1977 Detroit Tigers
Record: 57-103
Finish: 4th in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 559
Runs Allowed: 802
Exp W-L: 54-106
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 797,497
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 9th in the American League
AA: 72-65, 3rd in the American League
A: 60-77, 9th 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
2B  Rob Andrews 24 156 629 80 160 16 2 7 30 57 23 47 62 .254 .307 .320 .627 61.8 6.9 4.5
CF #Lee Mazzilli 22 156 563 65 132 26 5 7 43 33 20 76 86 .234 .327 .336 .663 64.2 8.5 3.9
DH *Keith Hernandez 23 156 572 68 155 32 4 5 67 11 12 63 57 .271 .343 .367 .710 66.8 10.5 3.1
RF  Leon Roberts 26 156 539 56 117 18 4 11 76 9 13 44 86 .217 .279 .327 .606 48.4 2.6 4.2
LF *Bobby Murcer 31 150 509 61 100 21 6 28 89 12 4 69 96 .196 .294 .426 .720 69.8 10.6 6.4
3B  Tim Foli 26 146 452 34 89 21 3 7 42 2 0 23 72 .197 .240 .303 .543 28.7 0.0 4.5
C *Charlie Sands 29 120 360 48 69 16 1 9 36 2 3 99 91 .192 .364 .317 .681 47.8 6.7 4.3
CF *Bruce Boisclair 24 121 396 36 113 28 0 3 46 2 2 37 68 .285 .344 .379 .723 44.7 7.1 0.1
LF  Bombo Rivera 24 100 248 21 55 11 3 1 16 11 10 8 46 .222 .248 .302 .550 15.5 0.0 0.2
3B  Eddie Leon 30 77 234 21 52 8 0 4 24 2 1 11 31 .222 .255 .308 .563 17.9 0.7 2.1
C *Ed Herrmann 30 93 224 18 52 1 0 2 24 0 0 14 35 .232 .275 .263 .538 16.6 0.4 1.9
2B  Wayne Comer 33 107 207 14 34 8 1 5 22 1 1 26 36 .164 .255 .285 .540 14.7 0.0 1.6
1B  Junior Moore 24 64 179 10 39 5 3 1 13 0 3 15 17 .218 .278 .296 .574 13.8 0.7 1.0
CF  Barry Bonnell 23 39 119 11 26 6 0 0 8 3 0 9 20 .218 .277 .269 .546 9.4 0.4 0.7
C  Tom Tischinski 32 32 24 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .125 .222 .167 .389 0.5 0.0 0.3
RF  Rick Bladt 30 27 13 14 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 .077 .143 .077 .220 0.7 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 26.9 1700 5268 559 1197 218 32 90 537 150 92 545 809 .227 .300 .332 .632 521.4 55.1 38.8
  Rank among 12 AL teams 12 12 12 11 8 10 12 3 11 5 9 12 12 12 12 12  
* - 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
 Mike Krukow 25 6 19 .240 33 33 0 236.0 233 123 31 100 109 4.69 11.5
 Dean Chance 36 9 17 .346 32 32 0 233.0 215 124 30 116 102 4.79 11.8
 Tom Hausman 24 13 13 .500 32 32 0 225.3 237 98 15 42 93 3.91 17.4
*Rich Troedson 27 6 11 .353 20 20 0 139.7 170 83 19 41 58 5.35 3.2
 Bob Stanley 22 5 8 .385 16 16 0 123.3 134 61 2 25 30 4.45 7.1
 Frank Linzy 36 4 7 .364 65 2 9 105.3 118 60 14 33 19 5.13 5.8
*John Candelaria 23 3 8 .273 13 13 0 100.7 99 43 12 22 45 3.84 6.7
*Lou Marone 31 6 7 .462 58 0 8 80.3 101 45 11 24 35 5.04 4.6
*Bob Shirley 23 1 5 .167 11 11 0 75.7 71 37 3 38 42 4.40 4.3
*Jim Strickland 31 4 7 .364 39 1 2 64.0 53 28 3 45 30 3.94 4.7
 Bill Dillman 32 0 1 .000 21 0 2 33.7 50 28 1 7 9 7.49 0.0
Team Totals 28.2 57 103 .356 340 160 21 1417.0 1481 730 141 493 572 4.64 77.1
Rank among 12 AL teams 12 12 8 12 12 7 11 8 4 12 10  
* - 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 33.0
C.Sands 976.7 108 117 428 54 7 2 .986 29.9
E.Herrmann 437.0 52 53 189 19 2 0 .990 26.0
T.Tischinski 3.3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1417.0 160 174 618 73 9 2 .987 28.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.54
K.Hernandez 1316.0 151 154 1740 118 11 147 .994 12.71
B.Bonnell 74.0 9 9 114 4 2 6 .983 14.35
W.Comer 20.0 0 5 26 5 1 3 .969 13.95
E.Herrmann 6.0 0 1 8 2 0 2 1.000 15.00
B.Rivera 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1417.0 160 170 1889 130 14 158 .993 12.82
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.95
R.Andrews 1309.7 149 152 282 609 29 125 .968 6.12
W.Comer 96.3 11 14 31 51 1 13 .988 7.66
R.Bladt 8.0 0 4 3 5 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Moore 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1417.0 160 171 316 665 30 138 .970 6.23
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.95
E.Leon 629.7 75 76 42 201 6 11 .976 3.47
J.Moore 493.7 61 62 32 125 10 11 .940 2.86
W.Comer 164.0 17 24 10 44 2 3 .964 2.96
T.Tischinski 99.7 6 28 5 28 1 1 .971 2.98
R.Andrews 16.0 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.25
T.Foli 13.0 0 7 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.77
E.Herrmann 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1417.0 160 202 90 405 19 26 .963 3.14
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.26
T.Foli 1201.7 144 144 177 573 24 99 .969 5.62
W.Comer 173.7 14 41 26 72 3 15 .970 5.08
L.Mazzilli 9.0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
E.Leon 9.0 1 1 5 6 0 2 1.000 11.00
E.Herrmann 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
B.Rivera 7.7 0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.70
B.Murcer 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.25
B.Boisclair 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Bladt 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1417.0 160 199 214 658 27 117 .970 5.54
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.98
L.Mazzilli 1297.7 147 149 264 10 1 0 .996 1.90
B.Bonnell 107.7 13 14 20 0 1 0 .952 1.67
B.Rivera 4.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Bladt 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Herrmann 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Comer 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1417.0 160 169 285 10 2 0 .993 1.87
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.59
B.Murcer 1234.3 144 145 397 14 6 3 .986 3.00
B.Bonnell 70.0 9 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
B.Rivera 43.0 2 13 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.88
W.Comer 41.0 4 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
B.Boisclair 12.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Bladt 6.3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
L.Roberts 3.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Foli 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Mazzilli 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Marone 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1417.0 160 188 432 15 6 3 .987 2.84
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.01
L.Roberts 1334.0 153 154 298 4 3 1 .990 2.04
B.Bonnell 53.0 7 7 10 0 1 0 .909 1.70
B.Boisclair 7.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
B.Rivera 5.7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Murcer 5.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
R.Bladt 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
T.Foli 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
W.Comer 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Mazzilli 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1417.0 160 179 314 4 4 1 .988 2.02
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.00
M.Krukow 236.0 33 33 19 56 0 0 1.000 2.86
D.Chance 233.0 32 32 18 37 1 4 .982 2.12
T.Hausman 225.3 32 32 15 24 0 2 1.000 1.56
R.Troedson 139.7 20 20 4 18 1 3 .957 1.42
B.Stanley 123.3 16 16 6 19 1 2 .962 1.82
F.Linzy 105.3 2 65 6 18 0 0 1.000 2.05
J.Candelaria 100.7 13 13 9 17 1 2 .963 2.32
L.Marone 80.3 0 58 5 16 0 2 1.000 2.35
B.Shirley 75.7 11 11 2 18 1 3 .952 2.38
J.Strickland 64.0 1 39 2 10 1 2 .923 1.69
B.Dillman 33.7 0 21 5 9 0 0 1.000 3.74
Team Total 1417.0 160 340 91 242 6 20 .982 2.12
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hernandez .271
On-Base Pct Hernandez .343
Slugging Pct Murcer .426
OPS Murcer .720
XR Murcer 69.8
Games Andrews, Mazzilli, Roberts, Hernandez 156
At-Bats Andrews 629
Runs Andrews 80
Hits Andrews 160
Total Bases Murcer 217
Singles Andrews 135
Doubles Hernandez 32
Triples Murcer 6
Homeruns Murcer 28
RBIs Murcer 89
Stolen Bases Andrews 57
Caught Stealing Andrews 23
Walks Sands 99
Strikeouts Murcer 96
ERA Hausman 3.91
Wins Hausman 13
Losses Krukow 19
Winning Pct Hausman .500
Saves Linzy 9
Games Pitched Linzy 65
Games Started Krukow 33
Complete Games Krukow 5
Shutouts Candelaria, Chance, Hausman, Krukow 1
Innings Pitched Krukow 236.0
Hits Allowed Hausman 237
Homeruns Allowed Krukow 31
Strikeouts Krukow 109
Walks Allowed Chance 116
Walks per 9IP Hausman 1.7
Hits per 9IP Chance 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Krukow 4.2
WHiP Hausman 1.24
OAVG Chance .245
OOBP Hausman .303
OSLG Hausman .378
OOPS Hausman .681
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Dean Chance $ 8,500,000
Bobby Murcer $ 3,000,000
Ron Taylor $ 1,500,000
Charlie Sands $ 1,250,000
Bob Chance $ 1,000,000
Frank Linzy $ 500,000
Eddie Leon $ 350,000
Wayne Comer $ 350,000
Tim Foli $ 350,000
Ed Herrmann $ 350,000
Burt Hooton $ 350,000
Tom Hausman $ 300,000
Rick Bladt $ 300,000
Bruce Boisclair $ 300,000
Barry Bonnell $ 300,000
John Candelaria $ 300,000
Tom Tischinski $ 300,000
Jim Strickland $ 300,000
Bob Stanley $ 300,000
Mike Krukow $ 300,000
Bob Shirley $ 300,000
Lee Mazzilli $ 300,000
Keith Hernandez $ 300,000
Leon Roberts $ 300,000
Rob Andrews $ 300,000
Bombo Rivera $ 300,000
Rich Troedson $ 300,000
Junior Moore $ 300,000
Lou Marone $ 300,000
Bill Dillman $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/18 Signed     Bobby Murcer
5/1 Traded Ernie Mcanally
$5,000,000
Oakland Floyd Wicker