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1983 Detroit Tigers
Record: 90-70
Finish: 2nd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 862
Runs Allowed: 698
Exp W-L: 95-65
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,087,071
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 43-94, 12th in the American League
AA: 52-85, 12th in the American League
A: 57-80, 11th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Cleveland (A) Indians
 
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
2B *Lou Whitaker 26 152 620 98 185 35 1 24 90 8 2 50 49 .298 .350 .474 .824 97.7 19.2 2.6
1B *Jason Thompson 28 154 561 95 116 22 1 32 90 0 0 91 126 .207 .315 .421 .736 78.2 10.7 0.0
CF  Dan Ford 31 152 601 86 164 30 2 33 96 10 5 47 104 .273 .325 .494 .819 89.9 16.1 4.2
3B  Bob Horner 25 153 567 96 158 35 4 37 113 0 0 61 40 .279 .350 .550 .900 98.9 19.5 3.8
1B *Dave Parker 32 145 582 85 181 41 4 26 120 1 4 39 94 .311 .353 .529 .883 98.4 20.5 3.2
DH *Keith Hernandez 29 148 556 81 177 48 6 9 83 2 5 59 59 .318 .381 .475 .856 91.0 19.3 2.7
SS #Roy Smalley 30 154 507 76 147 32 4 10 77 0 1 81 62 .290 .384 .428 .812 86.9 17.9 4.9
C #Biff Pocoroba 29 140 491 82 142 32 1 11 51 1 0 58 13 .289 .360 .426 .786 74.0 13.6 6.5
CF *Bruce Boisclair 30 150 452 64 111 32 2 3 44 0 2 49 113 .246 .318 .345 .663 47.0 5.2 2.2
C #John Tamargo 31 109 312 46 90 25 3 9 44 0 1 34 27 .288 .356 .474 .831 50.3 10.1 2.0
2B  Damaso Garcia 28 75 159 17 33 6 0 1 12 10 5 1 13 .208 .213 .264 .477 7.1 0.0 1.4
LF  John Balaz 32 57 92 10 16 6 1 0 7 0 0 3 23 .174 .200 .261 .461 2.8 0.0 0.5
LF  Rich Murray 25 21 48 9 16 4 0 1 6 4 0 4 9 .333 .377 .479 .857 7.9 1.5 0.4
3B #Alfredo Griffin 25 36 36 14 13 3 0 1 7 6 3 0 2 .361 .361 .528 .889 5.8 1.1 0.3
  Team Totals 28.6 1646 5584 859 1549 351 29 197 840 42 28 577 734 .277 .343 .456 .800 835.9 154.8 34.7
  Rank among 12 AL teams 5 1 2 1 10 1 1 9 4 2 6 2 2 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Dick Ruthven 32 16 12 .571 34 34 0 271.0 270 96 11 56 105 3.19 17.3
*Tippy Martinez 33 16 8 .667 34 34 0 235.3 194 116 31 109 199 4.44 10.4
 Scott Sanderson 26 14 15 .483 33 33 0 234.3 255 116 25 68 131 4.46 8.2
 Mike Lacoss 27 12 9 .571 35 25 0 200.7 186 89 7 75 90 3.99 10.3
 Tom Hausman 30 11 9 .550 27 27 0 189.0 198 77 18 18 83 3.67 9.7
*Jesse Orosco 26 10 10 .500 66 6 29 117.0 112 53 17 52 114 4.08 9.5
 Mike Torrez 36 6 4 .600 51 0 11 90.0 80 36 4 32 46 3.60 8.3
 Sandy Wihtol 28 3 2 .600 32 0 1 54.0 44 23 6 17 37 3.83 3.3
*Rich Troedson 33 2 1 .667 18 1 3 41.3 36 15 1 13 20 3.27 3.5
Team Totals 30.1 90 70 .563 330 160 44 1432.7 1375 621 120 440 825 3.90 80.5
Rank among 12 AL teams 3 3 5 3 10 1 7 4 5 3 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 .987 37.2
B.Pocoroba 1172.0 130 137 708 67 10 2 .987 40.7
J.Tamargo 260.7 30 31 160 15 3 0 .983 34.5
Team Total 1432.7 160 168 868 82 13 2 .987 39.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.72
K.Hernandez 1185.7 131 147 1408 93 7 103 .995 11.39
J.Tamargo 241.0 29 31 288 17 1 21 .997 11.39
J.Thompson 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
D.Parker 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
B.Pocoroba 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Horner 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1432.7 160 182 1704 110 8 124 .996 11.40
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.90
L.Whitaker 1284.7 144 150 252 502 16 96 .979 5.28
D.Garcia 134.0 15 22 32 52 3 12 .966 5.64
A.Griffin 14.0 1 5 4 4 0 0 1.000 5.14
Team Total 1432.7 160 177 288 558 19 108 .978 5.31
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.90
B.Horner 1253.3 140 149 96 315 26 25 .941 2.95
D.Garcia 131.0 15 20 7 40 0 2 1.000 3.23
A.Griffin 45.3 5 10 2 13 0 1 1.000 2.98
R.Murray 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1432.7 160 180 105 369 26 28 .948 2.98
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.31
R.Smalley 1299.7 147 153 175 539 25 77 .966 4.94
D.Garcia 112.0 12 23 19 51 4 7 .946 5.63
A.Griffin 21.0 1 7 1 8 0 1 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1432.7 160 183 195 598 29 85 .965 4.98
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.96
B.Boisclair 1202.3 141 146 256 3 14 2 .949 1.94
J.Balaz 92.0 4 35 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
R.Murray 91.0 10 15 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
J.Tamargo 44.3 5 5 1 0 4 0 .200 0.20
D.Parker 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1432.7 160 203 301 3 18 2 .944 1.91
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.62
D.Ford 1315.7 146 149 399 6 4 2 .990 2.77
J.Balaz 100.0 12 12 29 1 0 0 1.000 2.70
R.Murray 17.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
Team Total 1432.7 160 163 432 7 4 2 .991 2.76
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.04
D.Parker 1263.3 142 142 292 21 7 5 .978 2.23
J.Tamargo 64.0 7 9 9 0 1 0 .900 1.27
J.Balaz 47.0 4 10 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.96
B.Boisclair 21.0 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
R.Murray 18.3 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
D.Ford 17.0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Hernandez 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1432.7 160 172 314 21 8 5 .977 2.10
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.03
D.Ruthven 271.0 34 34 19 37 4 2 .933 1.86
T.Martinez 235.3 34 34 16 40 0 0 1.000 2.14
S.Sanderson 234.3 33 33 13 46 0 5 1.000 2.27
M.Lacoss 200.7 25 35 10 29 2 3 .951 1.75
T.Hausman 189.0 27 27 11 21 1 1 .970 1.52
J.Orosco 117.0 6 66 6 19 0 0 1.000 1.92
M.Torrez 90.0 0 51 4 16 2 1 .909 2.00
S.Wihtol 54.0 0 32 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.83
R.Troedson 41.3 1 18 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.74
Team Total 1432.7 160 330 84 222 9 14 .971 1.92
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hernandez .318
On-Base Pct Smalley .384
Slugging Pct Horner .550
OPS Horner .900
XR Horner 98.9
Games Smalley, Thompson 154
At-Bats Whitaker 620
Runs Whitaker 98
Hits Whitaker 185
Total Bases Horner 312
Singles Whitaker 125
Doubles Hernandez 48
Triples Hernandez 6
Homeruns Horner 37
RBIs Parker 120
Stolen Bases Ford, Garcia 10
Caught Stealing Ford, Garcia, Hernandez 5
Walks Thompson 91
Strikeouts Thompson 126
ERA Ruthven 3.19
Wins Martinez, Ruthven 16
Losses Sanderson 15
Winning Pct Martinez .667
Saves Orosco 29
Games Pitched Orosco 66
Games Started Martinez, Ruthven 34
Complete Games Ruthven 13
Shutouts Sanderson 2
Innings Pitched Ruthven 271.0
Hits Allowed Ruthven 270
Homeruns Allowed Martinez 31
Strikeouts Martinez 199
Walks Allowed Martinez 109
Walks per 9IP Hausman 0.9
Hits per 9IP Martinez 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Martinez 7.6
WHiP Hausman 1.14
OAVG Martinez .222
OOBP Hausman .287
OSLG Lacoss .346
OOPS Ruthven .650
Team All-Stars
Keith Hernandez
Bob Horner
Tippy Martinez
Dave Parker
Biff Pocoroba
Lou Whitaker
Player Salaries
Jason Thompson $ 10,025,000
Dave Parker $ 9,500,000
Tippy Martinez $ 6,500,000
Dan Ford $ 5,250,000
Keith Hernandez $ 5,230,000
Dick Ruthven $ 5,000,000
Biff Pocoroba $ 5,000,000
Scott Sanderson $ 4,957,143
Lou Whitaker $ 4,642,857
Tom Hausman $ 4,500,000
Bob Horner $ 3,500,000
Roy Smalley $ 3,478,571
Jesse Orosco $ 2,000,000
Mike Lacoss $ 1,757,143
John Tamargo $ 1,450,000
Mike Torrez $ 1,000,000
Sandy Wihtol $ 439,286
Damaso Garcia $ 350,000
John Balaz $ 300,000
Alfredo Griffin $ 300,000
Rich Troedson $ 300,000
Bruce Boisclair $ 300,000
Rich Murray $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/6 Signed     Jason Thompson
2/6 Signed     Mike Torrez
2/8 Traded Pedro Borbon
Amos Otis
Ron Guidry
Bob Stanley		 Pittsburgh Biff Pocoroba
2/8 Traded Bob Shirley
Bob Kearney
Bombo Rivera		 Pittsburgh Dan Ford
 
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