1975 Detroit Tigers
Record: 49-113
Finish: 5th in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 563
Runs Allowed: 941
Exp W-L: 46-116
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,792,426
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 8th in the American League
AA: 65-72, 7th in the American League
A: 62-75, 8th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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
DH  Orlando Cepeda 37 151 643 40 112 23 3 1 24 1 2 42 149 .174 .226 .224 .450 22.9 0.0 0.0
DH #Rusty Torres 26 156 589 75 140 23 2 20 52 4 3 68 131 .238 .314 .385 .700 75.0 8.8 2.8
C *Duke Sims 34 154 582 77 150 26 2 30 95 0 0 53 91 .258 .325 .464 .789 85.3 12.8 2.5
DH *Keith Hernandez 21 153 547 71 151 38 2 10 52 6 2 87 72 .276 .377 .408 .785 84.8 14.6 3.2
LF *Willie Stargell 35 148 561 69 142 19 1 8 43 1 0 59 135 .253 .325 .333 .658 58.1 5.4 1.8
C *Charlie Sands 27 147 448 58 78 14 2 14 51 0 2 125 129 .174 .352 .308 .660 60.7 6.3 8.2
3B  Tim Foli 24 157 495 33 104 20 2 11 50 0 1 32 84 .210 .260 .325 .586 38.4 0.6 5.8
2B  Mike De La Hoz 36 155 486 44 109 13 1 2 32 2 0 26 87 .224 .265 .267 .532 29.9 0.0 5.0
3B *Billy Williams 37 101 325 27 59 17 2 7 36 6 0 17 83 .182 .225 .311 .536 21.2 0.0 2.3
3B  Pete Mackanin 23 108 292 27 46 11 0 4 33 5 1 11 45 .158 .190 .236 .426 9.7 0.0 2.5
CF  Paul Blair 31 100 242 21 58 15 3 5 32 3 1 11 28 .240 .273 .388 .661 23.3 2.0 1.1
C *Bob Chance 34 94 234 17 49 10 1 7 35 0 1 13 54 .209 .251 .350 .601 19.7 0.5 1.9
C *Ed Herrmann 28 36 35 2 8 1 1 1 10 0 0 2 4 .229 .300 .400 .700 4.2 0.3 0.2
2B  Orlando Ramirez 23 23 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 8 .042 .080 .042 .122 -1.8 0.0 0.2
P  Arnold Umbach 32 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 1687 5506 563 1208 230 22 120 545 29 14 547 1101 .219 .291 .335 .626 531.7 51.2 37.4
  Rank among 10 AL teams 10 10 10 10 10 7 10 10 1 6 10 10 10 10 10 10  
* - 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
 Dave Boswell 30 7 17 .292 32 32 0 219.3 194 112 28 123 171 4.60 12.6
*Sandy Koufax 39 7 15 .318 32 32 0 208.7 229 141 23 148 115 6.08 3.1
 Frank Linzy 34 1 22 .043 32 32 0 205.7 258 131 28 76 53 5.73 4.0
*Joe Hoerner 38 4 16 .200 27 27 0 180.0 215 96 26 39 83 4.80 7.3
 Burt Hooton 25 4 14 .222 21 21 0 147.3 167 74 23 53 59 4.52 6.8
 Pete Mikkelsen 35 7 3 .700 67 1 7 108.0 87 50 17 57 63 4.17 9.5
*Sparky Lyle 30 6 8 .429 58 3 4 103.0 122 66 11 72 53 5.77 2.1
 Ron Taylor 37 2 2 .500 48 0 3 72.0 82 29 10 14 23 3.63 6.5
*Rich Troedson 25 5 6 .455 11 11 0 71.0 84 41 11 28 34 5.20 3.7
*Lou Marone 29 5 6 .455 39 0 2 69.7 82 41 8 22 23 5.30 2.7
 Arnold Umbach 32 1 4 .200 25 3 0 68.0 86 52 6 54 24 6.88 0.0
Team Totals 32.2 49 113 .302 392 162 16 1452.6 1606 833 191 686 701 5.16 58.3
Rank among 10 AL teams 10 10 10 10 8 8 10 10 10 10 10  
* - 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 .988 31.7
C.Sands 1213.7 135 141 625 87 9 0 .988 39.1
B.Chance 230.0 27 27 118 17 2 0 .985 32.6
D.Sims 7.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
E.Herrmann 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1452.7 162 171 747 104 11 0 .987 37.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.53
K.Hernandez 1332.0 147 152 1621 137 9 174 .995 11.88
B.Chance 112.7 14 14 146 8 1 13 .994 12.30
O.Cepeda 8.0 1 1 9 0 0 1 1.000 10.13
Team Total 1452.7 162 167 1776 145 10 188 .995 11.90
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.96
M.De La Hoz 1273.0 154 154 334 566 19 142 .979 6.36
P.Mackanin 87.7 8 16 28 44 1 14 .986 7.39
P.Blair 70.7 0 30 17 27 2 2 .957 5.60
O.Ramirez 14.7 0 8 7 7 1 0 .933 8.59
T.Foli 3.7 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 7.38
E.Herrmann 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1452.6 162 210 389 645 23 158 .978 6.41
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.78
B.Williams 821.3 98 98 55 211 10 23 .964 2.91
P.Mackanin 570.0 60 78 53 144 6 14 .970 3.11
O.Ramirez 41.0 4 5 3 10 1 0 .929 2.85
M.De La Hoz 11.7 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.54
E.Herrmann 5.0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60
B.Chance 3.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1452.7 162 189 112 369 17 38 .966 2.98
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.29
T.Foli 1313.7 156 156 220 594 24 125 .971 5.58
P.Mackanin 61.7 6 10 14 23 1 7 .974 5.40
E.Herrmann 23.3 0 10 2 14 1 2 .941 6.17
O.Ramirez 22.0 0 10 5 5 0 1 1.000 4.09
M.De La Hoz 15.0 0 8 2 3 1 0 .833 3.00
B.Williams 7.0 0 1 2 3 1 2 .833 6.43
C.Sands 6.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Chance 4.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1452.7 162 199 245 645 28 137 .969 5.51
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 1.87
W.Stargell 1265.0 142 146 247 9 18 3 .934 1.82
P.Blair 178.7 19 23 44 2 1 1 .979 2.32
D.Sims 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1452.7 162 170 293 11 19 4 .941 1.88
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.42
R.Torres 1333.7 150 155 341 4 13 3 .964 2.33
P.Blair 119.0 12 20 30 0 1 0 .968 2.27
Team Total 1452.7 162 175 371 4 14 3 .964 2.32
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.00
D.Sims 1317.7 147 148 289 9 10 2 .968 2.04
P.Blair 134.0 15 15 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.75
E.Herrmann 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.7 162 164 314 10 10 2 .970 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.95
D.Boswell 219.3 32 32 21 29 3 3 .943 2.05
S.Koufax 208.7 32 32 16 30 1 2 .979 1.98
F.Linzy 205.7 32 32 16 37 0 2 1.000 2.32
J.Hoerner 180.0 27 27 10 26 0 4 1.000 1.80
B.Hooton 147.3 21 21 6 25 1 1 .969 1.89
P.Mikkelsen 108.0 1 67 8 11 1 0 .950 1.58
S.Lyle 103.0 3 58 9 14 4 2 .852 2.01
R.Taylor 72.0 0 48 8 12 0 1 1.000 2.50
R.Troedson 71.0 11 11 3 11 0 1 1.000 1.77
L.Marone 69.7 0 39 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.55
A.Umbach 68.0 3 25 2 13 0 2 1.000 1.99
Team Total 1452.6 162 392 102 217 10 19 .970 1.98
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hernandez .276
On-Base Pct Hernandez .377
Slugging Pct Sims .464
OPS Sims .789
XR Sims 85.3
Games Foli 157
At-Bats Cepeda 643
Runs Sims 77
Hits Hernandez 151
Total Bases Sims 270
Singles Stargell 114
Doubles Hernandez 38
Triples Blair, Cepeda 3
Homeruns Sims 30
RBIs Sims 95
Stolen Bases Hernandez, Williams 6
Caught Stealing Torres 3
Walks Sands 125
Strikeouts Cepeda 149
ERA Boswell 4.60
Wins Boswell, Koufax, Mikkelsen 7
Losses Linzy 22
Winning Pct Koufax .318
Saves Mikkelsen 7
Games Pitched Mikkelsen 67
Games Started Boswell, Koufax, Linzy 32
Complete Games Hoerner, Hooton 3
Shutouts Hoerner, Hooton 1
Innings Pitched Boswell 219.3
Hits Allowed Linzy 258
Homeruns Allowed Boswell, Linzy 28
Strikeouts Boswell 171
Walks Allowed Koufax 148
Walks per 9IP Hoerner 2.0
Hits per 9IP Boswell 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Boswell 7.0
WHiP Hoerner 1.41
OAVG Boswell .238
OOBP Hoerner .335
OSLG Boswell .412
OOPS Boswell .748
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Willie Stargell $ 8,000,000
Billy Williams $ 5,500,000
Duke Sims $ 5,190,000
Sandy Koufax $ 4,940,000
Joe Hoerner $ 4,500,000
Orlando Cepeda $ 2,000,000
Ron Taylor $ 1,500,000
Dave Boswell $ 1,250,000
Charlie Sands $ 1,250,000
Bob Chance $ 1,000,000
Mike De La Hoz $ 751,000
Frank Linzy $ 500,000
Pete Mikkelsen $ 500,000
Sparky Lyle $ 500,000
John Kennedy $ 350,000
Wayne Comer $ 350,000
Eddie Leon $ 350,000
Arnold Umbach $ 310,000
Ed Herrmann $ 300,000
Rich Troedson $ 300,000
Rusty Torres $ 300,000
George Culver $ 300,000
Orlando Ramirez $ 300,000
Keith Hernandez $ 300,000
Burt Hooton $ 300,000
Paul Blair $ 300,000
Lou Marone $ 300,000
Pete Mackanin $ 300,000
Tim Foli $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Boog Powell
Jim Palmer
John Morris
Kansas City Bob Watson
Sandy Koufax
Leon Roberts
Doc Medich
Dan Spillner
2/1 Traded John Gelnar Kansas City Burt Hooton
2/1 Traded Steve Kline
Tim Talton
Al Fitzmorris
San Diego Lou Marone
2/3 Traded Bob Watson New York (N) Rich Troedson
2/13 Traded Elliott Maddox Los Angeles Bill Dillman
2/14 Signed     Paul Blair
2/14 Signed     Frank Linzy
2/14 Signed     Mike De La Hoz
2/15 Signed     Ed Herrmann
2/16 Signed     Pete Mikkelsen
2/21 Traded Rod Carew Kansas City Ernie Mcanally
2/21 Signed     George Culver
2/25 Signed     Bob Chance
7/31 Traded Wally Bunker
$3,159,024
New York (A) Wayne Comer
Eddie Leon
John Kennedy