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1973 Detroit Tigers  (1972)  (1974) 79-83, 4th in AL Eastern Division Scored 718 runs, Allowed 697 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .688 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 100 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 79-83   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 85-77 Manager(s): Dennis Van Langen

 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          28  161  594   74  162  24   0  15   76   4   2   86   67  .273  .369  .389   86   5.1  3e25      -44  
 1B *Norm Cash            38  119  390   61  108  21   0  29   82   0   0   37   69  .277  .357  .554   75   6.9  3e14       82  
 OF  Mickey Stanley       30  155  524   68  134  26   2  20   61   0   0   32   65  .256  .295  .427   67   4.4  1(-2)e3    42  
 2B *Dick McAuliffe       33  119  373   67   99   8   0  22   57   0   0   54   41  .265  .359  .464   66   6.4  2e12       19  
 OF  Willie Horton        30  114  428   51  130  21   1  14   62   0   3   20   73  .304  .340  .456   61   5.3  4(-1)e15  -68  
 OF *Jim Northrup         33  120  397   56  110  11   3  18   52   2   0   38   33  .277  .339  .456   60   5.5  2(-1)e6   -36  
 DH  Orlando Cepeda       35  133  524   56  140  18   0  16   60   0   0   27   93  .267  .305  .393   57   3.9            -95  
 SS #Don Kessinger        30  156  628   78  167  25   2   0   43  11   6   36   29  .266  .305  .312   56   3.0  2e31      -20  
 OF *Willie Montanez      25   86  265   36   73  10   3   6   26   1   6   28   26  .275  .353  .404   35   4.5  3(-1)e4    64  
 OF  Al Kaline            38  107  303   29   75  15   0  10   39   0   0   17   34  .248  .291  .396   34   4.0  2(-2)e2   -26  
 C   Bill Freehan         31  103  264   22   60   8   0   5   25   0   0   29   28  .227  .324  .314   28   3.6  2(+2)e1     2  
 2B  Tony Taylor          37   92  256   32   61   8   4   3   16  18   7   19   24  .238  .293  .336   24   3.1  3e11       16  
 1B  Denis Menke          32   66  131   24   31   2   0   4   15   0   1   33   18  .237  .389  .344   20   5.0  2e11       95  
 C   Skip Jutze           27   85  224   20   54   7   0   0   17   0   3   16   31  .241  .298  .272   17   2.6  3(0)e7     52  
 DH *Gates Brown          34   29  101    8   25   3   0   3   11   0   0   11   12  .248  .321  .366   12   4.2             -6  
 1B  Ike Brown            31   32   79   16   21   1   3   1    3   0   0   10   13  .266  .348  .392   11   5.2  4e15      -47  
 3B  Ron Cash             23   15   38    8   14   0   2   0    4   0   0    6    5  .368  .455  .474    8   9.6  4e15      -26  
 C   Mike Ryan            31   28   65    8   13   1   3   2   13   0   0    4   22  .200  .246  .400    6   3.4  2(-1)e2     9  
 OF  Dick Sharon          23   23   67    3   16   4   0   1    2   0   0    1    8  .239  .250  .343    5   2.6  2(0)e9    -97  
 2B *John Knox            24   11   16    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250  .250  .312    0   1.9  4e28      -93  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                           738                   -7

     * - 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 *Dave Roberts         28  19  10  .655  40  40   7   0   0   0   1  260.0  307  116  106  18   65  115  3.67  139   4.8   11  
  P  Bill Singer          29  17  15  .531  41  41  16   0   0   0   1  326.1  281  145  132  26  145  236  3.64  140   3.8   -8  
  P  Joe Coleman          26  13  14  .481  40  40   7   0   0   0   0  293.1  334  160  137  37  104  184  4.20  174   5.3   33  
  P *Mickey Lolich        32  12  17  .414  40  39   9   1   0   0   1  261.0  315  140  134  35   70  171  4.62  163   5.7   36  
  P  Harry Parker         25   6   9  .400  58   0   0  42  18   7   0   98.2   70   29   26   3   47   54  2.37   30   2.7  -86  
  P  Ed Sprague           27   4   3  .571  38   0   0  20   5   2   0   48.0   32   23   22   3   30   24  4.12   16   3.1 -149  
  P  Ken Forsch           26   4   8  .333  67   0   0  34  11   7   0  107.1  108   46   42   7   48   89  3.52   51   4.4  -36  
  P  Lerrin LaGrow        24   2   1  .667  13   0   0   9   3   0   0   11.2   10    6    4   2    3    5  3.09    4   3.6  -91  
  P  Dick Ruthven         22   1   0 1.000   2   2   0   0   0   0   0   12.2   14    7    5   0    4   14  3.55    5   4.1  -59  
  P *Bob Veale            37   1   4  .200  33   0   0  10   3   4   0   20.1   25    8    8   1    9   16  3.54   11   4.9   69  
  P *Fred Scherman        28   0   0  .000   4   0   0   1   0   0   0    2.2    1    2    2   1    3    1  6.75    1   5.4  158  
  P *Jim Crawford         22   0   2  .000  18   0   0   6   1   1   0   23.0   29   15   15   1   11   17  5.87   17   6.8   50  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      757          1

     * - 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 647 75 93 436 47 4 4 .992 78 31 Skip Jutze 627 67 85 453 33 2 2 .996 28 24 Mike Ryan 192 20 28 132 6 1 1 .993 6 3 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Norm Cash 852 96 105 829 76 6 78 .993 9.56 Denis Menke 222 23 34 200 18 1 25 .995 8.84 Ike Brown 137 17 17 137 10 0 15 1.000 9.66 Al Kaline 86 8 16 77 7 0 7 1.000 8.82 Bill Freehan 83 10 10 84 9 0 12 1.000 10.08 Willie Montanez 80 8 15 80 7 0 8 1.000 9.75 Tony Taylor 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 7.20 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick McAuliffe 821 90 107 274 251 4 68 .992 5.75 Tony Taylor 604 68 79 182 173 5 52 .986 5.29 John Knox 25 3 4 9 5 0 0 1.000 5.04 Denis Menke 15 1 5 5 4 0 1 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Melton 1368 153 153 126 260 19 29 .953 2.54 Ron Cash 62 9 9 8 10 0 0 1.000 2.61 Denis Menke 20 0 12 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.37 Tony Taylor 16 0 5 1 6 0 1 1.000 4.02 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Kessinger 1365 149 155 199 563 27 103 .966 5.02 Denis Menke 99 13 13 17 32 6 6 .891 4.45 Dick McAuliffe 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Horton 898 101 106 166 7 9 2 .951 1.73 Jim Northrup 558 60 68 108 3 5 0 .957 1.79 Ron Cash 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Dick Sharon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Stanley 1304 143 152 459 18 0 1 1.000 3.29 Dick Sharon 146 19 19 48 0 1 0 .980 2.96 Al Kaline 9 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Jim Northrup 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Willie Montanez 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Kaline 625 67 86 133 6 1 3 .993 2.00 Willie Montanez 549 64 67 102 7 5 2 .956 1.79 Jim Northrup 285 31 37 36 0 0 0 1.000 1.14 Willie Horton 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1973 Draft

Round 1 (#8):	Bill Singer
Round 2 (#25):	Harry Parker
Round 3 (#43):	Orlando Cepeda
Round 4 (#62):	Dick Ruthven
Round 5 (#78):	Bob Veale
Round 6 (#92):	Mike Ryan
Round 7 (#104):	Jim Crawford
Round 8 (#114):	Ed Sprague
Round 9 (#123):	Skip Jutze

Transactions

• 1973 postseason: released Jim Crawford, Skip Jutze, Harry Parker

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