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1971 Detroit Tigers
Record: 81-81
Finish: 3rd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 667
Runs Allowed: 727
Exp W-L: 75-87
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,074,234
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 7th in the American League
AA: 62-75, 7th in the American League
A: 59-78, 10th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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 25 153 591 63 159 25 5 11 67 30 10 33 55 .269 .306 .384 .690 69.4 11.0 5.6
DH  Orlando Cepeda 33 156 581 58 151 25 2 12 76 0 0 45 94 .260 .314 .372 .686 65.3 9.8 1.9
CF *Jose Cruz 23 137 481 67 109 28 5 9 50 17 7 46 48 .227 .293 .362 .655 51.2 6.2 3.5
3B *Oscar Gamble 21 123 367 41 89 16 2 11 35 5 5 55 59 .243 .347 .387 .733 50.5 8.5 2.0
RF  Jeff Burroughs 20 101 370 43 89 19 2 11 46 0 0 47 81 .241 .328 .392 .720 47.4 7.9 2.9
P *Andy Hassler 19 78 313 46 156 9 0 0 46 0 1 5 47 .498 .508 .527 1.035 67.2 21.1 1.5
LF *Willie Stargell 31 77 303 38 69 14 1 19 53 1 2 24 94 .228 .290 .469 .759 41.2 6.5 1.7
3B *Billy Williams 33 78 295 50 77 16 0 18 62 5 5 30 41 .261 .330 .498 .829 45.4 8.5 2.0
DH  Dick Stuart 38 78 293 30 70 11 1 11 27 1 1 13 83 .239 .273 .396 .669 30.9 3.5 0.0
SS *Tom Matchick 27 100 288 28 76 9 2 4 26 7 4 17 42 .264 .305 .351 .656 31.0 4.3 2.4
SS *Tony Kubek 34 71 205 32 44 8 3 5 21 0 2 19 57 .215 .286 .356 .642 19.9 1.7 1.7
C *Duke Sims 30 49 166 29 39 7 1 8 25 0 1 26 49 .235 .344 .434 .777 24.9 4.5 4.0
RF  Cesar Cedeno 20 60 165 31 45 15 2 4 22 24 2 19 31 .273 .356 .461 .817 28.9 6.7 1.3
SS  Danny Thompson 24 52 170 15 36 7 1 1 12 3 2 7 14 .212 .243 .282 .525 10.0 0.0 1.2
RF  Rick Bladt 24 53 159 18 38 3 0 1 15 17 6 11 17 .239 .288 .277 .565 13.9 0.8 1.8
2B  Nelson Mathews 29 61 147 13 28 2 0 10 24 2 3 15 47 .190 .265 .408 .674 16.1 1.4 0.7
C  Larry Howard 26 49 140 16 30 7 0 1 5 0 0 17 36 .214 .299 .286 .585 11.2 0.7 3.1
3B  Elliott Maddox 23 41 85 13 20 4 1 1 3 2 1 9 10 .235 .316 .341 .657 9.1 1.4 0.7
C *Charlie Sands 23 21 74 9 11 3 0 2 5 0 0 9 28 .149 .241 .270 .511 4.9 0.0 1.8
C  Tom Tischinski 26 19 56 6 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 7 .196 .286 .214 .500 3.7 0.0 1.0
CF  Bobby Wine 32 22 56 5 11 5 0 1 6 0 0 4 16 .196 .250 .339 .589 3.2 0.0 0.5
3B  Tim Foli 20 14 38 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .105 .150 .105 .255 -1.1 0.0 0.4
C  Dick Brown 36 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.1
P *Frank Baumann 37 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.3 1601 5348 655 1363 234 28 140 629 114 52 460 959 .255 .316 .388 .703 644.5 104.3 41.8
  Rank among 10 AL teams 10 8 7 7 7 5 8 5 6 9 5 5 7 6 6 8  
* - 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
 Don Drysdale 34 8 15 .348 34 34 0 263.0 218 104 32 92 221 3.56 18.3
*George Brunet 36 11 16 .407 35 29 1 230.3 196 89 20 67 137 3.48 17.9
*Ralph Lumenti 34 13 6 .684 33 26 0 182.7 139 67 23 72 168 3.30 16.0
 Steve Kline 23 8 12 .400 21 21 0 168.3 201 85 17 31 67 4.54 7.2
*Joe Hoerner 34 12 0 1.000 17 17 0 129.7 115 47 12 44 83 3.26 12.9
 Al Fitzmorris 25 2 8 .200 17 11 0 92.7 100 50 9 37 32 4.86 2.4
 Phil Niekro 32 8 3 .727 11 11 0 87.0 81 34 8 30 56 3.52 7.6
*Sparky Lyle 26 8 7 .533 61 0 21 63.7 66 35 8 27 37 4.95 6.4
*Paul Splittorff 24 2 5 .286 9 8 0 56.7 67 35 6 20 20 5.56 0.3
*Al Jackson 35 4 1 .800 25 0 4 46.3 51 19 2 17 31 3.69 4.8
 Mark Ballinger 22 2 1 .667 14 0 2 32.0 33 19 3 10 14 5.34 1.5
*Frank Baumann 37 0 3 .000 5 5 0 27.3 40 25 3 21 9 8.23 0.0
 Jim Ray 26 0 0 .000 9 0 1 22.3 26 19 4 16 10 7.66 0.0
 Bob Locker 33 1 0 1.000 9 0 0 20.3 24 11 1 9 14 4.87 1.0
 Bruce Kison 21 1 3 .250 7 0 0 19.7 20 12 1 10 15 5.49 0.3
 Tommie Sisk 29 1 1 .500 7 0 0 12.3 22 8 0 10 6 5.84 0.1
*Ross Grimsley 21 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2.7 2 1 0 1 0 3.38 0.2
Team Totals 28.9 81 81 .500 315 162 29 1456.9 1401 660 149 514 920 4.08 96.8
Rank among 10 AL teams 7 7 3 6 7 6 6 5 4 8 5  
* - 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 32.3
D.Sims 393.2 41 45 280 18 2 1 .993 30.0
L.Howard 266.7 31 33 186 18 0 0 1.000 48.0
C.Sands 186.7 21 21 148 5 1 0 .994 12.5
T.Tischinski 138.0 15 18 78 4 1 0 .988 23.5
D.Brown 11.0 4 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 995.5 112 122 700 45 4 1 .995 30.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.98
O.Gamble 721.3 78 92 877 50 13 62 .986 11.57
A.Hassler 645.7 78 78 750 45 4 55 .995 11.08
L.Howard 54.0 6 7 61 1 0 7 1.000 10.33
N.Mathews 31.8 3 5 33 4 0 2 1.000 10.47
C.Cedeno 14.0 0 5 17 2 0 1 1.000 12.21
O.Cepeda 11.0 0 5 16 3 0 1 1.000 15.55
R.Carew 4.0 0 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75
T.Matchick 3.7 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 12.30
W.Stargell 2.0 0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1487.5 165 197 1769 106 17 129 .991 11.34
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.73
R.Carew 1300.7 144 150 288 537 14 96 .983 5.71
T.Foli 74.0 9 10 16 29 0 7 1.000 5.47
E.Maddox 47.0 5 7 8 16 0 3 1.000 4.60
B.Wine 33.0 4 4 9 14 1 5 .958 6.27
N.Mathews 19.2 2 3 4 6 1 1 .909 4.69
D.Stuart 9.5 1 3 2 4 0 1 1.000 5.68
T.Matchick 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1485.4 165 178 327 607 16 113 .983 5.66
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.60
B.Williams 657.5 72 73 38 167 4 14 .981 2.81
D.Thompson 428.7 52 52 27 108 5 10 .964 2.83
N.Mathews 160.4 15 32 10 35 2 2 .957 2.52
E.Maddox 69.0 8 10 6 21 1 1 .964 3.52
O.Gamble 24.0 2 5 1 6 0 2 1.000 2.63
B.Wine 16.0 2 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1355.6 151 175 82 339 12 29 .972 2.80
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.95
T.Matchick 745.7 83 98 100 305 10 49 .976 4.89
T.Kubek 533.3 61 64 66 232 13 31 .958 5.03
E.Maddox 77.0 5 22 18 31 3 2 .942 5.73
T.Foli 22.3 2 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.82
B.Wine 21.0 2 4 2 10 0 2 1.000 5.14
D.Thompson 16.7 0 7 4 5 1 1 .900 4.86
L.Howard 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1418.0 153 201 192 589 27 85 .967 4.96
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
W.Stargell 678.2 75 76 136 2 6 1 .958 1.83
O.Cepeda 661.7 73 76 136 5 1 0 .993 1.92
B.Wine 46.0 5 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.76
O.Gamble 33.0 4 4 7 0 2 0 .778 1.91
C.Cedeno 24.0 3 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
J.Cruz 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Williams 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1455.9 161 168 294 7 9 1 .971 1.86
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.39
J.Cruz 647.3 75 78 168 5 5 2 .972 2.41
R.Bladt 452.3 53 53 123 4 2 1 .984 2.53
C.Cedeno 307.7 33 39 84 2 0 1 1.000 2.52
N.Mathews 67.3 7 10 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
B.Wine 26.0 1 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.12
O.Gamble 5.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
J.Burroughs 4.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
B.Williams 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
E.Maddox 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1514.3 169 194 403 11 7 4 .983 2.46
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.98
J.Burroughs 893.0 101 101 214 5 7 1 .969 2.21
J.Cruz 456.0 50 50 84 3 2 2 .978 1.72
O.Gamble 42.0 5 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
N.Mathews 21.5 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.09
C.Cedeno 15.7 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.72
D.Sims 4.3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.19
Team Total 1432.5 159 165 318 8 9 3 .973 2.05
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.90
D.Drysdale 263.0 34 34 9 48 3 4 .950 1.95
G.Brunet 230.3 29 35 9 42 1 3 .981 1.99
R.Lumenti 182.7 26 33 14 29 0 3 1.000 2.12
S.Kline 168.3 21 21 12 26 2 0 .950 2.03
J.Hoerner 129.7 17 17 7 21 2 1 .933 1.94
A.Fitzmorris 92.7 11 17 7 25 0 4 1.000 3.11
P.Niekro 87.0 11 11 4 12 0 1 1.000 1.66
S.Lyle 63.7 0 61 5 14 0 3 1.000 2.69
P.Splittorff 56.7 8 9 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.06
A.Jackson 46.3 0 25 3 3 1 1 .857 1.17
M.Ballinger 32.0 0 14 7 2 0 1 1.000 2.53
F.Baumann 27.3 5 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Ray 22.3 0 9 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.82
B.Locker 20.3 0 9 2 5 0 1 1.000 3.10
B.Kison 19.7 0 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.37
T.Sisk 12.3 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.73
R.Grimsley 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.9 162 315 83 247 9 22 .973 2.04
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hassler .327
On-Base Pct Hassler .335
Slugging Pct Carew .384
OPS Carew .690
XR Carew 69.4
Games Cepeda 156
At-Bats Carew 591
Runs Cruz 67
Hits Carew 159
Total Bases Carew 227
Singles Hassler 147
Doubles Cruz 28
Triples Carew, Cruz 5
Homeruns Stargell 19
RBIs Cepeda 76
Stolen Bases Carew 30
Caught Stealing Carew 10
Walks Gamble 55
Strikeouts Cepeda, Stargell 94
ERA Lumenti 3.30
Wins Lumenti 13
Losses Brunet 16
Winning Pct Lumenti .684
Saves Lyle 21
Games Pitched Lyle 61
Games Started Drysdale 34
Complete Games Brunet, Drysdale 10
Shutouts Drysdale 3
Innings Pitched Drysdale 263.0
Hits Allowed Drysdale 218
Homeruns Allowed Drysdale 32
Strikeouts Drysdale 221
Walks Allowed Drysdale 92
Walks per 9IP Kline 1.7
Hits per 9IP Lumenti 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Lumenti 8.3
WHiP Brunet 1.14
OAVG Lumenti .210
OOBP Brunet .284
OSLG Brunet .356
OOPS Brunet .640
Team All-Stars
Billy Williams
Player Salaries
George Brunet $ 11,250,000
Willie Stargell $ 10,000,000
Orlando Cepeda $ 7,500,000
Don Drysdale $ 5,500,000
Phil Niekro $ 4,800,000
Billy Williams $ 4,500,000
Joe Hoerner $ 3,100,000
Rod Carew $ 2,642,857
Duke Sims $ 2,435,714
Bob Locker $ 1,750,000
Ralph Lumenti $ 1,000,000
Sparky Lyle $ 920,000
Tony Kubek $ 700,007
Tom Matchick $ 350,000
Tim Foli $ 300,000
Jeff Burroughs $ 300,000
Jose Cruz $ 300,000
Rick Bladt $ 300,000
Al Fitzmorris $ 300,000
Cesar Cedeno $ 300,000
Oscar Gamble $ 300,000
Ross Grimsley $ 300,000
Andy Hassler $ 300,000
Mark Ballinger $ 300,000
Steve Kline $ 300,000
Elliott Maddox $ 300,000
Jim Ray $ 300,000
Charlie Sands $ 300,000
Paul Splittorff $ 300,000
Tom Tischinski $ 300,000
Bruce Kison $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/10 Signed     Ralph Lumenti
2/11 Signed     Al Jackson
2/15 Signed     Don Drysdale
2/23 Signed     Sammy Taylor
3/3 Traded Frank Kreutzer
$4,500,000		 Kansas City Tim Foli
4/2 Signed     Nelson Mathews
6/30 Released Sammy Taylor    
7/1 Traded Al Jackson New York (N) Billy Williams
Tony Kubek
$5,000,000
7/1 Traded Frank Baumann
Bobby Wine
Ossie Blanco
Juan Pizarro		 Boston (A) Willie Stargell
7/1 Traded Dick Brown
Dick Stuart
Larry Howard
Nelson Mathews
Tommie Sisk		 Boston (A) Duke Sims
Joe Hoerner
7/31 Released Frank Reberger    
7/31 Traded Fred Beene
Danny Thompson		 San Diego Phil Niekro
Bob Locker
 
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