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1970 Detroit Tigers  (1969)  (1971) 69-93, 5th in AL Eastern Division Scored 685 runs, Allowed 768 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-90 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .692 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 72-90   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 79-83 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  Bill Melton          25  149  549   87  147  16   1  42  100   4   0   41  100  .268  .326  .530   93   6.1  4e37       28  
 OF  Al Kaline            35  136  504   79  138  26   3  19   51   0   0   55   53  .274  .343  .450   75   5.2  2(-3)e4   -33  
 OF *Jim Northrup         30  137  491   62  128  22   3  24   85   1   3   49   60  .261  .341  .464   74   5.2  2(-1)e3     4  
 1B *Norm Cash            35  126  388   50  109  20   3  13   48   0   0   71   61  .281  .403  .448   73   6.8  2e17       29  
 SS #Don Kessinger        27  162  646   76  159  18  12   2   43  15   5   49   64  .246  .300  .320   64   3.3  2e23      -65  
 OF  Willie Horton        27   95  343   44   98  18   1  19   79   0   0   12   40  .286  .312  .510   53   5.7  3(-2)e6   -33  
 2B *Dick McAuliffe       30  130  388   59   92  22   0   8   30   1   4   71   38  .237  .354  .356   53   4.7  2e22        6  
 2B  Tony Taylor          34  116  370   49  104  28   6   6   29   8   6   30   66  .281  .340  .438   51   4.9  3e5       -59  
 C   Bill Freehan         28  131  427   38  100  19   3  17   52   0   0   36   58  .234  .294  .412   50   4.0  2(-2)e2   -46  
 OF  Mickey Stanley       27  160  581   56  136  21   7  10   58   4   1   37   57  .234  .279  .346   49   2.8  1(-2)e0   -77  
 OF  Jesus Alou           28   65  203   24   62  10   1   2   17   0   0    7    9  .305  .327  .394   24   4.5  3(0)e12     2  
 PH  Ike Brown            28   78   79   16   22   5   0   4   13   0   0   17   20  .278  .406  .494   17   8.4             56  
 C   Jim Price            28   45  128   16   25   5   0   5   11   0   1   13   15  .195  .270  .352   10   2.6  3(0)e16     5  
 PH *Gates Brown          31   67   65   12   15   1   0   2    6   0   0    6   11  .231  .292  .338    6   3.0            -24  
 C  *Gene Lamont          23   22   36    2   11   2   1   1    4   0   0    1    7  .306  .324  .500    5   6.4  4(+1)e8     7  
 SS *Ken Szotkiewicz      23    2    6    1    2   0   0   1    3   0   0    0    2  .333  .333  .833    1  11.2  4e25      724  
 PH *Russ Nagelson        25    3    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .333  .600  .333    0   5.5            436  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           707                  -21

     * - 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  Tom Murphy           24  12  14  .462  33  33   5   0   0   0   2  221.0  207  105   93  34   79  110  3.79  106   4.3  -51  
  P  Lew Krausse          27  12  14  .462  36  34   3   2   0   0   2  225.0  222  103   98  28   67  146  3.92  112   4.5  -81  
  P *Mickey Lolich        29  12  20  .375  39  39  12   0   0   0   1  277.1  273  151  125  26  127  222  4.06  144   4.6  -13  
  P *Joe Grzenda          33   7   4  .636  59   1   0  26   5   4   0   86.1  107   54   53  14   38   34  5.53   67   7.2   81  
  P *Les Cain             22   6   5  .545  34  24   2   7   0   0   0  168.0  177  107   98  27   96  142  5.25  107   5.7   70  
  P  Mel Queen            28   4   3  .571  37   1   0  16   3   1   0   59.0   51   29   28   8   38   52  4.27   28   4.4  -36  
  P  Denny McLain         26   4   7  .364  30   8   1   9   1   3   1   81.2  100   49   49  13   43   45  5.40   59   6.5    4  
  P *Mike Kilkenny        25   4   8  .333  23  14   0   7   0   2   0   90.0  102   66   53  10   52   68  5.30   56   5.5  -13  
  P  Tom Timmerman        30   3   2  .600  37   0   0  22   8   0   0   59.0   50   15   13   3   18   36  1.98   21   3.2  -93  
  P  Bob Reed             25   2   1  .667  27   2   0  12   2   2   0   46.0   51   25   21   5   18   23  4.11   24   4.7  -61  
  P *Fred Scherman        25   2   6  .250  54   0   0  27   4   3   0   68.1   69   29   23   5   32   55  3.03   34   4.5   49  
  P  Ken Forsch           23   1   0 1.000   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   17.2   17    7    7   0    4   11  3.57    7   3.7  -23  
  P  Norm McRae           22   0   2  .000  12   0   0   3   0   0   0   15.2   16   12   12   2   15    9  6.89   10   5.9  135  
  P  Daryl Patterson      26   0   3  .000  11   0   0   5   0   2   0   12.2    9    5    5   1    6    7  3.55    4   3.5 -139  
  P  Joe Coleman          23   0   4  .000   6   3   0   3   0   0   0   26.0   21   11   11   4    6   19  3.81    8   2.7  -73  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      794        -14

     * - 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 1053 118 128 782 42 1 6 .999 30 16 Jim Price 323 37 43 257 19 12 3 .958 14 11 Gene Lamont 77 7 20 60 4 2 1 .970 10 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Norm Cash 970 108 110 912 77 9 116 .991 9.18 Al Kaline 474 53 56 444 28 4 68 .992 8.96 Russ Nagelson 8 1 2 10 2 0 0 1.000 14.09 Willie Horton 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Jim Northrup 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick McAuliffe 887 94 112 297 246 15 86 .973 5.51 Tony Taylor 562 68 71 182 171 0 64 1.000 5.65 Ike Brown 5 0 3 2 3 1 0 .833 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Melton 1198 148 148 124 254 32 39 .922 2.84 Tony Taylor 199 12 53 21 45 2 6 .971 2.99 Ike Brown 43 2 10 6 8 0 2 1.000 2.95 Dick McAuliffe 14 0 8 0 4 1 0 .800 2.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Kessinger 1439 161 161 241 623 32 130 .964 5.41 Ken Szotkiewicz 8 1 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.50 Tony Taylor 5 0 1 1 5 1 2 .857 10.80 Ike Brown 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Horton 692 79 79 135 9 1 2 .993 1.87 Jim Northrup 552 60 63 109 5 2 0 .983 1.86 Jesus Alou 180 20 21 38 1 0 0 1.000 1.95 Gates Brown 26 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.40 Ike Brown 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Stanley 1411 157 160 382 24 0 5 1.000 2.59 Jim Northrup 43 5 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Kaline 720 79 80 120 14 5 3 .964 1.68 Jim Northrup 533 59 64 111 4 0 0 1.000 1.94 Jesus Alou 201 24 27 35 0 3 0 .921 1.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1970 Draft

Round 1 (#4):	Ken Forsch
Round 2 (#29):	Lew Krausse
Round 3 (#47):	Joe Grzenda
Round 4 (#65):	Mel Queen

Transactions

• 1970-01: traded Cesar Gutierrez, Elliott Maddox, DEA#2 to CHN for Don Kessinger
• 1970-18: traded Tom Timmerman, DEA#3 to WAA for Joe Coleman
• 1970 postseason: released Gene Lamont

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