1970 Detroit Tigers Statistics

1969 Season 1971 Season

Record: 79-83-0, Finished 4th in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Mayo Smith (79-83)

General Manager: Jim Campbell

Scouting Director: Ed Katalinas

Ballpark: Tiger Stadium

Attendance: 1,501,293 (2nd of 12)

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

Pythagorean W-L: 74-88, 666 Runs, 731 Runs Allowed

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162. Oct 1, DET (79-83) beat CLE, 1-0

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	28	117	458	395	44	95	17	3	16	52	0	3	52	48	.241	.332	.420	.752	106	166	11	4	3	4	5
2	1B	Norm Cash*	36	130	452	370	58	96	18	2	15	53	0	1	72	58	.259	.383	.441	.823	126	163	16	5	0	5	6
3	2B	Dick McAuliffe*	30	146	639	530	73	124	21	1	12	50	5	6	101	62	.234	.358	.345	.704	95	183	1	3	3	2	7
4	SS	César Gutiérrez	27	135	451	415	40	101	11	6	0	22	4	3	18	39	.243	.275	.299	.573	58	124	8	1	14	3	6
5	3B	Don Wert	31	128	419	363	34	79	13	0	6	33	1	3	44	56	.218	.307	.303	.610	69	110	13	4	5	3	7
6	LF	Willie Horton	27	96	404	371	53	113	18	2	17	69	0	1	28	43	.305	.354	.501	.855	133	186	7	2	0	3	6
7	CF	Mickey Stanley	27	142	623	568	83	143	21	11	13	47	10	1	45	56	.252	.305	.396	.701	92	225	19	0	7	3	1
8	RF	Al Kaline	35	131	555	467	64	130	24	4	16	71	2	2	77	49	.278	.377	.450	.826	127	210	20	1	3	7	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*	30	139	576	504	71	132	21	3	24	80	3	6	58	68	.262	.343	.458	.802	119	231	12	7	2	5	6
10	UT	Elliott Maddox	22	109	293	258	30	64	13	4	3	24	2	3	30	42	.248	.332	.364	.697	92	94	6	3	1	1	1
11	2B	Dalton Jones*	26	89	229	191	29	42	7	0	6	21	1	1	33	33	.220	.333	.351	.684	89	67	3	1	1	3	4
12	C	Jim Price	28	52	157	132	12	24	4	0	5	15	0	0	21	23	.182	.290	.326	.616	69	43	6	0	1	2	0
13	LF	Gates Brown*	31	81	148	124	18	28	3	0	3	24	0	0	20	14	.226	.331	.323	.654	81	40	3	1	0	3	0
14	2B	Ike Brown	28	56	113	94	17	27	5	0	4	15	0	0	13	26	.287	.376	.468	.844	131	44	2	1	4	1	0
15	SS	Ken Szotkiewicz*	23	47	98	84	9	9	1	0	3	9	0	0	12	29	.107	.216	.226	.443	22	19	1	0	1	1	2
16	C	Gene Lamont*	23	15	48	44	3	13	3	1	1	4	0	0	2	9	.295	.340	.477	.818	123	21	0	1	1	0	0
17	UT	Russ Nagelson*	25	28	38	32	5	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	.188	.297	.188	.485	37	6	0	0	1	0	0
18	1B	Kevin Collins*	23	25	25	24	2	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	10	.208	.240	.375	.615	67	9	0	0	0	0	0
19	C	Tim Hosley	23	7	13	12	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	.167	.154	.417	.571	51	5	0	0	0	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
20	P	Mickey Lolich#	29	42	101	82	4	11	0	0	0	3	1	0	12	29	.134	.245	.134	.379	7	11	3	0	7	0	0
21	P	Joe Niekro	25	39	88	66	8	13	3	1	0	7	0	0	7	17	.197	.274	.273	.547	51	18	0	0	15	0	0
22	P	Les Cain*	22	29	72	68	2	11	1	0	1	9	0	0	1	18	.162	.174	.221	.395	8	15	1	0	3	0	0
23	P	Mike Kilkenny	25	37	44	39	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19	.077	.075	.077	.152	-58	3	0	0	4	1	0
24	P	Earl Wilson	35	18	36	31	2	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	16	.194	.235	.323	.558	52	10	1	0	2	1	0
25	P	Denny McLain	26	14	34	31	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.065	.065	.097	.161	-56	3	0	0	3	0	0
26	P	John Hiller	27	47	25	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.042	.000	.042	-88	0	0	0	1	0	0
27	P	Tom Timmermann	30	61	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Bob Reed	25	17	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.083	.154	.083	.237	-33	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Fred Scherman*	25	48	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-8	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Daryl Patterson*	26	43	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
31	P	Dennis Saunders#	21	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Norm McRae	22	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
33	P	Fred Lasher	28	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Lerrin LaGrow	21	10	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	Jerry Robertson#	26	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.1	162	6200	5377	666	1282	207	38	148	619	29	30	656	825	.238	.322	.374	.696	91	2009	134	34	83	49	56
		Rank in 12 AL teams				11	6	12	6	5	6		11	2	2	2	11	6	6	6		7		9		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.3	162	5739	4978	646	1233	201	37	146	596	28	30	632	677	.248	.334	.391	.725	99	1946	128	34	47	47	56
		Pitcher Totals	26.5	162	461	399	20	49	6	1	2	23	1	0	24	148	.123	.172	.158	.330	-9	63	6	0	36	2	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*	29	14	19	.424	3.80	40	39	0	13	3	0	272.2	272	125	115	27	109	3	230	5	0	14	1181	99	3.49	1.397	9.0	0.9	3.6	7.6	2.11
2	SP	Joe Niekro	25	12	13	.480	4.06	38	34	2	6	2	0	213.0	221	107	96	28	72	4	101	3	0	1	914	93	4.45	1.376	9.3	1.2	3.0	4.3	1.40
3	SP	Les Cain*	22	12	7	.632	3.84	29	29	0	5	0	0	180.2	167	92	77	15	98	1	156	7	1	9	793	98	3.73	1.467	8.3	0.7	4.9	7.8	1.59
4	SP	Mike Kilkenny*	25	7	6	.538	5.16	36	21	5	3	0	0	129.0	141	77	74	10	70	0	105	2	1	3	588	73	3.69	1.636	9.8	0.7	4.9	7.3	1.50
5	SP	Earl Wilson	35	4	6	.400	4.41	18	16	0	4	1	0	96.0	87	53	47	15	32	1	74	2	0	0	404	86	4.19	1.240	8.2	1.4	3.0	6.9	2.31
6	SP	Denny McLain	26	3	5	.375	4.63	14	14	0	1	0	0	91.1	100	51	47	19	28	0	52	3	1	0	402	81	5.22	1.401	9.9	1.9	2.8	5.1	1.86
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
7	CL	Tom Timmermann	30	6	7	.462	4.11	61	0	43	0	0	27	85.1	90	44	39	3	34	11	49	2	0	4	378	92	3.21	1.453	9.5	0.3	3.6	5.2	1.44
8	RP	John Hiller*	27	6	6	.500	3.03	47	5	18	1	1	3	104.0	82	39	35	12	46	4	89	2	0	3	432	124	3.81	1.231	7.1	1.0	4.0	7.7	1.93
9	RP	Daryl Patterson	26	7	1	.875	4.85	43	0	14	0	0	2	78.0	81	47	42	9	39	1	55	5	1	6	351	78	4.42	1.538	9.3	1.0	4.5	6.3	1.41
10	RP	Fred Scherman*	25	4	4	.500	3.23	48	0	20	0	0	1	69.2	61	28	25	5	28	3	58	1	1	6	290	117	3.15	1.278	7.9	0.6	3.6	7.5	2.07
11	RP	Norm McRae	22	0	0		2.87	19	0	4	0	0	0	31.1	26	13	10	1	25	0	16	1	0	6	143	132	4.52	1.628	7.5	0.3	7.2	4.6	0.64
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
12		Bob Reed	25	2	4	.333	4.86	16	4	4	0	0	2	46.1	54	25	25	5	14	0	26	0	0	1	201	78	3.83	1.468	10.5	1.0	2.7	5.1	1.86
13		Jerry Robertson	26	0	0		3.68	11	0	5	0	0	0	14.2	19	8	6	1	5	1	11	0	0	1	69	105	3.05	1.636	11.7	0.6	3.1	6.8	2.20
14		Dennis Saunders	21	1	1	.500	3.21	8	0	4	0	0	1	14.0	16	5	5	1	5	1	8	1	0	0	64	120	3.71	1.500	10.3	0.6	3.2	5.1	1.60
15		Lerrin LaGrow	21	0	1	.000	7.30	10	0	2	0	0	0	12.1	16	11	10	2	6	0	7	0	0	1	59	53	5.07	1.784	11.7	1.5	4.4	5.1	1.17
16		Fred Lasher	28	1	3	.250	5.00	12	0	8	0	0	3	9.0	10	6	5	0	12	1	8	1	0	1	50	79	5.19	2.444	10.0	0.0	12.0	8.0	0.67
		Team Totals	26.5	79	83	.488	4.09	162	162	129	33	7	39	1447.1	1443	731	658	153	623	31	1045	35	5	56	6319	92	3.93	1.427	9.0	1.0	3.9	6.5	1.68
		Rank in 12 AL teams		7	6		10				5	7	7	8	11	10	10	8	10		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