1987 Detroit Tigers Statistics and Roster

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1987 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986/1988)
98-64, Finished 1st in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 896 runs, Allowed 735 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66
Managed by Sparky Anderson

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

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

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Matt Nokes          23  135  461   69  133  14  2  32   87  35   70  .289  .345  .536   2   1  13   6   3   3   2  133
1B *Darrell Evans       40  150  499   90  128  20  0  34   99 100   84  .257  .379  .501   6   5   2   2   2   6   8  135
2B *Lou Whitaker        30  149  604  110  160  38  6  16   59  71  108  .265  .341  .427  13   5   5   1   4   4   2  106
3B  Tom Brookens        33  143  444   59  107  15  3  13   59  33   63  .241  .295  .376   7   4   8   2   9   2   3   80
SS  Alan Trammell       29  151  597  109  205  34  3  28  105  60   47  .343  .402  .551  21   2  11   3   2   6   8  155
LF *Kirk Gibson         30  128  487   95  135  25  3  24   79  71  117  .277  .372  .489  26   7   5   5   1   4   8  130
CF  Chet Lemon          32  146  470   75  130  30  3  20   75  70   82  .277  .376  .481   0   0  17   8   0   5   1  130
RF *Pat Sheridan        29  141  421   57  109  19  3   6   49  44   90  .259  .327  .361  18  13   7   1   2   5   4   86
DH  Bill Madlock        36   87  326   56   91  17  0  14   50  28   45  .279  .351  .460   4   3  10  10   8   4   1  117
    Mike Heath          32   93  270   34   76  16  0   8   33  21   42  .281  .339  .430   1   5   5   3   1   1   0  106
    Larry Herndon       33   89  225   32   73  13  2   9   47  23   35  .324  .378  .520   1   0  12   0   0   6   0  140
   *Dave Bergman        34   91  172   25   47   7  3   6   22  30   23  .273  .379  .453   0   1   1   1   1   3   4  124
    Darnell Coles       25   53  149   14   27   5  1   4   15  15   23  .181  .263  .309   0   1   1   2   2   1   1   54
    Jim Morrison        34   34  117   15   24   1  1   4   19   2   26  .205  .221  .333   2   1   1   1   0   2   0   47
   *Johnny Grubb        38   59  114    9   23   6  0   2   13  15   16  .202  .290  .307   0   0   4   0   0   2   0   62
   *Bill Bean           23   26   66    6   17   2  0   0    4   5   11  .258  .310  .288   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   63
    Terry Harper        31   31   64    4   13   3  0   3   10   9    8  .203  .301  .391   1   0   2   0   1   0   0   85
   #Jim Walewander      25   53   54   24   13   3  1   1    4   7    6  .241  .328  .389   2   1   2   0   2   0   0   93
   *Scott Lusader       22   23   47    8   15   3  1   1    8   5    7  .319  .377  .489   1   0   0   0   1   1   1  132
   *Dwight Lowry        29   13   25    0    5   2  0   0    1   0    6  .200  .200  .280   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   28
    Orlando Mercado     25   10   22    2    3   0  0   0    1   2    0  .136  .208  .136   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -4
    Tim Tolman          31    9   12    3    1   1  0   0    1   7    2  .083  .429  .167   0   0   1   1   0   1   1   71
   #Doug Baker          26    8    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Mike Henneman       25   55    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jack Morris         32   36    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.0  162 5649  896 1535 274 32 225  834 653  913  .272  .347  .451 106  50 102  40  33  50  38  114
    Rank among 14 AL teams         1    1    3   4  9   1        1   11     3     2     1  11   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Walt Terrell        29  35   4.05  17  10  0  35   0  10   1  244.7  254  123  110  30   94  143 1057   8   3  0   7 105
SP  Jack Morris         32  34   3.38  18  11  0  34   0  13   0  266.0  227  111  100  39   93  208 1101  24   1  1   7 126
SP *Frank Tanana        33  34   3.91  15  10  0  34   0   5   3  218.7  216  106   95  27   56  146  924   6   5  0   5 109
SP  Dan Petry           28  30   5.61   9   7  0  21   3   0   0  134.7  148  101   84  22   76   93  628   8  10  1   5  76
SP  Jeff Robinson       25  29   5.37   9   6  0  21   2   2   1  127.3  132   86   76  16   54   98  569   4   7  3   3  79
SP  Doyle Alexander     36  11   1.53   9   0  0  11   0   3   3   88.3   63   16   15   3   26   44  340   1   0  0   0 278

CL  Eric King           23  55   4.89   6   9  9   4  26   0   0  116.0  111   67   63  15   60   89  513   5   4  1  10  87
RP  Mike Henneman       25  55   2.98  11   3  7   0  28   0   0   96.7   86   36   32   8   30   75  399   7   3  0   5 143
RP *Mark Thurmond       30  48   4.23   0   1  5   0  23   0   0   61.7   83   32   29   5   24   21  280   4   0  0   4 100
RP *Willie Hernandez    32  45   3.67   3   4  8   0  31   0   0   49.0   53   27   20   8   20   30  217   1   0  0   7 116
RP  Nate Snell          34  22   3.96   1   2  0   2  12   0   0   38.7   39   20   17   5   19   19  168   4   0  0   3 107

    Bryan Kelly         28   5   5.06   0   1  0   0   1   0   0   10.7   12    6    6   2    7   10   50   0   0  0   4  84
    Dickie Noles        30   4   4.50   0   0  2   0   3   0   0    2.0    2    1    1   0    1    0    9   0   0  0   0  94
   *Morris Madden       26   2  16.20   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.7    4    3    3   0    3    0   12   0   0  0   1  26
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.5 162   4.02  98  64 31 162 129  33  10 1456.0 1430  735  650 180  563  976 6267  72  33  6  61 106
    Rank among 14 AL teams          3   1  14  9           4   4      3    4    3        6   10    7

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MNokes 845 94 109 595 32 5 2 .992 7 37 71 18 MHeath 486 54 67 337 38 4 5 .989 5 29 34 22 OMercado 66 8 10 40 8 1 1 .980 1 3 5 2 DLowry 58 6 12 38 1 0 0 1.000 0 3 8 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1456 162 162 1010 79 10 8 .991 13 72 118 43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DEvans 855 98 105 810 100 3 86 .997 9.58 DBergman 368 38 65 353 29 3 33 .992 9.32 BMadlock 164 20 22 167 11 2 14 .989 9.77 DColes 48 5 9 50 3 0 1 1.000 9.94 MHeath 16 1 4 20 1 0 3 1.000 11.81 DLowry 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 JMorrison 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 1404 145 8 138 .995 9.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LWhitaker 1266 146 148 275 416 17 99 .976 4.91 JWalewander 100 9 24 16 38 0 10 1.000 4.86 TBrookens 62 5 11 20 20 3 10 .930 5.81 JMorrison 24 2 3 9 5 0 2 1.000 5.19 DBaker 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MHeath 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 320 479 20 121 .976 4.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TBrookens 965 110 122 85 208 14 15 .954 2.73 DColes 270 31 36 31 63 17 5 .847 3.13 JMorrison 126 16 16 10 41 2 1 .962 3.64 JWalewander 56 4 17 7 11 1 0 .947 2.89 DEvans 20 0 7 5 8 1 0 .929 5.76 BMadlock 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 MHeath 5 0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 5.40 MNokes 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JGrubb 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DBaker 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 139 334 36 21 .929 2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 *4.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ATrammell 1304 147 149 222 421 19 94 .971 4.44 TBrookens 106 11 16 14 28 2 8 .955 3.57 JWalewander 19 2 3 3 9 0 2 1.000 5.68 JMorrison 15 2 3 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.60 DBaker 9 0 6 2 8 0 1 1.000 10.00 MHeath 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 DColes 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 242 473 21 106 .971 4.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KGibson 1026 117 119 250 6 7 0 .973 2.24 LHerndon 189 17 32 41 4 1 1 .978 2.14 JGrubb 117 16 21 32 1 0 0 1.000 2.54 BBean 33 4 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 MNokes 21 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.27 DBergman 18 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 TTolman 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 SLusader 10 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 DColes 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 THarper 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 JMorrison 7 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14 MHeath 6 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 350 11 8 1 .978 2.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CLemon 1171 130 145 348 4 3 1 .992 2.70 PSheridan 144 15 26 46 2 0 0 1.000 2.99 BBean 105 14 17 42 1 0 0 1.000 3.68 KGibson 18 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 SLusader 11 0 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 6.55 MHeath 6 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 453 7 3 1 .994 2.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PSheridan 839 86 124 189 4 6 1 .970 2.07 LHerndon 163 22 26 41 0 0 0 1.000 2.26 MHeath 109 11 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.65 SLusader 106 11 16 20 0 1 0 .952 1.69 THarper 78 11 13 19 0 1 0 .950 2.19 JGrubb 52 7 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 DColes 31 5 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.87 TTolman 31 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 BBean 13 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.15 JMorrison 11 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 DBergman 11 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MNokes 11 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 317 5 8 1 .976 1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.31 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- CLemon 1171 130 145 350 4 3 1 .992 2.72 KGibson 1044 119 121 253 6 7 0 .974 2.23 PSheridan 983 101 137 236 6 6 1 .976 2.21 LHerndon 352 39 57 82 4 1 1 .989 2.20 JGrubb 169 23 31 42 1 0 0 1.000 2.29 BBean 151 20 24 54 1 0 0 1.000 3.27 SLusader 127 11 22 29 0 1 0 .967 2.05 MHeath 121 12 24 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 THarper 85 12 14 20 0 1 0 .952 2.12 TTolman 44 4 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 DColes 39 6 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 MNokes 32 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.39 DBergman 29 3 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.24 JMorrison 18 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1456 162 162 1117 23 19 3 .984 2.35 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *1.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMorris 266 34 34 31 18 0 1 1.000 1.66 WTerrell 244 35 35 24 25 2 3 .961 1.80 FTanana 218 34 34 14 35 0 2 1.000 2.02 DPetry 134 21 30 16 21 2 0 .949 2.47 JRobinson 127 21 29 14 9 2 2 .920 1.63 EKing 116 4 55 15 22 1 3 .974 2.87 MHenneman 96 0 55 8 11 0 2 1.000 1.77 DAlexander 88 11 11 4 14 0 1 1.000 1.83 MThurmond 61 0 48 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.60 WHernandez 49 0 45 2 4 1 1 .857 1.10 NSnell 38 2 22 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.63 BKelly 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DNoles 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 MMadden 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 162 162 136 170 8 15 .975 1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- BMadlock 64 DEvans 44 LHerndon 23 MNokes 19 JGrubb 16 THarper 15 JMorrison 8 JWalewander 8 DBergman 7 KGibson 4 DColes 3 JMorris 2 TTolman 2 SLusader 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Trammell .343

On-base % Trammell .402

Slugging % Trammell .551

OPS Trammell .953

Games Trammell 151

At Bats Whitaker 604

Plate Appearances (approx.) Whitaker 684

Runs Whitaker 110

Hits Trammell 205

Total Bases Trammell 329

Doubles Whitaker 38

Triples Whitaker 6

Home Runs Evans 34

RBI Trammell 105

Bases on Balls Evans 100

Strikeouts Gibson 117

Stolen Bases Gibson 26

Singles Trammell 140

Adjusted OPS+ Trammell 155

Runs Created Trammell 137

Adjusted Batting Runs Trammell 48

Batting Wins Trammell 4.5

Extra-Base Hits Trammell 65

Times on Base Trammell 268

Offensive Win% Trammell .742

Hit By Pitch Madlock 10

Sac. Hits Brookens 9

Sac. Flies Evans, Herndon, and Trammell 6

Intentional Walks Evans, Gibson, and Trammell 8

Grounded into Double Plays Lemon 17

Caught Stealing Sheridan 13

Power/Speed Number Gibson 25.0

At Bats per Strikeout Trammell 12.7

At Bats per Home Run Nokes 14.4

Outs Whitaker 462

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Morris 3.38

Wins Morris 18

Won-Loss % Henneman .786

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Morris 1.203

Hits Allowed/9IP Morris 7.68

Bases on Balls/9IP Tanana 2.30

Strikeouts/9IP Morris 7.04

Games Henneman and King 55

Saves King 9

Innings Morris 266.0

Strikeouts Morris 208

Games Started Terrell 35

Comp. Games Morris 13

Shutouts Alexander and Tanana 3

Home Runs Allow. Morris 39

Bases On Balls Allow. Terrell 94

Hits Allowed Terrell 254

SO to Walk Tanana 2.61

Losses Morris 11

Earned Runs Allow. Terrell 110

Wild Pitches Morris 24

Hit Batsmen Petry 10

Batters Faced Morris 1101

Games Finished Hernandez 31

Adjusted ERA+ Morris 126

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Jack Morris $ 1,850,000

Kirk Gibson $ 1,335,000

Willie Hernandez $ 1,060,000

Dan Petry $ 975,000

Chet Lemon $ 698,571

Frank Tanana $ 662,500

Mike Heath $ 650,000

Alan Trammell $ 617,143

Walt Terrell $ 600,000

Darrell Evans $ 525,000

Terry Harper $ 425,000

Lou Whitaker $ 420,000

Mark Thurmond $ 370,000

Johnny Grubb $ 365,000

Tom Brookens $ 360,000

Dave Bergman $ 331,667

Larry Herndon $ 225,000

Pat Sheridan $ 190,000

Darnell Coles $ 170,000

Eric King $ 100,000

Matt Nokes $ 68,000

Mike Henneman $ 62,500

Jeff Robinson $ 62,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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