1971 Detroit Tigers season

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1971 Detroit Tigers
Major league affiliations
Location
1971 Information
Owner(s) John Fetzer
Manager(s) Billy Martin
Local television WJBK (TV)
(George Kell, Ray Lane)
Local radio WJR
(Ernie Harwell, Gene Osborn)

The 1971 Detroit Tigers finished in second place with a 91-71 record, 12 games behind the Orioles. They outscored their opponents 701 to 645. They drew 1,591,073 fans to Tiger Stadium, the second highest attendance in the American League.

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[edit] Offseason

  • October 9, 1970: Denny McLain was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Elliott Maddox, Norm McRae, and Don Wert to the Washington Senators for Ed Brinkman, Aurelio Rodriguez, Joe Coleman, and Jim Hannan.
  • March 30, 1971: Jerry Robertson was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Mets for Dean Chance and Bill Denehy.

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Season standings

Team Wins Losses Win % GB
Baltimore Orioles 101 57 .639 0
Detroit Tigers 91 71 .562 12.0
Boston Red Sox 85 77 .525 18.0
New York Yankees 82 80 .506 21.0
Washington Senators 63 96 .396 38.5
Cleveland Indians 60 102 .370 43.0

[edit] Roster

1971 Detroit Tigers roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Regular season player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Bill Freehan 148 516 143 .277 21 71
Norm Cash 135 452 .283 32 91
Dick McAuliffe 128 477 99 .208 18 57
Aurelio Rodriguez 154 604 153 .253 15 39
Ed Brinkman 159 527 120 .228 1 37
Mickey Stanley 139 401 117 .292 7 55
Al Kaline 133 405 119 .294 15 54
Willie Horton 119 450 130 .289 22 72
Jim Northrup 136 459 124 .270 16 71
Gates Brown 82 195 66 .338 11 29
Tony Taylor 55 181 52 .287 3 19
Dalton Jones 83 138 35 .254 5 11
Ike Brown 59 110 28 .255 8 19
Jim Price 29 54 13 .241 1 7

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

[edit] Pitching

[edit] Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mickey Lolich 45 376.0 25 14 2.92 308
Joe Coleman 39 286.0 20 9 3.15 236
Joe Niekro 31 122.3 6 7 4.49 43
Les Cain 26 144.7 10 9 4.35 118

[edit] Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games Finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV GF ERA SO
Fred Scherman 69 11 6 20 40 2.71 76
Tom Timmermann 52 7 6 4 23 3.86 51
Mike Kilkenny 30 4 5 1 5 5.00 47
Dean Chance 31 4 6 0 5 3.51 64

[edit] Players ranking among top 100 all time at position

The following members of the 1972 Tigers have been ranked among the Top 100 of all time at their position in The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract:

[edit] Award winners and league leaders

Ed Brinkman

  • AL leader in games played at shortstop (159)
  • AL leader in innings played at shortstop (1395-2/3)
  • AL leader in assists by a shortstop (513)
  • #4 in AL in games played (159)
  • #7 in AL in times hit by pitch (7)

Norm Cash

  • Finished 12th in AL MVP voting
  • AL leader in at bats per home run (14.1)
  • #2 in AL in home runs (32)
  • #3 in AL in slugging percentage (.531)
  • #3 in AL in OPS (.903)
  • #7 in AL in times hit by pitch (7)
  • #8 in AL in RBIs (91)
  • #9 in AL in runs created (93)
  • 7th oldest player in the AL

Joe Coleman

  • #3 in AL in strikeouts (236)
  • #4 in AL in strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (7.43)
  • #5 in AL in win percentage (.690)
  • #5 in AL in innings pitched (286)
  • #5 in AL in batters faced (1174)
  • #6 in AL in wins (20)
  • #9 in AL in complete games (16)

Bill Freehan

  • AL leader in games at catcher (144)
  • AL leader in complete games at catcher (128)
  • AL leader in innings played at catcher (1265)
  • AL leader in putouts by a catcher (912)
  • #3 in AL in times hit by pitch (9)
  • #8 in AL in doubles (26)
  • #9 in AL in extra base hits (51)
  • #9 in AL in at bats per strikeout (10.8)

Willie Horton

  • #7 in AL in slugging percentage (.496)
  • #7 in AL in times hit by pitch (7)
  • #10 in AL in extra base hits (48)
  • #10 in AL in at bats per home run (20.5)

Al Kaline

  • #3 in AL in on base percentage (.416)
  • #6 in AL in OPS (.878)
  • #7 in AL in time hit by pitch (7)
  • #8 in AL in batting average (.294)
  • #10 in AL in bases on balls (82)
  • 9th oldest player in the AL

Mickey Lolich

  • Tiger of the Year award from Detroit baseball writers
  • Finished 2nd in AL Cy Young Award voting (behind Vida Blue)
  • Finished 5th in AL MVP voting
  • MLB leader in wins (25)
  • MLB leader in strikeouts (308)
  • MLB leader in innings pitched (376)
  • MLB leader in games started (45)
  • AL leader in complete games (29)
  • MLB leader in hits allowed (336)
  • MLB leader in batters faced (1538)
  • #2 in MLB in home runs allowed (36)
  • #2 in MLB in earned runs allowed (122)
  • #4 in AL in sacrifice hits (16)
  • #4 in AL in strikeout to walk ratio (3.35)
  • #5 in AL in strikeouts per 9 innings pitched (7.37)
  • #7 in AL in Adjusted ERA+ (125)
  • #8 in AL in bases on balls per 9 innings pitched (2.20)
  • #10 in AL in ERA (2.92)

Aurelio Rodriguez

  • #3 in AL in doubles (30)
  • #4 in AL in triples (7)
  • #4 in AL in outs (476)
  • #5 in AL in at bats (604)
  • #8 in AL in extra base hits (52)
  • #10 in AL in strikeouts (104)

Fred Scherman

  • #2 in AL in games by pitcher (69)
  • #3 in AL in saves (20)
  • #3 in AL in games finished (40)

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