1973 Detroit Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 85-77
Finished 3rd in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 1,724,146, Avg. 22,104
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium
Manager: Billy Martin (71-63)
Manager: Joe Schultz (14-14)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1973 Detroit Tigers Results
The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1973 season with a record of 85 wins and 77 losses, finishing third in the AL's East Division.
The Tigers scored 642 runs and surrendered 674 runs. Norm Cash led Detroit with 19 home runs, while Willie Horton and Mickey Stanley walloped 20 or more, too. Aurelio Rodriguez recorded 58 runs batted in. Mickey Stanley paced all regular batters by hitting .244. Joe Coleman earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad, and Mickey Lolich added 15 or more wins, too Joe Coleman recorded a 3.53 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Billy Martin and Joe Schultz 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Coleman | 23 | 15 | .605 | 3.53 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 288.3 | 283 | 125 | 113 | 32 | 93 | 2 | 202 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1219 |
Mickey Lolich | 16 | 15 | .516 | 3.82 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 308.7 | 315 | 143 | 131 | 35 | 79 | 7 | 214 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1286 |
Jim Perry | 14 | 13 | .519 | 4.03 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 203.0 | 225 | 96 | 91 | 22 | 55 | 5 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 867 |
John Hiller | 10 | 5 | .667 | 1.44 | 65 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 125.3 | 89 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 39 | 7 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 498 |
Woodie Fryman | 6 | 13 | .316 | 5.36 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7 | 200 | 106 | 101 | 23 | 64 | 5 | 119 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 753 |
Bob Miller | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.43 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 174 |
Mike Strahler | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.37 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.3 | 84 | 45 | 39 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 350 |
Ed Farmer | 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 |
Fred Scherman | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.23 | 34 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61.7 | 59 | 30 | 29 | 6 | 30 | 4 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 266 |
Chuck Seelbach | 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 |
Tom Timmermann | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.69 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39.0 | 39 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 163 |
Lerrin LaGrow | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.33 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54.0 | 54 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 234 |
Gary Ignasiak | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
Bill Slayback | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
Dave Lemanczyk | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
Fred Holdsworth | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62 |
Totals | 85 | 77 | .525 | 3.90 | 373 | 162 | 123 | 39 | 6 | 46 | 1447.7 | 1468 | 674 | 627 | 154 | 493 | 37 | 911 | 30 | 2 | 48 | 6158 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mickey Stanley | 157 | 661 | 602 | 81 | 147 | 23 | 5 | 17 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 65 | .244 | .297 | .384 | .681 | 231 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
Willie Horton | 111 | 443 | 411 | 42 | 130 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 53 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 57 | .316 | .362 | .501 | .863 | 206 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Jim Northrup | 119 | 447 | 404 | 55 | 124 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 41 | .307 | .366 | .465 | .832 | 188 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Aurelio Rodriguez | 160 | 599 | 555 | 46 | 123 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 85 | .222 | .266 | .330 | .596 | 183 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
Ed Brinkman | 162 | 566 | 515 | 55 | 122 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 79 | .237 | .284 | .324 | .609 | 167 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
Norm Cash | 121 | 420 | 363 | 51 | 95 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 73 | .262 | .357 | .471 | .828 | 171 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Dick McAuliffe | 106 | 395 | 343 | 39 | 94 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 47 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 52 | .274 | .366 | .437 | .804 | 150 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Gates Brown | 125 | 433 | 377 | 48 | 89 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 41 | .236 | .328 | .366 | .694 | 138 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Bill Freehan | 110 | 435 | 380 | 33 | 89 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 30 | .234 | .323 | .313 | .636 | 119 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Al Kaline | 91 | 347 | 310 | 40 | 79 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 28 | .255 | .320 | .394 | .713 | 122 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Tony Taylor | 84 | 302 | 275 | 35 | 63 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 29 | .229 | .276 | .338 | .614 | 93 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Duke Sims | 80 | 288 | 252 | 31 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 36 | .242 | .324 | .377 | .701 | 95 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Frank Howard | 85 | 251 | 227 | 26 | 58 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 28 | .256 | .327 | .463 | .789 | 105 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Dick Sharon | 91 | 190 | 178 | 20 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 31 | .242 | .280 | .410 | .691 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Ike Brown | 42 | 91 | 76 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13 | .289 | .407 | .382 | .788 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ron Cash | 14 | 46 | 39 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .410 | .467 | .487 | .954 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Rich Reese | 59 | 110 | 102 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .137 | .193 | .206 | .399 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Didier | 7 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .455 | .520 | .500 | 1.020 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Knox | 12 | 37 | 32 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .281 | .343 | .313 | .655 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Veryzer | 18 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .300 | .364 | .400 | .764 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Staton | 9 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marv Lane | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .625 | 1.025 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Timmermann | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Joe Coleman | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Strahler | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ed Farmer | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bill Slayback | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Woodie Fryman | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Gamble | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Chuck Seelbach | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Fred Scherman | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Hiller | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Fred Holdsworth | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jim Perry | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gary Ignasiak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bob Miller | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Lerrin LaGrow | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mickey Lolich | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dave Lemanczyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 2150 | 6135 | 5508 | 642 | 1400 | 213 | 32 | 157 | 592 | 28 | 30 | 509 | 722 | .254 | .320 | .390 | .710 | 2148 | 147 | 39 | 48 | 31 | 47 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norm Cash | 1B | 114 | 104 | 869.3 | 856 | 64 | 8 | 72 | .991 | 9.525 | 8.070 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Kaline | 1B | 36 | 29 | 240.0 | 245 | 12 | 1 | 32 | .996 | 9.637 | 7.139 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rich Reese | 1B | 37 | 3 | 109.7 | 106 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 9.274 | 3.054 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ike Brown | 1B | 21 | 14 | 106.7 | 105 | 9 | 2 | 9 | .983 | 9.619 | 5.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Freehan | 1B | 7 | 7 | 59.0 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.695 | 8.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Staton | 1B | 5 | 3 | 34.0 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 8.206 | 6.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Taylor | 1B | 6 | 1 | 20.0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.550 | 3.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Howard | 1B | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 12.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick McAuliffe | 2B | 102 | 96 | 821.7 | 217 | 265 | 7 | 62 | .986 | 5.280 | 4.725 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Taylor | 2B | 72 | 58 | 553.0 | 134 | 165 | 4 | 37 | .987 | 4.866 | 4.153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Knox | 2B | 9 | 8 | 73.0 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.192 | 3.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Aurelio Rodriguez | 3B | 160 | 156 | 1394.7 | 135 | 335 | 14 | 30 | .971 | 3.033 | 2.938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Cash | 3B | 6 | 6 | 41.0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.073 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ike Brown | 3B | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Taylor | 3B | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Freehan | C | 98 | 94 | 831.7 | 584 | 50 | 3 | 3 | .995 | 6.861 | 6.469 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 42 | 42.4 |
Duke Sims | C | 68 | 62 | 563.0 | 375 | 39 | 9 | 7 | .979 | 6.618 | 6.088 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 27 | 37.0 |
Bob Didier | C | 7 | 6 | 53.0 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.302 | 6.143 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 33.3 |
Mickey Stanley | OF | 157 | 152 | 1352.7 | 420 | 10 | 3 | 3 | .993 | 2.861 | 2.739 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Northrup | OF | 116 | 95 | 890.7 | 207 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .982 | 2.152 | 1.836 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Willie Horton | OF | 107 | 106 | 838.3 | 160 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .942 | 1.739 | 1.514 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Sharon | OF | 91 | 43 | 486.7 | 124 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .970 | 2.386 | 1.418 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Kaline | OF | 63 | 52 | 435.3 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.129 | 1.635 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rich Reese | OF | 21 | 18 | 141.3 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.783 | 1.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ike Brown | OF | 12 | 8 | 77.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | .917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Duke Sims | OF | 6 | 6 | 52.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.038 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Cash | OF | 7 | 3 | 36.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.250 | 1.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marv Lane | OF | 4 | 2 | 22.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.864 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gates Brown | OF | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Taylor | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mickey Lolich | P | 42 | 42 | 308.7 | 11 | 40 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 1.487 | 1.214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Coleman | P | 40 | 40 | 288.3 | 23 | 37 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 1.873 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Perry | P | 35 | 34 | 203.0 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 1 | .938 | 1.995 | 1.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Woodie Fryman | P | 34 | 29 | 169.7 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .975 | 2.069 | 1.147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Hiller | P | 65 | 0 | 125.3 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.723 | .369 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Strahler | P | 22 | 11 | 80.3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.344 | .545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Scherman | P | 34 | 0 | 61.7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.022 | .206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lerrin LaGrow | P | 21 | 3 | 54.0 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 2.667 | .762 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Farmer | P | 24 | 0 | 45.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Miller | P | 22 | 0 | 42.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.929 | .409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Timmermann | P | 17 | 1 | 39.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.154 | .294 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Holdsworth | P | 5 | 2 | 14.7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.227 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chuck Seelbach | P | 5 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.429 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Ignasiak | P | 3 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.929 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Lemanczyk | P | 1 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Slayback | P | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Brinkman | SS | 162 | 159 | 1390.7 | 249 | 480 | 24 | 89 | .968 | 4.718 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Veryzer | SS | 18 | 3 | 50.0 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .857 | 3.240 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Aurelio Rodriguez | SS | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.250 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick McAuliffe | SS | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1899 | 1458 | 13028.0 | 4343 | 1709 | 112 | 377 | .982 | 4.181 | 3.187 | 10 | 0 | 107 | 71 | 39.9 |
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