Roster (40-man)
Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989
88-74, Finished 2nd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sparky Anderson (88-74)
Scored 703 runs, Allowed 658 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76
Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 2,081,162 (8th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94
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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 | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doyle Alexander | 37 | R | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Sep 4, 1950 | 18 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | $500,000 | All-Star |
| Chris Bando | 32 | B | R | 6' 0" | 195 | Feb 4, 1956 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Bill Bean | 24 | L | L | 6' 0" | 185 | May 11, 1964 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -0.0 | ||
| Billy Beane | 26 | R | R | 6' 4" | 195 | Mar 29, 1962 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| Dave Bergman | 35 | L | L | 6' 1" | 185 | Jun 6, 1953 | 13 | 116 | 78 | 116 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 1.5 | $360,000 | |
| Tom Brookens | 34 | R | R | 5' 10" | 165 | Aug 10, 1953 | 10 | 136 | 126 | 136 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 136 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | $350,000 | |
| Ivan de Jesus | 35 | R | R | 5' 11" | 175 | Jan 9, 1953 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | ||
| Darrell Evans | 41 | L | R | 6' 2" | 200 | May 26, 1947 | 20 | 144 | 117 | 144 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 27 | 0 | 0.8 | $860,000 | |
| Paul Gibson | 28 | R | L | 6' 0" | 165 | Jan 4, 1960 | 1st | 40 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | $62,500 | |
| Mike Heath | 33 | R | R | 5' 11" | 180 | Feb 5, 1955 | 11 | 86 | 65 | 86 | 83 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0.7 | $400,000 | |
| Don Heinkel | 28 | L | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Oct 20, 1959 | 1st | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $62,500 | |
| Mike Henneman | 26 | R | R | 6' 4" | 205 | Dec 11, 1961 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | $115,000 | |
| Willie Hernandez | 33 | L | L | 6' 3" | 180 | Nov 14, 1954 | 12 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | $1,210,000 | |
| Larry Herndon | 34 | R | R | 6' 3" | 190 | Nov 3, 1953 | 14 | 76 | 56 | 76 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 53 | 20 | 0 | -0.5 | $375,000 | |
| Mark Huismann | 30 | R | R | 6' 3" | 195 | May 11, 1958 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.0 | ||
| Eric King | 24 | R | R | 6' 2" | 180 | Apr 10, 1964 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | $125,000 | |
| Ray Knight | 35 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Dec 28, 1952 | 13 | 105 | 79 | 105 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 24 | 1 | -1.0 | $525,000 | |
| Chet Lemon | 33 | R | R | 6' 0" | 190 | Feb 12, 1955 | 14 | 144 | 141 | 144 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 144 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | $828,571 | |
| Torey Lovullo | 22 | B | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Jul 25, 1965 | 1st | 12 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
| Scott Lusader | 23 | L | L | 5' 10" | 165 | Sep 30, 1964 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | -0.3 | ||
| Fred Lynn | 36 | L | L | 6' 1" | 185 | Feb 3, 1952 | 15 | 27 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.3 | ||
| Jack Morris | 33 | R | R | 6' 3" | 195 | May 16, 1955 | 12 | 34 | 34 | 1 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | $1,988,000 | |
| Jim Morrison | 35 | R | R | 5' 11" | 175 | Sep 23, 1952 | 12 | 24 | 17 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | -0.5 | $277,500 | |
| Dwayne Murphy | 33 | L | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Mar 18, 1955 | 11 | 49 | 40 | 49 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 10 | 49 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1.2 | $375,000 | |
| Matt Nokes | 24 | L | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Oct 31, 1963 | 4 | 122 | 102 | 122 | 110 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 2.5 | $165,000 | |
| Gary Pettis | 30 | B | R | 6' 1" | 165 | Apr 3, 1958 | 7 | 129 | 115 | 129 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 0 | 126 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.2 | $400,000 | |
| Ted Power | 33 | R | R | 6' 4" | 215 | Jan 31, 1955 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | ||
| Jeff Robinson | 26 | R | R | 6' 6" | 210 | Dec 14, 1961 | 2 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | $95,000 | |
| Luis Salazar | 32 | R | R | 5' 9" | 180 | May 19, 1956 | 9 | 130 | 112 | 130 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 37 | 60 | 5 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2.2 | $150,000 | |
| Steve Searcy | 24 | L | L | 6' 1" | 190 | Jun 4, 1964 | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $62,500 | |
| Pat Sheridan | 30 | L | R | 6' 3" | 175 | Dec 4, 1957 | 7 | 127 | 90 | 127 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 9 | 13 | 114 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 1.6 | $343,000 | |
| Frank Tanana | 34 | L | L | 6' 2" | 180 | Jul 3, 1953 | 16 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | $1,100,000 | |
| Walt Terrell | 30 | L | R | 6' 2" | 205 | May 11, 1958 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | $665,000 | |
| Alan Trammell | 30 | R | R | 6' 0" | 165 | Feb 21, 1958 | 12 | 128 | 123 | 128 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.9 | $1,000,000 | All-Star |
| Mike Trujillo | 28 | R | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Jan 12, 1960 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.0 | ||
| Jim Walewander | 26 | B | R | 5' 10" | 160 | May 2, 1962 | 2 | 88 | 56 | 88 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 20 | -0.2 | ||
| Lou Whitaker | 31 | L | R | 5' 11" | 160 | May 12, 1957 | 12 | 115 | 103 | 115 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.5 | $975,000 | |
| 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 |