1973 Detroit Tigers

85-77 • 0.525 Win% • 3rd in AL E

📊 Season Record

85 Wins
77 Losses
0.525 Win %
3rd Rank
642 R 674 RA
Diff -32

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⚡ Quick Stats

642 Runs Scored
674 Runs Allowed
-32 Run Diff
1,724K Attendance

📈 vs. 1973 AL Average

Batting Avg .254 2% below the 1973 league average (.259)
OBP .317 3% below the 1973 league average (.326)
SLG .339 3% above the 1973 league average (.329)
Team ERA 3.90 2% worse than the 1973 league average (3.82)
Runs Scored 642 7% below the 1973 league average (693 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,724,146
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Avg per Game 21,285

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Willie Horton 0.316 2 Jim Northrup 0.307 3 Ike Brown 0.289 4 Dick McAuliffe 0.274 5 Norm Cash 0.262

Home Runs

1 Norm Cash 19 2 Willie Horton 17 3 Mickey Stanley 17 4 Gates Brown 12 5 Frank Howard 12

RBI

1 Aurelio Rodriguez 58 2 Mickey Stanley 57 3 Willie Horton 53 4 Gates Brown 50 5 Dick McAuliffe 47
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Mickey Stanley 157 602 81 147 0 0 17 57 48 65 0 0.244
Aurelio Rodriguez 160 555 46 123 0 0 9 58 31 85 3 0.222
Ed Brinkman 162 515 55 122 0 0 7 40 34 79 0 0.237
Willie Horton 111 411 42 130 0 0 17 53 23 57 1 0.316
Jim Northrup 119 404 55 124 0 0 12 44 38 41 4 0.307
Bill Freehan 110 380 33 89 0 0 6 29 40 30 0 0.234
Gates Brown 125 377 48 89 0 0 12 50 52 41 1 0.236
Norm Cash 121 363 51 95 0 0 19 40 47 73 1 0.262
Dick McAuliffe 106 343 39 94 0 0 12 47 49 52 0 0.274
Al Kaline 91 310 40 79 0 0 10 45 29 28 4 0.255
Tony Taylor 84 275 35 63 0 0 5 24 17 29 9 0.229
Duke Sims 80 252 31 61 0 0 8 30 30 36 1 0.242
Frank Howard 85 227 26 58 0 0 12 29 24 28 0 0.256
Dick Sharon 91 178 20 43 0 0 7 16 10 31 2 0.242
Rich Reese 59 102 10 14 0 0 2 4 7 17 0 0.137
Ike Brown 42 76 12 22 0 0 1 9 15 13 0 0.289
Ron Cash 14 39 8 16 0 0 0 6 5 5 0 0.410
John Knox 12 32 1 9 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 0.281
Bob Didier 7 22 3 10 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0.455
Tom Veryzer 18 20 1 6 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0.300
Joe Staton 9 17 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 0.235
Marv Lane 6 8 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0.250
Joe Coleman 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Farmer 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Woodie Fryman 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Gamble 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Hiller 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fred Holdsworth 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gary Ignasiak 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lerrin LaGrow 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Lemanczyk 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mickey Lolich 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Miller 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Perry 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fred Scherman 35 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
Bill Slayback 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Strahler 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Timmermann 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 John Hiller 1.44 2 Bob Miller 3.43 3 Joe Coleman 3.53 4 Tom Timmermann 3.69 5 Mickey Lolich 3.82

Wins

1 Joe Coleman 23 2 Mickey Lolich 16 3 Jim Perry 14 4 John Hiller 10 5 Woodie Fryman 6

Strikeouts

1 Mickey Lolich 214 2 Joe Coleman 202 3 John Hiller 124 4 Woodie Fryman 119 5 Jim Perry 66
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mickey Lolich 16 15 3.82 42 42 0 308.2 79 214
Joe Coleman 23 15 3.53 40 40 0 288.1 93 202
Jim Perry 14 13 4.03 35 34 0 203.0 55 66
Woodie Fryman 6 13 5.36 34 29 0 169.2 64 119
John Hiller 10 5 1.44 65 0 38 125.1 39 124
Mike Strahler 4 5 4.37 22 11 0 80.1 39 37
Fred Scherman 2 2 4.23 34 0 1 61.2 30 28
Lerrin LaGrow 1 5 4.33 21 3 3 54.0 23 33
Ed Farmer 3 0 5.00 24 0 2 45.0 27 28
Bob Miller 4 2 3.43 22 0 1 42.0 22 23
Tom Timmermann 1 1 3.69 17 1 1 39.0 11 21
Fred Holdsworth 0 1 6.75 5 2 0 14.2 6 9
Chuck Seelbach 1 0 3.86 5 0 0 7.0 2 2
Gary Ignasiak 0 0 3.86 3 0 0 4.2 3 4
Dave Lemanczyk 0 0 11.57 1 0 0 2.1 0 0
Bill Slayback 0 0 4.50 3 0 0 2.0 0 1

👥 Roster (39)

Ed Brinkman Gates Brown Ike Brown Norm Cash Ron Cash Joe Coleman Bob Didier Ed Farmer Bill Freehan Woodie Fryman John Gamble John Hiller +27 more

39 players

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