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1987 Detroit Tigers Statistics

1986 Season 1988 Season

Record: 98-64-0, Finished 1st in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost AL Championship Series (4-1) to Minnesota Twins

Manager: Sparky Anderson (98-64)

General Manager: Bill Lajoie

Scouting Director: William Schudlich

Ballpark: Tiger Stadium

Attendance: 2,061,830 (7th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95
One-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96

Pythagorean W-L: 96-66, 896 Runs, 735 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	Matt Nokes*	23	135	508	461	69	133	14	2	32	87	2	1	35	70	.289	.345	.536	.880	133	247	13	6	3	3	2
2	1B	Darrell Evans*	40	150	609	499	90	128	20	0	34	99	6	5	100	84	.257	.379	.501	.880	135	250	2	2	2	6	8
3	2B	Lou Whitaker*	30	149	684	604	110	160	38	6	16	59	13	5	71	108	.265	.341	.427	.768	106	258	5	1	4	4	2
4	SS	Alan Trammell	29	151	668	597	109	205	34	3	28	105	21	2	60	47	.343	.402	.551	.953	155	329	11	3	2	6	8
5	3B	Tom Brookens	33	143	490	444	59	107	15	3	13	59	7	4	33	63	.241	.295	.376	.671	80	167	8	2	9	2	3
6	LF	Kirk Gibson*	30	128	568	487	95	135	25	3	24	79	26	7	71	117	.277	.372	.489	.861	130	238	5	5	1	4	8
7	CF	Chet Lemon	32	146	553	470	75	130	30	3	20	75	0	0	70	82	.277	.376	.481	.857	130	226	17	8	0	5	1
8	RF	Pat Sheridan*	29	141	473	421	57	109	19	3	6	49	18	13	44	90	.259	.327	.361	.688	86	152	7	1	2	5	4
9	DH	Bill Madlock	36	87	376	326	56	91	17	0	14	50	4	3	28	45	.279	.351	.460	.811	117	150	10	10	8	4	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	C	Mike Heath	32	93	297	270	34	76	16	0	8	33	1	5	21	42	.281	.339	.430	.769	106	116	5	3	1	1	0
11	OF	Larry Herndon	33	89	254	225	32	73	13	2	9	47	1	0	23	35	.324	.378	.520	.898	140	117	12	0	0	6	0
12	1B	Dave Bergman*	34	91	207	172	25	47	7	3	6	22	0	1	30	23	.273	.379	.453	.832	124	78	1	1	1	3	4
13	3B	Darnell Coles	25	53	169	149	14	27	5	1	4	15	0	1	15	23	.181	.263	.309	.572	54	46	1	2	2	1	1
14	DH	Johnny Grubb*	38	59	131	114	9	23	6	0	2	13	0	0	15	16	.202	.290	.307	.597	62	35	4	0	0	2	0
15	3B	Jim Morrison	34	34	122	117	15	24	1	1	4	19	2	1	2	26	.205	.221	.333	.555	47	39	1	1	0	2	0
16	DH	Terry Harper	31	31	74	64	4	13	3	0	3	10	1	0	9	8	.203	.301	.391	.692	85	25	2	0	1	0	0
17	OF	Billy Bean*	23	26	71	66	6	17	2	0	0	4	1	1	5	11	.258	.310	.288	.598	63	19	1	0	0	0	0
18	IF	Jim Walewander#	25	53	63	54	24	13	3	1	1	4	2	1	7	6	.241	.328	.389	.717	93	21	2	0	2	0	0
19	RF	Scott Lusader*	22	23	54	47	8	15	3	1	1	8	1	0	5	7	.319	.377	.489	.867	132	23	0	0	1	1	1
20	C	Dwight Lowry*	29	13	25	25	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.280	.480	28	7	0	0	0	0	0
21	C	Orlando Mercado	25	10	24	22	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.136	.208	.136	.345	-4	3	0	0	0	0	0
22	OF	Tim Tolman	31	9	21	12	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	2	.083	.429	.167	.595	71	2	1	1	0	1	1
23	IF	Doug Baker#	26	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
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
24	P	Mike Henneman	25	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Jack Morris	32	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Walt Terrell*	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Morris Madden*	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Doyle Alexander	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Dan Petry	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Nate Snell	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Dickie Noles	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Frank Tanana*	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Mark Thurmond*	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Jeff Robinson	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Willie Hernández*	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Eric King	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Bryan Kelly	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	31.3	162	6444	5649	896	1535	274	32	225	840	106	50	653	913	.272	.349	.451	.800	114	2548	108	46	39	56	44
		Rank in 14 AL teams				1	1	3	4	9	1		11	6	1	4	3	2	1	1		1		2		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	31.3	162	6442	5647	896	1535	274	32	225	840	106	50	653	912	.272	.349	.451	.800	114	2548	108	46	39	56	44
		Pitcher Totals	16.8	162	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	32	18	11	.621	3.38	34	34	0	13	0	0	266.0	227	111	100	39	93	7	208	1	1	24	1101	126	4.27	1.203	7.7	1.3	3.1	7.0	2.24
2	SP	Walt Terrell	29	17	10	.630	4.05	35	35	0	10	1	0	244.2	254	123	110	30	94	7	143	3	0	8	1057	105	4.49	1.422	9.3	1.1	3.5	5.3	1.52
3	SP	Frank Tanana*	33	15	10	.600	3.91	34	34	0	5	3	0	218.2	216	106	95	27	56	5	146	5	0	6	924	109	3.98	1.244	8.9	1.1	2.3	6.0	2.61
4	SP	Dan Petry	28	9	7	.563	5.61	30	21	3	0	0	0	134.2	148	101	84	22	76	5	93	10	1	8	628	76	5.53	1.663	9.9	1.5	5.1	6.2	1.22
5	SP	Jeff Robinson	25	9	6	.600	5.37	29	21	2	2	1	0	127.1	132	86	76	16	54	3	98	7	3	4	569	79	4.40	1.461	9.3	1.1	3.8	6.9	1.81
6	SP	Doyle Alexander	36	9	0	1.000	1.53	11	11	0	3	3	0	88.1	63	16	15	3	26	0	44	0	0	1	340	279	3.20	1.008	6.4	0.3	2.6	4.5	1.69
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
7	CL	Eric King	23	6	9	.400	4.89	55	4	26	0	0	9	116.0	111	67	63	15	60	10	89	4	1	5	513	87	4.67	1.474	8.6	1.2	4.7	6.9	1.48
8	RP	Mike Henneman	25	11	3	.786	2.98	55	0	28	0	0	7	96.2	86	36	32	8	30	5	75	3	0	7	399	143	3.42	1.200	8.0	0.7	2.8	7.0	2.50
9	RP	Mark Thurmond*	30	0	1	.000	4.23	48	0	23	0	0	5	61.2	83	32	29	5	24	4	21	0	0	4	280	101	4.41	1.735	12.1	0.7	3.5	3.1	0.88
10	RP	Willie Hernández*	32	3	4	.429	3.67	45	0	31	0	0	8	49.0	53	27	20	8	20	7	30	0	0	1	217	117	4.99	1.490	9.7	1.5	3.7	5.5	1.50
11	RP	Nate Snell	34	1	2	.333	3.96	22	2	12	0	0	0	38.2	39	20	17	5	19	3	19	0	0	4	168	108	5.04	1.500	9.1	1.2	4.4	4.4	1.00
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
12		Bryan Kelly	28	0	1	.000	5.06	5	0	1	0	0	0	10.2	12	6	6	2	7	4	10	0	0	0	50	87	5.40	1.781	10.1	1.7	5.9	8.4	1.43
13		Dickie Noles	30	0	0		4.50	4	0	3	0	0	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	111	4.37	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
14		Morris Madden*	26	0	0		16.20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	4	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	12	32	8.27	4.200	21.6	0.0	16.2	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	29.7	98	64	.605	4.02	162	162	129	33	8	31	1456.0	1430	735	651	180	563	61	976	33	6	72	6267	106	4.37	1.369	8.8	1.1	3.5	6.0	1.73
		Rank in 14 AL teams		1	14		3				4	4	9	3	4	3	3	6	10		7
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