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1971 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972

91-71, Finished 2nd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Martin (91-71)
Scored 701 runs, Allowed 645 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,591,073 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96

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1970 / 1972 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
Dave Boswell 26 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 20, 1945 8 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ed Brinkman 29 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 8, 1941 11 159 158 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $40,000
Gates Brown 32 L R 5' 11" 220 May 2, 1939 9 82 49 82 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 56 32 0 2.5 $
Ike Brown 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 13, 1942 3 59 31 59 38 0 0 18 8 4 0 8 0 1 9 25 1 0.8 $
Les Cain 23 L L 6' 1" 200 Jan 13, 1948 3 27 26 27 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Norm Cash 36 L L 6' 0" 185 Nov 10, 1934 14 135 122 135 131 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 3.3 $ All-Star
Dean Chance 30 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 1, 1941 11 31 14 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $55,000
Joe Coleman 24 R R 6' 3" 175 Feb 3, 1947 7 39 38 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 $26,000
Kevin Collins 24 L R 6' 1" 180 Aug 4, 1946 6 35 1 35 7 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 2 30 2 0.2 $14,000
Bill Denehy 25 B R 6' 3" 200 Mar 31, 1946 3 31 1 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jim Foor 22 L L 6' 2" 170 Jan 13, 1949 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bill Freehan 29 R R 6' 3" 203 Nov 29, 1941 10 148 142 148 145 0 144 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 4.4 $ All-Star
Bill Gilbreth 23 L L 6' 0" 180 Sep 3, 1947 1st 9 5 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Cesar Gutierrez 28 R R 5' 9" 155 Jan 26, 1943 4 38 5 38 21 0 0 0 2 5 14 0 0 0 0 9 12 -0.2 $
Jim Hannan 31 R R 6' 3" 205 Jan 7, 1940 10 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $26,500
Willie Horton 28 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 9 119 117 119 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 0 29 118 2 0 2.0 $80,000
Tim Hosley 24 R R 5' 11" 185 May 10, 1947 2 7 3 7 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.1 $
Dalton Jones 27 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 10, 1943 8 83 23 83 32 0 0 3 1 13 0 10 0 8 16 53 1 0.1 $
Al Kaline HOF 36 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 19, 1934 19 133 107 133 131 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 128 129 15 1 3.7 $95,000 All-Star
Mike Kilkenny 26 R L 6' 3" 175 Apr 11, 1945 3 30 11 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Gene Lamont 24 L R 6' 1" 195 Dec 25, 1946 2 7 4 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Marvin Lane 21 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 18, 1950 1st 8 3 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 3 0 -0.2 $
Mickey Lolich 30 B L 6' 1" 170 Sep 12, 1940 9 45 45 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.5 $58,000 All-Star
Dick McAuliffe 31 L R 5' 11" 176 Nov 29, 1939 12 128 117 128 126 0 0 0 123 0 7 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.8 $
Joe Niekro 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 7, 1944 5 32 15 32 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3 $
Jim Northrup 31 L R 6' 3" 190 Nov 24, 1939 8 136 116 136 129 0 0 32 0 0 0 42 68 42 108 16 2 1.7 $
Daryl Patterson 27 L R 6' 4" 192 Nov 21, 1943 4 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $18,200
Ron Perranoski 35 L L 6' 0" 180 Apr 1, 1936 11 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jim Price 29 R R 6' 0" 192 Oct 13, 1941 5 29 13 29 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.1 $
Aurelio Rodriguez 23 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 28, 1947 5 154 148 154 153 0 0 0 0 153 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.7 $28,000
Fred Scherman 26 L L 6' 1" 195 Jul 25, 1944 3 69 1 69 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $
Chuck Seelbach 23 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 20, 1948 1st 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Mickey Stanley 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 20, 1942 8 139 98 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 139 6 1 2.1 $
Tony Taylor 35 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 19, 1935 14 55 39 55 53 0 0 0 51 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 1.3 $
Tom Timmermann 31 R R 6' 4" 215 May 12, 1940 3 52 2 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Jack Whillock 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 4, 1942 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
John Young 22 L L 6' 3" 210 Feb 9, 1949 1st 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
Bill Zepp 24 R R 6' 2" 185 Jul 22, 1946 3 16 4 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $17,000
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

Aurelio Rodriguez

Jim Northrup

Al Kaline

Cesar Gutierrez

Ed Brinkman

Ike Brown

Tony Taylor

Bill Freehan

Jim Price

Dean Chance

Joe Coleman

Jim Hannan
Ron Perranoski

Joe Niekro

Bill Zepp

Willie Horton

Mickey Stanley

Norm Cash

Gates Brown

Bill Denehy

Tom Timmermann

Mickey Lolich

Dave Boswell
Dean Chance

Gene Lamont

Tim Hosley

Mike Kilkenny

Bill Gilbreth

Chuck Seelbach

Les Cain

Fred Scherman

John Young

Daryl Patterson
Jack Whillock

Kevin Collins

Jim Foor

Marvin Lane

1970 / 1972 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers