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
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com) · 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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| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Bill Freehan | 34 | 71 | 255 | 237 | 22 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 27 | .270 | .303 | .384 | .687 | 99 | 91 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | 1B | Jason Thompson* | 21 | 123 | 486 | 412 | 45 | 90 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 54 | 2 | 4 | 68 | 72 | .218 | .328 | .376 | .704 | 104 | 155 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 2B | Pedro Garcia | 26 | 77 | 245 | 227 | 21 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 40 | .198 | .239 | .300 | .538 | 56 | 68 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | SS | Tom Veryzer | 23 | 97 | 390 | 354 | 31 | 83 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 44 | .234 | .286 | .277 | .563 | 64 | 98 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | 3B | Aurelio Rodriguez | 28 | 128 | 514 | 480 | 40 | 115 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 61 | .240 | .267 | .325 | .592 | 71 | 156 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | LF | Alex Johnson | 33 | 125 | 457 | 429 | 41 | 115 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 49 | .268 | .298 | .354 | .653 | 89 | 152 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | CF | Ron LeFlore | 28 | 135 | 603 | 544 | 93 | 172 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 58 | 20 | 51 | 111 | .316 | .376 | .410 | .786 | 128 | 223 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | RF | Rusty Staub* | 32 | 161 | 690 | 589 | 73 | 176 | 28 | 3 | 15 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 83 | 49 | .299 | .386 | .433 | .818 | 137 | 255 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 9 | DH | Willie Horton | 33 | 114 | 456 | 401 | 40 | 105 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 63 | .262 | .342 | .409 | .751 | 117 | 164 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 10 | RF | Ben Oglivie* | 27 | 115 | 325 | 305 | 36 | 87 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 47 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 44 | .285 | .313 | .492 | .804 | 131 | 150 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | UT | Dan Meyer* | 23 | 105 | 315 | 294 | 37 | 74 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 22 | .252 | .292 | .327 | .618 | 79 | 96 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MI | Chuck Scrivener | 28 | 80 | 244 | 222 | 28 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 34 | .221 | .282 | .288 | .570 | 66 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | UT | Mickey Stanley | 33 | 84 | 229 | 214 | 34 | 55 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 19 | .257 | .301 | .402 | .703 | 103 | 86 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | C | Bruce Kimm | 25 | 63 | 174 | 152 | 13 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 20 | .263 | .329 | .336 | .665 | 93 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | C | John Wockenfuss | 27 | 60 | 163 | 144 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 14 | .222 | .309 | .361 | .670 | 94 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2B | Gary Sutherland | 31 | 42 | 125 | 117 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | .205 | .248 | .282 | .530 | 54 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | SS | Mark Wagner | 22 | 39 | 124 | 115 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 18 | .261 | .298 | .330 | .628 | 82 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 3B | Phil Mankowski* | 23 | 24 | 90 | 85 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .271 | .300 | .353 | .653 | 89 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | OF | Marvin Lane | 26 | 18 | 55 | 48 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .188 | .273 | .208 | .481 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | 2B | Jerry Manuel# | 22 | 54 | 49 | 43 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .140 | .213 | .163 | .376 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | C | Milt May* | 25 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .280 | .280 | .320 | .600 | 74 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||||
| 22 | P | Frank MacCormack | 21 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | P | John Hiller | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | P | Dave Lemanczyk | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | P | Joe Coleman | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | P | Steve Grilli | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 27 | P | Ed Glynn | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | P | Vern Ruhle | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | P | Dave Roberts* | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | P | Mark Fidrych | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | P | Bill Laxton* | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | P | Jim Crawford* | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | P | Ray Bare | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 28.0 | 161 | 6018 | 5441 | 609 | 1401 | 207 | 38 | 101 | 566 | 107 | 59 | 450 | 730 | .257 | .315 | .365 | .680 | 97 | 1987 | 157 | 31 | 46 | 50 | 35 | ||
| Rank in 12 AL teams | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SP | Dave Roberts* | 31 | 16 | 17 | .485 | 4.00 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 252.0 | 254 | 122 | 112 | 16 | 63 | 4 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1048 | 92 | 1.258 | 9.1 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 1.25 |
| 2 | SP | Mark Fidrych | 21 | 19 | 9 | .679 | 2.34 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 250.1 | 217 | 76 | 65 | 12 | 53 | 3 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 996 | 158 | 1.079 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 1.83 |
| 3 | SP | Vern Ruhle | 25 | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.92 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 199.2 | 227 | 99 | 87 | 19 | 59 | 4 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 865 | 94 | 1.432 | 10.2 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 1.49 |
| 4 | SP | Ray Bare | 27 | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.63 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 134.0 | 157 | 85 | 69 | 13 | 51 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 594 | 80 | 1.552 | 10.5 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 1.16 |
| 5 | SP | Joe Coleman | 29 | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.86 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.2 | 80 | 44 | 36 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 309 | 76 | 1.710 | 10.8 | 0.1 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 1.12 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 6 | CL | John Hiller* | 33 | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.38 | 56 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 121.0 | 93 | 37 | 32 | 7 | 67 | 9 | 117 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 510 | 155 | 1.322 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 8.7 | 1.75 |
| 7 | RP | Jim Crawford* | 25 | 1 | 8 | .111 | 4.53 | 32 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 109.1 | 115 | 65 | 55 | 4 | 43 | 4 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 478 | 82 | 1.445 | 9.5 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 1.58 |
| 8 | RP | Bill Laxton* | 28 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.09 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 94.2 | 77 | 49 | 43 | 13 | 51 | 1 | 74 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 410 | 90 | 1.352 | 7.3 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 7.0 | 1.45 |
| 9 | RP | Dave Lemanczyk | 25 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.09 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81.1 | 86 | 47 | 46 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 355 | 73 | 1.475 | 9.5 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 1.50 |
| 10 | RP | Steve Grilli | 27 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.64 | 36 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.0 | 63 | 43 | 34 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 301 | 80 | 1.576 | 8.6 | 0.7 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 0.88 |
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||||
| 11 | Frank MacCormack | 21 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.79 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.2 | 35 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 156 | 64 | 2.112 | 9.6 | 0.3 | 9.4 | 3.9 | 0.41 | |
| 12 | Ed Glynn* | 23 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.08 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 61 | 1.775 | 8.4 | 1.1 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 0.85 | |
| Team Totals | 26.6 | 74 | 87 | .460 | 3.87 | 161 | 161 | 106 | 55 | 12 | 20 | 1431.1 | 1426 | 709 | 616 | 101 | 550 | 37 | 738 | 30 | 4 | 45 | 6130 | 95 | 1.381 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 1.34 | ||
| Rank in 12 AL teams | 10 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9144 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pos | Age | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Bare | 27 | 30 | 21 | 134.0 | 31 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.08 | 1.03 | P | |||||||||||||
| Joe Coleman | 29 | 12 | 12 | 66.2 | 24 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .875 | 2.84 | 1.75 | P | |||||||||||||
| Jim Crawford | 25 | 32 | 5 | 109.1 | 42 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 3.38 | 1.28 | P | |||||||||||||
| Mark Fidrych | 21 | 31 | 29 | 250.1 | 78 | 19 | 59 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.80 | 2.52 | P | |||||||||||||
| Bill Freehan | 34 | 66 | 62 | 533.2 | 368 | 328 | 34 | 6 | 4 | .984 | -7.1 | -16.0 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.4 | 0 | -7 | 6.10 | 5.48 | 2 | 15 | 57 | 16 | 22% | C-1B-DH | |
| Pedro Garcia | 26 | 77 | 73 | 623.0 | 404 | 168 | 219 | 17 | 53 | .958 | -6.5 | -12.5 | -6.5 | -3.8 | -2.7 | 0 | 5.59 | 5.03 | 2B | |||||||
| Ed Glynn | 23 | 5 | 4 | 23.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.38 | 0.20 | P | |||||||||||||
| Steve Grilli | 27 | 36 | 0 | 66.0 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 3.14 | 0.64 | P | |||||||||||||
| John Hiller | 33 | 56 | 1 | 121.0 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.12 | 0.27 | P | |||||||||||||
| Willie Horton | 33 | 105 | 0.00 | DH | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alex Johnson | 33 | 109 | 89 | 763.0 | 177 | 162 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .955 | -8.3 | -13.1 | -5.3 | 2.1 | -7.4 | -3 | 1.99 | 1.55 | LF-DH-RF | |||||||
| Bruce Kimm | 25 | 63 | 52 | 456.0 | 298 | 256 | 33 | 9 | 5 | .970 | 4.0 | 10.5 | 4 | 5.70 | 4.59 | 3 | 15 | 40 | 32 | 44% | C-DH | |||||
| Marvin Lane | 26 | 15 | 10 | 103.0 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.0 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 0.5 | -0.6 | 1 | 2.10 | 1.60 | LF-CF | |||||||
| Bill Laxton | 28 | 26 | 3 | 94.2 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 0.86 | 0.35 | P | |||||||||||||
| Ron LeFlore | 28 | 133 | 132 | 1159.2 | 407 | 381 | 15 | 11 | 1 | .973 | -1.8 | -1.9 | -1.8 | 1.5 | -3.3 | 0 | 3.07 | 2.98 | CF-DH | |||||||
| Dave Lemanczyk | 25 | 20 | 10 | 81.1 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 2.43 | 1.10 | P | |||||||||||||
| Frank MacCormack | 21 | 9 | 8 | 32.2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.93 | 0.78 | P | |||||||||||||
| Phil Mankowski | 23 | 23 | 22 | 189.0 | 69 | 20 | 47 | 2 | 8 | .971 | 1.2 | 7.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | -0.3 | 1 | 3.19 | 2.91 | 3B | |||||||
| Jerry Manuel | 22 | 52 | 14 | 176.2 | 112 | 40 | 64 | 8 | 8 | .929 | -2.2 | -14.9 | -2.2 | 1.4 | -3.5 | 0 | 5.30 | 2.00 | 2B-SS-DH | |||||||
| Milt May | 25 | 6 | 6 | 53.2 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.37 | 6.33 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 50% | C | |||||
| Dan Meyer | 23 | 67 | 64 | 566.1 | 260 | 244 | 14 | 2 | 16 | .992 | -2.8 | -5.9 | -4.8 | -3.6 | -1.2 | 2 | 0 | 4.10 | 3.85 | LF-1B-DH | ||||||
| Ben Oglivie | 27 | 74 | 67 | 597.0 | 245 | 234 | 8 | 3 | 13 | .988 | 3.4 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 4.7 | -1.4 | 0 | 0 | 3.65 | 3.27 | RF-LF-CF-1B-DH | ||||||
| Dave Roberts | 31 | 36 | 36 | 252.0 | 63 | 6 | 53 | 4 | 6 | .937 | 2.11 | 1.64 | P | |||||||||||||
| Aurelio Rodriguez | 28 | 128 | 128 | 1138.0 | 409 | 120 | 280 | 9 | 21 | .978 | -0.6 | -0.6 | 0.4 | -5.2 | 5.6 | -1 | 3.16 | 3.13 | 3B | |||||||
| Vern Ruhle | 25 | 32 | 32 | 199.2 | 42 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.89 | 1.31 | P | |||||||||||||
| Chuck Scrivener | 28 | 85 | 67 | 593.1 | 379 | 137 | 230 | 12 | 47 | .968 | -2.8 | -5.7 | -1.8 | -0.9 | -0.8 | -1 | 5.57 | 4.32 | 2B-SS-3B | |||||||
| Mickey Stanley | 33 | 73 | 48 | 464.0 | 239 | 187 | 47 | 5 | 14 | .979 | -2.0 | -5.2 | -1.0 | 0.0 | -0.9 | -1 | 0 | 4.54 | 3.21 | CF-1B-3B-LF-RF-SS-2B-DH | ||||||
| Rusty Staub | 32 | 162 | 125 | 1112.1 | 232 | 217 | 8 | 7 | 3 | .970 | -13.6 | -14.7 | -12.6 | -5.9 | -6.7 | -1 | 1.82 | 1.39 | RF-DH | |||||||
| Gary Sutherland | 31 | 42 | 37 | 320.2 | 193 | 73 | 117 | 3 | 31 | .984 | 2.6 | 9.7 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0 | 5.33 | 4.52 | 2B | |||||||
| Jason Thompson | 21 | 117 | 117 | 1039.1 | 1253 | 1157 | 88 | 8 | 104 | .994 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 | -0.8 | 3.3 | 0 | 10.78 | 10.64 | 1B | |||||||
| Tom Veryzer | 23 | 97 | 94 | 837.2 | 494 | 164 | 313 | 17 | 53 | .966 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | -1 | 5.12 | 4.92 | SS | |||||||
| Mark Wagner | 22 | 39 | 38 | 319.1 | 206 | 60 | 135 | 11 | 25 | .947 | -1.9 | -7.1 | -1.9 | -2.8 | 0.9 | 0 | 5.50 | 5.00 | SS | |||||||
| John Wockenfuss | 27 | 59 | 43 | 405.0 | 255 | 221 | 19 | 15 | 5 | .941 | -2.0 | -5.9 | -2 | 5.33 | 4.07 | 2 | 11 | 39 | 19 | 33% | C | |||||
| Team Totals | 27.8 | 161 | 1449 | 12882.0 | 6423 | 4294 | 1961 | 168 | 430 | .974 | -36.6 | -3.4 | -27.6 | -10.2 | -17.4 | -2 | -2 | -5 | 4.37 | 3.26 | 7 | 45 | 140 | 71 | 34% | |
| Rank in 12 AL teams | 2 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | Rtot | Rtot/yr | Rtz | Rtzrd | Rtzhm | Rof | Rdp | Rctch | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% | Pos. Summary |