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1996 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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53-109, Finished 5th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Buddy Bell (53-109)
Scored 783 runs, Allowed 1103 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-106

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · 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 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
Scott Aldred 28 L L 6' 4" 195 Jun 12, 1968 5 11 8 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.6 $150,000
Brad Ausmus 27 R R 5' 11" 190 Apr 14, 1969 4 75 69 75 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.9 $
Kimera Bartee 23 B R 6' 0" 175 Jul 21, 1972 1st 110 65 110 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 95 2 101 2 6 16 0.0 $109,000
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 24 1 2 2 0.0 $185,000
Raul Casanova 23 B R 6' 0" 200 Aug 23, 1972 1st 25 22 25 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 -0.8 $
Andujar Cedeno 26 R R 6' 1" 170 Aug 21, 1969 7 52 47 52 52 0 0 0 0 1 51 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -1.5 $
Mike Christopher 32 R R 6' 5" 205 Nov 3, 1963 5 13 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $200,000
Tony Clark 24 B R 6' 8" 205 Jun 15, 1972 2 100 97 100 86 0 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 0 -0.4 $109,000
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 1 2 0 -0.5 $
John Cummings 27 L L 6' 3" 200 May 10, 1969 4 21 0 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Chad Curtis 27 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 6, 1968 5 104 103 104 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 80 0 128 0 1 0 0.5 $2,000,000
Damion Easley 26 R R 5' 11" 155 Nov 11, 1969 5 21 17 21 17 0 0 0 8 2 8 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 -0.1 $
Joey Eischen 26 L L 6' 1" 190 May 25, 1970 3 24 0 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
John Farrell 33 R R 6' 4" 210 Aug 4, 1962 8 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Cecil Fielder 32 R R 6' 3" 230 Sep 21, 1963 11 107 107 107 71 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 0.5 $9,237,500
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 0.2 $275,000
Travis Fryman 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 25, 1969 7 157 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 128 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $5,175,000 All-Star
Greg Gohr 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Oct 29, 1967 4 17 16 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $200,000
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 -0.3 $275,000
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 0.1 $
Bobby Higginson 25 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1970 2 130 114 130 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 19 57 139 4 12 0 3.7 $170,000
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 2 10 0 -0.6 $
Greg Keagle 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 28, 1971 1st 26 6 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $109,000
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 -0.8 $670,000
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 1.7 $170,000
Jose Lima 23 R R 6' 2" 170 Sep 30, 1972 3 39 4 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $145,000
Felipe Lira 24 R R 6' 0" 170 Apr 26, 1972 2 32 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $170,000
Brian Maxcy 25 R R 6' 1" 170 May 4, 1971 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Jeff McCurry 26 R R 6' 7" 210 Jan 21, 1970 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Trever Miller 23 R L 6' 3" 200 May 29, 1973 1st 5 4 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $109,000
Brian Moehler 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 31, 1971 1st 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Mike Myers 27 L L 6' 3" 197 Jun 26, 1969 2 83 0 0 83 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $127,500
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 1 3 0 0.7 $120,000
Melvin Nieves 24 B R 6' 2" 185 Dec 28, 1971 5 120 115 120 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 84 105 11 5 0 -0.6 $170,000
C.J. Nitkowski 23 L L 6' 2" 185 Mar 9, 1973 2 11 8 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Omar Olivares 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 6, 1967 7 25 25 1 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $505,000
Gregg Olson 29 R R 6' 4" 210 Oct 11, 1966 9 43 0 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $400,000
Mark Parent 34 R R 6' 5" 215 Sep 16, 1961 11 38 29 38 34 0 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.2 $500,000
Shannon Penn 26 B R 5' 10" 163 Sep 11, 1969 2 6 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 -0.2 $
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 50 31 27 0 1.5 $150,000
A.J. Sager 31 R R 6' 4" 220 Mar 3, 1965 3 22 9 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $160,000
Bob Scanlan 29 R R 6' 7" 215 Aug 9, 1966 6 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Ruben Sierra 30 B R 6' 1" 175 Oct 6, 1965 11 46 40 46 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19 23 20 6 0 -0.3 $
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 18 1 3 1 -0.5 $
Clint Sodowsky 23 L R 6' 3" 180 Jul 13, 1972 2 7 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $109,000
Justin Thompson 23 L L 6' 4" 215 Mar 8, 1973 1st 11 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $109,000
Alan Trammell 38 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 21, 1958 20 66 50 66 62 0 0 0 11 8 43 1 0 0 1 0 7 4 -1.1 $600,000
Tom Urbani 28 L L 6' 1" 190 Jan 21, 1968 4 16 2 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Todd Van Poppel 24 R R 6' 5" 210 Dec 9, 1971 5 9 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2.1 $
Randy Veres 30 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 25, 1965 5 25 0 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $179,000
Mike Walker 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 4, 1966 5 20 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Brian Williams 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 15, 1969 6 40 17 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $500,000
Eddie Williams 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 1, 1964 8 77 53 77 12 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 52 18 0 -1.3 $350,000
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.

Alan Trammell

Bobby Higginson

Brad Ausmus
Tim Hyers

Phil Hiatt
Mark Parent

Chad Curtis
Damion Easley

John Flaherty
Phil Nevin

Mark Lewis

Andujar Cedeno
Brian Maxcy
Duane Singleton

Tony Clark

Eddie Williams

Ruben Sierra
Mike Walker

Justin Thompson

Travis Fryman

Brian Williams

Mike Myers

Omar Olivares

Danny Bautista
Todd Van Poppel

Melvin Nieves

Jose Lima

Raul Casanova
Mike Christopher

John Cummings
Greg Gohr

Chris Gomez

Curtis Pride

Trever Miller
Gregg Olson

Brian Moehler
Bob Scanlan

Kimera Bartee

Felipe Lira

Fausto Cruz

Shannon Penn
Tom Urbani
Randy Veres

Joey Eischen
Richie Lewis
Jeff McCurry

Cecil Fielder

Clint Sodowsky

C.J. Nitkowski

Scott Aldred
A.J. Sager

Richie Lewis

John Farrell

Greg Keagle

Todd Van Poppel

1995 / 1997 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers