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1985 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1984 / 1986

84-77, Finished 3rd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sparky Anderson (84-77)
Scored 729 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-76

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 2,286,609 (3rd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 106

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1984 / 1986 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
Doug Bair 35 R R 6' 0" 170 Aug 22, 1949 10 21 3 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Doug Baker 24 B R 5' 9" 165 Apr 3, 1961 2 15 6 15 13 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 -0.4 $
Juan Berenguer 30 R R 5' 11" 186 Nov 30, 1954 8 31 13 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $240,000
Dave Bergman 32 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 6, 1953 10 69 33 69 45 0 0 44 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 27 1 -1.3 $262,500
Tom Brookens 31 R R 5' 10" 165 Aug 10, 1953 7 156 137 156 154 0 1 0 4 151 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1.0 $250,000
Chuck Cary 25 L L 6' 4" 210 Mar 3, 1960 1st 16 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Marty Castillo 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 16, 1957 5 57 24 57 57 0 32 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1.1 $76,000
Darrell Evans 38 L R 6' 2" 200 May 26, 1947 17 151 138 151 117 0 0 113 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 33 12 1 3.6 $1,083,333
Doug Flynn 34 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 18, 1951 11 32 15 32 32 0 0 0 20 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.3 $
Barbaro Garbey 28 R R 5' 10" 170 Dec 4, 1956 2 86 59 86 57 0 0 37 0 1 0 10 1 14 25 21 23 2 -0.2 $
Kirk Gibson 28 L L 6' 3" 215 May 28, 1957 7 154 151 154 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 127 147 8 3 0 4.7 $685,000
Johnny Grubb 36 L R 6' 3" 175 Aug 4, 1948 14 78 45 78 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 4 18 32 33 0 -0.3 $250,000
Willie Hernandez 30 L L 6' 3" 180 Nov 14, 1954 9 74 0 2 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $660,000 All-Star
Larry Herndon 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 3, 1953 11 137 110 137 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 136 0 7 3 0.4 $675,000
Rusty Kuntz 30 R R 6' 3" 190 Feb 4, 1955 7 5 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 -0.1 $
Mike Laga 25 L L 6' 2" 210 Jun 14, 1960 4 9 9 9 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 -0.2 $
Chet Lemon 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 12, 1955 11 145 143 145 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 0 1 0 3.1 $670,000
Aurelio Lopez 36 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 21, 1948 9 51 0 3 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $575,000
Scotti Madison 25 B R 5' 11" 185 Sep 12, 1959 1st 6 3 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 -0.1 $
Mickey Mahler 32 B L 6' 3" 189 Jul 30, 1952 7 3 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Bob Melvin 23 R R 6' 4" 205 Oct 28, 1961 1st 41 25 41 41 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Jack Morris 30 R R 6' 3" 195 May 16, 1955 9 36 35 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.8 $885,000 All-Star
Randy O'Neal 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 30, 1960 2 28 12 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Lance Parrish 29 R R 6' 3" 210 Jun 15, 1956 9 140 139 140 120 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 0 3.3 $766,667 All-Star
Dan Petry 26 R R 6' 4" 185 Nov 13, 1958 7 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $875,000 All-Star
Chris Pittaro 23 B R 5' 11" 170 Sep 16, 1961 1st 28 21 28 26 0 0 0 4 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 -0.1 $
Alejandro Sanchez 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 14, 1959 4 71 29 71 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 24 31 28 18 13 -0.5 $
Bill Scherrer 27 L L 6' 4" 170 Jan 20, 1958 4 48 0 1 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $100,000
Nelson Simmons 22 B R 6' 1" 185 Jun 27, 1963 2 75 67 75 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 13 38 31 8 0 -0.5 $
Bob Stoddard 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 8, 1957 5 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Frank Tanana 31 L L 6' 2" 180 Jul 3, 1953 13 20 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Walt Terrell 27 L R 6' 2" 205 May 11, 1958 4 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $177,500
Alan Trammell 27 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 21, 1958 9 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $517,143 All-Star
Jim Weaver 25 L L 6' 3" 190 Oct 10, 1959 1st 12 0 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 4 2 7 -0.1 $
Lou Whitaker 28 L R 5' 11" 160 May 12, 1957 9 152 146 152 150 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3.5 $670,000 All-Star
Milt Wilcox 35 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 20, 1950 15 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $550,000
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
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Lou Whitaker

Alan Trammell

Mike Laga

Marty Castillo

Doug Baker

Chris Pittaro

Lance Parrish

Dave Bergman

Rusty Kuntz

Tom Brookens

Bill Scherrer

Bob Melvin

Scotti Madison

Doug Flynn
Jim Weaver

Willie Hernandez

Kirk Gibson

Frank Tanana

Barbaro Garbey

Aurelio Lopez

Johnny Grubb

Larry Herndon

Alejandro Sanchez

Chet Lemon

Walt Terrell

Nelson Simmons

Milt Wilcox

Doug Bair

Darrell Evans

Mickey Mahler

Chuck Cary

Juan Berenguer

Dan Petry

Jack Morris

Bob Stoddard

Randy O'Neal

1984 / 1986 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers