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1971 Detroit Tigers  (1970)  (1972) 90-72, 2nd in AL Eastern Division Scored 757 runs, Allowed 682 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-73 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .710 Park Factor: Batting - 102 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 96-66   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 91-71 Manager(s): Alan Boodman

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Norm Cash            36  124  440   79  137  14   2  34   91   3   0   74   75  .311  .420  .584  113   9.9  2e12      101  
 OF *Willie Montanez      23  125  452   94  128  19   7  39   80   0   1   34   64  .283  .336  .615   88   7.0  4(0)e11   153  
 3B  Bill Melton          26  157  589   78  146  17   0  36   97   3   3   57   92  .248  .320  .460   84   4.9  3e18      -64  
 OF *Jim Northrup         31  130  465   86  130  22   3  27   73   1   0   45   41  .280  .340  .514   81   6.3  2(-1)e6    57  
 C   Bill Freehan         29  152  539   63  138  19   6  21   96   0   0   47   56  .256  .323  .430   72   4.7  2(-1)e1   -65  
 SS #Don Kessinger        28  162  620   57  165  23   6   1   50   2   2   52   49  .266  .324  .327   68   3.9  2e28       17  
 2B *Dick McAuliffe       31  129  463   65  103  18   6  16   42   0   0   53   60  .222  .310  .391   59   4.4  2e12       28  
 OF  Al Kaline            36  131  433   58  101  16   1  12   44   0   0   73   58  .233  .354  .358   56   4.3  2(-3)e0  -166  
 OF *Gates Brown          32   87  144   34   51   4   2  10   28   0   0   19    5  .354  .430  .618   40  11.4  4(+4)e4    91  
 OF  Willie Horton        28   81  249   35   70  11   1  11   36   0   0   20   47  .281  .344  .466   37   5.4  3(-2)e11  -35  
 OF  Mickey Stanley       28  102  247   31   67  12   2   4   22   1   1   11   27  .271  .302  .385   27   4.0  1(-2)e5   -46  
 OF  Jesus Alou           29   65  183   17   51  16   2   0   14   0   0    2   10  .279  .291  .388   19   3.7  3(0)e6     13  
 2B  Tony Taylor          35   71  188   20   48  10   0   3   22   1   0   12    7  .255  .302  .356   18   3.4  3e4       -91  
 C   Jerry McNertney      34   38   85    8   27   1   3   2   11   0   0    6    9  .318  .359  .471   13   5.9  2(+2)e9    41  
 OF  Don Hahn             22   66   52    7   10   2   0   0    1   0   0   12   13  .192  .344  .231    4   2.9  1(0)e8    -34  
 PH  Ike Brown            29    9    9    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    5    4  .333  .571  .444    2   9.2            175  
 C   Jim Price            29    4    2    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0  13.5  4(0)e7    344  
 OF  Ken Harrelson        29    8   16    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .125  .222  .125    0    .8  4(0)e5   -258  
 PH  Alex Johnson         28    5    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0    .0           -126  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           790                    0

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Mickey Lolich        30  19  15  .559  44  44  16   0   0   0   2  339.2  311  151  142  27   92  261  3.76  144   3.8   -6  
  P  Joe Coleman          24  18  13  .581  41  41  10   0   0   0   2  292.1  294  143  123  33  105  245  3.79  148   4.5   84  
  P  Lew Krausse          28  14  10  .583  30  30   0   0   0   0   0  186.0  186   97   90  31   69   75  4.35  109   5.3   38  
  P  Ken Forsch           24  13  13  .500  34  30   5   2   0   0   1  201.0  189   94   92  20   61  146  4.12   92   4.2   62  
  P  Mel Queen            29   7   7  .500  47   0   0  24   9   4   0   61.0   44   18   15   3   20   51  2.21   17   2.6  -47  
  P *Mike Kilkenny        26   5   1  .833  34   4   0  15   0   0   0   71.0   81   44   42   8   26   41  5.32   39   4.9    0  
  P *Fred Scherman        26   4   3  .571  55   0   0  23   2   2   0   60.0   39   16   16   6   20   34  2.40   16   2.5 -122  
  P  Tom Murphy           25   4   5  .444  36  11   0  15   1   0   0  110.0  132   69   64  15   35   40  5.24   66   5.3   74  
  P  Vicente Romo         28   3   2  .600  42   0   0  16   9   4   0   69.2   63   31   31   7   36   32  4.00   31   4.1   63  
  P *Joe Grzenda          34   2   2  .500  37   0   0  30  18   2   0   37.2   29    8    8   0   11   36  1.91   11   2.8  -13  
  P *Les Cain             23   1   1  .500   4   2   0   2   1   0   0   14.0   17   10   10   6   12   12  6.43   14   9.3  326  
  P *Bill Gilbreth        23   0   0  .000   1   0   0   0   0   0   0    1.2    0    0    0   0    0    1  0.00    0    .0 -737  
  P  Bill Denehy          25   0   0  .000   7   0   0   4   0   0   0    9.1    7    1    1   0    5    8  0.96    2   2.6 -214  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      696         33

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Bill Freehan 1274 143 150 916 55 2 1 .998 46 23 Jerry McNertney 171 19 25 142 6 2 1 .987 9 3 Jim Price 8 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Norm Cash 1050 118 120 1071 82 12 95 .990 9.88 Al Kaline 382 43 46 363 38 3 40 .993 9.45 Ken Harrelson 10 1 2 9 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 Willie Montanez 10 0 3 12 0 0 1 1.000 10.80 Jim Northrup 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick McAuliffe 1077 122 122 333 350 7 82 .990 5.71 Tony Taylor 376 40 46 122 117 1 29 .996 5.72 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Melton 1375 157 157 107 277 14 28 .965 2.51 Tony Taylor 60 4 14 12 5 2 2 .895 2.54 Ike Brown 18 1 3 1 2 1 2 .750 1.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Kessinger 1453 162 162 226 550 28 97 .965 4.81 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Northrup 652 75 76 114 3 2 1 .983 1.62 Willie Horton 518 58 67 98 4 5 0 .953 1.77 Gates Brown 192 28 30 28 1 0 0 1.000 1.36 Don Hahn 71 0 27 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.52 Jesus Alou 14 1 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.88 Ken Harrelson 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Alex Johnson 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Montanez 899 116 118 238 7 4 1 .984 2.45 Mickey Stanley 527 45 98 187 8 1 0 .995 3.33 Don Hahn 13 0 5 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 Jim Northrup 10 1 4 3 0 1 0 .750 2.70 Jesus Alou 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Kaline 669 75 75 129 10 0 1 1.000 1.87 Jim Northrup 377 40 55 68 2 3 0 .959 1.67 Jesus Alou 360 41 45 60 4 2 1 .970 1.60 Ken Harrelson 20 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.15 Willie Montanez 13 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Don Hahn 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Gates Brown 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Alex Johnson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1971 Draft

Round 1 (#6):	Willie Montanez
Round 4 (#59):	Vicente Romo
Round 5 (#76):	Jerry McNertney
Round 6 (#89):	Alex Johnson
Round 7 (#96):	Don Hahn
Round 8 (#103):	Ken Harrelson

Transactions

• 1971 postseason: released Jesus Alou, Don Hahn, Jerry McNertney, Mel Queen

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