Roster (40-man)
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81-81, Finished 3rd in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Leyland (81-81)
Scored 751 runs, Allowed 743 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80
Ballparks: Comerica Park · Attendance: 2,461,237 (6th of 14)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 98
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Avila | 23 | L | R | 5' 11" | 210 | Jan 29, 1987 | 2 | 104 | 84 | 104 | 98 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.1 | $404,900 | |
| Brennan Boesch | 25 | L | L | 6' 4" | 235 | Apr 12, 1985 | 1st | 133 | 124 | 133 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 79 | 123 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0.9 | ||
| Jeremy Bonderman | 27 | R | R | 6' 0" | 220 | Oct 28, 1982 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1.2 | $12,500,000 | |
| Eddie Bonine | 29 | R | R | 6' 5" | 220 | Jun 6, 1981 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $404,000 | |
| Miguel Cabrera | 27 | R | R | 6' 4" | 240 | Apr 18, 1983 | 8 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | $20,000,000 | All-Star |
| Phil Coke | 27 | L | L | 6' 1" | 210 | Jul 19, 1982 | 3 | 74 | 1 | 4 | 74 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | $425,000 | |
| Johnny Damon | 36 | L | L | 6' 2" | 205 | Nov 5, 1973 | 16 | 145 | 132 | 145 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 98 | 13 | 0 | 3.0 | $8,000,000 | |
| Adam Everett | 33 | R | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Feb 2, 1977 | 10 | 31 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.4 | $1,550,000 | |
| Casey Fien | 26 | R | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Oct 21, 1983 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | ||
| Alfredo Figaro | 25 | R | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Jul 7, 1984 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.4 | ||
| Jeff Frazier | 27 | R | R | 6' 3" | 195 | Aug 10, 1982 | 1st | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -0.1 | ||
| Armando Galarraga | 28 | R | R | 6' 3" | 230 | Jan 15, 1982 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | ||
| Enrique Gonzalez | 27 | R | R | 5' 10" | 225 | Jul 14, 1982 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | ||
| Carlos Guillen | 34 | B | R | 6' 1" | 215 | Sep 30, 1975 | 13 | 68 | 65 | 68 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | $13,000,000 | |
| Brandon Inge | 33 | R | R | 5' 11" | 190 | May 19, 1977 | 10 | 144 | 138 | 144 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.4 | $6,600,000 | |
| Austin Jackson | 23 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Feb 1, 1987 | 1st | 151 | 140 | 151 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5.2 | $400,000 | |
| Don Kelly | 30 | L | R | 6' 4" | 190 | Feb 15, 1980 | 3 | 119 | 55 | 119 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 65 | 12 | 2 | 79 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2.1 | $405,000 | |
| Gerald Laird | 30 | R | R | 6' 1" | 225 | Nov 13, 1979 | 8 | 89 | 76 | 89 | 87 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | -0.6 | $3,950,000 | |
| Jeff Larish | 27 | L | R | 6' 2" | 200 | Oct 11, 1982 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | ||
| Fu-Te Ni | 27 | L | L | 6' 0" | 170 | Nov 14, 1982 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.6 | $407,500 | |
| Andy Oliver | 22 | L | L | 6' 3" | 215 | Dec 3, 1987 | 1st | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.8 | ||
| Magglio Ordonez | 36 | R | R | 6' 0" | 215 | Jan 28, 1974 | 14 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 71 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | $17,825,976 | |
| Jhonny Peralta | 28 | R | R | 6' 2" | 215 | May 28, 1982 | 8 | 57 | 55 | 57 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.9 | ||
| Ryan Perry | 23 | R | R | 6' 5" | 215 | Feb 13, 1987 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | $408,500 | |
| Rick Porcello | 21 | R | R | 6' 5" | 200 | Dec 27, 1988 | 2 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | $1,920,000 | |
| Ryan Raburn | 29 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Apr 17, 1981 | 5 | 113 | 87 | 113 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 7 | 20 | 100 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1.9 | $438,000 | |
| Will Rhymes | 27 | L | R | 5' 9" | 190 | Apr 1, 1983 | 1st | 54 | 46 | 54 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1.0 | ||
| Ramon Santiago | 30 | B | R | 5' 11" | 175 | Aug 31, 1979 | 9 | 112 | 79 | 112 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 2.8 | $1,250,000 | |
| Jay Sborz | 25 | R | R | 6' 4" | 210 | Jan 24, 1985 | 1st | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | ||
| Max Scherzer | 25 | R | R | 6' 3" | 220 | Jul 27, 1984 | 3 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | $1,500,000 | |
| Daniel Schlereth | 24 | L | L | 6' 0" | 200 | May 9, 1986 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | ||
| Scott Sizemore | 25 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Jan 4, 1985 | 1st | 48 | 41 | 48 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | -0.7 | $400,000 | |
| Max St. Pierre | 30 | R | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Apr 17, 1980 | 1st | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.1 | ||
| Brad Thomas | 32 | L | L | 6' 4" | 235 | Oct 22, 1977 | 4 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | $1,000,000 | |
| Jose Valverde | 32 | R | R | 6' 4" | 255 | Mar 24, 1978 | 8 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | $6,886,052 | All-Star |
| Justin Verlander | 27 | R | R | 6' 5" | 225 | Feb 20, 1983 | 6 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | $6,850,000 | All-Star |
| Robbie Weinhardt | 24 | R | R | 6' 2" | 205 | Dec 8, 1985 | 1st | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.9 | ||
| Casper Wells | 25 | R | R | 6' 2" | 220 | Nov 23, 1984 | 1st | 36 | 21 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 41 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1.5 | ||
| Dontrelle Willis | 28 | L | L | 6' 4" | 225 | Jan 12, 1982 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | $12,000,000 | |
| Danny Worth | 24 | R | R | 6' 1" | 185 | Sep 30, 1985 | 1st | 39 | 33 | 39 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.2 | ||
| Joel Zumaya | 25 | R | R | 6' 3" | 215 | Nov 9, 1984 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | $915,000 | |
| 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 |