(Click here for part one, here for part two, here for part three, and here for part four about Mickey Lolich’s 1971 season)
When the 1971 season began, Mickey Lolich had set a goal of winning one game per week after noticing that the season lasted 26 weeks. As a reminder to himself, he had taped a Tigers pocket schedule to a clubhouse wall and kept track of his progress. With 25 wins by the end of the 24th week, he was ahead of the pace.