1973 Detroit Tigers season
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| 1973 Detroit Tigers |
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| Owner(s) | John Fetzer |
| Manager(s) | Billy Martin, Joe Schultz |
| Local television | WJBK (TV) (George Kell, Larry Osterman) |
| Local radio | WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey) |
The 1973 Detroit Tigers compiled a record of 85-77. They finished in 3rd place in the AL East, 12 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. They were outscored by their opponents 674 to 642.
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[edit] Season standings
| Team | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
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| Baltimore Orioles | 97 | 65 | .599 | 0 |
| Boston Red Sox | 89 | 73 | .549 | 8.0 |
| Detroit Tigers | 85 | 77 | .525 | 12 |
| New York Yankees | 80 | 82 | .494 | 17 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 74 | 88 | .457 | 23 |
| Cleveland Indians | 71 | 91 | .438 | 26
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[edit] Roster
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1973 Detroit Tigers roster
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[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 |
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| Bill Freehan | 110 | 380 | 89 | .234 | 6 | 29 |
| Norm Cash | 121 | 363 | 95 | .262 | 19 | 40 |
| Dick McAuliffe | 106 | 343 | 94 | .274 | 12 | 47 |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | 160 | 555 | 123 | .222 | 9 | 58 |
| Ed Brinkman | 162 | 515 | 122 | .237 | 7 | 40 |
| Mickey Stanley | 157 | 602 | 147 | .244 | 17 | 57 |
| Jim Northrup | 119 | 404 | 124 | .307 | 12 | 44 |
| Willie Horton | 111 | 411 | 130 | .316 | 17 | 53 |
| Gates Brown | 125 | 377 | 89 | .236 | 12 | 50 |
| Al Kaline | 91 | 310 | 79 | .255 | 10 | 45 |
| Tony Taylor | 84 | 275 | 63 | .229 | 5 | 24 |
| Duke Sims | 80 | 252 | 61 | .242 | 8 | 30 |
| Frank Howard | 85 | 227 | 58 | .256 | 12 | 29 |
| Dick Sharon | 91 | 178 | 43 | .242 | 7 | 16 |
| Rich Reese | 59 | 102 | 14 | .137 | 2 | 4 |
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 |
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| Mickey Lolich | 42 | 308.7 | 16 | 15 | 3.82 | 214 |
| Joe Coleman | 40 | 288.3 | 23 | 15 | 3.53 | 202 |
| Jim Perry | 35 | 203.0 | 14 | 13 | 4.03 | 66 |
| Woodie Fryman | 34 | 169.7 | 6 | 13 | 5.36 | 119 |
| Mike Strahler | 22 | 80.3 | 4 | 5 | 4.37 | 37 |
[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 |
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| John Hiller | 65 | 10 | 5 | 38 | 60 | 1.44 | 124 |
| Fred Scherman | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4.23 | 28 |
| Ed Farmer | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5.00 | 28 |
| Bob Miller | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3.43 | 23 |
| Lerrin LaGrow | 21 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4.33 | 33 |
[edit] Players ranking among top 100 all time at position
The following members of the 1975 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract:
- Bill Freehan: 12th best catcher of all time
- Norm Cash: 20th best first baseman of all time
- Aurelio Rodriguez: 91st best third baseman of all time
- Al Kaline: 11th best right fielder of all time
- Willie Horton: 55th best left fielder of all time
- Mickey Lolich: 72nd best pitcher of all time
[edit] Award winners and league leaders
- MLB leader in games played (162)
- AL leader in games played at shortstop (162)
- AL leader in complete games at shortstop (141)
- AL leader in innings played at shortstop (1390-2/3)
- #2 in AL in sacrifice hits (14)
- #2 in AL times grounded into double plays (22)
- 3rd oldest player in AL (38)
- AL leader in hit batsmen (10)
- #2 in AL in wins (23)
- #4 in AL in home runs allowed (32)
- #5 in MLB in games started (40)
- #9 in MLB in batters faced (1219)
- #2 in AL in times hit by pitch (11)
- MLB leader in saves (38)
- AL leader in games (65)
- AL leader in games finished (60)
- #5 in AL in win percentage (.667)
- 4th oldest player in AL (38)
- #2 in MLB in games started (42)
- #2 in MLB in home runs allowed (35)
- #2 in MLB in hits allowed (315)
- #2 in AL in strikeout to walk ratio (2.71)
- #3 in MLB in earned runs allowed (131)
- #5 in AL in bases on balls per 9 innings pitched (2.30)
- #5 in AL in strikeouts (214)
- #5 in AL in wild pitches (12)
- #6 in MLB in batters faced (1286)
- #7 in MLB in innings pitched (308.7)
- AL leader in games played at third base (160)
- AL leader in complete games at third base (151)
- AL leader in innings played at third base (1394-2/3)
- #5 in AL in games played (160)
- AL Gold Glove Award, outfield
- #4 in AL in outs (481)
- 8th youngest player in MLB (20)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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