1974 Detroit Tigers
Record: 80-82
Finish: 3rd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 823
Runs Allowed: 817
Exp W-L: 82-80
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,900,555
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 9th in the American League
AA: 50-87, 10th in the American League
A: 65-72, 7th 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
LF *Willie Stargell 34 153 590 95 176 41 3 29 115 3 1 65 140 .298 .367 .525 .892 107.6 22.3 2.4
2B *Rod Carew 28 145 579 91 187 35 6 12 70 38 20 41 51 .323 .366 .466 .833 91.6 17.7 2.3
3B *Billy Williams 36 156 585 88 162 30 7 23 108 16 8 35 91 .277 .316 .470 .786 82.9 13.5 4.3
LF *Boog Powell 32 141 533 91 153 26 3 26 88 0 0 70 107 .287 .369 .493 .863 90.6 17.8 2.1
C *Duke Sims 33 145 522 82 124 17 3 24 100 0 1 67 83 .238 .333 .420 .752 75.4 11.3 2.9
3B  Tim Foli 23 154 525 59 128 24 1 2 54 2 3 17 65 .244 .268 .305 .573 38.3 0.5 4.6
3B  Elliott Maddox 26 146 465 64 124 19 2 2 40 6 3 64 56 .267 .356 .329 .685 59.5 8.6 2.7
DH  Orlando Cepeda 36 133 495 49 123 17 3 5 41 0 0 25 134 .248 .291 .325 .616 45.4 3.8 0.5
C *Charlie Sands 26 107 330 64 61 13 2 10 45 0 2 83 97 .185 .349 .327 .676 45.8 5.8 4.6
C *Tim Talton 35 106 389 65 131 34 4 4 57 0 2 24 46 .337 .375 .476 .851 61.0 12.9 4.2
DH *Keith Hernandez 20 63 211 31 56 14 5 5 40 3 1 25 28 .265 .345 .450 .795 30.8 5.3 1.6
DH #Rusty Torres 25 80 185 28 28 3 2 5 25 1 0 38 34 .151 .294 .270 .564 19.1 0.4 0.8
3B  Pete Mackanin 22 77 205 16 37 6 4 0 16 1 1 9 45 .180 .221 .249 .470 8.7 0.0 1.4
  Team Totals 28.9 1606 5614 823 1490 279 45 147 799 70 42 563 977 .265 .333 .410 .743 756.8 119.8 34.4
  Rank among 10 AL teams 5 5 6 5 2 5 5 6 5 7 10 6 6 6 6 6  
* - 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
 Jim Palmer 28 16 13 .552 32 32 0 251.7 277 113 22 70 102 4.04 18.1
*Joe Hoerner 37 12 14 .462 33 33 0 251.3 267 119 34 62 131 4.26 16.2
 Steve Kline 26 15 12 .556 32 32 0 233.7 285 139 27 56 99 5.35 9.2
 John Gelnar 31 11 15 .423 30 30 0 221.3 209 100 23 37 188 4.07 15.4
*John Morris 32 15 10 .600 32 32 0 210.7 199 80 9 65 108 3.42 19.2
 Dave Boswell 29 5 5 .500 52 2 5 90.3 99 60 12 59 67 5.98 2.3
 Ron Taylor 36 2 8 .200 62 0 14 82.0 106 50 11 8 35 5.49 4.6
*Sparky Lyle 29 3 4 .429 37 0 7 53.7 68 34 13 33 34 5.70 0.9
 Al Fitzmorris 28 1 1 .500 17 1 0 27.3 41 22 5 10 11 7.24 0.0
*Ralph Lumenti 37 0 0 .000 17 0 1 25.3 37 22 4 14 25 7.82 0.0
Team Totals 31.3 80 82 .494 344 162 27 1447.3 1588 739 160 414 800 4.60 85.8
Rank among 10 AL teams 5 5 4 6 6 8 7 3 1 7 3  
* - 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 .987 30.3
C.Sands 664.3 77 78 385 34 2 0 .995 31.9
T.Talton 659.3 72 85 364 32 6 0 .985 32.9
D.Sims 123.7 13 16 83 6 0 0 1.000 11.8
Team Total 1447.3 162 179 832 72 8 0 .991 30.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.49
W.Stargell 730.3 82 84 910 60 10 70 .990 11.95
K.Hernandez 488.0 57 58 633 58 2 41 .997 12.74
C.Sands 86.0 9 9 96 5 1 9 .990 10.57
T.Talton 67.0 7 11 88 7 0 5 1.000 12.76
O.Cepeda 59.0 7 8 75 5 0 4 1.000 12.20
B.Powell 15.0 0 4 14 3 0 1 1.000 10.20
R.Carew 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1447.3 162 175 1817 139 13 130 .993 12.16
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.98
R.Carew 1260.3 141 142 274 546 26 95 .969 5.86
P.Mackanin 178.0 20 21 31 75 5 11 .955 5.36
T.Foli 9.0 1 1 1 5 1 0 .857 6.00
Team Total 1447.3 162 164 306 626 32 106 .967 5.80
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.87
B.Williams 1249.0 140 144 79 345 13 25 .970 3.06
P.Mackanin 164.7 19 19 13 47 0 5 1.000 3.28
E.Maddox 32.0 3 4 3 9 1 1 .923 3.38
R.Torres 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.3 162 168 95 401 14 31 .973 3.08
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.28
T.Foli 1293.7 152 153 193 588 26 86 .968 5.43
P.Mackanin 133.7 9 35 15 57 2 5 .973 4.85
E.Maddox 19.0 1 6 3 9 1 2 .923 5.68
R.Torres 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.3 162 195 211 654 29 93 .968 5.38
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.87
B.Powell 1054.7 119 119 229 2 0 1 1.000 1.97
R.Torres 169.3 18 23 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.44
W.Stargell 125.0 14 14 27 0 1 0 .964 1.94
O.Cepeda 45.0 5 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60
B.Williams 26.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Maddox 18.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00
T.Talton 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 162 168 292 3 2 1 .993 1.83
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.41
E.Maddox 1120.7 131 131 276 10 2 1 .993 2.30
R.Torres 200.0 18 34 52 0 2 0 .963 2.34
B.Powell 116.0 13 15 29 2 3 1 .912 2.41
B.Williams 10.7 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.22
Team Total 1447.3 162 184 362 12 7 2 .982 2.33
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.02
D.Sims 1129.7 130 130 251 3 9 2 .966 2.02
R.Torres 129.3 13 16 25 0 1 0 .962 1.74
O.Cepeda 107.7 12 12 29 0 1 0 .967 2.42
C.Sands 35.7 4 4 4 0 1 0 .800 1.01
B.Williams 22.7 2 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.78
E.Maddox 18.3 1 5 5 1 0 1 1.000 2.95
W.Stargell 4.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1447.3 162 172 324 4 12 3 .965 2.04
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.90
J.Palmer 251.7 32 32 16 49 4 1 .942 2.32
J.Hoerner 251.3 33 33 17 45 1 5 .984 2.22
S.Kline 233.7 32 32 15 27 1 4 .977 1.62
J.Gelnar 221.3 30 30 14 33 2 0 .959 1.91
J.Morris 210.7 32 32 21 27 1 2 .980 2.05
D.Boswell 90.3 2 52 4 14 0 1 1.000 1.79
R.Taylor 82.0 0 62 4 15 0 1 1.000 2.09
S.Lyle 53.7 0 37 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.51
A.Fitzmorris 27.3 1 17 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.63
R.Lumenti 25.3 0 17 0 7 0 1 1.000 2.49
Team Total 1447.3 162 344 97 228 9 15 .973 2.02
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Carew .323
On-Base Pct Powell .369
Slugging Pct Stargell .525
OPS Stargell .892
XR Stargell 107.6
Games Williams 156
At-Bats Stargell 590
Runs Stargell 95
Hits Carew 187
Total Bases Stargell 310
Singles Carew 134
Doubles Stargell 41
Triples Williams 7
Homeruns Stargell 29
RBIs Stargell 115
Stolen Bases Carew 38
Caught Stealing Carew 20
Walks Sands 83
Strikeouts Stargell 140
ERA Morris 3.42
Wins Palmer 16
Losses Gelnar 15
Winning Pct Morris .600
Saves Taylor 14
Games Pitched Taylor 62
Games Started Hoerner 33
Complete Games Palmer 10
Shutouts Gelnar 2
Innings Pitched Palmer 251.7
Hits Allowed Kline 285
Homeruns Allowed Hoerner 34
Strikeouts Gelnar 188
Walks Allowed Palmer 70
Walks per 9IP Gelnar 1.5
Hits per 9IP Gelnar 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Gelnar 7.6
WHiP Gelnar 1.11
OAVG Gelnar .243
OOBP Gelnar .280
OSLG Morris .350
OOPS Morris .662
Team All-Stars
John Morris
Willie Stargell
Billy Williams
Player Salaries
John Gelnar $ 11,660,000
Boog Powell $ 8,210,000
Willie Stargell $ 8,000,000
Billy Williams $ 5,500,000
Duke Sims $ 5,190,000
Joe Hoerner $ 4,500,000
John Morris $ 4,300,000
Jim Palmer $ 2,500,000
Orlando Cepeda $ 2,000,000
Rod Carew $ 2,000,000
Dave Boswell $ 2,000,000
Tim Talton $ 1,500,000
Ron Taylor $ 1,500,000
Ralph Lumenti $ 1,000,000
Tom Qualters $ 800,000
Ron Moeller $ 500,000
Jim O'Toole $ 500,000
Sparky Lyle $ 500,000
Elliott Maddox $ 400,000
Al Fitzmorris $ 350,000
Arnold Umbach $ 310,000
Steve Kline $ 300,000
Keith Hernandez $ 300,000
Dave Giusti $ 300,000
Charlie Sands $ 300,000
Tim Foli $ 300,000
Rusty Torres $ 300,000
Pete Mackanin $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Frank Johnson Los Angeles John Morris
Vada Pinson
2/4 Signed     Jim O'Toole
2/4 Signed     Dave Giusti
2/9 Signed     Ron Moeller
2/10 Signed     Arnold Umbach
2/13 Traded Jeff Burroughs
Cesar Cedeno
Jose Cruz
Vada Pinson
Jim Ray
Toronto John Gelnar
2/13 Traded Bruce Kison
Len Randle
Mark Ballinger
Ross Grimsley
Toronto Barry Lersch
3/3 Traded Ron Willis Los Angeles Wally Bunker
3/3 Traded Mike Davison Toronto Boog Powell