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1996 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Index: 1995/1997)
53-109, Finished 5th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 783 runs, Allowed 1103 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 56-106
Managed by Buddy Bell

Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,168,610 (13th out of 14)
Park Factor: Batting - 99/Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters)

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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   Brad Ausmus         27   75  226   30   56  12  0   4   22  26   45  .248  .328  .354   3   4   4   2   5   2   1   74
1B #Tony Clark          24  100  376   56   94  14  0  27   72  29  127  .250  .299  .503   0   1   7   0   0   6   1   99
2B  Mark Lewis          26  145  545   69  147  30  3  11   55  42  109  .270  .326  .396   6   1  12   5   4   3   0   83
3B  Travis Fryman       27  157  616   90  165  32  3  22  100  57  118  .268  .329  .437   4   3  18   4   1  10   2   93
SS  Andujar Cedeno      26   52  179   19   35   4  2   7   20   4   37  .196  .213  .358   2   1   8   0   3   0   0   42
LF *Bobby Higginson     25  130  440   75  141  35  0  26   81  65   66  .320  .404  .577   6   3   7   1   3   6   7  146
CF  Kimera Bartee       23  110  217   32   55   6  1   1   14  17   77  .253  .308  .304  20  10   1   0  13   0   0   57
RF #Melvin Nieves       24  120  431   71  106  23  4  24   60  44  158  .246  .322  .485   1   2  10   6   0   3   2  102
DH  Eddie Williams      31   77  215   22   43   5  0   6   26  18   50  .200  .267  .307   0   2   8   2   0   1   0   46
    Chad Curtis         27  104  400   65  105  20  1  10   37  53   73  .262  .346  .392  16  10  14   1   6   6   0   88
    Cecil Fielder       32  107  391   55   97  12  0  26   80  63   91  .248  .354  .478   2   0  11   3   0   3   8  109
   *Curtis Pride        27   95  267   52   80  17  5  10   31  31   63  .300  .372  .513  11   6   2   0   3   0   1  123
    Alan Trammell       38   66  193   16   45   2  0   1   16  10   27  .233  .267  .259   6   0   3   0   1   3   0   35
   #Ruben Sierra        30   46  158   22   35   9  1   1   20  20   25  .222  .306  .310   3   1   2   0   0   2   1   58
    John Flaherty       28   47  152   18   38  12  0   4   23   8   25  .250  .290  .408   1   0   5   1   3   1   1   75
    Chris Gomez         25   48  128   21   31   5  0   1   16  18   20  .242  .340  .305   1   1   5   1   3   0   0   66
    Phil Nevin          25   38  120   15   35   5  0   8   19   8   39  .292  .338  .533   1   0   1   1   0   1   0  117
    Mark Parent         34   38  104   13   25   6  0   7   17   3   27  .240  .259  .500   0   0   2   0   0   1   0   87
   #Raul Casanova       23   25   85    6   16   1  0   4    9   6   18  .188  .242  .341   0   0   6   0   0   0   0   46
    Damion Easley       26   21   67   10   23   1  0   2   10   4   13  .343  .384  .448   3   1   0   1   2   1   0  111
    Danny Bautista      24   25   64   12   16   2  0   2    8   9   15  .250  .342  .375   1   2   1   0   0   0   0   83
   *Duane Singleton     23   18   56    5    9   1  0   0    3   4   15  .161  .230  .179   0   2   2   1   0   0   0    6
    Fausto Cruz         24   14   38    5    9   2  0   0    0   1   11  .237  .256  .289   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   39
   *Tim Hyers           24   17   26    1    2   1  0   0    0   4    5  .077  .200  .115   0   0   1   0   0   0   2  -17
    Phil Hiatt          27    7   21    3    4   0  1   0    1   2   11  .190  .261  .286   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   39
   #Shannon Penn        26    6   14    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    3  .071  .071  .071   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -63

    Richie Lewis        30   72    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.0  162 5530  783 1413 257 21 204  741 546 1268  .256  .322  .420  87  50 132  29  48  49  26   87
    Rank among 14 AL teams        14   11   14  13 12   7       11    1    14    14    12  10   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Felipe Lira         24  32   5.22   6  14  0  32   0   3   2  194.7  204  123  113  30   66  113  850   7  10  0   2  97
SP  Omar Olivares       28  25   4.89   7  11  0  25   0   4   0  160.0  169   90   87  16   75   81  708   4   9  1   4 103
SP  Greg Gohr           28  17   7.17   4   8  0  16   0   0   0   91.7  129   76   73  24   34   60  434   6   3  0   2  70
SP *Justin Thompson     23  11   4.58   1   6  0  11   0   0   0   59.0   62   35   30   7   31   44  267   1   2  0   2 110

CL  Gregg Olson         29  43   5.02   3   0  8   0  28   0   0   43.0   43   25   24   6   28   29  196   5   1  0   4 101
RP *Mike Myers          27  83   5.01   1   5  6   0  25   0   0   64.7   70   41   36   6   34   69  298   2   4  0   8 101
RP  Richie Lewis        30  72   4.18   4   6  2   0  19   0   0   90.3   78   45   42   9   65   78  412  14   4  2   9 121
RP  Jose Lima           23  39   5.70   5   6  3   4  15   0   0   72.7   87   48   46  13   22   59  329   3   5  0   4  89
RP  Randy Veres         30  25   8.31   0   4  0   0  11   0   0   30.3   38   29   28   6   23   28  153   2   2  0   4  61

    Brian Williams      27  40   6.77   3  10  2  17  17   2   1  121.0  145  107   91  21   85   72  579   8   6  0   2  75
    Greg Keagle         25  26   7.39   3   6  0   6   5   0   0   87.7  104   76   72  13   68   70  435   2   9  0   5  68
    A.J. Sager          31  22   5.01   4   5  0   9   1   0   0   79.0   91   46   44  10   29   52  347   1   2  0   2 101
   *C.J. Nitkowski      23  11   8.08   2   3  0   8   0   0   0   45.7   62   44   41   7   38   36  234   2   7  0   1  62
   *Scott Aldred        28  11   9.35   0   4  0   8   0   0   0   43.3   60   52   45   9   26   36  217   6   3  1   3  54
    Todd Van Poppel     24   9  11.39   2   4  0   9   0   1   1   36.3   53   51   46  11   29   16  190   3   1  0   0  44
   *John Cummings       27  21   5.12   3   3  0   0   7   0   0   31.7   36   20   18   3   20   24  152   1   2  0   3  99
    Mike Christopher    32  13   9.30   1   1  0   0   3   0   0   30.0   47   36   31  12   11   19  149   1   0  0   2  54
    Mike Walker         29  20   8.46   0   0  1   0  12   0   0   27.7   40   26   26  10   17   13  135   2   1  0   1  60
   *Joey Eischen        26  24   3.24   1   1  0   0   3   0   0   25.0   27   11    9   3   14   15  110   3   0  0   3 156
    Clint Sodowsky      23   7  11.84   1   3  0   7   0   0   0   24.3   40   34   32   5   20    9  132   3   3  0   0  43
   *Tom Urbani          28  16   8.37   2   2  0   2   3   0   0   23.7   31   22   22   8   14   20  117   3   2  0   0  60
   *Trever Miller       23   5   9.18   0   4  0   4   0   0   0   16.7   28   17   17   3    9    8   88   0   2  0   0  55
    Bob Scanlan         29   8  10.64   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   11.0   16   15   13   1    9    3   57   1   1  0   1  47
    Brian Moehler       24   2   4.35   0   1  0   2   0   0   0   10.3   11   10    5   1    8    2   51   1   0  0   1 116
    John Farrell        33   2  14.21   0   2  0   2   0   0   0    6.3   11   10   10   2    5    0   33   1   1  0   0  36
    Brian Maxcy         25   2  13.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.3    8    5    5   2    2    1   19   0   0  0   0  37
    Jeff McCurry        26   2  24.30   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.3    9    9    9   3    2    0   21   0   0  0   0  21
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.7 162   6.38  53 109 22 162 152  10   4 1432.0 1699 1103 1015 241  784  957 6713  82  80  4  63  79
    Rank among 14 AL teams         14  14   1 14           9  12     13   14   14       14   14   11
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - 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 G PO A E DP FP PB -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- BAusmus 73 452 35 4 4 .992 2 JFlaherty 46 243 13 5 1 .981 1 MParent 33 158 14 1 4 .994 0 RCasanova 22 123 12 3 0 .978 3 PNevin 4 12 1 0 0 1.000 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- Team Total 162 988 75 13 9 .988 7 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- First Base G PO A E DP .992 7.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TClark 86 766 54 6 82 .993 9.53 CFielder 71 589 59 7 51 .989 9.13 THyers 9 30 1 0 6 1.000 3.44 EWilliams 7 22 1 0 7 1.000 3.29 MParent 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 1408 115 13 146 .992 9.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .980 4.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MLewis 144 264 413 9 94 .987 4.70 ATrammell 11 15 23 2 6 .950 3.45 FCruz 8 9 20 3 3 .906 3.62 DEasley 8 14 24 1 4 .974 4.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 302 480 15 107 .981 4.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .956 2.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TFryman 128 96 271 8 25 .979 2.87 PNevin 24 17 49 4 6 .943 2.75 ATrammell 8 7 13 0 1 1.000 2.50 PHiatt 3 2 7 0 1 1.000 3.00 EWilliams 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 DEasley 2 2 4 1 2 .857 3.00 ACedeno 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 124 347 13 35 .973 2.96 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .971 4.19 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ACedeno 51 68 149 12 27 .948 4.25 CGomez 47 77 114 6 34 .970 4.06 ATrammell 43 52 108 4 15 .976 3.72 TFryman 29 53 83 2 18 .986 4.69 DEasley 8 6 19 1 6 .962 3.12 FCruz 4 4 10 3 2 .824 3.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 260 483 28 102 .964 4.67 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field G PO A E DP .979 1.75 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHigginson 63 94 4 3 1 .970 1.56 CCurtis 48 61 3 2 0 .970 1.33 CPride 45 81 0 3 0 .964 1.80 MNieves 21 47 2 4 0 .925 2.33 DBautista 12 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.58 PNevin 9 16 1 1 0 .944 1.89 KBartee 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25 RSierra 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0.75 DSingleton 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 PHiatt 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 THyers 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 SPenn 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 ATrammell 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 334 10 14 1 .961 2.16 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField G PO A E DP .990 2.35 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KBartee 95 211 1 2 0 .991 2.23 CCurtis 80 182 3 7 1 .964 2.31 BHigginson 19 33 0 1 0 .971 1.74 DSingleton 15 26 3 0 1 1.000 1.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 452 7 10 2 .979 2.88 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field G PO A E DP .979 1.72 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MNieves 84 160 7 9 2 .949 1.99 BHigginson 57 100 5 5 0 .955 1.84 RSierra 19 49 1 4 1 .926 2.63 DBautista 12 19 0 1 0 .950 1.58 CPride 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60 KBartee 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 EWilliams 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 PHiatt 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 340 14 19 3 .949 2.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 1.77 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FLira 32 18 33 0 4 1.000 2.36 OOlivares 25 12 22 1 2 .971 1.91 BWilliams 40 6 16 2 3 .917 1.64 GGohr 17 6 6 1 0 .923 1.18 RLewis 72 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.00 GKeagle 26 7 8 0 1 1.000 1.54 ASager 22 5 9 1 1 .933 1.59 JLima 39 11 17 0 1 1.000 3.47 MMyers 83 2 15 1 2 .944 2.36 JThompson 11 2 13 0 1 1.000 2.29 CNitkowski 11 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.38 SAldred 11 1 3 2 0 .667 0.83 GOlson 43 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.26 TVan Poppel 9 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.98 JCummings 21 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.14 RVeres 25 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MChristophe 13 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.20 MWalker 20 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.97 JEischen 24 0 7 0 1 1.000 2.52 CSodowsky 7 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.85 TUrbani 16 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.52 TMiller 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.69 BScanlan 8 0 3 3 0 .500 2.45 BMoehler 2 0 1 1 0 .500 0.87 JFarrell 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 BMaxcy 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 5.45 JMcCurry 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 10.91 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 90 196 12 18 .960 1.80 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- EWilliams 52 CFielder 36 CPride 31 RSierra 20 TClark 12 MNieves 11 BHigginson 4 SPenn 4 RCasanova 3 KBartee 2 THyers 2 DBautista 1 FCruz 1 DEasley 1 PHiatt 1 MLewis 1 PNevin 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Higginson .320

On-base % Higginson .404

Slugging % Higginson .577

OPS Higginson .981

Games Fryman 157

At Bats Fryman 616

Runs Fryman 90

Hits Fryman 165

Total Bases Fryman 269

Doubles Higginson 35

Triples Pride 5

Home Runs Clark 27

RBI Fryman 100

Bases on Balls Higginson 65

Strikeouts Nieves 158

Stolen Bases Bartee 20

Singles Fryman 108

Adjusted OPS+ Higginson 146

Runs Created Higginson 104

Extra-Base Hits Higginson 61

Times on Base Fryman 226

Hit By Pitch Nieves 6

Sac. Hits Bartee 13

Sac. Flies Fryman 10

Intentional Walks Fielder 8

Grounded into Double Plays Fryman 18

Power/Speed Number Curtis 12.3

At Bats per Strikeout Higginson 6.7

At Bats per Home Run Higginson 16.9

Outs Fryman 483

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ERA Lira 5.22

Wins Olivares 7

Won-Loss % Olivares .389

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Lira 1.387

Hits Allowed/9IP Lira 9.43

Bases on Balls/9IP Lira 3.05

Strikeouts/9IP Lira 5.22

Games Myers 83

Saves Olson 8

Innings Lira 194.7

Strikeouts Lira 113

Games Started Lira 32

Comp. Games Olivares 4

Shutouts Lira 2

Home Runs Allow. Lira 30

Bases On Balls Allow. Williams 85

Hits Allowed Lira 204

SO to Walk Lira 1.71

Losses Lira 14

Earned Runs Allow. Lira 113

Wild Pitches Lewis 14

Hit Batsmen Lira 10

Batters Faced Lira 850

Games Finished Olson 28

Adjusted ERA+ Lira 97

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Cecil Fielder $ 9,237,500

Ruben Sierra $ 6,200,000

Travis Fryman $ 5,175,000

Chad Curtis $ 2,000,000

Mark Lewis $ 670,000

Alan Trammell $ 600,000

Omar Olivares $ 505,000

Mark Parent $ 500,000

Brian Williams $ 500,000

Gregg Olson $ 400,000

Eddie Williams $ 350,000

Todd Van Poppel $ 318,000

Damion Easley $ 305,000

John Flaherty $ 275,000

Chris Gomez $ 275,000

Mike Christopher $ 200,000

Greg Gohr $ 200,000

Danny Bautista $ 185,000

Randy Veres $ 179,000

Bobby Higginson $ 170,000

Richie Lewis $ 170,000

Felipe Lira $ 170,000

Melvin Nieves $ 170,000

A.J. Sager $ 160,000

Scott Aldred $ 150,000

Curtis Pride $ 150,000

Jose Lima $ 145,000

Mike Myers $ 127,500

Phil Nevin $ 120,000

Kimera Bartee $ 109,000

Tony Clark $ 109,000

Greg Keagle $ 109,000

Trever Miller $ 109,000

Clint Sodowsky $ 109,000

Justin Thompson $ 109,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
All Stars
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1995/1997

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