2008 Detroit Tigers Roster (40-man)

2007 Season 2009 Season

Record: 74-88-0, Finished 5th in AL_Central (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Jim Leyland (74-88)

General Manager: David Dombrowski

Scouting Director: David Chadd

Ballpark: Comerica Park

Attendance: 3,202,645 (3rd of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103

Pythagorean W-L: 78-84, 821 Runs, 857 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
Denny Bautista	27	do DO	R	R	6' 5"	190	Aug 23, 1980	5	16	0	0	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	$395,000
Yorman Bazardo	23	ve VE	R	R	6' 2"	230	Jul 11, 1984	3	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3	$395,000
Francis Beltrán	28	do DO	R	R	6' 6"	255	Nov 29, 1979	3	11	0	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Jeremy Bonderman	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	210	Oct 28, 1982	6	12	12	1	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	$8,500,000
Eddie Bonine	27	us US	R	R	6' 5"	220	Jun 6, 1981	1st	5	5	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Miguel Cabrera	25	ve VE	R	R	6' 4"	267	Apr 18, 1983	6	160	159	160	153	0	0	143	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	2.7	$11,300,000
Brent Clevlen	24	us US	R	R	6' 1"	205	Oct 27, 1983	3	11	6	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	1	11	0	0	1	-0.2
Francisco Cruceta	26	do DO	R	R	6' 2"	215	Jul 4, 1981	3	13	0	2	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Freddy Dolsi	25	do DO	R	R	6' 0"	160	Jan 9, 1983	1st	42	0	4	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.8
Kyle Farnsworth	32	us US	R	R	6' 4"	230	Apr 14, 1976	10	16	0	0	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.5
Casey Fossum	30	us US	L	L	6' 1"	160	Jan 6, 1978	8	31	0	2	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Armando Galarraga	26	ve VE	R	R	6' 3"	230	Jan 15, 1982	2	30	28	2	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.1
Freddy García	31	ve VE	R	R	6' 4"	250	Oct 6, 1976	10	3	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Gary Glover	31	us US	R	R	6' 5"	200	Dec 3, 1976	8	18	0	0	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Curtis Granderson	27	us US	L	R	6' 1"	200	Mar 16, 1981	5	141	131	141	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	140	0	140	0	3	0	3.9	$1,000,000
Jason Grilli	31	us US	R	R	6' 5"	235	Nov 11, 1976	7	9	0	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$420,000
Carlos Guillén	32	ve VE	B	R	6' 1"	215	Sep 30, 1975	11	113	111	113	109	0	0	24	0	89	0	2	0	0	2	4	2	0	2.2	$12,000,000	All-Star
Mike Hessman	30	us US	R	R	6' 5"	215	Mar 5, 1978	4	12	7	12	12	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.4
Michael Hollimon	26	us US	B	R	6' 1"	195	Jun 14, 1982	1st	11	6	11	10	0	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.2
Brandon Inge	31	us US	R	R	5' 11"	190	May 19, 1977	8	113	101	113	113	0	60	0	0	51	0	2	13	0	13	0	2	2	1.0	$6,200,000
Jacque Jones	33	us US	L	L	5' 10"	175	Apr 25, 1975	10	24	23	24	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	23	1	1	0	-1.2	$6,333,333
Todd Jones	40	us US	L	R	6' 3"	200	Apr 24, 1968	16	45	0	4	45	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6	$7,000,000
Matt Joyce	23	us US	L	R	6' 2"	194	Aug 3, 1984	1st	92	59	92	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	0	25	84	3	10	2	1.7
Chris Lambert	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	205	Mar 8, 1983	1st	8	3	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Jeff Larish	25	us US	L	R	6' 2"	200	Oct 11, 1982	1st	42	25	42	18	0	0	8	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	12	12	1	-0.4
Aquilino López	33	do DO	R	R	6' 3"	185	Apr 21, 1975	5	48	0	1	48	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	$400,000
Zach Miner	26	us US	R	R	6' 4"	225	Mar 12, 1982	3	45	13	6	45	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	$410,000
Magglio Ordóñez	34	ve VE	R	R	6' 0"	215	Jan 28, 1974	12	146	144	146	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	135	135	10	2	0	2.1	$15,768,174
Plácido Polanco	32	do DO	R	R	5' 9"	190	Oct 10, 1975	11	141	136	141	141	0	0	0	141	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4.4	$4,600,000
Ryan Raburn	27	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Apr 17, 1981	3	92	39	92	85	0	0	0	16	18	0	30	6	22	57	5	9	8	-0.4	$396,000
Clay Rapada	27	us US	R	L	6' 5"	195	Mar 9, 1981	2	25	0	1	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Édgar Rentería	31	co CO	R	R	6' 1"	200	Aug 7, 1976	13	138	134	138	138	0	0	0	0	0	138	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.1	$10,000,000
Nate Robertson	30	us US	R	L	6' 2"	225	Sep 3, 1977	7	32	28	2	32	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.9	$4,250,000
Fernando Rodney	31	do DO	R	R	5' 11"	240	Mar 18, 1977	6	38	0	2	38	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	$1,700,000
Iván Rodríguez HOF	36	pr PR	R	R	5' 9"	205	Nov 27, 1971	18	82	79	82	81	0	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.5	$12,379,883
Kenny Rogers	43	us US	L	L	6' 1"	200	Nov 10, 1964	20	30	30	1	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	$8,000,000
Dusty Ryan	23	us US	R	R	6' 4"	235	Sep 2, 1984	1st	15	14	15	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Ramón Santiago	28	do DO	B	R	5' 11"	185	Aug 31, 1979	7	58	37	58	56	0	0	0	21	6	33	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0.9	$575,000
Dane Sardinha	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	215	Apr 8, 1979	3	17	13	17	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Bobby Seay	30	us US	L	L	6' 2"	221	Jun 20, 1978	7	60	0	5	60	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	$780,000
Gary Sheffield	39	us US	R	R	5' 11"	190	Nov 18, 1968	21	114	112	114	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	6	106	2	0	-0.2	$13,326,306
Marcus Thames	31	us US	R	R	6' 2"	220	Mar 6, 1977	7	103	87	103	86	0	0	9	0	0	0	73	0	7	80	14	10	0	-0.2	$1,275,000
Clete Thomas	24	us US	L	R	5' 11"	200	Nov 14, 1983	1st	40	26	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	16	3	40	0	3	2	0.5	$390,000
Justin Verlander	25	us US	R	R	6' 5"	235	Feb 20, 1983	4	33	33	2	33	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	$1,130,000
Dontrelle Willis	26	us US	L	L	6' 2"	230	Jan 12, 1982	6	8	7	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.7	$7,000,000
Joel Zumaya	23	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Nov 9, 1984	3	21	0	2	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	$420,000
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
Jim Leyland HOF	63	us US	Dec 15, 1944	Manager	Mar 31	Sep 29
Lloyd McClendon	49	us US	Jan 11, 1959	Hitting	Mar 31	Sep 29
Chuck Hernández	47	us US	Nov 11, 1960	Pitching	Mar 31	Sep 29
Jeff Jones	51	us US	Jul 29, 1956	Bullpen	Mar 31	Sep 29
Andy Van Slyke	47	us US	Dec 21, 1960	First base	Mar 31	Sep 29
Gene Lamont	61	us US	Dec 25, 1946	Third base	Mar 31	Sep 29
Rafael Belliard	46	do DO	Oct 24, 1961	Coach	Mar 31	Sep 29
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date