1970 Detroit Tigers roster

32 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1970 MLB season.

1970 Tigers roster: batting

1970 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 Stanley14256883143134710.252.305.701
Dick McAuliffe1465307312412505.234.358.704
Jim Northrup1395047113224803.262.343.802
Al Kaline1314676413016712.278.377.826
Cesar Gutierrez135415401010224.243.275.573
Bill Freehan117395449516520.241.332.752
Willie Horton963715311317690.305.354.855
Norm Cash130370589615530.259.383.823
Don Wert12836334796331.218.307.610
Elliott Maddox10925830643242.248.332.697
Dalton Jones8919129426211.220.333.684
Jim Price5213212245150.182.290.616
Gates Brown8112418283240.226.331.654
Ike Brown569417274150.287.376.844
Ken Szotkiewicz478499390.107.216.443
Gene Lamont1544313140.295.340.818
Kevin Collins252425130.208.240.615
Tim Hosley71212120.167.154.571

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

1970 Tigers roster: pitching

1970 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.
Mickey LolichP403914193.80272.22301.400
Joe NiekroRP383412134.06213.01011.380
Les CainP29291273.84180.21561.470
Mike KilkennyP3621765.16129.01051.640
John HillerRP475663.03104.0891.233
Denny McLainP1414354.6391.1521.400
Tom TimmermannP610674.1185.1491.4527
Daryl PattersonP430714.8578.0551.542
Fred SchermanP480443.2369.2581.281
Bob ReedP164244.8646.1261.472
Norm McRaeP190002.8731.1161.630
Jerry RobertsonP110003.6814.2111.640
Dennis SaundersP80113.2114.081.501
Lerrin LaGrowRP100017.3012.171.780

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.