1987 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1987 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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:

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1986 / 1988 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Matt Nokes*	23	135	508	461	69	133	14	2	32	87	2	1	35	70	.289	.345	.536	.880	133	247	13	6	3	3	2
2	1B	Darrell Evans*	40	150	609	499	90	128	20	0	34	99	6	5	100	84	.257	.379	.501	.880	135	250	2	2	2	6	8
3	2B	Lou Whitaker*	30	149	684	604	110	160	38	6	16	59	13	5	71	108	.265	.341	.427	.768	106	258	5	1	4	4	2
4	SS	Alan Trammell	29	151	668	597	109	205	34	3	28	105	21	2	60	47	.343	.402	.551	.953	155	329	11	3	2	6	8
5	3B	Tom Brookens	33	143	490	444	59	107	15	3	13	59	7	4	33	63	.241	.295	.376	.671	80	167	8	2	9	2	3
6	LF	Kirk Gibson*	30	128	568	487	95	135	25	3	24	79	26	7	71	117	.277	.372	.489	.861	130	238	5	5	1	4	8
7	CF	Chet Lemon	32	146	553	470	75	130	30	3	20	75	0	0	70	82	.277	.376	.481	.857	130	226	17	8	0	5	1
8	RF	Pat Sheridan*	29	141	473	421	57	109	19	3	6	49	18	13	44	90	.259	.327	.361	.688	86	152	7	1	2	5	4
9	DH	Bill Madlock	36	87	376	326	56	91	17	0	14	50	4	3	28	45	.279	.351	.460	.811	117	150	10	10	8	4	1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	C	Mike Heath	32	93	296	270	34	76	16	0	8	33	1	5	21	42	.281	.339	.430	.769	106	116	5	3	1	1	0
11	UT	Larry Herndon	33	89	254	225	32	73	13	2	9	47	1	0	23	35	.324	.378	.520	.898	140	117	12	0	0	6	0
12	1B	Dave Bergman*	34	91	207	172	25	47	7	3	6	22	0	1	30	23	.273	.379	.453	.832	124	78	1	1	1	3	4
13	3B	Darnell Coles	25	53	169	149	14	27	5	1	4	15	0	1	15	23	.181	.263	.309	.572	54	46	1	2	2	1	1
14	UT	Johnny Grubb*	38	59	131	114	9	23	6	0	2	13	0	0	15	16	.202	.290	.307	.597	62	35	4	0	0	2	0
15	UT	Jim Morrison	34	34	122	117	15	24	1	1	4	19	2	1	2	26	.205	.221	.333	.555	47	39	1	1	0	2	0
16	UT	Terry Harper	31	31	74	64	4	13	3	0	3	10	1	0	9	8	.203	.301	.391	.692	85	25	2	0	1	0	0
17	OF	Bill Bean*	23	26	71	66	6	17	2	0	0	4	1	1	5	11	.258	.310	.288	.598	63	19	1	0	0	0	0
18	UT	Jim Walewander#	25	53	63	54	24	13	3	1	1	4	2	1	7	6	.241	.328	.389	.717	93	21	2	0	2	0	0
19	RF	Scott Lusader*	22	23	54	47	8	15	3	1	1	8	1	0	5	7	.319	.377	.489	.867	132	23	0	0	1	1	1
20	UT	Dwight Lowry*	29	13	25	25	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.280	.480	28	7	0	0	0	0	0
21	C	Orlando Mercado	25	10	24	22	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.136	.208	.136	.345	-4	3	0	0	0	0	0
22	UT	Tim Tolman	31	9	21	12	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	2	.083	.429	.167	.595	71	2	1	1	0	1	1
23	IF	Doug Baker#	26	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
24	P	Mike Henneman	25	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Jack Morris	32	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	31.2	162	6443	5649	896	1535	274	32	225	840	106	50	653	913	.272	.349	.451	.800	114	2548	108	46	39	56	44
		Rank in 14 AL teams				1	1	3	4	9	1		11	8	1	11	3	2	1	1		1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Jack Morris	32	18	11	.621	3.38	34	34	0	13	0	0	266.0	227	111	100	39	93	7	208	1	1	24	1101	126	1.203	7.7	1.3	3.1	7.0	2.24
2	SP	Walt Terrell	29	17	10	.630	4.05	35	35	0	10	1	0	244.2	254	123	110	30	94	7	143	3	0	8	1057	105	1.422	9.3	1.1	3.5	5.3	1.52
3	SP	Frank Tanana*	33	15	10	.600	3.91	34	34	0	5	3	0	218.2	216	106	95	27	56	5	146	5	0	6	924	109	1.244	8.9	1.1	2.3	6.0	2.61
4	SP	Dan Petry	28	9	7	.563	5.61	30	21	3	0	0	0	134.2	148	101	84	22	76	5	93	10	1	8	628	76	1.663	9.9	1.5	5.1	6.2	1.22
5	SP	Jeff Robinson	25	9	6	.600	5.37	29	21	2	2	1	0	127.1	132	86	76	16	54	3	98	7	3	4	569	79	1.461	9.3	1.1	3.8	6.9	1.81
6	SP	Doyle Alexander	36	9	0	1.000	1.53	11	11	0	3	3	0	88.1	63	16	15	3	26	0	44	0	0	1	340	278	1.008	6.4	0.3	2.6	4.5	1.69
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7	CL	Eric King	23	6	9	.400	4.89	55	4	26	0	0	9	116.0	111	67	63	15	60	10	89	4	1	5	513	87	1.474	8.6	1.2	4.7	6.9	1.48
8	RP	Mike Henneman	25	11	3	.786	2.98	55	0	28	0	0	7	96.2	86	36	32	8	30	5	75	3	0	7	399	143	1.200	8.0	0.7	2.8	7.0	2.50
9	RP	Mark Thurmond*	30	0	1	.000	4.23	48	0	23	0	0	5	61.2	83	32	29	5	24	4	21	0	0	4	280	100	1.735	12.1	0.7	3.5	3.1	0.88
10	RP	Willie Hernandez*	32	3	4	.429	3.67	45	0	31	0	0	8	49.0	53	27	20	8	20	7	30	0	0	1	217	116	1.490	9.7	1.5	3.7	5.5	1.50
11	RP	Nate Snell	34	1	2	.333	3.96	22	2	12	0	0	0	38.2	39	20	17	5	19	3	19	0	0	4	168	107	1.500	9.1	1.2	4.4	4.4	1.00
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
12		Bryan Kelly	28	0	1	.000	5.06	5	0	1	0	0	0	10.2	12	6	6	2	7	4	10	0	0	0	50	84	1.781	10.1	1.7	5.9	8.4	1.43
13		Dickie Noles	30	0	0		4.50	4	0	3	0	0	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	94	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
14		Morris Madden*	26	0	0		16.20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	4	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	12	26	4.200	21.6	0.0	16.2	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	29.7	98	64	.605	4.02	162	162	129	33	8	31	1456.0	1430	735	651	180	563	61	976	33	6	72	6267	106	1.369	8.8	1.1	3.5	6.0	1.73
		Rank in 14 AL teams		1	14						4	4	9	3	4	3	3	6	10		7
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Doyle Alexander	36	11	11	88.1	18	4	14	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.83	1.64						P
Doug Baker	26	8	0	12.0	10	2	8	0	1	1.000	1.4	140.0	1.4	1.1	0.3		0		7.50	1.25						SS-2B-3B
Bill Bean	23	25	20	151.1	56	55	1	0	0	1.000	7.0	55.5	7.0	3.6	3.4	0			3.33	2.24						CF-LF-RF
Dave Bergman	34	79	41	397.2	389	357	29	3	33	.992	-2.3	-6.9	-2.3	-2.4	0.1	0	0		8.74	4.89						1B-LF-RF-DH
Tom Brookens	33	149	126	1133.2	394	119	256	19	33	.952	-4.6	-4.9	-2.6	-3.8	1.2		-2		2.98	2.52						3B-SS-2B
Darnell Coles	25	57	42	357.0	168	84	67	17	6	.899	-4.4	-14.8	-3.4	-3.0	-0.4	0	-1		3.81	2.65						3B-1B-RF-LF-DH-SS
Darrell Evans	40	156	98	875.2	927	815	108	4	86	.996	12.2	16.7	12.2	3.0	9.2		0		9.49	5.92						1B-3B-DH
Kirk Gibson	30	125	119	1044.1	269	256	6	7	0	.974	4.8	5.5	6.8	-1.8	8.6	-2			2.26	2.10						LF-CF-DH
Johnny Grubb	38	48	23	171.0	43	42	1	0	0	1.000	3.0	21.1	2.0	1.5	0.5	1			2.26	0.90						LF-RF-3B-DH
Terry Harper	31	29	12	85.0	22	21	0	1	0	.955	-2.1	-29.6	-0.1	-0.7	0.6	-2			2.22	0.72						RF-LF-DH
Mike Heath	32	103	67	633.0	432	384	43	5	8	.988	1.0	1.9	0.0	-1.7	1.8	0	0	1	6.07	4.15	5	29	34	22	39%	C-RF-1B-LF-CF-3B-SS-2B
Mike Henneman	25	55	0	96.2	19	8	11	0	2	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.77	0.35						P
Willie Hernandez	32	45	0	49.0	7	2	4	1	1	.857	0.0	0.0							1.10	0.13						P
Larry Herndon	33	81	39	352.1	87	82	4	1	1	.989	0.4	1.4	1.4	0.4	1.0	-1			2.20	1.06						LF-RF-DH
Bryan Kelly	28	5	0	10.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0							0.00	0.00						P
Eric King	23	55	4	116.0	38	15	22	1	3	.974	0.0	0.0							2.87	0.67						P
Chet Lemon	32	145	130	1171.1	355	348	4	3	1	.992	-1.4	-1.4	5.6	2.7	2.9	-7			2.70	2.43						CF
Dwight Lowry	29	13	6	60.0	42	40	2	0	0	1.000	-0.9	-18.0	0.1	0.1	0.0		0	-1	6.30	3.23	0	3	8	1	11%	C-1B
Scott Lusader	22	26	11	127.1	31	30	0	1	0	.968	0.9	8.5	2.9	2.5	0.4	-2			2.12	1.15						RF-CF-LF-DH
Morris Madden	26	2	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0							0.00	0.00						P
Bill Madlock	36	87	21	170.0	181	167	12	2	14	.989	0.2	1.4	0.2	0.3	-0.1		0		9.48	2.06						1B-3B-DH
Orlando Mercado	25	10	8	66.0	49	40	8	1	1	.980	-1.0	-18.2						-1	6.55	4.80	1	3	5	2	29%	C
Jack Morris	32	36	34	266.0	49	31	18	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.66	1.36						P-DH
Jim Morrison	34	34	23	185.1	80	27	51	2	5	.975	3.6	23.3	3.6	3.4	0.1	0	0		3.79	2.29						3B-2B-SS-RF-LF-1B-DH
Matt Nokes	23	134	97	881.2	637	600	32	5	2	.992	-5.5	-7.5	-0.5	-0.1	-0.4	0		-5	6.45	4.72	7	37	71	18	20%	C-LF-RF-3B-DH
Dickie Noles	30	4	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							4.50	0.25						P
Dan Petry	28	30	21	134.2	39	16	21	2	0	.949	0.0	0.0							2.47	1.23						P
Jeff Robinson	25	29	21	127.1	25	14	9	2	2	.920	0.0	0.0							1.63	0.79						P
Pat Sheridan	29	150	101	983.2	247	235	6	6	1	.976	0.4	0.5	1.4	-3.8	5.2	-1			2.21	1.61						RF-CF
Nate Snell	34	22	2	38.2	7	6	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.63	0.32						P
Frank Tanana	33	34	34	218.2	49	14	35	0	2	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.02	1.44						P
Walt Terrell	29	35	35	244.2	51	24	25	2	3	.961	0.0	0.0							1.80	1.40						P
Mark Thurmond	30	48	0	61.2	11	2	9	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.61	0.23						P
Tim Tolman	31	9	4	44.0	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	-0.8	-21.8	-0.8	-1.0	0.1	0			1.64	0.89						RF-LF-DH
Alan Trammell	29	149	147	1304.0	662	222	421	19	94	.971	-0.2	-0.2	-1.2	-8.9	7.7		1		4.44	4.32						SS
Jim Walewander	25	52	15	175.0	85	26	58	1	12	.988	-1.2	-8.2	-1.2	-2.1	0.9		0		4.32	1.62						2B-3B-SS-DH
Lou Whitaker	30	148	146	1266.2	708	275	416	17	99	.976	-1.4	-1.3	-0.4	-3.1	2.7		-1		4.91	4.67						2B
Team Totals	30.6	162	1458	13104.0	6193	4368	1703	122	412	.980	9.1	0.8	32.1	-13.8	45.8	-14	-3	-6	4.17	2.75	13	72	118	43	27%
Rank in 14 AL teams								6	11	8
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1986 / 1988 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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