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104-58, Finished 1st in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sparky Anderson (104-58)
Scored 829 runs, Allowed 643 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-63
Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 2,704,794 (1st of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 95
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Won World Series (4-1) over San Diego Padres Won AL Championship Series (3-0) over Kansas City Royals |
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Abbott | 33 | R | R | 6' 6" | 200 | Feb 16, 1951 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.8 | $ | |
| Rod Allen | 24 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Oct 5, 1959 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Doug Bair | 34 | R | R | 6' 0" | 170 | Aug 22, 1949 | 9 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | $ | |
| Doug Baker | 23 | B | R | 5' 9" | 165 | Apr 3, 1961 | 1st | 43 | 31 | 43 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -0.8 | $ | |
| Juan Berenguer | 29 | R | R | 5' 11" | 186 | Nov 30, 1954 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | $ | |
| Dave Bergman | 31 | L | L | 6' 1" | 185 | Jun 6, 1953 | 9 | 120 | 68 | 120 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 2.1 | $ | |
| Tom Brookens | 30 | R | R | 5' 10" | 165 | Aug 10, 1953 | 6 | 113 | 63 | 113 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 69 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1.7 | $ | |
| Marty Castillo | 27 | R | R | 6' 1" | 190 | Jan 16, 1957 | 4 | 70 | 42 | 70 | 69 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Scott Earl | 23 | R | R | 5' 11" | 165 | Sep 18, 1960 | 1st | 14 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Darrell Evans | 37 | L | R | 6' 2" | 200 | May 26, 1947 | 16 | 131 | 110 | 131 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 21 | 0 | 1.4 | $ | |
| Barbaro Garbey | 27 | R | R | 5' 10" | 170 | Dec 4, 1956 | 1st | 110 | 79 | 110 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 0 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Kirk Gibson | 27 | L | L | 6' 3" | 215 | May 28, 1957 | 6 | 149 | 134 | 149 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 140 | 141 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 5.1 | $ | |
| Johnny Grubb | 35 | L | R | 6' 3" | 175 | Aug 4, 1948 | 13 | 86 | 51 | 86 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 0 | 1.2 | $ | |
| Willie Hernandez | 29 | L | L | 6' 3" | 180 | Nov 14, 1954 | 8 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | $530,000 | All-Star |
| Larry Herndon | 30 | R | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Nov 3, 1953 | 10 | 125 | 98 | 125 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0.7 | $ | |
| Howard Johnson | 23 | B | R | 5' 11" | 178 | Nov 29, 1960 | 3 | 116 | 101 | 116 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0.9 | $ | |
| Ruppert Jones | 29 | L | L | 5' 10" | 170 | Mar 12, 1955 | 9 | 79 | 60 | 79 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 24 | 0 | 85 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2.1 | $ | |
| Rusty Kuntz | 29 | R | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Feb 4, 1955 | 6 | 84 | 38 | 84 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 71 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Mike Laga | 24 | L | L | 6' 2" | 210 | Jun 14, 1960 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.3 | $ | |
| Chet Lemon | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Feb 12, 1955 | 10 | 141 | 135 | 141 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 0 | 140 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | $ | All-Star |
| Aurelio Lopez | 35 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Sep 21, 1948 | 8 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | $ | |
| Dwight Lowry | 26 | L | R | 6' 3" | 210 | Oct 23, 1957 | 1st | 32 | 11 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Roger Mason | 26 | R | R | 6' 6" | 215 | Sep 18, 1957 | 1st | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Sid Monge | 33 | B | L | 6' 2" | 185 | Apr 11, 1951 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Jack Morris | 29 | R | R | 6' 3" | 195 | May 16, 1955 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | $875,000 | All-Star |
| Randy O'Neal | 23 | R | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Aug 30, 1960 | 1st | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | $ | |
| Lance Parrish | 28 | R | R | 6' 3" | 210 | Jun 15, 1956 | 8 | 147 | 144 | 147 | 127 | 0 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | $ | All-Star |
| Dan Petry | 25 | R | R | 6' 4" | 185 | Nov 13, 1958 | 6 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | $ | |
| Dave Rozema | 27 | R | R | 6' 4" | 185 | Aug 5, 1956 | 8 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | $ | |
| Bill Scherrer | 26 | L | L | 6' 4" | 170 | Jan 20, 1958 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | $ | |
| Nelson Simmons | 21 | B | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Jun 27, 1963 | 1st | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | $ | |
| Alan Trammell | 26 | R | R | 6' 0" | 165 | Feb 21, 1958 | 8 | 139 | 134 | 139 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 6.6 | $ | All-Star |
| Lou Whitaker | 27 | L | R | 5' 11" | 160 | May 12, 1957 | 8 | 143 | 131 | 143 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.9 | $ | All-Star |
| Milt Wilcox | 34 | R | R | 6' 2" | 185 | Apr 20, 1950 | 14 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | $ | |
| Carl Willis | 23 | L | R | 6' 4" | 210 | Dec 28, 1960 | 1st | 10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | $ | |
| 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 |