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1972 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 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 30 111 430 374 51 98 18 2 10 56 0 1 48 51 .262 .354 .401 .755 122 150 7 6 1 1 0
2 1B Norm Cash* 37 137 501 440 51 114 16 0 22 61 0 2 50 64 .259 .338 .445 .783 129 196 9 4 4 3 13
3 2B Dick McAuliffe* 32 122 470 408 47 98 16 3 8 30 0 0 59 59 .240 .339 .353 .692 104 144 2 2 1 0 7
4 SS Ed Brinkman 30 156 571 516 42 105 19 1 6 49 0 0 38 51 .203 .259 .279 .538 59 144 14 3 7 7 9
5 3B Aurelio Rodriguez 24 153 639 601 65 142 23 5 13 56 2 3 28 104 .236 .272 .356 .628 84 214 14 2 7 1 4
6 LF Willie Horton 29 108 367 333 44 77 9 5 11 36 0 0 27 47 .231 .293 .387 .681 99 129 8 3 2 2 5
7 CF Mickey Stanley 29 142 475 435 45 102 16 6 14 55 1 0 29 49 .234 .278 .395 .673 97 172 15 0 3 8 8
8 RF Al Kaline 37 106 314 278 46 87 11 2 10 32 1 0 28 33 .313 .374 .475 .849 149 132 11 2 1 5 5
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 OF Jim Northrup* 32 134 469 426 40 111 15 2 8 42 4 7 38 47 .261 .324 .362 .686 102 154 16 2 3 0 6
10 LF Gates Brown* 33 103 283 252 33 58 5 0 10 31 3 0 26 28 .230 .304 .369 .673 98 93 7 2 0 3 3
11 2B Tony Taylor 36 78 247 228 33 69 12 4 1 20 5 1 14 34 .303 .346 .404 .749 120 92 8 2 1 2 0
12 C Tom Haller* 35 59 139 121 7 25 5 2 2 13 0 1 15 14 .207 .292 .331 .623 83 40 1 0 2 1 4
13 C Duke Sims* 31 38 121 98 11 31 4 0 4 19 0 0 19 18 .316 .432 .480 .912 168 47 1 1 3 0 0
14 UT Ike Brown 30 51 101 84 12 21 3 0 2 10 1 2 17 23 .250 .376 .357 .733 117 30 5 0 0 0 1
15 UT Paul Jata 22 32 82 74 8 17 2 0 0 3 0 1 7 14 .230 .296 .257 .553 64 19 1 0 1 0 0
16 UT Frank Howard 35 14 37 33 1 8 1 0 1 7 0 0 4 8 .242 .324 .364 .688 103 12 0 0 0 0 0
17 2B John Knox* 23 14 14 13 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .077 .143 .154 .297 -13 2 0 0 0 0 0
18 OF Wayne Comer 28 27 10 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 .111 .100 .111 .211 -38 1 0 0 0 1 0
19 Dalton Jones* 28 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 OF Marvin Lane 22 8 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 OF Ike Blessitt 22 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 SS John Gamble 24 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 1B Joe Staton* 24 6 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 C Gene Lamont* 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Mickey Lolich# 31 41 121 89 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 39 .067 .245 .067 .313 -4 6 3 1 11 0 0
26 P Joe Coleman 25 40 102 82 5 9 0 0 0 5 0 1 5 30 .110 .161 .110 .271 -19 9 3 0 15 0 0
27 P Tom Timmermann 32 35 50 44 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 25 .136 .208 .136 .345 3 6 0 1 2 0 0
28 P Woodie Fryman 32 16 44 40 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .125 .125 .125 .250 -26 5 0 0 4 0 0
29 P Chuck Seelbach 24 61 26 21 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 .143 .280 .238 .518 54 5 0 0 1 0 0
30 P Bill Slayback 24 23 25 23 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .174 .174 .174 .348 3 4 0 0 2 0 0
31 P Fred Scherman* 27 57 24 22 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .091 .130 .091 .221 -34 2 0 0 1 0 0
32 P Joe Niekro 27 18 14 12 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .250 .308 .333 .641 89 4 0 0 1 0 0
33 P Les Cain* 24 5 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -16 1 0 0 1 0 0
34 P John Hiller 29 24 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Fred Holdsworth 20 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 97 1 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Chris Zachary* 28 25 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 248 1 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Phil Meeler 23 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Ron Perranoski* 36 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Bill Gilbreth* 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 P Don Leshnock 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 P Mike Kilkenny 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 P Bob Strampe# 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 P Jim Foor* 23 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 P Lerrin LaGrow 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.8 156 5721 5099 558 1206 179 32 122 531 17 21 483 793 .237 .305 .356 .661 94 1815 125 31 74 34 65
Rank in 12 AL teams 9 5 9 8 2 3 12 12 7 9 8 6 4 5 5
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* 31 22 14 .611 2.50 41 41 0 23 4 0 327.1 282 100 91 29 74 5 250 11 0 6 1321 126 1.088 7.8 0.8 2.0 6.9 3.38
2 SP Joe Coleman 25 19 14 .576 2.80 40 39 0 9 3 0 280.0 216 99 87 23 110 7 222 9 0 9 1145 113 1.164 6.9 0.7 3.5 7.1 2.02
3 SP Tom Timmermann 32 8 10 .444 2.89 34 25 3 3 2 0 149.2 121 57 48 12 41 1 88 5 0 3 614 110 1.082 7.3 0.7 2.5 5.3 2.15
4 SP Woodie Fryman* 32 10 3 .769 2.06 16 14 0 6 1 0 113.2 93 31 26 6 31 3 72 7 0 5 468 154 1.091 7.4 0.5 2.5 5.7 2.32
5 SP Bill Slayback 24 5 6 .455 3.20 23 13 5 3 1 0 81.2 74 36 29 4 25 1 65 1 0 2 340 99 1.212 8.2 0.4 2.8 7.2 2.60
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
6 CL Chuck Seelbach 24 9 8 .529 2.89 61 3 34 0 0 14 112.0 96 39 36 6 39 4 76 3 0 6 455 109 1.205 7.7 0.5 3.1 6.1 1.95
7 RP Fred Scherman* 27 7 3 .700 3.64 57 3 27 0 0 12 94.0 91 43 38 5 53 9 53 5 0 1 410 87 1.532 8.7 0.5 5.1 5.1 1.00
8 RP Joe Niekro 27 3 2 .600 3.83 18 7 4 1 0 1 47.0 62 20 20 3 8 1 24 1 0 2 199 83 1.489 11.9 0.6 1.5 4.6 3.00
9 RP John Hiller* 29 1 2 .333 2.03 24 3 8 1 0 3 44.1 39 13 10 4 13 2 26 3 0 2 186 156 1.173 7.9 0.8 2.6 5.3 2.00
10 RP Chris Zachary 28 1 1 .500 1.41 25 1 9 0 0 1 38.1 27 6 6 2 15 2 21 1 0 1 154 224 1.096 6.3 0.5 3.5 4.9 1.40
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
11 Lerrin LaGrow 23 0 1 .000 1.32 16 0 6 0 0 2 27.1 22 4 4 0 6 2 9 0 0 1 106 240 1.024 7.2 0.0 2.0 3.0 1.50
12 Les Cain* 24 0 3 .000 3.80 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.2 18 12 10 2 16 0 16 0 0 0 103 83 1.437 6.8 0.8 6.1 6.1 1.00
13 Ron Perranoski* 36 0 1 .000 7.71 17 0 5 0 0 0 18.2 23 16 16 2 8 1 10 1 0 0 85 41 1.661 11.1 1.0 3.9 4.8 1.25
14 Phil Meeler 23 0 1 .000 4.32 7 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 10 6 4 0 7 1 5 0 0 1 42 73 2.040 10.8 0.0 7.6 5.4 0.71
15 Fred Holdsworth 20 0 1 .000 12.86 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 13 10 10 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 34 25 2.143 16.7 0.0 2.6 6.4 2.50
16 Bill Gilbreth* 24 0 0 16.20 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 10 9 9 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 27 20 2.800 18.0 1.8 7.2 3.6 0.50
17 Bob Strampe 22 0 0 11.57 7 0 4 0 0 0 4.2 6 6 6 0 7 1 4 0 0 0 27 27 2.786 11.6 0.0 13.5 7.7 0.57
18 Jim Foor* 23 1 0 1.000 14.73 7 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 6 6 6 1 6 1 2 0 0 1 23 21 3.273 14.7 2.5 14.7 4.9 0.33
19 Don Leshnock* 25 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 18.0
20 Mike Kilkenny* 27 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 35 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 28.1 86 70 .551 2.96 156 156 110 46 11 33 1388.1 1212 514 457 101 465 41 952 47 0 41 5748 107 1.208 7.9 0.7 3.0 6.2 2.05
Rank in 12 AL teams 3 9 5 11 6 5 5 3 4 8 7 2
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
Ike Blessitt 22 2 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 96.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 3.60 1.00 RF-CF
Ed Brinkman 30 156 156 1370.1 735 233 495 7 81 .990 6.8 6.0 7.8 3.5 4.3 -1 4.78 4.67 SS
Gates Brown 33 72 67 497.0 129 121 5 3 1 .977 0.7 1.7 2.7 4.4 -1.7 -2 2.28 1.75 LF
Ike Brown 30 41 25 215.0 135 123 11 1 7 .993 5.3 29.6 6.3 2.1 4.3 -1 0 5.61 3.27 LF-1B-2B-3B-RF-SS
Les Cain 24 5 5 23.2 5 0 3 2 0 .600 1.14 0.60 P
Norm Cash 37 134 119 1079.1 1138 1060 70 8 102 .993 -6.2 -6.9 -6.2 -4.1 -2.1 0 9.42 8.43 1B
Joe Coleman 25 40 39 280.0 46 6 39 1 2 .978 1.45 1.13 P
Wayne Comer 28 17 0 35.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -10.3 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 0 1.54 0.35 LF-CF-RF
Jim Foor 23 7 0 3.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 0.14 P
Bill Freehan 30 106 101 894.1 722 654 60 8 9 .989 1.1 1.5 1.1 1.1 0.0 0 0 7.19 6.74 7 26 57 34 37% C-1B
Woodie Fryman 32 16 14 113.2 19 6 12 1 0 .947 1.43 1.13 P
John Gamble 24 1 0 7.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 34.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 6.43 5.00 SS
Bill Gilbreth 24 2 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.50 P
Tom Haller 35 36 32 285.0 235 220 15 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.42 6.53 4 10 13 9 41% C
John Hiller 29 24 3 44.1 10 1 9 0 2 1.000 2.03 0.42 P
Fred Holdsworth 20 2 2 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.50 P
Willie Horton 29 110 93 746.1 139 134 5 0 0 1.000 2.6 4.2 1.6 2.6 -1.0 1 1.68 1.26 LF-RF
Frank Howard 35 11 9 66.0 64 56 5 3 5 .953 -1.5 -27.3 -1.5 -0.6 -0.9 0 0 8.32 5.55 1B-LF
Paul Jata 22 23 18 158.0 121 114 6 1 6 .992 0.1 0.8 1.1 -1.1 2.1 -1 0 0 6.84 5.22 0 0 0 0 1B-LF-RF-C
Al Kaline 37 95 68 614.0 157 147 9 1 5 .994 1.5 2.9 -2.5 -0.1 -2.5 4 0 2.29 1.64 RF-1B
Mike Kilkenny 27 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
John Knox 23 4 0 15.0 13 3 10 0 3 1.000 1.7 136.0 1.7 0.0 1.7 0 7.80 3.25 2B
Lerrin LaGrow 23 16 0 27.1 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.98 0.38 P
Gene Lamont 25 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 0 0 0 0 C
Marvin Lane 22 3 1 13.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 2.08 1.00 CF-LF-RF
Don Leshnock 25 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Mickey Lolich 31 41 41 327.1 38 4 32 2 2 .947 0.99 0.88 P
Dick McAuliffe 32 120 110 945.1 531 267 251 13 63 .976 -7.1 -9.0 -7.1 -3.3 -3.8 0 4.93 4.32 2B-SS-3B
Phil Meeler 23 7 0 8.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.16 0.29 P
Joe Niekro 27 18 7 47.0 9 5 4 0 1 1.000 1.72 0.50 P
Jim Northrup 32 165 107 1001.1 238 225 8 5 3 .979 1.4 1.7 0.4 1.1 -0.6 1 0 2.09 1.41 RF-CF-LF-1B
Ron Perranoski 36 17 0 18.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.48 0.06 P
Aurelio Rodriguez 24 155 150 1339.1 517 150 350 17 34 .967 10.7 9.6 10.7 5.0 5.7 0 3.36 3.23 3B-SS
Fred Scherman 27 57 3 94.0 19 5 12 2 1 .895 1.63 0.30 P
Chuck Seelbach 24 61 3 112.0 21 1 17 3 1 .857 1.45 0.30 P
Duke Sims 31 29 28 246.0 164 151 10 3 1 .982 -3.6 -17.6 0.4 0.0 0.4 -1 -3 5.89 5.55 3 5 17 3 15% C-RF
Bill Slayback 24 23 13 81.2 22 5 15 2 0 .909 2.20 0.87 P
Mickey Stanley 29 139 115 1098.1 321 310 9 2 1 .994 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 3.7 -4.2 0 2.61 2.29 CF
Joe Staton 24 2 0 7.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 6.43 2.50 1B
Bob Strampe 22 7 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Tony Taylor 36 76 49 467.0 260 130 122 8 26 .969 -5.3 -13.6 -4.3 -0.9 -3.3 -1 4.86 3.32 2B-3B-1B
Tom Timmermann 32 34 25 149.2 26 7 16 3 2 .885 1.38 0.68 P
Chris Zachary 28 25 1 38.1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.28 P
Team Totals 30.3 156 1404 12495.0 5874 4161 1617 96 358 .984 7.5 0.7 11.5 13.3 -1.7 1 -2 -3 4.16 3.12 14 41 87 46 35%
Rank in 12 AL teams 12 9 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

1971 / 1973 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics