1971 Detroit Tigers Statistics and Roster

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1971 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970/1972)
91-71, Finished 2nd in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 701 runs, Allowed 645 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75
Managed by Billy Martin

Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,591,073 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 105, Pitching - 105
  (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 96
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 Stats (1970/1972) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Bill Freehan        29  148  516   57  143  26  4  21   71  54   48  .277  .353  .465   2   7  13   9   3   4   9  126
1B *Norm Cash           36  135  452   72  128  10  3  32   91  59   86  .283  .372  .531   1   0   5   7   1   4   7  149
2B *Dick McAuliffe      31  128  477   67   99  16  6  18   57  53   67  .208  .293  .379   4   1   8   5   1   1   4   86
3B  Aurelio Rodriguez   23  154  604   68  153  30  7  15   39  27   93  .253  .288  .401   4   6  14   3   3   2   6   90
SS  Ed Brinkman         29  159  527   40  120  18  2   1   37  44   54  .228  .293  .275   1   4  14   7   6   5   7   59
LF  Willie Horton       28  119  450   64  130  25  1  22   72  37   75  .289  .349  .496   1   5  15   7   0   4   8  133
CF  Mickey Stanley      28  139  401   43  117  14  5   7   41  24   44  .292  .329  .404   1   3   7   0   3   4   5  103
RF  Al Kaline           36  133  405   69  119  19  2  15   54  82   57  .294  .416  .462   4   6  12   7   1   6   9  144
   *Jim Northrup        31  136  459   72  124  27  2  16   71  60   43  .270  .355  .442   7   4  14   2   0   3   9  121
   *Gates Brown         32   82  195   37   66   2  3  11   29  21   17  .338  .408  .549   4   2   4   2   0   0   2  164
    Tony Taylor         35   55  181   27   52  10  2   3   19  12   11  .287  .335  .414   5   1   4   1   2   0   1  108
   *Dalton Jones        27   83  138   15   35   5  0   5   11   9   21  .254  .304  .399   1   3   3   1   0   0   1   94
    Ike Brown           29   59  110   20   28   1  0   8   19  19   25  .255  .359  .482   0   1   4   0   1   2   1  132
    Jim Price           29   29   54    4   13   2  0   1    7   6    3  .241  .323  .333   0   0   3   1   0   1   1   83
   *Kevin Collins       24   35   41    6   11   2  1   1    4   0   12  .268  .268  .439   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   94
    Cesar Gutierrez     28   38   37    8    7   0  0   0    4   0    3  .189  .211  .189   0   0   0   1   1   0   0   12
    Tim Hosley          24    7   16    2    3   0  0   2    6   0    1  .188  .188  .563   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  102
   *Gene Lamont         24    7   15    2    1   0  0   0    1   0    5  .067  .067  .067   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -63
    Marvin Lane         21    8   14    0    2   0  0   0    1   1    3  .143  .200  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -3
   *John Young          22    2    4    1    2   1  0   0    1   0    0  .500  .500  .750   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  244

   #Mickey Lolich       30   45  115    9   15   2  0   0    7  16   55  .130  .242  .148   0   0   4   1  16   0   0   11
    Joe Coleman         24   39   96    1    9   2  0   0    2   6   39  .094  .146  .115   0   0   3   0   9   1   0  -27
   *Les Cain            23   27   55    7    8   1  0   1    2   1   23  .145  .161  .218   0   0   0   0   2   0   0    5
    Joe Niekro          26   32   30    5    4   1  0   0    2   2    9  .133  .188  .167   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   -1
    Mike Kilkenny       26   30   24    0    2   0  0   0    0   0   14  .083  .083  .083   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -53
   *Fred Scherman       26   69   24    3    5   0  0   0    4   3    9  .208  .321  .208   0   0   0   1   2   0   0   50
    Dean Chance         30   31   21    0    0   0  0   0    0   0   16  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Tom Timmermann      31   52   19    2    1   0  0   0    0   1   11  .053  .100  .053   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -56
   *Bill Gilbreth       23    9   11    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    7  .182  .182  .182   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    2
    Bill Zepp           24   16    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Bill Denehy         25   31    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   3    0  .000  .600  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   80
    Jim Hannan          31    7    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Ron Perranoski      35   11    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jack Whillock       28    7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.5  162 5502  701 1399 214 38 179  652 540  854  .254  .321  .405  35  43 129  55  62  37  70  111
    Rank among 12 AL teams         1    2    2   3  3   1        8    7     3     4     1  12   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Mickey Lolich       30  45   2.92  25  14  0  45   0  29   4  376.0  336  133  122  36   92  308 1538   7   7  0   2 125
SP  Joe Coleman         24  39   3.15  20   9  0  38   0  16   3  286.0  241  106  100  17   96  236 1174   7   7  1   3 116
SP *Les Cain            23  26   4.35  10   9  0  26   0   3   1  144.7  121   77   70  14   91  118  635   6   6  1   1  84
SP *Bill Gilbreth       23   9   4.80   2   1  0   5   0   2   0   30.0   28   17   16   4   21   14  133   1   2  0   1  76

CL *Fred Scherman       26  69   2.71  11   6 20   1  40   1   0  113.0   91   38   34  11   49   46  464   2   5  0   7 134
RP  Tom Timmermann      31  52   3.86   7   6  4   2  23   0   0   84.0   82   36   36   6   37   51  362   2   3  0   3  94
RP  Bill Denehy         25  31   4.22   0   3  1   1  10   0   0   49.0   47   25   23   4   28   27  224   1   4  0   0  86
RP *Mike Kilkenny       26  30   5.00   4   5  1  11   5   2   0   86.3   83   52   48   8   44   47  387   4   2  0   3  73
RP  Dean Chance         30  31   3.51   4   6  0  14   5   0   0   89.7   91   43   35   5   50   64  405   4   4  1   4 104

    Joe Niekro          26  31   4.49   6   7  1  15   5   0   0  122.3  136   62   61  13   49   43  540   2   2  0   3  81
    Bill Zepp           24  16   5.12   1   1  2   4   4   0   0   31.7   41   20   18   2   17   15  150   1   3  0   3  71
   *Ron Perranoski      35  11   2.50   0   1  2   0   7   0   0   18.0   16    9    5   2    3    8   72   0   1  0   1 146
    Jim Hannan          31   7   3.27   1   0  0   0   3   0   0   11.0    7    4    4   1    7    6   46   1   1  0   0 111
    Daryl Patterson     27  12   4.82   0   1  0   0   3   0   0    9.3   14    7    5   1    6    5   48   2   1  2   1  76
    Jack Whillock       28   7   5.63   0   2  1   0   2   0   0    8.0   10    5    5   0    2    6   35   0   0  0   0  65
    Dave Boswell        26   3   6.23   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.3    3    3    3   0    6    3   22   0   0  0   0  58
    Chuck Seelbach      23   5  13.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.0    6    6    6   2    7    1   24   0   1  0   0  27
   *Jim Foor            22   3  18.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    2    2    2   0    4    2    9   0   0  0   0  20
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.7 162   3.63  91  71 32 162 109  53  11 1468.0 1355  645  592 126  609 1000 6268  40  49  5  32 100
    Rank among 12 AL teams          8   3  10  4           4   7      3    8    8        5   11    1

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BFreehan 1265 142 144 912 50 4 6 .996 7 31 67 36 JPrice 137 13 25 99 7 2 2 .981 3 6 12 5 GLamont 41 4 7 38 2 2 0 .952 2 1 1 1 THosley 24 3 4 21 0 0 0 1.000 0 2 1 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1468 162 162 1070 59 8 8 .993 12 40 81 42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- NCash 1104 122 131 1020 75 9 105 .992 8.92 JNorthrup 208 22 32 236 16 5 23 .981 10.90 IBrown 112 16 17 104 7 0 5 1.000 8.86 AKaline 29 2 5 27 1 0 3 1.000 8.69 JYoung 6 0 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 10.50 THosley 5 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 DJones 3 0 3 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1468 162 162 1403 99 14 137 .991 9.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DMcAuliffe 1033 117 123 322 308 8 86 .987 5.49 TTaylor 382 38 51 114 107 1 29 .995 5.20 IBrown 42 6 8 12 13 1 3 .962 5.36 CGutierrez 5 1 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 5.40 DJones 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 KCollins 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1468 162 162 451 431 10 119 .989 5.41 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *3.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ARodriguez 1322 148 153 127 341 23 33 .953 3.19 DJones 81 10 13 4 16 2 2 .909 2.22 IBrown 26 2 4 6 6 1 2 .923 4.15 KCollins 17 1 4 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.18 CGutierrez 12 0 5 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.93 TTaylor 10 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1468 162 162 140 373 26 38 .952 3.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *4.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EBrinkman 1395 158 159 235 513 15 91 .980 4.82 CGutierrez 59 4 14 11 22 1 2 .971 5.01 DMcAuliffe 10 0 7 4 2 0 1 1.000 5.24 ARodriguez 3 0 1 1 3 0 2 1.000 12.00 IBrown 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1468 162 162 252 541 16 96 .980 4.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WHorton 837 92 107 143 8 6 1 .962 1.62 GBrown 372 49 56 68 2 1 0 .986 1.69 JNorthrup 126 5 42 27 0 1 0 .964 1.93 DJones 64 8 10 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.97 IBrown 53 7 8 10 0 1 0 .909 1.70 MLane 11 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 KCollins 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 BFreehan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1468 162 162 267 10 9 1 .969 1.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MStanley 976 98 139 315 9 4 3 .988 2.99 JNorthrup 482 63 68 124 2 3 0 .977 2.35 AKaline 10 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1468 162 162 444 11 7 3 .985 2.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AKaline 967 104 128 203 6 0 0 1.000 1.95 JNorthrup 253 26 42 52 1 0 0 1.000 1.88 WHorton 175 25 29 33 0 1 0 .971 1.70 DJones 47 5 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 MLane 20 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 KCollins 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 IBrown 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1468 162 162 298 7 1 0 .997 1.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.24 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- WHorton 1012 117 118 176 8 7 1 .963 1.64 AKaline 977 105 129 207 6 0 0 1.000 1.96 MStanley 976 98 139 315 10 4 3 .988 3.00 JNorthrup 862 94 108 205 4 4 0 .981 2.18 GBrown 372 49 56 68 2 1 0 .986 1.69 DJones 111 13 16 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.37 IBrown 54 7 9 10 0 1 0 .909 1.67 MLane 31 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 KCollins 8 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 BFreehan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1468 162 162 1007 30 17 4 .984 2.12 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MLolich 376 45 45 9 40 1 2 .980 1.17 JColeman 286 38 39 18 32 3 2 .943 1.57 LCain 144 26 26 5 19 1 2 .960 1.49 JNiekro 122 15 31 9 25 1 1 .971 2.50 FScherman 113 1 69 7 23 0 1 1.000 2.39 DChance 89 14 31 6 16 6 0 .786 2.21 MKilkenny 86 11 30 4 14 2 0 .900 1.88 TTimmermann 84 2 52 4 14 0 2 1.000 1.93 BDenehy 49 1 31 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.84 BZepp 31 4 16 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.56 BGilbreth 30 5 9 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.40 RPerranoski 18 0 11 0 2 1 0 .667 1.00 JHannan 11 0 7 1 5 0 1 1.000 4.91 DPatterson 9 0 12 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.94 JWhillock 8 0 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 DBoswell 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.19 CSeelbach 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JFoor 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1468 162 162 72 214 15 11 .950 1.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Cash .283

On-base % Cash .372

Slugging % Cash .531

OPS Cash .903

Games Brinkman 159

At Bats Rodriguez 604

Plate Appearances (approx.) Rodriguez 639

Runs Cash and Northrup 72

Hits Rodriguez 153

Total Bases Rodriguez 242

Doubles Rodriguez 30

Triples Rodriguez 7

Home Runs Cash 32

RBI Cash 91

Bases on Balls Kaline 82

Strikeouts Rodriguez 93

Stolen Bases Northrup 7

Singles Rodriguez 101

Adjusted OPS+ Cash 149

Runs Created Cash 93

Adjusted Batting Runs Kaline and Cash 29

Batting Wins Kaline 3.1

Extra-Base Hits Rodriguez 52

Times on Base Kaline 208

Offensive Win% Cash .757

Hit By Pitch Freehan 9

Sac. Hits Lolich 16

Sac. Flies Kaline 6

Intentional Walks Freehan, Kaline, and Northrup 9

Grounded into Double Plays Horton 15

Caught Stealing Freehan 7

Power/Speed Number Northrup 9.7

At Bats per Strikeout Freehan 10.8

At Bats per Home Run Cash 14.1

Outs Rodriguez 476

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Lolich 2.92

Wins Lolich 25

Won-Loss % Coleman .690

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Lolich 1.138

Hits Allowed/9IP Coleman 7.58

Bases on Balls/9IP Lolich 2.20

Strikeouts/9IP Coleman 7.43

Games Scherman 69

Saves Scherman 20

Innings Lolich 376.0

Strikeouts Lolich 308

Games Started Lolich 45

Comp. Games Lolich 29

Shutouts Lolich 4

Home Runs Allow. Lolich 36

Bases On Balls Allow. Coleman 96

Hits Allowed Lolich 336

SO to Walk Lolich 3.35

Losses Lolich 14

Earned Runs Allow. Lolich 122

Wild Pitches Coleman and Lolich 7

Hit Batsmen Coleman and Lolich 7

Batters Faced Lolich 1538

Games Finished Scherman 40

Adjusted ERA+ Lolich 125

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Norm Cash (Starting 1B)
Bill Freehan (Starting C)
Al Kaline
Mickey Lolich

1970/1972

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