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1977 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978

74-88, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ralph Houk (74-88)
Scored 714 runs, Allowed 751 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,359,856 (7th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105

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1976 / 1978 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
Bob Adams 25 R R 6' 2" 200 Jan 6, 1952 1st 15 3 15 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 -0.1 $
Luis Alvarado 28 R R 5' 9" 162 Jan 15, 1949 9 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Fernando Arroyo 25 R R 6' 2" 180 Mar 21, 1952 2 38 28 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $
Ray Bare 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 15, 1949 5 5 4 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Tim Corcoran 24 L L 5' 11" 175 Mar 19, 1953 1st 55 18 55 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 8 18 3 34 3 0.3 $
Jim Crawford 26 L L 6' 3" 200 Sep 29, 1950 4 37 7 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Mark Fidrych 22 R R 6' 3" 175 Aug 14, 1954 2 11 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $55,000 All-Star
Steve Foucault 27 L R 6' 0" 205 Oct 3, 1949 5 44 0 0 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Tito Fuentes 33 B R 5' 11" 175 Jan 4, 1944 12 151 149 151 151 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.4 $90,000
Ed Glynn 24 R L 6' 2" 180 Jun 3, 1953 3 8 3 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Steve Grilli 28 R R 6' 2" 170 May 2, 1949 3 30 2 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
John Hiller 34 R L 6' 1" 185 Apr 8, 1943 12 45 8 0 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $90,000
Willie Horton 34 R R 5' 11" 209 Oct 18, 1942 15 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 $105,000
Steve Kemp 22 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 7, 1954 1st 151 147 151 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 148 0 3 0 0.8 $28,500
Bruce Kimm 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 29, 1951 2 14 9 14 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 -0.5 $
Ron LeFlore 29 R R 6' 0" 200 Jun 16, 1948 4 154 150 154 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 152 0 3 0 2.2 $75,000
Phil Mankowski 24 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 9, 1953 2 94 77 94 85 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.7 $
Milt May 26 L R 6' 0" 190 Aug 1, 1950 8 115 107 115 111 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1.0 $50,000
Bob Molinaro 27 L R 6' 0" 190 May 21, 1950 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 $
Jack Morris 22 R R 6' 3" 195 May 16, 1955 1st 7 6 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Ben Oglivie 28 L L 6' 2" 160 Feb 11, 1949 7 132 114 132 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 118 2 14 4 1.7 $60,000
Lance Parrish 21 R R 6' 3" 210 Jun 15, 1956 1st 12 12 12 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Dave Roberts 32 L L 6' 3" 195 Sep 11, 1944 9 22 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $75,000
Aurelio Rodriguez 29 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 28, 1947 11 96 84 96 95 0 0 0 0 95 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.3 $75,000
Dave Rozema 20 R R 6' 4" 185 Aug 5, 1956 1st 28 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.3 $
Vern Ruhle 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Jan 25, 1951 4 14 10 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Chuck Scrivener 29 R R 5' 9" 170 Oct 3, 1947 3 61 21 61 61 0 0 0 9 3 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.7 $
Mickey Stanley 34 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 20, 1942 14 75 55 75 61 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 10 44 61 2 16 2 -0.8 $
Rusty Staub 33 L R 6' 2" 190 Apr 1, 1944 15 158 156 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 2 0 0.6 $165,000
Bob Sykes 22 B L 6' 1" 195 Dec 11, 1954 1st 32 20 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Bruce Taylor 24 R R 6' 0" 178 Apr 16, 1953 1st 19 0 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Jason Thompson 22 L L 6' 4" 200 Jul 6, 1954 2 158 157 158 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $35,000 All-Star
Alan Trammell 19 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 21, 1958 1st 19 15 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Tom Veryzer 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Feb 11, 1953 5 125 115 125 124 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.3 $40,000
Mark Wagner 23 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 4, 1954 2 22 16 22 22 0 0 0 1 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Lou Whitaker 20 L R 5' 11" 160 May 12, 1957 1st 11 9 11 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.3 $
Milt Wilcox 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 20, 1950 7 20 13 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
John Wockenfuss 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 27, 1949 4 53 43 53 45 0 37 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 9 3 9 0 0.7 $
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

Lou Whitaker

Phil Mankowski

Tito Fuentes

Aurelio Rodriguez

Mark Wagner

Tom Veryzer

Ron LeFlore

Chuck Scrivener

Rusty Staub

Bruce Kimm

Milt May

Lance Parrish

John Wockenfuss

Luis Alvarado

Dave Roberts

John Hiller

Dave Rozema

Mark Fidrych

Ray Bare

Ben Oglivie

Willie Horton

Mickey Stanley

Tim Corcoran

Bob Sykes

Jim Crawford

Steve Foucault

Jason Thompson

Vern Ruhle

Bruce Taylor

Steve Kemp

Bob Molinaro

Fernando Arroyo

Milt Wilcox

Bob Adams

Alan Trammell

Steve Kemp

Tito Fuentes

Jack Morris

Ed Glynn

Steve Grilli

1976 / 1978 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers