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1971 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972)
91-71, Finished 2nd in AL East
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Scored 701 runs, Allowed 645 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75
Manager: Billy Martin (91-71)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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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
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
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
Gates Brown 32 L R 5' 11" 220 May 2, 1939 9 82 49 82 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 56 32 0
Ike Brown 29 R R 6' 1" 205 Apr 13, 1942 3 59 31 59 59 0 0 17 8 4 1 8 0 1 9 25 1
Les Cain 23 L L 6' 1" 200 Jan 13, 1948 3 27 26 27 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Norm Cash 36 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 10, 1934 14 135 122 135 135 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 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
Joe Coleman 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Feb 3, 1947 7 39 38 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Collins 24 L R 6' 2" 190 Aug 4, 1946 6 35 1 35 35 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 2 30 2
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
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
Bill Freehan 29 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 29, 1941 10 148 142 148 148 0 144 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 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
Cesar Gutierrez 28 R R 5' 9" 155 Jan 26, 1943 4 38 5 38 38 0 0 0 2 5 14 0 0 0 0 9 12
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
Willie Horton 28 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 9 119 117 119 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 0 29 118 2 0
Tim Hosley 24 R R 5' 10" 195 May 10, 1947 2 7 3 7 7 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Dalton Jones 27 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 10, 1943 8 83 23 83 83 0 0 3 1 13 0 10 0 8 16 53 1
Al Kaline HOF 36 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 19, 1934 19 133 107 133 133 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 128 129 15 1 All-Star
Mike Kilkenny 26 R L 175 Apr 11, 1945 3 30 11 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
Marvin Lane 21 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 18, 1950 1st 8 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 3 0
Mickey Lolich 30 B L 6' 0" 210 Sep 12, 1940 9 45 45 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Dick McAuliffe 31 L R 5' 11" 176 Nov 29, 1939 12 128 117 128 128 0 0 0 123 0 7 0 0 0 0 8 0
Joe Niekro 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 7, 1944 5 32 15 32 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Northrup 31 L R 6' 3" 190 Nov 24, 1939 8 136 116 136 136 0 0 32 0 0 0 42 68 42 108 16 2
Daryl Patterson 27 L R 6' 4" 195 Nov 21, 1943 4 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Perranoski 35 L L 6' 0" 192 Apr 1, 1936 11 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Price 29 R R 6' 0" 195 Oct 13, 1941 5 29 13 29 29 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Aurelio Rodriguez 23 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 28, 1947 5 154 148 154 154 0 0 0 0 153 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
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
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
Mickey Stanley 28 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 20, 1942 8 139 98 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 139 6 1
Tony Taylor 35 R R 5' 9" 179 Dec 19, 1935 14 55 39 55 55 0 0 0 51 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
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
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
John Young 22 L L 6' 3" 210 Feb 9, 1949 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1970 / 1972 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played