1972 Detroit Tigers roster

37 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1972 MLB season.

1972 Tigers roster: batting

1972 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 Rodriguez1536016514213562.236.272.628
Ed Brinkman156516421056490.203.259.538
Norm Cash1374405111422610.259.338.783
Mickey Stanley1424354510214551.234.278.673
Jim Northrup134426401118424.261.324.686
Dick McAuliffe12240847988300.240.339.692
Bill Freehan111374519810560.262.354.755
Willie Horton108333447711360.231.293.681
Al Kaline106278468710321.313.374.849
Gates Brown103252335810313.230.304.673
Tony Taylor7822833691205.303.346.749
Tom Haller591217252130.207.292.623
Ike Brown518412212101.250.376.733
Paul Jata3274817030.230.296.553
John Knox141311000.077.143.297
Wayne Comer27911010.111.100.211
Marvin Lane8620000.000.000.000
Ike Blessitt4500000.000.000.000
John Gamble6300000.000.000.000
Joe Staton6210000.000.000.000

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

1972 Tigers roster: pitching

1972 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 LolichP414122142.50327.12501.090
Joe ColemanP403919142.80280.02221.160
Tom TimmermannP34258102.89149.2881.080
Chuck SeelbachP613982.89112.0761.2114
Fred SchermanP573733.6494.0531.5312
Bill SlaybackP2313563.2081.2651.210
Joe NiekroRP187323.8347.0241.491
John HillerRP243122.0344.1261.173
Chris ZacharyP251111.4138.1211.101
Lerrin LaGrowRP160011.3227.191.022
Les CainP55033.8023.2161.440
Phil MeelerP70014.328.152.040
Fred HoldsworthRP220112.867.052.140
Bill GilbrethP200016.205.022.800
Bob StrampeP700011.574.242.790
Jim FoorP701014.733.223.270
Don LeshnockP10000.001.022.000

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.