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1988 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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 - 97, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94

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1987 / 1989 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

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 Salary
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 0.1 $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 $
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 1.6 $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 0.9 $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 -0.4 $
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 0.5 $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 0.9 $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 0.5 $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 0.1 $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 3.1 $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 1.1 $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 -0.7 $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 -0.1 $
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 0.8 $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 -1.3 $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 2.4 $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 0.6 $
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 1.1 $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 -0.4 $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 1.0 $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 2.3 $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 1.6 $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 -0.4 $
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 3.6 $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 1.9 $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 1.5 $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 0.3 $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 0.9 $665,000
Alan Trammell 30 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 21, 1958 12 128 123 128 126 0 0 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6.0 $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 -0.4 $
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 3.3 $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 Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Lou Whitaker

Alan Trammell

Bill Bean

Scott Lusader

Mike Heath

Ray Knight
Fred Lynn

Chris Bando

Luis Salazar

Dave Bergman

Pat Sheridan

Tom Brookens

Don Heinkel
Jim Morrison

Doyle Alexander

Willie Hernandez

Ray Knight
Gary Pettis

Torey Lovullo

Scott Lusader
Gary Pettis

Eric King

Frank Tanana

Mark Huismann

Billy Beane

Ivan de Jesus

Larry Herndon

Jim Walewander

Matt Nokes

Chet Lemon

Walt Terrell

Mike Trujillo

Mike Henneman

Dwayne Murphy

Darrell Evans

Ted Power

Jeff Robinson

Jack Morris

Paul Gibson

Steve Searcy

1987 / 1989 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers