1971 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Billy Martin

33 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1971 MLB season.

1971 Tigers roster: batting

1971 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.
Aurelio Rodriguez231546046815315394.253.288.688
Ed Brinkman29159527401201371.228.293.568
Bill Freehan291485165714321712.277.353.818
Dick McAuliffe31128477679918574.208.293.672
Jim Northrup311364597212416717.270.355.797
Norm Cash361354527212832911.283.372.903
Willie Horton281194506413022721.289.349.845
Al Kaline361334056911915544.294.416.878
Mickey Stanley28139401431177411.292.329.733
Gates Brown3282195376611294.338.408.957
Dalton Jones278313815355111.254.304.703
Ike Brown295911020288190.255.359.841
Jim Price292954413170.241.323.656
Kevin Collins243541611140.268.268.707
Cesar Gutierrez28383787040.189.211.400
Tim Hosley2471623260.188.188.750
Gene Lamont2471521010.067.067.133
Marvin Lane2181402010.143.200.343
John Young222412010.500.5001.250

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

1971 Tigers roster: pitching

1971 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 LolichP30454525142.92376.03081.140
Joe ColemanP2439382093.15286.02361.180
Les CainP2326261094.35144.21181.470
Joe NiekroRP263115674.49122.1431.511
Fred SchermanP266911162.71113.0461.2420
Dean ChanceP303114463.5189.2641.570
Mike KilkennyP263011455.0086.1471.471
Tom TimmermannP31522763.8684.0511.424
Bill DenehyP25311034.2249.0271.531
Bill ZeppP24164115.1231.2151.832
Bill GilbrethP2395214.8030.0141.630
Jack WhillockP2870025.638.061.501
Chuck SeelbachP23500013.504.013.250
Jim FoorP22300018.001.026.000

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.