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1972 Detroit Tigers  (1971)  (1973) 71-91, 4th in AL Eastern Division Scored 607 runs, Allowed 697 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-92 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .676 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 72-90   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 86-70 Manager(s): Allen Nelson (18-10), Dennis Van Langen (53-81)

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 2B *Dick McAuliffe       32  131  457   66  122  22   2  13   41   0   1   60   58  .267  .355  .409   72   5.7  2e21       72  
 SS #Don Kessinger        29  161  630   80  168  25   3   0   35  17   6   65   38  .267  .336  .316   71   3.8  2e31      -34  
 C   Bill Freehan         30  135  414   36  114  16   5  14   71   0   1   41   65  .275  .353  .440   64   5.6  2(0)e7     38  
 1B *Norm Cash            37  134  421   64  104  10   0  24   81   0   0   49   48  .247  .334  .442   62   5.1  2e11       -8  
 OF *Jim Northrup         32  136  484   58  123  25   0   6   59   6   6   40   42  .254  .314  .343   47   3.3  2(-1)e7   -28  
 3B  Denis Menke          31  130  415   39   96  25   1   6   37   0   1   39   79  .231  .302  .340   44   3.6  2e22      -26  
 OF *Willie Montanez      24  126  401   39   89  28   0  10   42   3   3   31   75  .222  .275  .367   40   3.3  3(-1)e6   -83  
 OF  Willie Horton        29  117  380   42   84   7   5  17   47   0   0   21   64  .221  .270  .400   39   3.4  3(-1)e0   -11  
 OF  Al Kaline            37  109  318   35   79  11   2   8   42   1   0   21   42  .248  .295  .371   33   3.5  2(-2)e3  -182  
 OF  Mickey Stanley       29  116  366   37   82   9   8   9   43   1   2   20   42  .224  .261  .366   32   2.9  1(-2)e2   -46  
 2B  Tony Taylor          36   88  255   30   72  19   5   1   16   4   3   11   43  .282  .312  .408   30   4.2  3e27      -29  
 3B  Bill Melton          27   79  219   24   45   3   0   5   16   0   1   22   33  .205  .277  .288   17   2.7  3e35     -125  
 C   Jerry Moses          25   64  156   10   35   3   0   0    8   0   0    8   35  .224  .275  .244   11   2.4  4(0)e16   -98  
 PH *Gates Brown          33   61   88   10   18   2   0   4   12   0   0   13    6  .205  .317  .364   10   4.0              8  
 2B  Ike Brown            30   41   70   10   16   5   0   0    3   3   1   13   17  .229  .349  .300    8   4.3  4e30      -84  
 PH  Tim Cullen           30   28   27    1    6   1   1   0    4   0   0    1    4  .222  .250  .333    2   2.9            -33  
 UT *Curt Blefary         29   17   34    1    5   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .147  .194  .176    1   1.2           -265  
 C   Paul Jata            22   10   17    3    4   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .235  .316  .235    1   2.3  4(+1)e16   -2  
 OF  Jim Beauchamp        32    5   11    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    6  .182  .250  .182    0   1.7  4(+5)e25 -226  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           591                  -34

     * - 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  Joe Coleman          25  15  12  .556  36  36   6   0   0   0   1  264.0  240  113  103  19  119  224  3.51  112   3.8   22  
  P *Mickey Lolich        31  15  17  .469  38  38  10   0   0   0   5  266.0  254  108   94  23   74  214  3.18  115   3.9   29  
  P *Sam McDowell         29  13   9  .591  37  26   1   6   0   1   0  185.1  180   79   68  10   85  156  3.30   89   4.3  -48  
  P  Wayne Granger        28   7   7  .500  54   0   0  37  13   6   0   78.0   72   35   30   8   22   30  3.46   31   3.5  -33  
  P  Ken Forsch           25   5  13  .278  31  31   0   0   0   0   0  177.1  207  106   98  20   69  122  4.97  108   5.4    1  
  P  Vicente Romo         29   4   2  .667  37   0   0  14   2   0   0   57.2   47   11   11   4   21   41  1.72   18   3.0  -95  
  P  Chuck Seelbach       24   4   7  .364  63   3   0  27  10   3   0  116.2  114   55   46   7   52   87  3.55   52   4.0   30  
  P  Lerrin LaGrow        23   2   2  .500  21   0   0  12   4   0   0   27.2   27    6    6   0    7   12  1.95    8   2.6    9  
  P *Fred Scherman        27   2   6  .250  48   3   0  20   1   2   0   67.0   94   58   52   7   35   39  6.99   56   7.6  132  
  P *Dave Roberts         27   2  12  .143  34  20   2   4   0   0   0  123.0  159   79   76  13   49   59  5.56   85   6.3   10  
  P *Les Cain             24   1   0 1.000   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   19.1   15    4    2   1   11   14  0.93    8   3.8  -60  
  P  Bill Slayback        24   1   4  .200  55   1   0  23   2   2   0   82.0   93   42   32   7   26   75  3.51   41   4.4   75  
  P  Dave Downs           20   0   0  .000   1   1   0   0   0   0   0    6.1    6    1    1   0    0    1  1.42    2   2.9 -116  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      729         11

     * - 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 994 105 128 801 55 14 4 .984 57 27 Jerry Moses 395 49 57 329 18 3 1 .991 22 12 Paul Jata 46 4 9 26 3 3 0 .906 5 3 Curt Blefary 34 4 5 30 3 0 0 1.000 5 3 Tony Taylor 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Norm Cash 968 108 112 933 78 2 100 .998 9.40 Denis Menke 294 33 35 279 31 2 31 .994 9.49 Willie Montanez 161 17 21 156 16 1 18 .994 9.60 Al Kaline 39 4 5 44 5 1 7 .980 11.31 Tony Taylor 5 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.80 Jim Northrup 3 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick McAuliffe 1030 113 123 331 306 18 91 .973 5.56 Tony Taylor 323 36 43 100 106 4 33 .981 5.75 Ike Brown 111 13 16 27 33 5 10 .923 4.85 Tim Cullen 6 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Denis Menke 796 88 95 71 188 10 25 .963 2.93 Bill Melton 484 56 63 35 93 11 12 .921 2.38 Tony Taylor 165 18 23 11 25 3 7 .923 1.97 Tim Cullen 20 0 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.80 Dick McAuliffe 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 Curt Blefary 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Kessinger 1454 161 161 240 601 28 102 .968 5.20 Dick McAuliffe 14 1 2 2 9 1 2 .917 7.07 Tim Cullen 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Northrup 670 70 85 124 8 4 0 .971 1.77 Willie Horton 473 54 57 86 4 0 0 1.000 1.71 Willie Montanez 163 17 19 24 2 0 0 1.000 1.43 Gates Brown 120 16 18 21 0 1 0 .955 1.57 Jim Beauchamp 29 4 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.62 Ike Brown 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Curt Blefary 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Paul Jata 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Stanley 889 97 107 242 11 1 1 .996 2.56 Willie Montanez 577 65 74 135 8 1 0 .993 2.23 Jim Northrup 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Kaline 630 66 78 120 8 2 0 .985 1.83 Jim Northrup 420 49 50 71 1 2 0 .973 1.54 Willie Horton 382 42 46 68 3 0 0 1.000 1.67 Curt Blefary 38 5 6 3 0 2 0 .600 0.71 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1972 Draft

Round 1 (#14):	Dave Roberts
Round 2 (#34):	Wayne Granger
Round 3 (#52):	Denis Menke
Round 4 (#71):	Sam McDowell
Round 5 (#85):	Jerry Moses
Round 6 (#99):	Tim Cullen
Round 7 (#109):	Dave Downs
Round 8 (#119):	Curt Blefary
Round 9 (#126):	Jim Beauchamp

Transactions

• 1972 postseason: released Jim Beauchamp, Bill Slayback

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