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1976 Detroit Tigers
Record: 60-102
Finish: 4th in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 605
Runs Allowed: 775
Exp W-L: 63-99
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,337,961
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 4th in the American League
AA: 62-75, 8th in the American League
A: 63-74, 7th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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 #Rusty Torres 27 155 557 68 123 23 0 18 77 3 2 107 99 .221 .343 .359 .702 79.2 10.8 0.0
DH *Keith Hernandez 22 156 569 78 165 45 2 8 74 10 5 78 65 .290 .375 .418 .793 89.6 16.6 2.9
CF  Paul Blair 32 154 557 67 134 31 4 8 48 17 3 66 83 .241 .322 .354 .676 67.1 8.6 3.8
C *Charlie Sands 28 150 472 79 97 20 0 13 45 2 3 123 137 .206 .370 .331 .700 68.7 9.6 8.3
3B  Pete Mackanin 24 142 417 45 86 21 4 9 39 5 0 13 58 .206 .229 .341 .570 30.7 0.0 3.1
3B *Pete Ward 36 105 369 40 80 20 1 5 34 0 0 41 105 .217 .293 .317 .610 34.5 2.3 1.4
RF  Leon Roberts 25 104 349 31 72 22 0 2 46 5 5 34 41 .206 .278 .287 .565 29.3 0.5 1.9
3B  Jim Fregosi 34 101 332 35 76 17 3 8 45 6 5 39 92 .229 .306 .370 .676 38.5 3.8 2.5
2B  Mike De La Hoz 37 97 300 23 80 11 2 1 23 0 2 16 71 .267 .305 .327 .632 26.6 2.1 3.6
3B  Tim Foli 25 99 246 15 45 12 1 1 15 0 0 14 40 .183 .229 .252 .481 9.0 0.0 2.1
2B  Wayne Comer 32 86 187 24 36 11 0 4 25 3 0 27 38 .193 .289 .316 .604 17.8 0.6 1.0
LF  John Balaz 25 51 187 13 45 8 3 2 24 0 1 6 41 .241 .262 .348 .609 15.5 0.8 0.9
3B  Mike Shannon 36 68 178 10 37 6 0 0 11 3 0 9 42 .208 .245 .242 .486 9.1 0.0 1.7
C *Ed Herrmann 29 89 167 17 43 3 1 4 24 0 1 13 19 .257 .319 .359 .678 19.9 2.3 1.9
RF  Rick Bladt 29 54 152 13 34 9 2 3 12 13 1 7 14 .224 .256 .368 .625 15.9 1.4 1.0
1B *John Herrnstein 38 78 133 15 44 5 0 5 18 0 2 11 17 .331 .382 .481 .863 21.5 4.0 0.5
CF #Lee Mazzilli 21 26 91 15 24 4 0 2 12 5 3 12 18 .264 .350 .374 .723 12.7 1.8 0.7
2B  Rob Andrews 23 25 79 10 18 3 1 0 7 8 2 8 6 .228 .295 .291 .587 8.3 0.6 0.8
C *Bob Chance 35 34 31 3 4 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .129 .125 .226 .351 0.2 0.0 0.1
CF *Bruce Boisclair 23 13 22 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 .091 .160 .091 .251 0.2 0.0 0.2
2B  Orlando Ramirez 24 14 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.1 0.0 0.2
LF  Bombo Rivera 23 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 1808 5404 605 1246 274 24 93 586 80 36 627 1003 .231 .310 .342 .651 594.1 65.7 38.6
  Rank among 10 AL teams 10 10 10 5 10 8 10 7 5 4 10 10 10 10 10 10  
* - 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
 Pat Dobson 34 13 14 .481 33 33 0 263.7 273 117 30 69 148 3.99 16.4
*Joe Hoerner 39 9 19 .321 33 33 0 219.3 249 113 30 71 95 4.64 8.6
*John Candelaria 22 2 15 .118 22 22 0 159.0 211 98 28 29 74 5.55 1.5
 Dean Chance 35 12 11 .522 70 6 10 155.7 155 68 13 71 72 3.93 13.5
 Larry Dierker 29 7 10 .412 21 21 0 140.7 136 60 16 53 61 3.84 9.7
 Burt Hooton 26 2 6 .250 19 11 2 98.0 101 46 10 47 49 4.22 4.9
 Frank Linzy 35 1 7 .125 23 10 1 89.3 92 43 6 37 25 4.33 4.0
 Paul Hartzell 22 4 7 .364 11 11 0 88.0 98 42 12 25 22 4.30 4.3
 Mike Krukow 24 1 7 .125 10 10 0 68.3 92 55 6 37 32 7.24 0.0
*Lou Marone 30 5 4 .556 41 0 6 56.7 59 28 6 19 28 4.45 4.8
 Pete Mikkelsen 36 1 1 .500 25 0 2 43.3 41 18 3 15 29 3.74 3.7
 Tom Hausman 23 3 1 .750 5 5 0 36.0 26 11 2 11 11 2.75 3.9
 Doc Medich 27 0 0 .000 8 0 0 10.7 6 6 1 10 2 5.07 0.4
 Ron Taylor 38 0 0 .000 4 0 0 1.7 5 4 0 1 0 21.69 0.0
Team Totals 30.0 60 102 .370 325 162 21 1430.3 1544 709 163 495 648 4.46 75.7
Rank among 10 AL teams 9 9 8 9 10 9 9 5 2 10 6  
* - 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 .989 31.7
C.Sands 1187.0 132 144 565 74 7 0 .989 36.8
E.Herrmann 242.3 30 30 110 19 1 0 .992 50.0
B.Chance 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1430.3 162 175 677 93 8 0 .990 39.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.45
K.Hernandez 1304.3 146 154 1670 118 6 142 .997 12.34
J.Herrnstein 77.0 9 10 99 6 0 6 1.000 12.27
E.Herrmann 28.0 4 4 34 2 0 2 1.000 11.57
W.Comer 20.0 3 3 22 1 0 5 1.000 10.35
B.Chance 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.3 162 172 1825 127 6 155 .997 12.28
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.79
M.De La Hoz 765.7 93 96 178 377 11 65 .981 6.52
M.Shannon 309.0 34 42 62 135 4 27 .980 5.74
R.Andrews 217.7 25 25 50 90 5 21 .966 5.79
T.Foli 63.7 6 13 10 27 1 5 .974 5.23
W.Comer 47.0 4 12 15 20 1 6 .972 6.70
P.Blair 24.0 0 12 9 15 0 4 1.000 9.00
O.Ramirez 2.0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1.000 18.00
P.Mackanin 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
R.Bladt 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.3 162 203 324 670 22 129 .978 6.25
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.84
P.Mackanin 1080.3 128 133 75 298 11 30 .971 3.11
P.Ward 215.0 25 26 10 50 6 1 .909 2.51
T.Foli 67.3 4 24 5 17 0 3 1.000 2.94
M.Shannon 57.0 5 12 5 22 0 1 1.000 4.26
M.De La Hoz 9.7 0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 2.80
J.Fregosi 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.3 162 200 96 389 18 35 .964 3.05
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.18
J.Fregosi 814.7 95 98 122 361 16 60 .968 5.34
T.Foli 512.3 64 64 115 215 12 39 .965 5.80
M.Shannon 33.3 3 9 9 13 1 5 .957 5.94
W.Comer 29.0 0 16 11 14 0 2 1.000 7.76
P.Mackanin 20.7 0 8 4 6 0 2 1.000 4.36
O.Ramirez 20.3 0 11 6 12 0 4 1.000 7.97
Team Total 1430.3 162 206 267 621 29 112 .968 5.59
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
P.Ward 647.7 75 76 111 2 0 1 1.000 1.57
J.Balaz 424.7 51 51 95 0 0 0 1.000 2.01
L.Mazzilli 203.0 26 26 60 3 0 1 1.000 2.79
W.Comer 88.0 9 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.53
J.Herrnstein 35.0 0 15 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.34
E.Herrmann 9.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
B.Boisclair 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Bladt 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Roberts 3.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Blair 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Torres 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Ramirez 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.3 162 197 296 6 0 2 1.000 1.90
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.43
P.Blair 1246.7 149 149 332 6 2 2 .994 2.44
W.Comer 87.7 11 11 24 1 0 1 1.000 2.57
J.Herrnstein 80.0 0 38 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
B.Boisclair 14.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
E.Herrmann 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.3 162 201 377 7 2 3 .995 2.42
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.98
L.Roberts 844.7 101 102 191 5 5 4 .975 2.09
R.Bladt 418.0 52 53 90 4 1 2 .989 2.02
W.Comer 62.0 6 13 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
B.Chance 38.0 0 21 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
B.Boisclair 32.7 3 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.58
J.Herrnstein 20.0 0 9 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
P.Ward 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
M.Shannon 4.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
P.Blair 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Torres 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Rivera 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.3 162 212 323 9 6 6 .982 2.09
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.98
P.Dobson 263.7 33 33 20 54 1 6 .987 2.53
J.Hoerner 219.3 33 33 15 39 3 0 .947 2.22
J.Candelaria 159.0 22 22 10 19 1 2 .967 1.64
D.Chance 155.7 6 70 11 25 3 0 .923 2.08
L.Dierker 140.7 21 21 10 18 1 0 .966 1.79
B.Hooton 98.0 11 19 6 16 0 1 1.000 2.02
F.Linzy 89.3 10 23 3 12 2 0 .882 1.51
P.Hartzell 88.0 11 11 10 19 1 2 .967 2.97
M.Krukow 68.3 10 10 4 10 1 0 .933 1.84
L.Marone 56.7 0 41 5 16 0 3 1.000 3.34
P.Mikkelsen 43.3 0 25 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.08
T.Hausman 36.0 5 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.75
D.Medich 10.7 0 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84
R.Taylor 1.7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1430.3 162 325 96 240 13 14 .963 2.11
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hernandez .290
On-Base Pct Hernandez .375
Slugging Pct Hernandez .418
OPS Hernandez .793
XR Hernandez 89.6
Games Hernandez 156
At-Bats Hernandez 569
Runs Sands 79
Hits Hernandez 165
Total Bases Hernandez 238
Singles Hernandez 110
Doubles Hernandez 45
Triples Blair, Mackanin 4
Homeruns Torres 18
RBIs Torres 77
Stolen Bases Blair 17
Caught Stealing Fregosi, Hernandez, Roberts 5
Walks Sands 123
Strikeouts Sands 137
ERA Dobson 3.99
Wins Dobson 13
Losses Hoerner 19
Winning Pct Chance .522
Saves Chance 10
Games Pitched Chance 70
Games Started Dobson, Hoerner 33
Complete Games Dobson 18
Shutouts Dobson 2
Innings Pitched Dobson 263.7
Hits Allowed Dobson 273
Homeruns Allowed Dobson, Hoerner 30
Strikeouts Dobson 148
Walks Allowed Chance, Hoerner 71
Walks per 9IP Dobson 2.4
Hits per 9IP Dobson 9.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Dobson 5.1
WHiP Dobson 1.30
OAVG Dobson .266
OOBP Dobson .312
OSLG Dobson .408
OOPS Dobson .721
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Dean Chance $ 8,500,000
Willie Stargell $ 8,000,000
Joe Hoerner $ 4,500,000
Pat Dobson $ 4,250,000
Mike Shannon $ 4,100,000
Ron Taylor $ 1,500,000
Charlie Sands $ 1,250,000
Bob Chance $ 1,000,000
John Herrnstein $ 800,000
Mike De La Hoz $ 751,000
Pete Ward $ 576,000
Pete Mikkelsen $ 500,000
Sparky Lyle $ 500,000
Frank Linzy $ 500,000
Rusty Torres $ 500,000
Jim Fregosi $ 432,000
Wayne Comer $ 350,000
Ed Herrmann $ 350,000
Tim Foli $ 350,000
Eddie Leon $ 350,000
Paul Blair $ 350,000
Arnold Umbach $ 310,000
Keith Hernandez $ 300,000
Bruce Boisclair $ 300,000
George Culver $ 300,000
Rick Bladt $ 300,000
John Balaz $ 300,000
John Candelaria $ 300,000
Leon Roberts $ 300,000
Burt Hooton $ 300,000
Tom Hausman $ 300,000
Orlando Ramirez $ 300,000
Rob Andrews $ 300,000
Bombo Rivera $ 300,000
Mike Krukow $ 300,000
Pete Mackanin $ 300,000
Lou Marone $ 300,000
Lee Mazzilli $ 300,000
Doc Medich $ 300,000
Paul Hartzell $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Gonzalo Marquez
$9,244,558		 Kansas City Mike Shannon
2/3 Traded Bob Molinaro Seattle Dean Chance
3/3 Traded Duke Sims
Dave Boswell		 Kansas City Larry Hardy
3/3 Traded Bill Burbach Kansas City Larry Dierker
Pat Dobson
4/2 Released Jim Kremmel    
4/2 Released Lowell Palmer    
4/2 Signed     John Herrnstein
4/2 Signed     Jim Fregosi
4/2 Signed     Pete Ward
4/2 Signed     Jimmie Hall
7/31 Traded Larry Dierker Boston (N) Bruce Boisclair
Dave Lemanczyk
 
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