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1973 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974

85-77, Finished 3rd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Martin (71-63) and Joe Schultz (14-14)
Scored 642 runs, Allowed 674 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,724,146 (1st of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 107 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100

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1972 / 1974 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 DH PH PR WAR Salary
Ed Brinkman 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 8, 1941 13 162 159 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $ All-Star
Gates Brown 34 L R 5' 11" 220 May 2, 1939 11 125 103 125 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 118 22 0 -0.8 $
Ike Brown 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 13, 1942 5 42 22 42 35 0 0 21 0 2 0 12 0 0 12 2 13 1 0.1 $
Norm Cash 38 L L 6' 0" 185 Nov 10, 1934 16 121 105 121 114 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 0 1.1 $
Ron Cash 23 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 20, 1949 1st 14 9 14 13 0 0 0 0 6 0 7 0 0 7 0 1 1 0.7 $
Joe Coleman 26 R R 6' 3" 175 Feb 3, 1947 9 40 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.8 $
Bob Didier 24 B R 6' 0" 190 Feb 16, 1949 5 7 6 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Ed Farmer 23 R R 6' 5" 200 Oct 18, 1949 3 24 0 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $19,000
Bill Freehan 31 R R 6' 3" 203 Nov 29, 1941 12 110 103 110 105 0 98 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 1.4 $65,000 All-Star
Woodie Fryman 33 R L 6' 3" 197 Apr 12, 1940 8 34 29 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $53,000
John Gamble 25 R R 5' 10" 165 Feb 10, 1948 2 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 $
John Hiller 30 R L 6' 1" 185 Apr 8, 1943 8 65 0 0 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.9 $25,000
Fred Holdsworth 21 R R 6' 1" 190 May 29, 1952 2 5 2 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Willie Horton 30 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 11 111 107 111 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 0 1 108 1 4 0 0.8 $ All-Star
Frank Howard 36 R R 6' 7" 255 Aug 8, 1936 16 85 55 85 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 76 30 0 -0.6 $75,000
Gary Ignasiak 23 L L 5' 11" 185 Sep 1, 1949 1st 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Al Kaline HOF 38 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 19, 1934 21 91 81 91 88 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 64 64 0 10 0 0.2 $100,000
John Knox 24 L R 6' 0" 170 Jul 26, 1948 2 12 8 12 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.1 $
Lerrin LaGrow 24 R R 6' 5" 220 Jul 8, 1948 3 21 3 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Marvin Lane 23 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 18, 1950 3 6 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 0 0 2 0.1 $
Dave Lemanczyk 22 R R 6' 4" 235 Aug 17, 1950 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Mickey Lolich 32 B L 6' 1" 170 Sep 12, 1940 11 42 42 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.3 $100,000
Dick McAuliffe 33 L R 5' 11" 176 Nov 29, 1939 14 106 96 106 102 0 0 0 102 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 1.9 $
Bob Miller 34 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 18, 1939 16 22 0 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $20,000
Jim Northrup 33 L R 6' 3" 190 Nov 24, 1939 10 119 95 119 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 10 78 144 1 10 5 1.7 $
Jim Perry 37 B R 6' 4" 190 Oct 30, 1935 15 35 34 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $61,000
Rich Reese 31 L L 6' 3" 185 Sep 29, 1941 10 59 21 59 52 0 0 37 0 0 0 21 0 1 22 0 8 5 -1.1 $
Aurelio Rodriguez 25 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 28, 1947 7 160 156 160 160 0 0 0 0 160 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Fred Scherman 28 L L 6' 1" 195 Jul 25, 1944 5 35 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3 $32,000
Chuck Seelbach 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 20, 1948 3 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Dick Sharon 23 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 15, 1950 1st 91 43 91 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 7 71 98 0 3 8 0.7 $12,000
Duke Sims 32 L R 6' 2" 197 Jun 5, 1941 10 80 68 80 74 0 68 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 0 11 1 0.5 $47,000
Bill Slayback 25 R R 6' 4" 200 Feb 21, 1948 2 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Mickey Stanley 30 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 20, 1942 10 157 152 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 157 0 0 0 0.3 $
Joe Staton 25 L L 6' 3" 175 Mar 8, 1948 2 9 3 9 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 -0.2 $
Mike Strahler 26 R R 6' 4" 180 Mar 14, 1947 4 22 11 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Tony Taylor 37 R R 5' 9" 170 Dec 19, 1935 16 84 61 84 79 0 0 6 73 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 11 5 0.2 $
Tom Timmermann 33 R R 6' 4" 215 May 12, 1940 5 17 1 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $27,500
Tom Veryzer 20 R R 6' 1" 175 Feb 11, 1953 1st 18 3 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Dick McAuliffe
Aurelio Rodriguez
Jim Northrup
Al Kaline
Rich Reese
Tom Veryzer
Ed Brinkman
Ike Brown
Tony Taylor

Bill Freehan
Duke Sims
Bill Slayback
Joe Coleman
Bob Miller
John Hiller
Fred Holdsworth
Rich Reese
Marvin Lane

Ron Cash
Willie Horton
Mickey Stanley
Norm Cash
Gates Brown
Dick Sharon
Ed Farmer
Tom Timmermann
Mickey Lolich

Lerrin LaGrow
Jim Perry
Frank Howard
Mike Strahler
Dave Lemanczyk
Bob Didier
Chuck Seelbach
Woodie Fryman

Fred Scherman
John Gamble
Fred Holdsworth
Joe Staton
John Knox
Gary Ignasiak

1972 / 1974 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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