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1986 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1985 / 1987)
87-75, Finished 3rd in AL East
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Scored 798 runs, Allowed 714 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-73
Manager: Sparky Anderson (87-75)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,899,437 (7th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
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1985 / 1987 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 Baker 25 B R 5' 9" 165 Apr 3, 1961 3 13 9 13 12 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dave Bergman 33 L L 185 Jun 6, 1953 11 65 28 65 43 0 0 41 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 29 0 $316,667.00
Tom Brookens 32 R R 5' 10" 170 Aug 10, 1953 8 98 77 98 80 0 0 0 31 35 14 0 1 3 3 11 8 5 $325,000.00
Bill Campbell 37 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 9, 1948 14 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Chuck Cary 26 L L 6' 4" 210 Mar 3, 1960 2 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darnell Coles 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 2, 1962 4 142 137 142 134 0 0 0 0 133 2 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 $75,000.00
Dave Collins 33 B L 5' 11" 175 Oct 20, 1952 12 124 112 124 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 10 11 94 23 11 0 $700,000.00
Dave Engle 29 R R 6' 3" 216 Nov 30, 1956 6 35 27 35 29 0 3 23 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 5 5 0
Darrell Evans 39 L R 6' 2" 205 May 26, 1947 18 151 139 151 107 0 0 105 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 40 12 0 $793,333.00
Bruce Fields 25 L R 6' 0" 185 Oct 6, 1960 1st 16 11 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 14 0 3 1
Kirk Gibson 29 L L 6' 3" 215 May 28, 1957 8 119 117 119 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 114 114 4 2 0 $1,200,000.00
Johnny Grubb 37 L R 6' 3" 188 Aug 4, 1948 15 81 57 81 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 19 46 22 0 $250,000.00
Brian Harper 26 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 16, 1959 7 19 9 19 13 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 1 6 2
Mike Heath 31 R R 5' 11" 190 Feb 5, 1955 9 30 27 30 30 0 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Willie Hernandez 31 L L 6' 3" 180 Nov 14, 1954 10 64 0 1 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $960,000.00 All-Star
Larry Herndon 32 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 3, 1953 12 106 71 106 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 0 0 83 0 31 1 $687,500.00
Bryan Kelly 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 24, 1959 1st 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eric King 22 R R 6' 2" 215 Apr 10, 1964 1st 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $60,000.00
Mike Laga 26 L L 6' 2" 210 Jun 14, 1960 5 15 12 15 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 $72,500.00
Dave LaPoint 26 L L 6' 3" 215 Jul 29, 1959 7 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $550,000.00
Jack Lazorko 30 R R 5' 11" 200 Mar 30, 1956 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chet Lemon 31 R R 6' 0" 195 Feb 12, 1955 12 126 111 126 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 124 0 10 0 $698,571.00
Dwight Lowry 28 L R 6' 3" 210 Oct 23, 1957 2 56 45 56 56 0 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 $62,500.00
Scotti Madison 26 B R 5' 11" 195 Sep 12, 1959 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jack Morris 31 R R 6' 3" 200 May 16, 1955 10 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $875,000.00
Matt Nokes 22 L R 6' 1" 185 Oct 31, 1963 2 7 7 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy O'Neal 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Aug 30, 1960 3 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $80,000.00
John Pacella 29 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 15, 1956 6 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lance Parrish 30 R R 6' 3" 220 Jun 15, 1956 10 91 87 91 85 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 $850,000.00 All-Star
Dan Petry 27 R R 6' 4" 200 Nov 13, 1958 8 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $875,000.00
Bill Scherrer 28 L L 6' 4" 180 Jan 20, 1958 5 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Sheridan 28 L R 6' 3" 175 Dec 4, 1957 5 98 67 98 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 51 32 90 0 5 13 $150,000.00
Jim Slaton 36 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 19, 1950 16 22 0 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $60,000.00
Harry Spilman 31 L R 6' 1" 190 Jul 18, 1954 9 24 11 24 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 11 1 $60,000.00
Frank Tanana 32 L L 6' 3" 195 Jul 3, 1953 14 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $662,500.00
Walt Terrell 28 L R 6' 2" 205 May 11, 1958 5 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $260,000.00
Mark Thurmond 29 L L 6' 0" 193 Sep 12, 1956 4 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Tolman 30 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 20, 1956 6 16 13 16 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 7 3 0
Alan Trammell 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 21, 1958 10 151 146 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 $567,143.00
Lou Whitaker 29 L R 5' 11" 160 May 12, 1957 10 144 136 144 141 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 $670,000.00 All-Star
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.

1985 / 1987 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played