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1972 Detroit Tigers
Record: 105-57
Finish: 1st in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 954
Runs Allowed: 693
Exp W-L: 104-58
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,696,884
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 7th in the American League
AA: 50-87, 10th in the American League
A: 64-73, 6th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 2-4 to Seattle Mariners
Won Divisional Series 4-0 over Cleveland (A) Indians
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
P *Andy Hassler 20 157 693 126 370 20 2 2 118 1 2 11 96 .534 .540 .577 1.118 35.8 48.9 2.2
3B *Billy Williams 34 156 646 120 192 33 5 31 114 11 4 52 91 .297 .348 .508 .855 104.0 20.0 5.6
LF *Willie Stargell 32 156 616 109 166 38 1 37 132 4 5 70 156 .269 .345 .515 .859 104.6 20.3 2.9
DH  Orlando Cepeda 34 152 597 87 180 30 2 27 114 3 1 37 77 .302 .347 .494 .841 94.6 18.8 0.0
2B *Rod Carew 26 152 567 88 149 32 8 3 51 30 9 54 49 .263 .325 .363 .689 69.8 10.5 9.4
C *Duke Sims 31 145 510 93 149 28 2 28 109 1 3 78 98 .292 .390 .520 .910 96.4 20.5 4.1
RF  Jeff Burroughs 21 137 517 72 130 31 0 19 81 2 3 57 93 .251 .325 .422 .747 67.7 10.0 3.1
CF *Jose Cruz 24 131 460 84 131 29 5 7 61 28 7 47 44 .285 .349 .415 .764 65.9 11.9 3.1
RF  Cesar Cedeno 21 115 366 67 100 24 5 9 50 47 15 28 50 .273 .325 .440 .765 53.0 9.4 2.3
SS *Tom Matchick 28 112 328 32 81 10 2 1 32 10 4 21 51 .247 .290 .299 .589 29.1 1.8 2.6
3B  Tim Foli 21 83 254 21 64 12 0 0 25 1 0 10 16 .252 .279 .299 .578 19.8 0.7 2.3
C *Charlie Sands 24 68 174 33 35 6 2 7 22 1 1 58 39 .201 .402 .379 .781 29.7 4.9 1.1
3B  Elliott Maddox 24 50 89 11 18 2 0 0 4 0 0 7 5 .202 .260 .225 .485 3.2 0.0 0.9
3B *Oscar Gamble 22 15 45 6 12 4 0 3 7 0 0 4 4 .267 .327 .556 .882 7.7 1.6 0.3
SS *Tony Kubek 35 8 31 5 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .290 .290 .419 .710 3.3 0.3 0.2
  Team Totals 26.5 1637 5893 954 1786 300 34 175 922 139 54 534 872 .303 .361 .455 .816 784.5 179.7 40.3
  Rank among 10 AL teams 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 6 8 4 1 1 1 1 5  
* - 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
 Steve Kline 24 20 11 .645 33 33 0 265.0 303 125 35 45 113 4.25 11.5
*Joe Hoerner 35 22 9 .710 33 33 0 263.3 223 96 17 71 170 3.28 19.9
*Sparky Lyle 27 12 6 .667 31 22 1 170.3 151 76 18 67 114 4.02 9.8
 Jim Palmer 26 10 8 .556 20 20 0 164.3 182 67 15 36 91 3.67 9.3
 Al Fitzmorris 26 11 4 .733 33 17 4 153.7 166 82 12 55 53 4.80 6.2
 Dave Boswell 27 7 6 .538 20 20 0 129.3 126 72 19 71 99 5.01 3.8
 Ron Taylor 34 11 3 .786 58 0 19 112.7 104 26 5 11 67 2.08 17.8
*Ralph Lumenti 35 5 2 .714 41 0 8 80.3 45 6 0 40 81 0.67 13.2
 Bruce Kison 22 5 2 .714 8 8 0 58.7 55 30 4 33 28 4.60 2.6
 Don Drysdale 35 2 3 .400 6 6 0 41.0 43 28 6 17 39 6.15 0.0
 Jim Ray 27 0 3 .000 11 3 0 24.3 22 10 1 19 12 3.70 0.5
*Paul Splittorff 25 0 0 .000 7 3 0 9.7 12 5 1 6 1 4.65 0.3
 Bill Champion 24 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2.7 2 1 0 1 1 3.38 0.2
Team Totals 28.2 105 57 .648 302 165 32 1475.3 1434 624 133 472 869 3.81 95.0
Rank among 10 AL teams 1 1 4 1 1 2 4 3 3 9 2  
* - 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 .989 34.8
D.Sims 1181.7 130 131 710 56 8 0 .990 29.9
C.Sands 294.0 32 35 184 14 1 1 .995 25.7
Team Total 1475.7 162 166 894 70 9 1 .991 28.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.03
A.Hassler 1391.3 157 157 1714 133 9 160 .995 11.95
C.Sands 30.0 3 3 33 1 2 3 .944 10.20
C.Cedeno 15.0 0 8 20 0 0 2 1.000 12.00
W.Stargell 5.0 0 3 6 1 0 1 1.000 12.60
O.Cepeda 5.0 0 2 7 1 1 0 .889 14.40
O.Gamble 4.2 0 1 5 0 0 1 1.000 10.71
R.Carew 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.5 160 175 1785 136 12 167 .994 11.91
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.61
R.Carew 1353.7 148 149 311 620 15 122 .984 6.19
T.Foli 120.0 14 14 32 48 0 13 1.000 6.00
E.Maddox 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1475.7 162 165 344 668 15 135 .985 6.17
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.72
B.Williams 1310.7 143 147 92 348 9 27 .980 3.02
E.Maddox 154.7 18 18 6 40 1 5 .979 2.68
T.Foli 10.0 1 2 0 4 0 1 1.000 3.60
T.Matchick 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Gamble 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1476.0 162 168 98 392 10 33 .980 2.99
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
T.Matchick 842.0 97 111 118 356 18 70 .963 5.07
T.Foli 500.0 57 66 67 198 11 37 .960 4.77
T.Kubek 75.5 8 8 11 31 1 5 .977 5.01
E.Maddox 58.7 0 27 9 35 4 6 .917 6.75
B.Williams 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
J.Ray 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Cruz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Carew 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1482.2 162 216 206 623 34 119 .961 5.03
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
W.Stargell 1357.7 151 152 251 4 4 2 .985 1.69
C.Cedeno 44.0 5 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Cruz 30.0 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
C.Sands 8.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Gamble 5.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
B.Williams 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1448.0 159 165 271 4 4 2 .986 1.71
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.45
J.Cruz 886.7 103 108 233 5 8 3 .967 2.42
C.Cedeno 564.0 59 80 138 3 1 1 .993 2.25
J.Burroughs 17.0 0 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 5.29
B.Williams 6.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
O.Gamble 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1474.1 162 197 384 8 9 4 .978 2.39
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.95
J.Burroughs 1192.7 135 136 240 7 6 1 .976 1.86
C.Cedeno 106.3 11 13 26 0 1 0 .963 2.20
O.Gamble 90.8 13 13 21 0 1 0 .955 2.08
J.Cruz 44.7 4 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.81
D.Sims 41.0 2 11 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.88
B.Williams 37.0 4 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.46
C.Sands 26.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
E.Maddox 8.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
A.Hassler 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Foli 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1548.5 173 191 312 7 8 1 .976 1.85
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.92
S.Kline 265.0 33 33 13 35 6 2 .889 1.63
J.Hoerner 263.3 33 33 17 49 0 5 1.000 2.26
S.Lyle 170.3 22 31 16 32 0 5 1.000 2.54
J.Palmer 164.3 20 20 13 29 1 1 .977 2.30
A.Fitzmorris 153.7 17 33 18 29 4 4 .922 2.75
D.Boswell 129.3 20 20 9 16 0 2 1.000 1.74
R.Taylor 112.7 0 58 10 28 1 1 .974 3.04
R.Lumenti 80.3 0 41 2 9 1 1 .917 1.23
B.Kison 58.7 8 8 6 12 4 3 .818 2.76
D.Drysdale 41.0 6 6 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.98
J.Ray 24.3 3 11 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.85
P.Splittorff 9.7 3 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.86
B.Champion 2.7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1475.3 165 302 109 252 17 24 .955 2.20
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hassler .534
On-Base Pct Hassler .540
Slugging Pct Hassler .577
OPS Hassler 1.118
XR Stargell 104.6
Games Hassler 157
At-Bats Hassler 693
Runs Hassler 126
Hits Hassler 370
Total Bases Hassler 400
Singles Williams 123
Doubles Stargell 38
Triples Carew 8
Homeruns Stargell 37
RBIs Stargell 132
Stolen Bases Cedeno 47
Caught Stealing Cedeno 15
Walks Sims 78
Strikeouts Stargell 156
ERA Hoerner 3.28
Wins Hoerner 22
Losses Kline 11
Winning Pct Hoerner .710
Saves Taylor 19
Games Pitched Taylor 58
Games Started Hoerner, Kline 33
Complete Games Kline 14
Shutouts Kline 2
Innings Pitched Kline 265.0
Hits Allowed Kline 303
Homeruns Allowed Kline 35
Strikeouts Hoerner 170
Walks Allowed Boswell, Hoerner 71
Walks per 9IP Kline 1.5
Hits per 9IP Hoerner 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Lyle 6.0
WHiP Hoerner 1.12
OAVG Hoerner .227
OOBP Hoerner .280
OSLG Hoerner .332
OOPS Hoerner .611
Team All-Stars
Joe Hoerner
Steve Kline
Ralph Lumenti
Duke Sims
Willie Stargell
Billy Williams
Player Salaries
Willie Stargell $ 10,000,000
Orlando Cepeda $ 7,500,000
Billy Williams $ 4,500,000
Jim Palmer $ 4,142,857
Joe Hoerner $ 3,100,000
Rod Carew $ 2,642,857
Duke Sims $ 2,435,714
Dave Boswell $ 2,000,000
Ron Taylor $ 1,857,890
Ralph Lumenti $ 1,000,000
Sparky Lyle $ 920,000
Jim Ray $ 350,000
Tom Matchick $ 350,000
Jose Cruz $ 300,000
Cesar Cedeno $ 300,000
Jeff Burroughs $ 300,000
Al Fitzmorris $ 300,000
Tim Foli $ 300,000
Andy Hassler $ 300,000
Steve Kline $ 300,000
Elliott Maddox $ 300,000
Charlie Sands $ 300,000
Bruce Kison $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded George Brunet
Bob Locker
Phil Niekro		 San Diego Frank Johnson
$3,000,000
3/3 Traded Jeff James San Diego Mike Davison
5/1 Traded Bill Champion
Rickey Clark		 Tampa Bay Ron Taylor
$3,406,132
6/1 Traded Don Drysdale
Oscar Gamble
Paul Splittorff
Tony Kubek		 Boston (A) Dave Boswell
Jim Palmer
 
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