1971 Detroit Tigers Statistics

1970 Season 1972 Season

Record: 91-71-0, Finished 2nd in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Billy Martin (91-71)

General Manager: Jim Campbell

Scouting Director: Ed Katalinas

Ballpark: Tiger Stadium

Attendance: 1,591,073 (2nd of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104
One-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96

Pythagorean W-L: 87-75, 701 Runs, 645 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	29	148	586	516	57	143	26	4	21	71	2	7	54	48	.277	.353	.465	.818	126	240	13	9	3	4	9
2	1B	Norm Cash*	37	135	523	452	72	128	10	3	32	91	1	0	59	86	.283	.372	.531	.903	149	240	5	7	1	4	7
3	2B	Dick McAuliffe*	31	128	537	477	67	99	16	6	18	57	4	1	53	67	.208	.293	.379	.672	86	181	8	5	1	1	4
4	SS	Ed Brinkman	29	159	589	527	40	120	18	2	1	37	1	4	44	54	.228	.293	.275	.568	59	145	14	7	6	5	7
5	3B	Aurelio Rodríguez	23	154	639	604	68	153	30	7	15	39	4	6	27	93	.253	.288	.401	.688	90	242	14	3	3	2	6
6	LF	Willie Horton	28	119	498	450	64	130	25	1	22	72	1	5	37	75	.289	.349	.496	.845	133	223	15	7	0	4	8
7	CF	Mickey Stanley	28	139	432	401	43	117	14	5	7	41	1	3	24	44	.292	.329	.404	.733	103	162	7	0	3	4	5
8	RF	Al Kaline	36	133	501	405	69	119	19	2	15	54	4	6	82	57	.294	.416	.462	.878	144	187	12	7	1	6	9
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	Jim Northrup*	31	136	524	459	72	124	27	2	16	71	7	4	60	43	.270	.355	.442	.797	121	203	14	2	0	3	9
10	LF	Gates Brown*	32	82	218	195	37	66	2	3	11	29	4	2	21	17	.338	.408	.549	.957	164	107	4	2	0	0	2
11	2B	Tony Taylor	35	55	196	181	27	52	10	2	3	19	5	1	12	11	.287	.335	.414	.749	108	75	4	1	2	0	1
12	UT	Dalton Jones*	27	83	148	138	15	35	5	0	5	11	1	3	9	21	.254	.304	.399	.703	94	55	3	1	0	0	1
13	UT	Ike Brown	29	59	132	110	20	28	1	0	8	19	0	1	19	25	.255	.359	.482	.841	132	53	4	0	1	2	1
14	C	Jim Price	29	29	63	54	4	13	2	0	1	7	0	0	6	3	.241	.323	.333	.656	83	18	3	1	0	1	1
15	UT	Kevin Collins*	24	35	41	41	6	11	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	12	.268	.268	.439	.707	94	18	1	0	0	0	0
16	IF	César Gutiérrez	28	38	39	37	8	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	.189	.211	.189	.400	12	7	0	1	1	0	0
17	UT	Tim Hosley	24	7	16	16	2	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	1	.188	.188	.563	.750	102	9	1	0	0	0	0
18	OF	Marv Lane	21	8	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.143	.200	.143	.343	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0
19	C	Gene Lamont*	24	7	15	15	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.067	.067	.067	.133	-63	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	1B	John Young*	22	2	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	244	3	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
21	P	Mickey Lolich#	30	45	148	115	9	15	2	0	0	7	0	0	16	55	.130	.242	.148	.390	11	17	4	1	16	0	0
22	P	Joe Coleman	24	39	112	96	1	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	39	.094	.146	.115	.260	-27	11	3	0	9	1	0
23	P	Les Cain*	23	27	58	55	7	8	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	23	.145	.161	.218	.379	5	12	0	0	2	0	0
24	P	Joe Niekro	26	32	38	30	5	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	.133	.188	.167	.354	-1	5	0	0	6	0	0
25	P	Fred Scherman*	26	69	30	24	3	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	9	.208	.321	.208	.530	50	5	0	1	2	0	0
26	P	Mike Kilkenny	26	30	25	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.083	.083	.083	.167	-53	2	0	0	1	0	0
27	P	Dean Chance	30	31	22	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
28	P	Tom Timmermann	31	52	22	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.053	.100	.053	.153	-56	1	0	0	2	0	0
29	P	Bill Gilbreth*	23	9	11	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Bill Denehy#	25	31	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.600	.000	.600	80	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	P	Bill Zepp	24	16	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Ron Perranoski*	35	11	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	Jim Hannan	32	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Jack Whillock	28	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Daryl Patterson*	27	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Jim Foor*	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Chuck Seelbach	23	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Dave Boswell	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.9	162	6197	5502	701	1399	214	38	179	652	35	43	540	854	.254	.325	.405	.730	102	2226	129	55	62	37	70
		Rank in 12 AL teams				1	2	2	3	3	1		12	5	8	6	3	3	1	2		1		1		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.1	162	5716	5096	674	1353	208	38	178	635	35	43	508	668	.266	.336	.426	.762	111	2171	122	53	22	36	70
		Pitcher Totals	26.8	162	481	406	27	46	6	0	1	17	0	0	32	186	.113	.181	.135	.317	-11	55	7	2	40	1	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	Mickey Lolich*	30	25	14	.641	2.92	45	45	0	29	4	0	376.0	336	133	122	36	92	2	308	7	0	7	1538	124	2.85	1.138	8.0	0.9	2.2	7.4	3.35
2	SP	Joe Coleman	24	20	9	.690	3.15	39	38	0	16	3	0	286.0	241	106	100	17	96	3	236	7	1	7	1174	115	2.65	1.178	7.6	0.5	3.0	7.4	2.46
3	SP	Les Cain*	23	10	9	.526	4.35	26	26	0	3	1	0	144.2	121	77	70	14	91	1	118	6	1	6	635	83	4.09	1.465	7.5	0.9	5.7	7.3	1.30
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
4	CL	Fred Scherman*	26	11	6	.647	2.71	69	1	40	1	0	20	113.0	91	38	34	11	49	7	46	5	0	2	464	134	4.34	1.239	7.2	0.9	3.9	3.7	0.94
5	RP	Joe Niekro	26	6	7	.462	4.49	31	15	5	0	0	1	122.1	136	62	61	13	49	3	43	2	0	2	540	81	4.38	1.512	10.0	1.0	3.6	3.2	0.88
6	RP	Dean Chance	30	4	6	.400	3.51	31	14	5	0	0	0	89.2	91	43	35	5	50	4	64	4	1	4	405	103	3.56	1.572	9.1	0.5	5.0	6.4	1.28
7	RP	Tom Timmermann	31	7	6	.538	3.86	52	2	23	0	0	4	84.0	82	36	36	6	37	3	51	3	0	2	362	94	3.59	1.417	8.8	0.6	4.0	5.5	1.38
8	RP	Bill Denehy	25	0	3	.000	4.22	31	1	10	0	0	1	49.0	47	25	23	4	28	0	27	4	0	1	224	86	4.37	1.531	8.6	0.7	5.1	5.0	0.96
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
9		Mike Kilkenny*	26	4	5	.444	5.00	30	11	5	2	0	1	86.1	83	52	48	8	44	3	47	2	0	4	387	72	4.17	1.471	8.7	0.8	4.6	4.9	1.07
10		Bill Zepp	24	1	1	.500	5.12	16	4	4	0	0	2	31.2	41	20	18	2	17	3	15	3	0	1	150	71	4.22	1.832	11.7	0.6	4.8	4.3	0.88
11		Bill Gilbreth*	23	2	1	.667	4.80	9	5	0	2	0	0	30.0	28	17	16	4	21	1	14	2	0	1	133	76	5.55	1.633	8.4	1.2	6.3	4.2	0.67
12		Ron Perranoski*	35	0	1	.000	2.50	11	0	7	0	0	2	18.0	16	9	5	2	3	1	8	1	0	0	72	148	3.67	1.056	8.0	1.0	1.5	4.0	2.67
13		Jim Hannan	32	1	0	1.000	3.27	7	0	3	0	0	0	11.0	7	4	4	1	7	0	6	1	0	1	46	114	4.72	1.273	5.7	0.8	5.7	4.9	0.86
14		Daryl Patterson	27	0	1	.000	4.82	12	0	3	0	0	0	9.1	14	7	5	1	6	1	5	1	2	2	48	78	5.02	2.143	13.5	1.0	5.8	4.8	0.83
15		Jack Whillock	28	0	2	.000	5.63	7	0	2	0	0	1	8.0	10	5	5	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	35	68	1.70	1.500	11.3	0.0	2.3	6.8	3.00
16		Dave Boswell	26	0	0		6.23	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	3	3	3	0	6	0	3	0	0	0	22	64	5.22	2.077	6.2	0.0	12.5	6.2	0.50
17		Chuck Seelbach	23	0	0		13.50	5	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	6	6	2	7	0	1	1	0	0	24	30	14.45	3.250	13.5	4.5	15.8	2.3	0.14
18		Jim Foor*	22	0	0		18.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	9	29	10.45	6.000	18.0	0.0	36.0	18.0	0.50
		Team Totals	26.9	91	71	.562	3.63	162	162	109	53	8	32	1468.1	1355	645	593	126	609	32	1000	49	5	40	6268	100	3.55	1.338	8.3	0.8	3.7	6.1	1.64
		Rank in 12 AL teams		3	10		8				4	7	4	3	8	8	9	5	11		1
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