1969 Detroit Tigers
Record: 54-108
Finish: 5th in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 488
Runs Allowed: 844
Exp W-L: 43-119
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,423,026
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 6th in the American League
AA: 62-75, 7th in the American League
A: 53-84, 9th 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
CF *Wes Covington 37 162 602 44 120 15 3 17 65 3 2 36 120 .199 .245 .319 .564 44.4 1.0 5.5
DH  Orlando Cepeda 31 154 565 63 148 35 0 19 76 1 0 43 82 .262 .319 .425 .744 73.6 19.9 4.3
2B *Rod Carew 23 149 569 74 158 29 6 8 52 29 11 38 64 .278 .323 .392 .715 69.6 18.1 4.7
1B *Kent Hadley 34 162 565 43 83 19 0 18 45 0 0 39 142 .147 .201 .276 .477 25.3 0.0 2.8
DH  Dick Stuart 36 156 565 45 129 11 1 18 75 0 0 25 161 .228 .263 .347 .610 48.7 5.7 0.1
C *Russ Nixon 34 147 514 43 111 33 2 3 26 1 1 19 99 .216 .244 .305 .549 34.7 1.6 7.0
3B #Dick Schofield 34 154 467 48 78 16 2 6 32 0 2 65 146 .167 .269 .248 .517 33.2 0.0 4.7
RF  George Alusik 34 152 502 40 100 24 2 10 36 1 2 25 113 .199 .242 .315 .557 35.4 1.3 4.0
SS  Ken Boyer 38 153 488 39 107 11 3 9 38 7 7 31 130 .219 .266 .309 .575 36.9 2.9 5.0
LF  Billy Moran 35 58 149 13 29 5 0 0 7 1 0 10 36 .195 .242 .228 .470 7.7 0.0 1.0
C *Gary Kolb 29 75 135 21 37 5 3 1 8 13 5 21 27 .274 .372 .378 .750 19.6 5.5 1.1
C  Tom Tischinski 24 26 94 5 14 0 0 1 4 0 0 10 19 .149 .238 .181 .419 2.8 0.0 1.2
SS  Clete Boyer 32 20 46 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 9 .152 .220 .152 .372 1.3 0.0 0.4
SS *Tom Matchick 25 35 43 7 13 3 1 0 3 1 1 0 5 .302 .302 .419 .721 4.5 1.3 0.6
CF  Jack Reed 36 15 8 3 2 0 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 1.2 0.1 0.0
  Team Totals 32.1 1618 5312 488 1136 206 23 110 471 61 32 368 1153 .214 .266 .323 .589 438.8 57.5 42.3
  Rank among 10 AL teams 10 10 10 9 6 7 10 7 3 10 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
*Frank Baumann 35 11 21 .344 35 35 0 243.7 219 122 32 138 169 4.51 12.4
 Milt Pappas 30 3 23 .115 34 34 0 224.3 268 145 29 117 111 5.82 0.0
 Jay Hook 32 10 18 .357 32 32 0 220.0 239 114 35 65 128 4.66 10.5
 Fred Beene 26 9 12 .429 47 17 2 190.3 206 108 29 64 96 5.11 6.9
 Jeff James 27 5 11 .313 17 17 0 127.0 125 68 20 60 77 4.82 5.3
 Tommie Sisk 27 6 7 .462 68 0 12 122.0 104 50 2 72 47 3.69 14.4
*Juan Pizarro 32 4 10 .286 21 15 2 100.3 124 77 17 66 57 6.91 0.0
*Sparky Lyle 24 6 5 .545 47 12 9 98.7 98 45 14 37 59 4.11 8.4
 Aubrey Gatewood 30 0 0 .000 26 0 1 46.0 43 17 7 23 17 3.33 4.1
 Jim Ray 24 0 0 .000 15 0 2 30.0 36 18 4 17 19 5.40 0.1
*Jim Constable 36 0 1 .000 13 0 0 16.7 26 20 5 13 4 10.80 0.0
Team Totals 29.4 54 108 .333 355 162 28 1419.0 1488 784 194 672 784 4.97 62.2
Rank among 10 AL teams 10 10 5 10 10 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 .992 36.3
R.Nixon 1185.7 137 142 700 71 5 4 .994 30.6
T.Tischinski 209.0 25 26 117 12 1 0 .992 45.8
G.Kolb 24.3 0 13 15 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1419.0 162 181 832 84 6 4 .993 32.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.94
K.Hadley 1380.3 162 162 1537 130 9 157 .995 10.87
G.Kolb 19.0 0 10 24 2 0 2 1.000 12.32
O.Cepeda 8.0 0 5 9 0 0 2 1.000 10.13
B.Moran 5.0 0 4 7 0 0 1 1.000 12.60
D.Stuart 4.0 0 2 5 1 0 1 1.000 13.50
D.Dotterer 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
T.Matchick 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1419.0 162 185 1586 133 9 163 .995 10.90
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.64
R.Carew 1252.0 143 148 298 527 18 113 .979 5.93
B.Moran 152.0 18 18 53 68 5 16 .960 7.16
T.Matchick 10.0 1 2 3 5 0 0 1.000 7.20
D.Stuart 5.0 0 1 4 4 0 1 1.000 14.40
Team Total 1419.0 162 169 358 604 23 130 .977 6.10
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.58
D.Schofield 1275.0 152 154 105 291 10 32 .975 2.80
T.Matchick 108.0 10 27 10 25 0 2 1.000 2.92
B.Moran 31.3 0 15 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.16
C.Boyer 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
K.Boyer 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1419.0 162 199 117 327 10 34 .978 2.82
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.85
K.Boyer 1257.7 145 151 217 496 22 107 .970 5.10
C.Boyer 116.7 14 15 10 39 4 7 .925 3.78
T.Matchick 23.0 3 4 8 7 0 1 1.000 5.87
B.Moran 21.7 0 5 3 7 0 2 1.000 4.16
Team Total 1419.0 162 175 238 549 26 117 .968 4.99
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.78
O.Cepeda 1275.0 147 149 300 12 3 1 .990 2.20
G.Kolb 131.0 15 15 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.72
G.Alusik 8.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Reed 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Moran 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1419.0 162 169 328 12 3 1 .991 2.16
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.43
W.Covington 1397.0 162 162 365 19 3 5 .992 2.47
J.Reed 13.3 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
G.Kolb 8.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1419.0 162 167 368 19 3 5 .992 2.45
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.93
G.Alusik 1273.7 148 150 276 13 0 5 1.000 2.04
G.Kolb 130.3 14 18 41 0 0 0 1.000 2.83
C.Boyer 9.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
J.Reed 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
K.Hadley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1419.0 162 176 322 13 0 5 1.000 2.12
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.93
F.Baumann 243.7 35 35 17 35 1 2 .981 1.92
M.Pappas 224.3 34 34 14 49 3 3 .955 2.53
J.Hook 220.0 32 32 22 37 0 5 1.000 2.41
F.Beene 190.3 17 47 16 29 0 4 1.000 2.13
J.James 127.0 17 17 6 10 0 0 1.000 1.13
T.Sisk 122.0 0 68 13 22 3 3 .921 2.58
J.Pizarro 100.3 15 21 2 21 0 1 1.000 2.06
S.Lyle 98.7 12 47 10 25 1 4 .972 3.19
A.Gatewood 46.0 0 26 2 12 1 3 .933 2.74
J.Ray 30.0 0 15 0 7 1 0 .875 2.10
J.Constable 16.7 0 13 0 4 1 1 .800 2.16
Team Total 1419.0 162 355 102 251 11 26 .970 2.24
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Carew .278
On-Base Pct Carew .323
Slugging Pct Cepeda .425
OPS Cepeda .744
XR Cepeda 73.6
Games Covington, Hadley 162
At-Bats Covington 602
Runs Carew 74
Hits Carew 158
Total Bases Cepeda 240
Singles Carew 115
Doubles Cepeda 35
Triples Carew 6
Homeruns Cepeda 19
RBIs Cepeda 76
Stolen Bases Carew 29
Caught Stealing Carew 11
Walks Schofield 65
Strikeouts Stuart 161
ERA Baumann 4.51
Wins Baumann 11
Losses Pappas 23
Winning Pct Beene .429
Saves Sisk 12
Games Pitched Sisk 68
Games Started Baumann 35
Complete Games Beene 6
Shutouts Baumann, James 1
Innings Pitched Baumann 243.7
Hits Allowed Pappas 268
Homeruns Allowed Hook 35
Strikeouts Baumann 169
Walks Allowed Baumann 138
Walks per 9IP Hook 2.7
Hits per 9IP Baumann 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Baumann 6.2
WHiP Hook 1.38
OAVG Baumann .242
OOBP Hook .331
OSLG Baumann .406
OOPS Baumann .746
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Ken Boyer $ 8,000,000
Orlando Cepeda $ 7,500,000
Frank Baumann $ 7,200,000
Wes Covington $ 7,100,000
Milt Pappas $ 6,300,000
George Alusik $ 1,350,000
Kent Hadley $ 1,000,000
Clete Boyer $ 350,000
Jack Reed $ 350,000
Gary Kolb $ 300,000
Fred Beene $ 300,000
Rod Carew $ 300,000
Jim Constable $ 300,000
Aubrey Gatewood $ 300,000
Jeff James $ 300,000
Tom Tischinski $ 300,000
Sparky Lyle $ 300,000
Tom Matchick $ 300,000
Billy Moran $ 300,000
Russ Nixon $ 300,000
Juan Pizarro $ 300,000
Jim Ray $ 300,000
Dick Schofield $ 300,000
Tommie Sisk $ 300,000
Dick Stuart $ 300,000
Jay Hook $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Craig Anderson
$4,000,000
Toronto Wes Covington
2/3 Traded Chico Ruiz
$5,000,000
Minnesota Ken Boyer
Rickey Clark
Frank Reberger
2/4 Signed     Juan Pizarro
2/6 Signed     Jay Hook
2/7 Signed     Billy Moran
2/9 Signed     Dick Stuart
2/21 Traded Charlie Beamon Minnesota Frank Kreutzer
3/2 Signed     Russ Nixon
3/2 Signed     Eddie Kasko
3/2 Signed     Dick Schofield
3/2 Signed     Gary Kolb
3/2 Signed     Johnny Schaive
3/2 Signed     Jim Constable
3/2 Signed     Dutch Dotterer
3/2 Signed     Bobby Wine
3/3 Traded Bob Johnson Kansas City Bill Champion
6/9 Released Frank House    
7/1 Released Dutch Dotterer