1970 DETROIT TIGERS

| Level: MLB

Location: Detroit,MI
Team Record: 79-83 .488
Result: 4th in American League - East Division
Manager(s): Mayo Smith
General Manager: Jim Campbell
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Attendance: 1,501,293
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Detroit Tigers affiliate history

Oldest Player: Earl Wilson (35)
Youngest Player: Dennis Saunders (21)
Longest Tenure: Al Kaline (18)
Top Hitter: Al Kaline (32)
Top Pitcher: Mickey Lolich (8)
Top Draft Pick: Terry Mappin (#20)

Roster Continuity: 77.22%

American League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
Baltimore	108	54	.667	--
NY Yankees	93	69	.574	15.0
Boston	87	75	.537	21.0
Detroit	79	83	.488	29.0
Cleveland	76	86	.469	32.0
Washington	70	92	.432	38.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
24	Mickey Stanley	of	57	27	UDFA: 1961	MLB	142	568	83	143	21	11	13	47	10	1	45	56	0	1	7	3	19	.252	.305	.396	701	225	623	455	76	4.5	.259
3	Dick McAuliffe	2b-ss	33	30	UDFA: 1957	MLB	146	530	73	124	21	1	12	50	5	6	101	62	3	7	3	2	1	.234	.358	.345	704	183	639	418	80	5.2	.245
5	Jim Northrup	of	49	30	UDFA: 1961	MLB	139	504	71	132	21	3	24	80	3	6	58	68	7	6	2	5	12	.262	.343	.458	802	231	576	397	86	5.8	.259
6	Al Kaline	of	32	35	UDFA: 1953	MLB	131	467	64	130	24	4	16	71	2	2	77	49	1	5	3	7	20	.278	.377	.450	826	210	555	369	87	6.4	.279
7	Cesar Gutierrez	ss	48	27	-	MLB	135	415	40	101	11	6	0	22	4	3	18	39	1	6	14	3	8	.243	.275	.299	573	124	451	342	35	2.8	.266
11	Bill Freehan	c	-	28	UDFA: 1961	MLB	117	395	44	95	17	3	16	52	0	3	52	48	4	5	3	4	11	.241	.332	.420	752	166	458	321	61	5.1	.236
23	Willie Horton	of	-	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	96	371	53	113	18	2	17	69	0	1	28	43	2	6	0	3	7	.305	.354	.501	855	186	404	269	71	7.1	.306
25	Norm Cash	1b	83	35	UDFA: 1955	MLB	130	370	58	96	18	2	15	53	0	1	72	58	5	6	0	5	16	.259	.383	.441	823	163	452	296	68	6.2	.268
8	Don Wert	3b	-	31	-	MLB	128	363	34	79	13	0	6	33	1	3	44	56	4	7	5	3	13	.218	.307	.303	610	110	419	308	33	2.9	.240
41	Elliott Maddox	of-3b	-	22	1968-1-20	MLB	109	258	30	64	13	4	3	24	2	3	30	42	3	1	1	1	6	.248	.332	.364	697	94	293	205	34	4.4	.285
2	Dalton Jones	2b-3b	-	26	UDFA: 1961	MLB	89	191	29	42	7	0	6	21	1	1	33	33	1	4	1	3	3	.220	.333	.351	684	67	229	157	25	4.3	.232
12	Jim Price	c	-	28	-	MLB	52	132	12	24	4	0	5	15	0	0	21	23	0	0	1	2	6	.182	.290	.326	616	43	156	117	12	2.9	.179
26	Gates Brown	of	-	31	UDFA: 1960	MLB	81	124	18	28	3	0	3	24	0	0	20	14	1	0	0	3	3	.226	.331	.323	654	40	148	102	16	4.1	.227
9	Ike Brown	2b-1b	-	28	UDFA: 1962	MLB	56	94	17	27	5	0	4	15	0	0	13	26	1	0	4	1	2	.287	.376	.468	844	44	113	74	17	6.2	.354
42	Ken Szotkiewicz	ss	-	23	1968-1-3	MLB	47	84	9	9	1	0	3	9	0	0	12	29	0	2	1	1	1	.107	.216	.226	443	19	98	78	1	0.4	.113
29	Mickey Lolich	p	-	29	UDFA: 1959	MLB	42	82	4	11	0	0	0	3	1	0	12	29	0	0	7	0	3	.134	.245	.134	379	11	101	81	-1	-0.4	.208
38	Les Cain	p	-	22	1966-4-74	MLB	29	68	2	11	1	0	1	9	0	0	1	18	0	0	3	0	1	.162	.174	.221	395	15	72	61	0	-0.0	.204
19	Joe Niekro	p	55	25	1966-7-84	MLB	39	66	8	13	3	1	0	7	0	0	7	17	0	0	15	0	0	.197	.274	.273	547	18	88	68	5	2.1	.265
33	Gene Lamont	c	-	23	1965-1-13	MLB	15	44	3	13	3	1	1	4	0	0	2	9	1	0	1	0	0	.295	.340	.477	818	21	48	32	8	6.7	.353
35	Mike Kilkenny	p	-	25	UDFA: 1964	MLB	37	39	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19	0	0	4	1	0	.077	.075	.077	152	3	44	41	-4	-2.6	.143
31	Russ Nagelson	of	-	25	1966-14-272	MLB	28	32	5	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	0	0	1	0	0	.187	.297	.187	485	6	38	27	2	1.7	.231
17	Denny McLain	p	-	26	UDFA: 1962	MLB	14	31	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	3	0	0	.065	.065	.097	161	3	34	32	-3	-2.3	.111
16	Earl Wilson	p	-	35	-	MLB	18	31	2	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	16	0	0	2	1	1	.194	.235	.323	558	10	36	29	1	0.9	.333
4	Kevin Collins	3b-2b	-	23	-	MLB	25	24	2	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.240	.375	615	9	25	19	2	2.3	.308
18	John Hiller	p	-	27	UDFA: 1963	MLB	47	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.042	.000	42	0	25	24	-3	-3.3	.000
28	Tom Timmermann	p	-	30	UDFA: 1960	MLB	61	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	16	16	-	-	.000
20	Bob Reed	p	-	25	1966-2-31	MLB	17	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.083	237	1	13	11	-1	-1.7	.125
39	Fred Scherman	p	-	25	UDFA: 1964	MLB	48	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	333	2	12	10	0	-0.0	.182
34	Tim Hosley	c	-	23	UDFA: 1967	MLB	7	12	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.154	.417	571	5	13	11	1	1.3	.167
43	Daryl Patterson	p	-	26	-	MLB	43	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	11	12	-2	-5.3	.000
46	Dennis Saunders	p	-	21	1967-6-114	MLB	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
15	Fred Lasher	p	-	28	-	MLB	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
36	Norm McRae	p	-	22	-	MLB	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
30	Lerrin LaGrow	p	-	21	1969-6-137	MLB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (34 players)							162	5377	666	1282	207	38	148	619	29	30	656	825	34	56	83	49	134	.238	.322	.374	696	2009	6199	4391	698	4.3	.255

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
29	Mickey Lolich	8	29	UDFA: 1959	MLB	14	19	3.80	40	39	13	3	0	0	272.2	272	125	115	27	109	230	14	0	1.40	8.98	0.89	3.60	7.59	0.47	.311	1.06
19	Joe Niekro	41	25	1966-7-84	MLB	12	13	4.06	38	34	6	2	2	0	213.0	221	107	96	28	72	101	1	0	1.38	9.34	1.18	3.04	4.27	0.71	.275	0.82
38	Les Cain	23	22	1966-4-74	MLB	12	7	3.84	29	29	5	0	0	0	180.2	167	92	77	15	98	156	9	1	1.47	8.32	0.75	4.88	7.77	0.63	.302	1.19
35	Mike Kilkenny	-	25	UDFA: 1964	MLB	7	6	5.16	36	21	3	0	5	0	129.0	141	77	74	10	70	105	3	1	1.64	9.84	0.70	4.88	7.33	0.67	.336	1.17
18	John Hiller	-	27	UDFA: 1963	MLB	6	6	3.03	47	5	1	1	18	3	104.0	82	39	35	12	46	89	3	0	1.23	7.10	1.04	3.98	7.70	0.52	.255	0.75
16	Earl Wilson	-	35	-	MLB	4	6	4.41	18	16	4	1	0	0	96.0	87	53	47	15	32	74	0	0	1.24	8.16	1.41	3.00	6.94	0.43	--	0.78
17	Denny McLain	-	26	UDFA: 1962	MLB	3	5	4.63	14	14	1	0	0	0	91.1	100	51	47	19	28	52	0	1	1.40	9.85	1.87	2.76	5.12	0.54	.275	0.50
28	Tom Timmermann	34	30	UDFA: 1960	MLB	6	7	4.11	61	0	0	0	43	27	85.1	90	44	39	3	34	49	4	0	1.45	9.49	0.32	3.59	5.17	0.69	.313	1.39
43	Daryl Patterson	-	26	-	MLB	7	1	4.85	43	0	0	0	14	2	78.0	81	47	42	9	39	55	6	1	1.54	9.35	1.04	4.50	6.35	0.71	.304	0.85
39	Fred Scherman	-	25	UDFA: 1964	MLB	4	4	3.23	48	0	0	0	20	1	69.2	61	28	25	5	28	58	6	1	1.28	7.88	0.65	3.62	7.49	0.48	.289	1.22
20	Bob Reed	-	25	1966-2-31	MLB	2	4	4.86	16	4	0	0	4	2	46.1	54	25	25	5	14	26	1	0	1.47	10.49	0.97	2.72	5.05	0.54	.318	2.42
36	Norm McRae	-	22	-	MLB	0	0	2.87	19	0	0	0	4	0	31.1	26	13	10	1	25	16	6	0	1.63	7.47	0.29	7.18	4.60	1.56	.255	1.00
27	Jerry Robertson	-	26	1965-27-519	MLB	0	0	3.68	11	0	0	0	5	0	14.2	19	8	6	1	5	11	1	0	1.64	11.66	0.61	3.07	6.75	0.45	.360	1.00
46	Dennis Saunders	-	21	1967-6-114	MLB	1	1	3.21	8	0	0	0	4	1	14.0	16	5	5	1	5	8	0	0	1.50	10.29	0.64	3.21	5.14	0.63	.319	1.19
30	Lerrin LaGrow	-	21	1969-6-137	MLB	0	1	7.30	10	0	0	0	2	0	12.1	16	11	10	2	6	7	1	0	1.78	11.68	1.46	4.38	5.11	0.86	.326	1.27
15	Fred Lasher	57	28	-	MLB	1	3	5.00	12	0	0	0	8	3	9.0	10	6	5	0	12	8	1	0	2.44	10.00	0.00	12.00	8.00	1.50	--	1.38
Totals: (34 players)						79	83	4.09	162	162	33	7	129	39	1,447	1443	731	658	148	623	1045	56	5	1.34	8.97	0.95	3.87	6.50	0.60	.327

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Freehan	C	114		742	42	2	6	.997	0.00
Jim Price	C	38		266	8	6	2	.979	0.00
Gene Lamont	C	15		87	8	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tim Hosley	C	4		22	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Norm Cash	1B	114		868	70	10	76	.989	0.00
Al Kaline	1B	52		374	31	4	39	.990	0.00
Dalton Jones	1B	10		43	4	0	4	1.000	0.00
Mickey Stanley	1B	9		67	6	1	10	.986	0.00
Kevin Collins	1B	1		5	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Russ Nagelson	1B	1		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dick McAuliffe	2B	127		280	333	16	75	.975	0.00
Dalton Jones	2B	35		59	70	2	18	.985	0.00
Ike Brown	2B	23		41	31	5	8	.935	0.00
Don Wert	2B	2		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Elliott Maddox	2B	1		2	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Don Wert	3B	117		94	191	14	20	.953	0.00
Elliott Maddox	3B	40		41	83	11	8	.919	0.00
Dalton Jones	3B	18		9	25	2	4	.944	0.00
Dick McAuliffe	3B	12		3	24	2	5	.931	0.00
Ike Brown	3B	1		1	2	2	0	.600	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cesar Gutierrez	SS	135		183	326	23	60	.957	0.00
Ken Szotkiewicz	SS	44		32	101	4	20	.971	0.00
Elliott Maddox	SS	19		6	14	2	0	.909	0.00
Dick McAuliffe	SS	15		16	34	3	3	.943	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Northrup	OF	136		284	4	2	1	.993	0.00
Mickey Stanley	OF	132		317	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Willie Horton	OF	96		154	10	3	1	.982	0.00
Al Kaline	OF	91		156	3	2	1	.988	0.00
Elliott Maddox	OF	37		55	2	1	1	.983	0.00
Gates Brown	OF	26		37	1	2	0	.950	0.00
Ike Brown	OF	4		7	0	1	0	.875	0.00
Russ Nagelson	OF	4		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tom Timmermann	P	61	85	7	10	1	0	.944	1.80
Fred Scherman	P	48	69	8	7	1	2	.937	1.95
John Hiller	P	47	104	3	10	0	0	1.000	1.13
Daryl Patterson	P	43	78	5	8	1	0	.929	1.50
Mickey Lolich	P	40	272	9	46	2	1	.965	1.82
Joe Niekro	P	38	213	17	35	1	1	.981	2.20
Mike Kilkenny	P	36	129	6	20	1	1	.963	1.81
Les Cain	P	29	180	8	24	2	0	.941	1.60
Norm McRae	P	19	31	3	7	2	1	.833	2.89
Earl Wilson	P	18	96	5	13	1	1	.947	1.69
Bob Reed	P	16	46	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.17
Denny McLain	P	14	91	7	14	0	1	1.000	2.07
Fred Lasher	P	12	9	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00
Jerry Robertson	P	11	14	0	1	1	0	.500	0.63
Lerrin LaGrow	P	10	12	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.49
Dennis Saunders	P	8	14	2	5	0	0	1.000	4.50

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