1984 Detroit Tigers
Record: 68-92
Finish: 3rd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 692
Runs Allowed: 750
Exp W-L: 74-86
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,979,968
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 11th in the American League
AA: 52-85, 11th in the American League
A: 64-73, 8th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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
1B *Jason Thompson 29 156 573 85 111 20 0 33 89 0 0 99 129 .194 .312 .401 .713 77.4 12.9 0.0
DH *Keith Hernandez 30 154 612 78 181 44 5 12 81 6 7 54 71 .296 .353 .443 .796 89.0 20.1 2.8
DH *Bernie Carbo 36 156 538 76 131 28 4 18 75 3 1 85 112 .243 .343 .411 .754 76.8 14.4 1.7
3B *Oscar Gamble 34 149 537 75 122 20 2 28 92 3 2 40 128 .227 .284 .428 .712 66.8 10.6 2.5
3B  Bob Horner 26 101 355 51 87 16 0 12 40 0 1 46 38 .245 .333 .392 .724 43.5 7.2 1.5
CF  Tony Armas 30 77 299 40 74 17 2 9 37 1 0 22 52 .247 .297 .408 .705 34.9 5.8 1.2
CF  Dan Ford 32 76 299 31 63 14 1 6 32 3 5 21 59 .211 .266 .324 .591 22.6 0.9 1.3
SS #Roy Smalley 31 76 260 30 60 13 1 4 20 0 1 33 40 .231 .314 .335 .649 29.0 4.3 3.1
C #Biff Pocoroba 30 69 254 25 63 18 1 5 23 0 1 22 8 .248 .310 .386 .696 28.0 4.8 3.4
C *Charlie Sands 36 74 218 27 43 6 1 3 24 0 1 48 66 .197 .341 .275 .616 25.5 3.3 3.0
2B  Bobby Grich 35 64 236 17 48 10 0 0 24 0 0 27 63 .203 .289 .246 .535 17.5 0.6 1.6
SS #Larry Lintz 34 73 229 31 51 3 1 0 11 23 5 31 43 .223 .315 .245 .560 21.3 2.2 3.0
2B  Damaso Garcia 29 55 200 18 54 12 2 2 26 7 3 4 24 .270 .291 .380 .671 19.1 2.8 1.6
3B #Alfredo Griffin 26 79 191 23 52 12 2 1 24 8 5 5 13 .272 .291 .372 .663 16.8 1.9 1.7
CF *John Hale 30 48 171 31 45 12 2 4 21 0 0 23 33 .263 .354 .427 .780 25.6 5.3 0.7
LF  Rich Murray 26 47 136 14 24 6 0 2 10 4 4 7 28 .176 .217 .265 .481 5.8 0.0 0.5
1B  Junior Moore 31 39 117 14 21 6 3 0 9 0 1 13 15 .179 .262 .282 .544 7.8 0.0 0.4
2B *Lou Whitaker 27 33 124 14 39 10 1 6 24 0 0 9 9 .315 .361 .556 .917 22.1 5.9 0.8
C  Dann Bilardello 25 36 111 11 26 9 0 1 16 0 0 4 28 .234 .254 .342 .597 8.7 0.3 1.6
P  Sandy Wihtol 29 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.3 1566 5462 691 1295 276 28 146 678 58 37 594 960 .237 .312 .378 .690 638.3 103.2 32.3
  Rank among 12 AL teams 12 6 12 8 12 3 6 8 6 2 12 12 7 6 7 8  
* - 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
*Tippy Martinez 34 11 12 .478 31 31 0 226.0 185 85 23 93 167 3.38 15.0
 Tom Hausman 31 8 15 .348 30 30 0 208.7 218 84 19 39 79 3.62 10.6
*Jesse Orosco 27 6 11 .353 57 16 3 149.7 156 93 22 77 149 5.59 1.8
*Zane Smith 23 8 7 .533 17 17 0 133.3 150 59 5 30 44 3.98 7.1
 Scott Sanderson 27 7 7 .500 16 16 0 115.3 114 68 13 32 66 5.31 2.6
*Balor Moore 33 5 8 .385 16 16 0 111.0 95 50 10 58 113 4.05 5.1
 Dick Ruthven 33 4 5 .444 11 11 0 87.7 90 38 2 26 33 3.90 3.7
*Joe Hesketh 25 3 5 .375 11 11 0 77.7 63 30 9 25 39 3.48 5.0
 Mike Lacoss 28 3 6 .333 47 9 2 73.3 83 29 2 37 24 3.56 3.6
 Mike Torrez 37 2 4 .333 17 5 0 57.7 68 39 5 30 21 6.09 0.0
 Sandy Wihtol 29 4 2 .667 32 0 13 43.3 42 17 3 16 38 3.53 5.4
 Luis Aponte 31 4 3 .571 35 0 8 43.3 52 20 5 10 26 4.16 3.5
 Phil Hennigan 38 1 3 .250 16 3 0 42.7 37 15 2 9 33 3.16 2.7
 Roger Weaver 29 1 2 .333 21 1 1 39.0 31 16 3 27 16 3.69 1.9
 John Montefusco 34 1 2 .333 17 0 3 30.3 31 19 4 10 14 5.64 0.4
Team Totals 30.6 68 92 .425 374 166 30 1438.9 1415 662 127 519 862 4.14 68.4
Rank among 12 AL teams 10 10 11 9 9 4 8 9 7 4 9  
* - 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 .987 32.1
B.Pocoroba 585.6 62 66 375 38 5 0 .988 34.7
C.Sands 584.8 65 68 359 24 3 0 .992 30.9
D.Bilardello 266.0 30 32 200 11 2 0 .991 32.0
J.Hale 2.3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1438.7 157 166 935 73 10 0 .990 32.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.68
K.Hernandez 1310.0 146 151 1599 116 11 134 .994 11.78
R.Murray 64.8 5 8 78 6 0 5 1.000 11.67
J.Moore 58.0 7 8 69 5 1 5 .987 11.48
B.Horner 6.9 0 4 6 1 0 1 1.000 9.13
D.Bilardello 5.0 0 2 5 3 0 1 1.000 14.40
B.Pocoroba 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.2 158 174 1757 131 12 146 .994 11.76
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.70
B.Grich 554.5 64 64 111 235 4 47 .989 5.62
L.Whitaker 267.4 31 32 54 116 4 25 .977 5.72
D.Garcia 263.2 25 28 48 116 5 24 .970 5.61
A.Griffin 177.3 20 25 51 67 1 16 .992 5.99
L.Lintz 36.0 4 4 8 12 0 2 1.000 5.00
B.Horner 28.4 2 4 8 13 0 4 1.000 6.65
J.Moore 18.0 1 4 1 8 0 0 1.000 4.50
O.Gamble 4.0 0 1 2 5 1 3 .875 15.75
R.Smalley 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1350.8 147 162 284 572 15 121 .983 5.70
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.74
B.Horner 768.4 86 90 52 170 15 15 .937 2.60
O.Gamble 468.7 52 53 27 124 0 10 1.000 2.90
A.Griffin 111.7 12 16 8 30 1 5 .974 3.06
D.Garcia 79.9 8 9 4 18 1 2 .957 2.48
R.Murray 13.2 0 4 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.05
L.Lintz 3.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Moore 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Whitaker 0.6 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.8 158 175 92 344 17 33 .962 2.71
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.32
R.Smalley 649.5 74 75 94 285 12 45 .969 5.25
L.Lintz 571.0 68 68 84 264 9 41 .975 5.49
A.Griffin 144.3 12 29 25 70 3 16 .969 5.92
D.Garcia 107.0 9 16 23 50 1 12 .986 6.14
C.Sands 7.6 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
R.Murray 3.9 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
J.Moore 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1484.3 164 191 229 669 25 114 .973 5.44
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.90
B.Carbo 1293.7 145 148 263 5 9 1 .968 1.86
J.Moore 75.0 8 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
R.Murray 57.1 5 6 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.21
J.Hale 9.5 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
O.Gamble 7.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
D.Garcia 5.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
Team Total 1448.0 159 167 290 6 9 1 .970 1.84
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.56
D.Ford 671.9 73 75 195 3 7 1 .966 2.65
T.Armas 643.2 74 74 173 5 6 1 .967 2.49
J.Hale 243.6 25 28 60 2 0 1 1.000 2.29
J.Moore 53.0 6 6 11 1 0 0 1.000 2.04
R.Murray 48.4 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.30
A.Griffin 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
L.Whitaker 2.6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.46
Team Total 1667.7 182 188 448 11 13 3 .972 2.48
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.05
O.Gamble 822.3 91 92 183 0 6 0 .968 2.00
J.Hale 161.1 17 18 28 2 1 1 .968 1.68
R.Murray 115.1 9 11 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.11
J.Moore 89.0 10 10 17 0 1 0 .944 1.72
B.Carbo 14.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
T.Armas 1.9 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.74
Team Total 1203.4 128 136 259 2 8 1 .970 1.95
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.12
T.Martinez 226.0 31 31 11 40 2 2 .962 2.03
T.Hausman 208.7 30 30 19 28 2 3 .959 2.03
J.Orosco 149.7 16 57 7 23 0 2 1.000 1.80
Z.Smith 133.3 17 17 9 22 2 0 .939 2.09
S.Sanderson 115.3 16 16 13 17 0 2 1.000 2.34
B.Moore 111.0 16 16 7 20 1 2 .964 2.19
D.Ruthven 87.7 11 11 6 13 0 0 1.000 1.95
J.Hesketh 77.7 11 11 6 20 0 2 1.000 3.01
M.Lacoss 73.3 9 47 5 15 1 2 .952 2.45
M.Torrez 57.7 5 17 6 9 2 2 .882 2.34
S.Wihtol 43.3 0 32 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.04
L.Aponte 43.3 0 35 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.66
P.Hennigan 42.7 3 16 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.27
R.Weaver 39.0 1 21 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.Montefusco 30.3 0 17 0 3 2 0 .600 0.89
Team Total 1438.9 166 374 98 229 12 17 .965 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hernandez .296
On-Base Pct Hernandez .353
Slugging Pct Hernandez .443
OPS Hernandez .796
XR Hernandez 89.0
Games Thompson, Carbo 156
At-Bats Hernandez 612
Runs Thompson 85
Hits Hernandez 181
Total Bases Hernandez 271
Singles Hernandez 120
Doubles Hernandez 44
Triples Hernandez 5
Homeruns Thompson 33
RBIs Gamble 92
Stolen Bases Lintz 23
Caught Stealing Hernandez 7
Walks Thompson 99
Strikeouts Thompson 129
ERA Martinez 3.38
Wins Martinez 11
Losses Hausman 15
Winning Pct Martinez .478
Saves Wihtol 13
Games Pitched Orosco 57
Games Started Martinez 31
Complete Games Hausman 8
Shutouts Hausman 2
Innings Pitched Martinez 226.0
Hits Allowed Hausman 218
Homeruns Allowed Martinez 23
Strikeouts Martinez 167
Walks Allowed Martinez 93
Walks per 9IP Hausman 1.7
Hits per 9IP Martinez 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Martinez 6.7
WHiP Martinez 1.23
OAVG Martinez .223
OOBP Hausman .297
OSLG Martinez .355
OOPS Martinez .655
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Jason Thompson $ 10,025,000
Balor Moore $ 7,120,000
Bernie Carbo $ 7,070,707
Tippy Martinez $ 6,500,000
Tony Armas $ 6,100,111
Keith Hernandez $ 5,500,000
Tom Hausman $ 4,500,000
Bobby Grich $ 4,150,000
John Hale $ 3,221,429
Oscar Gamble $ 3,000,000
Jesse Orosco $ 2,000,000
Phil Hennigan $ 1,500,000
John Montefusco $ 1,500,000
John Fulgham $ 1,478,571
Luis Aponte $ 1,280,000
Dick Drago $ 1,111,111
Mike Torrez $ 1,000,000
Charlie Sands $ 516,000
Larry Lintz $ 353,000
Roger Weaver $ 300,000
Alfredo Griffin $ 300,000
Junior Moore $ 300,000
Zane Smith $ 300,000
Dann Bilardello $ 300,000
Joe Hesketh $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/4 Traded Bruce Boisclair
Dave Parker
John Balaz
Rich Troedson
San Diego Bernie Carbo
Oscar Gamble
$5,000,000
7/1 Traded Roy Smalley
$5,000,000
New York (N) Larry Lintz
7/1 Traded Biff Pocoroba
$1,722,489
Baltimore Joe Hesketh
John Montefusco
7/1 Traded Lou Whitaker
Scott Sanderson
Dick Ruthven
Mike Lacoss
Kansas City Balor Moore
Tony Armas
Bobby Grich
Phil Hennigan
7/1 Traded Dan Ford
Damaso Garcia
Rich Murray
Kansas City Luis Aponte
Dick Drago
Charlie Sands
7/31 Traded Bob Horner
Sandy Wihtol
Baltimore Mike Brown
John Hale
John Fulgham