1971 Detroit Tigers

91-71 • 0.562 Win% • 2nd in AL E

📊 Season Record

91 Wins
71 Losses
0.562 Win %
2nd Rank
701 R 645 RA
Diff +56

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⚡ Quick Stats

701 Runs Scored
645 Runs Allowed
+56 Run Diff
1,591K Attendance

📈 vs. 1971 AL Average

Batting Avg .254 3% above the 1971 league average (.246)
OBP .320 2% above the 1971 league average (.315)
SLG .351 11% above the 1971 league average (.315)
Team ERA 3.63 5% worse than the 1971 league average (3.46)
Runs Scored 701 13% above the 1971 league average (623 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,591,037
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Avg per Game 19,642

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Gates Brown 0.338 2 Al Kaline 0.294 3 Mickey Stanley 0.292 4 Willie Horton 0.289 5 Tony Taylor 0.287

Home Runs

1 Norm Cash 32 2 Willie Horton 22 3 Bill Freehan 21 4 Dick McAuliffe 18 5 Jim Northrup 16

RBI

1 Norm Cash 91 2 Willie Horton 72 3 Bill Freehan 71 4 Jim Northrup 71 5 Dick McAuliffe 57
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Aurelio Rodriguez 154 604 68 153 0 0 15 39 27 93 4 0.253
Ed Brinkman 159 527 40 120 0 0 1 37 44 54 1 0.228
Bill Freehan 148 516 57 143 0 0 21 71 54 48 2 0.277
Dick McAuliffe 128 477 67 99 0 0 18 57 53 67 4 0.208
Jim Northrup 136 459 72 124 0 0 16 71 60 43 7 0.270
Norm Cash 135 452 72 128 0 0 32 91 59 86 1 0.283
Willie Horton 119 450 64 130 0 0 22 72 37 75 1 0.289
Al Kaline 133 405 69 119 0 0 15 54 82 57 4 0.294
Mickey Stanley 139 401 43 117 0 0 7 41 24 44 1 0.292
Gates Brown 82 195 37 66 0 0 11 29 21 17 4 0.338
Tony Taylor 55 181 27 52 0 0 3 19 12 11 5 0.287
Dalton Jones 83 138 15 35 0 0 5 11 9 21 1 0.254
Mickey Lolich 45 115 9 15 0 0 0 7 16 55 0 0.130
Ike Brown 59 110 20 28 0 0 8 19 19 25 0 0.255
Joe Coleman 39 96 1 9 0 0 0 2 6 39 0 0.094
Les Cain 27 55 7 8 0 0 1 2 1 23 0 0.145
Jim Price 29 54 4 13 0 0 1 7 6 3 0 0.241
Kevin Collins 35 41 6 11 0 0 1 4 0 12 0 0.268
Cesar Gutierrez 38 37 8 7 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0.189
Joe Niekro 32 30 5 4 0 0 0 2 2 9 0 0.133
Mike Kilkenny 30 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0.083
Fred Scherman 69 24 3 5 0 0 0 4 3 9 0 0.208
Dean Chance 31 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0.000
Tom Timmermann 52 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0.053
Tim Hosley 7 16 2 3 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 0.188
Gene Lamont 7 15 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0.067
Marv Lane 8 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.143
Bill Gilbreth 9 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.182
John Young 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500
Bill Zepp 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bill Denehy 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.000
Jim Hannan 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Perranoski 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jack Whillock 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Boswell 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Foor 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Daryl Patterson 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chuck Seelbach 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Fred Scherman 2.71 2 Mickey Lolich 2.92 3 Joe Coleman 3.15 4 Dean Chance 3.51 5 Tom Timmermann 3.86

Wins

1 Mickey Lolich 25 2 Joe Coleman 20 3 Fred Scherman 11 4 Les Cain 10 5 Tom Timmermann 7

Strikeouts

1 Mickey Lolich 308 2 Joe Coleman 236 3 Les Cain 118 4 Dean Chance 64 5 Tom Timmermann 51
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mickey Lolich 25 14 2.92 45 45 0 376.0 92 308
Joe Coleman 20 9 3.15 39 38 0 286.0 96 236
Les Cain 10 9 4.35 26 26 0 144.2 91 118
Joe Niekro 6 7 4.49 31 15 1 122.1 49 43
Fred Scherman 11 6 2.71 69 1 20 113.0 49 46
Dean Chance 4 6 3.51 31 14 0 89.2 50 64
Mike Kilkenny 4 5 5.00 30 11 1 86.1 44 47
Tom Timmermann 7 6 3.86 52 2 4 84.0 37 51
Bill Denehy 0 3 4.22 31 1 1 49.0 28 27
Bill Zepp 1 1 5.12 16 4 2 31.2 17 15
Bill Gilbreth 2 1 4.80 9 5 0 30.0 21 14
Ron Perranoski 0 1 2.50 11 0 2 18.0 3 8
Jim Hannan 1 0 3.27 7 0 0 11.0 7 6
Daryl Patterson 0 1 4.82 12 0 0 9.1 6 5
Jack Whillock 0 2 5.63 7 0 1 8.0 2 6
Dave Boswell 0 0 6.23 3 0 0 4.1 6 3
Chuck Seelbach 0 0 13.50 5 0 0 4.0 7 1
Jim Foor 0 0 18.00 3 0 0 1.0 4 2

👥 Roster (38)

Dave Boswell Ed Brinkman Gates Brown Ike Brown Les Cain Norm Cash Dean Chance Joe Coleman Kevin Collins Bill Denehy Jim Foor Bill Freehan +26 more

38 players

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