1969 Detroit Tigers
90 - 72
1968 / 1970 (Organization)
2nd place in the AL East (19 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record:
46 - 35 (.568)
44 - 37 (.543)
+1.6 wins
+7.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 701 / 666 ( +35 )
Allowed/Expected: 601 / 670 ( +69 )
Pyth Record: 92 - 70 (-2)
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Tiger Stadium
Attendance: 1,577,481 Avg Att: 19,475 (1.56)
Att Rank: 2 / 12 Lg Avg: 12,471
       
Park Factor: 1.01    
HR Factor: 1.12 R/L HR: 1.08 / 1.19
Notes:


Defensive Regression Analysis

Filters
Positions
    Multi-Year   1-Year
#
G
Inn
 
Arm
A2
PB
 
Arm
GO2
CS
A2
PB
1 Norm Cash
1B
134
1,141.0
 
7.6
6.7
7.6
 
7.2
7.2
2 Willie Horton
LF
134
1,129.7
 
-5.3
-4.7
-5.1
-0.2
 
12.3
14.1
-1.8
3 Don Wert
3B
129
1,092.7
 
-3.9
-3.5
-3.9
 
5.2
5.2
4 Bill Freehan
C
120
1,025.3
 
-4.1
-4.0
-5.2
1.0
 
-10.9
-6.1
-2.7
-8.8
-2.1
5 Al Kaline
RF
118
974.0
 
-0.3
-0.3
1.2
-1.5
 
-4.5
-4.6
0.1
6 Jim Northrup
CF
89
739.3
 
-7.5
-10.2
-6.1
-1.5
 
5.5
5.9
-0.4
7 Mickey Stanley
CF
99
708.0
 
-2.9
-4.1
-1.5
-1.4
 
-3.7
-1.7
-2.0
8 Tom Tresh
SS
77
634.0
 
-2.2
-3.5
-2.2
 
-6.4
-6.4
9 Dick McAuliffe
2B
72
622.3
 
3.2
5.2
3.2
 
11.8
11.8
10 Mickey Stanley
SS
59
487.0
 
-3.5
-7.3
-3.5
 
-8.8
-8.8
11 Jim Price
C
51
430.0
 
-5.9
-13.6
-5.4
-0.4
 
-4.7
-3.2
-3.6
-6.8
2.1
12 Tom Matchick
2B
47
392.7
 
5.7
14.4
5.7
 
6.6
6.6
13 Jim Northrup
RF
51
375.3
 
4.4
11.8
4.8
-0.4
 
-3.1
-2.9
-0.2
14 Ike Brown
2B
45
335.7
 
-1.4
-4.3
-1.4
 
3.4
3.4
15 Tom Matchick
3B
27
210.7
 
-0.3
-1.4
-0.3
 
-1.2
-1.2
16 Bill Freehan
1B
20
163.0
 
-1.8
-10.9
-1.8
 
-3.7
-3.7
17 Dick Tracewski
SS
41
155.7
 
1.0
6.6
1.0
 
1.6
1.6
18 Jim Northrup
LF
31
152.7
 
1.4
9.3
1.7
-0.3
 
0.6
1.4
-0.8
19 Cesar Gutierrez
SS
16
127.7
 
-1.6
-12.8
-1.6
 
2.0
2.0
20 Gates Brown
LF
14
105.0
 
-0.3
-2.8
-0.4
0.1
 
3.1
3.1
0.0
21 Ike Brown
3B
12
105.0
 
-0.8
-8.0
-0.8
 
-3.5
-3.5
22 Dick Tracewski
2B
13
71.7
 
0.8
11.6
0.8
 
2.1
2.1
23 Al Kaline
1B
9
69.0
 
-0.1
-2.1
-0.1
 
-0.9
-0.9
24 Tom Matchick
SS
6
50.0
 
0.8
16.8
0.8
 
-3.5
-3.5
25 Tom Tresh
LF
7
49.0
 
0.1
1.3
0.0
0.0
 
0.1
-0.2
0.3
26 Tom Tresh
RF
4
43.0
 
0.1
1.2
0.1
-0.0
 
0.4
0.6
-0.2
27 Mickey Stanley
1B
4
37.7
 
-0.1
-2.4
-0.1
 
0.7
0.7
28 Dave Campbell
2B
5
33.0
 
0.1
3.8
0.1
 
-1.2
-1.2
29 Dave Campbell
1B
13
32.7
 
-0.1
-4.4
-0.1
 
-0.8
-0.8
30 Willie Horton
RF
4
32.0
 
-0.2
-5.2
-0.1
-0.0
 
0.7
0.2
0.4
31 Dick Tracewski
3B
6
30.0
 
-0.0
-1.2
-0.0
 
1.4
1.4
32 Mickey Stanley
RF
3
25.0
 
-0.0
-0.8
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.2
-0.1
-0.1
33 Ron Woods
LF
7
18.0
 
0.0
1.7
0.0
0.0
 
-1.6
-1.5
-0.1
34 Tom Matchick
1B
2
12.0
 
0.0
3.8
0.0
 
0.1
0.1
35 Tom Tresh
3B
1
9.0
 
0.2
18.4
0.2
 
0.4
0.4
36 Dave Campbell
3B
1
8.0
 
-0.0
-2.9
-0.0
 
-0.4
-0.4
37 Ron Woods
CF
1
8.0
 
0.1
11.2
0.1
-0.0
 
1.3
1.3
-0.0
38 Ike Brown
RF
2
6.0
 
0.1
8.7
0.1
-0.0
 
0.3
0.4
-0.0
39 Ike Brown
SS
1
1.0
 
0.0
2.0
0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
40 Ike Brown
LF
1
1.0
 
0.0
17.1
0.0
-0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
  17        
-16.8
-1.4
-1.7
-5.1
-10.6
0.6
 
7.5
28.1
-4.9
-9.3
-6.3
-15.7
0.0
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James