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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:  Lost AL Championship Series (4-1) to Minnesota Twins
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1986 / 1988 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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
26 P Walt Terrell* 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Morris Madden* 26 0 0 0 0
28 P Doyle Alexander 36 0 0 0 0
29 P Dan Petry 28 0 0 0 0
30 P Nate Snell 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Dickie Noles 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Frank Tanana* 33 0 0 0 0
33 P Mark Thurmond* 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Jeff Robinson 25 0 0 0 0
35 P Willie Hernandez* 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Eric King 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Bryan Kelly 28 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
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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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 3 4 4 9 3 4 3 3 6 10 13443
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

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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 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 1.77 0.35 P
Willie Hernandez 32 45 0 49.0 7 2 4 1 1 .857 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 0.00 0.00 P
Eric King 23 55 4 116.0 38 15 22 1 3 .974 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 0.00 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 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 4.50 0.25 P
Dan Petry 28 30 21 134.2 39 16 21 2 0 .949 2.47 1.23 P
Jeff Robinson 25 29 21 127.1 25 14 9 2 2 .920 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 1.63 0.32 P
Frank Tanana 33 34 34 218.2 49 14 35 0 2 1.000 2.02 1.44 P
Walt Terrell 29 35 35 244.2 51 24 25 2 3 .961 1.80 1.40 P
Mark Thurmond 30 48 0 61.2 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 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