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1968 Detroit Tigers Statistics

1967 Season 1969 Season

Record: 103-59-2, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Won World Series (4-3) over St. Louis Cardinals

Manager: Mayo Smith (103-59-2)

General Manager: Jim Campbell

Scouting Director: Ed Katalinas

Ballpark: Tiger Stadium

Attendance: 2,031,847 (1st of 10)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 101
One-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 104

Pythagorean W-L: 103-59, 671 Runs, 492 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	26	155	635	540	73	142	24	2	25	84	0	1	65	64	.263	.366	.454	.819	145	245	9	24	3	3	4
2	1B	Norm Cash*	34	127	458	411	50	108	15	1	25	63	1	1	39	70	.263	.329	.487	.816	142	200	12	3	2	3	7
3	2B	Dick McAuliffe*	28	151	658	570	95	142	24	10	16	56	8	7	82	99	.249	.344	.411	.755	126	234	0	2	1	3	8
4	SS	Ray Oyler	30	111	247	215	13	29	6	1	1	12	0	2	20	59	.135	.213	.186	.399	20	40	8	2	7	3	0
5	3B	Don Wert	29	150	589	536	44	107	15	1	12	37	0	3	37	79	.200	.258	.299	.556	67	160	12	5	11	0	7
6	LF	Willie Horton	25	143	578	512	68	146	20	2	36	85	0	3	49	110	.285	.352	.543	.895	165	278	14	8	2	7	8
7	CF	Mickey Stanley	25	153	641	583	88	151	16	6	11	60	4	3	42	57	.259	.311	.364	.675	102	212	22	4	8	4	1
8	RF	Jim Northrup*	28	154	643	580	76	153	29	7	21	90	4	5	50	87	.264	.324	.447	.770	129	259	14	4	4	5	4
Rk	Pos	Name	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	UT	Al Kaline	33	102	389	327	49	94	14	1	10	52	6	4	55	39	.287	.392	.428	.820	146	140	4	3	1	3	7
10	SS	Tommy Matchick*	24	80	244	227	18	46	6	2	3	14	0	2	10	46	.203	.248	.286	.534	60	65	3	4	2	1	3
11	SS	Dick Tracewski	33	90	240	212	30	33	3	1	4	15	3	0	24	51	.156	.239	.236	.475	43	50	5	0	2	2	0
12	C	Jim Price	26	64	146	132	12	23	4	0	3	13	0	0	13	14	.174	.253	.273	.526	58	36	6	1	0	0	1
13	LF	Gates Brown*	29	67	104	92	15	34	7	2	6	15	0	0	12	4	.370	.442	.685	1.127	234	63	2	0	0	0	1
14	CI	Eddie Mathews*	36	31	57	52	4	11	0	0	3	8	0	0	5	12	.212	.281	.385	.665	98	20	0	0	0	0	1
15	OF	Wayne Comer	24	48	51	48	8	6	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	7	.125	.160	.229	.389	16	11	4	0	1	0	0
16	2B	Dave Campbell	26	9	9	8	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	3	.125	.222	.500	.722	112	4	0	0	0	0	0
17	LF	Lenny Green*	35	6	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	99	1	1	0	0	0	1
18	UT	Bob Christian	22	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	194	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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
19	P	Denny McLain	24	44	128	111	7	18	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	37	.162	.170	.189	.359	8	21	1	0	16	0	0
20	P	Earl Wilson	33	40	92	88	9	20	0	1	7	17	0	0	2	35	.227	.253	.489	.741	118	43	1	1	1	0	0
21	P	Mickey Lolich#	27	41	80	70	5	8	3	0	0	3	0	1	6	25	.114	.184	.157	.341	3	11	3	0	4	0	0
22	P	Joe Sparma	26	34	67	60	2	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	24	.133	.148	.150	.298	-11	9	0	0	6	0	0
23	P	John Hiller	25	39	37	37	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	.081	.081	.081	.162	-51	3	1	0	0	0	0
24	P	Pat Dobson	26	47	32	28	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.143	.200	.143	.343	4	4	0	0	2	0	0
25	P	Daryl Patterson*	24	38	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.000	.071	.000	.071	-77	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Fred Lasher	26	34	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	-33	1	1	0	0	0	0
27	P	Les Cain*	20	8	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	26	2	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Dennis Ribant	26	16	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	63	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Don McMahon	38	20	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
30	P	John Wyatt	33	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Jon Warden#	21	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Jim Rooker	25	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Roy Face	40	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.2	164	6179	5490	671	1292	190	39	185	639	26	32	521	964	.235	.307	.385	.692	107	2115	124	61	73	34	53
		Rank in 10 AL teams				1	1	2	6	3	1		10	2	4	5	4	2	1	1		1		1		7
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.3	164	5697	5052	644	1228	184	37	178	609	26	31	507	801	.243	.318	.400	.717	114	2020	116	60	44	34	53
		Pitcher Totals	26.9	164	482	438	27	64	6	2	7	30	0	1	14	163	.146	.174	.217	.391	17	95	8	1	29	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Denny McLain	24	31	6	.838	1.96	41	41	0	28	6	0	336.0	241	86	73	31	63	2	280	6	0	3	1288	154	2.53	0.905	6.5	0.8	1.7	7.5	4.44
2	SP	Earl Wilson	33	13	12	.520	2.85	34	33	0	10	3	0	224.1	192	77	71	20	65	4	168	0	2	7	909	106	2.92	1.146	7.7	0.8	2.6	6.7	2.58
3	SP	Mickey Lolich*	27	17	9	.654	3.19	39	32	4	8	4	1	220.0	178	84	78	23	65	4	197	11	0	3	905	95	2.99	1.105	7.3	0.9	2.7	8.1	3.03
4	SP	Joe Sparma	26	10	10	.500	3.70	34	31	1	7	1	0	182.1	169	81	75	14	77	3	110	7	0	5	781	82	3.56	1.349	8.3	0.7	3.8	5.4	1.43
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Pat Dobson	26	5	8	.385	2.66	47	10	16	2	1	7	125.0	89	39	37	13	48	6	93	2	1	4	502	113	3.45	1.096	6.4	0.9	3.5	6.7	1.94
6	RP	John Hiller*	25	9	6	.600	2.39	39	12	13	4	1	2	128.0	92	37	34	9	51	4	78	0	0	2	518	126	3.28	1.117	6.5	0.6	3.6	5.5	1.53
7	RP	Daryl Patterson	24	2	3	.400	2.12	38	1	22	0	0	7	68.0	53	19	16	3	27	1	49	4	1	3	283	143	2.89	1.176	7.0	0.4	3.6	6.5	1.81
8	RP	Fred Lasher	26	5	1	.833	3.33	34	0	14	0	0	5	48.2	37	19	18	5	22	7	32	0	0	2	200	91	3.76	1.212	6.8	0.9	4.1	5.9	1.45
9	RP	Jon Warden*	21	4	1	.800	3.62	28	0	11	0	0	3	37.1	30	15	15	5	15	2	25	0	0	0	155	84	3.99	1.205	7.2	1.2	3.6	6.0	1.67
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Don McMahon	38	3	1	.750	2.02	20	0	9	0	0	1	35.2	22	8	8	2	10	1	33	0	0	3	135	151	2.10	0.897	5.6	0.5	2.5	8.3	3.30
11		John Wyatt	33	1	0	1.000	2.37	22	0	10	0	0	2	30.1	26	9	8	2	11	2	25	1	0	4	125	129	2.78	1.220	7.7	0.6	3.3	7.4	2.27
12		Dennis Ribant	26	2	2	.500	2.22	14	0	4	0	0	1	24.1	20	7	6	1	10	2	7	1	0	0	105	138	3.70	1.233	7.4	0.4	3.7	2.6	0.70
13		Les Cain*	20	1	0	1.000	3.00	8	4	1	0	0	0	24.0	25	9	8	1	20	1	13	0	0	2	114	102	4.34	1.875	9.4	0.4	7.5	4.9	0.65
14		Jim Rooker*	25	0	0		3.86	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	2	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	18	87	1.31	1.071	7.7	0.0	1.9	7.7	4.00
15		Roy Face	40	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	5		3.39	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
		Team Totals	26.8	103	59	.636	2.71	164	164	105	59	16	29	1489.2	1180	492	449	129	486	40	1115	32	4	38	6043	111	3.06	1.118	7.1	0.8	2.9	6.7	2.29
		Rank in 10 AL teams		1	10		3				1	2	7	1	3	1	4	9	4		2
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W