1973 Detroit Tigers season

1973 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) John Fetzer
General manager(s) Jim Campbell
Manager(s) Billy Martin, Joe Schultz
Local television WJBK
(George Kell, Larry Osterman)
Local radio WJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
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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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 97 65 0.599 — 50–31 47–34
Boston Red Sox 89 73 0.549 8 48–33 41–40
Detroit Tigers 85 77 0.525 12 47–34 38–43
New York Yankees 80 82 0.494 17 50–31 30–51
Milwaukee Brewers 74 88 0.457 23 40–41 34–47
Cleveland Indians 71 91 0.438 26 34–47 37–44

Record vs. opponents

1973 American League Records

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore — 7–11 6–6 8–4 12–6 9–9 8–4 15–3 8–4 9–9 5–7 10–2
Boston 11–7 — 7–5 6–6 9–9 3–15 8–4 12–6 6–6 14–4 4–8 9–3
California 6–6 5–7 — 8–10 5–7 7–5 10–8 5–7 10–8 6–6 6–12 11–7
Chicago 4–8 6–6 10–8 — 7–5 5–7 6–12 3–9 9–9 8–4 6–12 13–5
Cleveland 6–12 9–9 7–5 5–7 — 9–9 2–10 9–9 7–5 7–11 3–9 7–5
Detroit 9–9 15–3 5–7 7–5 9–9 — 4–8 12–6 5–7 7–11 7–5 5–7
Kansas City 4–8 4–8 8–10 12–6 10–2 8–4 — 8–4 9–9 6–6 8–10 11–7
Milwaukee 3–15 6–12 7–5 9–3 9–9 6–12 4–8 — 8–4 10–8 4–8 8–4
Minnesota 4–8 6–6 8–10 9–9 5–7 7–5 9–9 4–8 — 3–9 14–4 12–6
New York 9–9 4–14 6–6 4–8 11–7 11–7 6–6 8–10 9–3 — 4–8 8–4
Oakland 7–5 8–4 12–6 12–6 9–3 5–7 10–8 8–4 4–14 8–4 — 11–7
Texas 2–10 3–9 7–11 5–13 5–7 7–5 7–11 4–8 6–12 4–8 7–11 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1973 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; 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
C Freehan, BillBill Freehan 110 380 89 .234 6 29
1B Cash, NormNorm Cash 121 363 95 .262 19 40
2B McAuliffe, DickDick McAuliffe 106 343 94 .274 12 47
3B Rodríguez, AurelioAurelio Rodríguez 160 555 123 .222 9 58
SS Brinkman, EdEd Brinkman 162 515 122 .237 7 40
LF Horton, WillieWillie Horton 111 411 130 .316 17 53
CF Stanley, MickeyMickey Stanley 157 602 147 .244 17 57
RF Northrup, JimJim Northrup 119 404 124 .307 12 44
DH Brown, GatesGates Brown 125 377 89 .236 12 50

Other batters

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
Kaline, AlAl Kaline 91 310 79 .255 10 45
Taylor, TonyTony Taylor 84 275 63 .229 5 24
Sims, DukeDuke Sims 80 252 61 .242 8 30
Howard, FrankFrank Howard 85 227 58 .256 12 29
Sharon, DickDick Sharon 91 178 43 .242 7 16
Reese, RichRich Reese 59 102 14 .137 2 4
Brown, IkeIke Brown 42 76 22 .289 1 9
Cash, RonRon Cash 14 39 16 .410 0 6
Knox, JohnJohn Knox 12 32 9 .281 0 3
Didier, BobBob Didier 7 22 10 .455 0 1
Veryzer, TomTom Veryzer 18 20 6 .300 0 2
Staton, JoeJoe Staton 9 17 4 .235 0 3
Lane, MarvinMarvin Lane 6 8 2 .250 1 2
Gamble, JohnJohn Gamble 7 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

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
Lolich, MickeyMickey Lolich 42 308.7 16 15 3.82 214
Coleman, JoeJoe Coleman 40 288.3 23 15 3.53 202
Perry, JimJim Perry 35 203.0 14 13 4.03 66
Fryman, WoodieWoodie Fryman 34 169.7 6 13 5.36 119

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Strahler, MikeMike Strahler 22 80.3 4 5 4.37 37
Holdsworth, FredFred Holdsworth 5 14.2 0 1 6.75 9
Ignasiak, GaryGary Ignasiak 3 4.2 0 0 3.86 4

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
Hiller, JohnJohn Hiller 65 10 5 38 60 1.44 124
Scherman, FredFred Scherman 34 2 2 1 17 4.23 28
Farmer, EdEd Farmer 24 3 0 2 12 5.00 28
Miller, BobBob Miller 22 4 2 1 10 3.43 23
LaGrow, LerrinLerrin LaGrow 21 1 5 3 7 4.33 33
Timmermann, TomTom Timmermann 17 1 1 1 7 3.69 21
Seelbach, ChuckChuck Seelbach 5 1 0 0 0 3.86 2
Slayback, BillBill Slayback 3 0 0 0 1 4.50 1
Lemanczyk, DaveDave Lemanczyk 1 0 0 0 0 11.57 0

Awards and honors

League top ten finishers

Ed Brinkman

Joe Coleman

Bill Freehan

John Hiller

Al Kaline

Mickey Lolich

Aurelio Rodríguez

Mickey Stanley

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 in 2001:

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Johnny Lipon and Cot Deal
AA Montgomery Rebels Southern League Fred Hatfield
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Stubby Overmire
A Clinton Pilots Midwest League Jim Leyland
A Anderson Tigers Western Carolinas League Len Okrie
Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Joe Lewis

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montgomery

Notes

  1. 1 2 Rich Reese at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. ↑ Tim Hosley at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Bob Adams at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml

References

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