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1981 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982

First Half: 31-26, Finished 4th
Second Half: 29-23, Finished 2nd
Overall: 60-49, Finished 3rd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sparky Anderson (60-49)
Scored 427 runs, Allowed 404 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 57-52

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,149,144 (5th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104

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1980 / 1982 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
Howard Bailey 23 R L 6' 0" 195 Jul 31, 1957 1st 9 5 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $
Tom Brookens 27 R R 5' 10" 165 Aug 10, 1953 3 71 70 71 71 0 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
Darrell Brown 25 B R 6' 0" 184 Oct 29, 1955 1st 16 0 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 4 2 11 0.0 $
George Cappuzzello 27 R L 6' 0" 175 Jan 15, 1954 1st 18 3 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Marty Castillo 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 16, 1957 1st 6 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 $
Al Cowens 29 R R 6' 1" 197 Oct 25, 1951 8 85 64 85 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 19 84 0 12 0 0.3 $
Duffy Dyer 35 R R 6' 0" 187 Aug 15, 1945 14 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
Bill Fahey 31 L R 6' 0" 200 Jun 14, 1950 9 27 19 27 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Kirk Gibson 24 L L 6' 3" 215 May 28, 1957 3 83 70 83 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 26 38 72 9 9 3 2.1 $
Richie Hebner 33 L R 6' 1" 195 Nov 26, 1947 14 78 62 78 61 0 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 15 0 -0.5 $
Ron Jackson 28 R R 6' 0" 200 May 9, 1953 7 31 21 31 29 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.7 $
Lynn Jones 28 R R 5' 9" 175 Jan 1, 1953 3 71 46 71 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 52 61 4 14 2 0.3 $
Mick Kelleher 33 R R 5' 9" 176 Jul 25, 1947 10 61 24 61 58 0 0 0 11 39 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 -0.1 $
Steve Kemp 26 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 7, 1954 5 105 102 105 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 0 0 92 12 3 0 3.0 $600,000
Dennis Kinney 29 L L 6' 1" 175 Feb 26, 1952 4 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Rick Leach 24 L L 6' 1" 180 May 4, 1957 1st 54 23 54 44 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 2 14 0 -0.5 $
Aurelio Lopez 32 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 21, 1948 5 29 3 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $225,000
Jack Morris 26 R R 6' 3" 195 May 16, 1955 5 25 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $120,000 All-Star
Stan Papi 30 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 4, 1951 6 40 27 40 34 0 0 1 1 32 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 -0.1 $
Lance Parrish 25 R R 6' 3" 210 Jun 15, 1956 5 96 93 96 90 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1.1 $
Rick Peters 25 B R 5' 9" 170 Nov 21, 1955 3 63 52 63 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 33 0 38 19 8 3 0.4 $70,000
Dan Petry 22 R R 6' 4" 185 Nov 13, 1958 3 23 22 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Larry Rothschild 27 L R 6' 2" 180 Mar 12, 1954 1st 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Dave Rozema 24 R R 6' 4" 185 Aug 5, 1956 5 28 9 1 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Dave Rucker 23 L L 6' 1" 185 Sep 1, 1957 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Kevin Saucier 24 L L 6' 1" 190 Aug 9, 1956 4 38 0 1 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $
Dan Schatzeder 26 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 1, 1954 5 17 14 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.6 $
Champ Summers 35 L R 6' 2" 205 Jun 15, 1946 8 64 47 64 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 37 17 0 -0.1 $
Dave Tobik 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 2, 1953 4 27 0 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Alan Trammell 23 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 21, 1958 5 105 103 105 105 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.1 $
Jerry Ujdur 24 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 5, 1957 2 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Lou Whitaker 24 L R 5' 11" 160 May 12, 1957 5 109 104 109 108 0 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.3 $
Milt Wilcox 31 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 20, 1950 11 24 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $
John Wockenfuss 32 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 27, 1949 8 70 52 70 29 0 5 25 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 38 17 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

Lou Whitaker

Richie Hebner

Alan Trammell

Rick Leach

Stan Papi

Al Cowens

Marty Castillo

Lance Parrish

John Wockenfuss

Duffy Dyer
Ron Jackson

Tom Brookens

Bill Fahey

Mick Kelleher

Dave Rozema

Dennis Kinney

Kirk Gibson

Champ Summers

Jerry Ujdur

Aurelio Lopez

Kevin Saucier

Rick Peters

Steve Kemp

Darrell Brown

Lynn Jones

Dan Schatzeder

Milt Wilcox

George Cappuzzello

Larry Rothschild

Dave Tobik

Dan Petry

Jack Morris

Dave Rucker

Howard Bailey

1980 / 1982 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers