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1971 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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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 29 148 586 516 57 143 26 4 21 71 2 7 54 48 .277 .353 .465 .818 126 240 13 9 3 4 9
2 1B Norm Cash* 36 135 523 452 72 128 10 3 32 91 1 0 59 86 .283 .372 .531 .903 149 240 5 7 1 4 7
3 2B Dick McAuliffe* 31 128 537 477 67 99 16 6 18 57 4 1 53 67 .208 .293 .379 .672 86 181 8 5 1 1 4
4 SS Ed Brinkman 29 159 589 527 40 120 18 2 1 37 1 4 44 54 .228 .293 .275 .568 59 145 14 7 6 5 7
5 3B Aurelio Rodriguez 23 154 639 604 68 153 30 7 15 39 4 6 27 93 .253 .288 .401 .688 90 242 14 3 3 2 6
6 LF Willie Horton 28 119 498 450 64 130 25 1 22 72 1 5 37 75 .289 .349 .496 .845 133 223 15 7 0 4 8
7 CF Mickey Stanley 28 139 432 401 43 117 14 5 7 41 1 3 24 44 .292 .329 .404 .733 103 162 7 0 3 4 5
8 RF Al Kaline 36 133 501 405 69 119 19 2 15 54 4 6 82 57 .294 .416 .462 .878 144 187 12 7 1 6 9
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 UT Jim Northrup* 31 136 524 459 72 124 27 2 16 71 7 4 60 43 .270 .355 .442 .797 121 203 14 2 0 3 9
10 LF Gates Brown* 32 82 218 195 37 66 2 3 11 29 4 2 21 17 .338 .408 .549 .957 164 107 4 2 0 0 2
11 2B Tony Taylor 35 55 196 181 27 52 10 2 3 19 5 1 12 11 .287 .335 .414 .749 108 75 4 1 2 0 1
12 UT Dalton Jones* 27 83 148 138 15 35 5 0 5 11 1 3 9 21 .254 .304 .399 .703 94 55 3 1 0 0 1
13 UT Ike Brown 29 59 132 110 20 28 1 0 8 19 0 1 19 25 .255 .359 .482 .841 132 53 4 0 1 2 1
14 C Jim Price 29 29 62 54 4 13 2 0 1 7 0 0 6 3 .241 .323 .333 .656 83 18 3 1 0 1 1
15 UT Kevin Collins* 24 35 41 41 6 11 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 12 .268 .268 .439 .707 94 18 1 0 0 0 0
16 IF Cesar Gutierrez 28 38 39 37 8 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 .189 .211 .189 .400 12 7 0 1 1 0 0
17 UT Tim Hosley 24 7 16 16 2 3 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1 .188 .188 .563 .750 102 9 1 0 0 0 0
18 OF Marvin Lane 21 8 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .143 .200 .143 .343 -3 2 0 0 0 0 0
19 C Gene Lamont* 24 7 15 15 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .067 .067 .067 .133 -63 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 1B John Young* 22 2 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 244 3 0 0 0 0 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
21 P Mickey Lolich# 30 45 148 115 9 15 2 0 0 7 0 0 16 55 .130 .242 .148 .390 11 17 4 1 16 0 0
22 P Joe Coleman 24 39 112 96 1 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 39 .094 .146 .115 .260 -27 11 3 0 9 1 0
23 P Les Cain* 23 27 58 55 7 8 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 23 .145 .161 .218 .379 5 12 0 0 2 0 0
24 P Joe Niekro 26 32 38 30 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .133 .188 .167 .354 -1 5 0 0 6 0 0
25 P Fred Scherman* 26 69 30 24 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 9 .208 .321 .208 .530 50 5 0 1 2 0 0
26 P Mike Kilkenny 26 30 25 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .083 .083 .083 .167 -53 2 0 0 1 0 0
27 P Dean Chance 30 31 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
28 P Tom Timmermann 31 52 22 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .053 .100 .053 .153 -56 1 0 0 2 0 0
29 P Bill Gilbreth* 23 9 11 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .182 .182 .182 .364 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Bill Denehy# 25 31 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000 .600 .000 .600 80 0 0 0 1 0 0
31 P Bill Zepp 24 16 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Ron Perranoski* 35 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Jim Hannan 31 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Jack Whillock 28 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.7 162 6196 5502 701 1399 214 38 179 652 35 43 540 854 .254 .325 .405 .730 102 2226 129 55 62 37 70
Rank in 12 AL teams 1 2 2 3 3 1 12 8 8 7 3 4 1 2 1
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
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* - 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* 30 25 14 .641 2.92 45 45 0 29 4 0 376.0 336 133 122 36 92 2 308 7 0 7 1538 125 1.138 8.0 0.9 2.2 7.4 3.35
2 SP Joe Coleman 24 20 9 .690 3.15 39 38 0 16 3 0 286.0 241 106 100 17 96 3 236 7 1 7 1174 116 1.178 7.6 0.5 3.0 7.4 2.46
3 SP Les Cain* 23 10 9 .526 4.35 26 26 0 3 1 0 144.2 121 77 70 14 91 1 118 6 1 6 635 84 1.465 7.5 0.9 5.7 7.3 1.30
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
4 CL Fred Scherman* 26 11 6 .647 2.71 69 1 40 1 0 20 113.0 91 38 34 11 49 7 46 5 0 2 464 134 1.239 7.2 0.9 3.9 3.7 0.94
5 RP Joe Niekro 26 6 7 .462 4.49 31 15 5 0 0 1 122.1 136 62 61 13 49 3 43 2 0 2 540 81 1.512 10.0 1.0 3.6 3.2 0.88
6 RP Dean Chance 30 4 6 .400 3.51 31 14 5 0 0 0 89.2 91 43 35 5 50 4 64 4 1 4 405 104 1.572 9.1 0.5 5.0 6.4 1.28
7 RP Tom Timmermann 31 7 6 .538 3.86 52 2 23 0 0 4 84.0 82 36 36 6 37 3 51 3 0 2 362 94 1.417 8.8 0.6 4.0 5.5 1.38
8 RP Bill Denehy 25 0 3 .000 4.22 31 1 10 0 0 1 49.0 47 25 23 4 28 0 27 4 0 1 224 86 1.531 8.6 0.7 5.1 5.0 0.96
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
9 Mike Kilkenny* 26 4 5 .444 5.00 30 11 5 2 0 1 86.1 83 52 48 8 44 3 47 2 0 4 387 73 1.471 8.7 0.8 4.6 4.9 1.07
10 Bill Zepp 24 1 1 .500 5.12 16 4 4 0 0 2 31.2 41 20 18 2 17 3 15 3 0 1 150 71 1.832 11.7 0.6 4.8 4.3 0.88
11 Bill Gilbreth* 23 2 1 .667 4.80 9 5 0 2 0 0 30.0 28 17 16 4 21 1 14 2 0 1 133 76 1.633 8.4 1.2 6.3 4.2 0.67
12 Ron Perranoski* 35 0 1 .000 2.50 11 0 7 0 0 2 18.0 16 9 5 2 3 1 8 1 0 0 72 146 1.056 8.0 1.0 1.5 4.0 2.67
13 Jim Hannan 31 1 0 1.000 3.27 7 0 3 0 0 0 11.0 7 4 4 1 7 0 6 1 0 1 46 111 1.273 5.7 0.8 5.7 4.9 0.86
14 Daryl Patterson 27 0 1 .000 4.82 12 0 3 0 0 0 9.1 14 7 5 1 6 1 5 1 2 2 48 76 2.143 13.5 1.0 5.8 4.8 0.83
15 Jack Whillock 28 0 2 .000 5.62 7 0 2 0 0 1 8.0 10 5 5 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 35 65 1.500 11.3 0.0 2.3 6.8 3.00
16 Dave Boswell 26 0 0 6.23 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 3 3 3 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 22 58 2.077 6.2 0.0 12.5 6.2 0.50
17 Chuck Seelbach 23 0 0 13.50 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 6 6 2 7 0 1 1 0 0 24 27 3.250 13.5 4.5 15.8 2.3 0.14
18 Jim Foor* 22 0 0 18.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 9 20 6.000 18.0 0.0 36.0 18.0 0.50
Team Totals 26.9 91 71 .562 3.63 162 162 109 53 8 32 1468.1 1355 645 593 126 609 32 1000 49 5 40 6268 100 1.338 8.3 0.8 3.7 6.1 1.64
Rank in 12 AL teams 3 10 4 7 4 3 8 8 9 5 11 1
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
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* - 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
Dave Boswell 26 3 0 4.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.15 0.67 P
Ed Brinkman 29 159 158 1395.2 763 235 513 15 91 .980 5.9 5.1 4.9 -1.3 6.2 1 4.82 4.70 SS
Gates Brown 32 56 49 372.0 71 68 2 1 0 .986 -0.8 -2.6 0.2 -0.6 0.8 -1 1.69 1.25 LF
Ike Brown 29 39 31 234.2 163 133 27 3 10 .982 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 -1 0 6.14 4.10 1B-LF-2B-3B-RF-SS
Les Cain 23 26 26 144.2 25 5 19 1 2 .960 0.0 0.0 1.49 0.92 P
Norm Cash 36 131 122 1104.2 1104 1020 75 9 105 .992 -4.6 -5.0 -4.6 -2.1 -2.4 0 8.92 8.36 1B
Dean Chance 30 31 14 89.2 28 6 16 6 0 .786 0.0 0.0 2.21 0.71 P
Joe Coleman 24 39 38 286.0 53 18 32 3 2 .943 0.0 0.0 1.57 1.28 P
Kevin Collins 24 7 1 26.0 11 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.3 60.0 1.3 1.4 -0.1 0 0 3.81 1.57 3B-RF-LF-2B
Bill Denehy 25 31 1 49.0 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.84 0.32 P
Jim Foor 22 3 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Bill Freehan 29 145 142 1266.1 966 912 50 4 6 .996 1.9 1.8 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 2 6.84 6.63 7 31 67 36 35% C-LF
Bill Gilbreth 23 9 5 30.0 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.40 0.89 P
Cesar Gutierrez 28 21 5 76.2 41 14 26 1 4 .976 1.2 18.8 1.2 0.9 0.4 0 4.70 1.90 SS-3B-2B
Jim Hannan 31 7 0 11.0 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.91 0.86 P
Willie Horton 28 136 117 1012.0 191 176 8 7 1 .963 -6.5 -7.7 -7.5 -3.9 -3.6 1 1.64 1.35 LF-RF
Tim Hosley 24 5 3 29.1 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 7.98 5.20 0 2 1 0 0% C-1B
Dalton Jones 27 35 23 199.2 47 28 17 2 3 .957 -1.7 -10.2 -1.7 -0.9 -0.8 0 0 2.03 1.29 3B-LF-RF-2B-1B
Al Kaline 36 136 107 1006.0 242 235 7 0 3 1.000 -3.3 -3.9 -4.3 -5.7 1.5 1 0 2.17 1.78 RF-1B-CF
Mike Kilkenny 26 30 11 86.1 20 4 14 2 0 .900 0.0 0.0 1.88 0.60 P
Gene Lamont 24 7 4 41.1 42 38 2 2 0 .952 -1.0 -29.0 -1 8.71 5.71 2 1 1 1 50% C
Marvin Lane 21 6 3 31.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -7.7 -1.2 -0.1 -1.2 1 1.74 1.00 RF-LF
Mickey Lolich 30 45 45 376.0 50 9 40 1 2 .980 0.0 0.0 1.17 1.09 P
Dick McAuliffe 31 130 117 1044.0 644 326 310 8 87 .988 2.2 2.5 0.2 -1.1 1.3 2 5.48 4.89 2B-SS
Joe Niekro 26 31 15 122.1 35 9 25 1 1 .971 0.0 0.0 2.50 1.10 P
Jim Northrup 31 184 116 1070.0 467 439 19 9 23 .981 -8.9 -10.0 -5.9 -5.6 -0.3 -3 0 3.85 2.49 CF-RF-1B-LF
Daryl Patterson 27 12 0 9.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.93 0.17 P
Ron Perranoski 35 11 0 18.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.0 0.0 1.00 0.18 P
Jim Price 29 25 13 137.2 108 99 7 2 2 .981 -2.0 -17.4 -2 6.93 4.24 3 6 12 5 29% C
Aurelio Rodriguez 23 154 148 1325.0 495 128 344 23 35 .954 4.7 4.3 3.7 0.7 3.0 1 3.21 3.06 3B-SS
Fred Scherman 26 69 1 113.0 30 7 23 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.39 0.43 P
Chuck Seelbach 23 5 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Mickey Stanley 28 139 98 976.0 328 315 9 4 3 .988 3.1 3.8 6.1 3.6 2.5 -3 2.99 2.33 CF
Tony Taylor 35 54 39 392.2 225 115 109 1 29 .996 1.4 4.3 0.4 0.7 -0.3 1 5.13 4.15 2B-3B
Tom Timmermann 31 52 2 84.0 18 4 14 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.93 0.35 P
Jack Whillock 28 7 0 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.25 0.29 P
John Young 22 1 0 6.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 10.50 7.00 1B
Bill Zepp 24 16 4 31.2 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.56 0.56 P
Team Totals 29.3 162 1458 13215.0 6248 4395 1747 106 413 .983 -7.5 -0.7 -6.5 -14.1 7.8 -5 5 -1 4.18 3.18 12 40 81 42 34%
Rank in 12 AL teams 12 7 1
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

1970 / 1972 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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