1986 Detroit Tigers Roster (40-man)

1985 Season 1987 Season

Record: 87-75-0, Finished 3rd in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

General Manager: Bill Lajoie

Ballpark: Tiger Stadium

Attendance: 1,899,437 (7th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
One-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95

Pythagorean W-L: 89-73, 798 Runs, 714 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	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
Doug Baker	25	us US	B	R	5' 9"	165	Apr 3, 1961	3	13	9	13	12	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-0.3
Dave Bergman	33	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Jun 6, 1953	11	65	28	65	43	0	0	41	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	8	29	0	-0.2	$316,667
Tom Brookens	32	us US	R	R	5' 10"	165	Aug 10, 1953	8	98	77	98	80	0	0	0	31	35	14	0	1	3	3	14	8	5	0.3	$325,000
Bill Campbell	37	us US	R	R	6' 3"	185	Aug 9, 1948	14	34	0	1	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$200,000
Chuck Cary	26	us US	L	L	6' 4"	210	Mar 3, 1960	2	22	0	0	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Darnell Coles	24	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jun 2, 1962	4	142	137	142	134	0	0	0	0	133	2	0	0	2	2	7	1	0	2.0	$75,000
Dave Collins	33	us US	B	L	5' 11"	175	Oct 20, 1952	12	124	112	124	94	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	10	11	94	24	11	0	1.4	$700,000
Dave Engle	29	us US	R	R	6' 3"	210	Nov 30, 1956	6	35	27	35	29	0	3	23	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	5	5	0	-0.1
Darrell Evans	39	us US	L	R	6' 2"	200	May 26, 1947	18	151	139	151	107	0	0	105	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	42	12	0	3.3	$793,333
Bruce Fields	25	us US	L	R	6' 0"	185	Oct 6, 1960	1st	16	11	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	14	1	3	1	-0.1
Kirk Gibson	29	us US	L	L	6' 3"	215	May 28, 1957	8	119	117	119	114	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	114	114	4	2	0	3.7	$1,200,000
Johnny Grubb	37	us US	L	R	6' 3"	175	Aug 4, 1948	15	81	57	81	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	10	19	52	22	0	2.6	$250,000
Brian Harper	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Oct 16, 1959	7	19	9	19	13	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	11	6	6	2	-0.5
Mike Heath	31	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Feb 5, 1955	9	30	27	30	30	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.4
Willie Hernández	31	pr PR	L	L	6' 3"	180	Nov 14, 1954	10	64	0	1	64	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	$960,000	All-Star
Larry Herndon	32	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Nov 3, 1953	12	106	71	106	83	0	0	0	0	0	0	83	0	0	83	18	31	1	0.8	$687,500
Bryan Kelly	27	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Feb 24, 1959	1st	6	4	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Eric King	22	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Apr 10, 1964	1st	33	16	0	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.4	$60,000
Mike Laga	26	us US	L	L	6' 2"	210	Jun 14, 1960	5	15	12	15	12	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.1	$72,500
Dave LaPoint	26	us US	L	L	6' 3"	205	Jul 29, 1959	7	16	8	0	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9	$550,000
Jack Lazorko	30	us US	R	R	5' 11"	200	Mar 30, 1956	3	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Chet Lemon	31	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Feb 12, 1955	12	126	111	126	124	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	124	0	124	0	10	0	2.8	$698,571
Dwight Lowry	28	us US	L	R	6' 3"	210	Oct 23, 1957	2	56	45	56	56	0	55	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.5	$62,500
Scotti Madison	26	us US	B	R	5' 11"	185	Sep 12, 1959	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	-0.3
Jack Morris HOF	31	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	May 16, 1955	10	35	35	0	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	$875,000
Matt Nokes	22	us US	L	R	6' 1"	185	Oct 31, 1963	2	7	7	7	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Randy O'Neal	25	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Aug 30, 1960	3	37	11	0	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$80,000
John Pacella	29	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Sep 15, 1956	6	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Lance Parrish	30	us US	R	R	6' 3"	210	Jun 15, 1956	10	91	87	91	85	0	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	3.1	$850,000	All-Star
Dan Petry	27	us US	R	R	6' 4"	185	Nov 13, 1958	8	20	20	0	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.1	$875,000
Bill Scherrer	28	us US	L	L	6' 4"	170	Jan 20, 1958	5	13	0	0	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6
Pat Sheridan	28	us US	L	R	6' 3"	175	Dec 4, 1957	5	98	67	98	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	51	32	90	5	5	13	0.1	$150,000
Jim Slaton	36	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Jun 19, 1950	16	22	0	1	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$60,000
Harry Spilman	31	us US	L	R	6' 1"	180	Jul 18, 1954	9	24	11	24	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	11	1	0.1	$60,000
Frank Tanana	32	us US	L	L	6' 2"	180	Jul 3, 1953	14	32	31	0	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	$662,500
Walt Terrell	28	us US	L	R	6' 2"	205	May 11, 1958	5	34	33	0	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	$260,000
Mark Thurmond	29	us US	L	L	6' 0"	180	Sep 12, 1956	4	25	4	0	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.6
Tim Tolman	30	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Apr 20, 1956	6	16	13	16	7	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	9	3	0	-0.2
Alan Trammell HOF	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	165	Feb 21, 1958	10	151	146	151	149	0	0	0	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	6.3	$567,143
Lou Whitaker	29	us US	L	R	5' 11"	160	May 12, 1957	10	144	136	144	141	0	0	0	141	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	4.4	$670,000	All-Star
Name	Age	Birth	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

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Sparky Anderson HOF	52	us US	Feb 22, 1934	Manager	Apr 7	Oct 5
Billy Consolo	51	us US	Aug 18, 1934	Bench	Apr 7	Oct 5
Vada Pinson	47	us US	Aug 11, 1938	Hitting	Apr 7	Oct 5
Billy Muffett	55	us US	Sep 21, 1930	Pitching	Apr 7	Oct 5
Dick Tracewski	51	us US	Feb 3, 1935	First base	Apr 7	Oct 5
Alex Grammas	60	us US	Apr 3, 1926	Third base	Apr 7	Oct 5
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date