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1972 Detroit Tigers Statistics

1971 Season 1973 Season

Record: 86-70-0, Finished 1st in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost AL Championship Series (3-2) to Oakland Athletics

Manager: Billy Martin (86-70)

General Manager: Jim Campbell

Scouting Director: Ed Katalinas

Ballpark: Tiger Stadium

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

Pythagorean W-L: 84-72, 558 Runs, 514 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	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*	38	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 Rodríguez	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	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	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	1B	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	Marv 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	31.0	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	1	7	4	8	7	4	5		5		7		5
		Non-Pitcher Totals	31.2	156	5293	4746	541	1165	176	32	122	521	17	20	448	654	.245	.312	.373	.686	101	1771	119	29	36	34	65
		Pitcher Totals	28.3	156	428	353	17	41	3	0	0	10	0	1	35	139	.116	.200	.125	.325	-3	44	6	2	38	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	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	127	2.80	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	3.16	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	3.19	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	2.82	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	100	2.40	1.212	8.2	0.4	2.8	7.2	2.60
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
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	110	2.86	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	3.81	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	2.78	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	158	3.48	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	227	3.23	1.096	6.3	0.5	3.5	4.9	1.40
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
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	244	2.40	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	85	4.17	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	42	4.17	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	77	3.72	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	26	1.83	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	21	6.60	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	30	5.18	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	24	9.76	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		-1.60	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	52	15.40	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	108	3.08	1.208	7.9	0.7	3.0	6.2	2.05
		Rank in 12 AL teams		3	9		5				5	11	6	5	5	3	4	8	7		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