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2009 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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86-77, Finished 2nd in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Leyland (86-77)
Scored 743 runs, Allowed 745 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-82

Ballparks: Comerica Park · Attendance: 2,567,165 (4th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 101, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103

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2008 / 2010 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
Josh Anderson 26 L R 6' 2" 195 Aug 10, 1982 3 74 40 74 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 1 18 67 5 9 13 -0.4 $400,000
Alex Avila 22 L R 5' 11" 210 Jan 29, 1987 1st 29 17 29 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.7 $
Jeremy Bonderman 26 R R 6' 2" 210 Oct 28, 1982 7 8 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $12,500,000
Eddie Bonine 28 R R 6' 5" 220 Jun 6, 1981 2 10 4 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $400,000
Miguel Cabrera 26 R R 6' 4" 240 Apr 18, 1983 7 160 159 160 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 4.1 $14,383,049
Brent Dlugach 26 R R 6' 4" 200 Mar 3, 1983 1st 5 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 -0.1 $
Freddy Dolsi 26 R R 6' 0" 160 Jan 9, 1983 2 6 0 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Adam Everett 32 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 2, 1977 9 118 107 118 116 0 0 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 0.5 $1,000,000
Casey Fien 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 21, 1983 1st 9 0 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Alfredo Figaro 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 7, 1984 1st 5 3 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Luke French 23 L L 6' 4" 220 Sep 13, 1985 1st 7 5 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Armando Galarraga 27 R R 6' 4" 235 Jan 15, 1982 3 29 25 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $435,000
Curtis Granderson 28 L R 6' 1" 185 Mar 16, 1981 6 160 155 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 160 0 1 1 3.1 $3,500,000 All-Star
Carlos Guillen 33 B R 6' 1" 215 Sep 30, 1975 12 81 77 81 44 0 0 2 0 0 0 42 0 0 42 36 4 0 0.4 $10,000,000
Aubrey Huff 32 L R 6' 4" 225 Dec 20, 1976 10 40 28 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 12 0 -0.8 $
Brandon Inge 32 R R 5' 11" 190 May 19, 1977 9 161 157 161 161 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $6,300,000 All-Star
Edwin Jackson 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 9, 1983 7 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $2,200,000 All-Star
Don Kelly 29 L R 6' 4" 190 Feb 15, 1980 2 31 13 31 24 0 0 2 1 4 0 18 0 2 20 3 5 3 0.0 $
Gerald Laird 29 R R 6' 1" 225 Nov 13, 1979 7 135 123 135 135 0 135 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2.0 $2,800,000
Chris Lambert 26 R R 6' 1" 205 Mar 8, 1983 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Jeff Larish 26 L R 6' 2" 200 Oct 11, 1982 2 32 20 32 12 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 8 0 0.2 $403,000
Brandon Lyon 29 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 10, 1979 8 65 0 3 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $4,250,000
Zach Miner 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Mar 12, 1982 4 51 5 3 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $437,500
Fu-Te Ni 26 L L 6' 0" 170 Nov 14, 1982 1st 36 0 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Magglio Ordonez 35 R R 6' 0" 215 Jan 28, 1974 13 131 123 131 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 104 24 8 0 0.4 $18,971,596
Ryan Perry 22 R R 6' 4" 200 Feb 13, 1987 1st 53 0 2 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $400,000
Placido Polanco 33 R R 5' 10" 190 Oct 10, 1975 12 153 146 153 151 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2.5 $4,600,000
Rick Porcello 20 R R 6' 5" 200 Dec 27, 1988 1st 31 31 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $2,095,000
Ryan Raburn 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 17, 1981 4 113 60 113 96 0 0 10 0 6 0 70 7 14 91 6 25 7 1.6 $
Wilkin Ramirez 23 R R 6' 2" 190 Oct 25, 1985 1st 15 4 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 5 0 9 0.1 $
Clay Rapada 28 R L 6' 5" 200 Mar 9, 1981 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Juan Rincon 30 R R 5' 11" 210 Jan 23, 1979 9 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $750,000
Nate Robertson 31 R L 6' 2" 225 Sep 3, 1977 8 28 6 4 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $7,000,000
Fernando Rodney 32 R R 5' 11" 220 Mar 18, 1977 7 73 0 3 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $2,700,000
Dusty Ryan 24 R R 6' 4" 235 Sep 2, 1984 2 12 8 12 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Ramon Santiago 29 B R 5' 11" 175 Aug 31, 1979 8 93 73 93 91 0 0 0 29 2 69 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 1.1 $825,000
Dane Sardinha 30 R R 6' 0" 215 Apr 8, 1979 4 12 11 12 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Bobby Seay 31 L L 6' 2" 221 Jun 20, 1978 8 67 0 4 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $1,300,000
Marcus Thames 32 R R 6' 2" 220 Mar 6, 1977 8 87 67 87 22 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 55 18 0 0.3 $2,275,000
Clete Thomas 25 L R 5' 11" 195 Nov 14, 1983 2 102 66 102 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 7 87 117 0 5 10 0.0 $
Matt Treanor 33 R R 6' 0" 205 Mar 3, 1976 6 4 4 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $750,000
Justin Verlander 26 R R 6' 5" 225 Feb 20, 1983 5 35 35 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 $3,675,000 All-Star
Jarrod Washburn 34 L L 6' 1" 190 Aug 13, 1974 12 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Dontrelle Willis 27 L L 6' 4" 225 Jan 12, 1982 7 7 7 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $10,000,000
Joel Zumaya 24 R R 6' 3" 210 Nov 9, 1984 4 29 0 3 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $735,000
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.

Adam Everett

Gerald Laird

Carlos Guillen

Josh Anderson
Alex Avila

Placido Polanco

Brandon Inge

Aubrey Huff
Jeff Larish

Matt Treanor

Dontrelle Willis

Miguel Cabrera

Ryan Raburn

Brent Dlugach

Curtis Granderson

Nate Robertson

Magglio Ordonez

Zach Miner

Don Kelly

Marcus Thames

Clete Thomas

Justin Verlander

Edwin Jackson

Brandon Lyon

Jeremy Bonderman

Ramon Santiago

Freddy Dolsi
Chris Lambert

Casey Fien

Alfredo Figaro

Bobby Seay

Ryan Perry

Rick Porcello

Eddie Bonine

Clay Rapada

Luke French
Jarrod Washburn

Joel Zumaya

Dusty Ryan

Fernando Rodney

Dane Sardinha

Armando Galarraga

Fu-Te Ni
Juan Rincon

Wilkin Ramirez

Don Kelly

2008 / 2010 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers