1969 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Mayo Smith

29 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1969 MLB season.

1969 Tigers roster: batting

1969 Detroit Tigers batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Mickey Stanley261495927313916708.235.299.665
Jim Northrup291485437916025664.295.358.866
Willie Horton261415086613328913.262.332.796
Bill Freehan271434896112816491.262.342.747
Norm Cash341424838113522742.280.368.831
Al Kaline341314567412421691.272.346.793
Don Wert30132423469514503.225.303.658
Tom Matchick259429825720323.242.276.568
Dick McAuliffe2974271497111332.262.369.826
Jim Price277219221459280.234.294.711
Ike Brown277017024395122.229.338.715
Gates Brown3060931319160.204.250.540
Dick Tracewski3466791011043.139.277.441
Dave Campbell27323944020.103.205.333
Wayne Redmond235300000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1969 Tigers roster: pitching

1969 Detroit Tigers pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Denny McLainP2542412492.80325.01811.090
Mickey LolichP28373619113.14280.22711.201
Earl WilsonP34353512103.31214.21501.300
Mike KilkennyP243915863.37128.1971.262
Pat DobsonP274995103.60105.0641.329
John HillerRP26408443.9999.1741.424
Joe SparmaP272316684.7692.2411.670
Tom TimmermannP29311432.7555.2421.371
Fred LasherP27320213.0744.0261.270
Daryl PattersonP25180022.8222.1121.520
Bob ReedP2481001.8414.291.160
Gary TaylorP2370015.2310.131.550
Fred SchermanP2440106.754.031.500
Norm McRaeP2130006.003.031.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.