1974 Detroit Tigers

72-90 • .444 Win% • 6th in AL E

📊 Season Record

72 Wins
90 Losses
.444 Win %
6th Rank
620 R 768 RA
Diff -148

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⚡ Quick Stats

620 Runs Scored
768 Runs Allowed
-148 Run Diff
1,245K Attendance

📈 vs. 1974 AL Average

Batting Avg .246 4% below the 1974 league average (.258)
OBP .302 6% below the 1974 league average (.322)
SLG .366 1% below the 1974 league average (.371)
Team ERA 4.16 15% worse than the 1974 league average (3.62)
Runs Scored 620 7% below the 1974 league average (665 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,245,346
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Avg per Game 15,374

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1974

Batting Avg

1 John Knox 0.307 2 Willie Horton 0.298 3 Bill Freehan 0.297 4 Reggie Sanders 0.273 5 Ben Oglivie 0.270

Home Runs

1 Bill Freehan 18 2 Willie Horton 15 3 Ed Brinkman 14 4 Al Kaline 13 5 Jim Northrup 11

RBI

1 Al Kaline 64 2 Bill Freehan 60 3 Ed Brinkman 54 4 Aurelio Rodriguez 49 5 Gary Sutherland 49
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Gary Sutherland 149 619 60 157 20 1 5 49 26 37 1 0.254
Aurelio Rodriguez 159 571 54 127 23 5 5 49 26 70 2 0.222
Al Kaline 147 558 71 146 28 2 13 64 65 75 2 0.262
Ed Brinkman 153 502 55 111 15 3 14 54 29 71 2 0.221
Bill Freehan 130 445 58 132 17 5 18 60 42 44 2 0.297
Mickey Stanley 99 394 40 87 13 2 8 34 26 63 5 0.221
Jim Northrup 97 376 41 89 12 1 11 42 36 46 0 0.237
Ron LeFlore 59 254 37 66 8 1 2 13 13 58 23 0.260
Ben Oglivie 92 252 28 68 11 3 4 29 34 38 12 0.270
Willie Horton 72 238 32 71 8 1 15 47 21 36 0 0.298
Jerry Moses 74 198 19 47 6 3 4 19 11 38 0 0.237
Norm Cash 53 149 17 34 3 2 7 12 19 30 1 0.228
Jim Nettles 43 141 20 32 5 1 6 17 15 26 3 0.227
Dick Sharon 60 129 12 28 4 0 2 10 14 29 4 0.217
Marv Lane 50 103 16 24 4 1 2 9 19 24 2 0.233
Gates Brown 73 99 7 24 2 0 4 17 10 15 0 0.242
Reggie Sanders 26 99 12 27 7 0 3 10 5 20 1 0.273
Gene Lamont 60 92 9 20 4 0 3 8 7 19 0 0.217
John Knox 55 88 11 27 1 1 0 6 6 13 5 0.307
Leon Roberts 17 63 5 17 3 2 0 7 3 10 0 0.270
Ron Cash 20 62 6 14 2 0 0 5 0 11 0 0.226
Tom Veryzer 22 55 4 13 2 0 2 9 5 8 1 0.236
Dan Meyer 13 50 5 10 1 1 3 7 1 1 1 0.200
John Wockenfuss 13 29 1 4 1 0 0 2 3 2 0 0.138
Ike Brown 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Coleman 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Woodie Fryman 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Hiller 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fred Holdsworth 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lerrin LaGrow 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Lemanczyk 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mickey Lolich 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Ray 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Vern Ruhle 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chuck Seelbach 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Slayback 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Luke Walker 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1974

ERA

1 John Hiller 2.64 2 Vern Ruhle 2.73 3 Dave Lemanczyk 4.00 4 Mickey Lolich 4.15 5 Fred Holdsworth 4.29

Wins

1 John Hiller 17 2 Mickey Lolich 16 3 Joe Coleman 14 4 Lerrin LaGrow 8 5 Woodie Fryman 6

Strikeouts

1 Mickey Lolich 202 2 Joe Coleman 177 3 John Hiller 134 4 Woodie Fryman 92 5 Lerrin LaGrow 85
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mickey Lolich 16 21 4.15 41 41 0 308.0 310 142 78 202
Joe Coleman 14 12 4.32 41 41 0 285.2 272 137 158 177
Lerrin LaGrow 8 19 4.66 37 34 0 216.1 245 112 80 85
John Hiller 17 14 2.64 59 0 13 150.0 127 44 62 134
Woodie Fryman 6 9 4.32 27 22 0 141.2 120 68 67 92
Luke Walker 5 5 4.99 28 9 0 92.0 100 51 54 52
Dave Lemanczyk 2 1 4.00 22 3 0 78.2 79 35 44 52
Bill Slayback 1 3 4.77 16 4 0 54.2 57 29 26 23
Jim Ray 1 3 4.47 28 0 2 52.1 49 26 29 26
Fred Holdsworth 0 3 4.29 8 5 0 35.2 40 17 14 16
Vern Ruhle 2 0 2.73 5 3 0 33.0 35 10 6 10
Chuck Seelbach 0 0 4.70 4 0 0 7.2 9 4 3 0

👥 Roster (37)

Ed Brinkman Gates Brown Ike Brown Norm Cash Ron Cash Joe Coleman Bill Freehan Woodie Fryman John Hiller Fred Holdsworth Willie Horton Al Kaline +25 more

37 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1974 Detroit Tigers

What was the 1974 Detroit Tigers record?
The 1974 Detroit Tigers finished 72-90 (.444 win pct).
Who led the 1974 Detroit Tigers in home runs?
Bill Freehan led the 1974 Detroit Tigers with 18 home runs.
What was the 1974 Detroit Tigers team ERA?
The 1974 Detroit Tigers posted a team ERA of 4.16.
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