⭐ Division Winner

1972 Detroit Tigers

86-70 • 0.551 Win% • 1st in AL E

📊 Season Record

86 Wins
70 Losses
0.551 Win %
1st Rank
558 R 514 RA
Diff +44

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⚡ Quick Stats

558 Runs Scored
514 Runs Allowed
+44 Run Diff
1,901K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 AL Average

Batting Avg .236 1% below the 1972 league average (.239)
OBP .302 equal to the 1972 league average (.303)
SLG .308 4% above the 1972 league average (.296)
Team ERA 2.96 3% better than the 1972 league average (3.06)
Runs Scored 558 4% above the 1972 league average (537 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 1,901,845
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Avg per Game 24,382

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Duke Sims 0.316 2 Al Kaline 0.313 3 Tony Taylor 0.303 4 Bill Freehan 0.262 5 Jim Northrup 0.261

Home Runs

1 Norm Cash 22 2 Mickey Stanley 14 3 Aurelio Rodriguez 13 4 Willie Horton 11 5 Gates Brown 10

RBI

1 Norm Cash 61 2 Bill Freehan 56 3 Aurelio Rodriguez 56 4 Mickey Stanley 55 5 Ed Brinkman 49
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Aurelio Rodriguez 153 601 65 142 0 0 13 56 28 104 2 0.236
Ed Brinkman 156 516 42 105 0 0 6 49 38 51 0 0.203
Norm Cash 137 440 51 114 0 0 22 61 50 64 0 0.259
Mickey Stanley 142 435 45 102 0 0 14 55 29 49 1 0.234
Jim Northrup 134 426 40 111 0 0 8 42 38 47 4 0.261
Dick McAuliffe 122 408 47 98 0 0 8 30 59 59 0 0.240
Bill Freehan 111 374 51 98 0 0 10 56 48 51 0 0.262
Willie Horton 108 333 44 77 0 0 11 36 27 47 0 0.231
Al Kaline 106 278 46 87 0 0 10 32 28 33 1 0.313
Gates Brown 103 252 33 58 0 0 10 31 26 28 3 0.230
Tony Taylor 78 228 33 69 0 0 1 20 14 34 5 0.303
Tom Haller 59 121 7 25 0 0 2 13 15 14 0 0.207
Duke Sims 38 98 11 31 0 0 4 19 19 18 0 0.316
Mickey Lolich 41 89 3 6 0 0 0 0 20 39 0 0.067
Ike Brown 51 84 12 21 0 0 2 10 17 23 1 0.250
Joe Coleman 40 82 5 9 0 0 0 5 5 30 0 0.110
Paul Jata 32 74 8 17 0 0 0 3 7 14 0 0.230
Tom Timmermann 35 44 3 6 0 0 0 1 3 25 0 0.136
Woodie Fryman 16 40 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 7 0 0.125
Frank Howard 14 33 1 8 0 0 1 7 4 8 0 0.242
Bill Slayback 23 23 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.174
Fred Scherman 57 22 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.091
Chuck Seelbach 61 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 11 0 0.143
John Knox 14 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.077
Joe Niekro 18 12 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.250
Wayne Comer 27 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.111
Les Cain 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.143
Dalton Jones 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Marv Lane 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Ike Blessitt 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
John Hiller 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
John Gamble 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fred Holdsworth 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Phil Meeler 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Joe Staton 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Chris Zachary 25 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.500
Bill Gilbreth 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Perranoski 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Foor 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Kilkenny 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lerrin LaGrow 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gene Lamont 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Leshnock 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Strampe 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Chris Zachary 1.41 2 John Hiller 2.03 3 Woodie Fryman 2.06 4 Mickey Lolich 2.50 5 Joe Coleman 2.80

Wins

1 Mickey Lolich 22 2 Joe Coleman 19 3 Woodie Fryman 10 4 Chuck Seelbach 9 5 Tom Timmermann 8

Strikeouts

1 Mickey Lolich 250 2 Joe Coleman 222 3 Tom Timmermann 88 4 Chuck Seelbach 76 5 Woodie Fryman 72
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mickey Lolich 22 14 2.50 41 41 0 327.1 74 250
Joe Coleman 19 14 2.80 40 39 0 280.0 110 222
Tom Timmermann 8 10 2.89 34 25 0 149.2 41 88
Woodie Fryman 10 3 2.06 16 14 0 113.2 31 72
Chuck Seelbach 9 8 2.89 61 3 14 112.0 39 76
Fred Scherman 7 3 3.64 57 3 12 94.0 53 53
Bill Slayback 5 6 3.20 23 13 0 81.2 25 65
Joe Niekro 3 2 3.83 18 7 1 47.0 8 24
John Hiller 1 2 2.03 24 3 3 44.1 13 26
Chris Zachary 1 1 1.41 25 1 1 38.1 15 21
Lerrin LaGrow 0 1 1.32 16 0 2 27.1 6 9
Les Cain 0 3 3.80 5 5 0 23.2 16 16
Ron Perranoski 0 1 7.71 17 0 0 18.2 8 10
Phil Meeler 0 1 4.32 7 0 0 8.1 7 5
Fred Holdsworth 0 1 12.86 2 2 0 7.0 2 5
Bill Gilbreth 0 0 16.20 2 0 0 5.0 4 2
Bob Strampe 0 0 11.57 7 0 0 4.2 7 4
Jim Foor 1 0 14.73 7 0 0 3.2 6 2
Mike Kilkenny 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0
Don Leshnock 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 2

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship
Lost to OAK 3-2

👥 Roster (44)

Ike Blessitt Ed Brinkman Gates Brown Ike Brown Les Cain Norm Cash Joe Coleman Wayne Comer Jim Foor Bill Freehan Woodie Fryman John Gamble +32 more

44 players

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