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2008 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007)
74-88, 5th place in AL Central Division
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Scored 821 runs, Allowed 857 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84
Managed by Jim Leyland

Ballpark: Comerica Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,202,645 (3rd of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 103
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Ivan Rodriguez      36   82  302   33   89  16  3   5   32  19   52  .295  .338  .417   6   1   9   2   3   2   1   98
1B  Miguel Cabrera      25  160  616   85  180  36  2  37  127  56  126  .292  .349  .537   1   0  16   3   0   9   6  130
2B  Placido Polanco     32  141  580   90  178  34  3   8   58  35   43  .307  .350  .417   7   1  14   6   4   4   2  102
3B #Carlos Guillen      32  113  420   68  120  29  2  10   54  60   67  .286  .376  .436   9   3  11   3   2   4   3  114
SS  Edgar Renteria      32  138  503   69  136  22  2  10   55  37   64  .270  .317  .382   6   3  19   0   2   5   1   84
LF  Marcus Thames       31  103  316   50   76  12  0  25   56  24   95  .241  .292  .516   0   3   6   0   0   2   0  108
CF *Curtis Granderson   27  141  553  112  155  26 13  22   66  71  111  .280  .365  .494  12   4   7   3   1   1   1  124
RF  Magglio Ordonez     34  146  561   72  178  32  2  21  103  53   76  .317  .376  .494   1   5  27   3   0   6   2  127
DH  Gary Sheffield      39  114  418   52   94  16  0  19   57  58   83  .225  .326  .400   9   2  19   5   0   1   3   90
    Brandon Inge        31  113  347   41   71  16  4  11   51  43   94  .205  .303  .369   4   3   4   8   5   4   2   76
   *Matthew Joyce       23   92  242   40   61  16  3  12   33  31   65  .252  .339  .492   0   2   3   2   0   2   0  116
    Ryan Raburn         27   92  182   26   43  10  1   4   20  16   49  .236  .298  .368   3   1   2   0   1   0   1   75
   #Ramon Santiago      28   58  124   30   35   6  2   4   18  22   17  .282  .411  .460   1   0   1   5   5   0   0  129
   *Clete Thomas        24   40  116    7   33   9  1   1    9  14   26  .284  .366  .405   2   0   1   1   2   0   1  104
   *Jeff Larish         25   42  104   12   27   6  0   2   16   7   34  .260  .306  .375   2   2   2   0   0   0   0   79
   *Jacque Jones        33   24   79   10   13   2  1   1    5   8   18  .165  .244  .253   0   1   2   1   0   2   0   32
    Dusty Ryan          23   15   44    6   14   2  0   2    7   5   13  .318  .380  .500   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  130
    Dane Sardinha       29   17   44    2    7   0  1   0    3   4   11  .159  .229  .205   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   16
    Mike Hessman        30   12   27    6    8   1  0   5    7   2    9  .296  .387  .889   0   0   0   2   0   0   0  224
    Brent Clevlen       24   11   24    4    5   0  0   0    1   3    8  .208  .296  .208   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   37
   #Mike Hollimon       26   11   23    4    6   2  1   1    2   1    6  .261  .280  .565   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  116

    Justin Verlander    25    2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Nate Robertson      30    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Eddie Bonine        27    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Armando Galarraga   26    2    2    2    0   0  0   0    0   3    1  .000  .600  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   77
    Jeremy Bonderman    25    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Freddy Dolsi        25    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Kenny Rogers        43    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.4  162 5641  821 1529 293 41 200  780 572 1076  .271  .340  .444  63  31 144  44  30  44  23  105
    Rank among 14 AL teams         3    4    4   9  2   2        5    5     4     4     4  14  10      11            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Justin Verlander    25  33   4.84  11  17  0  33   0   1   0  201.0  195  119  108  18   87  163  880   6  14  3   8  92
SP *Kenny Rogers        43  30   5.70   9  13  0  30   0   0   0  173.7  212  118  110  22   71   82  782   4   9  1   3  78
SP  Armando Galarraga   26  30   3.73  13   7  0  28   0   0   0  178.7  152   83   74  28   61  126  746   6   6  0   2 119
SP *Nate Robertson      30  32   6.35   7  11  0  28   1   0   0  168.7  218  124  119  26   62  108  761   5   2  0   7  70
SP  Jeremy Bonderman    25  12   4.29   3   4  0  12   0   0   0   71.3   75   39   34   9   36   44  319   1   3  0   2 104
SP *Dontrelle Willis    26   8   9.38   0   2  0   7   0   0   0   24.0   18   25   25   4   35   18  122   5   1  1   1  47
SP  Eddie Bonine        27   5   5.40   2   1  0   5   0   0   0   26.7   36   19   16   3    5    9  117   0   2  0   0  82

CL  Todd Jones          40  45   4.97   4   1 18   0  37   0   0   41.7   50   30   23   5   18   14  193   4   4  0   3  89
RP *Bobby Seay          30  60   4.47   1   2  0   0  14   0   0   56.3   59   28   28   4   25   58  246   3   2  0   7  99
RP  Aquilino Lopez      33  48   3.55   4   1  0   0  18   0   0   78.7   86   33   31   9   22   61  344   6   2  1   4 125
RP  Freddy Dolsi        25  42   3.97   1   5  2   0  13   0   0   47.7   50   21   21   3   28   29  218   4   3  1   5 112
RP  Fernando Rodney     31  38   4.91   0   6 13   0  25   0   0   40.3   34   22   22   3   30   49  188   3   3  0   5  91

    Zach Miner          26  45   4.27   8   5  0  13   3   0   0  118.0  118   60   56  10   46   62  509   4   6  0   3 104
   *Casey Fossum        30  31   5.66   3   1  0   0   9   0   0   41.3   44   26   26   4   18   28  179   1   3  0   1  78
    Joel Zumaya         23  21   3.47   0   2  1   0   5   0   0   23.3   24   13    9   3   22   22  114   6   0  0   4 128
   *Clay Rapada         27  25   4.22   3   0  0   0   3   0   0   21.3   19   11   10   0   14   15   94   1   1  0   1 105
    Chris Lambert       25   8   5.66   1   2  0   3   1   0   0   20.7   31   18   13   3    7   15  102   0   2  0   1  78
    Gary Glover         31  18   4.43   1   1  0   0   5   0   0   20.3   22   11   10   4    4   15   86   0   1  0   1 100
    Denny Bautista      27  16   3.32   0   1  0   0   3   0   0   19.0   15    7    7   1   14   10   83   1   2  0   0 134
    Kyle Farnsworth     32  16   6.75   1   1  0   0   5   0   0   16.0   27   14   12   4    5   18   76   0   0  0   1  66
    Freddy Garcia       33   3   4.20   1   1  0   3   0   0   0   15.0   11    8    7   3    6   12   61   0   1  0   0 106
    Jason Grilli        31   9   3.29   0   1  0   0   4   0   0   13.7   12    5    5   1    7   10   59   1   1  0   1 135
    Francis Beltran     28  11   4.85   1   0  0   0   4   0   0   13.0   13    7    7   3    6    9   56   1   0  0   1  92
    Francisco Cruceta   26  13   5.40   0   3  0   0   8   0   0   11.7   13    8    7   2   10   11   56   3   0  0   1  82
    Yorman Bazardo      23   3  24.00   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    3.0    7    8    8   0    5    3   20   0   0  0   1  19
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.9 162   4.91  74  88 34 162 161   1   0 1445.0 1541  857  788 172  644  991 6411  65  68  7  63  91
    Rank among 14 AL teams         12  12   3 11          13  10      8   11   12       11   13   11
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- IRodriguez 706 79 81 447 44 4 8 .992 4 32 18 BInge 493 56 60 370 33 0 4 1.000 11 26 11 DSardinha 122 13 17 109 8 1 1 .992 0 4 1 DRyan 122 14 15 99 5 0 0 1.000 1 7 6 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1445 162 162 1025 90 5 13 .996 16 0 69 36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 *9.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MCabrera 1204 139 143 1117 73 9 116 .992 8.90 CGuillen 162 18 24 142 11 2 22 .987 8.50 MThames 41 3 9 34 1 0 10 1.000 7.68 JLarish 38 2 8 41 3 0 9 1.000 10.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 1334 88 11 157 .992 8.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PPolanco 1201 136 141 323 374 8 100 .989 5.22 RRaburn 118 12 16 27 34 5 12 .924 4.65 RSantiago 117 13 21 30 36 0 13 1.000 5.05 MHollimon 8 1 2 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 383 446 13 125 .985 5.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *2.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGuillen 749 87 89 68 195 14 15 .949 3.16 BInge 324 33 51 38 80 1 14 .992 3.27 MCabrera 116 14 14 15 30 5 4 .900 3.49 JLarish 83 12 12 10 17 2 1 .931 2.93 RRaburn 79 8 18 8 14 3 1 .880 2.51 MHessman 70 7 12 7 20 1 3 .964 3.47 RSantiago 21 1 6 2 3 2 0 .714 2.14 MHollimon 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 149 359 28 38 .948 3.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ERenteria 1173 134 138 197 365 16 91 .972 4.31 RSantiago 227 23 33 45 70 3 15 .975 4.55 MHollimon 44 5 6 1 12 1 2 .929 2.66 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 243 447 20 108 .972 4.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MThames 488 69 73 120 3 5 1 .961 2.27 MJoyce 409 41 60 94 2 3 0 .970 2.11 JJones 172 22 23 38 1 1 0 .975 2.04 CThomas 139 11 25 40 4 2 1 .957 2.85 RRaburn 127 9 30 29 2 1 0 .969 2.18 GSheffield 47 6 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.49 BClevlen 39 2 10 16 1 0 0 1.000 3.92 CGuillen 17 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 BInge 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 356 13 12 2 .969 2.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGranderson 1188 131 140 366 5 4 1 .989 2.81 CThomas 112 12 16 40 0 2 0 .952 3.21 BInge 94 12 13 26 2 0 0 1.000 2.68 RRaburn 30 4 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 BClevlen 21 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 450 7 6 1 .987 2.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MOrdonez 1144 134 135 220 8 5 0 .979 1.79 MJoyce 161 16 25 42 0 1 0 .977 2.35 RRaburn 84 6 22 22 0 1 0 .957 2.36 MThames 25 2 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.88 CThomas 22 3 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 BClevlen 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 301 8 7 0 .978 1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *1.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JVerlander 201 33 33 7 24 2 1 .939 1.39 AGalarraga 178 28 30 13 11 2 2 .923 1.21 KRogers 173 30 30 26 50 1 11 .987 3.94 NRobertson 168 28 32 8 20 1 1 .966 1.49 ZMiner 118 13 45 5 17 0 2 1.000 1.68 ALopez 78 0 48 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.57 JBonderman 71 12 12 6 9 1 2 .937 1.89 BSeay 56 0 60 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.44 FDolsi 47 0 42 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.94 TJones 41 0 45 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.51 CFossum 41 0 31 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.31 FRodney 40 0 38 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.34 EBonine 26 5 5 2 3 1 2 .833 1.69 DWillis 24 7 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.75 JZumaya 23 0 21 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.39 CRapada 21 0 25 3 5 2 0 .800 3.38 CLambert 20 3 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.74 GGlover 20 0 18 3 0 1 0 .750 1.33 DBautista 19 0 16 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.95 KFarnsworth 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 FGarcia 15 3 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.60 JGrilli 13 0 9 3 2 0 1 1.000 3.28 FBeltran 13 0 11 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 FCruceta 11 0 13 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.54 YBazardo 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 94 176 11 22 .961 1.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- GSheffield 106 MThames 13 JLarish 11 MOrdonez 10 MCabrera 6 CGuillen 4 MJoyce 2 JJones 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Ordonez .317

On-base % Ordonez .376

Slugging % Cabrera .537

OPS Cabrera .886

Games Cabrera 160

At Bats Cabrera 616

Plate Appearances (approx.) Cabrera 684

Runs Granderson 112

Hits Cabrera 180

Total Bases Cabrera 331

Doubles Cabrera 36

Triples Granderson 13

Home Runs Cabrera 37

RBI Cabrera 127

Bases on Balls Granderson 71

Strikeouts Cabrera 126

Stolen Bases Granderson 12

Singles Polanco 133

Adjusted OPS+ Cabrera 130

Runs Created Cabrera 114

Adjusted Batting Runs Cabrera 25

Batting Wins Cabrera 2.4

Extra-Base Hits Cabrera 75

Times on Base Cabrera 239

Offensive Win% Granderson .639

Hit By Pitch Inge 8

Sac. Hits Inge and Santiago 5

Sac. Flies Cabrera 9

Intentional Walks Cabrera 6

Grounded into Double Plays Ordonez 27

Caught Stealing Ordonez 5

Power/Speed Number Granderson 15.5

At Bats per Strikeout Polanco 13.5

At Bats per Home Run Cabrera 16.6

Outs Cabrera 461

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Galarraga 3.73

Wins Galarraga 13

Won-Loss % Galarraga .650

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Galarraga 1.192

Hits Allowed/9IP Galarraga 7.66

Bases on Balls/9IP Galarraga 3.07

Strikeouts/9IP Verlander 7.30

Games Seay 60

Saves Jones 18

Innings Verlander 201.0

Strikeouts Verlander 163

Games Started Verlander 33

Comp. Games Verlander 1

Home Runs Allow. Galarraga 28

Bases On Balls Allow. Verlander 87

Hits Allowed Robertson 218

SO to Walk Galarraga 2.07

Losses Verlander 17

Earned Runs Allow. Robertson 119

Wild Pitches Galarraga, Lopez, Verlander, and Zumaya 6

Hit Batsmen Verlander 14

Batters Faced Verlander 880

Games Finished Jones 37

Adjusted ERA+ Galarraga 119

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Magglio Ordonez $ 15,768,174

Gary Sheffield $ 13,326,306

Ivan Rodriguez $ 12,379,883

Carlos Guillen $ 12,000,000

Miguel Cabrera $ 11,300,000

Edgar Renteria $ 10,000,000

Jeremy Bonderman $ 8,500,000

Kenny Rogers $ 8,000,000

Todd Jones $ 7,000,000

Dontrelle Willis $ 7,000,000

Jacque Jones $ 6,333,333

Brandon Inge $ 6,200,000

Kyle Farnsworth $ 5,916,666

Placido Polanco $ 4,600,000

Nate Robertson $ 4,250,000

Fernando Rodney $ 1,700,000

Marcus Thames $ 1,275,000

Justin Verlander $ 1,130,000

Gary Glover $ 1,075,000

Curtis Granderson $ 1,000,000

Bobby Seay $ 780,000

Ramon Santiago $ 575,000

Jason Grilli $ 420,000

Joel Zumaya $ 420,000

Zach Miner $ 410,000

Aquilino Lopez $ 400,000

Ryan Raburn $ 396,000

Denny Bautista $ 395,000

Yorman Bazardo $ 395,000

Clete Thomas $ 390,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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