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1985 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1984 / 1986)
84-77, Finished 3rd in AL East
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Scored 729 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-76
Manager: Sparky Anderson (84-77)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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 Salary
Doug Bair 35 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 22, 1949 10 21 0 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Juan Berenguer 30 R R 5' 11" 215 Nov 30, 1954 8 31 0 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $240,000.00
Dave Bergman 32 L L 185 Jun 6, 1953 10 69 33 69 45 0 0 44 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 27 1 $262,500.00
Tom Brookens 31 R R 5' 10" 170 Aug 10, 1953 7 156 137 156 154 0 1 0 4 151 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 $250,000.00
Chuck Cary 25 L L 6' 4" 210 Mar 3, 1960 1st 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 $76,000.00
Darrell Evans 38 L R 6' 2" 205 May 26, 1947 17 151 138 151 117 0 0 113 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 33 12 1 $1,083,333.00
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
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 24 16 23 2
Kirk Gibson 28 L L 6' 3" 215 May 28, 1957 7 154 151 154 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 127 144 8 3 0 $685,000.00
Johnny Grubb 36 L R 6' 3" 188 Aug 4, 1948 14 78 45 78 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 4 18 31 33 0 $250,000.00
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 $660,000.00 All-Star
Larry Herndon 31 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 3, 1953 11 137 110 137 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 136 0 7 3 $675,000.00
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 0 5 0
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
Chet Lemon 30 R R 6' 0" 195 Feb 12, 1955 11 145 143 145 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 144 0 1 0 $670,000.00
Aurelio Lopez 36 R R 6' 0" 220 Sep 21, 1948 9 51 0 3 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $575,000.00
Scotti Madison 25 B R 5' 11" 195 Sep 12, 1959 1st 6 3 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Mickey Mahler 32 B L 6' 3" 189 Jul 30, 1952 7 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Jack Morris 30 R R 6' 3" 200 May 16, 1955 9 36 0 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $885,000.00 All-Star
Randy O'Neal 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 30, 1960 2 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lance Parrish 29 R R 6' 3" 220 Jun 15, 1956 9 140 139 140 120 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 0 $766,667.00 All-Star
Dan Petry 26 R R 6' 4" 200 Nov 13, 1958 7 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $875,000.00 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 0 1 2
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 13 18 13
Bill Scherrer 27 L L 6' 4" 180 Jan 20, 1958 4 48 0 1 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $100,000.00
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 30 8 0
Bob Stoddard 28 R R 6' 1" 200 Mar 8, 1957 5 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Tanana 31 L L 6' 3" 195 Jul 3, 1953 13 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walt Terrell 27 L R 6' 2" 205 May 11, 1958 4 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $177,500.00
Alan Trammell 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 21, 1958 9 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $517,143.00 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 0 2 7
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 $670,000.00 All-Star
Milt Wilcox 35 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 20, 1950 15 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $550,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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