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1972 American League East Team Record GB Detroit Tigers 86 - 70 — Boston Red Sox 85 - 70 0.5 Baltimore Orioles 80 - 74 5.0 New York Yankees 79 - 76 6.5 Cleveland Indians 72 - 84 14.0 Milwaukee Brewers 65 - 91 21.0	1st (AL East) Runs Scored: 558 Runs Allowed: 514 Attendance: 1,892,386
1972 Detroit Tigers Batting (Starters) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Bill Freehan C 30 111 374 51 98 18 2 10 56 48 0 51 0 1 1 6 7 .262 .354 .401 .755 Norm Cash 1B 37 137 440 51 114 16 0 22 61 50 13 64 0 2 4 4 9 .259 .338 .445 .783 Dick McAuliffe 2B 32 122 408 47 98 16 3 8 30 59 7 59 0 0 1 2 2 .240 .339 .353 .692 Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 24 153 601 65 142 23 5 13 56 28 4 104 2 3 7 2 14 .236 .272 .356 .628 Ed Brinkman SS 30 156 516 42 105 19 1 6 49 38 9 51 0 0 7 3 14 .203 .259 .279 .538 Willie Horton LF 29 108 333 44 77 9 5 11 36 27 5 47 0 0 2 3 8 .231 .293 .387 .680 Mickey Stanley CF 29 142 435 45 102 16 6 14 55 29 8 49 1 0 3 0 15 .234 .278 .395 .673 Al Kaline RF 37 106 278 46 87 11 2 10 32 28 5 33 1 0 1 2 11 .313 .374 .475 .849
1972 Detroit Tigers Batting (Bench) Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Jim Northrup 32 134 426 40 111 15 2 8 42 38 6 47 4 7 3 2 16 .261 .324 .362 .686 Gates Brown 33 103 252 33 58 5 0 10 31 26 3 28 3 0 0 2 7 .230 .304 .369 .673 Tony Taylor 36 78 228 33 69 12 4 1 20 14 0 34 5 1 1 2 8 .303 .346 .404 .750 Tom Haller 35 59 121 7 25 5 2 2 13 15 4 14 0 1 2 0 1 .207 .292 .331 .623 Ike Brown 30 51 84 12 21 3 0 2 10 17 1 23 1 2 0 0 5 .250 .376 .357 .733 Duke Sims 31 38 98 11 31 4 0 4 19 19 0 18 0 0 3 1 1 .316 .432 .480 .912 Paul Jata 22 32 74 8 17 2 0 0 3 7 0 14 0 1 1 0 1 .230 .296 .257 .553 Wayne Comer 28 27 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .111 .100 .111 .211 Frank Howard 35 14 33 1 8 1 0 1 7 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 .242 .324 .364 .688 John Knox 23 14 13 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .077 .143 .154 .297 Marvin Lane 22 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dalton Jones 28 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 John Gamble 24 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Joe Staton 24 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Ike Blessitt 22 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Detroit Tigers Batting (Pitchers) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Mickey Lolich P 31 41 89 3 6 0 0 0 0 20 0 39 0 0 11 1 3 .067 .245 .067 .312 Joe Coleman P 25 40 82 5 9 0 0 0 5 5 0 30 0 1 15 0 3 .110 .161 .110 .271 Tom Timmermann P 32 35 44 3 6 0 0 0 1 3 0 25 0 0 2 1 0 .136 .208 .136 .344 Woodie Fryman P 32 16 40 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 4 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 Chuck Seelbach P 24 61 21 1 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 .143 .280 .238 .518 Fred Scherman P 27 57 22 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 .091 .130 .091 .221 Bill Slayback P 24 23 23 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 .174 .174 .174 .348 Joe Niekro P 27 18 12 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .308 .333 .641 Les Cain P 24 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 John Hiller P 29 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Fred Holdsworth P 20 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .666 Chris Zachary P 28 25 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 Phil Meeler P 23 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Bill Gilbreth P 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Ron Perranoski P 36 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 Detroit Tigers Pitching (Starters) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Mickey Lolich 31 41 41 22 14 .611 2.50 327.1 100 91 282 29 74 250 .228 11 6 23 4 0 3.40 Joe Coleman 25 40 39 19 14 .576 2.80 280.0 99 87 216 23 110 222 .211 9 9 9 3 0 3.76 Tom Timmermann 32 34 25 8 10 .444 2.89 149.2 57 48 121 12 41 88 .213 5 3 3 2 0 3.79 Woodie Fryman 32 16 14 10 3 .769 2.06 113.2 31 26 93 6 31 72 .216 7 5 6 1 0 3.42 Bill Slayback 24 23 13 5 6 .455 3.20 81.2 36 29 74 4 25 65 .236 1 2 3 1 0 3.00 Les Cain 24 5 5 0 3 .000 3.80 23.2 12 10 18 2 16 16 .207 0 0 0 0 0 4.77 Fred Holdsworth 20 2 2 0 1 .000 12.86 7.0 10 10 13 0 2 5 .406 0 1 0 0 0 2.43
1972 Detroit Tigers Pitching (Bullpen) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Chuck Seelbach 24 61 3 9 8 .529 2.89 112.0 39 36 96 6 39 76 .232 3 6 0 0 14 3.46 Fred Scherman 27 57 3 7 3 .700 3.64 94.0 43 38 91 5 53 53 .259 5 1 0 0 12 4.41 Chris Zachary 28 25 1 1 1 .500 1.41 38.1 6 6 27 2 15 21 .196 1 1 0 0 1 3.83 John Hiller 29 24 3 1 2 .333 2.03 44.1 13 10 39 4 13 26 .229 3 2 1 0 3 4.08 Joe Niekro 27 18 7 3 2 .600 3.83 47.0 20 20 62 3 8 24 .326 1 2 1 0 1 3.38 Ron Perranoski 36 17 0 0 1 .000 7.71 18.2 16 16 23 2 8 10 .303 1 0 0 0 0 4.77 Lerrin LaGrow 23 16 0 0 1 .000 1.32 27.1 4 4 22 0 6 9 .220 0 1 0 0 2 3.00 Jim Foor 23 7 0 1 0 1.000 14.73 3.2 6 6 6 1 6 2 .353 0 1 0 0 0 10.36 Phil Meeler 23 7 0 0 1 .000 4.32 8.1 6 4 10 0 7 5 .286 0 1 0 0 0 4.32 Bob Strampe 22 7 0 0 0 .000 11.57 4.2 6 6 6 0 7 4 .300 0 0 0 0 0 5.79 Bill Gilbreth 24 2 0 0 0 .000 16.20 5.0 9 9 10 1 4 2 .435 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 Mike Kilkenny 27 1 0 0 0 .000 9.00 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 0 16.00 Don Leshnock 25 1 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1.0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0.00