1970 Detroit Tigers

79-83 • 0.488 Win% • 4th in AL E

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
83 Losses
0.488 Win %
4th Rank
666 R 731 RA
Diff -65

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⚡ Quick Stats

666 Runs Scored
731 Runs Allowed
-65 Run Diff
1,481K Attendance

📈 vs. 1970 AL Average

Batting Avg .238 5% below the 1970 league average (.249)
OBP .321 equal to the 1970 league average (.320)
SLG .320 3% below the 1970 league average (.329)
Team ERA 4.09 10% worse than the 1970 league average (3.72)
Runs Scored 666 1% below the 1970 league average (676 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,481,364
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Avg per Game 18,288

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Willie Horton 0.305 2 Ike Brown 0.287 3 Al Kaline 0.278 4 Jim Northrup 0.262 5 Norm Cash 0.259

Home Runs

1 Jim Northrup 24 2 Willie Horton 17 3 Bill Freehan 16 4 Al Kaline 16 5 Norm Cash 15

RBI

1 Jim Northrup 80 2 Al Kaline 71 3 Willie Horton 69 4 Norm Cash 53 5 Bill Freehan 52
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Mickey Stanley 142 568 83 143 0 0 13 47 45 56 10 0.252
Dick McAuliffe 146 530 73 124 0 0 12 50 101 62 5 0.234
Jim Northrup 139 504 71 132 0 0 24 80 58 68 3 0.262
Al Kaline 131 467 64 130 0 0 16 71 77 49 2 0.278
Cesar Gutierrez 135 415 40 101 0 0 0 22 18 39 4 0.243
Bill Freehan 117 395 44 95 0 0 16 52 52 48 0 0.241
Willie Horton 96 371 53 113 0 0 17 69 28 43 0 0.305
Norm Cash 130 370 58 96 0 0 15 53 72 58 0 0.259
Don Wert 128 363 34 79 0 0 6 33 44 56 1 0.218
Elliott Maddox 109 258 30 64 0 0 3 24 30 42 2 0.248
Dalton Jones 89 191 29 42 0 0 6 21 33 33 1 0.220
Jim Price 52 132 12 24 0 0 5 15 21 23 0 0.182
Gates Brown 81 124 18 28 0 0 3 24 20 14 0 0.226
Ike Brown 56 94 17 27 0 0 4 15 13 26 0 0.287
Ken Szotkiewicz 47 84 9 9 0 0 3 9 12 29 0 0.107
Mickey Lolich 42 82 4 11 0 0 0 3 12 29 1 0.134
Les Cain 29 68 2 11 0 0 1 9 1 18 0 0.162
Joe Niekro 39 66 8 13 0 0 0 7 7 17 0 0.197
Gene Lamont 15 44 3 13 0 0 1 4 2 9 0 0.295
Mike Kilkenny 37 39 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 19 0 0.077
Russ Nagelson 28 32 5 6 0 0 0 2 5 6 0 0.188
Denny McLain 14 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.065
Earl Wilson 18 31 2 6 0 0 1 3 2 16 0 0.194
Kevin Collins 25 24 2 5 0 0 1 3 1 10 0 0.208
John Hiller 47 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0.000
Tom Timmermann 61 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.000
Tim Hosley 7 12 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 0.167
Bob Reed 17 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.083
Fred Scherman 48 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Daryl Patterson 43 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.000
Dennis Saunders 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Lerrin LaGrow 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fred Lasher 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Norm McRae 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Robertson 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Norm McRae 2.87 2 John Hiller 3.03 3 Fred Scherman 3.23 4 Mickey Lolich 3.80 5 Les Cain 3.84

Wins

1 Mickey Lolich 14 2 Les Cain 12 3 Joe Niekro 12 4 Mike Kilkenny 7 5 Daryl Patterson 7

Strikeouts

1 Mickey Lolich 230 2 Les Cain 156 3 Mike Kilkenny 105 4 Joe Niekro 101 5 John Hiller 89
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mickey Lolich 14 19 3.80 40 39 0 272.2 109 230
Joe Niekro 12 13 4.06 38 34 0 213.0 72 101
Les Cain 12 7 3.84 29 29 0 180.2 98 156
Mike Kilkenny 7 6 5.16 36 21 0 129.0 70 105
John Hiller 6 6 3.03 47 5 3 104.0 46 89
Earl Wilson 4 6 4.41 18 16 0 96.0 32 74
Denny McLain 3 5 4.63 14 14 0 91.1 28 52
Tom Timmermann 6 7 4.11 61 0 27 85.1 34 49
Daryl Patterson 7 1 4.85 43 0 2 78.0 39 55
Fred Scherman 4 4 3.23 48 0 1 69.2 28 58
Bob Reed 2 4 4.86 16 4 2 46.1 14 26
Norm McRae 0 0 2.87 19 0 0 31.1 25 16
Jerry Robertson 0 0 3.68 11 0 0 14.2 5 11
Dennis Saunders 1 1 3.21 8 0 1 14.0 5 8
Lerrin LaGrow 0 1 7.30 10 0 0 12.1 6 7
Fred Lasher 1 3 5.00 12 0 3 9.0 12 8

👥 Roster (35)

Gates Brown Ike Brown Les Cain Norm Cash Kevin Collins Bill Freehan Cesar Gutierrez John Hiller Willie Horton Tim Hosley Dalton Jones Al Kaline +23 more

35 players

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