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1981 Detroit Tigers Statistics

1980 Season 1982 Season

Record: 60-49-0, Finished 3rd in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

First Half: 31-26, Finished 4th

Second Half: 29-23, Finished 2nd

Manager: Sparky Anderson (60-49)

General Manager: Jim Campbell

Scouting Director: Dave Miller

Ballpark: Tiger Stadium

Attendance: 1,149,144 (5th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103
One-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104

Pythagorean W-L: 57-52, 427 Runs, 404 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Lance Parrish	25	96	384	348	39	85	18	2	10	46	2	3	34	52	.244	.311	.394	.704	100	137	16	0	1	1	6
2	1B	Richie Hebner*	33	78	258	226	19	51	8	2	5	28	1	2	27	28	.226	.311	.345	.656	87	78	5	2	1	2	5
3	2B	Lou Whitaker*	24	109	382	335	48	88	14	4	5	36	5	3	40	42	.263	.340	.373	.714	104	125	5	1	3	3	3
4	SS	Alan Trammell	23	105	463	392	52	101	15	3	2	31	10	3	49	31	.258	.342	.327	.669	92	128	10	3	16	3	2
5	3B	Tom Brookens	27	71	265	239	19	58	10	1	4	25	5	3	14	43	.243	.284	.343	.627	78	82	5	2	4	6	0
6	LF	Steve Kemp*	26	105	447	372	52	103	18	4	9	49	9	3	70	48	.277	.389	.419	.809	131	156	13	1	0	4	5
7	CF	Al Cowens	29	85	284	253	27	66	11	4	1	18	3	3	22	36	.261	.319	.348	.667	90	88	3	1	5	3	3
8	RF	Lynn Jones	28	71	197	174	19	45	5	0	2	19	1	2	18	10	.259	.328	.322	.650	86	56	6	1	2	2	1
9	DH	John Wockenfuss	32	70	202	172	20	37	4	0	9	25	0	0	28	22	.215	.322	.395	.717	104	68	5	0	0	2	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	OF	Kirk Gibson*	24	83	313	290	41	95	11	3	9	40	17	5	18	64	.328	.369	.479	.848	141	139	9	2	1	2	1
11	CF	Rick Peters#	25	63	244	207	26	53	7	3	0	15	1	6	29	28	.256	.351	.319	.670	93	66	8	2	5	1	2
12	DH	Champ Summers*	35	64	189	165	16	42	8	0	3	21	1	1	19	35	.255	.339	.358	.696	99	59	0	3	0	2	3
13	1B	Ron Jackson	28	31	104	95	12	27	8	1	1	12	4	1	8	11	.284	.337	.421	.758	115	40	0	0	0	1	0
14	UT	Rick Leach*	24	54	101	83	9	16	3	1	1	11	0	1	16	15	.193	.320	.289	.609	75	24	5	0	1	1	1
15	3B	Stan Papi	30	40	99	93	8	19	2	1	3	12	1	0	3	18	.204	.224	.344	.569	60	32	2	0	1	2	0
16	IF	Mick Kelleher	33	61	93	77	10	17	4	0	0	6	0	0	7	10	.221	.282	.273	.555	59	21	5	0	8	1	0
17	C	Bill Fahey*	31	27	72	67	5	17	2	0	1	9	0	1	2	4	.254	.271	.328	.600	71	22	1	0	2	1	0
18	3B	Marty Castillo	24	6	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	-28	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	OF	Darrell Brown#	25	16	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	43	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	C	Duffy Dyer	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
21	P	Larry Rothschild*	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
22	P	Dave Rozema	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
23	P	Dan Petry	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Jerry Ujdur	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Jack Morris	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Dan Schatzeder*	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Kevin Saucier*	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Milt Wilcox	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Dave Rucker*	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Aurelio López	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Dennis Kinney*	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Howard Bailey	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Dave Tobik	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	George Cappuzzello	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.1	109	4109	3600	427	922	148	29	65	403	61	37	404	500	.256	.331	.368	.699	99	1323	98	18	50	37	33
		Rank in 14 AL teams				8	9	8	7	2	9		7	7	1	8	7	3	10	8		10		7		4
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Jack Morris	26	14	7	.667	3.05	25	25	0	15	1	0	198.0	153	69	67	14	78	11	97	2	2	2	798	124	3.75	1.167	7.0	0.6	3.5	4.4	1.24
2	SP	Milt Wilcox	31	12	9	.571	3.03	24	24	0	8	1	0	166.1	152	61	56	10	52	3	79	6	0	4	686	125	3.48	1.226	8.2	0.5	2.8	4.3	1.52
3	SP	Dan Petry	22	10	9	.526	3.00	23	22	1	7	2	0	141.0	115	53	47	10	57	4	79	1	1	3	583	126	3.64	1.220	7.3	0.6	3.6	5.0	1.39
4	SP	Dan Schatzeder*	26	6	8	.429	6.06	17	14	1	1	0	0	71.1	74	49	48	13	29	1	20	2	0	3	318	63	5.71	1.444	9.3	1.6	3.7	2.5	0.69
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Kevin Saucier*	24	4	2	.667	1.65	38	0	23	0	0	13	49.0	26	11	9	1	21	3	23	5	0	2	189	230	3.52	0.959	4.8	0.2	3.9	4.2	1.10
6	RP	Dave Rozema	24	5	5	.500	3.63	28	9	12	2	2	3	104.0	99	42	42	12	25	8	46	3	0	2	419	104	4.02	1.192	8.6	1.0	2.2	4.0	1.84
7	RP	Aurelio López	32	5	2	.714	3.64	29	3	19	0	0	3	81.2	70	34	33	8	31	2	53	2	1	0	338	104	3.79	1.237	7.7	0.9	3.4	5.8	1.71
8	RP	Dave Tobik	28	2	2	.500	2.69	27	0	9	0	0	1	60.1	47	19	18	7	33	3	32	0	0	1	258	141	4.69	1.326	7.0	1.0	4.9	4.8	0.97
9	RP	George Cappuzzello*	27	1	1	.500	3.48	18	3	5	0	0	1	33.2	28	14	13	2	18	2	19	2	0	4	146	110	4.03	1.366	7.5	0.5	4.8	5.1	1.06
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
10		Howard Bailey*	23	1	4	.200	7.36	9	5	2	0	0	0	36.2	45	31	30	4	13	2	17	3	0	3	165	52	4.40	1.582	11.0	1.0	3.2	4.2	1.31
11		Jerry Ujdur	24	0	0		6.43	4	4	0	0	0	0	14.0	19	12	10	2	5	0	5	0	1	0	65	60	4.81	1.714	12.2	1.3	3.2	3.2	1.00
12		Larry Rothschild	27	0	0		1.59	5	0	2	0	0	1	5.2	4	1	1	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	27	255	5.42	1.765	6.4	0.0	9.5	1.6	0.17
13		Dave Rucker*	23	0	0		6.75	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	3	4	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	18	62	3.10	1.000	6.8	0.0	2.3	4.5	2.00
14		Dennis Kinney*	29	0	0		9.82	6	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	5	4	4	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	20	43	4.24	2.455	12.3	0.0	9.8	7.4	0.75
		Team Totals	26.5	60	49	.550	3.53	109	109	76	33	6	22	969.1	840	404	380	83	373	41	476	27	5	24	4030	107	3.97	1.251	7.8	0.8	3.5	4.4	1.28
		Rank in 14 AL teams		3	8		5				2	1	8	7	2	4	6	12	12		10
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W