1969 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 90-72
Finished 2nd in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 1,577,481, Avg. 20,572
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium
Manager: Mayo Smith (90-72)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1969 Detroit Tigers Roster
1969 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1969 season with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses, finishing second in the AL's East Division.

The Tigers scored 701 runs and allowed 601 runs. Willie Horton led Detroit with 28 home runs, while Norm Cash, Mickey Stanley, Bill Freehan, Al Kaline and Jim Northrup each walloped 20 or more also. Willie Horton drove in 91 runs. Jim Northrup paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .295. Denny McLain earned 24 wins on the mound for the team, and Mickey Lolich, too added 15 or more wins, too Denny McLain recorded a 2.80 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Mayo Smith coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Denny McLain	24	9	.727	2.80	42	41	0	23	9	0	325.0	288	105	101	25	67	7	181	4	2	5	1304
Mickey Lolich	19	11	.633	3.14	37	36	1	15	1	1	280.7	214	111	98	22	122	10	271	14	1	14	1172
Earl Wilson	12	10	.545	3.31	35	35	0	5	1	0	214.7	209	93	79	23	69	4	150	4	0	5	903
Mike Kilkenny	8	6	.571	3.37	39	15	11	6	4	2	128.3	99	54	48	13	63	1	97	4	1	1	544
Joe Sparma	6	8	.429	4.76	23	16	3	3	2	0	92.7	78	55	49	5	77	1	41	1	0	7	421
Pat Dobson	5	10	.333	3.60	49	9	22	1	0	9	105.0	100	48	42	10	39	5	64	1	0	3	451
Tom Timmermann	4	3	.571	2.75	31	1	14	1	0	1	55.7	50	22	17	1	26	4	42	2	0	6	241
John Hiller	4	4	.500	3.99	40	8	13	1	1	4	99.3	97	50	44	13	44	2	74	1	0	3	431
Don McMahon	3	5	.375	3.89	34	0	21	0	0	11	37.0	25	17	16	2	18	1	38	1	0	1	153
Fred Lasher	2	1	.667	3.07	32	0	5	0	0	0	44.0	34	16	15	5	22	1	26	2	0	0	181
Dick Radatz	2	2	.500	3.38	11	0	4	0	0	0	18.7	14	8	7	3	5	0	18	0	0	0	74
Fred Scherman	1	0	1.000	6.75	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	6	3	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	18
Bob Reed	0	0		1.84	8	1	1	0	0	0	14.7	9	3	3	0	8	0	9	0	0	1	58
Norm McRae	0	0		6.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	12
Gary Taylor	0	1	.000	5.23	7	0	1	0	0	0	10.3	10	6	6	2	6	0	3	0	0	0	47
Daryl Patterson	0	2	.000	2.82	18	0	7	0	0	0	22.3	15	8	7	2	19	3	12	0	1	2	95
Totals	90	72	.556	3.32	413	162	107	55	18	28	1455.3	1250	601	537	128	586	39	1032	34	5	49	6105

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Jim Northrup	148	602	543	79	160	31	5	25	66	4	2	52	83	.295	.358	.508	.866	276	8	3	1	3	1
Mickey Stanley	149	651	592	73	139	28	1	16	70	8	4	52	56	.235	.299	.367	.665	217	14	2	5	0	1
Norm Cash	142	556	483	81	135	15	4	22	74	2	1	63	80	.280	.368	.464	.831	224	9	6	1	3	5
Willie Horton	141	568	508	66	133	17	1	28	91	3	3	52	93	.262	.332	.465	.796	236	8	3	1	4	10
Bill Freehan	143	555	489	61	128	16	3	16	49	1	2	53	55	.262	.342	.405	.747	198	12	8	2	3	6
Al Kaline	131	518	456	74	124	17	0	21	69	1	2	54	61	.272	.346	.447	.793	204	11	1	0	7	4
Don Wert	132	478	423	46	95	11	1	14	50	3	1	49	60	.225	.303	.355	.658	150	14	1	0	5	6
Tom Tresh	94	377	331	46	74	13	1	13	37	2	2	39	47	.224	.305	.387	.692	128	5	2	0	5	0
Tommy Matchick	94	316	298	25	72	11	2	0	32	3	0	15	51	.242	.276	.292	.568	87	8	0	1	2	3
Dick McAuliffe	74	321	271	49	71	10	5	11	33	2	5	47	41	.262	.369	.458	.826	124	2	0	1	2	1
Jim Price	72	214	192	21	45	8	0	9	28	0	0	18	20	.234	.294	.417	.711	80	4	0	0	4	1
Ike Brown	70	205	170	24	39	4	3	5	12	2	3	26	43	.229	.338	.376	.715	64	7	2	7	0	4
Gates Brown	60	100	93	13	19	1	2	1	6	0	0	5	17	.204	.250	.290	.540	27	2	1	0	1	0
Denny McLain	42	125	106	5	17	0	0	0	8	0	0	4	41	.160	.188	.160	.348	17	2	0	13	2	0
Cesar Gutierrez	17	58	49	5	12	1	0	0	0	1	2	5	3	.245	.315	.265	.580	13	2	0	4	0	0
Dick Tracewski	66	96	79	10	11	2	0	0	4	3	0	15	20	.139	.277	.165	.441	13	3	0	2	0	1
Earl Wilson	37	89	76	6	10	0	0	0	6	0	0	10	37	.132	.230	.132	.361	10	1	0	2	1	0
Mickey Lolich	38	113	91	6	8	0	1	0	5	0	0	9	41	.088	.168	.110	.278	10	1	0	12	1	0
John Hiller	41	24	21	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.286	.318	.333	.652	7	0	0	2	0	0
Ron Woods	17	17	15	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	3	.267	.353	.467	.820	7	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Sparma	23	33	29	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.138	.167	.138	.305	4	0	0	3	0	0
Dave Campbell	32	44	39	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	15	.103	.205	.128	.333	5	0	1	0	0	0
Pat Dobson	49	24	22	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.136	.227	3	0	0	2	0	0
Mike Kilkenny	39	42	37	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	21	.054	.103	.054	.157	2	0	0	3	0	0
Bob Reed	8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Timmermann	31	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	0
Daryl Patterson	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Lasher	32	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Gary Taylor	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don McMahon	34	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wayne Redmond	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Radatz	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Scherman	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Norm McRae	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2004	6155	5441	701	1316	188	29	182	649	35	28	578	922	.242	.316	.387	.703	2108	113	30	63	43	43

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Norm Cash	1B	134	127	1141.0	1016	96	7	99	.994	8.771	8.299	0	0	0	0
Bill Freehan	1B	20	21	163.0	138	7	3	7	.980	8.006	7.250	0	0	0	0
Al Kaline	1B	9	9	69.0	65	2	0	3	1.000	8.739	7.444	0	0	0	0
Mickey Stanley	1B	4	3	37.7	42	1	0	2	1.000	1.274	1.750	0	0	0	0
Dave Campbell	1B	13	1	32.7	28	1	1	4	.967	7.990	2.231	0	0	0	0
Tommy Matchick	1B	2	1	12.0	11	1	0	0	1.000	9.000	6.000	0	0	0	0
Dick McAuliffe	2B	72	70	622.3	167	196	9	40	.976	5.250	5.042	0	0	0	0
Tommy Matchick	2B	47	45	392.7	89	122	6	32	.972	4.836	4.489	0	0	0	0
Ike Brown	2B	45	38	335.7	75	100	7	18	.962	4.692	3.889	0	0	0	0
Dick Tracewski	2B	13	6	71.7	19	24	1	4	.977	5.400	3.308	0	0	0	0
Dave Campbell	2B	5	3	33.0	10	7	1	1	.944	4.636	3.400	0	0	0	0
Don Wert	3B	129	122	1092.7	114	259	13	20	.966	3.072	2.891	0	0	0	0
Tommy Matchick	3B	27	24	210.7	15	45	1	2	.984	2.563	2.222	0	0	0	0
Ike Brown	3B	12	12	105.0	10	16	2	0	.929	2.229	2.167	0	0	0	0
Dick Tracewski	3B	6	2	30.0	3	10	0	1	1.000	3.900	2.167	0	0	0	0
Tom Tresh	3B	1	1	9.0	1	3	1	0	.800	4.000	4.000	0	0	0	0
Dave Campbell	3B	1	1	8.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.125	1.000	0	0	0	0
Bill Freehan	C	120	113	1025.3	821	49	7	7	.992	7.637	7.250	9	27	69	32	31.7
Jim Price	C	51	49	430.0	337	18	4	4	.989	7.430	6.961	2	22	40	12	23.1
Jim Northrup	OF	143	142	1267.3	323	8	5	2	.985	2.351	2.315	0	0	0	0
Willie Horton	OF	136	135	1161.7	272	8	8	0	.972	2.169	2.059	0	0	0	0
Al Kaline	OF	118	109	974.0	192	9	7	4	.966	1.857	1.703	0	0	0	0
Mickey Stanley	OF	101	77	733.0	190	2	3	0	.985	2.357	1.901	0	0	0	0
Gates Brown	OF	14	14	105.0	28	1	3	0	.906	2.486	2.071	0	0	0	0
Tom Tresh	OF	11	8	92.0	20	1	1	0	.955	2.054	1.909	0	0	0	0
Ron Woods	OF	7	1	26.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.077	.857	0	0	0	0
Ike Brown	OF	3	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.571	.667	0	0	0	0
Denny McLain	P	42	41	325.0	26	24	2	1	.962	1.385	1.190	0	0	0	0
Mickey Lolich	P	37	36	280.7	5	41	4	1	.920	1.475	1.243	0	0	0	0
Earl Wilson	P	35	35	214.7	8	38	4	3	.920	1.929	1.314	0	0	0	0
Mike Kilkenny	P	39	15	128.3	5	19	1	0	.960	1.683	.615	0	0	0	0
Pat Dobson	P	49	9	105.0	8	16	1	1	.960	2.057	.490	0	0	0	0
John Hiller	P	40	8	99.3	2	11	1	0	.929	1.178	.325	0	0	0	0
Joe Sparma	P	23	16	92.7	9	7	0	2	1.000	1.554	.696	0	0	0	0
Tom Timmermann	P	31	1	55.7	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.132	.226	0	0	0	0
Fred Lasher	P	32	0	44.0	2	8	0	0	1.000	2.045	.313	0	0	0	0
Don McMahon	P	34	0	37.0	0	6	0	0	1.000	1.459	.176	0	0	0	0
Daryl Patterson	P	18	0	22.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.403	.056	0	0	0	0
Dick Radatz	P	11	0	18.7	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.411	.455	0	0	0	0
Bob Reed	P	8	1	14.7	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.455	.500	0	0	0	0
Gary Taylor	P	7	0	10.3	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.742	.286	0	0	0	0
Fred Scherman	P	4	0	4.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.250	.250	0	0	0	0
Norm McRae	P	3	0	3.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Tom Tresh	SS	77	75	634.0	118	187	11	38	.965	4.330	3.961	0	0	0	0
Mickey Stanley	SS	59	58	487.0	110	135	7	22	.972	4.528	4.153	0	0	0	0
Dick Tracewski	SS	41	10	155.7	37	53	4	15	.957	5.203	2.195	0	0	0	0
Cesar Gutierrez	SS	16	13	127.7	25	45	4	6	.946	4.935	4.375	0	0	0	0
Tommy Matchick	SS	6	6	50.0	6	8	1	2	.933	2.520	2.333	0	0	0	0
Ike Brown	SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals		1857	1458	13098.0	4361	1599	130	341	.979	4.095	3.209	11	49	109	44	28.8

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