1970 Detroit Tigers Roster (40-man)

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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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Gates Brown	31	us US	L	R	5' 11"	220	May 2, 1939	8	81	26	81	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0	0	26	55	0	-0.3
Ike Brown	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Apr 13, 1942	2	56	24	56	27	0	0	0	23	1	0	3	0	1	4	29	1	0.2
Les Cain	22	us US	L	L	6' 1"	200	Jan 13, 1948	2	29	29	29	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9
Norm Cash	36	us US	L	L	6' 0"	185	Nov 10, 1933	13	130	100	130	114	0	0	114	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	2.1
Kevin Collins	23	us US	L	R	6' 1"	180	Aug 4, 1946	5	25	1	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0	0.0	$14,000
Bill Freehan	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	203	Nov 29, 1941	9	117	110	117	114	0	114	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2.9		All-Star
César Gutiérrez	27	ve VE	R	R	5' 9"	155	Jan 26, 1943	3	135	127	135	135	0	0	0	0	0	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2.0	$15,000
John Hiller	27	ca CA	R	L	6' 1"	185	Apr 8, 1943	6	47	5	47	47	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5
Willie Horton	27	us US	R	R	5' 11"	209	Oct 18, 1942	8	96	96	96	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	94	0	4	96	0	0	1.9		All-Star
Tim Hosley	23	us US	R	R	5' 11"	185	May 10, 1947	1st	7	3	7	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.1
Dalton Jones	26	us US	L	R	6' 1"	180	Dec 10, 1943	7	89	44	89	62	0	0	10	35	18	0	0	0	0	0	37	3	0.1	$33,000
Al Kaline HOF	35	us US	R	R	6' 1"	175	Dec 19, 1934	18	131	123	131	129	0	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	91	91	3	0	3.2	$90,000
Mike Kilkenny	25	ca CA	R	L	6' 3"	175	Apr 11, 1945	2	37	21	37	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-0.5
Lerrin LaGrow	21	us US	R	R	6' 5"	220	Jul 8, 1948	1st	10	0	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Gene Lamont	23	us US	L	R	6' 1"	195	Dec 25, 1946	1st	15	12	15	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Fred Lasher	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Aug 19, 1941	5	12	0	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Mickey Lolich	29	us US	B	L	6' 1"	170	Sep 12, 1940	8	42	39	42	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4.7	$60,000
Elliott Maddox	22	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Dec 21, 1947	1st	109	63	109	93	0	0	0	1	41	19	28	1	9	37	25	5	0.1
Dick McAuliffe	30	us US	L	R	5' 11"	176	Nov 29, 1939	11	146	133	146	143	0	0	0	127	12	15	0	0	0	0	12	1	3.0
Denny McLain	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Mar 29, 1944	8	14	14	14	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$90,000
Norm McRae	22	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Sep 26, 1947	2	19	0	19	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	$8,100
Russ Nagelson	25	us US	L	R	6' 0"	205	Sep 19, 1944	3	28	3	28	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	4	24	0	-0.2
Joe Niekro	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Nov 7, 1944	4	39	34	39	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.1	$23,000
Jim Northrup	30	us US	L	R	6' 3"	190	Nov 24, 1939	7	139	135	139	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	38	79	136	4	0	1.6
Daryl Patterson	26	us US	L	R	6' 4"	192	Nov 21, 1943	3	43	0	43	43	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Jim Price	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	192	Oct 13, 1941	4	52	37	52	38	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	-0.5
Bob Reed	25	us US	R	R	5' 10"	175	Jan 12, 1945	2	17	4	17	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.2
Jerry Robertson	26	us US	B	R	6' 2"	205	Oct 13, 1943	2	11	0	11	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$15,000
Dennis Saunders	21	us US	B	R	6' 3"	195	Jan 4, 1949	1st	8	0	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Fred Scherman	25	us US	L	L	6' 1"	195	Jul 25, 1944	2	48	0	48	48	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.4
Mickey Stanley	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jul 20, 1942	7	142	132	142	140	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	132	0	132	5	3	1.7
Ken Szotkiewicz	23	us US	L	R	6' 0"	165	Feb 25, 1947	1st	47	27	47	44	0	0	0	0	0	44	0	0	0	0	4	0	-0.1
Tom Timmermann	30	us US	R	R	6' 4"	215	May 12, 1940	2	61	0	61	61	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Don Wert	31	us US	R	R	5' 10"	162	Jul 29, 1938	8	128	100	128	118	0	0	0	2	117	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	-1.6	$29,000
Earl Wilson	35	us US	R	R	6' 3"	216	Oct 2, 1934	11	18	16	18	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Mayo Smith	55	us US	Jan 17, 1915	Manager	Apr 6	Oct 1
Mike Roarke	39	us US	Nov 8, 1930	Pitching	Apr 6	Oct 1
Len Okrie	46	us US	Jul 16, 1923	Bullpen	Apr 6	Oct 1
Wally Moses	59	us US	Oct 8, 1910	First base	Apr 6	Oct 1
Grover Resinger	54	us US	Nov 20, 1915	Third base	Apr 6	Oct 1
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date