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1970 Detroit Tigers
Record: 45-117
Finish: 4th in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 515
Runs Allowed: 894
Exp W-L: 43-119
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,260,452
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 3rd in the American League
AA: 66-71, 5th in the American League
A: 62-75, 7th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
2B *Rod Carew 24 154 594 78 162 31 5 10 79 29 12 48 52 .273 .328 .392 .720 74.5 12.9 4.3
SS *Tom Matchick 26 154 518 35 104 19 1 0 36 5 0 21 88 .201 .232 .241 .474 24.9 0.0 5.9
DH  Dick Stuart 37 138 501 46 110 19 2 22 74 0 1 24 125 .220 .253 .397 .650 50.3 4.6 1.0
CF #Fred Valentine 35 139 458 49 106 18 6 7 39 21 2 45 71 .231 .307 .343 .650 52.8 7.0 1.9
DH  Orlando Cepeda 32 122 469 54 125 29 2 14 56 1 0 26 76 .267 .317 .426 .743 59.1 10.3 1.4
LF  Billy Moran 36 130 451 37 92 10 1 2 29 1 0 22 107 .204 .241 .244 .485 22.9 0.0 1.9
SS  Danny Thompson 23 134 425 30 83 18 2 2 19 7 6 14 53 .195 .222 .261 .483 17.4 0.0 0.9
RF  Rick Bladt 23 124 402 41 77 13 2 3 29 22 4 25 37 .192 .241 .256 .498 27.0 0.0 1.0
3B *Oscar Gamble 20 100 376 35 91 16 1 6 31 5 2 37 40 .242 .314 .338 .651 41.9 5.4 1.6
C  Dick Brown 35 99 309 24 66 11 0 3 27 0 0 26 81 .214 .275 .278 .553 22.1 0.4 3.3
C *Russ Nixon 35 72 219 16 53 15 0 0 16 0 1 6 35 .242 .269 .311 .579 14.8 0.7 2.3
CF  Bobby Wine 31 90 182 16 35 14 0 0 8 0 0 10 39 .192 .238 .269 .508 8.9 0.0 1.4
C *Sammy Taylor 37 71 173 10 42 5 1 2 19 0 1 13 31 .243 .296 .318 .614 15.4 1.7 1.2
1B  Ossie Blanco 24 37 107 5 10 3 0 1 7 0 0 10 26 .093 .176 .150 .326 1.4 0.0 0.2
RF  Jeff Burroughs 19 26 94 8 21 5 1 1 12 0 0 7 25 .223 .275 .330 .604 7.9 0.6 0.2
3B  Elliott Maddox 22 26 74 8 16 7 1 0 4 0 0 10 11 .216 .310 .338 .647 8.2 1.3 0.4
RF  Cesar Cedeno 19 18 62 7 8 4 0 1 7 2 0 4 10 .129 .182 .242 .424 1.9 0.0 0.2
CF *Jose Cruz 22 19 57 6 13 2 0 0 3 4 0 7 10 .228 .308 .263 .571 6.4 0.8 0.2
C  Larry Howard 25 12 35 3 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 10 .314 .385 .400 .785 4.2 0.7 0.4
C  Tom Tischinski 25 10 28 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .214 .290 .214 .505 2.0 0.0 0.4
  Team Totals 27.5 1675 5534 511 1231 242 25 74 498 97 29 362 931 .222 .273 .315 .588 463.8 46.6 30.1
  Rank among 10 AL teams 7 9 9 6 9 9 9 4 5 10 5 9 9 9 9 9  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*George Brunet 35 12 12 .500 33 33 0 240.3 221 75 21 67 173 2.81 21.8
*Frank Baumann 36 7 11 .389 29 27 0 191.7 181 92 17 96 113 4.32 9.9
 Jay Hook 33 4 18 .182 29 27 0 176.7 193 109 25 55 110 5.55 3.3
 Fred Beene 27 2 12 .143 40 15 0 151.3 172 86 24 37 89 5.11 4.0
 Al Fitzmorris 24 1 14 .067 15 15 0 111.0 146 79 11 39 34 6.41 0.0
 Milt Pappas 31 1 10 .091 21 14 0 93.7 118 69 9 66 46 6.63 0.0
 Jim Ray 25 3 6 .333 36 1 1 83.7 97 60 15 55 65 6.45 0.0
*Sparky Lyle 25 7 6 .538 62 0 11 82.7 56 32 4 38 63 3.48 10.8
 Tommie Sisk 28 3 5 .375 39 3 3 64.7 71 31 2 39 27 4.31 4.1
 Steve Kline 22 1 5 .167 6 6 0 48.0 57 30 7 14 16 5.63 0.7
*Paul Splittorff 23 1 5 .167 6 6 0 43.7 44 20 7 13 11 4.12 2.1
 Rickey Clark 24 1 4 .200 6 6 0 42.7 46 23 7 18 21 4.85 1.5
*Juan Pizarro 33 0 3 .000 21 2 1 41.3 63 37 6 33 21 8.06 0.0
 Aubrey Gatewood 31 2 2 .500 13 1 0 27.0 29 19 3 22 4 6.33 0.1
 Jeff James 28 0 2 .000 8 2 0 25.0 34 21 1 12 12 7.56 0.0
 Bill Champion 22 0 2 .000 4 4 0 23.3 30 17 2 15 10 6.56 0.0
Team Totals 27.9 45 117 .278 368 162 16 1446.6 1558 800 161 619 815 4.98 58.2
Rank among 10 AL teams 9 9 8 9 7 9 9 9 9 8 9  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 31.4
D.Brown 676.0 79 81 401 27 5 0 .988 31.1
R.Nixon 462.7 51 59 251 31 5 0 .983 36.8
S.Taylor 167.3 17 27 116 12 2 1 .985 36.4
L.Howard 89.7 10 11 45 2 0 0 1.000 16.7
T.Tischinski 51.0 5 7 35 5 0 0 1.000 40.0
Team Total 1446.7 162 185 848 77 12 1 .987 33.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.18
D.Stuart 922.3 107 109 1108 74 14 115 .988 11.53
O.Blanco 223.0 24 31 254 19 4 26 .986 11.02
O.Gamble 207.0 24 24 245 22 1 20 .996 11.61
D.Brown 45.0 4 11 53 3 0 4 1.000 11.20
C.Cedeno 30.7 3 4 44 4 0 5 1.000 14.09
R.Carew 10.7 0 4 12 4 0 0 1.000 13.51
O.Cepeda 4.0 0 3 5 0 1 0 .833 11.25
T.Matchick 4.0 0 1 5 1 1 0 .857 13.50
Team Total 1446.7 162 187 1726 127 21 170 .989 11.53
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.59
R.Carew 1305.3 145 149 299 566 24 132 .973 5.96
B.Wine 115.3 14 14 30 58 0 7 1.000 6.87
F.Valentine 26.0 3 3 8 14 0 3 1.000 7.62
Team Total 1446.7 162 166 337 638 24 142 .976 6.07
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.73
D.Thompson 454.7 52 54 32 109 9 16 .940 2.79
O.Gamble 438.7 49 52 27 109 2 8 .986 2.79
B.Moran 265.3 29 31 22 77 2 8 .980 3.36
E.Maddox 219.0 26 26 17 46 4 5 .940 2.59
B.Wine 67.0 6 13 5 19 0 3 1.000 3.22
J.Burroughs 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1446.7 162 177 103 361 17 40 .965 2.89
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.94
T.Matchick 1283.3 152 153 222 583 35 110 .958 5.65
B.Wine 95.3 6 30 13 35 2 5 .960 4.53
B.Moran 40.3 3 10 6 16 1 5 .957 4.91
D.Thompson 22.7 1 10 6 6 0 1 1.000 4.77
R.Nixon 4.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
O.Blanco 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.7 162 205 247 642 38 121 .959 5.53
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.77
O.Cepeda 1037.0 116 116 208 6 2 1 .991 1.86
F.Valentine 241.7 27 29 52 1 1 1 .981 1.97
S.Taylor 79.0 9 10 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.28
B.Moran 40.0 4 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
B.Wine 39.0 5 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
O.Gamble 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Bladt 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.7 162 169 293 8 3 2 .990 1.87
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.46
R.Bladt 571.0 70 71 150 3 4 1 .975 2.41
F.Valentine 490.7 52 65 132 4 0 2 1.000 2.49
B.Wine 157.0 15 27 34 2 0 0 1.000 2.06
J.Cruz 132.7 15 16 34 1 1 1 .972 2.37
C.Cedeno 90.0 10 12 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.30
D.Brown 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Nixon 1.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.7 162 195 374 10 5 4 .987 2.39
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.02
B.Moran 738.3 84 85 160 2 12 1 .931 1.97
F.Valentine 263.7 28 36 62 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
O.Gamble 233.0 25 25 51 2 1 0 .981 2.05
J.Burroughs 209.7 25 25 43 1 4 0 .917 1.89
C.Cedeno 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.7 162 172 316 5 17 1 .950 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.91
G.Brunet 240.3 33 33 16 31 0 1 1.000 1.76
F.Baumann 191.7 27 29 11 27 3 4 .927 1.78
J.Hook 176.7 27 29 12 19 4 1 .886 1.58
F.Beene 151.3 15 40 6 15 1 0 .955 1.25
A.Fitzmorris 111.0 15 15 7 19 0 3 1.000 2.11
M.Pappas 93.7 14 21 7 13 1 3 .952 1.92
J.Ray 83.7 1 36 0 7 2 0 .778 0.75
S.Lyle 82.7 0 62 8 10 1 0 .947 1.96
T.Sisk 64.7 3 39 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.95
S.Kline 48.0 6 6 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.44
P.Splittorff 43.7 6 6 5 14 0 0 1.000 3.92
R.Clark 42.7 6 6 5 5 0 1 1.000 2.11
J.Pizarro 41.3 2 21 1 9 0 2 1.000 2.18
A.Gatewood 27.0 1 13 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.67
J.James 25.0 2 8 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.08
B.Champion 23.3 4 4 3 4 0 1 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1446.6 162 368 90 199 12 16 .960 1.80
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Carew .273
On-Base Pct Carew .328
Slugging Pct Cepeda .426
OPS Cepeda .743
XR Carew 74.5
Games Carew, Matchick 154
At-Bats Carew 594
Runs Carew 78
Hits Carew 162
Total Bases Carew 233
Singles Carew 116
Doubles Carew 31
Triples Valentine 6
Homeruns Stuart 22
RBIs Carew 79
Stolen Bases Carew 29
Caught Stealing Carew 12
Walks Carew 48
Strikeouts Stuart 125
ERA Brunet 2.81
Wins Brunet 12
Losses Hook 18
Winning Pct Brunet .500
Saves Lyle 11
Games Pitched Lyle 62
Games Started Brunet 33
Complete Games Fitzmorris 5
Shutouts Baumann, Brunet 1
Innings Pitched Brunet 240.3
Hits Allowed Brunet 221
Homeruns Allowed Hook 25
Strikeouts Brunet 173
Walks Allowed Baumann 96
Walks per 9IP Brunet 2.5
Hits per 9IP Brunet 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Brunet 6.5
WHiP Brunet 1.20
OAVG Brunet .243
OOBP Brunet .295
OSLG Brunet .362
OOPS Brunet .656
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
George Brunet $ 11,250,000
Orlando Cepeda $ 7,500,000
Frank Baumann $ 7,200,000
Milt Pappas $ 6,300,000
Fred Valentine $ 904,000
Sparky Lyle $ 702,857
Tommie Sisk $ 662,857
Oscar Gamble $ 300,000
Al Fitzmorris $ 300,000
Jose Cruz $ 300,000
Rickey Clark $ 300,000
Bill Champion $ 300,000
Rod Carew $ 300,000
Jeff James $ 300,000
Jeff Burroughs $ 300,000
Dick Brown $ 300,000
Ossie Blanco $ 300,000
Rick Bladt $ 300,000
Fred Beene $ 300,000
Cesar Cedeno $ 300,000
Russ Nixon $ 300,000
Tom Tischinski $ 300,000
Danny Thompson $ 300,000
Sammy Taylor $ 300,000
Dick Stuart $ 300,000
Paul Splittorff $ 300,000
Jay Hook $ 300,000
Juan Pizarro $ 300,000
Aubrey Gatewood $ 300,000
Billy Moran $ 300,000
Tom Matchick $ 300,000
Elliott Maddox $ 300,000
Steve Kline $ 300,000
Bobby Wine $ 300,000
Larry Howard $ 300,000
Jim Ray $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Signed     George Brunet
2/19 Signed     Dick Brown
4/2 Signed     Fred Valentine
4/2 Signed     Sammy Taylor
4/2 Signed     Russ Nixon
 
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