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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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| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |