1972 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Billy Martin

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 Rodriguez241536016514213562.236.272.628
Ed Brinkman30156516421056490.203.259.538
Norm Cash371374405111422610.259.338.783
Mickey Stanley291424354510214551.234.278.673
Jim Northrup32134426401118424.261.324.686
Dick McAuliffe3212240847988300.240.339.692
Bill Freehan30111374519810560.262.354.755
Willie Horton29108333447711360.231.293.681
Al Kaline37106278468710321.313.374.849
Gates Brown33103252335810313.230.304.673
Tony Taylor367822833691205.303.346.749
Tom Haller35591217252130.207.292.623
Ike Brown30518412212101.250.376.733
Paul Jata223274817030.230.296.553
John Knox23141311000.077.143.297
Wayne Comer2827911010.111.100.211
Marvin Lane228620000.000.000.000
Ike Blessitt224500000.000.000.000
John Gamble246300000.000.000.000
Joe Staton246210000.000.000.000

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 LolichP31414122142.50327.12501.090
Joe ColemanP25403919142.80280.02221.160
Tom TimmermannP3234258102.89149.2881.080
Chuck SeelbachP24613982.89112.0761.2114
Fred SchermanP27573733.6494.0531.5312
Bill SlaybackP242313563.2081.2651.210
Joe NiekroRP27187323.8347.0241.491
John HillerRP29243122.0344.1261.173
Chris ZacharyP28251111.4138.1211.101
Lerrin LaGrowRP23160011.3227.191.022
Les CainP2455033.8023.2161.440
Phil MeelerP2370014.328.152.040
Fred HoldsworthRP20220112.867.052.140
Bill GilbrethP24200016.205.022.800
Bob StrampeP22700011.574.242.790
Jim FoorP23701014.733.223.270
Don LeshnockP2510000.001.022.000

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.