1985 Detroit Tigers Statistics and Roster

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1985 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1984/1986)
84-77, Finished 3rd in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 729 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-76
Managed by Sparky Anderson

Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,286,609 (3rd of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 106
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1985 Stats (1984/1986) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Lance Parrish       29  140  549   64  150  27  1  28   98  41   90  .273  .323  .479   2   6  10   2   3   5   5  117
1B *Darrell Evans       38  151  505   81  125  17  0  40   94  85   85  .248  .356  .519   0   4   5   1   1   2  12  137
2B *Lou Whitaker        28  152  609  102  170  29  8  21   73  80   56  .279  .362  .456   6   4   3   2   5   5   9  123
3B  Tom Brookens        31  156  485   54  115  34  6   7   47  27   78  .237  .277  .375  14   5   8   0   9   1   0   77
SS  Alan Trammell       27  149  605   79  156  21  7  13   57  50   71  .258  .312  .380  14   5   6   2  11   9   4   89
LF  Larry Herndon       31  137  442   45  108  12  7  12   37  33   79  .244  .298  .385   2   1   9   1   1   1   1   86
CF  Chet Lemon          30  145  517   69  137  28  4  18   68  45   93  .265  .334  .439   0   2   5  10   0   3   3  110
RF *Kirk Gibson         28  154  581   96  167  37  5  29   97  71  137  .287  .364  .518  30   4   5   5   3  10  16  139
DH *Johnny Grubb        36   78  155   19   38   7  1   5   25  24   25  .245  .342  .400   0   1   5   1   0   4   0  103
   #Nelson Simmons      22   75  251   31   60  11  0  10   33  26   41  .239  .306  .402   1   0   4   0   0   4   5   93
    Barbaro Garbey      28   86  237   27   61   9  1   6   29  15   37  .257  .305  .380   3   2   7   3   0   4   1   87
   *Dave Bergman        32   69  140    8   25   2  0   3    7  14   15  .179  .250  .257   0   0   6   0   1   2   0   40
    Alejandro Sanchez   26   71  133   19   33   6  2   6   12   0   39  .248  .248  .459   2   2   4   0   0   0   0   89
    Marty Castillo      28   57   84    4   10   2  0   2    5   2   19  .119  .138  .214   0   2   1   0   0   1   0   -5
    Bob Melvin          23   41   82   10   18   4  1   0    4   3   21  .220  .247  .293   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   48
   #Chris Pittaro       23   28   62   10   15   3  1   0    7   5   13  .242  .299  .323   1   1   0   0   1   0   0   71
    Doug Flynn          34   32   51    2   13   2  1   0    2   0    3  .255  .250  .333   0   0   1   0   3   1   0   59
   *Mike Laga           25    9   36    3    6   1  0   2    6   0    9  .167  .167  .361   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   40
   #Doug Baker          24   15   27    4    5   1  0   0    1   0    9  .185  .185  .222   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11
   #Scotti Madison      25    6   11    0    0   0  0   0    1   2    0  .000  .143  .000   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  -56
   *Jim Weaver          25   12    7    2    1   1  0   0    0   1    4  .143  .250  .286   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   47
    Rusty Kuntz         30    5    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    2  .000  .286  .000   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  -13

   *Willie Hernandez    30    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.5  161 5575  729 1413 254 45 202  703 526  926  .253  .318  .424  75  41  81  27  40  53  56  102
    Rank among 14 AL teams         3    8    9   7  3   2        7    2    10    12     5  10  11                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Jack Morris         30  35   3.33  16  11  0  35   0  13   4  257.0  212  102   95  21  110  191 1077  15   5  3   7 122
SP  Dan Petry           26  34   3.36  15  13  0  34   0   8   0  238.7  190   98   89  24   81  109  962   6   3  0   9 121
SP  Walt Terrell        27  34   3.85  15  10  0  34   0   5   3  229.0  221  107   98   9   95  130  983   5   4  0   5 106
SP *Frank Tanana        31  20   3.34  10   7  0  20   0   4   0  137.3  131   59   51  13   34  107  567   2   2  1   6 122
SP  Milt Wilcox         35   8   4.85   1   3  0   8   0   0   0   39.0   51   24   21   6   14   20  177   2   0  0   2  84

CL *Willie Hernandez    30  74   2.70   8  10 31   0  64   0   0  106.7   82   38   32  13   14   76  415   2   1  0   2 151
RP  Aurelio Lopez       36  51   4.80   3   7  5   0  22   0   0   86.3   82   50   46  15   41   53  379   4   1  0   9  85
RP *Bill Scherrer       27  48   4.36   3   2  0   0  14   0   0   66.0   62   35   32  10   41   46  299   5   1  0  13  93
RP  Doug Bair           35  21   6.24   2   0  0   3   4   0   0   49.0   54   38   34   3   25   30  224   6   1  1   5  65
RP  Juan Berenguer      30  31   5.59   5   6  0  13   9   0   0   95.0   96   67   59  12   48   82  424   4   1  1   3  73

    Randy O'Neal        24  28   3.24   5   5  1  12   8   1   0   94.3   82   42   34   8   36   52  388   5   2  0   3 125
   *Chuck Cary          25  16   3.42   0   1  2   0   6   0   0   23.7   16    9    9   2    8   22   95   0   2  0   1 119
   *Mickey Mahler       32   3   1.74   1   2  0   2   0   0   0   20.7   19    8    4   2    4   14   84   4   0  0   2 233
    Bob Stoddard        28   8   6.75   0   0  1   0   3   0   0   13.3   15   11   10   3    5   11   61   2   0  0   0  60
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.1 161   3.78  84  77 40 161 130  31  11 1456.0 1313  688  612 141  556  943 6135  62  23  6  67 107
    Rank among 14 AL teams          4   6   9  6           5   1      4    2    4        3   10    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- LParrish 1040 117 120 695 53 5 9 .993 8 40 60 37 BMelvin 233 25 41 175 13 2 1 .989 1 10 19 6 MCastillo 176 19 32 117 12 3 1 .977 1 12 12 10 TBrookens 5 0 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 2 0 SMadison 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1456 161 161 995 79 10 11 .991 10 62 93 53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DEvans 910 101 113 827 114 15 80 .984 9.30 DBergman 307 33 44 306 25 3 25 .991 9.70 BGarbey 200 23 37 190 20 2 24 .991 9.44 MLaga 35 4 4 33 5 1 4 .974 9.77 RKuntz 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 161 161 1356 164 22 133 .986 9.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *5.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LWhitaker 1307 146 150 314 414 11 101 .985 5.01 DFlynn 101 10 20 31 32 1 14 .984 5.61 CPittaro 26 3 4 5 9 1 4 .933 4.85 TBrookens 19 2 3 2 6 0 1 1.000 3.73 DBaker 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 161 161 352 461 13 120 .984 5.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *2.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TBrookens 1191 134 151 123 261 23 26 .943 2.90 CPittaro 132 18 22 10 27 5 1 .881 2.52 MCastillo 86 5 25 6 19 1 1 .962 2.62 DEvans 37 4 7 4 11 5 1 .750 3.65 DFlynn 8 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 BGarbey 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 161 161 143 319 34 29 .931 2.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 *4.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ATrammell 1326 149 149 225 400 15 89 .977 4.24 DBaker 59 6 12 12 12 1 2 .960 3.66 DFlynn 46 5 8 8 11 0 3 1.000 3.69 TBrookens 24 1 8 3 9 1 1 .923 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 161 161 248 432 17 95 .976 4.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LHerndon 1076 110 136 275 7 7 4 .976 2.36 NSimmons 194 25 25 41 2 3 0 .935 1.99 JGrubb 81 12 14 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 BGarbey 72 10 10 14 0 1 0 .933 1.75 ASanchez 31 4 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.70 DBergman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 161 161 353 9 11 4 .971 2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 *2.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CLemon 1272 143 144 412 4 4 3 .990 2.94 KGibson 169 18 20 52 0 4 0 .929 2.76 JWeaver 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 ASanchez 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 BGarbey 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 161 161 466 4 8 3 .983 2.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KGibson 1085 125 127 233 4 7 0 .971 1.97 ASanchez 124 12 24 28 1 3 0 .906 2.10 BGarbey 114 10 14 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.82 NSimmons 110 12 13 28 1 1 1 .967 2.36 JGrubb 20 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 JWeaver 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 161 161 319 6 11 1 .967 2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.44 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- CLemon 1272 143 144 411 6 4 3 .990 2.95 KGibson 1255 143 144 286 1 11 0 .963 2.06 LHerndon 1076 110 136 273 7 7 4 .976 2.34 NSimmons 305 37 38 67 2 4 1 .945 2.04 BGarbey 190 20 24 38 0 1 0 .974 1.80 ASanchez 159 16 31 35 1 3 0 .923 2.03 JGrubb 101 14 18 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 JWeaver 8 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 DBergman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1456 161 161 1134 17 30 8 .975 2.37 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *1.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMorris 257 35 35 25 25 4 2 .926 1.75 DPetry 238 34 34 36 26 0 3 1.000 2.34 WTerrell 229 34 34 21 43 2 8 .970 2.52 FTanana 137 20 20 9 20 0 1 1.000 1.90 WHernandez 106 0 74 7 7 1 0 .933 1.18 JBerenguer 95 13 31 11 12 2 1 .920 2.18 RO'Neal 94 12 28 9 17 2 1 .929 2.48 ALopez 86 0 51 5 10 1 1 .937 1.56 BScherrer 66 0 48 7 11 2 2 .900 2.45 DBair 49 3 21 4 9 0 0 1.000 2.39 MWilcox 39 8 8 3 12 2 2 .882 3.46 CCary 23 0 16 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.76 MMahler 20 2 3 1 2 1 0 .750 1.30 BStoddard 13 0 8 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1456 161 161 140 199 17 22 .952 2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- DEvans 33 JGrubb 33 NSimmons 31 ASanchez 28 LParrish 22 BGarbey 21 KGibson 8 DBergman 5 MLaga 5 JWeaver 4 RKuntz 3 SMadison 3 TBrookens 1 CPittaro 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Gibson .287

On-base % Gibson .364

Slugging % Evans .519

OPS Gibson .882

Games Brookens 156

At Bats Whitaker 609

Plate Appearances (approx.) Whitaker 701

Runs Whitaker 102

Hits Whitaker 170

Total Bases Gibson 301

Doubles Gibson 37

Triples Whitaker 8

Home Runs Evans 40

RBI Parrish 98

Bases on Balls Evans 85

Strikeouts Gibson 137

Stolen Bases Gibson 30

Singles Trammell 115

Adjusted OPS+ Gibson 139

Runs Created Gibson 118

Adjusted Batting Runs Gibson 33

Batting Wins Gibson 3.2

Extra-Base Hits Gibson 71

Times on Base Whitaker 252

Offensive Win% Gibson .697

Hit By Pitch Lemon 10

Sac. Hits Trammell 11

Sac. Flies Gibson 10

Intentional Walks Gibson 16

Grounded into Double Plays Parrish 10

Caught Stealing Parrish 6

Power/Speed Number Gibson 29.5

At Bats per Strikeout Whitaker 10.9

At Bats per Home Run Evans 12.6

Outs Trammell 480

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Morris 3.33

Wins Morris 16

Won-Loss % Terrell .600

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Petry 1.135

Hits Allowed/9IP Petry 7.16

Bases on Balls/9IP Petry 3.05

Strikeouts/9IP Morris 6.69

Games Hernandez 74

Saves Hernandez 31

Innings Morris 257.0

Strikeouts Morris 191

Games Started Morris 35

Comp. Games Morris 13

Shutouts Morris 4

Home Runs Allow. Petry 24

Bases On Balls Allow. Morris 110

Hits Allowed Terrell 221

SO to Walk Morris 1.74

Losses Petry 13

Earned Runs Allow. Terrell 98

Wild Pitches Morris 15

Hit Batsmen Morris 5

Batters Faced Morris 1077

Games Finished Hernandez 64

Adjusted ERA+ Morris 122

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Darrell Evans $ 1,083,333

Jack Morris $ 885,000

Dan Petry $ 875,000

Lance Parrish $ 766,667

Kirk Gibson $ 685,000

Larry Herndon $ 675,000

Chet Lemon $ 670,000

Lou Whitaker $ 670,000

Willie Hernandez $ 660,000

Frank Tanana $ 590,000

Aurelio Lopez $ 575,000

Milt Wilcox $ 550,000

Alan Trammell $ 517,143

Dave Bergman $ 262,500

Tom Brookens $ 250,000

Johnny Grubb $ 250,000

Juan Berenguer $ 240,000

Walt Terrell $ 177,500

Bill Scherrer $ 100,000

Marty Castillo $ 76,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play
Willie Hernandez
Jack Morris (Starting P)
Lance Parrish
Dan Petry
Alan Trammell
Lou Whitaker (Starting 2B)

1984/1986

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