1989 Detroit Tigers
Record: 88-72
Finish: 1st in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 797
Runs Allowed: 744
Exp W-L: 85-75
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 2,275,946
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 7th in the American League
AA: 60-77, 10th in the American League
A: 59-78, 11th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 2-4 to Toronto Blue Jays
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over Baltimore Orioles
 
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
DH #Eddie Murray 33 154 586 104 177 42 3 30 113 1 0 67 76 .302 .371 .538 .908 109.4 25.2 0.4
SS  Barry Larkin 25 153 597 102 175 42 5 18 94 26 9 60 80 .293 .357 .471 .828 96.5 20.5 2.3
RF  Cory Snyder 26 151 600 88 162 48 1 34 127 0 1 25 148 .270 .300 .523 .823 84.9 15.1 4.2
CF  Ellis Burks 24 153 560 79 153 35 1 21 83 4 5 51 95 .273 .337 .452 .788 77.7 14.4 5.8
1B *Wally Joyner 27 150 496 74 143 30 4 17 71 1 0 61 26 .288 .364 .468 .832 80.6 17.0 3.4
3B  Larry Parrish 35 144 481 62 107 24 3 39 83 0 0 31 130 .222 .268 .528 .797 68.5 11.0 3.4
2B *Jack Perconte 34 97 386 61 110 23 2 3 27 14 2 23 40 .285 .326 .378 .704 47.9 8.5 4.0
C *Darrell Porter 37 110 337 46 61 16 0 12 46 0 0 55 92 .181 .300 .335 .635 37.6 3.7 4.7
RF  Cesar Cedeno 38 100 345 39 90 19 3 2 26 12 15 11 66 .261 .286 .351 .636 28.8 2.0 2.1
2B *Ozzie Guillen 25 97 284 29 78 26 1 0 24 8 5 8 18 .275 .295 .373 .668 27.8 3.5 2.5
C  Tony Pena 32 72 217 26 45 13 0 3 21 0 0 14 45 .207 .254 .309 .563 16.4 0.3 2.7
LF  Jack Clark 33 55 184 34 46 13 0 10 29 0 0 35 50 .250 .370 .484 .854 32.2 6.9 1.3
RF  Otto Velez 38 56 121 14 26 3 1 2 16 0 0 22 32 .215 .336 .306 .641 13.4 1.5 0.4
3B #Alfredo Griffin 31 55 131 15 39 7 2 0 9 9 6 6 15 .298 .324 .382 .705 15.2 2.1 1.1
CF *Lance Johnson 25 47 103 20 31 4 3 1 13 16 5 5 5 .301 .330 .427 .757 14.7 2.8 0.7
2B  Rolando Roomes 27 19 53 3 9 2 1 0 3 3 2 1 10 .170 .185 .245 .430 1.3 0.0 0.4
3B  Rene Gonzales 28 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.5 1616 5483 796 1452 347 30 192 785 94 50 476 928 .265 .323 .444 .768 753.3 134.5 39.4
  Rank among 12 AL teams 9 2 4 3 7 1 1 5 11 8 7 4 5 1 1 2  
* - 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 24 16 8 .667 33 33 0 234.7 203 89 8 81 173 3.41 19.8
 Bobby Witt 25 13 13 .500 34 34 0 225.3 163 92 13 108 219 3.67 17.0
*Bruce Ruffin 25 17 8 .680 32 32 0 191.7 178 89 11 67 118 4.18 13.3
*Joe Hesketh 30 7 6 .538 31 11 1 124.3 115 62 14 52 75 4.49 7.2
*Israel Sanchez 25 4 8 .333 36 16 2 115.0 121 59 10 59 44 4.62 4.8
*Dave Rucker 31 4 3 .571 48 0 2 87.3 92 48 10 43 49 4.95 3.3
 Bill Landrum 31 4 3 .571 11 11 0 73.0 55 27 4 29 36 3.33 6.3
*Ed Vosberg 27 2 4 .333 23 9 3 72.0 82 54 12 47 44 6.75 0.0
 Mike Garman 39 3 2 .600 37 0 4 64.3 57 23 5 21 27 3.22 6.9
*Greg Cadaret 27 4 2 .667 35 1 0 63.7 70 46 3 45 33 6.50 0.2
 Tom Gordon 21 5 5 .500 37 0 11 49.3 50 27 8 21 38 4.93 3.7
 Mike Griffin 32 2 3 .400 29 12 2 45.3 55 20 3 4 18 3.97 3.2
 Frank Maccormack 34 4 3 .571 8 8 0 45.0 50 26 4 7 31 5.20 1.8
*Kevin Saucier 32 3 4 .429 32 0 17 35.7 37 23 5 17 24 5.80 2.6
Team Totals 28.8 88 72 .550 426 167 42 1426.6 1328 685 110 601 929 4.32 90.1
Rank among 12 AL teams 3 3 7 3 9 2 1 9 11 9 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 .991 30.8
D.Porter 901.3 101 107 628 28 6 2 .991 19.4
T.Pena 525.3 59 62 341 23 6 0 .984 40.9
Team Total 1426.7 160 169 969 51 12 2 .988 28.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.30
W.Joyner 1172.3 133 137 1361 94 5 103 .997 11.17
E.Murray 147.7 15 19 181 11 0 11 1.000 11.70
L.Parrish 40.0 5 5 58 3 0 7 1.000 13.73
L.Johnson 25.0 3 3 29 2 0 1 1.000 11.16
T.Pena 23.7 2 5 26 2 0 6 1.000 10.65
R.Roomes 16.0 2 2 18 2 0 1 1.000 11.25
C.Cedeno 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Clark 0.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 25.71
Team Total 1427.4 160 173 1677 114 5 129 .997 11.29
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.72
J.Perconte 842.4 93 96 187 374 9 77 .984 5.99
O.Guillen 413.3 45 54 84 187 7 21 .975 5.90
A.Griffin 170.0 18 24 30 75 2 10 .981 5.56
B.Larkin 6.0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Gonzales 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1432.7 156 178 301 639 18 108 .981 5.90
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.54
L.Parrish 1116.0 127 132 76 265 15 24 .958 2.75
O.Guillen 210.7 22 33 20 44 3 2 .955 2.73
A.Griffin 98.7 11 19 3 24 1 1 .964 2.46
T.Pena 1.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1426.7 160 186 99 333 19 27 .958 2.73
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.16
B.Larkin 1284.0 145 150 179 502 21 85 .970 4.77
A.Griffin 73.0 8 11 6 28 1 2 .971 4.19
O.Guillen 69.7 7 10 9 25 1 3 .971 4.39
J.Perconte 5.7 1 1 1 1 1 0 .667 3.16
Team Total 1432.4 161 172 195 556 24 90 .969 4.72
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.77
C.Cedeno 792.7 94 98 145 4 0 0 1.000 1.69
J.Clark 433.8 52 53 83 4 1 1 .989 1.80
O.Velez 93.0 10 23 18 0 2 0 .900 1.74
R.Roomes 70.0 8 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
L.Johnson 18.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
L.Parrish 7.0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
E.Burks 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1415.5 166 191 264 9 3 1 .989 1.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.35
E.Burks 1321.7 149 151 375 6 5 3 .987 2.59
L.Johnson 78.0 8 11 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.77
R.Roomes 27.0 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.33
Team Total 1426.7 160 165 405 7 5 3 .988 2.60
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.91
C.Snyder 1319.7 148 151 267 15 4 0 .986 1.92
O.Velez 52.5 8 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.23
L.Johnson 27.0 3 3 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
R.Roomes 17.0 2 2 4 1 0 1 1.000 2.65
J.Clark 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1416.9 161 165 296 16 4 1 .987 1.98
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.97
K.Brown 234.7 33 33 15 38 1 0 .981 2.03
B.Witt 225.3 34 34 17 24 2 1 .953 1.64
B.Ruffin 191.7 32 32 18 26 0 3 1.000 2.07
J.Hesketh 124.3 11 31 4 32 1 1 .973 2.61
I.Sanchez 115.0 16 36 2 18 3 2 .870 1.57
D.Rucker 87.3 0 48 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.65
B.Landrum 73.0 11 11 5 15 1 1 .952 2.47
E.Vosberg 72.0 9 23 3 14 1 1 .944 2.13
M.Garman 64.3 0 37 3 14 0 3 1.000 2.38
G.Cadaret 63.7 1 35 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.41
T.Gordon 49.3 0 37 4 10 0 0 1.000 2.55
M.Griffin 45.3 12 29 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.18
F.Maccormack 45.0 8 8 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.20
K.Saucier 35.7 0 32 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.78
Team Total 1426.6 167 426 85 236 9 14 .973 2.03
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Murray .302
On-Base Pct Murray .371
Slugging Pct Murray .538
OPS Murray .908
XR Murray 109.4
Games Murray 154
At-Bats Snyder 600
Runs Murray 104
Hits Murray 177
Total Bases Murray 315
Singles Larkin 110
Doubles Snyder 48
Triples Larkin 5
Homeruns Parrish 39
RBIs Snyder 127
Stolen Bases Larkin 26
Caught Stealing Cedeno 15
Walks Murray 67
Strikeouts Snyder 148
ERA Brown 3.41
Wins Ruffin 17
Losses Witt 13
Winning Pct Ruffin .680
Saves Saucier 17
Games Pitched Rucker 48
Games Started Witt 34
Complete Games Brown 6
Shutouts Brown 2
Innings Pitched Brown 234.7
Hits Allowed Brown 203
Homeruns Allowed Hesketh 14
Strikeouts Witt 219
Walks Allowed Witt 108
Walks per 9IP Brown 3.1
Hits per 9IP Witt 6.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Witt 8.7
WHiP Witt 1.20
OAVG Witt .200
OOBP Witt .292
OSLG Brown .331
OOPS Brown .626
Team All-Stars
Ellis Burks
Barry Larkin
Eddie Murray
Larry Parrish
Jack Perconte
Cory Snyder
Player Salaries
Jack Clark $ 27,000,110
Eddie Murray $ 9,000,000
Mike Griffin $ 8,250,000
Larry Parrish $ 4,250,000
Ozzie Guillen $ 1,707,143
Kevin Saucier $ 1,250,000
Bill Landrum $ 1,157,143
Mike Garman $ 500,000
Bill Almon $ 400,000
Alfredo Griffin $ 400,000
Tony Pena $ 400,000
Lance Johnson $ 300,000
Greg Cadaret $ 300,000
Ellis Burks $ 300,000
Kevin Brown $ 300,000
Rene Gonzales $ 300,000
Wally Joyner $ 300,000
Gary Lucas $ 300,000
Pat Zachry $ 300,000
Al Olmsted $ 300,000
Rolando Roomes $ 300,000
Bruce Ruffin $ 300,000
Israel Sanchez $ 300,000
Cory Snyder $ 300,000
Ed Vosberg $ 300,000
Bobby Witt $ 300,000
Barry Larkin $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Dave Rucker
2/5 Signed     Mike Garman
2/6 Signed     Larry Parrish
2/8 Signed     Tony Pena
2/9 Signed     Gary Lucas
2/10 Signed     Kevin Saucier
2/14 Signed     Pat Zachry
7/31 Traded Mike Harkey
Tom Gordon
Jack Perconte
Otto Velez
Kansas City Jack Clark
7/31 Traded Cesar Cedeno
Keith Hernandez
Joe Hesketh
Kansas City Bill Landrum
7/31 Traded Joe Oliver Indianapolis Mike Griffin
10/19 Released Darrell Porter    
10/19 Released Dave Rucker    
10/19 Released Frank Maccormack