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2012 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2011

88-74, 1st place in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Leyland (88-74)
Scored 726 runs, Allowed 670 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75

Ballparks: Comerica Park · Attendance: 3,028,033 (5th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-0) to San Francisco Giants
Won AL Championship Series (4-0) over New York Yankees
Won AL Division Series (3-2) over Oakland Athletics

American League Champs

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2011 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Future Payrolls

Buyouts are always shown when years are options ([*] for option details)
Age Yrs Acquired SrvTm Agent Contract Status 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Prince Fielder 29 8 Free Agency 7.068 Scott Boras 9 yrs/$214M (12-20) $23M $24M $24M $24M $24M $24M $24M $24M
Miguel Cabrera 30 10 Traded 9.101 SFX 8 yrs/$152.3M (08-15) $21M $22M $22M FA
Justin Verlander 30 8 Amateur Draft 7.002 SFX Mike Milchin 5 yrs/$79.5M (10-14) $20M $20M FA
Victor Martinez 34 10 Free Agency 9.114 Octagon 4 yrs/$50M (11-14) $13M $12M FA
Torii Hunter 37 16 Free Agency 13.132 Reynolds Spts Mgm... 2 yrs/$26M (13-14) $12M $14M FA
Jhonny Peralta 31 10 Free Agency 8.118 Bill Rego 3 yrs/$16.75M (11-13) $6M FA
Joaquin Benoit 35 11 Free Agency 10.040 Levinsons 3 yrs/$16.5M (11-13) $5.5M FA
Omar Infante 31 11 Traded 9.120 Octagon 2 yrs/$8M (12-13) $4M FA
Octavio Dotel 39 14 Free Agency 13.113 Dan Horwits 2 yrs/$6.5M (12-13) $3.5M FA
Ramon Santiago 33 11 Free Agency 8.095 SFX (Diego Bentz) 2 yrs/$4.2M (12-13) $2.1M FA
Brayan Pena 31 8 Free Agency 5.081 Wasserman Media G... Arb-3 (~$1.1M) FA
Max Scherzer 28 5 Traded 4.079 Scott Boras Arb-2 (~$7.5M) Arb-3 FA
Phil Coke 30 5 Traded 4.028 Full Circle Sport... Arb-2 (~$1.7M) Arb-3 FA
Rick Porcello 24 4 Amateur Draft 3.170 Hendricks Sports Arb-2 (~$4.7M) Arb-3 Arb-4 FA
Alex Avila 26 4 Amateur Draft 3.061 Hendricks Sports Arb-1 (~$2.5M) Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Doug Fister 29 4 Traded 3.058 PSI Sports Manage... Arb-1 (~$3.8M) Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Brennan Boesch 28 3 Amateur Draft 3.000 Boras Corporation Arb-1 (~$2.1M) Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Austin Jackson 26 3 Traded 3.000 Hendricks Sports Arb-1 (~$3.1M) Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Al Alburquerque 27 2 Free Agency 2.000 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Danny Worth 27 3 Amateur Draft 1.144 Pre-Arb-2 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 Arb-4 FA
Andy Dirks 27 2 Amateur Draft 1.139 Pre-Arb-2 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 Arb-4 FA
Brayan Villarreal 26 2 Amateur Free Agent 1.041 Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Duane Below 27 2 Amateur Draft 1.031 Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Luis Marte 26 2 Amateur Free Agent 0.154 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 Arb-4 FA
Drew Smyly 24 1st Amateur Draft 0.149 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 Arb-4 FA
Quintin Berry 28 1st Free Agency 0.134 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Darin Downs 28 1st Free Agency 0.093 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Luke Putkonen 27 1st Amateur Draft 0.079 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Adam Wilk 25 2 Amateur Draft 0.052 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Bryan Holaday 25 1st Amateur Draft 0.049 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Avisail Garcia 22 1st Amateur Free Agent 0.034 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Casey Crosby 24 1st Amateur Draft 0.015 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Jose Ortega 24 1st Amateur Free Agent 0.010 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Hernan Perez 22 1st Amateur Free Agent 0.002 Pre-Arb Pre-Arb-2 Pre-Arb-3 Arb-1 Arb-2 Arb-3 FA
Brandon Inge Brandon Inge buyout $500k
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Signed Players With Guaranteed Contracts (does not include players with options) *10 5 2 1 1 1 1 1
Dollars Committed Value of Guaranteed Contracts (no options are exercised and includes buyouts) *$110.6M $92M $46M $24M $24M $24M $24M $24M
Contract Options Players with any type of option
Option Values Maximum value of options if all are exercised
Arb Eligible Number of arbitration eligible players (1st-2nd-3rd-4th, "Arb" players = 3rds) 4-3-1-0 3-4-3-0 4-3-4-1 9-4-3-0 0-9-4-2 0-0-9-2 0-0-0-0 0-0-0-0
Arb Costs Rough estimated value of all arbitration cases (uses 3-year averages for 1st yr, 2nd,..) †$26.5M $27.6M $35.5M $37.8M $49.9M $45.1M $0 $0
Other Players Additional Players Needed to Fill 25-man (no options exercised) 7 10 11 8 9 13 24 24
Other Costs Estimate of Remaining Players Costs (based on 1-year avg of all pre-arb players) $3.5M $5M $5.5M $4M $4.5M $6.5M $12M $12M
Payroll (no options) Est. Total Payroll w/o Options (Guaranteed + Arb + Other) $140.6M $124.6M $87M $65.8M $78.4M $75.6M $36M $36M
Payroll (options) Est. Total Payroll w/ Options (Guaranteed + Options + Arb + Other) $140.6M $124.6M $87M $65.8M $78.4M $75.6M $36M $36M

* - This is not intended as an accurate payroll accounting for current. Trades are not prorated, new debuts are not added, incentives are not included.
† - 2013 arbitration projections are provided by Matt Swartz and MLBTradeRumors.com. Please check the link for a description of process and a lot more great transaction content.
All salary values are VERY unofficial. On occasion, we have estimated arbitration eligibility.
Future arbitration eligibility assumes players will play full major league seasons.
Signing bonuses are as of now all assumed to have been paid at the time of signing.
For information like contract history, contract incentives, and more, we heartily recommend Cot's Contracts
Unsigned players salaries are estimated based on the last three years of salary data:
    $500k for pre-arbitration, $1.7M for 1st-year arb, $2.7M for 2nd-year-arb, $3.9M for 3rd-year-arb, $5M for 4th-year-arb.
Please let us know if you find any errors, updates, or corrections

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
Al Alburquerque 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 10, 1986 2 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $495,000
Alex Avila 25 L R 5' 11" 210 Jan 29, 1987 4 116 107 116 113 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2.2 $510,000
Jeff Baker 31 R R 6' 2" 210 Jun 21, 1981 8 15 11 15 15 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 11 12 0 3 0 -0.4 $
Collin Balester 26 R R 6' 5" 200 Jun 6, 1986 5 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $485,000
Duane Below 26 L L 6' 3" 220 Nov 15, 1985 2 27 1 1 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $482,000
Joaquin Benoit 34 R R 6' 3" 220 Jul 26, 1977 11 73 0 3 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $5,500,000
Quintin Berry 27 L L 6' 0" 175 Nov 21, 1984 1st 94 70 94 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 22 5 87 4 9 6 0.2 $
Brennan Boesch 27 L L 6' 4" 235 Apr 12, 1985 3 132 123 132 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 121 9 8 0 -1.4 $502,500
Miguel Cabrera 29 R R 6' 4" 240 Apr 18, 1983 10 161 161 161 154 0 0 2 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 6.9 $21,000,000 All-Star
Phil Coke 29 L L 6' 1" 210 Jul 19, 1982 5 66 0 3 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $1,100,000
Casey Crosby 23 R L 6' 5" 225 Sep 17, 1988 1st 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Andy Dirks 26 L L 6' 0" 195 Jan 24, 1986 2 88 79 88 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 1 24 72 11 8 0 2.0 $485,000
Octavio Dotel 38 R R 6' 0" 230 Nov 25, 1973 14 57 0 1 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $3,000,000
Darin Downs 27 R L 6' 3" 210 Dec 26, 1984 1st 18 0 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Brad Eldred 31 R R 6' 6" 270 Jul 12, 1980 4 5 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 -0.1 $
Prince Fielder 28 L R 5' 11" 275 May 9, 1984 8 162 162 162 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4.4 $23,000,000 All-Star
Doug Fister 28 L R 6' 8" 210 Feb 4, 1984 4 26 26 1 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 $507,500
Avisail Garcia 21 R R 6' 4" 240 Jun 12, 1991 1st 23 11 23 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18 21 0 4 3 -0.3 $
Bryan Holaday 24 R R 6' 0" 205 Nov 19, 1987 1st 6 3 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Omar Infante 30 R R 5' 11" 195 Dec 26, 1981 11 64 61 64 64 0 0 0 61 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.7 $4,000,000
Brandon Inge 35 R R 5' 11" 190 May 19, 1977 12 9 6 9 7 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 -0.6 $
Austin Jackson 25 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 1, 1987 3 137 135 137 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 137 0 1 1 5.2 $500,000
Don Kelly 32 L R 6' 4" 190 Feb 15, 1980 5 75 29 75 68 0 0 8 1 3 0 18 8 35 59 4 4 6 -1.0 $900,000
Gerald Laird 32 R R 6' 1" 225 Nov 13, 1979 10 63 51 63 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.0 $1,000,000
Luis Marte 25 R R 5' 11" 200 Aug 26, 1986 2 13 0 3 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $480,000
Jose Ortega 23 R R 5' 11" 185 Oct 12, 1988 1st 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jhonny Peralta 30 R R 6' 2" 215 May 28, 1982 10 150 145 150 149 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.8 $5,500,000
Hernan Perez 21 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 26, 1991 1st 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.0 $
Rick Porcello 23 R R 6' 5" 200 Dec 27, 1988 4 31 31 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $3,100,000
Luke Putkonen 26 R R 6' 6" 210 May 10, 1986 1st 12 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Ryan Raburn 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 17, 1981 7 66 56 66 62 0 0 0 32 0 0 30 0 22 51 2 5 0 -2.0 $2,100,000
Anibal Sanchez 28 R R 5' 11" 205 Feb 27, 1984 7 12 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Ramon Santiago 32 B R 5' 11" 175 Aug 31, 1979 11 93 62 93 89 0 0 0 71 6 20 0 0 0 0 1 9 1 -0.8 $2,100,000
Omir Santos 31 R R 6' 0" 215 Apr 29, 1981 4 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Max Scherzer 27 R R 6' 3" 220 Jul 27, 1984 5 32 32 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $3,750,000
Daniel Schlereth 26 L L 6' 0" 200 May 9, 1986 4 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $490,000
Drew Smyly 23 L L 6' 3" 190 Jun 13, 1989 1st 23 18 1 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Clete Thomas 28 L R 5' 11" 195 Nov 14, 1983 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 0.0 $
Jacob Turner 21 R R 6' 5" 210 May 21, 1991 2 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $1,175,000
Jose Valverde 34 R R 6' 4" 255 Mar 24, 1978 10 71 0 4 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $9,000,000
Justin Verlander 29 R R 6' 5" 225 Feb 20, 1983 8 33 33 3 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.5 $20,000,000 All-Star
Brayan Villarreal 25 R R 6' 0" 170 May 10, 1987 2 50 0 3 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Thad Weber 27 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 28, 1984 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Adam Wilk 24 L L 6' 2" 180 Dec 9, 1987 2 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Danny Worth 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 30, 1985 3 43 24 43 38 0 0 0 31 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 -0.3 $482,000
Delmon Young 26 R R 6' 3" 240 Sep 14, 1985 7 151 145 151 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 31 118 6 0 -1.2 $6,750,000
Matt Young 29 L R 5' 8" 175 Oct 3, 1982 2 5 1 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 2 0 -0.1 $
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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance
4

Omar Infante
9

Gerald Laird
12

Andy Dirks
13

Alex Avila
14

Austin Jackson
15

Brandon Inge
18

Jeff Baker
Omir Santos
19

Bryan Holaday
Anibal Sanchez
20

Octavio Dotel
21

Delmon Young
24

Miguel Cabrera
25

Ryan Raburn
26

Brennan Boesch
27

Jhonny Peralta
28

Prince Fielder
29

Danny Worth
31

Collin Balester
32

Don Kelly
33

Drew Smyly
34

Brad Eldred
Avisail Garcia
Hernan Perez
35

Justin Verlander
36

Luke Putkonen
Clete Thomas
37

Max Scherzer
38

Darin Downs
Matt Young
39

Ramon Santiago
40

Phil Coke
45

Casey Crosby
46

Jose Valverde
48

Rick Porcello
49

Luis Marte
50

Bryan Holaday
Jacob Turner
52

Quintin Berry
53

Joaquin Benoit
54

Thad Weber
55

Daniel Schlereth
56

Jose Ortega
57

Adam Wilk
58

Doug Fister
60

Brayan Villarreal
62

Al Alburquerque
64

Duane Below

2011 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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