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84-78, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sparky Anderson (84-78)
Scored 830 runs, Allowed 757 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74
Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,785,293 (7th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 106
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| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Billingham | 37 | R | R | 6' 4" | 195 | Feb 21, 1943 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Tom Brookens | 26 | R | R | 5' 10" | 165 | Aug 10, 1953 | 2 | 151 | 137 | 151 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2.5 | $ | |
| Tim Corcoran | 27 | L | L | 5' 11" | 175 | Mar 19, 1953 | 4 | 84 | 36 | 84 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Al Cowens | 28 | R | R | 6' 1" | 197 | Oct 25, 1951 | 7 | 108 | 106 | 108 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 107 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.9 | $ | |
| Duffy Dyer | 34 | R | R | 6' 0" | 187 | Aug 15, 1945 | 13 | 48 | 34 | 48 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | -0.7 | $ | |
| Mark Fidrych | 25 | R | R | 6' 3" | 175 | Aug 14, 1954 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 | $ | |
| Kirk Gibson | 23 | L | L | 6' 3" | 215 | May 28, 1957 | 2 | 51 | 41 | 51 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 7 | 3 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Dan Gonzales | 26 | L | R | 6' 1" | 195 | Sep 30, 1953 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Richie Hebner | 32 | L | R | 6' 1" | 195 | Nov 26, 1947 | 13 | 104 | 88 | 104 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 2.3 | $ | |
| John Hiller | 37 | R | L | 6' 1" | 185 | Apr 8, 1943 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Lynn Jones | 27 | R | R | 5' 9" | 175 | Jan 1, 1953 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0.3 | $ | |
| Steve Kemp | 25 | L | L | 6' 0" | 195 | Aug 7, 1954 | 4 | 135 | 128 | 135 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 3.5 | $210,000 | |
| Jim Lentine | 25 | R | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Jul 16, 1954 | 3 | 67 | 46 | 67 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 56 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Aurelio Lopez | 31 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Sep 21, 1948 | 4 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | $ | |
| Jack Morris | 25 | R | R | 6' 3" | 195 | May 16, 1955 | 4 | 44 | 36 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3.0 | $ | |
| Stan Papi | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 170 | Feb 4, 1951 | 5 | 46 | 31 | 46 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Lance Parrish | 24 | R | R | 6' 3" | 210 | Jun 15, 1956 | 4 | 144 | 137 | 144 | 126 | 0 | 121 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3.1 | $95,000 | All-Star |
| Rick Peters | 24 | B | R | 5' 9" | 170 | Nov 21, 1955 | 2 | 133 | 110 | 133 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 97 | 5 | 110 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1.9 | $ | |
| Dan Petry | 21 | R | R | 6' 4" | 185 | Nov 13, 1958 | 2 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | $ | |
| Bruce Robbins | 20 | L | L | 6' 1" | 190 | Sep 10, 1959 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.9 | $ | |
| Dave Rozema | 23 | R | R | 6' 4" | 185 | Aug 5, 1956 | 4 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | $ | |
| Dan Schatzeder | 25 | L | L | 6' 0" | 185 | Dec 1, 1954 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | $ | |
| Dave Stegman | 26 | R | R | 5' 11" | 190 | Jan 30, 1954 | 3 | 65 | 38 | 65 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 21 | 63 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -0.9 | $ | |
| Champ Summers | 34 | L | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Jun 15, 1946 | 7 | 120 | 86 | 120 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 26 | 47 | 64 | 33 | 0 | 2.2 | $ | |
| Jason Thompson | 25 | L | L | 6' 4" | 200 | Jul 6, 1954 | 5 | 36 | 33 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Dave Tobik | 27 | R | R | 6' 1" | 190 | Mar 2, 1953 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | $ | |
| Alan Trammell | 22 | R | R | 6' 0" | 165 | Feb 21, 1958 | 4 | 146 | 140 | 146 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | $130,000 | All-Star |
| Jerry Ujdur | 23 | R | R | 6' 1" | 195 | Mar 5, 1957 | 1st | 9 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | $ | |
| Pat Underwood | 23 | L | L | 6' 0" | 175 | Feb 9, 1957 | 2 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | $ | |
| Mark Wagner | 26 | R | R | 6' 0" | 165 | Mar 4, 1954 | 5 | 45 | 23 | 45 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -0.8 | $ | |
| Roger Weaver | 25 | R | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Oct 6, 1954 | 1st | 19 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | $ | |
| Lou Whitaker | 23 | L | R | 5' 11" | 160 | May 12, 1957 | 4 | 145 | 130 | 145 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1.5 | $130,000 | |
| Milt Wilcox | 30 | R | R | 6' 2" | 185 | Apr 20, 1950 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | $ | |
| John Wockenfuss | 31 | R | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Feb 27, 1949 | 7 | 126 | 104 | 126 | 93 | 0 | 26 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 1.8 | $ | |
| 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 |