1990 Detroit Tigers
Record: 92-68
Finish: 1st in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 793
Runs Allowed: 709
Exp W-L: 88-72
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,339,822
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 6th in the American League
AA: 71-66, 2nd in the American League
A: 66-71, 10th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Minnesota Twins
 
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
SS  Barry Larkin 26 153 624 107 181 41 6 16 69 32 14 71 78 .290 .361 .452 .813 99.3 16.5 5.1
DH #Eddie Murray 34 152 600 92 164 42 3 23 88 1 0 60 84 .273 .341 .468 .809 88.5 14.0 0.1
RF  Cory Snyder 27 152 618 101 217 56 2 36 121 1 0 30 133 .351 .381 .623 1.004 124.6 27.7 4.2
1B *Wally Joyner 28 156 570 82 140 33 2 22 72 1 0 62 29 .246 .320 .426 .746 78.3 10.5 2.4
CF  Ellis Burks 25 150 517 80 153 28 3 20 73 13 7 61 97 .296 .371 .478 .849 85.3 15.1 4.8
LF  Jack Clark 34 137 495 86 133 23 2 26 76 0 0 82 125 .269 .375 .481 .855 87.4 15.4 3.4
2B *Ozzie Guillen 26 155 488 50 130 31 5 0 45 20 11 17 29 .266 .289 .350 .640 42.9 2.4 4.9
3B  Larry Parrish 36 71 272 35 60 22 1 13 49 0 0 21 70 .221 .271 .452 .723 36.2 4.1 1.2
CF *Jim Eisenreich 31 87 236 31 64 22 3 2 34 7 2 16 21 .271 .316 .415 .731 29.6 4.3 1.5
3B *Tom O'Malley 29 65 189 25 55 8 2 5 42 0 2 27 23 .291 .379 .434 .813 30.6 5.2 1.3
C  Pat Borders 27 58 190 10 37 11 0 1 15 0 0 8 26 .195 .231 .268 .500 8.1 0.0 3.9
3B #Alfredo Griffin 32 91 182 11 34 9 1 0 10 7 4 6 31 .187 .212 .247 .459 7.2 0.0 1.8
C *Jerry Willard 30 39 138 16 29 6 1 2 22 0 0 5 29 .210 .236 .312 .548 9.2 0.0 2.4
C  Tony Pena 33 50 126 16 32 9 0 2 19 0 2 13 25 .254 .324 .373 .697 13.5 1.4 2.2
1B *Jason Thompson 35 46 92 21 25 2 0 3 11 0 0 17 21 .272 .384 .391 .775 16.1 2.5 0.2
C  Mike Diaz 30 28 71 8 16 4 0 4 13 0 0 6 8 .225 .286 .451 .736 9.0 1.1 1.5
CF *Lance Johnson 26 40 73 14 31 1 1 0 10 16 5 2 2 .425 .440 .466 .906 13.6 3.1 0.6
C  Ozzie Virgil 33 17 60 3 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 19 .100 .127 .150 .277 -1.3 0.0 1.1
3B  Rene Gonzales 29 27 33 4 9 1 0 1 5 0 0 8 9 .273 .405 .394 .799 6.2 1.0 0.4
2B  Rolando Roomes 28 8 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .154 .154 .154 .308 0.0 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 30.0 1682 5587 793 1518 350 33 176 777 98 47 514 865 .272 .333 .441 .773 784.4 124.1 43.0
  Rank among 12 AL teams 4 3 5 6 7 1 3 5 8 5 4 5 4 2 2 3  
* - 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 25 14 9 .609 32 32 0 206.0 178 71 9 74 159 3.10 18.6
*Bruce Ruffin 26 12 8 .600 32 32 0 186.3 172 70 7 45 117 3.38 15.4
*Craig Lefferts 32 13 5 .722 74 2 4 178.7 175 80 16 53 122 4.03 14.9
 Bill Landrum 32 7 9 .438 32 32 0 163.3 186 86 8 59 76 4.74 7.2
*Israel Sanchez 26 8 11 .421 32 32 0 161.0 161 81 10 65 64 4.53 7.8
 Steve Fireovid 33 8 4 .667 62 1 9 126.3 122 46 9 55 48 3.28 13.4
 Mike Griffin 33 13 7 .650 80 0 29 111.3 134 49 11 25 36 3.96 14.5
 Bobby Witt 26 9 3 .750 18 18 0 107.0 63 21 4 49 124 1.77 13.6
*Greg Cadaret 28 5 3 .625 51 0 2 92.0 97 61 9 58 66 5.97 2.2
*John Franco 29 1 5 .167 33 0 3 54.7 71 37 2 30 18 6.09 0.0
*Ed Vosberg 28 1 3 .250 10 10 0 47.0 50 27 3 34 25 5.17 1.4
 Eric Wilkins 33 1 1 .500 3 1 0 4.0 6 5 2 9 1 11.25 0.0
Team Totals 29.3 92 68 .575 459 160 47 1437.6 1415 634 90 556 856 3.97 108.9
Rank among 12 AL teams 3 3 7 3 3 5 1 3 9 8 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 .992 31.4
P.Borders 488.3 54 58 318 28 3 0 .991 40.0
J.Willard 307.7 34 35 182 13 1 0 .995 26.9
T.Pena 298.3 33 43 195 13 2 0 .990 24.4
M.Diaz 174.0 18 26 121 8 0 0 1.000 42.9
O.Virgil 148.0 17 17 82 8 0 0 1.000 46.7
Team Total 1416.4 156 179 898 70 6 0 .994 34.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.28
W.Joyner 1298.7 149 153 1472 117 13 128 .992 11.01
J.Thompson 111.3 11 18 131 8 2 17 .986 11.24
J.Clark 12.7 0 6 9 2 0 0 1.000 7.82
E.Burks 6.0 0 3 11 2 0 0 1.000 19.50
T.Pena 5.0 0 2 8 1 0 1 1.000 16.20
R.Gonzales 4.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1437.7 160 184 1634 130 15 146 .992 11.04
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.68
O.Guillen 1262.3 148 153 267 533 19 107 .977 5.70
A.Griffin 124.7 9 38 28 59 4 12 .956 6.28
R.Roomes 35.0 3 8 9 14 0 2 1.000 5.91
R.Gonzales 10.7 0 10 6 2 0 2 1.000 6.75
B.Larkin 3.0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 12.00
J.Thompson 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1437.7 160 211 312 611 23 123 .976 5.78
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.59
L.Parrish 613.7 69 70 40 133 17 9 .911 2.54
T.O'Malley 456.4 58 64 36 118 10 10 .939 3.04
A.Griffin 253.3 29 36 9 63 1 6 .986 2.56
R.Gonzales 79.0 8 15 9 20 0 2 1.000 3.30
J.Willard 28.4 2 4 3 11 0 1 1.000 4.44
O.Guillen 10.3 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.61
T.Pena 6.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1447.1 166 193 99 348 28 29 .941 2.78
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.11
B.Larkin 1330.7 148 150 212 537 25 93 .968 5.07
A.Griffin 101.0 12 12 19 48 2 11 .971 5.97
R.Gonzales 6.0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1437.7 160 164 233 587 27 105 .968 5.13
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.79
J.Clark 1145.0 128 128 238 10 8 0 .969 1.95
J.Eisenreich 168.0 18 22 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.45
L.Johnson 68.7 8 8 22 1 0 1 1.000 3.01
C.Snyder 26.0 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73
E.Burks 21.0 2 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
L.Parrish 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1437.7 160 166 296 11 8 1 .975 1.92
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.40
E.Burks 1209.7 135 139 335 2 8 1 .977 2.51
J.Eisenreich 176.0 20 22 46 0 1 0 .979 2.35
L.Johnson 44.0 5 5 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
E.Murray 8.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1437.7 160 167 399 3 9 2 .978 2.52
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.95
C.Snyder 1289.0 144 146 283 9 1 1 .997 2.04
J.Eisenreich 142.0 16 18 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.22
J.Clark 3.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
M.Diaz 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1437.7 160 167 319 10 1 1 .997 2.06
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.98
K.Brown 206.0 32 32 19 24 1 2 .977 1.88
B.Ruffin 186.3 32 32 11 34 1 2 .978 2.17
C.Lefferts 178.7 2 74 12 29 2 0 .953 2.07
B.Landrum 163.3 32 32 19 31 0 5 1.000 2.76
I.Sanchez 161.0 32 32 8 26 2 2 .944 1.90
S.Fireovid 126.3 1 62 11 15 1 1 .963 1.85
M.Griffin 111.3 0 80 11 16 0 2 1.000 2.18
B.Witt 107.0 18 18 11 11 0 1 1.000 1.85
G.Cadaret 92.0 0 51 3 16 0 2 1.000 1.86
J.Franco 54.7 0 33 4 15 0 0 1.000 3.13
E.Vosberg 47.0 10 10 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.15
E.Wilkins 4.0 1 3 0 3 1 0 .750 6.75
Team Total 1437.6 160 459 112 223 8 17 .977 2.10
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Snyder .351
On-Base Pct Snyder .381
Slugging Pct Snyder .623
OPS Snyder 1.004
XR Snyder 124.6
Games Joyner 156
At-Bats Larkin 624
Runs Larkin 107
Hits Snyder 217
Total Bases Snyder 385
Singles Snyder 123
Doubles Snyder 56
Triples Larkin 6
Homeruns Snyder 36
RBIs Snyder 121
Stolen Bases Larkin 32
Caught Stealing Larkin 14
Walks Clark 82
Strikeouts Snyder 133
ERA Brown 3.10
Wins Brown 14
Losses Sanchez 11
Winning Pct Lefferts .722
Saves Griffin 29
Games Pitched Griffin 80
Games Started Brown, Landrum, Ruffin, Sanchez 32
Complete Games Ruffin 1
Shutouts Ruffin 1
Innings Pitched Brown 206.0
Hits Allowed Landrum 186
Homeruns Allowed Lefferts 16
Strikeouts Brown 159
Walks Allowed Brown 74
Walks per 9IP Ruffin 2.2
Hits per 9IP Brown 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Brown 6.9
WHiP Ruffin 1.16
OAVG Brown .229
OOBP Ruffin .284
OSLG Ruffin .341
OOPS Ruffin .625
Team All-Stars
Cory Snyder
Bobby Witt
Player Salaries
Jack Clark $ 27,000,110
Eddie Murray $ 9,000,000
Cory Snyder $ 4,750,000
Barry Larkin $ 4,414,286
Kevin Brown $ 4,400,000
Craig Lefferts $ 3,600,000
Wally Joyner $ 3,364,286
Tom O'Malley $ 3,207,143
Jim Eisenreich $ 2,656,009
Mike Griffin $ 1,750,000
Ozzie Guillen $ 1,500,000
Bill Landrum $ 1,157,143
Eric Wilkins $ 750,000
Steve Fireovid $ 750,000
John Franco $ 688,990
Alfredo Griffin $ 400,000
Tony Pena $ 400,000
Jerry Willard $ 300,000
Ellis Burks $ 300,000
Greg Cadaret $ 300,000
Jason Thompson $ 300,000
Mike Diaz $ 300,000
Rene Gonzales $ 300,000
Ozzie Virgil $ 300,000
Ed Vosberg $ 300,000
Bobby Witt $ 300,000
Rolando Roomes $ 300,000
Israel Sanchez $ 300,000
Lance Johnson $ 300,000
Pat Borders $ 300,000
Bruce Ruffin $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Signed     Craig Lefferts
2/3 Signed     Steve Fireovid
2/7 Signed     Jim Eisenreich
2/8 Signed     Eric Wilkins
2/17 Signed     John Franco
3/3 Signed     Jason Thompson
3/3 Signed     Ozzie Virgil
3/3 Signed     John Russell
7/1 Traded Larry Parrish
Kevin Saucier
Tampa Bay Tom O'Malley
7/31 Traded Rick Behenna New York (N) Jerry Willard
Mike Diaz