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1972 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973)
86-70, Finished 1st in AL East
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Scored 558 runs, Allowed 514 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-72
Manager: Billy Martin (86-70)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,892,386 (1st of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 114, Pitching - 113
Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (3-2) to Oakland Athletics
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1971 / 1973 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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
Ike Blessitt 22 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 30, 1949 1st 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0
Ed Brinkman 30 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 8, 1941 12 156 156 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gates Brown 33 L R 5' 11" 220 May 2, 1939 10 103 67 103 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 72 35 0
Ike Brown 30 R R 6' 1" 205 Apr 13, 1942 4 51 25 51 51 0 0 13 3 1 1 20 0 3 22 15 1
Les Cain 24 L L 6' 1" 200 Jan 13, 1948 4 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norm Cash 37 L L 6' 0" 190 Nov 10, 1934 15 137 119 137 137 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 All-Star
Joe Coleman 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Feb 3, 1947 8 40 39 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Wayne Comer 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Feb 3, 1944 5 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 1 17 6 9
Jim Foor 23 L L 6' 2" 170 Jan 13, 1949 2 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Freehan 30 R R 6' 2" 205 Nov 29, 1941 11 111 101 111 111 0 105 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 All-Star
Woodie Fryman 32 R L 6' 2" 205 Apr 15, 1940 7 16 14 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Gamble 24 R R 5' 10" 165 Feb 10, 1948 1st 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4
Bill Gilbreth 24 L L 6' 0" 180 Sep 3, 1947 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Haller 35 L R 6' 4" 195 Jun 23, 1937 12 59 32 59 59 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
John Hiller 29 R L 6' 0" 195 Apr 8, 1943 7 24 3 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fred Holdsworth 20 R R 6' 1" 190 May 29, 1952 1st 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Horton 29 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 10 108 93 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 30 98 12 1
Frank Howard 35 R R 6' 7" 255 Aug 8, 1936 15 14 9 14 14 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
Paul Jata 22 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 4, 1949 1st 32 18 32 32 0 1 12 0 0 0 5 0 5 10 13 0
Dalton Jones 28 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 10, 1943 9 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Al Kaline HOF 37 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 19, 1934 20 106 68 106 106 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 84 84 25 0
Mike Kilkenny 27 R L 175 Apr 11, 1945 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Knox 23 L R 6' 0" 170 Jul 26, 1948 1st 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
Lerrin LaGrow 23 R R 6' 5" 220 Jul 8, 1948 2 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Lamont 25 L R 6' 1" 195 Dec 25, 1946 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marvin Lane 22 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 18, 1950 2 8 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 5
Don Leshnock 25 R L 6' 3" 195 Nov 25, 1946 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Lolich 31 B L 6' 0" 210 Sep 12, 1940 10 41 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Dick McAuliffe 32 L R 5' 11" 176 Nov 29, 1939 13 122 110 122 122 0 0 0 116 1 3 0 0 0 0 8 1
Phil Meeler 23 R R 6' 5" 215 Jul 3, 1948 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Niekro 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 7, 1944 6 18 7 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Northrup 32 L R 6' 3" 190 Nov 24, 1939 9 134 107 134 134 0 0 2 0 0 0 50 41 72 127 17 2
Ron Perranoski 36 L L 6' 0" 192 Apr 1, 1936 12 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aurelio Rodriguez 24 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 28, 1947 6 153 150 153 153 0 0 0 0 153 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Fred Scherman 27 L L 6' 1" 195 Jul 25, 1944 4 57 3 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chuck Seelbach 24 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 20, 1948 2 61 3 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duke Sims 31 L R 6' 2" 205 Jun 5, 1941 9 38 28 38 38 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 9 1
Bill Slayback 24 R R 6' 4" 200 Feb 21, 1948 1st 23 13 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Stanley 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 20, 1942 9 142 115 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 139 5 4
Joe Staton 24 L L 6' 3" 175 Mar 8, 1948 1st 6 0 6 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Bob Strampe 22 B R 6' 1" 185 Jun 13, 1950 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Taylor 36 R R 5' 9" 179 Dec 19, 1935 15 78 49 78 78 0 0 1 67 8 0 0 0 0 0 23 3
Tom Timmermann 32 R R 6' 4" 215 May 12, 1940 4 35 25 35 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chris Zachary 28 L R 6' 2" 200 Feb 19, 1944 8 25 1 25 25 25 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

1971 / 1973 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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