Roster (40-man)
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88-74, Finished 2nd in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Leyland (88-74)
Scored 887 runs, Allowed 797 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-73
Ballparks: Comerica Park · Attendance: 3,047,133 (3rd of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorman Bazardo | 22 | R | R | 6' 2" | 230 | Jul 11, 1984 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | ||
| Jeremy Bonderman | 24 | R | R | 6' 0" | 220 | Oct 28, 1982 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | $4,500,000 | |
| Tim Byrdak | 33 | L | L | 5' 11" | 190 | Oct 31, 1973 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | ||
| Jose Capellan | 26 | R | R | 6' 4" | 245 | Jan 13, 1981 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | ||
| Sean Casey | 32 | L | R | 6' 4" | 215 | Jul 2, 1974 | 11 | 143 | 111 | 143 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0.5 | $4,000,000 | |
| Brent Clevlen | 23 | R | R | 6' 1" | 205 | Oct 27, 1983 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -0.2 | ||
| Eulogio De La Cruz | 23 | R | R | 5' 11" | 214 | Mar 12, 1984 | 1st | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | ||
| Chad Durbin | 29 | R | R | 6' 2" | 225 | Dec 3, 1977 | 8 | 36 | 19 | 2 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | $385,000 | |
| Curtis Granderson | 26 | L | R | 6' 1" | 195 | Mar 16, 1981 | 4 | 158 | 140 | 158 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 157 | 0 | 159 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7.6 | $410,000 | |
| Jason Grilli | 30 | R | R | 6' 4" | 225 | Nov 11, 1976 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $395,000 | |
| Carlos Guillen | 31 | B | R | 6' 1" | 215 | Sep 30, 1975 | 10 | 151 | 147 | 151 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3.1 | $5,000,000 | All-Star |
| Mike Hessman | 29 | R | R | 6' 5" | 215 | Mar 5, 1978 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.1 | ||
| Omar Infante | 25 | R | R | 5' 11" | 195 | Dec 26, 1981 | 6 | 66 | 39 | 66 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0.1 | $1,300,000 | |
| Brandon Inge | 30 | R | R | 5' 11" | 190 | May 19, 1977 | 7 | 151 | 146 | 151 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.2 | $4,900,000 | |
| Todd Jones | 39 | L | R | 6' 3" | 200 | Apr 24, 1968 | 15 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 63 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | $4,809,159 | |
| Jair Jurrjens | 21 | R | R | 6' 1" | 200 | Jan 29, 1986 | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | ||
| Wil Ledezma | 26 | L | L | 6' 4" | 225 | Jan 21, 1981 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $415,000 | |
| Aquilino Lopez | 32 | R | R | 6' 3" | 185 | Apr 21, 1975 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.0 | ||
| Mike Maroth | 29 | L | L | 6' 0" | 180 | Aug 17, 1977 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | $2,950,000 | |
| Cameron Maybin | 20 | R | R | 6' 3" | 205 | Apr 4, 1987 | 1st | 24 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -0.4 | ||
| Macay McBride | 24 | L | L | 5' 11" | 210 | Oct 24, 1982 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | ||
| Jose Mesa | 41 | R | R | 6' 3" | 170 | May 22, 1966 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.7 | $2,500,000 | |
| Andrew Miller | 22 | L | L | 6' 7" | 210 | May 21, 1985 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | ||
| Zach Miner | 25 | R | R | 6' 4" | 225 | Mar 12, 1982 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | ||
| Craig Monroe | 30 | R | R | 6' 1" | 195 | Feb 27, 1977 | 7 | 99 | 88 | 99 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -1.2 | $4,775,000 | |
| Magglio Ordonez | 33 | R | R | 6' 0" | 215 | Jan 28, 1974 | 11 | 157 | 156 | 157 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 143 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 7.3 | $13,200,000 | All-Star |
| Neifi Perez | 34 | B | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Jun 2, 1973 | 12 | 33 | 16 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -0.2 | $2,500,000 | |
| Timo Perez | 32 | L | L | 5' 9" | 180 | Apr 8, 1975 | 8 | 29 | 23 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | ||
| Placido Polanco | 31 | R | R | 5' 9" | 190 | Oct 10, 1975 | 10 | 142 | 139 | 142 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.1 | $4,600,000 | All-Star |
| Mike Rabelo | 27 | B | R | 6' 1" | 200 | Jan 17, 1980 | 2 | 51 | 43 | 51 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -0.2 | $380,000 | |
| Ryan Raburn | 26 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Apr 17, 1981 | 2 | 49 | 35 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0.3 | ||
| Clay Rapada | 26 | R | L | 6' 5" | 195 | Mar 9, 1981 | 1st | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | ||
| Nate Robertson | 29 | R | L | 6' 2" | 225 | Sep 3, 1977 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | $3,260,000 | |
| Fernando Rodney | 30 | R | R | 5' 11" | 220 | Mar 18, 1977 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $1,000,000 | |
| Ivan Rodriguez | 35 | R | R | 5' 9" | 205 | Nov 27, 1971 | 17 | 129 | 120 | 129 | 127 | 0 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1.4 | $10,567,639 | All-Star |
| Kenny Rogers | 42 | L | L | 6' 1" | 200 | Nov 10, 1964 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | $8,000,000 | |
| Ramon Santiago | 27 | B | R | 5' 11" | 175 | Aug 31, 1979 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.4 | ||
| Bobby Seay | 29 | L | L | 6' 2" | 221 | Jun 20, 1978 | 6 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | $450,000 | |
| Gary Sheffield | 38 | R | R | 5' 11" | 190 | Nov 18, 1968 | 20 | 133 | 131 | 133 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 119 | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | $10,916,071 | |
| Jordan Tata | 25 | R | R | 6' 6" | 220 | Sep 20, 1981 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | ||
| Marcus Thames | 30 | R | R | 6' 2" | 220 | Mar 6, 1977 | 6 | 86 | 72 | 86 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 9 | 46 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0.8 | $432,500 | |
| Virgil Vasquez | 25 | R | R | 6' 3" | 205 | Jun 7, 1982 | 1st | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | ||
| Justin Verlander | 24 | R | R | 6' 5" | 225 | Feb 20, 1983 | 3 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | $1,030,000 | All-Star |
| Joel Zumaya | 22 | R | R | 6' 3" | 215 | Nov 9, 1984 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $410,000 | |
| 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 |