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1981 Detroit Tigers
Record: 93-67
Finish: 2nd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 769
Runs Allowed: 655
Exp W-L: 92-68
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,856,762
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 53-84, 12th in the American League
AA: 68-69, 5th in the American League
A: 54-83, 11th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 1-4 to New York (N) Giants
Won AL League Series 4-3 over Indianapolis Hoosiers
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over Kansas City Royals
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B  Bob Horner 23 154 596 75 155 33 1 22 110 1 0 66 67 .260 .334 .430 .764 79.8 14.8 4.8
1B *Dave Parker 30 152 600 82 153 40 6 24 87 4 4 41 91 .255 .302 .462 .764 80.6 14.8 5.2
DH *Keith Hernandez 27 154 579 85 173 34 5 11 78 3 6 59 53 .299 .363 .432 .795 84.4 17.7 3.4
2B *Lou Whitaker 24 148 525 72 130 18 1 14 58 12 6 63 48 .248 .324 .366 .690 64.6 9.4 9.4
1B  Andre Thornton 31 148 519 71 123 27 2 22 70 2 0 58 92 .237 .316 .424 .739 68.9 12.1 0.0
SS #Roy Smalley 28 147 504 66 136 35 2 14 85 0 0 71 58 .270 .357 .431 .787 76.6 16.2 6.5
CF *Al Bumbry 34 140 530 86 172 26 7 1 46 20 3 33 76 .325 .365 .406 .771 74.4 16.6 4.7
CF #Lee Mazzilli 26 121 449 66 123 22 4 11 60 33 14 64 60 .274 .364 .414 .779 65.5 12.5 3.6
C  Earl Williams 32 91 275 36 61 9 2 9 41 0 0 34 65 .222 .309 .367 .676 33.1 4.0 3.3
RF  Leon Roberts 30 88 282 35 71 16 3 4 35 2 4 17 45 .252 .294 .372 .666 28.2 3.1 1.8
C #John Tamargo 29 87 259 40 69 18 1 6 27 0 0 27 21 .266 .333 .413 .746 30.9 4.8 3.0
LF  Dave Kingman 32 65 206 26 44 11 1 13 33 0 0 17 51 .214 .274 .466 .740 24.3 3.4 0.9
2B  Rob Andrews 28 70 133 21 33 3 1 1 10 16 5 7 6 .248 .286 .308 .594 12.1 1.2 1.6
2B  Damaso Garcia 26 34 42 8 12 2 1 1 5 2 2 0 0 .286 .286 .452 .738 4.9 0.7 0.5
P  Sandy Wihtol 26 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.4 1602 5501 769 1455 294 37 153 745 95 44 557 734 .264 .332 .415 .746 728.1 131.5 48.6
  Rank among 12 AL teams 7 5 7 3 4 2 3 6 7 3 7 7 5 2 2 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Scott Sanderson 24 19 8 .704 33 33 0 245.0 195 72 22 73 147 2.64 22.8
 Tom Hausman 28 13 8 .619 32 32 0 221.0 235 94 13 47 94 3.83 12.9
 Pedro Borbon 34 11 13 .458 32 32 0 217.0 243 105 30 53 93 4.35 8.9
*Tippy Martinez 31 11 7 .611 32 32 0 212.3 174 87 20 100 181 3.69 12.8
 Dick Ruthven 30 11 6 .647 21 21 0 166.7 156 47 5 40 62 2.54 14.9
 Dennis Leonard 30 8 10 .444 43 10 0 142.0 149 67 21 48 93 4.25 6.4
*Jesse Orosco 24 15 13 .536 85 0 35 119.7 105 61 16 52 98 4.59 12.9
*Bob Shirley 27 2 0 1.000 26 0 1 43.7 35 22 3 23 24 4.54 2.3
 Sandy Wihtol 26 2 2 .500 31 0 3 42.7 43 20 6 20 23 4.22 1.8
 Mike Lacoss 25 1 0 1.000 20 0 2 28.0 27 7 0 10 8 2.25 3.1
Team Totals 27.9 93 67 .581 355 160 41 1438.0 1362 582 136 466 823 3.64 98.9
Rank among 12 AL teams 3 3 5 3 7 1 8 4 3 5 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 33.3
E.Williams 729.0 81 89 453 31 4 1 .992 25.7
J.Tamargo 709.0 79 85 413 40 9 0 .981 35.6
Team Total 1438.0 160 174 866 71 13 1 .986 30.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.74
K.Hernandez 1303.7 147 152 1658 110 8 152 .995 12.21
L.Roberts 112.3 12 18 144 11 3 10 .981 12.42
J.Tamargo 9.0 0 2 9 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
D.Kingman 9.0 1 2 12 0 0 1 1.000 12.00
D.Parker 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Garcia 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1438.0 160 176 1828 121 11 164 .994 12.20
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 6.03
L.Whitaker 1269.3 142 147 261 612 14 121 .984 6.19
R.Andrews 129.7 15 19 28 56 4 13 .955 5.83
D.Garcia 34.0 3 6 6 14 1 1 .952 5.29
S.Wihtol 4.0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.75
B.Horner 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1438.0 160 174 296 685 19 136 .981 6.14
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.86
B.Horner 1296.3 144 148 86 330 27 43 .939 2.89
R.Andrews 139.7 16 19 4 39 2 4 .956 2.77
D.Garcia 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1438.0 160 169 90 370 29 47 .941 2.88
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.38
R.Smalley 1253.7 143 146 183 545 26 98 .966 5.23
R.Andrews 67.0 8 8 7 21 1 2 .966 3.76
D.Garcia 64.7 5 15 5 25 0 5 1.000 4.18
A.Bumbry 52.7 4 12 9 20 0 4 1.000 4.96
Team Total 1438.0 160 181 204 611 27 109 .968 5.10
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.97
L.Mazzilli 1064.7 120 121 200 12 0 1 1.000 1.79
L.Roberts 188.7 20 22 28 0 4 0 .875 1.34
A.Bumbry 114.7 12 16 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.81
D.Parker 52.0 6 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.87
D.Kingman 17.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65
R.Andrews 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 160 168 261 12 4 1 .986 1.71
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.52
A.Bumbry 927.7 104 105 233 8 6 3 .976 2.34
D.Parker 358.3 40 41 91 8 3 1 .971 2.49
L.Roberts 152.0 16 21 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
Team Total 1438.0 160 167 364 16 9 4 .977 2.38
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.02
D.Parker 920.0 103 103 204 7 8 2 .963 2.06
D.Kingman 336.3 38 43 55 1 2 0 .966 1.50
L.Roberts 179.7 19 23 41 0 2 0 .953 2.05
L.Mazzilli 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Andrews 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.0 160 171 300 8 12 2 .963 1.93
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.01
S.Sanderson 245.0 33 33 14 26 3 1 .930 1.47
T.Hausman 221.0 32 32 14 28 2 0 .955 1.71
P.Borbon 217.0 32 32 21 46 2 1 .971 2.78
T.Martinez 212.3 32 32 16 27 0 1 1.000 1.82
D.Ruthven 166.7 21 21 10 21 1 1 .969 1.67
D.Leonard 142.0 10 43 8 23 4 1 .886 1.96
J.Orosco 119.7 0 85 8 19 0 1 1.000 2.03
B.Shirley 43.7 0 26 2 12 0 1 1.000 2.89
S.Wihtol 42.7 0 31 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.69
M.Lacoss 28.0 0 20 4 6 0 1 1.000 3.21
Team Total 1438.0 160 355 100 213 12 8 .963 1.96
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bumbry .325
On-Base Pct Bumbry .365
Slugging Pct Parker .462
OPS Hernandez .795
XR Hernandez 84.4
Games Hernandez, Horner 154
At-Bats Parker 600
Runs Bumbry 86
Hits Hernandez 173
Total Bases Parker 277
Singles Bumbry 138
Doubles Parker 40
Triples Bumbry 7
Homeruns Parker 24
RBIs Horner 110
Stolen Bases Mazzilli 33
Caught Stealing Mazzilli 14
Walks Smalley 71
Strikeouts Thornton 92
ERA Ruthven 2.54
Wins Sanderson 19
Losses Borbon, Orosco 13
Winning Pct Sanderson .704
Saves Orosco 35
Games Pitched Orosco 85
Games Started Sanderson 33
Complete Games Ruthven 9
Shutouts Borbon, Hausman, Martinez, Ruthven, Sanderson 1
Innings Pitched Sanderson 245.0
Hits Allowed Borbon 243
Homeruns Allowed Borbon 30
Strikeouts Martinez 181
Walks Allowed Martinez 100
Walks per 9IP Hausman 1.9
Hits per 9IP Sanderson 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Martinez 7.7
WHiP Sanderson 1.09
OAVG Sanderson .216
OOBP Sanderson .276
OSLG Ruthven .328
OOPS Ruthven .619
Team All-Stars
Keith Hernandez
Scott Sanderson
Player Salaries
Dave Parker $ 9,500,000
Tippy Martinez $ 6,500,000
Keith Hernandez $ 5,230,000
Dick Ruthven $ 5,000,000
Al Bumbry $ 4,560,000
Tom Hausman $ 4,500,000
Dennis Leonard $ 4,414,286
Andre Thornton $ 3,000,000
Lee Mazzilli $ 2,564,286
Dave Kingman $ 1,620,000
Pedro Borbon $ 1,250,000
Bob Stanley $ 650,000
Rob Andrews $ 646,429
Bombo Rivera $ 350,000
John Tamargo $ 350,000
Scott Sanderson $ 300,000
Sandy Wihtol $ 300,000
Bob Shirley $ 300,000
Roy Smalley $ 300,000
Mike Lacoss $ 300,000
Bob Horner $ 300,000
Damaso Garcia $ 300,000
Lou Whitaker $ 300,000
Jesse Orosco $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Signed     Dave Parker
3/4 Traded Amos Otis Los Angeles Al Bumbry
Tippy Martinez
Dave Kingman
6/1 Traded Barry Bonnell Boston (A) Dick Ruthven
10/29 Released Leon Roberts    
10/29 Released Tom Tischinski    
10/29 Released Earl Williams    
10/29 Released Dave Tomlin    
10/29 Released Burt Hooton    
 
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