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1988 Detroit Tigers
Record: 94-66
Finish: 2nd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 813
Runs Allowed: 649
Exp W-L: 96-64
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,761,825
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 11th in the American League
AA: 56-81, 11th in the American League
A: 65-72, 5th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 2-4 to Baltimore Orioles
 
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
DH #Eddie Murray 32 157 592 97 168 36 2 37 110 1 0 68 69 .284 .354 .539 .893 110.1 22.5 2.1
CF  Ellis Burks 23 155 596 86 175 46 3 13 66 11 1 49 101 .294 .347 .446 .793 89.0 17.1 3.8
RF  Cory Snyder 25 152 606 82 155 45 5 22 99 1 1 28 163 .256 .287 .455 .743 74.2 10.1 3.5
2B *Jack Perconte 33 147 559 78 157 34 6 0 61 40 7 49 31 .281 .342 .363 .705 70.8 11.5 6.8
SS  Barry Larkin 24 132 512 90 149 36 6 18 80 21 4 59 77 .291 .362 .490 .852 90.0 18.6 6.5
2B *Ozzie Guillen 24 139 424 48 117 33 6 1 55 18 11 24 15 .276 .311 .389 .700 47.3 5.6 4.8
CF *Lance Johnson 24 127 434 62 129 14 8 2 51 60 32 23 31 .297 .331 .380 .711 53.7 7.2 3.5
C *Darrell Porter 36 101 312 56 80 26 0 14 47 1 0 58 64 .256 .371 .474 .845 55.9 11.0 4.1
RF  Otto Velez 37 103 316 45 84 21 1 4 44 0 0 43 75 .266 .353 .377 .729 42.2 6.7 0.6
C #Tim Blackwell 35 82 244 38 57 24 1 2 26 0 0 33 42 .234 .332 .365 .697 30.7 4.7 2.8
DH *Keith Hernandez 34 62 238 25 68 21 1 1 42 1 1 12 43 .286 .317 .395 .712 28.6 4.4 0.0
RF  Cesar Cedeno 37 84 236 33 69 16 1 8 38 12 13 13 34 .292 .325 .470 .796 31.3 4.4 1.4
1B *Wally Joyner 26 71 211 32 63 15 1 10 38 0 0 22 11 .299 .362 .521 .883 35.8 7.0 1.1
3B  Ron Cash 38 73 148 11 41 7 0 1 11 0 0 3 20 .277 .289 .345 .634 13.7 1.2 1.7
3B  Jim Morrison 35 31 85 9 13 4 1 4 9 0 0 5 19 .153 .198 .365 .563 6.8 0.0 1.5
LF *Mike Hargrove 38 28 55 11 19 0 0 0 6 1 0 3 7 .345 .367 .345 .712 7.8 1.4 0.2
SS  Bill Almon 35 24 29 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 13 .138 .156 .138 .294 0.6 0.0 0.4
3B #Alfredo Griffin 30 18 28 6 6 2 0 0 3 2 1 2 4 .214 .258 .286 .544 2.1 0.0 0.3
  Team Totals 31.4 1686 5625 813 1554 380 42 137 788 170 72 495 819 .276 .333 .432 .765 790.5 133.3 44.7
  Rank among 12 AL teams 2 3 3 2 4 6 3 2 11 7 1 5 6 2 4 2  
* - 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
 Kevin Brown 23 20 11 .645 36 36 0 263.7 255 107 9 79 164 3.65 18.3
 Bobby Witt 24 13 7 .650 34 34 0 227.7 156 68 10 105 229 2.69 20.6
*Bruce Ruffin 24 13 8 .619 34 34 0 206.7 224 99 16 74 114 4.31 10.7
 Frank Maccormack 33 6 12 .333 26 26 0 165.7 169 72 15 30 105 3.91 8.3
*Ed Vosberg 26 12 7 .632 30 30 0 163.0 151 83 14 50 88 4.58 7.4
*Joe Hesketh 29 6 4 .600 61 0 2 145.7 140 51 12 53 89 3.15 11.4
*Israel Sanchez 24 7 7 .500 62 0 18 101.7 104 48 3 50 48 4.25 8.6
*Greg Cadaret 26 10 6 .625 56 0 22 84.7 72 26 5 45 61 2.76 13.1
 Ed Correa 22 1 1 .500 22 0 2 45.0 36 18 4 30 28 3.60 3.0
 Don Stanhouse 37 1 3 .250 17 0 3 25.0 32 22 1 24 18 7.92 0.0
 Joaquin Andujar 35 5 0 1.000 10 0 1 16.7 14 6 1 3 7 3.24 2.7
Team Totals 27.5 94 66 .588 388 160 48 1445.3 1353 600 90 543 951 3.74 104.0
Rank among 12 AL teams 3 3 6 3 3 3 1 2 8 4 2  
* - 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 .990 30.3
D.Porter 810.3 90 97 564 40 6 1 .990 32.5
T.Blackwell 632.0 70 78 414 26 6 0 .987 27.3
O.Velez 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
A.Griffin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1445.3 160 177 982 66 12 1 .989 30.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.36
E.Murray 875.3 96 101 994 55 7 90 .993 10.79
W.Joyner 471.7 53 54 515 43 7 42 .988 10.65
M.Hargrove 53.0 7 7 54 6 0 5 1.000 10.19
O.Velez 33.0 4 4 41 5 0 3 1.000 12.55
R.Cash 6.7 0 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 12.16
C.Cedeno 3.7 0 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 9.84
T.Blackwell 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1445.3 160 173 1619 110 14 140 .992 10.77
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.66
J.Perconte 1258.3 140 142 281 490 11 103 .986 5.51
O.Guillen 110.0 12 13 17 48 0 5 1.000 5.32
C.Snyder 29.0 3 3 13 9 1 5 .957 6.83
B.Larkin 19.3 2 4 5 8 0 1 1.000 6.05
O.Velez 17.0 2 2 5 3 1 2 .889 4.24
E.Murray 8.7 1 1 3 3 0 0 1.000 6.24
A.Griffin 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1445.3 160 167 324 562 13 116 .986 5.52
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.73
O.Guillen 960.0 108 121 54 221 5 20 .982 2.58
R.Cash 379.7 40 67 19 94 4 10 .966 2.68
J.Morrison 99.7 12 14 5 24 1 1 .967 2.62
B.Almon 5.0 0 4 0 3 0 1 1.000 5.40
K.Hernandez 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.3 160 207 78 342 10 32 .977 2.62
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.07
B.Larkin 1119.0 124 127 176 435 14 73 .978 4.91
J.Morrison 108.0 13 14 25 56 3 10 .964 6.75
A.Griffin 72.0 7 13 5 21 1 3 .963 3.25
B.Almon 67.0 8 8 10 20 2 3 .938 4.03
O.Guillen 40.0 4 5 10 13 2 3 .920 5.18
J.Perconte 38.3 4 6 3 16 2 0 .905 4.46
T.Blackwell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.3 160 174 229 561 24 92 .971 4.92
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 1.85
E.Burks 911.0 102 105 183 3 0 1 1.000 1.84
C.Cedeno 414.7 48 51 98 2 0 1 1.000 2.17
M.Hargrove 53.7 5 10 8 0 1 0 .889 1.34
O.Velez 49.3 5 8 11 0 3 0 .786 2.01
R.Cash 8.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Morrison 5.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Almon 3.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1445.3 160 182 304 5 4 2 .987 1.92
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.45
L.Johnson 956.3 112 112 277 3 4 1 .986 2.64
E.Burks 439.7 48 50 125 0 0 0 1.000 2.56
C.Cedeno 39.3 0 18 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.75
B.Almon 9.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
M.Hargrove 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.3 160 187 415 3 4 1 .991 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.96
C.Snyder 1287.7 143 148 269 6 2 3 .993 1.92
O.Velez 150.7 17 18 28 1 0 1 1.000 1.73
L.Johnson 7.0 0 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.57
Team Total 1445.3 160 167 299 7 3 4 .990 1.91
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.96
K.Brown 263.7 36 36 16 33 2 0 .961 1.67
B.Witt 227.7 34 34 20 37 3 5 .950 2.25
B.Ruffin 206.7 34 34 10 23 5 2 .868 1.44
F.Maccormack 165.7 26 26 7 22 0 0 1.000 1.58
E.Vosberg 163.0 30 30 9 26 0 3 1.000 1.93
J.Hesketh 145.7 0 61 9 36 1 6 .978 2.78
I.Sanchez 101.7 0 62 4 15 1 3 .950 1.68
G.Cadaret 84.7 0 56 4 20 1 2 .960 2.55
E.Correa 45.0 0 22 1 6 1 0 .875 1.40
D.Stanhouse 25.0 0 17 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.16
J.Andujar 16.7 0 10 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.3 160 388 81 223 14 21 .956 1.89
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Burks .294
On-Base Pct Larkin .362
Slugging Pct Murray .539
OPS Murray .893
XR Murray 110.1
Games Murray 157
At-Bats Snyder 606
Runs Murray 97
Hits Burks 175
Total Bases Murray 319
Singles Perconte 117
Doubles Burks 46
Triples Johnson 8
Homeruns Murray 37
RBIs Murray 110
Stolen Bases Johnson 60
Caught Stealing Johnson 32
Walks Murray 68
Strikeouts Snyder 163
ERA Witt 2.69
Wins Brown 20
Losses Maccormack 12
Winning Pct Witt .650
Saves Cadaret 22
Games Pitched Sanchez 62
Games Started Brown 36
Complete Games Brown 6
Shutouts Vosberg 1
Innings Pitched Brown 263.7
Hits Allowed Brown 255
Homeruns Allowed Ruffin 16
Strikeouts Witt 229
Walks Allowed Witt 105
Walks per 9IP Maccormack 1.6
Hits per 9IP Witt 6.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Witt 9.1
WHiP Witt 1.15
OAVG Witt .192
OOBP Witt .285
OSLG Witt .308
OOPS Witt .593
Team All-Stars
Kevin Brown
Eddie Murray
Bobby Witt
Player Salaries
Eddie Murray $ 9,000,000
Jack Perconte $ 6,250,000
Keith Hernandez $ 4,509,000
Otto Velez $ 3,025,500
Joe Sambito $ 2,750,000
Cesar Cedeno $ 2,500,000
Ron Cash $ 1,930,000
Tim Blackwell $ 1,700,700
Frank Maccormack $ 1,500,000
Gene Richards $ 1,500,000
Darrell Porter $ 1,250,000
Don Stanhouse $ 1,250,000
Mike Hargrove $ 1,250,000
Bill Almon $ 400,000
David Clyde $ 400,000
Alfredo Griffin $ 400,000
Rob Picciolo $ 350,000
Joe Hesketh $ 350,000
Barry Larkin $ 300,000
Greg Cadaret $ 300,000
Ellis Burks $ 300,000
Kevin Brown $ 300,000
Ed Correa $ 300,000
Ozzie Guillen $ 300,000
Wally Joyner $ 300,000
Bobby Witt $ 300,000
Bruce Ruffin $ 300,000
Israel Sanchez $ 300,000
Cory Snyder $ 300,000
Ed Vosberg $ 300,000
Lance Johnson $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Frank Maccormack
2/3 Signed     Mike Hargrove
2/3 Signed     David Clyde
2/5 Signed     Keith Hernandez
2/5 Signed     Otto Velez
2/6 Signed     Cesar Cedeno
2/25 Signed     Jim Morrison
3/4 Traded Mike Brown Washington Lance Johnson
3/4 Traded John Fulgham
Ruppert Jones
Joe Lefebvre
Greg Minton		 Indianapolis Eddie Murray
Tim Blackwell
3/4 Traded Brian Allard Washington Ron Cash
4/3 Signed     Mike Vail
4/3 Signed     Willie Aikens
4/3 Signed     Dave Winfield
4/3 Signed     Tony Pena
4/3 Signed     Dick Davis
4/3 Signed     Roy Howell
5/1 Traded Dick Davis
Roy Howell
Tony Pena
Willie Aikens
Mike Vail		 Philadelphia Marc Hill
5/1 Traded Dave Winfield Philadelphia John Hale
5/1 Released Marc Hill    
5/1 Released John Hale    
10/3 Released Marv Foley    
10/3 Released Rob Dressler    
10/3 Released Joaquin Andujar    
10/3 Released Rick Honeycutt    
10/27 Released John Candelaria    
10/27 Released Jim Morrison    
 
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