1965 Detroit Tigers

89-73 • 0.549 Win% • 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

89 Wins
73 Losses
0.549 Win %
4th Rank
680 R 602 RA
Diff +78

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⚡ Quick Stats

680 Runs Scored
602 Runs Allowed
+78 Run Diff
1,029K Attendance

📈 vs. 1965 AL Average

Batting Avg .238 2% below the 1965 league average (.242)
OBP .309 equal to the 1965 league average (.309)
SLG .328 3% above the 1965 league average (.317)
Team ERA 3.35 3% better than the 1965 league average (3.46)
Runs Scored 680 6% above the 1965 league average (639 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,029,735
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Avg per Game 12,712

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Jake Wood 0.288 2 Al Kaline 0.281 3 Don Demeter 0.278 4 Willie Horton 0.273 5 John Sullivan 0.267

Home Runs

1 Norm Cash 30 2 Willie Horton 29 3 Al Kaline 18 4 Don Demeter 16 5 Dick McAuliffe 15

RBI

1 Willie Horton 104 2 Norm Cash 82 3 Al Kaline 72 4 Don Demeter 58 5 Dick McAuliffe 54
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Don Wert 162 609 81 159 0 0 12 54 73 71 5 0.261
Willie Horton 143 512 69 140 0 0 29 104 48 101 5 0.273
Jerry Lumpe 145 502 72 129 0 0 4 39 56 34 7 0.257
Norm Cash 142 467 79 124 0 0 30 82 77 62 6 0.266
Bill Freehan 130 431 45 101 0 0 10 43 39 63 4 0.234
Dick McAuliffe 113 404 61 105 0 0 15 54 49 62 6 0.260
Al Kaline 125 399 72 112 0 0 18 72 72 49 6 0.281
Don Demeter 122 389 50 108 0 0 16 58 23 65 4 0.278
Gates Brown 96 227 33 58 0 0 10 43 17 33 6 0.256
Jim Northrup 80 219 20 45 0 0 2 16 12 50 1 0.205
Ray Oyler 82 194 22 36 0 0 5 13 21 61 1 0.186
George Thomas 79 169 19 36 0 0 3 10 12 39 2 0.213
Mickey Stanley 30 117 14 28 0 0 3 13 3 12 1 0.239
Jake Wood 58 104 12 30 0 0 2 7 10 19 3 0.288
Mickey Lolich 43 86 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 37 0 0.058
John Sullivan 34 86 5 23 0 0 2 11 9 13 0 0.267
Denny McLain 33 74 2 4 0 0 0 3 6 32 0 0.054
Hank Aguirre 32 70 4 6 0 0 0 4 4 43 0 0.086
Dave Wickersham 34 58 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 20 0 0.069
Jackie Moore 21 53 2 5 0 0 0 2 6 12 0 0.094
George Smith 32 53 6 5 0 0 1 1 3 18 0 0.094
Joe Sparma 30 52 4 7 0 0 0 3 3 25 0 0.135
Bill Roman 21 27 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0.074
Terry Fox 42 15 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 0 0.000
Phil Regan 16 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.083
Larry Sherry 39 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.300
Orlando Peña 30 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.250
Fred Gladding 46 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Julio Navarro 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Wayne Redmond 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Ron Nischwitz 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Ed Rakow 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Jack Hamilton 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Hiller 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Vern Holtgrave 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Leo Marentette 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Johnnie Seale 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Orlando Peña 2.51 2 Denny McLain 2.61 3 Terry Fox 2.78 4 Fred Gladding 2.83 5 Larry Sherry 3.10

Wins

1 Denny McLain 16 2 Mickey Lolich 15 3 Hank Aguirre 14 4 Joe Sparma 13 5 Dave Wickersham 9

Strikeouts

1 Mickey Lolich 226 2 Denny McLain 192 3 Hank Aguirre 141 4 Joe Sparma 127 5 Dave Wickersham 109
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mickey Lolich 15 9 3.44 43 37 3 243.2 72 226
Denny McLain 16 6 2.61 33 29 1 220.1 62 192
Hank Aguirre 14 10 3.59 32 32 0 208.1 60 141
Dave Wickersham 9 14 3.78 34 27 0 195.1 61 109
Joe Sparma 13 8 3.18 30 28 0 167.0 75 127
Larry Sherry 3 6 3.10 39 0 5 78.1 40 46
Terry Fox 6 4 2.78 42 0 10 77.2 31 34
Fred Gladding 6 2 2.83 46 0 5 70.0 29 43
Orlando Peña 4 6 2.51 30 0 4 57.1 20 55
Phil Regan 1 5 5.05 16 7 0 51.2 20 37
Julio Navarro 0 2 4.20 15 1 1 30.0 12 22
Ron Nischwitz 1 0 2.78 20 0 1 22.2 6 12
Ed Rakow 0 0 6.08 6 0 0 13.1 11 10
John Hiller 0 0 0.00 5 0 1 6.0 1 4
Jack Hamilton 1 1 14.54 4 1 0 4.1 4 3
Vern Holtgrave 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 3.0 2 2
Leo Marentette 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.0 1 3
Johnnie Seale 0 0 12.00 4 0 0 3.0 2 3

👥 Roster (37)

Hank Aguirre Gates Brown Norm Cash Don Demeter Terry Fox Bill Freehan Fred Gladding Jack Hamilton John Hiller Vern Holtgrave Willie Horton Al Kaline +25 more

37 players

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