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1972 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971/1973) 86-70, Finished 1st in AL Eastern Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 558 runs, Allowed 514 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-72 Managed by Billy Martin Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,892,386 (1st of 12) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 114, Pitching - 113   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. Postseason:   Lost AL Championship Series (3-2) to Oakland Athletics BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 Stats (1971/1973) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Bill Freehan        30  111  374   51   98  18  2  10   56  48   51  .262  .354  .401   0   1   7   6   1   1   0  122
1B *Norm Cash           37  137  440   51  114  16  0  22   61  50   64  .259  .338  .445   0   2   9   4   4   3  13  129
2B *Dick McAuliffe      32  122  408   47   98  16  3   8   30  59   59  .240  .339  .353   0   0   2   2   1   0   7  104
3B  Aurelio Rodriguez   24  153  601   65  142  23  5  13   56  28  104  .236  .272  .356   2   3  14   2   7   1   4   84
SS  Ed Brinkman         30  156  516   42  105  19  1   6   49  38   51  .203  .259  .279   0   0  14   3   7   7   9   59
LF  Willie Horton       29  108  333   44   77   9  5  11   36  27   47  .231  .293  .387   0   0   8   3   2   2   5   99
CF  Mickey Stanley      29  142  435   45  102  16  6  14   55  29   49  .234  .278  .395   1   0  15   0   3   8   8   97
RF  Al Kaline           37  106  278   46   87  11  2  10   32  28   33  .313  .374  .475   1   0  11   2   1   5   5  149
   *Jim Northrup        32  134  426   40  111  15  2   8   42  38   47  .261  .324  .362   4   7  16   2   3   0   6  102
   *Gates Brown         33  103  252   33   58   5  0  10   31  26   28  .230  .304  .369   3   0   7   2   0   3   3   98
    Tony Taylor         36   78  228   33   69  12  4   1   20  14   34  .303  .346  .404   5   1   8   2   1   2   0  120
   *Tom Haller          35   59  121    7   25   5  2   2   13  15   14  .207  .292  .331   0   1   1   0   2   1   4   83
   *Duke Sims           31   38   98   11   31   4  0   4   19  19   18  .316  .432  .480   0   0   1   1   3   0   0  168
    Ike Brown           30   51   84   12   21   3  0   2   10  17   23  .250  .376  .357   1   2   5   0   0   0   1  117
    Paul Jata           22   32   74    8   17   2  0   0    3   7   14  .230  .296  .257   0   1   1   0   1   0   0   64
    Frank Howard        35   14   33    1    8   1  0   1    7   4    8  .242  .324  .364   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  103
   *John Knox           23   14   13    1    1   1  0   0    0   1    2  .077  .143  .154   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -13
    Wayne Comer         28   27    9    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .111  .100  .111   0   1   0   0   0   1   0  -38
   *Dalton Jones        28    7    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Marvin Lane         22    8    6    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Ike Blessitt        22    4    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    John Gamble         24    6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Joe Staton          24    6    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   1   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Gene Lamont         25    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

   #Mickey Lolich       31   41   89    3    6   0  0   0    0  20   39  .067  .245  .067   0   0   3   1  11   0   0   -4
    Joe Coleman         25   40   82    5    9   0  0   0    5   5   30  .110  .161  .110   0   1   3   0  15   0   0  -19
    Tom Timmermann      32   35   44    3    6   0  0   0    1   3   25  .136  .208  .136   0   0   0   1   2   0   0    3
    Woodie Fryman       32   16   40    0    5   0  0   0    3   0    7  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   4   0   0  -26
    Bill Slayback       24   23   23    1    4   0  0   0    0   0    6  .174  .174  .174   0   0   0   0   2   0   0    3
   *Fred Scherman       27   57   22    1    2   0  0   0    0   1    8  .091  .130  .091   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -34
    Chuck Seelbach      24   61   21    1    3   2  0   0    0   4   11  .143  .280  .238   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   54
    Joe Niekro          27   18   12    2    3   1  0   0    1   1    4  .250  .308  .333   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   89
   *Les Cain            24    5    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -16
    John Hiller         29   24    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Fred Holdsworth     20    2    3    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   97
    Phil Meeler         23    7    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Chris Zachary       28   25    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .500  .667  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  248
   *Bill Gilbreth       24    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Ron Perranoski      36   17    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.6  156 5099  558 1206 179 32 122  531 483  793  .237  .303  .356  17  21 125  31  74  34  65  101
    Rank among 12 AL teams         9    5    9   8  2   3        7    9     8     6     4  12  12                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Mickey Lolich       31  41   2.50  22  14  0  41   0  23   4  327.3  282  100   91  29   74  250 1321   6  11  0   5 126
SP  Joe Coleman         25  40   2.80  19  14  0  39   0   9   3  280.0  216   99   87  23  110  222 1145   9   9  0   7 113
SP  Tom Timmermann      32  34   2.89   8  10  0  25   3   3   2  149.7  121   57   48  12   41   88  614   3   5  0   1 110
SP *Woodie Fryman       32  16   2.06  10   3  0  14   0   6   1  113.7   93   31   26   6   31   72  468   5   7  0   3 154
SP  Bill Slayback       24  23   3.20   5   6  0  13   5   3   1   81.7   74   36   29   4   25   65  340   2   1  0   1  99
SP *Les Cain            24   5   3.80   0   3  0   5   0   0   0   23.7   18   12   10   2   16   16  103   0   0  0   0  83

CL  Chuck Seelbach      24  61   2.89   9   8 14   3  34   0   0  112.0   96   39   36   6   39   76  455   6   3  0   4 109
RP *Fred Scherman       27  57   3.64   7   3 12   3  27   0   0   94.0   91   43   38   5   53   53  410   1   5  0   9  87
RP  Chris Zachary       28  25   1.41   1   1  1   1   9   0   0   38.3   27    6    6   2   15   21  154   1   1  0   2 224
RP *John Hiller         29  24   2.03   1   2  3   3   8   1   0   44.3   39   13   10   4   13   26  186   2   3  0   2 156
RP *Ron Perranoski      36  17   7.71   0   1  0   0   5   0   0   18.7   23   16   16   2    8   10   85   0   1  0   1  41

    Joe Niekro          27  18   3.83   3   2  1   7   4   1   0   47.0   62   20   20   3    8   24  199   2   1  0   1  83
    Lerrin LaGrow       23  16   1.32   0   1  2   0   6   0   0   27.3   22    4    4   0    6    9  106   1   0  0   2 240
    Phil Meeler         23   7   4.32   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    8.3   10    6    4   0    7    5   42   1   0  0   1  73
    Fred Holdsworth     20   2  12.86   0   1  0   2   0   0   0    7.0   13   10   10   0    2    5   34   1   0  0   0  25
   *Bill Gilbreth       24   2  16.20   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    5.0   10    9    9   1    4    2   27   0   0  0   0  20
    Bob Strampe         22   7  11.57   0   0  0   0   4   0   0    4.7    6    6    6   0    7    4   27   0   0  0   1  27
   *Jim Foor            23   7  14.73   1   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.7    6    6    6   1    6    2   23   1   0  0   1  21
   *Mike Kilkenny       27   1   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    1    1    1   1    0    0    4   0   0  0   0  35
   *Don Leshnock        25   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    2    0    0   0    0    2    5   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.8 156   2.96  86  70 33 156 110  46  11 1388.0 1212  514  456 101  465  952 5748  41  47  0  41 107
    Rank among 12 AL teams          5   3   9  6           5  11      5    5    3        8    7    2
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BFreehan 882 99 105 648 57 8 9 .989 7 26 57 34 THaller 285 32 36 220 15 0 1 1.000 4 10 13 9 DSims 218 25 25 145 10 1 1 .994 3 5 17 3 GLamont 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 PJata 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1388 156 156 1014 82 9 11 .992 14 41 87 46 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NCash 1079 119 134 1060 70 8 102 .993 9.42 PJata 91 11 12 100 6 1 6 .991 10.48 IBrown 76 11 13 70 2 0 5 1.000 8.53 FHoward 65 9 10 55 5 3 5 .952 8.31 AKaline 44 4 11 37 4 0 5 1.000 8.39 BFreehan 12 2 1 6 3 0 0 1.000 6.75 JNorthrup 10 0 2 9 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 JStaton 7 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 6.43 TTaylor 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1388 156 156 1346 91 12 123 .992 9.32 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMcAuliffe 940 110 116 266 249 13 63 .975 4.93 TTaylor 419 44 67 121 108 8 25 .966 4.92 JKnox 15 0 4 3 10 0 3 1.000 7.80 IBrown 14 2 3 7 6 0 1 1.000 8.36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1388 156 156 397 373 21 92 .973 4.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ARodriguez 1334 150 153 150 348 16 33 .969 3.36 TTaylor 44 5 8 5 14 0 1 1.000 3.89 IBrown 10 1 1 1 1 1 0 .667 1.80 DMcAuliffe 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1388 156 156 156 363 17 34 .968 3.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EBrinkman 1370 156 156 233 495 7 81 .990 4.78 JGamble 7 0 1 3 2 0 0 1.000 6.43 DMcAuliffe 5 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 ARodriguez 5 0 2 0 2 1 1 .667 3.60 IBrown 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1388 156 156 238 502 8 83 .989 4.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WHorton 544 65 80 93 4 0 0 1.000 1.60 GBrown 497 67 72 121 5 3 1 .977 2.28 JNorthrup 171 9 50 36 2 0 1 1.000 2.00 IBrown 106 11 20 40 1 0 0 1.000 3.48 PJata 34 4 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 WComer 30 0 15 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 MLane 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 FHoward 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1388 156 156 301 12 3 2 .991 2.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *2.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MStanley 1098 115 139 310 9 2 1 .994 2.61 JNorthrup 278 40 41 71 1 2 1 .973 2.33 MLane 7 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 WComer 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 IBlessitt 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1388 156 156 384 10 4 2 .990 2.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AKaline 570 64 84 110 5 1 0 .991 1.82 JNorthrup 542 58 72 109 4 3 1 .974 1.88 WHorton 202 28 30 41 1 0 0 1.000 1.87 PJata 32 3 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 DSims 28 3 4 6 0 2 0 .750 1.93 IBrown 8 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 IBlessitt 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 WComer 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MLane 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1388 156 156 282 10 6 1 .980 1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.22 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- MStanley 1098 115 139 309 9 2 1 .994 2.61 JNorthrup 991 107 127 215 8 5 2 .978 2.02 WHorton 746 93 98 131 6 0 0 1.000 1.65 AKaline 570 64 84 111 5 1 0 .991 1.83 GBrown 497 67 72 122 5 3 1 .977 2.30 IBrown 114 11 22 43 1 0 0 1.000 3.47 PJata 66 7 10 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 WComer 35 0 17 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 DSims 28 3 4 6 0 2 0 .750 1.93 MLane 13 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 IBlessitt 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 FHoward 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1388 156 156 964 34 13 4 .987 2.16 156 156 156 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MLolich 327 41 41 4 32 2 2 .947 0.99 JColeman 280 39 40 6 39 1 2 .978 1.45 TTimmermann 149 25 34 7 16 3 2 .885 1.38 WFryman 113 14 16 6 12 1 0 .947 1.42 CSeelbach 112 3 61 1 17 3 1 .857 1.45 FScherman 94 3 57 5 12 2 1 .895 1.63 BSlayback 81 13 23 5 15 2 0 .909 2.20 JNiekro 47 7 18 5 4 0 1 1.000 1.72 JHiller 44 3 24 1 9 0 2 1.000 2.03 CZachary 38 1 25 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.64 LLaGrow 27 0 16 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.98 LCain 23 5 5 0 3 2 0 .600 1.14 RPerranoski 18 0 17 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.48 PMeeler 8 0 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.17 FHoldsworth 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 BGilbreth 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 BStrampe 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JFoor 3 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.43 MKilkenny 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DLeshnock 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1388 156 156 46 172 16 11 .932 1.41 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Cash .259 On-base % Cash .338 Slugging % Cash .445 OPS Cash .783 Games Brinkman 156 At Bats Rodriguez 601 Plate Appearances (approx.) Rodriguez 639 Runs Rodriguez 65 Hits Rodriguez 142 Total Bases Rodriguez 214 Doubles Rodriguez 23 Triples Stanley 6 Home Runs Cash 22 RBI Cash 61 Bases on Balls McAuliffe 59 Strikeouts Rodriguez 104 Stolen Bases Taylor 5 Singles Rodriguez 101 Adjusted OPS+ Cash 129 Runs Created Cash 66 Adjusted Batting Runs Kaline 17 Batting Wins Kaline 1.9 Extra-Base Hits Rodriguez 41 Times on Base Rodriguez 172 Offensive Win% Cash .656 Hit By Pitch Freehan 6 Sac. Hits Coleman 15 Sac. Flies Stanley 8 Intentional Walks Cash 13 Grounded into Double Plays Northrup 16 Caught Stealing Northrup 7 Power/Speed Number Northrup 5.3 At Bats per Strikeout Brinkman 10.1 At Bats per Home Run Cash 20.0 Outs Rodriguez 484

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Lolich 2.50 Wins Lolich 22 Won-Loss % Fryman .769 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Lolich 1.088 Hits Allowed/9IP Coleman 6.94 Bases on Balls/9IP Lolich 2.03 Strikeouts/9IP Coleman 7.14 Games Seelbach 61 Saves Seelbach 14 Innings Lolich 327.3 Strikeouts Lolich 250 Games Started Lolich 41 Comp. Games Lolich 23 Shutouts Lolich 4 Home Runs Allow. Lolich 29 Bases On Balls Allow. Coleman 110 Hits Allowed Lolich 282 SO to Walk Lolich 3.38 Losses Coleman and Lolich 14 Earned Runs Allow. Lolich 91 Wild Pitches Coleman 9 Hit Batsmen Lolich 11 Batters Faced Lolich 1321 Games Finished Seelbach 34 Adjusted ERA+ Lolich 126

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Norm Cash
Joe Coleman
Bill Freehan (Starting C)
Mickey Lolich

1971/1973

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