1972 DETROIT TIGERS

| Level: MLB

Location: Detroit,MI
Team Record: 86-70 .551
Result: 1st in American League - East Division
Manager(s): Billy Martin
General Manager: Jim Campbell
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Attendance: 1,892,386
Playoffs: Lost ALCS (Athletics)

Detroit Tigers affiliate history

Oldest Player: Norm Cash (37)
Youngest Player: Fred Holdsworth (20)
Longest Tenure: Al Kaline (20)
Top Hitter: Aurelio Rodriguez (28)
Top Pitcher: Mickey Lolich (3)
Top Draft Pick: Jerry Manuel (#20)

Roster Continuity: 86.15%

American League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
Detroit	86	70	.551	--
Boston	85	70	.548	0.5
Baltimore	80	74	.519	5.0
NY Yankees	79	76	.510	6.5
Cleveland	72	84	.462	14.0
Milwaukee	65	91	.417	21.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
4	Aurelio Rodriguez	3b	28	24	UDFA: 1966	MLB	153	601	65	142	23	5	13	56	2	3	28	104	2	4	7	1	14	.236	.272	.356	628	214	639	484	56	3.1	.266
8	Ed Brinkman	ss	36	30	UDFA: 1961	MLB	156	516	42	105	19	1	6	49	0	0	38	51	3	9	7	7	14	.203	.259	.279	538	144	571	439	37	2.3	.212
25	Norm Cash	1b	33	37	UDFA: 1955	MLB	137	440	51	114	16	0	22	61	0	2	50	64	4	13	4	3	9	.259	.338	.445	783	196	501	344	71	5.5	.258
24	Mickey Stanley	of	44	29	UDFA: 1961	MLB	142	435	45	102	16	6	14	55	1	0	29	49	0	8	3	8	15	.234	.278	.395	673	172	475	359	51	3.9	.232
5	Jim Northrup	of	-	32	UDFA: 1961	MLB	134	426	40	111	15	2	8	42	4	7	38	47	2	6	3	0	16	.261	.324	.362	686	154	469	341	49	3.9	.278
3	Dick McAuliffe	2b-ss	85	32	UDFA: 1957	MLB	122	408	47	98	16	3	8	30	0	0	59	59	2	7	1	0	2	.240	.339	.353	692	144	470	313	57	4.9	.264
11	Bill Freehan	c	71	30	UDFA: 1961	MLB	111	374	51	98	18	2	10	56	0	1	48	51	6	0	1	1	7	.262	.354	.401	755	150	430	286	60	5.6	.280
33	Willie Horton	of	68	29	UDFA: 1962	MLB	108	333	44	77	9	5	11	36	0	0	27	47	3	5	2	2	8	.231	.293	.387	681	129	367	268	40	4.1	.238
35	Al Kaline	of	87	37	UDFA: 1953	MLB	106	278	46	87	11	2	10	32	1	0	28	33	2	5	1	5	11	.313	.374	.475	849	132	314	208	52	6.7	.321
26	Gates Brown	of	-	33	UDFA: 1960	MLB	103	252	33	58	5	0	10	31	3	0	26	28	2	3	0	3	7	.230	.304	.369	673	93	283	204	31	4.1	.221
10	Tony Taylor	2b-3b	-	36	UDFA: 1955	MLB	78	228	33	69	12	4	1	20	5	1	14	34	2	0	1	2	8	.303	.346	.404	749	92	247	171	33	5.3	.349
14	Tom Haller	c	-	35	UDFA: 1958	MLB	59	121	7	25	5	2	2	13	0	1	15	14	0	4	2	1	1	.207	.292	.331	623	40	139	101	13	3.6	.217
12	Duke Sims	c	-	31	UDFA: 1959	MLB	38	98	11	31	4	0	4	19	0	0	19	18	1	0	3	0	1	.316	.432	.480	912	47	121	71	22	8.5	.355
29	Mickey Lolich	p	82	31	UDFA: 1959	MLB	41	89	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	39	1	0	11	0	3	.067	.245	.067	313	6	121	97	-3	-0.9	.120
9	Ike Brown	2b-1b	-	30	UDFA: 1962	MLB	51	84	12	21	3	0	2	10	1	2	17	23	0	1	0	0	5	.250	.376	.357	733	30	101	70	10	3.8	.322
15	Joe Coleman	p	57	25	1965-1-3	MLB	40	82	5	9	0	0	0	5	0	1	5	30	0	0	15	0	3	.110	.161	.110	271	9	102	92	-5	-1.4	.173
2	Paul Jata	1b-of	-	22	1967-5-95	MLB	32	74	8	17	2	0	0	3	0	1	7	14	0	0	1	0	1	.230	.296	.257	553	19	82	60	5	2.2	.283
28	Tom Timmermann	p	-	32	UDFA: 1960	MLB	35	44	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	25	1	0	2	0	0	.136	.208	.136	345	6	50	40	-2	-1.3	.316
38	Woodie Fryman	p	-	32	UDFA: 1965	MLB	16	40	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	4	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	5	44	39	-1	-1.0	.152
31	Frank Howard	of-1b	-	35	UDFA: 1958	MLB	14	33	1	8	1	0	1	7	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.324	.364	688	12	37	25	4	4.4	.292
44	Bill Slayback	p	-	24	1968-7-113	MLB	23	23	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	.174	.174	.174	348	4	25	21	0	-0.4	.235
39	Fred Scherman	p	-	27	UDFA: 1964	MLB	57	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.130	.091	221	2	24	21	-1	-1.9	.143
37	Chuck Seelbach	p	-	24	1970-5-114	MLB	61	21	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.280	.238	518	5	26	19	1	1.3	.300
30	John Knox	2b	-	23	1970-8-188	MLB	14	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.154	297	2	14	12	0	-0.2	.091
19	Joe Niekro	p	-	27	1966-7-84	MLB	18	12	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.308	.333	641	4	14	10	1	3.2	.375
42	Wayne Comer	of	-	28	-	MLB	27	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.111	.100	.111	211	1	10	10	-	-	.111
38	Les Cain	p	-	24	1966-4-74	MLB	5	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	1	8	7	0	-0.9	.200
6	Dalton Jones	2b-3b	-	28	UDFA: 1961	MLB	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	7	-	-	.000
43	Marvin Lane	of	-	22	1968-10-222	MLB	8	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
22	Ike Blessitt	of	-	22	1967-4-56	MLB	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
18	John Hiller	p	-	29	UDFA: 1963	MLB	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
23	Fred Holdsworth	p	-	20	1970-21-500	MLB	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	1	3	2	0	3.4	.500
40	John Gamble	ss	-	24	1966-2-39	MLB	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
47	Phil Meeler	p	-	23	-	MLB	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
42	Joe Staton	1b	-	24	UDFA: 1970	MLB	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	3	-1	-5.6	.000
35	Chris Zachary	p	-	28	UDFA: 1962	MLB	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1167	1	3	1	1	19.2	1.000
16	Ron Perranoski	p	-	36	UDFA: 1958	MLB	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
36	Bill Gilbreth	p	-	24	1969-3-67	MLB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (38 players)							156	5099	558	1206	179	32	122	531	17	21	483	793	31	65	74	34	125	.237	.305	.356	661	1815	5721	4147	572	3.7	.257

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
29	Mickey Lolich	3	31	UDFA: 1959	MLB	22	14	2.50	41	41	23	4	0	0	327.1	282	100	91	29	74	250	6	0	1.09	7.75	0.80	2.03	6.87	0.30	.273	0.89
15	Joe Coleman	12	25	1965-1-3	MLB	19	14	2.80	40	39	9	3	0	0	280.0	216	99	87	23	110	222	9	0	1.16	6.94	0.74	3.54	7.14	0.50	.253	0.85
28	Tom Timmermann	-	32	UDFA: 1960	MLB	8	10	2.89	34	25	3	2	3	0	149.2	121	57	48	12	41	88	3	0	1.08	7.28	0.72	2.47	5.29	0.47	.237	1.36
38	Woodie Fryman	-	32	UDFA: 1965	MLB	10	3	2.06	16	14	6	1	0	0	113.2	93	31	26	6	31	72	5	0	1.09	7.36	0.48	2.45	5.70	0.43	.253	1.03
37	Chuck Seelbach	35	24	1970-5-114	MLB	9	8	2.89	61	3	0	0	34	14	112.0	96	39	36	6	39	76	6	0	1.21	7.71	0.48	3.13	6.11	0.51	.280	1.20
39	Fred Scherman	41	27	UDFA: 1964	MLB	7	3	3.64	57	3	0	0	27	12	94.0	91	43	38	5	53	53	1	0	1.53	8.71	0.48	5.07	5.07	1.00	.307	0.90
44	Bill Slayback	-	24	1968-7-113	MLB	5	6	3.20	23	13	3	1	5	0	81.2	74	36	29	4	25	65	2	0	1.21	8.16	0.44	2.76	7.16	0.38	.290	1.59
19	Joe Niekro	-	27	1966-7-84	MLB	3	2	3.83	18	7	1	0	4	1	47.0	62	20	20	3	8	24	2	0	1.49	11.87	0.57	1.53	4.60	0.33	.366	0.88
18	John Hiller	-	29	UDFA: 1963	MLB	1	2	2.03	24	3	1	0	8	3	44.1	39	13	10	4	13	26	2	0	1.17	7.92	0.81	2.64	5.28	0.50	.254	0.72
35	Chris Zachary	-	28	UDFA: 1962	MLB	1	1	1.41	25	1	0	0	9	1	38.1	27	6	6	2	15	21	1	0	1.10	6.34	0.47	3.52	4.93	0.71	.225	0.72
33	Lerrin LaGrow	-	23	1969-6-137	MLB	0	1	1.32	16	0	0	0	6	2	27.1	22	4	4	0	6	9	1	0	1.02	7.24	0.00	1.98	2.96	0.67	.244	0.71
38	Les Cain	-	24	1966-4-74	MLB	0	3	3.80	5	5	0	0	0	0	23.2	18	12	10	2	16	16	0	0	1.44	6.85	0.76	6.08	6.08	1.00	.235	0.89
16	Ron Perranoski	-	36	UDFA: 1958	MLB	0	1	7.71	17	0	0	0	5	0	18.2	23	16	16	2	8	10	0	0	1.66	11.09	0.96	3.86	4.82	0.80	.333	1.15
47	Phil Meeler	-	23	-	MLB	0	1	4.32	7	0	0	0	2	0	8.1	10	6	4	0	7	5	1	0	2.04	10.80	0.00	7.56	5.40	1.40	.357	1.50
23	Fred Holdsworth	-	20	1970-21-500	MLB	0	1	12.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	13	10	10	0	2	5	1	0	2.14	16.71	0.00	2.57	6.43	0.40	.500	1.33
36	Bill Gilbreth	-	24	1969-3-67	MLB	0	0	16.20	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	10	9	9	1	4	2	0	0	2.80	18.00	1.80	7.20	3.60	2.00	.500	0.57
46	Bob Strampe	-	22	UDFA: 1969	MLB	0	0	11.57	7	0	0	0	4	0	4.2	6	6	6	0	7	4	0	0	2.79	11.57	0.00	13.50	7.71	1.75	.375	0.43
45	Jim Foor	-	23	1967-1-15	MLB	1	0	14.73	7	0	0	0	1	0	3.2	6	6	6	1	6	2	1	0	3.27	14.73	2.45	14.73	4.91	3.00	.357	1.25
7	Mike Kilkenny	-	27	UDFA: 1964	MLB	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	--	--	0.50
48	Don Leshnock	-	25	1968-23-527	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.00	18.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	0.00	.667	--
Totals: (38 players)						86	70	2.96	156	156	46	11	110	33	1,388	1212	514	457	122	465	952	41	0	1.22	7.86	0.65	3.01	6.17	0.49	.269

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Freehan	C	104	882	648	57	8	9	.989	7.19
Tom Haller	C	36	285	220	15	0	1	1.000	7.42
Duke Sims	C	25	218	145	10	1	1	.994	6.40
Paul Jata	C	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Gene Lamont	C	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Norm Cash	1B	134	1079	1060	70	8	102	.993	9.42
Ike Brown	1B	13	76	70	2	0	5	1.000	8.53
Paul Jata	1B	12	91	100	6	1	6	.991	10.48
Al Kaline	1B	11	44	37	4	0	5	1.000	8.39
Frank Howard	1B	10	65	55	5	3	5	.952	8.31
Bill Freehan	1B	2	12	6	3	0	0	1.000	6.75
Jim Northrup	1B	2	10	9	1	0	0	1.000	9.00
Joe Staton	1B	2	7	5	0	0	0	1.000	6.43
Tony Taylor	1B	1	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dick McAuliffe	2B	117	940	266	249	13	63	.975	4.93
Tony Taylor	2B	67	419	121	108	8	25	.966	4.92
John Knox	2B	4	15	3	10	0	3	1.000	7.80
Ike Brown	2B	3	14	7	6	0	1	1.000	8.36
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Aurelio Rodriguez	3B	153	1334	150	348	16	33	.969	3.36
Tony Taylor	3B	8	44	5	14	0	1	1.000	3.89
Ike Brown	3B	2	10	1	1	1	0	.667	1.80
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ed Brinkman	SS	156	1370	233	495	7	81	.990	4.78
Dick McAuliffe	SS	3	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	5.40
Aurelio Rodriguez	SS	2	5	0	2	1	1	.667	3.60
Ike Brown	SS	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	18.00
John Gamble	SS	1	7	3	2	0	0	1.000	6.43
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mickey Stanley	OF	139	1098	309	9	2	1	.994	2.61
Jim Northrup	OF	127	991	215	8	5	2	.978	2.03
Willie Horton	OF	98	746	131	6	0	0	1.000	1.65
Al Kaline	OF	84	570	111	5	1	0	.991	1.83
Gates Brown	OF	72	497	122	5	3	1	.977	2.30
Ike Brown	OF	22	114	43	1	0	0	1.000	3.47
Wayne Comer	OF	17	35	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.29
Paul Jata	OF	10	66	16	0	0	0	1.000	2.18
Duke Sims	OF	4	28	6	0	2	0	.750	1.93
Marvin Lane	OF	3	13	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.08
Ike Blessitt	OF	1	5	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.60
Frank Howard	OF	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Chuck Seelbach	P	61	112	1	17	3	1	.857	1.45
Fred Scherman	P	57	94	5	12	2	1	.895	1.63
Mickey Lolich	P	41	327	4	32	2	2	.947	0.99
Joe Coleman	P	40	280	6	39	1	2	.978	1.45
Tom Timmermann	P	34	149	7	16	3	2	.885	1.39
Chris Zachary	P	25	38	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.65
John Hiller	P	24	44	1	9	0	2	1.000	2.04
Bill Slayback	P	23	81	5	15	2	0	.909	2.22
Joe Niekro	P	18	47	5	4	0	1	1.000	1.72
Ron Perranoski	P	17	18	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.49
Woodie Fryman	P	16	113	6	12	1	0	.947	1.43
Lerrin LaGrow	P	16	27	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.99
Jim Foor	P	7	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.81
Phil Meeler	P	7	8	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.22
Bob Strampe	P	7	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Les Cain	P	5	23	0	3	2	0	.600	1.16
Bill Gilbreth	P	2	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80
Fred Holdsworth	P	2	7	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.29
Mike Kilkenny	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Don Leshnock	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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