1976 Detroit Tigers Statistics and Roster

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1976 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975/1977)
74-87, Finished 5th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 609 runs, Allowed 709 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-92
Managed by Ralph Houk

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

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Bill Freehan        34   71  237   22   64  10  1   5   27  12   27  .270  .303  .384   0   0   4   1   1   4   0   99
1B *Jason Thompson      21  123  412   45   90  12  1  17   54  68   72  .218  .328  .376   2   4   8   1   1   4   6  104
2B  Pedro Garcia        26   77  227   21   45  10  2   3   20   9   40  .198  .239  .300   2   3   3   4   2   3   0   56
3B  Aurelio Rodriguez   28  128  480   40  115  13  2   8   50  19   61  .240  .267  .325   0   4  19   1   9   5   3   71
SS  Tom Veryzer         23   97  354   31   83   8  2   1   25  21   44  .234  .286  .277   1   4  11   6   6   3   1   64
LF  Alex Johnson        33  125  429   41  115  15  2   6   45  19   49  .268  .298  .354  14  10  15   2   1   6   1   89
CF  Ron LeFlore         28  135  544   93  172  23  8   4   39  51  111  .316  .376  .410  58  20  12   2   5   1   2  128
RF *Rusty Staub         32  161  589   73  176  28  3  15   96  83   49  .299  .386  .433   3   1  23   7   0  11  11  137
DH  Willie Horton       33  114  401   40  105  17  0  14   56  49   63  .262  .342  .409   0   0  16   2   0   4   7  117
   *Ben Oglivie         27  115  305   36   87  12  3  15   47  11   44  .285  .313  .492   9   4  11   3   2   4   3  131
   *Dan Meyer           23  105  294   37   74   8  4   2   16  17   22  .252  .292  .327  10   0  10   0   3   1   0   79
    Chuck Scrivener     28   80  222   28   49   7  1   2   16  19   34  .221  .282  .288   1   0   2   0   3   0   0   66
    Mickey Stanley      33   84  214   34   55  17  1   4   29  14   19  .257  .301  .402   2   0   7   0   0   1   1  103
    Bruce Kimm          25   63  152   13   40   8  0   1    6  15   20  .263  .329  .336   4   3   2   0   7   0   0   93
    John Wockenfuss     27   60  144   18   32   7  2   3   10  17   14  .222  .309  .361   0   3   3   1   1   0   0   94
    Gary Sutherland     31   42  117   10   24   5  2   0    6   7   12  .205  .248  .282   0   1   5   0   0   1   0   54
    Mark Wagner         22   39  115    9   30   2  3   0   12   6   18  .261  .298  .330   0   2   1   0   3   0   0   82
   *Phil Mankowski      23   24   85    9   23   2  1   1    4   4    8  .271  .300  .353   0   0   3   0   0   1   0   89
    Marvin Lane         26   18   48    3    9   1  0   0    5   6   11  .188  .273  .208   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   41
   #Jerry Manuel        22   54   43    4    6   1  0   0    2   3    9  .140  .213  .163   1   0   1   1   2   0   0   10
   *Milt May            25    6   25    2    7   1  0   0    1   0    1  .280  .280  .320   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   74

    Frank MacCormack    21    9    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    John Hiller         33   56    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.0  161 5441  609 1401 207 38 101  557 450  730  .257  .314  .365 107  59 148  22  37  41  26   97
    Rank among 12 AL teams         8    9    7  10  5   5       12    8     6     8     5   8  10                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Dave Roberts        31  36   4.00  16  17  0  36   0  18   4  252.0  254  122  112  16   63   79 1048   3   4  0   4  92
SP  Vern Ruhle          25  32   3.92   9  12  0  32   0   5   1  199.7  227   99   87  19   59   88  865   0   4  0   4  94
SP  Mark Fidrych        21  31   2.34  19   9  0  29   2  24   4  250.3  217   76   65  12   53   97  996   6   3  0   3 158
SP  Ray Bare            27  30   4.63   7   8  0  21   5   3   2  134.0  157   85   69  13   51   59  594   5   0  0   6  80
SP  Joe Coleman         29  12   4.86   2   5  0  12   0   1   0   66.7   80   44   36   1   34   38  309   6   5  0   0  76
SP  Frank MacCormack    21   9   5.79   0   5  0   8   1   0   0   32.7   35   24   21   1   34   14  156   4   1  0   0  64

CL *John Hiller         33  56   2.38  12   8 13   1  46   1   1  121.0   93   37   32   7   67  117  510   6   2  0   9 155
RP  Steve Grilli        27  36   4.64   3   1  3   0  24   0   0   66.0   63   43   34   5   41   36  301   5   5  2   5  80
RP *Jim Crawford        25  32   4.53   1   8  2   5  11   1   0  109.3  115   65   55   4   43   68  478   7   0  0   4  82
RP *Bill Laxton         28  26   4.09   0   5  2   3  11   0   0   94.7   77   49   43  13   51   74  410   3   6  2   1  90
RP  Dave Lemanczyk      25  20   5.09   4   6  0  10   5   1   0   81.3   86   47   46   7   34   51  355   0   0  0   0  73

   *Ed Glynn            23   5   6.08   1   3  0   4   1   1   0   23.7   22   18   16   3   20   17  108   0   0  0   1  61
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.7 161   3.87  74  87 20 161 106  55  12 1431.0 1426  709  615 101  550  738 6130  45  30  4  37  95
    Rank among 12 AL teams         11  10   3 10           5   8     12    9   11       10    8    6

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- BFreehan 516 60 61 312 28 6 2 .983 2 15 57 16 BKimm 456 52 61 256 33 9 5 .970 3 15 40 32 JWockenfuss 405 43 59 221 19 15 5 .941 2 11 39 19 MMay 53 6 6 33 5 0 0 1.000 0 4 4 4 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1431 161 161 822 85 30 12 .968 7 45 140 71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JThompson 1039 117 117 1157 88 8 104 .994 10.78 DMeyer 168 19 19 168 10 1 15 .994 9.54 MStanley 132 14 17 117 9 1 10 .992 8.59 BOglivie 75 9 9 98 1 1 13 .990 11.88 BFreehan 17 2 2 16 6 0 2 1.000 11.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 161 161 1556 114 11 144 .993 10.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PGarcia 623 73 77 168 219 17 53 .958 5.59 GSutherland 320 37 42 73 117 3 31 .984 5.33 CScrivener 320 38 43 86 120 5 22 .976 5.79 JManuel 162 13 47 36 57 8 8 .921 5.14 MStanley 5 0 2 3 2 1 1 .833 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 161 161 366 515 34 115 .963 5.54 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *2.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ARodriguez 1138 128 128 120 280 9 21 .978 3.16 PMankowski 189 22 23 20 47 2 8 .971 3.19 MStanley 86 10 11 7 32 1 3 .975 4.07 CScrivener 18 1 5 3 9 1 1 .923 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 161 161 150 368 13 33 .976 3.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TVeryzer 837 94 97 164 313 17 53 .966 5.12 MWagner 319 38 39 60 135 11 25 .947 5.50 CScrivener 255 28 37 48 101 6 24 .961 5.25 JManuel 14 1 4 4 7 0 0 1.000 7.07 MStanley 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 161 161 276 558 34 102 .961 5.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AJohnson 763 88 89 162 7 8 1 .955 1.99 DMeyer 398 45 47 76 4 1 1 .988 1.81 BOglivie 127 14 16 25 4 0 0 1.000 2.06 MStanley 83 8 15 15 0 1 0 .937 1.63 MLane 60 6 10 12 1 1 0 .929 1.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 161 161 290 16 11 2 .965 1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RLeFlore 1159 132 132 381 15 11 1 .973 3.07 MStanley 136 14 19 39 1 1 0 .976 2.63 BOglivie 92 11 12 37 0 0 0 1.000 3.62 MLane 43 4 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 161 161 468 16 12 1 .976 3.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RStaub 1112 125 126 217 8 7 3 .970 1.82 BOglivie 303 33 36 74 3 2 0 .975 2.29 MStanley 16 2 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.94 AJohnson 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 161 161 297 12 9 3 .972 1.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.47 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RLeFlore 1159 132 132 381 14 11 1 .973 3.07 RStaub 1112 125 126 218 8 7 3 .970 1.83 AJohnson 763 89 90 159 7 8 1 .954 1.96 BOglivie 522 58 64 136 7 2 0 .986 2.47 DMeyer 398 45 47 76 4 1 1 .988 1.81 MStanley 235 24 38 60 2 2 0 .969 2.37 MLane 103 10 15 23 1 1 0 .960 2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1431 161 161 1053 43 32 6 .972 2.30 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DRoberts 252 36 36 6 53 4 6 .937 2.11 MFidrych 250 29 31 19 59 0 4 1.000 2.80 VRuhle 199 32 32 14 28 0 1 1.000 1.89 RBare 134 21 30 6 25 0 2 1.000 2.08 JHiller 121 1 56 2 13 1 0 .937 1.12 JCrawford 109 5 32 1 40 1 2 .976 3.38 BLaxton 94 3 26 4 5 2 0 .818 0.86 DLemanczyk 81 10 20 8 14 2 0 .917 2.44 JColeman 66 12 12 2 19 3 2 .875 2.83 SGrilli 66 0 36 5 18 1 1 .958 3.14 FMacCormack 32 8 9 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.93 EGlynn 23 4 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1431 161 161 71 278 14 18 .961 2.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- WHorton 105 RStaub 36 AJohnson 19 BFreehan 3 BKimm 2 MStanley 2 RLeFlore 1 JManuel 1 DMeyer 1 BOglivie 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average LeFlore .316

On-base % Staub .386

Slugging % Staub .433

OPS Staub .819

Games Staub 161

At Bats Staub 589

Plate Appearances (approx.) Staub 690

Runs LeFlore 93

Hits Staub 176

Total Bases Staub 255

Doubles Staub 28

Triples LeFlore 8

Home Runs Thompson 17

RBI Staub 96

Bases on Balls Staub 83

Strikeouts LeFlore 111

Stolen Bases LeFlore 58

Singles LeFlore 137

Adjusted OPS+ Staub 137

Runs Created Staub 99

Adjusted Batting Runs Staub 32

Batting Wins Staub 3.4

Extra-Base Hits Staub 46

Times on Base Staub 266

Offensive Win% Staub .677

Hit By Pitch Staub 7

Sac. Hits Rodriguez 9

Sac. Flies Staub 11

Intentional Walks Staub 11

Grounded into Double Plays Staub 23

Caught Stealing LeFlore 20

Power/Speed Number Oglivie 11.2

At Bats per Strikeout Staub 12.0

At Bats per Home Run Staub 39.3

Outs Staub 448

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ERA Fidrych 2.34

Wins Fidrych 19

Won-Loss % Fidrych .679

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Fidrych 1.079

Hits Allowed/9IP Fidrych 7.80

Bases on Balls/9IP Fidrych 1.91

Strikeouts/9IP Ruhle 3.97

Games Hiller 56

Saves Hiller 13

Innings Roberts 252.0

Strikeouts Hiller 117

Games Started Roberts 36

Comp. Games Fidrych 24

Shutouts Fidrych and Roberts 4

Home Runs Allow. Ruhle 19

Bases On Balls Allow. Hiller 67

Hits Allowed Roberts 254

SO to Walk Fidrych 1.83

Losses Roberts 17

Earned Runs Allow. Roberts 112

Wild Pitches Crawford 7

Hit Batsmen Laxton 6

Batters Faced Roberts 1048

Games Finished Hiller 46

Adjusted ERA+ Fidrych 158

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Mark Fidrych (Starting P)
Ron LeFlore (Starting LF)
Rusty Staub (Starting RF)

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