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Detroit Tigers Opening Day Lineups

Lineups are the starting lineups for that game.

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Game (# = Opp. LHS)	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	P	DH
2013. Mon, Apr 1 at MIN W (4-2)	Avila	Fielder	Infante	Cabrera	Peralta	Dirks	Jackson	Hunter	Verlander	Martinez
2012. Thu, Apr 5 vs BOS W (3-2)#	Avila	Fielder	Santiago	Cabrera	Peralta	Young	Jackson	Boesch	Verlander	Raburn
2011. Thu, Mar 31 at NYY L (3-6)#	Avila	Cabrera	Rhymes	Inge	Peralta	Raburn	Jackson	Ordonez	Verlander	Martinez
2010. Mon, Apr 5 at KCR W (8-4)	Laird	Cabrera	Sizemore	Inge	Everett	Damon	Jackson	Ordonez	Verlander	Guillen
2009. Mon, Apr 6 at TOR L (5-12)	Laird	Cabrera	Polanco	Inge	Everett	Anderson	Granderson	Ordonez	Verlander	Guillen
2008. Mon, Mar 31 vs KCR L (4-5)	Rodriguez	Guillen	Polanco	Cabrera	Renteria	Jones	Inge	Ordonez	Verlander	Sheffield
2007. Mon, Apr 2 vs TOR L (3-5)	Rodriguez	Casey	Polanco	Inge	Guillen	Monroe	Granderson	Ordonez	Bonderman	Sheffield
2006. Mon, Apr 3 at KCR W (3-1)	Rodriguez	Shelton	Polanco	Inge	Guillen	Monroe	Granderson	Ordonez	Rogers	Young
2005. Mon, Apr 4 vs KCR W (11-2)	Rodriguez	Pena	Infante	Inge	Guillen	White	Monroe	Ordonez	Bonderman	Young
2004. Mon, Apr 5 at TOR W (7-0)	Rodriguez	Pena	Vina	Munson	Guillen	White	Sanchez	Higginson	Johnson	Young
2003. Mon, Mar 31 vs MIN L (1-3)	Inge	Pena	Santiago	Munson	Infante	Young	Kingsale	Higginson	Maroth	Palmer
2002. Tue, Apr 2 at TBD L (5-9)	Rivera	Young	Easley	Paquette	Halter	Higginson	Macias	Cruz	Weaver	Fick
2001. Tue, Apr 3 vs MIN L (2-3)	Inge	Clark	Easley	Halter	Cruz	Higginson	Encarnacion	Cedeno	Weaver	McMillon
2000. Mon, Apr 3 at OAK W (7-4)	Ausmus	Clark	Easley	Palmer	Cruz	Higginson	Encarnacion	Polonia	Nomo	Gonzalez
1999. Mon, Apr 5 at TEX W (11-5)	Ausmus	Clark	Easley	Palmer	Cruz	Encarnacion	Hunter	Higginson	Moehler	Jefferies
1998. Tue, Mar 31 at TBD W (11-6)#	Oliver	Clark	Easley	Randa	Ripken	Gonzalez	Hunter	Higginson	Thompson	Roberts
1997. Tue, Apr 1 at MIN L (5-7)	Johnson	Clark	Easley	Fryman	Cruz	Higginson	Hunter	Nieves	Brocail	Trammell
1996. Mon, Apr 1 at MIN L (6-8)	Flaherty	Fielder	Lewis	Fryman	Trammell	Nieves	Curtis	Higginson	Lira	Williams
1995. Wed, Apr 26 at CAL W (5-4)#	Flaherty	Fielder	Fletcher	Fryman	Gomez	Pemberton	Curtis	Bautista	Moore	Samuel
1994. Mon, Apr 4 at BOS L (8-9)	Tettleton	Fielder	Whitaker	Fryman	Trammell	Phillips	Davis	Gibson	Moore	Felix
1993. Mon, Apr 5 at OAK L (4-9)	Tettleton	Fielder	Whitaker	Livingstone	Fryman	Phillips	Cuyler	Deer	Moore	Gibson
1992. Mon, Apr 6 vs TOR L (2-4)	Tettleton	Fielder	Whitaker	Fryman	Trammell	Gladden	Cuyler	Deer	Gullickson	Phillips
1991. Mon, Apr 8 vs NYY W (6-4)	Tettleton	Fielder	Whitaker	Fryman	Trammell	Moseby	Cuyler	Deer	Tanana	Phillips
1990. Mon, Apr 9 at BOS L (2-5)	Nokes	Fielder	Whitaker	Phillips	Trammell	Ward	Moseby	Lemon	Morris	Bergman
1989. Tue, Apr 4 at TEX L (0-4)	Nokes	Lovullo	Whitaker	Brown	Trammell	Lynn	Williams	Lemon	Morris	Sheridan
1988. Mon, Apr 4 at BOS W (5-3)	Heath	Evans	Whitaker	Brookens	Trammell	Sheridan	Pettis	Lemon	Morris	Nokes
1987. Mon, Apr 6 vs NYY L (1-2)#	Mercado	Evans	Whitaker	Coles	Trammell	Herndon	Lemon	Heath	Morris	Harper
1986. Mon, Apr 7 vs BOS W (6-5)#	Parrish	Evans	Whitaker	Coles	Trammell	Herndon	Lemon	Gibson	Morris	Collins
1985. Mon, Apr 8 vs CLE W (5-4)	Parrish	Evans	Whitaker	Pittaro	Trammell	Herndon	Lemon	Gibson	Morris	Grubb
1984. Tue, Apr 3 at MIN W (8-1)	Parrish	Bergman	Whitaker	Johnson	Trammell	Herndon	Lemon	Gibson	Morris	Evans
1983. Tue, Apr 5 at MIN W (11-3)#	Parrish	Ivie	Whitaker	Brookens	Trammell	Herndon	Lemon	Wilson	Morris	Wockenfuss
1982. Fri, Apr 9 at KCR L (2-4)#	Parrish	Cabell	Whitaker	Brookens	Trammell	Herndon	Gibson	Miller	Morris	Wockenfuss
1981. Thu, Apr 9 vs TOR W (6-2)	Parrish	Hebner	Whitaker	Kelleher	Trammell	Kemp	Peters	Gibson	Morris	Summers
1980. Thu, Apr 10 at KCR W (5-1)	Parrish	Thompson	Whitaker	Hebner	Wagner	Kemp	Gibson	Peters	Morris	Summers
1979. Sat, Apr 7 vs TEX L (2-8)	Parrish	Thompson	Whitaker	Mankowski	Trammell	Kemp	LeFlore	Morales	Rozema	Corcoran
1978. Fri, Apr 7 vs TOR W (6-2)	May	Thompson	Whitaker	Mankowski	Trammell	Kemp	LeFlore	Corcoran	Fidrych	Staub
1977. Thu, Apr 7 vs KCR L (4-7)#	May	Thompson	Fuentes	Rodriguez	Veryzer	Horton	LeFlore	Oglivie	Roberts	Staub
1976. Sat, Apr 10 at CLE W (3-1)	May	Meyer	Sutherland	Rodriguez	Veryzer	Johnson	Oglivie	Staub	Coleman	Horton
1975. Thu, Apr 10 vs BAL L (0-10)	Freehan	Colbert	Sutherland	Rodriguez	Veryzer	Meyer	LeFlore	James	Coleman	Horton
1974. Fri, Apr 5 at BAL L (2-3)	Freehan	Cash	Sutherland	Rodriguez	Brinkman	Horton	Stanley	Northrup	Lolich	Kaline
1973. Sat, Apr 7 at CLE L (1-2)	Sims	Cash	McAuliffe	Rodriguez	Brinkman	Northrup	Stanley	Kaline	Lolich	Brown
1972. Sat, Apr 15 vs BOS W (3-2)	Freehan	Cash	McAuliffe	Rodriguez	Brinkman	Horton	Northrup	Kaline	Lolich
1971. Tue, Apr 6 vs CLE W (8-2)	Freehan	Northrup	McAuliffe	Rodriguez	Brinkman	Horton	Stanley	Kaline	Lolich
1970. Mon, Apr 6 at WSA W (5-0)	Freehan	Cash	McAuliffe	Jones	Gutierrez	Horton	Northrup	Kaline	Lolich
1969. Tue, Apr 8 vs CLE W (6-2)	Freehan	Cash	McAuliffe	Wert	Stanley	Horton	Northrup	Kaline	McLain
1968. Wed, Apr 10 vs BOS L (3-7)#	Freehan	Stanley	McAuliffe	Wert	Oyler	Horton	Northrup	Kaline	Wilson
1967. Tue, Apr 11 at CAL L (2-4)#	Freehan	Cash	McAuliffe	Wert	Tracewski	Brown	Northrup	Kaline	McLain
1966. Tue, Apr 12 at NYY W (2-1)#	Freehan	Cash	Lumpe	Wert	McAuliffe	Horton	Stanley	Kaline	Lolich
1965. Mon, Apr 12 at KCA W (6-2)	Sullivan	Cash	Lumpe	Wert	McAuliffe	Northrup	Demeter	Kaline	Lolich
1964. Tue, Apr 14 vs KCA W (7-3)	Freehan	Cash	Lumpe	Wert	McAuliffe	Bruton	Demeter	Kaline	Regan
1963. Tue, Apr 9 vs CHW L (5-7)	Triandos	Cash	McAuliffe	Phillips	Fernandez	Colavito	Bruton	Kaline	Bunning
1962. Mon, Apr 9 at WSA L (1-4)	Roarke	Cash	Wood	Boros	Fernandez	Colavito	Bruton	Kaline	Mossi
1961. Tue, Apr 11 vs CLE L (5-9)	Brown	Cash	Wood	Boros	Fernandez	Colavito	Bruton	Kaline	Bunning
1960. Tue, Apr 19 at CLE W (4-2)	Berberet	Bilko	Bolling	Yost	Fernandez	Maxwell	Kaline	Colavito	Lary
1959. Fri, Apr 10 vs CHW L (7-9)#	Wilson	Harris	Bolling	Yost	Bridges	Doby	Kuenn	Kaline	Bunning
1958. Tue, Apr 15 at CHW W (4-3)#	Hegan	Boone	Bolling	Bertoia	Martin	Skizas	Kuenn	Kaline	Bunning
1957. Tue, Apr 16 at KCA L (1-2)	Wilson	Boone	Bolling	Finigan	Kuenn	Maxwell	Tuttle	Kaline	Lary
1956. Tue, Apr 17 vs KCA L (1-2)#	House	Torgeson	Bertoia	Boone	Kuenn	King	Tuttle	Kaline	Lary
1955. Tue, Apr 12 at KCA L (2-6)#	Wilson	Porter	Hatfield	Boone	Kuenn	Phillips	Tuttle	Kaline	Garver
1954. Tue, Apr 13 vs BAL W (3-0)	Batts	Dropo	Bolling	Boone	Kuenn	Delsing	Tuttle	Kaline	Gromek
1953. Tue, Apr 14 at SLB L (0-10)	Bucha	Dropo	Friend	Baumgartner	Kuenn	Sullivan	Delsing	Nieman	Garver
1952. Tue, Apr 15 vs SLB L (0-3)	Batts	Taylor	Priddy	Kell	Berry	Mullin	Mapes	Wertz	Trout
1951. Tue, Apr 17 vs CLE L (1-2)	Ginsberg	Kolloway	Priddy	Berry	Lipon	Evers	Groth	Wertz	Newhouser
1950. Tue, Apr 18 at CLE W (7-6)	Robinson	Kryhoski	Priddy	Kell	Lipon	Mullin	Groth	Wertz	Hutchinson
1949. Tue, Apr 19 vs CHW W (5-1)	Robinson	Vico	Berry	Kell	Lipon	Evers	Groth	Wertz	Newhouser
1948. Tue, Apr 20 at CHW W (5-2)	Swift	Vico	Mayo	Kell	Berry	Wakefield	Evers	Wertz	Newhouser
1947. Tue, Apr 15 at SLB W (7-0)	Tebbetts	Cullenbine	Mayo	Kell	Lake	Wertz	Evers	Mullin	Newhouser
1946. Tue, Apr 16 vs SLB W (2-1)	Richards	Greenberg	Mayo	Higgins	Lake	Wakefield	McCosky	Mullin	Newhouser
1945. Tue, Apr 17 at SLB L (1-7)	Richards	York	Mayo	Ross	Webb	Maier	Cramer	Outlaw	Newhouser
1944. Tue, Apr 18 vs SLB L (1-2)	Swift	York	Heffner	Higgins	Mayo	Outlaw	Cramer	Ross	Trout
1943. Wed, Apr 21 at CLE L (0-1)	Parsons	York	Bloodworth	Higgins	Hoover	Wakefield	Cramer	Radcliff	Bridges
1942. Tue, Apr 14 vs CLE L (2-5)	Tebbetts	York	Bloodworth	Higgins	McNair	McCosky	Cramer	Harris	Benton
1941. Wed, Apr 16 at SLB L (1-8)	Sullivan	York	Gehringer	Higgins	Bartell	Greenberg	McCosky	Stainback	Newsom
1940. Tue, Apr 16 vs SLB L (1-5)	Tebbetts	York	Gehringer	Higgins	Bartell	Greenberg	McCosky	Campbell	Newsom
1939. Tue, Apr 18 vs CHW W (6-1)	York	Greenberg	Gehringer	Rogell	Croucher	Walker	McCosky	Fox	Bridges
1938. Tue, Apr 19 at CHW L (3-4)	York	Greenberg	Gehringer	Ross	Rogell	Cullenbine	Walker	Fox	Lawson
1937. Tue, Apr 20 vs CLE W (4-3)	Cochrane	Greenberg	Gehringer	York	Rogell	Goslin	White	Walker	Auker
1936. Tue, Apr 14 at CLE W (3-0)	Cochrane	Greenberg	Gehringer	Owen	Rogell	Goslin	Simmons	Fox	Rowe
1935. Wed, Apr 17 vs CHW L (6-7)	Cochrane	Greenberg	Gehringer	Owen	Rogell	Goslin	White	Walker	Rowe
1934. Tue, Apr 17 at CHW W (8-3)	Cochrane	Greenberg	Gehringer	Owen	Rogell	Goslin	Doljack	Walker	Marberry
1933. Wed, Apr 12 vs CLE L (1-4)	Hayworth	Davis	Gehringer	Owen	Rogell	Walker	Fox	Stone	Bridges
1932. Wed, Apr 13 vs CLE L (5-6)	Ruel	Davis	Gehringer	Richardson	Rogell	Stone	Lawrence	Johnson	Sorrell
1931. Tue, Apr 14 at SLB L (3-7)#	Schang	Alexander	Gehringer	McManus	Akers	Walker	Shiver	Doljack	Whitehill
1930. Tue, Apr 15 vs SLB W (6-3)	Hayworth	Alexander	Gehringer	McManus	Rogell	Rice	Funk	Johnson	Uhle
1929. Tue, Apr 16 at CLE L (4-5)#	Shea	Alexander	Gehringer	McManus	Richardson	Fothergill	Rice	Heilmann	Whitehill
1928. Wed, Apr 11 vs SLB L (1-4)	Shea	Neun	Gehringer	McManus	Tavener	Fothergill	Rice	Heilmann	Billings
1927. Fri, Apr 15 at SLB T (2-2)#	Bassler	Blue	McManus	Warner	Tavener	Fothergill	Manush	Heilmann	Whitehill
1926. Tue, Apr 13 vs CLE L (1-2)	Bassler	Blue	O'Rourke	Warner	Tavener	Wingo	Fothergill	Heilmann	Whitehill
1925. Tue, Apr 14 vs CHW W (4-3)	Woodall	Neun	O'Rourke	Haney	Rigney	Wingo	Manush	Heilmann	Leonard
1924. Tue, Apr 15 vs CLE W (4-3)#	Bassler	Blue	Pratt	Jones	Rigney	Fothergill	Cobb	Heilmann	Dauss
1923. Wed, Apr 18 at SLB W (9-6)	Bassler	Blue	Cutshaw	Jones	Rigney	Veach	Cobb	Heilmann	Collins
1922. Wed, Apr 12 at CLE L (4-7)	Bassler	Blue	Cutshaw	Jones	Rigney	Veach	Flagstead	Heilmann	Oldham
1921. Thu, Apr 14 vs CHW W (6-5)#	Ainsmith	Blue	Young	Jones	Bush	Veach	Cobb	Heilmann	Leonard
1920. Wed, Apr 14 at CHW L (2-3)#	Stanage	Heilmann	Young	Pinelli	Bush	Veach	Cobb	Flagstead	Dauss
1919. Fri, Apr 25 vs CLE W (4-2)	Ainsmith	Heilmann	Young	Jones	Bush	Veach	Cobb	Shorten	Ehmke
1918. Thu, Apr 18 at CLE L (2-6)	Stanage	Dressen	Young	Vitt	Bush	Veach	Walker	Ellison	Boland
1917. Wed, Apr 11 vs CLE L (4-6)	Stanage	Burns	Young	Jones	Bush	Veach	Heilmann	Cobb	James
1916. Wed, Apr 12 at CHW W (4-0)#	Stanage	Heilmann	Young	Vitt	Bush	Veach	Cobb	Crawford	Coveleski
98 Games	44 Players	41 Players	30 Players	42 Players	38 Players	53 Players	48 Players	44 Players	50 Players	31 Players
Most-Games	Freehan-10 Parrish-8 Bassler-5 Rodriguez-5 Cochrane-4 Tettleton-4 Stanage-4 May-3 Avila-3 Wilson-3	Cash-12 Greenberg-7 Fielder-7 Blue-6 York-6 Clark-5 Thompson-4 Evans-4 Cabrera-3 Pena-3	Whitaker-17 Gehringer-14 McAuliffe-8 Young-6 Easley-6 Bolling-5 Mayo-4 Polanco-4 Priddy-3 Sutherland-3	Rodriguez-7 Inge-6 Jones-6 Higgins-6 Wert-6 Fryman-6 Kell-5 Owen-4 McManus-4 Cabrera-3	Trammell-16 Rogell-8 Bush-6 Kuenn-5 Cruz-4 Fernandez-4 Brinkman-4 Guillen-4 Rigney-4 Tavener-3	Horton-8 Veach-8 Herndon-6 Goslin-4 Kemp-4 Fothergill-4 Higginson-4 Colavito-3 Wakefield-3 Phillips-2	Cobb-6 Northrup-5 Lemon-5 Cramer-4 Stanley-4 Jackson-4 Tuttle-4 LeFlore-4 McCosky-4 Hunter-3	Kaline-19 Heilmann-9 Ordonez-7 Wertz-5 Gibson-5 Higginson-5 Walker-3 Deer-3 Lemon-3 Fox-3	Morris-11 Lolich-7 Verlander-6 Newhouser-6 Bunning-4 Whitehill-4 Moore-3 Bridges-3 Lary-3 Coleman-2	Young-3 Phillips-2 Horton-2 Staub-2 Summers-2 Martinez-2 Wockenfuss-2 Guillen-2 Sheffield-2 Palmer-1

Most Common Lineups

1 Game C. Stanage 1B. Heilmann 2B. Young 3B. Pinelli SS. Bush LF. Veach CF. Cobb RF. Flagstead P. Pitcher	1 Game C. Avila 1B. Fielder 2B. Santiago 3B. Cabrera SS. Peralta LF. Young CF. Jackson RF. Boesch P. Pitcher DH. Raburn	1 Game C. Bassler 1B. Blue 2B. Cutshaw 3B. Jones SS. Rigney LF. Veach CF. Cobb RF. Heilmann P. Pitcher	1 Game C. Tebbetts 1B. York 2B. Gehringer 3B. Higgins SS. Bartell LF. Greenberg CF. McCosky RF. Campbell P. Pitcher	1 Game C. Stanage 1B. Heilmann 2B. Young 3B. Vitt SS. Bush LF. Veach CF. Cobb RF. Crawford P. Pitcher	1 Game C. Bucha 1B. Dropo 2B. Friend 3B. Baumgartner SS. Kuenn LF. Sullivan CF. Delsing RF. Nieman P. Pitcher

1 Game
C. Stanage
1B. Heilmann
2B. Young
3B. Pinelli
SS. Bush
LF. Veach
CF. Cobb
RF. Flagstead
P. Pitcher

1 Game
C. Avila
1B. Fielder
2B. Santiago
3B. Cabrera
SS. Peralta
LF. Young
CF. Jackson
RF. Boesch
P. Pitcher
DH. Raburn

1 Game
C. Bassler
1B. Blue
2B. Cutshaw
3B. Jones
SS. Rigney
LF. Veach
CF. Cobb
RF. Heilmann
P. Pitcher

1 Game
C. Tebbetts
1B. York
2B. Gehringer
3B. Higgins
SS. Bartell
LF. Greenberg
CF. McCosky
RF. Campbell
P. Pitcher

1 Game
C. Stanage
1B. Heilmann
2B. Young
3B. Vitt
SS. Bush
LF. Veach
CF. Cobb
RF. Crawford
P. Pitcher

1 Game
C. Bucha
1B. Dropo
2B. Friend
3B. Baumgartner
SS. Kuenn
LF. Sullivan
CF. Delsing
RF. Nieman
P. Pitcher

98 total lineups (98 when including pitchers)

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