1971 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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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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
35	P	Daryl Patterson*	27	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Jim Foor*	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Chuck Seelbach	23	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Dave Boswell	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						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

* - 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		8				4	7	4	3	8	8	9	5	11		10415
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
Dave Boswell	26	3	0	4.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									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									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									2.21	0.71						P
Joe Coleman	24	39	38	286.0	53	18	32	3	2	.943									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									1.84	0.32						P
Jim Foor	22	3	0	1.0	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									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									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									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									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									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									1.93	0.17						P
Ron Perranoski	35	11	0	18.0	3	0	2	1	0	.667									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									2.39	0.43						P
Chuck Seelbach	23	5	0	4.0	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									1.93	0.35						P
Jack Whillock	28	7	0	8.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									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									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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