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1973 Detroit Tigers
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Tiger Stadium (since 1912) Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
1973 information
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)
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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.

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Awards and honors
- 4.1 League top ten finishers
- 4.2 Players ranking among top 100 all time at position
5 Farm system
6 Notes
7 References

Offseason

November 30, 1972: Rich Reese was purchased by the Tigers from the Minnesota Twins.^[1]

Regular season

April 16, 1973: Steve Busby threw the first no-hitter in Kansas City Royals history against the Tigers.^[2] The Royals beat Detroit by a score of 3-0.

Season standings

AL East	W	L	GB	Pct.
Baltimore Orioles	97	65	--	.599
Boston Red Sox	89	73	8	.549
Detroit Tigers	85	77	12	.525
New York Yankees	80	82	17	.494
Milwaukee Brewers	74	88	23	.457
Cleveland Indians	71	91	26	.438

Notable transactions

April 2, 1973: Tim Hosley was traded by the Tigers to the Oakland Athletics for Don Shaw.^[3]
June 5, 1973: Bob Adams was drafted by the Tigers in the 3rd round of the 1973 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]
August 17, 1973: Rich Reese was released by the Tigers.^[1]

Roster

1973 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

40 John Gamble

Manager

1 Billy Martin
51 Joe Schultz

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

John Hiller, Hutch Award^[5]
Al Kaline, Roberto Clemente Award
Mickey Stanley, AL Gold Glove Award, outfield

League top ten finishers

Ed Brinkman

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)

Joe Coleman

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)

Bill Freehan

#2 in AL in times hit by pitch (11)

John Hiller

MLB leader in saves (38)
AL leader in games (65)
AL leader in games finished (60)
#5 in AL in win percentage (.667)

Al Kaline

4th oldest player in AL (38)

Mickey Lolich

#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)

Aurelio Rodríguez

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)

Mickey Stanley

#4 in AL in outs (481)

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:

Bill Freehan: 12th best catcher of all time
Norm Cash: 20th best first baseman of all time
Aurelio Rodríguez: 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

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

Notes

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

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1973 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics

v t e 1973 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1973 All-Star Game 1973 World Series

Detroit Tigers

Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Award winners and league leaders • Players • Managers • Owners and executives

Ballparks

Boulevard Park • Bennett Park • Tiger Stadium • Comerica Park
Spring Training: Whittington Park • Plant Field • Bosse Field • Henley Field • Joker Marchant Stadium

Culture

Gum Time • Paws • "Detroit Rock City" • "The Bird" • Tiger Town •

Lore

1910 Chalmers Award • Disco Demolition Night • 28-out perfect game

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Sparky Anderson • Ty Cobb • Mickey Cochrane • Sam Crawford • Charlie Gehringer • Hank Greenberg • Harry Heilmann • Hughie Jennings • Al Kaline • George Kell • Heinie Manush • Hal Newhouser

Frick Award recipient	Ernie Harwell

Retired numbers

2 • 5 • 6 • 11 • 16 • 23 • 42

Minors

Player overview • AAA: Toledo Mud Hens • AA: Erie SeaWolves • A: Lakeland Flying Tigers • West Michigan Whitecaps • Connecticut Tigers • Rookie: Gulf Coast League Tigers • DSL Tigers

Key personnel

Owner: Mike Ilitch • General Manager: Dave Dombrowski • Manager: Jim Leyland

World Series
championships (4)

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Division titles (4)

East: 1972 • 1984 • 1987 • Central: 2011

Wild card berths (1)

2006

Broadcasters

TV: Fox Sports Detroit • Mario Impemba • Rod Allen
Radio: Detroit Tigers Radio Network • WXYT • WXYT-FM • Dan Dickerson • Jim Price
History: List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters

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