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Record: 86-70 .551.... 1st in American League East
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Playoffs: Lost ALCS (Athletics)
Attendance: 1,892,386

Top Draft Pick: Jerry Manuel (#20) MLB
Manager - Billy Martin

Team Leaders

HR: Cash [22]
RBI: Cash [61]
2B: Rodriguez [23]
SB: Taylor [5]
W: Lolich [22]
SV: Seelbach [14]
SO: Lolich [250]

Oldest Player: Norm Cash [37]
Youngest Player: Fred Holdsworth [20]
Longest Tenure: Al Kaline [20]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Ike Blessitt (Sep 7) John Gamble (Sep 7) Paul Jata (Apr 19) John Knox (Aug 1) Joe Staton (Sep 5)
Pitchers: Fred Holdsworth (Jul 27) Don Leshnock (Jun 7) Phil Meeler (May 10) Bill Slayback (Jun 26) Bob Strampe (May 10)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	Bill Freehan	30	111	374	51	98	18	2	10	56	0	1	48	51	6	0	1	1	7	.262	.354	.401	755
1B	Norm Cash	37	137	440	51	114	16	0	22	61	0	2	50	64	4	13	4	3	9	.259	.338	.445	783
2B	Dick McAuliffe	32	122	408	47	98	16	3	8	30	0	0	59	59	2	7	1	0	2	.240	.339	.353	692
3B	Aurelio Rodriguez	24	153	601	65	142	23	5	13	56	2	3	28	104	2	4	7	1	14	.236	.272	.356	628
SS	Ed Brinkman	30	156	516	42	105	19	1	6	49	0	0	38	51	3	9	7	7	14	.203	.259	.279	538
OF	Mickey Stanley	29	142	435	45	102	16	6	14	55	1	0	29	49	0	8	3	8	15	.234	.278	.395	673
OF	Jim Northrup	32	134	426	40	111	15	2	8	42	4	7	38	47	2	6	3	0	16	.261	.324	.362	686
OF	Willie Horton	29	108	333	44	77	9	5	11	36	0	0	27	47	3	5	2	2	8	.231	.293	.387	680

OF	Al Kaline	37	106	278	46	87	11	2	10	32	1	0	28	33	2	5	1	5	11	.313	.374	.475	849
P	Mickey Lolich	31	41	89	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	39	1	0	11	0	3	.067	.245	.067	312
OF	Gates Brown	33	103	252	33	58	5	0	10	31	3	0	26	28	2	3	0	3	7	.230	.304	.369	673
P	Joe Coleman	25	40	82	5	9	0	0	0	5	0	1	5	30	0	0	15	0	3	.110	.161	.110	271
2B	Tony Taylor	36	78	228	33	69	12	4	1	20	5	1	14	34	2	0	1	2	8	.303	.346	.404	750
P	Tom Timmermann	32	35	44	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	25	1	0	2	0	0	.136	.208	.136	344
C	Tom Haller	35	59	121	7	25	5	2	2	13	0	1	15	14	0	4	2	1	1	.207	.292	.331	623
P	Fred Scherman	27	57	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.130	.091	221
C	Duke Sims	31	38	98	11	31	4	0	4	19	0	0	19	18	1	0	3	0	1	.316	.432	.480	912
P	Chuck Seelbach	24	61	21	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.280	.238	518
OF-1B	Ike Brown	30	51	84	12	21	3	0	2	10	1	2	17	23	0	1	0	0	5	.250	.376	.357	733
P	Joe Niekro	27	18	12	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.308	.333	641
1B-OF	Paul Jata	22	32	74	8	17	2	0	0	3	0	1	7	14	0	0	1	0	1	.230	.296	.257	553
P	Les Cain	24	5	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286
P	Woodie Fryman	32	16	40	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	4	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250
P	Bill Gilbreth	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
1B	Frank Howard	35	14	33	1	8	1	0	1	7	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.324	.364	688
P	Ron Perranoski	36	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Bill Slayback	24	23	23	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	.174	.174	.174	348
P	Jim Foor	23	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
2B	John Knox	23	14	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.154	297
P	Mike Kilkenny	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Wayne Comer	28	27	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.111	.100	.111	211
	Dalton Jones	28	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
OF	Marvin Lane	22	8	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
OF	Ike Blessitt	22	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	John Hiller	29	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
SS	John Gamble	24	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Fred Holdsworth	20	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666
P	Phil Meeler	23	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
1B	Joe Staton	24	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Chris Zachary	28	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1167
P	Lerrin LaGrow	23	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
C	Gene Lamont	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Don Leshnock	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Bob Strampe	22	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			156	5099	558	1206	179	32	122	531	17	21	483	793	31	65	74	34	125	.237	.305	.356	661