| 1971 Detroit Tigers | ||||
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| League | American League | |||
| Division | East | |||
| Ballpark | Tiger Stadium | |||
| City | Detroit, Michigan | |||
| Owners | John Fetzer | |||
| General managers | Jim Campbell | |||
| Managers | Billy Martin | |||
| Television | WJBK (George Kell, Larry Osterman) | |||
| Radio | WJR (Ernie Harwell, Ray Lane) | |||
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The 1971 Detroit Tigers finished in second place in the American League East with a 91–71 record, 12 games behind the Orioles. They outscored their opponents 701 to 645. They drew 1,591,073 fans to Tiger Stadium, the second highest attendance in the American League.
Mickey Lolich became the second pitcher in the history of the American League to win 25 games but not win the Cy Young Award.[3]
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W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Baltimore Orioles | 101 | 57 | 0.639 | — | 53–24 | 48–33 |
| Detroit Tigers | 91 | 71 | 0.562 | 12 | 54–27 | 37–44 |
| Boston Red Sox | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 18 | 47–33 | 38–44 |
| New York Yankees | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 21 | 44–37 | 38–43 |
| Washington Senators | 63 | 96 | 0.396 | 38½ | 35–46 | 28–50 |
| Cleveland Indians | 60 | 102 | 0.370 | 43 | 29–52 | 31–50 |
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| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | WSH | |
| Baltimore | — | 9–9 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 6–5 | 9–3 | 10–2 | 11–7 | 7–4 | 13–3 | |
| Boston | 9–9 | — | 6–6 | 10–2 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 1–11 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 12–6 | |
| California | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 4–8 | |
| Chicago | 4–8 | 2–10 | 10–8 | — | 3–9 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 10–2 | |
| Cleveland | 5–13 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 9–3 | — | 6–12 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 7–11 | |
| Detroit | 10–8 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 12–6 | — | 8–4 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 14–4 | |
| Kansas City | 5–6 | 11–1 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 10–2 | 4–8 | — | 8–10 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 5–13 | 9–3 | |
| Milwaukee | 3–9 | 6–6 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 10–8 | — | 10–7 | 2–10 | 3–15 | 6–6 | |
| Minnesota | 2–10 | 4–8 | 6–12 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 7–10 | — | 8–4 | 8–10 | 5–6 | |
| New York | 7–11 | 11–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 4–8 | — | 5–7 | 7–11 | |
| Oakland | 4–7 | 9–3 | 11–7 | 7–11 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 13–5 | 15–3 | 10–8 | 7–5 | — | 9–3 | |
| Washington | 3–13 | 6–12 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 11–7 | 3–9 | — | |
| 1971 Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Outfielders
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| C | Bill Freehan | 148 | 516 | 143 | .277 | 21 | 71 |
| 1B | Norm Cash | 135 | 452 | 128 | .283 | 32 | 91 |
| 2B | Dick McAuliffe | 128 | 477 | 99 | .208 | 18 | 57 |
| 3B | Aurelio Rodríguez | 154 | 604 | 153 | .253 | 15 | 39 |
| SS | Ed Brinkman | 159 | 527 | 120 | .228 | 1 | 37 |
| LF | Willie Horton | 119 | 450 | 130 | .289 | 22 | 72 |
| CF | Mickey Stanley | 139 | 401 | 117 | .292 | 7 | 55 |
| RF | Al Kaline | 133 | 405 | 119 | .294 | 15 | 54 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Jim Northrup | 136 | 459 | 124 | .270 | 16 | 71 |
| Gates Brown | 82 | 195 | 66 | .338 | 11 | 29 |
| Tony Taylor | 55 | 181 | 52 | .287 | 3 | 19 |
| Dalton Jones | 83 | 138 | 35 | .254 | 5 | 11 |
| Ike Brown | 59 | 110 | 28 | .255 | 8 | 19 |
| Jim Price | 29 | 54 | 13 | .241 | 1 | 7 |
| Kevin Collins | 31 | 41 | 11 | .268 | 1 | 4 |
| César Gutiérrez | 38 | 37 | 7 | .189 | 0 | 4 |
| Tim Hosley | 7 | 16 | 3 | .188 | 2 | 6 |
| Gene Lamont | 7 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 1 |
| Marvin Lane | 8 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| John Young | 2 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Mickey Lolich | 45 | 376.0 | 25 | 14 | 2.92 | 308 |
| Joe Coleman | 39 | 286.0 | 20 | 9 | 3.15 | 236 |
| Les Cain | 26 | 144.2 | 10 | 9 | 4.35 | 118 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Joe Niekro | 31 | 122.1 | 6 | 7 | 4.49 | 43 |
| Dean Chance | 31 | 89.2 | 4 | 6 | 3.51 | 64 |
| Mike Kilkenny | 30 | 86.1 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 | 47 |
| Bill Zepp | 16 | 31.2 | 1 | 1 | 5.12 | 15 |
| Bill Gilbreth | 9 | 30.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.80 | 14 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | GF | ERA | SO |
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| Fred Scherman | 69 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 40 | 2.71 | 76 |
| Tom Timmermann | 52 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 3.86 | 51 |
| Bill Denehy | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4.22 | 27 |
| Daryl Patterson | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4.82 | 5 |
| Ron Perranoski | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2.50 | 8 |
| Jim Hannan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.27 | 6 |
| Jack Whillock | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5.63 | 6 |
| Chuck Seelbach | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
| Dave Boswell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.23 | 3 |
| Jim Foor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 2 |
The following members of the 1972 Tigers were ranked among the Top 100 of all time at their position in The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001:
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