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1976 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975 / 1977

74-87, Finished 5th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ralph Houk (74-87)
Scored 609 runs, Allowed 709 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-92

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,467,020 (4th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104

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1975 / 1977 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Ray Bare 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 15, 1949 4 30 21 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Joe Coleman 29 R R 6' 3" 175 Feb 3, 1947 12 12 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Jim Crawford 25 L L 6' 3" 200 Sep 29, 1950 3 32 5 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Mark Fidrych 21 R R 6' 3" 175 Aug 14, 1954 1st 31 29 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.5 $60,000 All-Star
Bill Freehan 34 R R 6' 3" 203 Nov 29, 1941 15 71 64 71 63 0 61 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0.4 $80,000
Pedro Garcia 26 R R 5' 10" 175 Apr 17, 1950 4 77 73 77 77 0 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Ed Glynn 23 R L 6' 2" 180 Jun 3, 1953 2 5 4 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Steve Grilli 27 R R 6' 2" 170 May 2, 1949 2 36 0 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
John Hiller 33 R L 6' 1" 185 Apr 8, 1943 11 56 1 1 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $
Willie Horton 33 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 14 114 105 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 9 0 1.1 $105,000
Alex Johnson 33 R R 6' 0" 205 Dec 7, 1942 13 125 107 125 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 0 1 90 19 18 0 -1.0 $
Bruce Kimm 25 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 29, 1951 1st 63 52 63 61 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 1.4 $
Marvin Lane 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 18, 1950 5 18 10 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 0 15 0 3 1 -0.2 $
Bill Laxton 28 L L 6' 1" 190 Jan 5, 1948 4 26 3 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Ron LeFlore 28 R R 6' 0" 200 Jun 16, 1948 3 135 132 135 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 132 1 1 2 4.8 $ All-Star
Dave Lemanczyk 25 R R 6' 4" 235 Aug 17, 1950 4 20 10 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Frank MacCormack 21 R R 6' 4" 210 Sep 21, 1954 1st 9 8 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Phil Mankowski 23 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 9, 1953 1st 24 22 24 23 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.2 $
Jerry Manuel 22 B R 6' 0" 165 Dec 23, 1953 2 54 14 54 50 0 0 0 47 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 -0.6 $
Milt May 25 L R 6' 0" 190 Aug 1, 1950 7 6 6 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dan Meyer 23 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 3, 1952 3 105 64 105 66 0 0 19 0 0 0 47 0 0 47 1 37 2 -0.6 $
Ben Oglivie 27 L L 6' 2" 160 Feb 11, 1949 6 115 67 115 73 0 0 9 0 0 0 16 12 36 64 1 43 2 1.9 $
Dave Roberts 31 L L 6' 3" 195 Sep 11, 1944 8 36 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $
Aurelio Rodriguez 28 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 28, 1947 10 128 128 128 128 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Vern Ruhle 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 25, 1951 3 32 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Chuck Scrivener 28 R R 5' 9" 170 Oct 3, 1947 2 80 67 80 78 0 0 0 43 5 38 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.1 $
Mickey Stanley 33 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 20, 1942 13 84 48 84 70 0 0 17 2 11 3 15 19 4 38 2 20 3 0.6 $
Rusty Staub 32 L R 6' 2" 190 Apr 1, 1944 14 161 161 161 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 126 36 0 0 2.9 $145,000 All-Star
Gary Sutherland 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 27, 1944 11 42 37 42 42 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Jason Thompson 21 L L 6' 4" 200 Jul 6, 1954 1st 123 117 123 117 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.2 $
Tom Veryzer 23 R R 6' 1" 175 Feb 11, 1953 4 97 94 97 97 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
Mark Wagner 22 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 4, 1954 1st 39 38 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
John Wockenfuss 27 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 27, 1949 3 60 43 60 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.3 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Jerry Manuel

Phil Mankowski

Pedro Garcia
Gary Sutherland

Aurelio Rodriguez

Mark Wagner

Tom Veryzer

Ron LeFlore

Chuck Scrivener

Rusty Staub

Bill Freehan

Milt May

Joe Coleman

Dave Roberts

John Hiller

Dave Lemanczyk

Mark Fidrych

Ray Bare

Ben Oglivie

Willie Horton

Mickey Stanley

Dan Meyer

Bill Laxton

Jim Crawford

Frank MacCormack

Jason Thompson

Vern Ruhle

Alex Johnson

Marvin Lane

John Wockenfuss

Bruce Kimm

Ed Glynn

Steve Grilli

1975 / 1977 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers