1971 Detroit Tigers season

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1971  Detroit Tigers
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Tiger Stadium
City Detroit, Michigan
Owners John Fetzer
General managers Jim Campbell
Managers Billy Martin
Television WJBK
(George Kell, Larry Osterman)
Radio WJR
(Ernie Harwell, Ray Lane)
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The 1971 Detroit Tigers finished in second place in the American League East with a 91–71 record, 12 games behind the Orioles. They outscored their opponents 701 to 645. They drew 1,591,073 fans to Tiger Stadium, the second highest attendance in the American League.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Mickey Lolich became the second pitcher in the history of the American League to win 25 games but not win the Cy Young Award. [3]

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 101570.639—53–2448–33
Detroit Tigers 91710.5621254–2737–44
Boston Red Sox 85770.5251847–3338–44
New York Yankees 82800.5062144–3738–43
Washington Senators 63960.39638½35–4628–50
Cleveland Indians 601020.3704329–5231–50

Record vs. opponents

1971 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKWSH
Baltimore —9–97–58–413–58–106–59–310–211–77–413–3
Boston 9–9—6–610–211–712–61–116–68–47–113–912–6
California 5–76–6—8–108–46–68–106–1212–66–67–114–8
Chicago 4–82–1010–8—3–97–59–911–77–115–711–710–2
Cleveland 5–137–114–89–3—6–122–104–84–88–104–87–11
Detroit 10–86–126–65–712–6—8–410–26–610–84–814–4
Kansas City 5–611–110–89–910–24–8—8–109–95–75–139–3
Milwaukee 3–96–612–67–118–42–1010–8—10–72–103–156–6
Minnesota 2–104–86–1211–78–46–69–97–10—8–48–105–6
New York 7–1111–76–67–510–88–107–510–24–8—5–77–11
Oakland 4–79–311–77–118–48–413–515–310–87–5—9–3
Washington 3–136–128–42–1011–74–143–96–66–511–73–9—

Notable transactions

Roster

1971 Detroit Tigers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Bill Freehan 148516143.2772171
1B Norm Cash 135452128.2833291
2B Dick McAuliffe 12847799.2081857
3B Aurelio Rodríguez 154604153.2531539
SS Ed Brinkman 159527120.228137
LF Willie Horton 119450130.2892272
CF Mickey Stanley 139401117.292755
RF Al Kaline 133405119.2941554

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jim Northrup 136459124.2701671
Gates Brown 8219566.3381129
Tony Taylor 5518152.287319
Dalton Jones 8313835.254511
Ike Brown 5911028.255819
Jim Price 295413.24117
Kevin Collins 314111.26814
César Gutiérrez 38377.18904
Tim Hosley 7163.18826
Gene Lamont 7151.06701
Marvin Lane 8142.14301
John Young 242.50001

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mickey Lolich 45376.025142.92308
Joe Coleman 39286.02093.15236
Les Cain 26144.21094.35118

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Joe Niekro 31122.1674.4943
Dean Chance 3189.2463.5164
Mike Kilkenny 3086.1455.0047
Bill Zepp 1631.2115.1215
Bill Gilbreth 930.0214.8014

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVGFERASO
Fred Scherman 6911620402.7176
Tom Timmermann 52764233.8651
Bill Denehy 31031104.2227
Daryl Patterson 1201034.825
Ron Perranoski 1101272.508
Jim Hannan 710033.276
Jack Whillock 702125.636
Chuck Seelbach 5000013.501
Dave Boswell 300016.233
Jim Foor 3000118.002

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Ed Brinkman

Norm Cash

Joe Coleman

Bill Freehan

Willie Horton

Al Kaline

Mickey Lolich

Aurelio Rodríguez

Fred Scherman

Players ranking among top 100 all time at position

The following members of the 1972 Tigers were ranked among the Top 100 of all time at their position in The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001:

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Mike Roarke
AA Montgomery Rebels Southern League Dick Tracewski
A Rocky Mount Leafs Carolina League Len Okrie
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Stubby Overmire
A Clinton Pilots Midwest League Max Lanier
A-Short Season Batavia Trojans New York–Penn League Joe Lewis
Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Jim Leyland

Notes

  1. ↑ Denny McLain page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Jerry Robertson page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 236, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
  4. 1 2 Dave Boswell page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Gene Pentz page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Tony Taylor page at Baseball Reference

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