Rebuilding the Detroit Tigers: 1975 and Beyond

**jshaw** · 04-22-2014, 06:29 PM

The Tigers won the World Series in 1968, the AL East in 1972; however by 1974 they had finished last in the AL East with just 72 wins. The real life Tigers would finish with just 57 wins in 1975 and not be serious contenders again until 1983. This will be my attempt to rebuild a ball club that was terrible in real life. As I lost my other dynasty I will look to love this one as I loved my previous team. I will be playing in Mogul mode, play by playing each day. Already I have noticed the bug where most rookies are listed in their 2nd season.

**jshaw** · 04-22-2014, 06:41 PM

World Series Results

1975 Los Angeles Dodgers 4 Boston Red Sox 2
1976 Chicago Cubs 4 Baltimore Orioles 2

**jshaw** · 04-22-2014, 06:42 PM

Detroit Tigers Season by Season Results

1975 66-96 6th AL East
1976 88-74 4th AL East

**jshaw** · 04-22-2014, 06:42 PM

Season Awards

1975 AL Cy Young Bert Blyeven, Minnesota, AL MVP Reggie Smith, Baltimore, AL ROY Mike Flanagan, Baltimore
NL Cy Young Don Sutton, Los Angeles, NL MVP Don Sutton, Los Angeles, NL ROY Bob Knepper, San Francisco

1976 NL Cy Young Fergie Jenkins, Baltimore, AL MVP Ron Bloomberg, New York, AL ROY Steve Kemp, Detroit
NL Cy Young Andy Messersmith, Los Angeles, NL MVP Gary Matthews, San Francisco, NL ROY, Rich Dauer, St. Louis

**jshaw** · 04-22-2014, 07:12 PM

1975 Season Preview

Prediction
Mogul: 69-93 Power Rank: 24

Boston, New York, and Baltimore look to be the class of the AL East. Cleveland looks to be middle of the pack, while we look to fight the Brewers to stay out of the basement. The race for the #1 pick in the 1976 draft might be between us and Montreal.

Lineup

1. SS Gary Sutherland- Our highest contact player, played in 149 games last year and hit .254.

2. 2B John Knox- Hit .307 in 55 games last year.

3. RF Leon Roberts- Hit .270 in just 17 games last year. Has some pop in his bat.

4. DH Willie Horton- At 32 age is starting to catch up, will be asked to carry the offense with his 83 contact, 82 power ratings.

5. LF Ben Oglivie- Hit .270 in 92 games last year, hopefully can provide some consistent offense.

6. C John Wockenfuss- Only 13 games of big league experience, however has some promising offensive and defensive skills.

7. 1B Nate Colbert- Not much contact but when he does hit it, he can hit it out of the park.

8. 3B Aurelio Rodriquez- Not that good but can use the glove to play solid defense.

9. CF Ron LeFlore- The speedster in center hit .260 in 59 games last year.

Bench

C Gene Lamont- Not that good but allows some of our younger guys to develop in the minors.

1B Bill Freehan- Will probably play quite a bit can hit with some power.

SS Tom Veryzer- Not much to say, he is young with some MLB experience, hopefully he gets better.

CF Mickey Stanley- Another solid veteran off the bench.

Rotation

1. Vern Ruhle- 85 control, has started 3 games in his career but looks like he could be a good one posting a 2.73 ERA.

2. Mickey Lolich- Has been at it a long time, 195 career wins.

3. Joe Coleman- Another vetran, was 14-12 last season.

4. Lerrin LaGrow- 8-19 a year ago, probably won't be much better this year.

Bullpen

Closer John Hiller- 13 saves last year and a 2.64 ERA, 38 saves two years ago.
Setup Tom Walker- A solid reliever in Montreal the last 3 seasons.
Short Relief Ike Brookens- A rookie with decent control.
Short Relief Dave Tobik- A younger rookie, with better control.
Middle Relief Sheldon Burnside- An even younger rookie with decent control.
Middle Relief Ray Bare- Has some big league experience and pretty solid control.
Long Relief Bill Laxton- Not very good at all but has experience.
Mop Up Dave Lemanczyk- Again not very good but has some experience.

**jshaw** · 04-23-2014, 07:42 PM

April 2nd-4th, 1975

(0-0) @

(0-0)

April 2, 1975 The Orioles score 9 in the 3rd to roll to an easy opening day win.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Orioles (BAL) 0 0 9 1 0 0 2 0 0   12 17  0
        Tigers (DET) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1    4 10  1

WP: Ross Grimsley (1-0, 3.38) - 8.0 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 112 pitches
LP: Vern Ruhle (0-1, 27.00) - 3.0 IP, 10 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 78 pitches
HR: Dave Duncan (1), Lee May (1), Brooks Robinson (1), Al Bumbry (1), Bill Freehan (1)
Stars: Bobby Grich (3-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB), Al Bumbry (3-6, 2 R, 4 RBI), Ken Singleton (3-5, 1 R, 1 BB), Dave Duncan (1-6, 1 R, 4 RBI, 2 K), Brooks Robinson (3-5, 1 R, 1 RBI)

April 3, 1975 We used the power of 4 home runs to back a complete game effort from Mickey Lolich.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Orioles (BAL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4    5  8  1
        Tigers (DET) 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 x    7 11  2

WP: Mickey Lolich (1-0, 4.00) - 9.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 6 BB, 6 K, 167 pitches
LP: Mike Cuellar (0-1, 7.71) - 7.0 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 110 pitches
HR: Lee May (2), Nate Colbert (1), Aurelio Rodriguez (1), Tom Veryzer (1), Ben Oglivie (1)
Stars: Lee May (2-5, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 K), Nate Colbert (2-4, 1 R, 3 RBI)

April 4, 1975 We get 8 solid innings from Joe Coleman and take 2 of 3 from the Orioles to open the season.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Orioles (BAL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    1  8  1
        Tigers (DET) 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 x    4  7  0

WP: Joe Coleman (1-0, 1.13) - 8.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 116 pitches
LP: Jim Palmer (0-1, 4.50) - 8.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, 125 pitches
SV: John Hiller (1) - 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 22 pitches
HR: Nate Colbert (2)
Stars: Brooks Robinson (3-3, 1 BB)

**jshaw** · 04-28-2014, 09:57 PM

April 5th-7th, 1975

(2-1) @

(2-2)

April 5, 1975 Bert Blyleven put together a great performance as we get shut out in Minnesota.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Tigers (DET) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    0  2  0
         Twins (MIN) 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 x    7 14  0

WP: Bert Blyleven (2-0, 1.00) - 9.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 14 K, 128 pitches
LP: Lerrin LaGrow (0-1, 9.00) - 6.0 IP, 11 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, 108 pitches
HR: Craig Kusick (1)
Stars: Steve Braun (4-5, 2 RBI, 1 K), Craig Kusick (3-4, 3 R, 1 RBI)

April 6, 1975 A John Hiller wild pitch allowed the Twins to tie it with 2 outs in the 9th, John Terrell won it for the Twins with a walk off single in the 10th.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Tigers (DET) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0  5  9  2
         Twins (MIN) 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1  6 14  0

Starters: Vern Ruhle (6.0 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 117 pitches) vs. Bryan Clark (6.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 109 pitches)
WP: Tom Brown (1-0, 0.00) - 3.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 50 pitches
LP: John Hiller (0-1, 6.75) - 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 37 pitches
HR: Willie Horton (1)
Stars: Rod Carew (3-5, 1 R)

April 7, 1975 Mickey Lolich pitches well but not well enough as the Twins finish off the sweep.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Tigers (DET) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0    1  3  0
         Twins (MIN) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 x    2  7  1

Starters: Mickey Lolich vs. Joe Decker
WP: Joe Decker (1-0, 1.42) - 9.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K, 131 pitches
LP: Mickey Lolich (1-1, 3.18) - 8.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 115 pitches
HR: None

**jshaw** · 05-02-2014, 07:25 PM

April 8th-11th, 1975

(1-5) @

(2-4)

April 8, 1975 The Rangers score 5 late runs to take game 1.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Rangers (TEX) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2    6 12  1
        Tigers (DET) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0    2  9  0

Starters: Craig Skok vs. Joe Coleman
WP: Craig Skok (2-0, 2.00) - 9.0 IP, 9 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 114 pitches
LP: Joe Coleman (1-1, 2.81) - 8.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 115 pitches
HR: John Wockenfuss (1)

April 9, 1975 We scored 4 in the 9th but it wasn't enough as the Rangers win it with a 13th inning run.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Rangers (TEX) 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1  7 12  0
        Tigers (DET) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0  6 12  3

Starters: Jackie Brown (10.0 IP, 12 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, 170 pitches) vs. Lerrin LaGrow (8.0 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 100 pitches)
WP: Steve Foucault (1-0, 0.00) - 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 30 pitches
LP: John Hiller (0-2, 5.79) - 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 39 pitches
SV: Bobby Cuellar (1) - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 22 pitches
HR: Mike Hargrove (1), Nate Colbert (3)
Stars: Willie Davis (2-6, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 K), Mike Hargrove (3-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K)

April 10, 1975 We come back from 1 run holes twice in extra innings and pull it out with the game winning suicide squeeze in the bottom of the 14th.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Rangers (TEX) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2  5 19  2
        Tigers (DET) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3  6 13  1

Starters: Steve Hargan (5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 101 pitches) vs. Vern Ruhle (8.0 IP, 13 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 125 pitches)
WP: Ray Bare (1-0, 6.00) - 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 9 pitches
LP: Bobby Cuellar (0-1, 7.71) - 1.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 21 pitches
HR: Gary Sutherland (1), Leon Roberts (1)
Stars: Cesar Tovar (3-8, 1 RBI, 1 SB), Jeff Burroughs (4-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 1 BB), Mike Cubbage (4-6, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K), Bill Fahey (3-4, 2 R, 1 SB, 1 BB, 1 K), Gary Sutherland (3-6, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 1 BB)

April 11, 1975 Mickey Lolich fires a complete game gem and picks up his 197th career win. Following the game we learn Aurelio Rodriguez will miss 22 days, he is sent to the DL and 22 year old Dan Meyer is called up from AA.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Rangers (TEX) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    0  6  0
        Tigers (DET) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 x    3  8  0

Starters: Fergie Jenkins vs. Mickey Lolich
WP: Mickey Lolich (2-1, 2.08) - 9.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 122 pitches
LP: Fergie Jenkins (0-3, 4.50) - 8.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 120 pitches
HR: Ben Oglivie (2)

**jshaw** · 05-04-2014, 08:05 PM

April 12th-14th, 1975

(4-6) @

(6-4)

April 12, 1975 Our offense struggles all night and the Yankees roll to an easy game 1 victory.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Tigers (DET) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0    2  4  1
       Yankees (NYY) 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 5 x   11 11  2

Starters: Joe Coleman vs. Doc Medich
WP: Doc Medich (1-1, 3.12) - 9.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 113 pitches
LP: Joe Coleman (1-2, 4.50) - 6.0 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 90 pitches
HR: John Wockenfuss (2), Chris Chambliss (2)
Stars: Chris Chambliss (3-4, 3 R, 4 RBI), Sandy Alomar (1-3, 3 RBI)

April 13, 1975 We scored 2 unearned runs in the 8th to come from behind to beat the Yankees.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Tigers (DET) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0    3  6  2
       Yankees (NYY) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    2  8  1

Starters: Lerrin LaGrow (6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 97 pitches) vs. Rudy May
WP: Sheldon Burnside (1-0, 0.00) - 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 35 pitches
LP: Rudy May (0-2, 3.47) - 9.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 141 pitches
SV: John Hiller (2) - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 11 pitches
HR: John Knox (1)
Stars: Ed Herrmann (3-4, 1 RBI)

April 14, 1975 The Yankees score a run in the bottom of the 11th and take 2 of 3 in the series.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Tigers (DET) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0  4 11  1
       Yankees (NYY) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1  5 11  0

Starters: Vern Ruhle (8.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 121 pitches) vs. Dave Pagan (10.0 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 150 pitches)
WP: Sparky Lyle (2-0, 0.00) - 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 7 pitches
LP: Tom Walker (0-1, 2.45) - 2.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 37 pitches
HR: Bobby Bonds (1)
Stars: Ben Oglivie (3-5, 2 R, 1 SB, 2 K), Thurman Munson (3-5, 1 R, 1 K), Bobby Bonds (1-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 SB)

**jshaw** · 05-06-2014, 09:31 PM

April 16th-18th, 1975

(5-7) @

(9-3)

April 16, 1975 The Red Sox got to Mickey Lolich early and often to win game 1.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Tigers (DET) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0    6 12  1
       Red Sox (BOS) 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 x    8 14  0

Starters: Mickey Lolich vs. Luis Tiant
WP: Luis Tiant (3-1, 3.12) - 7.2 IP, 12 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 131 pitches
LP: Mickey Lolich (2-2, 3.48) - 5.0 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 101 pitches
SV: Diego Segui (3) - 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 17 pitches
HR: Willie Horton (2), Carlton Fisk (3), Billy Grabarkewitz (2), Tony Conigliaro (3)
Stars: Carlton Fisk (3-5, 4 R, 2 RBI, 1 K), Carl Yastrzemski (3-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB)

April 17, 1975 The Red Sox score 2 times in the bottom of the 8th to make it 2 straight.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Tigers (DET) 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0    8  9  3
       Red Sox (BOS) 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 x   10 14  0

Starters: Joe Coleman (5.0 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 100 pitches) vs. Rick Wise (5.0 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 82 pitches)
WP: Dick Pole (1-0, 2.25) - 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 47 pitches
LP: Tom Walker (0-2, 4.32) - 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 20 pitches
SV: Diego Segui (4) - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 12 pitches
HR: John Wockenfuss (3), Nate Colbert (4), Dick McAuliffe (1), Rick Miller (2)
Stars: John Wockenfuss (1-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB), Rick Miller (2-3, 3 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB), Carl Yastrzemski (3-4, 2 RBI, 1 K)

April 18, 1975 Boston pounds us early to finish off the sweep.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Tigers (DET) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0    4 10  2
       Red Sox (BOS) 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 x    9  8  0

Starters: Lerrin LaGrow vs. Dick Drago
WP: Dick Drago (3-0, 1.85) - 7.0 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 106 pitches
LP: Lerrin LaGrow (0-2, 7.20) - 5.0 IP, 8 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 105 pitches
HR: Dan Meyer (1), Gene Lamont (1), Willie Horton (3), Rico Petrocelli (4), Bob Montgomery 2 (2)
Stars: Bob Montgomery (2-4, 2 R, 4 RBI)

**jshaw** · 05-10-2014, 09:22 AM

April 19th-21st, 1975

(8-8) @

(5-11)

April 19, 1975 We push across single runs in the 9th and 10th to come from behind to beat the Brewers.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Brewers (MIL) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0  5 12  0
        Tigers (DET) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1  6 12  2

Starters: Lafayette Currence (6.0 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 104 pitches) vs. Vern Ruhle (8.0 IP, 12 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 107 pitches)
WP: Sheldon Burnside (2-0, 0.00) - 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 26 pitches
LP: Ed Sprague (0-1, 6.35) - 3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 56 pitches
HR: Darrell Porter (3)
Stars: Don Money (4-5, 1 R, 1 RBI), Gary Sutherland (4-5, 1 R, 2 RBI)

April 20, 1975 The Brewers scored 4 late runs to take game 2.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Brewers (MIL) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2    6  9  1
        Tigers (DET) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2    5  7  1

Starters: Jim Slaton vs. Mickey Lolich
WP: Jim Slaton (3-2, 4.35) - 9.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 153 pitches
LP: Mickey Lolich (2-3, 3.46) - 8.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 129 pitches
HR: Hank Aaron (3), Gary Sutherland (2)

April 21, 1975 Nate Colbert homered twice and drove in 5 as we take 2 of 3 from the Brewers.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Brewers (MIL) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0    3  5  1
        Tigers (DET) 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 x    7  7  0

Starters: Bill Champion vs. Joe Coleman
WP: Joe Coleman (2-2, 4.89) - 8.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 124 pitches
LP: Bill Champion (1-3, 6.65) - 6.0 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 84 pitches
HR: Don Money (5), Gorman Thomas (3), Nate Colbert 2 (6)
Stars: Nate Colbert (3-3, 3 R, 5 RBI)

**jshaw** · 05-13-2014, 09:45 PM

April 23rd-25th, 1975

(7-12) @

(10-10)

April 23, 1975 Walking 7 is never a recipe for success.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Tigers (DET) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0    3  9  2
       Yankees (NYY) 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 x    8 11  2

Starters: Lerrin LaGrow vs. Dave Pagan
WP: Dave Pagan (2-0, 2.97) - 7.1 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 137 pitches
LP: Lerrin LaGrow (0-3, 7.63) - 5.2 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 6 BB, 1 K, 120 pitches
HR: None
Stars: Thurman Munson (3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI), Chris Chambliss (3-4, 2 R)

April 24, 1975 Thurman Munson singled home the game winning run with 2 outs in the bottom of the 14th.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Tigers (DET) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0  2  7  0
       Yankees (NYY) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1  3 14  1

Starters: Vern Ruhle (11.0 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 131 pitches) vs. Doc Medich (10.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 129 pitches)
WP: Sparky Lyle (3-0, 0.00) - 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 48 pitches
LP: Ike Brookens (0-1, 4.70) - 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 18 pitches
HR: Ben Oglivie (3)
Stars: Graig Nettles (3-6, 2 R), Chris Chambliss (3-6, 1 RBI), Jim Mason (3-6, 1 RBI)

April 25, 1975 Bobby Bonds hit a 2 run homer in the 8th to help the Yankees finish off the sweep.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Tigers (DET) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1    3 13  1
       Yankees (NYY) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 x    4  5  2

Starters: Mickey Lolich vs. Pat Dobson (7.2 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, 116 pitches)
WP: Tippy Martinez (2-0, 2.79) - 1.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 32 pitches
LP: Mickey Lolich (2-4, 3.45) - 8.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 127 pitches
HR: Leon Roberts (2), Willie Horton (4), Bobby Bonds (3)

**jshaw** · 05-18-2014, 10:22 AM

April 26th-28th, 1975

(12-10) @

(7-15)

April 26, 1975 The Angels got 3 in the top of the 12th to win in extras.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Angels (CAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3  3 11  0
        Tigers (DET) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0  6  2

Starters: Frank Tanana (10.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 131 pitches) vs. Joe Coleman (10.1 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, 147 pitches)
WP: Steve Blateric (1-1, 4.15) - 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 20 pitches
LP: Sheldon Burnside (2-1, 2.13) - 1.2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 32 pitches
HR: None

April 27, 1975 We score 5 times in the bottom of the 5th to take game 2 from the Angels.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Angels (CAL) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2    4 10  0
        Tigers (DET) 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 x    7  8  0

Starters: Balor Moore vs. Lerrin LaGrow
WP: Lerrin LaGrow (1-3, 6.69) - 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 98 pitches
LP: Balor Moore (5-1, 3.18) - 4.0 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 78 pitches
HR: Leroy Stanton (2), John Knox (2)

April 28, 1975 We couldn't hang on to two seperate leads and the Angels take 2 of 3.

Code:

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Angels (CAL) 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 0 0   12 13  0
        Tigers (DET) 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5    9 13  2

Starters: Nolan Ryan vs. Vern Ruhle
WP: Nolan Ryan (2-4, 4.50) - 7.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 6 BB, 10 K, 130 pitches
LP: Vern Ruhle (0-2, 5.58) - 6.0 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 6 BB, 2 K, 120 pitches
SV: Steve Blateric (5) - 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 16 pitches
HR: Nate Colbert (7)
Stars: Bruce Bochte (3-5, 1 R, 2 RBI), John Knox (3-6, 2 R, 1 K), Nate Colbert (1-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K)

**jshaw** · 05-23-2014, 10:42 PM

April 1975 Recap

Overall Record: 9-17 6th AL East 9.5 GB

It is no surprise this team is in last place, it is pretty bad.

Code:

Batting Stats               AVG/OBP/SLG    GP    GS    AB     R     H    2B    3B    HR   RBI    BB     K    SB    CS  wOBA  GIDP RC/27   HBP

Leon Roberts             .303/.367/.450    26    26   109    14    33     8     1     2     6     8    28     0     0  .360     2  0.62     3
Willie Horton            .194/.281/.324    26    26   108    13    21     2     0     4    13    13    16     0     0  .274     2  0.36     0
Nate Colbert             .294/.357/.578    26    26   102    15    30     3     1     8    23    10    21     0     0  .395     0  0.78     0
Gary Sutherland          .198/.234/.283    23    23   106    10    21     1     1     2     8     4     8     2     1  .231     1  0.25     1
Ben Oglivie              .265/.291/.422    22    19    83    16    22     4     0     3    11     3    17     1     0  .308     0  0.38     0
John Wockenfuss          .256/.341/.410    20    20    78    13    20     3     0     3    11    10    17     0     1  .334     1  0.39     0
Ron LeFlore              .237/.275/.237    20    20    76     4    18     0     0     0     4     4    23     0     2  .238     1  0.17     0
John Knox                .259/.294/.333    18    18    81     9    21     0     0     2     7     4    12     3     0  .281     1  0.31     0
Dan Meyer                .146/.241/.208    13    13    48     4     7     0     0     1     5     6     6     0     1  .216     1  0.08     0
Bill Freehan             .235/.316/.324    10     8    34     3     8     0     0     1     3     2     8     0     0  .294     2  0.11     2
Aurelio Rodriguez        .250/.294/.406     9     9    32     4     8     2     0     1     5     1    10     0     0  .306     1  0.13     1
Tom Veryzer              .176/.222/.324     8     8    34     3     6     2     0     1     4     2    10     1     0  .238     0  0.10     0
Mickey Stanley           .227/.292/.273     7     6    22     2     5     1     0     0     0     2     2     0     0  .262     0  0.06     0
Gene Michael             .156/.206/.188     7     7    32     2     5     1     0     0     4     2     7     0     0  .185     0  0.05     0
Gene Lamont              .235/.316/.412     5     5    17     1     4     0     0     1     3     2     3     1     0  .321     1  0.09     0
Batting Totals:          .238/.297/.363    26    26   962   113   229    27     3    29   107    73   188     8     5  .293    13           7

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Pitching Stats                 GP      GS     REC      SV     ERA      IP       H       R      ER      HR      BB       K    DICE    WHIP     PIT  RUNSUP    QUAL

Vern Ruhle                      7       7     0-2       0    5.58    50.0      71      33      31       4      16      22    4.12    1.74     799     5.1       3
Ike Brookens                    7       0     0-1       0    4.70     7.2       6       4       4       0       7       6    4.17    1.70     130                  
Sheldon Burnside                7       0     2-1       0    2.13    12.2      14       3       3       0       3       5    2.92    1.34     209                  
Mickey Lolich                   7       7     3-4       0    3.54    56.0      57      25      22       7      21      36    4.46    1.39     897     4.4       4
Joe Coleman                     6       6     2-2       0    3.77    45.1      41      22      19       5      15      28    4.19    1.24     692     3.8       3
Lerrin LaGrow                   6       6     1-3       0    6.69    37.2      47      31      28       6      23      15    6.11    1.86     628     3.8       3
Tom Walker                      5       0     0-2       0    4.32     8.1      10       4       4       0       1       6    1.92    1.32     139                  
Dave Lemanczyk                  5       0     0-0       0    6.35    11.1      11       9       8       0       5       6    3.26    1.41     176                  
John Hiller                     4       0     0-2       2    4.76     5.2       6       3       3       0       3       7    2.12    1.59     109                  
Ray Bare                        4       0     1-0       0   11.25     4.0      10       8       5       0       4       1    5.50    3.50      82                  
Dave Tobik                      3       0     0-0       0   11.25     4.0      10       5       5       1       0       4    4.25    2.50      74                  
Bill Laxton                     1       0     0-0       0    3.00     3.0       3       1       1       1       2       1    8.67    1.67      60                  
Pitching Totals:               26      26    9-17       2    4.87   245.2     286     148     133      24     100     137    4.38    1.57    3995     4.3      13

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Team Streaks:
Winning Streak: 2 (April 3, 1975 - April 4, 1975)
Losing Streak: 5 (April 5, 1975 - April 9, 1975)

Team Highs - Offense:
Runs: 9 - April 28, 1975 (CAL 12 at DET 9)
Hits: 13 - April 10, 1975 (TEX 5 at DET 6); April 25, 1975 (DET 3 at NYY 4); April 28, 1975 (CAL 12 at DET 9)
Walks: 6 - April 28, 1975 (CAL 12 at DET 9)
Strikeouts: 14 - April 5, 1975 (DET 0 at MIN 7)
Homers: 4 - April 3, 1975 (BAL 5 at DET 7)
Steals: 2 - April 8, 1975 (TEX 6 at DET 2)
Runs/Inning: 6 - 6th, April 17, 1975 (DET 8 at BOS 10)

Team Highs - Defense:
Errors: 3 - April 9, 1975 (TEX 7 at DET 6); April 17, 1975 (DET 8 at BOS 10)
Runs: 12 - April 2, 1975 (BAL 12 at DET 4)
Hits: 19 - April 10, 1975 (TEX 5 at DET 6)
Earned Runs: 12 - April 2, 1975 (BAL 12 at DET 4)
Walks: 10 - April 28, 1975 (CAL 12 at DET 9)
Strikeouts: 12 - April 9, 1975 (TEX 7 at DET 6)
Homers: 4 - April 2, 1975 (BAL 12 at DET 4)
Innings Pitched: 14.0 - April 10, 1975 (TEX 5 at DET 6)

Player Streaks:
Current Hit Streak: 8 - Nate Colbert
Team-High Hit Streak: 10 - John Knox (April 17, 1975 - April 28, 1975)
Team-High HR Streak: 2 - Nate Colbert (April 3, 1975 - April 4, 1975)
Team-High Quality Start Streak: 2 - Vern Ruhle (April 6, 1975 - April 10, 1975), Mickey Lolich (April 7, 1975 - April 11, 1975), Joe Coleman (April 21, 1975 - April 26, 1975), Lerrin LaGrow (April 9, 1975 - April 13, 1975)
Team-High Win Streak: 2 - Sheldon Burnside (April 13, 1975 - April 19, 1975)
Hits/Game: 4 - Gary Sutherland (April 19, 1975), Leon Roberts (April 30, 1975)
HR/Game: 2 - Nate Colbert (April 21, 1975)
RBI/Game: 5 - Nate Colbert (April 21, 1975)
Runs/Game: 3 - Nate Colbert (April 21, 1975)
SB/Game: 1 - 5 players
Strikeouts/Game: 9 - Joe Coleman (April 26, 1975)
Multihit Games: 12 - Leon Roberts

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**jshaw** · 05-25-2014, 10:10 AM

April 30th-May 2nd, 1975

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April 30, 1975 Mickey Lolich crafts a complete game victory in game 1.

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                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Tigers (DET) 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 0    6 11  1
       Orioles (BAL) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0    4 13  0

Starters: Mickey Lolich vs. Ross Grimsley
WP: Mickey Lolich (3-4, 3.54) - 9.0 IP, 13 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 136 pitches
LP: Ross Grimsley (3-3, 3.31) - 6.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, 107 pitches
HR: Nate Colbert (8), Lee May (4)
Stars: Leon Roberts (4-5, 2 R), John Wockenfuss (3-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K), Mark Belanger (3-4, 1 R, 1 RBI)

May 1, 1975 4 first inning runs were plenty for Jim Palmer as he strikes out 16.

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                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Tigers (DET) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2    3  9  1
       Orioles (BAL) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x    5  7  1

Starters: Joe Coleman vs. Jim Palmer
WP: Jim Palmer (3-4, 3.12) - 9.0 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 16 K, 145 pitches
LP: Joe Coleman (2-3, 3.96) - 7.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 127 pitches
HR: Bobby Grich (2), Ken Singleton (4)
Stars: Ken Singleton (1-3, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB)

May 2, 1975 An ealry 5 run lead isn't enough as the Orioles come from behind to take the series. Following the game we learn Willie Horton will miss 14 days, Jack Pierce is called up from AA to take his roster spot, Nate Colbert will move to clean up and DH and Bill Freehan will play 1B.

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                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Tigers (DET) 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0    6 10  0
       Orioles (BAL) 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 x    7 10  1

Starters: Lerrin LaGrow (5.0 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 5 BB, 4 K, 114 pitches) vs. Mike Cuellar (3.0 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 66 pitches)
WP: Wayne Garland (1-0, 0.00) - 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 84 pitches
LP: Ray Bare (1-1, 7.71) - 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 47 pitches
HR: Nate Colbert (9), Dan Meyer (2), Willie Horton (5)
Stars: Willie Horton (2-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB)

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