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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1982 / 1984)
92-70, Finished 2nd in AL East
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Scored 789 runs, Allowed 679 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-70
Manager: Sparky Anderson (92-70)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,829,636 (8th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96; one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94
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1982 / 1984 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 7, 1982
Sold Elias Sosa to the San Diego Padres.
October 8, 1982
Released Rick Peters.
Released Jerry Turner.
December 6, 1982
Paul Gibson drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1982 rule 5 draft.
January 11, 1983
Drafted Randy Byers in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Joe Bitker in the 3rd round of the 1983 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
February 21, 1983
Signed Dave Revering as a free agent.
March 1, 1983
Signed Bill Nahorodny as a free agent.
March 15, 1983
Signed Julio Gonzalez as a free agent.
March 24, 1983
Traded Dave Tobik to the Texas Rangers. Received Johnny Grubb.
March 25, 1983
Released Kevin Saucier.
Traded Stine Poole (minors) and cash to the Minnesota Twins. Received Sal Butera.
March 28, 1983
Purchased Keith Comstock from the Oakland Athletics.
April 7, 1983 (Standings)
Traded Eddie Miller to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Ray Borucki (minors).
May 4, 1983 (Standings)
Returned Bob James to the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.
May 16, 1983 (Standings)
Released Mike Ivie.
June 6, 1983 (Standings)
Drafted Chris Cron in the 3rd round of the 1983 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Jeff Robinson in the 3rd round of the 1983 amateur draft.
Drafted Rob Mallicoat in the 8th round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Jim Walewander in the 9th round of the 1983 amateur draft.
Drafted D.J. Dozier in the 18th round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Carl Willis in the 23rd round of the 1983 amateur draft.
June 22, 1983 (Standings)
Traded a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Doug Bair. The Detroit Tigers sent Dave Rucker (July 5, 1983) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
June 30, 1983 (Standings)
Traded Pat Underwood to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Wayne Krenchicki.
August 4, 1983 (Standings)
Purchased John Martin from the St. Louis Cardinals.
August 5, 1983 (Standings)
Released Bill Fahey.
August 23, 1983 (Standings)
Purchased Glenn Abbott from the Seattle Mariners for $100,000.
September 1, 1983 (Standings)
Signed Bob Molinaro as a free agent.
September 27, 1983 (Standings)
Signed Scott Medvin as an amateur free agent.
October 21, 1983
Released Sal Butera.
Released Bob Molinaro.
Released Bill Nahorodny.
October 23, 1983
Keith Comstock granted Free Agency.
October 31, 1983
Signed Jim Smith as a free agent.
November 7, 1983
Doug Bair granted Free Agency.
Enos Cabell granted Free Agency.
Milt Wilcox granted Free Agency.
November 21, 1983
Sold Wayne Krenchicki to the Cincinnati Reds.
December 1, 1983
Lynn Jones granted Free Agency.
December 8, 1983
Traded Larry Pashnick to the Minnesota Twins. Received Rusty Kuntz.
December 17, 1983
Signed Darrell Evans as a free agent.
December 23, 1983
Signed Doug Bair as a free agent.
December 29, 1983
Signed Milt Wilcox as a free agent.
January 7, 1984
Signed Ramon Pena as a free agent.
February 8, 1984
Traded Colin Ward to the San Francisco Giants. Received Pat Larkin.
February 14, 1984
Signed Rod Allen as a free agent.
March 19, 1984
Purchased Scotti Madison from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
March 24, 1984
Released Rick Leach.
Released Jim Smith.
Traded Glenn Wilson and John Wockenfuss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Dave Bergman and Willie Hernandez.
March 26, 1984
Released Jerry Ujdur.
March 30, 1984
Traded Charlie Nail (minors) to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Dallas Williams.
