2008 Detroit Tigers

2008 > Class Major League > 2008 American League (Central)
Overall: 74-88
Scored 821 runs, Allowed 857 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Lloyd McClendon and Jim Leyland
Represented: Detroit, MI
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 2007 / 2009

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Jeremy Bonderman	25	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	Eddie Bonine	27	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Miguel Cabrera	25	160	684	616	85	180	36	2	37	127	1	0	56	126	.292	.349	.537	.887	331	16	3	0	9	6
4	Brent Clevlen	24	11	28	24	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	.208	.296	.208	.505	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	Freddy Dolsi	25	42	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Armando Galarraga	26	30	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	.600	.000	.600	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	Curtis Granderson*	27	141	629	553	112	155	26	13	22	66	12	4	71	111	.280	.365	.494	.858	273	7	3	1	1	1
8	Carlos Guillen#	32	113	489	420	68	120	29	2	10	54	9	3	60	67	.286	.376	.436	.811	183	11	3	2	4	3
9	Mike Hessman	30	12	31	27	6	8	1	0	5	7	0	0	2	9	.296	.387	.889	1.276	24	0	2	0	0	0
10	Michael Hollimon#	26	11	25	23	4	6	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	6	.261	.280	.565	.845	13	0	0	0	1	0
11	Brandon Inge	31	113	407	347	41	71	16	4	11	51	4	3	43	94	.205	.303	.369	.672	128	4	8	5	4	2
12	Jacque Jones*	33	24	90	79	10	13	2	1	1	5	0	1	8	18	.165	.244	.253	.498	20	2	1	0	2	0
13	Matthew Joyce*	23	92	277	242	40	61	16	3	12	33	0	2	31	65	.252	.339	.492	.831	119	3	2	0	2	0
14	Jeff Larish*	25	42	111	104	12	27	6	0	2	16	2	2	7	34	.260	.306	.375	.681	39	2	0	0	0	0
15	Magglio Ordonez	34	146	623	561	72	178	32	2	21	103	1	5	53	76	.317	.376	.494	.869	277	27	3	0	6	2
16	Placido Polanco	32	141	629	580	90	178	34	3	8	58	7	1	35	43	.307	.350	.417	.768	242	14	6	4	4	2
17	Ryan Raburn	27	92	199	182	26	43	10	1	4	20	3	1	16	49	.236	.298	.368	.666	67	2	0	1	0	1
18	Edgar Renteria	31	138	547	503	69	136	22	2	10	55	6	3	37	64	.270	.317	.382	.699	192	19	0	2	5	1
19	Nate Robertson	30	32	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Kenny Rogers*	43	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	Dusty Ryan	23	15	50	44	6	14	2	0	2	7	0	0	5	13	.318	.380	.500	.880	22	0	0	0	1	0
22	Ramon Santiago#	28	58	156	124	30	35	6	2	4	18	1	0	22	17	.282	.411	.460	.870	57	1	5	5	0	0
23	Dane Sardinha	29	17	49	44	2	7	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	11	.159	.229	.205	.434	9	1	0	1	0	0
24	Gary Sheffield	39	114	482	418	52	94	16	0	19	57	9	2	58	83	.225	.326	.400	.725	167	19	5	0	1	3
25	Marcus Thames	31	103	342	316	50	76	12	0	25	56	0	3	24	95	.241	.292	.516	.808	163	6	0	0	2	0
26	Clete Thomas*	24	40	133	116	7	33	9	1	1	9	2	0	14	26	.284	.366	.405	.772	47	1	1	2	0	1
27	Justin Verlander	25	33	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
	27 Players	30.0	162	6331	5641	821	1529	293	41	200	780	63	31	572	1076	.271	.340	.444	.784	2504	144	44	30	44	23

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Denny Bautista	25	0	1	.000	3.32	16	0	3	0	0	0	19.0	15	7	7	1	14	0	10	2	0	1	83	1.526	7.1	0.5	6.6	4.7	0.71
2	Yorman Bazardo	23	0	0		24.00	3	0	3	0	0	0	3.0	7	8	8	0	5	1	3	0	0	0	20	4.000	21.0	0.0	15.0	9.0	0.60
3	Francis Beltran	28	1	0	1.000	4.85	11	0	4	0	0	0	13.0	13	7	7	3	6	1	9	0	0	1	56	1.462	9.0	2.1	4.2	6.2	1.50
4	Jeremy Bonderman	25	3	4	.429	4.29	12	12	0	0	0	0	71.1	75	39	34	9	36	2	44	3	0	1	319	1.556	9.5	1.1	4.5	5.6	1.22
5	Eddie Bonine	27	2	1	.667	5.40	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.2	36	19	16	3	5	0	9	2	0	0	117	1.538	12.2	1.0	1.7	3.0	1.80
6	Francisco Cruceta	26	0	3	.000	5.40	13	0	8	0	0	0	11.2	13	8	7	2	10	1	11	0	0	3	56	1.971	10.0	1.5	7.7	8.5	1.10
7	Freddy Dolsi	25	1	5	.167	3.97	42	0	13	0	0	2	47.2	50	21	21	3	28	5	29	3	1	4	218	1.636	9.4	0.6	5.3	5.5	1.04
8	Casey Fossum*	30	3	1	.750	5.66	31	0	9	0	0	0	41.1	44	26	26	4	18	1	28	3	0	1	179	1.500	9.6	0.9	3.9	6.1	1.56
9	Armando Galarraga	26	13	7	.650	3.73	30	28	0	0	0	0	178.2	152	83	74	28	61	2	126	6	0	6	746	1.192	7.7	1.4	3.1	6.3	2.07
10	Freddy Garcia	31	1	1	.500	4.20	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	11	8	7	3	6	0	12	1	0	0	61	1.133	6.6	1.8	3.6	7.2	2.00
11	Jason Grilli	31	0	1	.000	3.29	9	0	4	0	0	0	13.2	12	5	5	1	7	1	10	1	0	1	59	1.390	7.9	0.7	4.6	6.6	1.43
12	Todd Jones	40	4	1	.800	4.97	45	0	37	0	0	18	41.2	50	30	23	5	18	3	14	4	0	4	193	1.632	10.8	1.1	3.9	3.0	0.78
13	Chris Lambert	25	1	2	.333	5.66	8	3	1	0	0	0	20.2	31	18	13	3	7	1	15	2	0	0	102	1.839	13.5	1.3	3.0	6.5	2.14
14	Aquilino Lopez	33	4	1	.800	3.55	48	0	18	0	0	0	78.2	86	33	31	9	22	4	61	2	1	6	344	1.373	9.8	1.0	2.5	7.0	2.77
15	Zach Miner	26	8	5	.615	4.27	45	13	3	0	0	0	118.0	118	60	56	10	46	3	62	6	0	4	509	1.390	9.0	0.8	3.5	4.7	1.35
16	Clay Rapada*	27	3	0	1.000	4.22	25	0	3	0	0	0	21.1	19	11	10	0	14	1	15	1	0	1	94	1.547	8.0	0.0	5.9	6.3	1.07
17	Nate Robertson*	30	7	11	.389	6.35	32	28	1	0	0	0	168.2	218	124	119	26	62	7	108	2	0	5	761	1.660	11.6	1.4	3.3	5.8	1.74
18	Fernando Rodney	31	0	6	.000	4.91	38	0	25	0	0	13	40.1	34	22	22	3	30	5	49	3	0	3	188	1.587	7.6	0.7	6.7	10.9	1.63
19	Kenny Rogers*	43	9	13	.409	5.70	30	30	0	0	0	0	173.2	212	118	110	22	71	3	82	9	1	4	782	1.630	11.0	1.1	3.7	4.2	1.15
20	Bobby Seay*	30	1	2	.333	4.47	60	0	14	0	0	0	56.1	59	28	28	4	25	7	58	2	0	3	246	1.491	9.4	0.6	4.0	9.3	2.32
21	Justin Verlander	25	11	17	.393	4.84	33	33	0	1	0	0	201.0	195	119	108	18	87	8	163	14	3	6	880	1.403	8.7	0.8	3.9	7.3	1.87
22	Dontrelle Willis*	26	0	2	.000	9.38	8	7	0	0	0	0	24.0	18	25	25	4	35	1	18	1	1	5	122	2.208	6.8	1.5	13.1	6.8	0.51
23	Joel Zumaya	23	0	2	.000	3.47	21	0	5	0	0	1	23.1	24	13	9	3	22	4	22	0	0	6	114	1.971	9.3	1.2	8.5	8.5	1.00
	23 Players	29.9	74	88	.457	4.90	162	162	161	1	2	34	1445.0	1541	857	786	172	644	63	991	68	7	65	6411	1.512	9.6	1.1	4.0	6.2	1.54

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Brandon Inge	60	370	33	0	4	1.000	6.72	11	26	11	30%
Dane Sardinha	17	109	8	1	1	.992	6.88	0	4	1	20%
Dusty Ryan	15	99	5	0	0	1.000	6.93	1	7	6	46%

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Miguel Cabrera	143	1117	73	9	116	.992	8.32
Carlos Guillen	24	142	11	2	22	.987	6.38
Marcus Thames	9	34	1	0	10	1.000	3.89
Jeff Larish	8	41	3	0	9	1.000	5.50

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Placido Polanco	141	323	374	8	100	.989	4.94
Ramon Santiago	21	30	36	0	13	1.000	3.14
Ryan Raburn	16	27	34	5	12	.924	3.81
Michael Hollimon	2	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.50

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Carlos Guillen	89	68	195	14	15	.949	2.96
Brandon Inge	51	38	80	1	14	.992	2.31
Ryan Raburn	18	8	14	3	1	.880	1.22
Miguel Cabrera	14	15	30	5	4	.900	3.21
Mike Hessman	12	7	20	1	3	.964	2.25
Jeff Larish	12	10	17	2	1	.931	2.25
Ramon Santiago	6	2	3	2	0	.714	0.83
Michael Hollimon	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Edgar Renteria	138	197	365	16	91	.972	4.07
Ramon Santiago	33	45	70	3	15	.975	3.48
Michael Hollimon	6	1	12	1	2	.929	2.17

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Marcus Thames	73							0.00
Matthew Joyce	60							0.00
Ryan Raburn	30							0.00
Clete Thomas	25							0.00
Jacque Jones	23							0.00
Brent Clevlen	10							0.00
Gary Sheffield	6							0.00
Carlos Guillen	2							0.00
Brandon Inge	2							0.00

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Curtis Granderson	140							0.00
Clete Thomas	16							0.00
Brandon Inge	13							0.00
Ryan Raburn	6							0.00
Brent Clevlen	3							0.00

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Magglio Ordonez	135							0.00
Matthew Joyce	25							0.00
Ryan Raburn	22							0.00
Marcus Thames	7							0.00
Clete Thomas	3							0.00
Brent Clevlen	1							0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Curtis Granderson	140	366	5	4	1	.989	2.65
Magglio Ordonez	135	220	8	5	0	.979	1.69
Matthew Joyce	84	136	2	4	0	.972	1.64
Marcus Thames	80	128	3	5	1	.963	1.64
Ryan Raburn	57	63	2	2	0	.970	1.14
Clete Thomas	40	88	4	4	1	.958	2.30
Jacque Jones	23	38	1	1	0	.975	1.70
Brandon Inge	13	26	2	0	0	1.000	2.15
Brent Clevlen	11	23	1	0	0	1.000	2.18
Gary Sheffield	6	13	0	0	0	1.000	2.17
Carlos Guillen	2	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bobby Seay	60	2	7	0	0	1.000	0.15
Aquilino Lopez	48	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.10
Todd Jones	45	2	5	0	0	1.000	0.16
Zach Miner	45	5	17	0	2	1.000	0.49
Freddy Dolsi	42	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.12
Fernando Rodney	38	4	2	0	0	1.000	0.16
Justin Verlander	33	7	24	2	1	.939	0.94
Nate Robertson	32	8	20	1	1	.966	0.88
Casey Fossum	31	1	5	0	0	1.000	0.19
Armando Galarraga	30	13	11	2	2	.923	0.80
Kenny Rogers	30	26	50	1	11	.987	2.53
Clay Rapada	25	3	5	2	0	.800	0.32
Joel Zumaya	21	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.05
Denny Bautista	16	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.13
Francisco Cruceta	13	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.15
Jeremy Bonderman	12	6	9	1	2	.938	1.25
Francis Beltran	11	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.09
Jason Grilli	9	3	2	0	1	1.000	0.56
Chris Lambert	8	1	3	0	0	1.000	0.50
Dontrelle Willis	8	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.25
Eddie Bonine	5	2	3	1	2	.833	1.00
Yorman Bazardo	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.67
Freddy Garcia	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.33

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Denny Bautista	25	R	R	6' 5.0"	190	Oct 23, 1982	Sanchez, Samana, DO	2008-03-31	2008-06-15
Yorman Bazardo	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	230	Jul 11, 1984	Maracay, Aragua, VE	2008-04-02	2008-04-10
Francis Beltran	28	R	R	6' 6.0"	255	Nov 29, 1979	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO	2008-04-05	2008-08-24
Jeremy Bonderman	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	210	Oct 28, 1982	Kennewick, WA, US	2008-04-03	2008-06-01
Eddie Bonine	27	R	R	6' 5.0"	220	Jun 6, 1981	Columbus, GA, US	2008-06-14	2008-07-09
Miguel Cabrera	25	R	R	6' 4.0"	240	Apr 18, 1983	Maracay, Aragua, VE	2008-03-31	2008-09-29
Brent Clevlen	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	205	Oct 27, 1983	Austin, TX, US	2008-06-07	2008-06-18
Francisco Cruceta	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	215	Jul 4, 1981	Rancho Viejo, La Vega, DO	2008-05-01	2008-06-02
Freddy Dolsi	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	160	Jan 9, 1983	San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO	2008-05-06	2008-09-28
Kyle Farnsworth	32	R	R	6' 4.0"	230	Apr 14, 1976	Wichita, KS, US	2008-08-02	2008-09-15
Casey Fossum	30	L	L	6' 1.0"	160	Jan 6, 1978	Cherry Hill, NJ, US	2008-06-03	2008-09-28
Armando Galarraga	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	230	Jan 15, 1982	Cumana, Sucre, VE	2008-04-16	2008-09-29
Freddy Garcia	31	R	R	6' 4.0"	255	Oct 6, 1976	Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE	2008-09-17	2008-09-29
Gary Glover	31	R	R	6' 5.0"	200	Dec 3, 1976	Cleveland, OH, US	2008-08-18	2008-09-29
Curtis Granderson	27	L	R	6' 1.0"	195	Mar 16, 1981	Blue Island, IL, US	2008-04-23	2008-09-29
Jason Grilli	31	R	R	6' 4.0"	225	Nov 11, 1976	Royal Oak, MI, US	2008-03-31	2008-04-27
Carlos Guillen	32	S	R	6' 1.0"	215	Sep 30, 1975	Maracay, Aragua, VE	2008-03-31	2008-08-25
Mike Hessman	30	R	R	6' 5.0"	215	Mar 5, 1978	Fountain Valley, CA, US	2008-09-02	2008-09-25
Michael Hollimon	26	S	R	6' 1.0"	195	Jun 14, 1982	Dallas, TX, US	2008-06-09	2008-07-06
Brandon Inge	31	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	May 19, 1977	Lynchburg, VA, US	2008-03-31	2008-09-29
Jacque Jones	33	L	L	5' 10.0"	175	Apr 25, 1975	San Diego, CA, US	2008-03-31	2008-05-04
Todd Jones	40	L	R	6' 3.0"	200	Apr 24, 1968	Marietta, GA, US	2008-03-31	2008-08-15
Matthew Joyce	23	L	R	6' 2.0"	205	Aug 3, 1984	Tampa, FL, US	2008-05-05	2008-09-29
Chris Lambert	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	205	Mar 8, 1983	Burlingame, CA, US	2008-08-26	2008-09-28
Jeff Larish	25	L	R	6' 2.0"	200	Oct 11, 1982	Iowa City, IA, US	2008-05-30	2008-09-29
Aquilino Lopez	33	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Apr 21, 1975	Villa Altagracia, San Cristobal, DO	2008-03-31	2008-09-29
Zach Miner	26	R	R	6' 4.0"	225	Mar 12, 1982	St. Louis, MO, US	2008-04-02	2008-09-28
Magglio Ordonez	34	R	R	6' 0.0"	215	Jan 28, 1974	Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE	2008-03-31	2008-09-29
Placido Polanco	32	R	R	5' 9.0"	190	Oct 10, 1975	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO	2008-03-31	2008-09-26
Ryan Raburn	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Apr 17, 1981	Tampa, FL, US	2008-04-04	2008-09-29
Clay Rapada	27	R	L	6' 5.0"	195	Mar 9, 1981	Portsmouth, VA, US	2008-04-13	2008-09-28
Edgar Renteria	31	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Aug 7, 1976	Barranquilla, CO	2008-03-31	2008-09-28
Nate Robertson	30	R	L	6' 2.0"	225	Sep 3, 1977	Wichita, KS, US	2008-04-04	2008-09-24
Fernando Rodney	31	R	R	5' 11.0"	220	Mar 18, 1977	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO	2008-06-16	2008-09-27
Ivan Rodriguez	36	R	R	5' 9.0"	205	Nov 27, 1971	Manati, PR	2008-03-31	2008-07-28
Kenny Rogers	43	L	L	6' 1.0"	200	Nov 10, 1964	Savannah, GA, US	2008-04-02	2008-09-14
Dusty Ryan	23	R	R	6' 4.0"	235	Sep 2, 1984	Merced, CA, US	2008-09-04	2008-09-29
Ramon Santiago	28	S	R	5' 11.0"	175	Aug 31, 1979	Las Matas de Farfan, San Juan, DO	2008-04-06	2008-09-29
Dane Sardinha	29	R	R	6' 0.0"	215	Apr 8, 1979	Honolulu, HI, US	2008-06-26	2008-09-27
Bobby Seay	30	L	L	6' 2.0"	221	Jun 20, 1978	Sarasota, FL, US	2008-03-31	2008-09-29
Gary Sheffield	39	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Nov 18, 1968	Tampa, FL, US	2008-03-31	2008-09-29
Marcus Thames	31	R	R	6' 2.0"	220	Mar 6, 1977	Louisville, MS, US	2008-04-03	2008-09-29
Clete Thomas	24	L	R	5' 11.0"	195	Nov 14, 1983	Jacksonville, FL, US	2008-03-31	2008-07-13
Justin Verlander	25	R	R	6' 5.0"	225	Feb 20, 1983	Manakin Sabot, VA, US	2008-03-31	2008-09-26
Dontrelle Willis	26	L	L	6' 4.0"	225	Jan 12, 1982	Oakland, CA, US	2008-04-05	2008-09-27
Joel Zumaya	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	215	Nov 9, 1984	Chula Vista, CA, US	2008-06-20	2008-08-12

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