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1987 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988)
98-64, Finished 1st in AL East
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Scored 896 runs, Allowed 735 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66
Manager: Sparky Anderson (98-64)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 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
Doyle Alexander 36 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 4, 1950 17 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Bill Bean 23 L L 6' 1" 185 May 11, 1964 1st 26 20 26 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 17 3 24 0 5 0
Dave Bergman 34 L L 185 Jun 6, 1953 12 91 41 91 72 0 0 65 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 0 28 1 $331,667.00
Tom Brookens 33 R R 5' 10" 170 Aug 10, 1953 9 143 126 143 140 0 0 0 11 122 17 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 $360,000.00
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 2 6 0 $170,000.00
Darrell Evans 40 L R 6' 2" 205 May 26, 1947 19 150 136 150 108 0 0 105 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 38 13 0 $525,000.00
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 $1,335,000.00
Johnny Grubb 38 L R 6' 3" 188 Aug 4, 1948 16 59 30 59 32 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 0 10 31 7 26 0 $365,000.00
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 8 10 1 $425,000.00
Mike Heath 32 R R 5' 11" 190 Feb 5, 1955 10 93 67 93 92 0 67 4 1 4 2 4 1 20 24 0 14 2 $650,000.00
Mike Henneman 25 R R 6' 4" 195 Dec 11, 1961 1st 55 0 4 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $62,500.00
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 $1,060,000.00
Larry Herndon 33 R R 6' 3" 195 Nov 3, 1953 13 89 57 89 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 26 57 18 29 1 $225,000.00
Bryan Kelly 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 24, 1959 2 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eric King 23 R R 6' 2" 215 Apr 10, 1964 2 55 0 1 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $100,000.00
Chet Lemon 32 R R 6' 0" 195 Feb 12, 1955 13 146 130 146 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145 0 14 0 $698,571.00
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
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 22 0 0 5
Morris Madden 26 L L 6' 0" 155 Aug 31, 1960 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Madlock 36 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 2, 1951 15 87 85 87 22 0 0 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 64 2 0
Orlando Mercado 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Nov 7, 1961 5 10 8 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Morris 32 R R 6' 3" 200 May 16, 1955 11 36 0 3 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $1,850,000.00 All-Star
Jim Morrison 34 R R 5' 11" 182 Sep 23, 1952 11 34 28 34 23 0 0 1 3 17 3 1 0 2 3 5 6 0
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 16 20 0 $68,000.00 All-Star
Dickie Noles 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 19, 1956 9 4 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Petry 28 R R 6' 4" 200 Nov 13, 1958 9 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $975,000.00
Jeff Robinson 25 R R 6' 6" 240 Dec 14, 1961 1st 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $62,500.00
Pat Sheridan 29 L R 6' 3" 175 Dec 4, 1957 6 141 101 141 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 124 138 0 19 1 $190,000.00
Nate Snell 34 R R 6' 4" 190 Sep 2, 1952 4 22 0 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Tanana 33 L L 6' 3" 195 Jul 3, 1953 15 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $662,500.00
Walt Terrell 29 L R 6' 2" 205 May 11, 1958 6 35 0 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $600,000.00
Mark Thurmond 30 L L 6' 0" 193 Sep 12, 1956 5 48 0 2 48 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $370,000.00
Tim Tolman 31 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 20, 1956 7 9 4 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 7 0 3 0
Alan Trammell 29 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 21, 1958 11 151 147 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 $617,143.00 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 0 3 14
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 $420,000.00 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.

1986 / 1988 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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