 0 8 2 5 0 0 1.000 4.50 LLaGrow 12 0 10 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.46 FLasher 9 0 12 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1447 162 162 83 207 13 8 .957 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Kaline .278

On-base % Kaline .377

Slugging % Northrup .458

OPS Kaline .827

Games McAuliffe 146

At Bats Stanley 568

Plate Appearances (approx.) McAuliffe 639

Runs Stanley 83

Hits Stanley 143

Total Bases Northrup 231

Doubles Kaline 24

Triples Stanley 11

Home Runs Northrup 24

RBI Northrup 80

Bases on Balls McAuliffe 101

Strikeouts Northrup 68

Stolen Bases Stanley 10

Singles Stanley 98

Adjusted OPS+ Kaline 127

Runs Created Kaline 79

Adjusted Batting Runs Kaline 20

Batting Wins Kaline 2.0

Extra-Base Hits Northrup 48

Times on Base McAuliffe 228

Offensive Win% Kaline .631

Hit By Pitch Northrup 7

Sac. Hits Niekro 15

Sac. Flies Kaline 7

Intentional Walks McAuliffe and Wert 7

Grounded into Double Plays Kaline 20

Caught Stealing McAuliffe and Northrup 6

Power/Speed Number Stanley 11.3

At Bats per Strikeout Stanley 10.1

At Bats per Home Run Northrup 21.0

Outs Stanley 455

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Lolich 3.80

Wins Lolich 14

Won-Loss % Cain .632

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Niekro 1.376

Hits Allowed/9IP Cain 8.32

Bases on Balls/9IP Niekro 3.04

Strikeouts/9IP Cain 7.77

Games Timmermann 61

Saves Timmermann 27

Innings Lolich 272.7

Strikeouts Lolich 230

Games Started Lolich 39

Comp. Games Lolich 13

Shutouts Lolich 3

Home Runs Allow. Niekro 28

Bases On Balls Allow. Lolich 109

Hits Allowed Lolich 272

SO to Walk Lolich 2.11

Losses Lolich 19

Earned Runs Allow. Lolich 115

Wild Pitches Lolich 14

Hit Batsmen Cain 7

Batters Faced Lolich 1181

Games Finished Timmermann 43

Adjusted ERA+ Lolich 99

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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Bill Freehan (Starting C)
Willie Horton

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