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1987 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988

98-64, Finished 1st in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sparky Anderson (98-64)
Scored 896 runs, Allowed 735 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 2,061,830 (7th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96

Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (4-1) to Minnesota Twins

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1986 / 1988 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
Doyle Alexander 36 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 4, 1950 17 11 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $
Doug Baker 26 B R 5' 9" 165 Apr 3, 1961 4 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
Bill Bean 23 L L 6' 0" 185 May 11, 1964 1st 26 20 26 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 17 3 25 0 5 0 0.5 $
Dave Bergman 34 L L 6' 1" 185 Jun 6, 1953 12 91 41 91 72 0 0 65 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 7 28 1 0.9 $331,667
Tom Brookens 33 R R 5' 10" 165 Aug 10, 1953 9 143 126 143 140 0 0 0 11 122 17 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0.1 $360,000
Darnell Coles 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 2, 1962 5 53 44 53 51 0 0 9 0 37 0 2 0 6 8 3 6 0 -1.2 $170,000
Darrell Evans 40 L R 6' 2" 200 May 26, 1947 19 150 136 150 108 0 0 105 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 44 13 0 4.9 $525,000
Kirk Gibson 30 L L 6' 3" 215 May 28, 1957 9 128 123 128 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 2 0 121 4 5 0 4.3 $1,335,000
Johnny Grubb 38 L R 6' 3" 175 Aug 4, 1948 16 59 30 59 32 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 0 10 31 16 26 0 -0.3 $365,000
Terry Harper 31 R R 6' 4" 195 Aug 19, 1955 8 31 20 31 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 14 14 10 1 -0.4 $425,000
Mike Heath 32 R R 5' 11" 180 Feb 5, 1955 10 93 67 93 92 0 67 4 1 4 2 4 1 20 25 1 14 2 1.7 $650,000
Mike Henneman 25 R R 6' 4" 205 Dec 11, 1961 1st 55 0 4 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $62,500
Willie Hernandez 32 L L 6' 3" 180 Nov 14, 1954 11 45 0 2 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $1,060,000
Larry Herndon 33 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 3, 1953 13 89 57 89 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 26 58 23 29 1 1.7 $225,000
Bryan Kelly 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 24, 1959 2 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Eric King 23 R R 6' 2" 180 Apr 10, 1964 2 55 4 1 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $100,000
Chet Lemon 32 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 12, 1955 13 146 130 146 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145 0 14 0 3.9 $698,571
Dwight Lowry 29 L R 6' 3" 210 Oct 23, 1957 3 13 6 13 13 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.4 $
Scott Lusader 22 L L 5' 10" 165 Sep 30, 1964 1st 23 11 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 16 25 1 0 5 0.4 $
Morris Madden 26 L L 6' 0" 155 Aug 31, 1960 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bill Madlock 36 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 2, 1951 15 87 85 87 22 0 0 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 64 2 0 1.1 $
Orlando Mercado 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 7, 1961 5 10 8 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Jack Morris 32 R R 6' 3" 195 May 16, 1955 11 36 34 3 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4.9 $1,850,000 All-Star
Jim Morrison 34 R R 5' 11" 175 Sep 23, 1952 11 34 28 34 23 0 0 1 3 17 3 1 0 2 3 8 6 0 -0.3 $
Matt Nokes 23 L R 6' 1" 185 Oct 31, 1963 3 135 113 135 113 0 109 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 4 19 20 0 3.1 $68,000 All-Star
Dickie Noles 30 R R 6' 2" 160 Nov 19, 1956 9 4 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Dan Petry 28 R R 6' 4" 185 Nov 13, 1958 9 30 21 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.0 $975,000
Jeff Robinson 25 R R 6' 6" 210 Dec 14, 1961 1st 29 21 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $62,500
Pat Sheridan 29 L R 6' 3" 175 Dec 4, 1957 6 141 101 141 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 124 150 0 19 1 0.3 $190,000
Nate Snell 34 R R 6' 4" 190 Sep 2, 1952 4 22 2 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Frank Tanana 33 L L 6' 2" 180 Jul 3, 1953 15 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $662,500
Walt Terrell 29 L R 6' 2" 205 May 11, 1958 6 35 35 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $600,000
Mark Thurmond 30 L L 6' 0" 180 Sep 12, 1956 5 48 0 2 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $370,000
Tim Tolman 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 20, 1956 7 9 4 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 2 3 0 0.0 $
Alan Trammell 29 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 21, 1958 11 151 147 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 8.4 $617,143 All-Star
Jim Walewander 25 B R 5' 10" 160 May 2, 1962 1st 53 15 53 42 0 0 0 24 17 3 0 0 0 0 8 3 14 0.0 $
Lou Whitaker 30 L R 5' 11" 160 May 12, 1957 11 149 146 149 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.3 $420,000 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 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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Lou Whitaker
Alan Trammell
Bill Bean
Bill Madlock
Orlando Mercado
Mike Heath
Doug Baker
Jim Morrison
Dwight Lowry
Dave Bergman

Pat Sheridan
Tom Brookens
Terry Harper
Jim Morrison
Doyle Alexander
Darnell Coles
Willie Hernandez
Kirk Gibson
Scott Lusader
Orlando Mercado
Eric King

Frank Tanana
Dickie Noles
Johnny Grubb
Larry Herndon
Jim Walewander
Matt Nokes
Chet Lemon
Walt Terrell

Nate Snell
Tim Tolman
Mike Henneman
Mark Thurmond
Darrell Evans
Morris Madden
Jeff Robinson
Bryan Kelly

Dan Petry
Jack Morris
Nate Snell

1986 / 1988 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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