1987 Detroit Tigers Roster (40-man)

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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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		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
Doyle Alexander	36	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Sep 4, 1950	17	11	11	0	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.4
Doug Baker	26	us US	B	R	5' 9"	165	Apr 3, 1961	4	8	0	8	8	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1
Bill Bean	23	us US	L	L	6' 0"	185	May 11, 1964	1st	26	20	26	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	17	3	24	0	5	0	0.6
Dave Bergman	34	us US	L	L	6' 1"	185	Jun 6, 1953	12	91	41	91	72	0	0	65	0	0	0	3	0	4	7	7	28	1	0.9	$331,667
Tom Brookens	33	us US	R	R	5' 10"	165	Aug 10, 1953	9	143	126	143	140	0	0	0	11	122	17	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0.3	$360,000
Darnell Coles	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jun 2, 1962	5	53	44	53	51	0	0	9	0	37	0	2	0	6	8	3	6	0	-0.9	$170,000
Darrell Evans	40	us US	L	R	6' 2"	200	May 26, 1947	19	150	136	150	108	0	0	105	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	44	13	0	4.9	$525,000
Kirk Gibson	30	us US	L	L	6' 3"	215	May 28, 1957	9	128	123	128	121	0	0	0	0	0	0	119	2	0	121	4	5	0	4.3	$1,335,000
Johnny Grubb	38	us US	L	R	6' 3"	175	Aug 4, 1948	16	59	30	59	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	0	10	31	16	26	0	-0.1	$365,000
Terry Harper	31	us US	R	R	6' 4"	195	Aug 19, 1955	8	31	20	31	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	14	14	10	1	-0.2	$425,000
Mike Heath	32	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Feb 5, 1955	10	93	67	93	92	0	67	4	1	4	2	4	1	20	24	1	14	2	1.7	$650,000
Mike Henneman	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	205	Dec 11, 1961	1st	55	0	4	55	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	$62,500
Willie Hernández	32	pr PR	L	L	6' 3"	180	Nov 14, 1954	11	45	0	2	45	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	$1,060,000
Larry Herndon	33	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Nov 3, 1953	13	89	57	89	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	26	57	23	29	1	1.4	$225,000
Bryan Kelly	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Feb 24, 1959	2	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Eric King	23	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Apr 10, 1964	2	55	4	1	55	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	$100,000
Chet Lemon	32	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Feb 12, 1955	13	146	130	146	145	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	145	0	145	0	14	0	3.9	$698,571
Dwight Lowry	29	us US	L	R	6' 3"	210	Oct 23, 1957	3	13	6	13	13	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-0.3
Scott Lusader	22	us US	L	L	5' 10"	165	Sep 30, 1964	1st	23	11	23	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	16	22	1	0	5	0.4
Morris Madden	26	us US	L	L	6' 0"	155	Aug 31, 1960	1st	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Bill Madlock	36	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Jan 12, 1951	15	87	85	87	22	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	64	2	0	1.4
Orlando Mercado	25	pr PR	R	R	6' 0"	180	Nov 7, 1961	5	10	8	10	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Jack Morris HOF	32	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	May 16, 1955	11	36	34	3	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	5.1	$1,850,000	All-Star
Jim Morrison	34	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Sep 23, 1952	11	34	28	34	23	0	0	1	3	16	3	1	0	2	3	8	6	0	0.1
Matt Nokes	23	us US	L	R	6' 1"	185	Oct 31, 1963	3	135	113	135	113	0	109	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	4	19	20	0	3.4	$68,000	All-Star
Dickie Noles	30	us US	R	R	6' 2"	160	Nov 19, 1956	9	4	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Dan Petry	28	us US	R	R	6' 4"	185	Nov 13, 1958	9	30	21	0	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.6	$975,000
Jeff Robinson	25	us US	R	R	6' 6"	210	Dec 14, 1961	1st	29	21	0	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.6	$62,500
Pat Sheridan	29	us US	L	R	6' 3"	175	Dec 4, 1957	6	141	101	141	138	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	124	138	0	19	1	0.4	$190,000
Nate Snell	34	us US	R	R	6' 4"	190	Sep 2, 1952	4	22	2	1	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
Frank Tanana	33	us US	L	L	6' 2"	180	Jul 3, 1953	15	34	34	0	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	$662,500
Walt Terrell	29	us US	L	R	6' 2"	205	May 11, 1958	6	35	35	2	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.6	$600,000
Mark Thurmond	30	us US	L	L	6' 0"	180	Sep 12, 1956	5	48	0	2	48	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	$370,000
Tim Tolman	31	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Apr 20, 1956	7	9	4	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	7	2	3	0	-0.1
Alan Trammell HOF	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	165	Feb 21, 1958	11	151	147	151	149	0	0	0	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	8.2	$617,143	All-Star
Jim Walewander	25	us US	B	R	5' 10"	160	May 2, 1962	1st	53	15	53	42	0	0	0	24	17	3	0	0	0	0	8	3	14	0.1
Lou Whitaker	30	us US	L	R	5' 11"	160	May 12, 1957	11	149	146	149	148	0	0	0	148	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3.6	$420,000	All-Star
Name	Age		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		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Sparky Anderson HOF	53	us US	Feb 22, 1934	Manager	Apr 6	Oct 4
Billy Consolo	52	us US	Aug 18, 1934	Bench	Apr 6	Oct 4
Vada Pinson	48	us US	Aug 11, 1938	Hitting	Apr 6	Oct 4
Billy Muffett	56	us US	Sep 21, 1930	Pitching	Apr 6	Oct 4
Dick Tracewski	52	us US	Feb 3, 1935	First base	Apr 6	Oct 4
Alex Grammas	61	us US	Apr 3, 1926	Third base	Apr 6	Oct 4
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date