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1972 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973

86-70, Finished 1st in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Martin (86-70)
Scored 558 runs, Allowed 514 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-72

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · 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 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
Ike Blessitt 22 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 30, 1949 1st 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0.0 $
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 0.4 $
Gates Brown 33 L R 5' 11" 220 May 2, 1939 10 103 67 103 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 72 35 0 0.7 $
Ike Brown 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 13, 1942 4 51 25 51 41 0 0 13 3 2 1 20 0 3 22 15 1 1.1 $
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 -0.1 $
Norm Cash 37 L L 6' 0" 185 Nov 10, 1934 15 137 119 137 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 2.4 $ All-Star
Joe Coleman 25 R R 6' 3" 175 Feb 3, 1947 8 40 39 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 $ All-Star
Wayne Comer 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Feb 3, 1944 5 27 0 27 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 1 17 6 9 -0.1 $
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 -0.4 $9,300
Bill Freehan 30 R R 6' 3" 203 Nov 29, 1941 11 111 101 111 106 0 104 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 4.3 $ All-Star
Woodie Fryman 32 R L 6' 3" 197 Apr 12, 1940 7 16 14 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $36,000
John Gamble 24 R R 5' 10" 165 Feb 10, 1948 1st 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 -0.1 $
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 -0.6 $
Tom Haller 35 L R 6' 4" 195 Jun 23, 1937 12 59 32 59 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0.3 $55,000
John Hiller 29 R L 6' 1" 185 Apr 8, 1943 7 24 3 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
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 -1.0 $
Willie Horton 29 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 10 108 93 108 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 30 98 12 1 1.2 $
Frank Howard 35 R R 6' 7" 255 Aug 8, 1936 15 14 9 14 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 -0.1 $120,000
Paul Jata 22 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 4, 1949 1st 32 18 32 22 0 1 12 0 0 0 5 0 5 10 13 0 -0.1 $
Dalton Jones 28 L R 6' 1" 180 Dec 10, 1943 9 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.2 $30,000
Al Kaline HOF 37 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 19, 1934 20 106 68 106 92 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 84 84 25 0 2.5 $100,000
Mike Kilkenny 27 R L 6' 3" 175 Apr 11, 1945 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 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 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0.0 $
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 0.7 $
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 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 5 -0.1 $
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 0.0 $
Mickey Lolich 31 B L 6' 1" 170 Sep 12, 1940 10 41 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.3 $80,000 All-Star
Dick McAuliffe 32 L R 5' 11" 176 Nov 29, 1939 13 122 110 122 117 0 0 0 117 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 1 2.0 $50,000
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 -0.3 $
Joe Niekro 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 7, 1944 6 18 7 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Jim Northrup 32 L R 6' 3" 190 Nov 24, 1939 9 134 107 134 127 0 0 2 0 0 0 50 41 72 127 17 2 0.9 $
Ron Perranoski 36 L L 6' 0" 180 Apr 1, 1936 12 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $57,000
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 2.6 $
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 -0.6 $
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 1.4 $
Duke Sims 31 L R 6' 2" 197 Jun 5, 1941 9 38 28 38 29 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 9 1 1.0 $
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 0.4 $
Mickey Stanley 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 20, 1942 9 142 115 142 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 139 5 4 1.3 $
Joe Staton 24 L L 6' 3" 175 Mar 8, 1948 1st 6 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 $
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 -0.3 $
Tony Taylor 36 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 19, 1935 15 78 49 78 70 0 0 1 67 8 0 0 0 0 0 23 3 1.2 $60,000
Tom Timmermann 32 R R 6' 4" 215 May 12, 1940 4 35 25 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.5 $24,000
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 1.1 $
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Dalton Jones
Dick McAuliffe
Aurelio Rodriguez
Jim Northrup
Al Kaline
Ed Brinkman
Ike Brown
Tony Taylor

Bill Freehan
Duke Sims
Tom Haller
Joe Coleman
Ron Perranoski
John Hiller
Joe Niekro
Fred Holdsworth

Ike Blessitt
Willie Horton
Mickey Stanley
Norm Cash
Gates Brown
Tom Timmermann
Mickey Lolich
Lerrin LaGrow

Paul Jata
Frank Howard
Gene Lamont
Mike Kilkenny
Chris Zachary
Bill Gilbreth
Chuck Seelbach
Les Cain
Woodie Fryman
Fred Scherman
John Gamble

Wayne Comer
Joe Staton
Marvin Lane
John Knox
Bill Slayback
Jim Foor
Bob Strampe
Phil Meeler
Don Leshnock

1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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