The 1971 Detroit Tigers finished in second place in the American League East 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.
1971 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | John Fetzer | |
General managers | Jim Campbell | |
Managers | Billy Martin | |
Television | WJBK (George Kell, Larry Osterman) | |
Radio | WJR (Ernie Harwell, Ray Lane) | |
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Mickey Lolich became the second pitcher in the history of the American League to win 25 games but not win the Cy Young Award.[3]
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Baltimore Orioles | 101 | 57 | 0.639 | — | 53–24 | 48–33 |
Detroit Tigers | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | 12 | 54–27 | 37–44 |
Boston Red Sox | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 18 | 47–33 | 38–44 |
New York Yankees | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 21 | 44–37 | 38–43 |
Washington Senators | 63 | 96 | 0.396 | 38½ | 35–46 | 28–50 |
Cleveland Indians | 60 | 102 | 0.370 | 43 | 29–52 | 31–50 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | WSH | |
Baltimore | — | 9–9 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 6–5 | 9–3 | 10–2 | 11–7 | 7–4 | 13–3 | |
Boston | 9–9 | — | 6–6 | 10–2 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 1–11 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 12–6 | |
California | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 4–8 | |
Chicago | 4–8 | 2–10 | 10–8 | — | 3–9 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 10–2 | |
Cleveland | 5–13 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 9–3 | — | 6–12 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 7–11 | |
Detroit | 10–8 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 12–6 | — | 8–4 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 14–4 | |
Kansas City | 5–6 | 11–1 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 10–2 | 4–8 | — | 8–10 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 5–13 | 9–3 | |
Milwaukee | 3–9 | 6–6 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 10–8 | — | 10–7 | 2–10 | 3–15 | 6–6 | |
Minnesota | 2–10 | 4–8 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 7–10 | — | 8–4 | 8–10 | 5–6 | |
New York | 7–11 | 11–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 4–8 | — | 5–7 | 7–11 | |
Oakland | 4–7 | 9–3 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 13–5 | 15–3 | 10–8 | 7–5 | — | 9–3 | |
Washington | 3–13 | 6–12 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 11–7 | 3–9 | — |
1971 Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Bill Freehan | 148 | 516 | 143 | .277 | 21 | 71 |
1B | Norm Cash | 135 | 452 | 128 | .283 | 32 | 91 |
2B | Dick McAuliffe | 128 | 477 | 99 | .208 | 18 | 57 |
3B | Aurelio Rodríguez | 154 | 604 | 153 | .253 | 15 | 39 |
SS | Ed Brinkman | 159 | 527 | 120 | .228 | 1 | 37 |
LF | Willie Horton | 119 | 450 | 130 | .289 | 22 | 72 |
CF | Mickey Stanley | 139 | 401 | 117 | .292 | 7 | 55 |
RF | Al Kaline | 133 | 405 | 119 | .294 | 15 | 54 |
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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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 |
Kevin Collins | 31 | 41 | 11 | .268 | 1 | 4 |
César Gutiérrez | 38 | 37 | 7 | .189 | 0 | 4 |
Tim Hosley | 7 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 2 | 6 |
Gene Lamont | 7 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 1 |
Marvin Lane | 8 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
John Young | 2 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included
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 | 45 | 376.0 | 25 | 14 | 2.92 | 308 |
Joe Coleman | 39 | 286.0 | 20 | 9 | 3.15 | 236 |
Les Cain | 26 | 144.2 | 10 | 9 | 4.35 | 118 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Joe Niekro | 31 | 122.1 | 6 | 7 | 4.49 | 43 |
Dean Chance | 31 | 89.2 | 4 | 6 | 3.51 | 64 |
Mike Kilkenny | 30 | 86.1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 | 47 |
Bill Zepp | 16 | 31.2 | 1 | 1 | 5.12 | 15 |
Bill Gilbreth | 9 | 30.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.80 | 14 |
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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Fred Scherman | 69 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 40 | 2.71 | 76 |
Tom Timmermann | 52 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 3.86 | 51 |
Bill Denehy | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4.22 | 27 |
Daryl Patterson | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4.82 | 5 |
Ron Perranoski | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2.50 | 8 |
Jim Hannan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.27 | 6 |
Jack Whillock | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5.63 | 6 |
Chuck Seelbach | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
Dave Boswell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 3 |
Jim Foor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 2 |
The following members of the 1972 Tigers were ranked among the Top 100 of all time at their position in The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001: