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1996 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995 / 1997)
53-109, Finished 5th in AL East
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Scored 783 runs, Allowed 1103 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-106
Manager: Buddy Bell (53-109)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,168,610 (13th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 102;   one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 99
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1995 / 1997 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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 Salary
Scott Aldred 28 L L 6' 4" 195 Jun 12, 1968 5 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Brad Ausmus 27 R R 5' 11" 195 Apr 14, 1969 4 75 69 75 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Kimera Bartee 23 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 21, 1972 1st 110 65 110 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 95 2 99 0 6 16 $109,000.00
Danny Bautista 24 R R 5' 11" 170 May 24, 1972 4 25 19 25 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 22 1 2 2 $185,000.00
Raul Casanova 23 B R 6' 0" 192 Aug 23, 1972 1st 25 22 25 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Andujar Cedeno 26 R R 6' 1" 168 Aug 21, 1969 7 52 47 52 52 0 0 0 0 1 51 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Mike Christopher 32 R R 6' 5" 206 Nov 3, 1963 5 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Tony Clark 24 B R 6' 7" 240 Jun 15, 1972 2 100 97 100 86 0 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 0 $109,000.00
Fausto Cruz 24 R R 5' 10" 165 May 1, 1972 3 14 9 14 12 0 0 0 8 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
John Cummings 27 L L 6' 3" 200 May 10, 1969 4 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chad Curtis 27 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 6, 1968 5 104 103 104 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 80 0 104 0 1 0 $2,000,000.00
Damion Easley 26 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 11, 1969 5 21 17 21 17 0 0 0 8 2 8 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Joey Eischen 26 L L 6' 1" 190 May 25, 1970 3 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Farrell 33 R R 6' 4" 210 Aug 4, 1962 8 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cecil Fielder 32 R R 6' 3" 240 Sep 21, 1963 11 107 107 107 71 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 $9,237,500.00
John Flaherty 28 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 21, 1967 5 47 42 47 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $275,000.00
Travis Fryman 27 R R 6' 1" 194 Mar 25, 1969 7 157 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 128 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,175,000.00 All-Star
Greg Gohr 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Oct 29, 1967 4 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Chris Gomez 25 R R 6' 1" 183 Jun 16, 1971 4 48 38 48 47 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $275,000.00
Phil Hiatt 27 R R 6' 3" 200 May 1, 1969 3 7 5 7 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0
Bobby Higginson 25 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1970 2 130 114 130 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 19 57 123 2 12 0 $170,000.00
Tim Hyers 24 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 3, 1971 3 17 4 17 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 0
Greg Keagle 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 28, 1971 1st 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $109,000.00
Mark Lewis 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 30, 1969 6 145 144 145 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $670,000.00
Richie Lewis 30 R R 5' 6" 175 Jan 25, 1966 5 72 0 1 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Jose Lima 23 R R 6' 2" 170 Sep 30, 1972 3 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $145,000.00
Felipe Lira 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Apr 26, 1972 2 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Brian Maxcy 25 R R 6' 1" 170 May 4, 1971 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff McCurry 26 R R 6' 7" 210 Jan 21, 1970 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trever Miller 23 R L 6' 3" 175 May 29, 1973 1st 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $109,000.00
Brian Moehler 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 31, 1971 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Myers 27 L L 6' 3" 200 Jun 26, 1969 2 83 0 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $127,500.00
Phil Nevin 25 R R 6' 2" 180 Jan 19, 1971 2 38 32 38 36 0 4 0 0 24 0 9 0 0 9 0 3 0 $120,000.00
Melvin Nieves 24 B R 6' 2" 210 Dec 28, 1971 5 120 115 120 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 84 105 11 5 0 $170,000.00
C.J. Nitkowski 23 L L 6' 2" 185 Mar 9, 1973 2 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Omar Olivares 28 R R 6' 1" 193 Jul 6, 1967 7 25 0 1 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $505,000.00
Gregg Olson 29 R R 6' 4" 206 Oct 11, 1966 9 43 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $400,000.00
Mark Parent 34 R R 6' 5" 225 Sep 16, 1961 11 38 29 38 34 0 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 $500,000.00
Shannon Penn 26 B R 5' 10" 160 Sep 11, 1969 2 6 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 1
Curtis Pride 27 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 17, 1968 3 95 64 95 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 5 48 26 27 0 $150,000.00
A.J. Sager 31 R R 6' 4" 220 Mar 3, 1965 3 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $160,000.00
Bob Scanlan 29 R R 6' 8" 210 Aug 9, 1966 6 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ruben Sierra 30 B R 6' 1" 200 Oct 6, 1965 11 46 40 46 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19 23 18 6 0
Duane Singleton 23 L R 6' 1" 170 Aug 6, 1972 3 18 13 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 0 15 0 3 1
Clint Sodowsky 23 L R 6' 3" 180 Jul 13, 1972 2 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $109,000.00
Justin Thompson 23 L L 6' 4" 215 Mar 8, 1973 1st 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $109,000.00
Alan Trammell 38 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 21, 1958 20 66 50 66 62 0 0 0 11 8 43 1 0 0 1 0 7 4 $600,000.00
Tom Urbani 28 L L 6' 1" 190 Jan 21, 1968 4 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Todd Van Poppel 24 R R 6' 5" 210 Dec 9, 1971 5 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Veres 30 R R 6' 3" 210 Nov 25, 1965 5 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $179,000.00
Mike Walker 29 R R 6' 1" 195 Oct 4, 1966 5 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Williams 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 15, 1969 6 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $500,000.00
Eddie Williams 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 1, 1964 8 77 53 77 12 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 49 18 0 $350,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1995 / 1997 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played