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1973 Detroit Tigers Statistics

1972 Season 1974 Season

Record: 85-77-0, Finished 3rd in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Billy Martin (71-63) and Joe Schultz (14-14)

General Manager: Jim Campbell

Scouting Director: Ed Katalinas

Ballpark: Tiger Stadium

Attendance: 1,724,146 (1st of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 106
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100

Pythagorean W-L: 77-85, 642 Runs, 674 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	31	110	435	380	33	89	10	1	6	29	0	0	40	30	.234	.323	.313	.636	76	119	13	11	1	3	2
2	1B	Norm Cash*	39	121	420	363	51	95	19	0	19	40	1	0	47	73	.262	.357	.471	.828	127	171	6	8	0	2	7
3	2B	Dick McAuliffe*	33	106	395	343	39	94	18	1	12	47	0	4	49	52	.274	.366	.437	.804	121	150	2	1	2	0	5
4	SS	Ed Brinkman	31	162	566	515	55	122	16	4	7	40	0	1	34	79	.237	.284	.324	.609	67	167	22	1	14	2	1
5	3B	Aurelio Rodríguez	25	160	599	555	46	123	27	3	9	58	3	1	31	85	.222	.266	.330	.596	63	183	10	3	9	1	0
6	LF	Willie Horton	30	111	443	411	42	130	19	3	17	53	1	4	23	57	.316	.362	.501	.863	136	206	14	7	1	1	5
7	CF	Mickey Stanley	30	157	661	602	81	147	23	5	17	57	0	4	48	65	.244	.297	.384	.681	87	231	11	0	5	6	4
8	RF	Jim Northrup*	33	119	447	404	55	124	14	7	12	44	4	4	38	41	.307	.366	.465	.832	128	188	8	1	2	2	6
9	DH	Gates Brown*	34	125	433	377	48	89	11	1	12	50	1	1	52	41	.236	.328	.366	.694	91	138	15	1	0	3	6
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
10	UT	Al Kaline	38	91	347	310	40	79	13	0	10	45	4	1	29	28	.255	.320	.394	.713	96	122	10	3	0	5	4
11	2B	Tony Taylor	37	84	302	275	35	63	9	3	5	24	9	5	17	29	.229	.276	.338	.614	68	93	8	1	8	1	0
12	C	Duke Sims*	32	80	288	252	31	61	10	0	8	30	1	2	30	36	.242	.324	.377	.701	93	95	5	2	1	3	1
13	DH	Frank Howard	36	85	251	227	26	58	9	1	12	29	0	1	24	28	.256	.327	.463	.789	115	105	12	0	0	0	4
14	RF	Dick Sharon	23	91	190	178	20	43	9	0	7	16	2	0	10	31	.242	.280	.410	.691	88	73	5	0	1	1	0
15	UT	Rich Reese*	31	59	110	102	10	14	1	0	2	4	0	0	7	17	.137	.193	.206	.399	10	21	2	0	1	0	1
16	UT	Ike Brown	31	42	91	76	12	22	2	1	1	9	0	1	15	13	.289	.407	.382	.788	119	29	2	0	0	0	1
17	UT	Ron Cash	23	14	46	39	8	16	1	1	0	6	0	0	5	5	.410	.467	.487	.954	163	19	1	0	1	1	0
18	2B	John Knox*	24	12	37	32	1	9	1	0	0	3	1	1	3	3	.281	.343	.313	.655	82	10	0	0	2	0	0
19	C	Bob Didier#	24	7	25	22	3	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	.455	.520	.500	1.020	183	11	0	0	0	0	0
20	SS	Tom Veryzer	20	18	22	20	1	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	4	.300	.364	.400	.764	110	8	0	0	0	0	0
21	1B	Joe Staton*	25	9	17	17	2	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	.235	.235	.235	.471	30	4	0	0	0	0	0
22	OF	Marv Lane	23	6	10	8	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	2	.250	.400	.625	1.025	179	5	1	0	0	0	0
23	DH	John Gamble	25	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Ed Farmer	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Gary Ignasiak*	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Dave Lemanczyk	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Jim Perry#	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Joe Coleman	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Fred Scherman*	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Fred Holdsworth	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Mickey Lolich#	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Tom Timmermann	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Bill Slayback	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Chuck Seelbach	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Bob Miller	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Lerrin LaGrow	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	John Hiller	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Mike Strahler	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Woodie Fryman	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	31.8	162	6135	5508	642	1400	213	32	157	592	28	30	509	722	.254	.320	.390	.710	95	2148	147	39	48	31	47
		Rank in 12 AL teams				6	9	8	8	6	2		12	1	8	3	10	9	3	7		5		3		12
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*	32	16	15	.516	3.82	42	42	0	17	3	0	308.2	315	143	131	35	79	7	214	5	0	12	1286	106	3.47	1.276	9.2	1.0	2.3	6.2	2.71
2	SP	Joe Coleman	26	23	15	.605	3.53	40	40	0	13	2	0	288.1	283	125	113	32	93	2	202	10	0	6	1219	115	3.68	1.304	8.8	1.0	2.9	6.3	2.17
3	SP	Jim Perry	37	14	13	.519	4.03	35	34	0	7	1	0	203.0	225	96	91	22	55	5	66	4	0	2	867	101	4.20	1.379	10.0	1.0	2.4	2.9	1.20
4	SP	Woodie Fryman*	33	6	13	.316	5.36	34	29	1	1	0	0	169.2	200	106	101	23	64	5	119	3	1	5	753	76	4.11	1.556	10.6	1.2	3.4	6.3	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
5	CL	John Hiller*	30	10	5	.667	1.44	65	0	60	0	0	38	125.1	89	21	20	7	39	7	124	0	0	1	498	283	2.25	1.021	6.4	0.5	2.8	8.9	3.18
6	RP	Mike Strahler	26	4	5	.444	4.37	22	11	2	1	0	0	80.1	84	45	39	7	39	1	37	1	0	10	350	93	4.27	1.531	9.4	0.8	4.4	4.1	0.95
7	RP	Fred Scherman*	28	2	2	.500	4.23	34	0	17	0	0	1	61.2	59	30	29	6	30	4	28	3	1	3	266	96	4.53	1.443	8.6	0.9	4.4	4.1	0.93
8	RP	Ed Farmer	23	3	0	1.000	5.00	24	0	12	0	0	2	45.0	52	26	25	3	27	0	28	2	0	0	209	82	4.12	1.756	10.4	0.6	5.4	5.6	1.04
9	RP	Bob Miller	34	4	2	.667	3.43	22	0	10	0	0	1	42.0	34	16	16	3	22	2	23	0	0	1	174	119	3.97	1.333	7.3	0.6	4.7	4.9	1.05
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		Lerrin LaGrow	24	1	5	.167	4.33	21	3	7	0	0	3	54.0	54	26	26	8	23	2	33	1	0	3	234	94	4.60	1.426	9.0	1.3	3.8	5.5	1.43
11		Tom Timmermann	33	1	1	.500	3.69	17	1	7	0	0	1	39.0	39	17	16	4	11	1	21	0	0	2	163	111	3.67	1.282	9.0	0.9	2.5	4.8	1.91
12		Fred Holdsworth	21	0	1	.000	6.75	5	2	3	0	0	0	14.2	13	11	11	3	6	0	9	0	0	2	62	62	5.23	1.295	8.0	1.8	3.7	5.5	1.50
13		Chuck Seelbach	25	1	0	1.000	3.86	5	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	3	3	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	31	111	4.71	1.286	9.0	1.3	2.6	2.6	1.00
14		Gary Ignasiak*	23	0	0		3.86	3	0	3	0	0	0	4.2	5	2	2	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	22	114	2.78	1.714	9.6	0.0	5.8	7.7	1.33
15		Dave Lemanczyk	22	0	0		11.57	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	41	2.57	1.714	15.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
16		Bill Slayback	25	0	0		4.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	13	107	3.07	2.500	22.5	0.0	0.0	4.5
		Team Totals	30.3	85	77	.525	3.90	162	162	123	39	6	46	1447.2	1468	674	627	154	493	37	911	30	2	48	6158	104	3.77	1.355	9.1	1.0	3.1	5.7	1.85
		Rank in 12 AL teams		5	8		8				11	7	1	9	7	6	8	10	3		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