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1981 Detroit Tigers  (1980)  (1982) 96-66, 1st in AL Eastern Division Scored 730 runs, Allowed 617 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .731 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 96 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 91-71   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 60-49 Manager(s): Dennis Van Langen Lost to Oakland A's in Championship Series, 3 games to 0.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Kirk Gibson          24  134  434   85  156  15   6  21  102  26   8   40   85  .359  .415  .567  103   9.4  3(-1)e10  134  
 OF *Steve Kemp           26  155  571  103  158  25   9  15   76  11   0  105   77  .277  .389  .431  103   6.5  3(+1)e5    11  
 2B *Lou Whitaker         24  155  512   65  135  15   7   8   50   3   6   68   69  .264  .349  .367   67   4.4  2e14        2  
 C   Lance Parrish        25  156  546   75  123  30   4  28   85   1   2   47  104  .225  .286  .449   62   3.7  3(-2)e1    30  
 SS  Alan Trammell        23  159  615   70  139  30   3   1   55  18   5   68   35  .226  .308  .289   58   3.0  1e14      -71  
 1B *Richie Hebner        33  113  345   33   87   7   3   6   40   5   6   34   51  .252  .325  .342   38   3.8  4e9        10  
 OF #Ricky Peters         25  101  302   51   82   5   3   0   17   5  21   58   40  .272  .394  .308   37   4.0  3(+2)e5    32  
 OF *Johnny Grubb         32   91  265   35   69  22   0   3   19   0   1   29   34  .260  .338  .377   34   4.6  2(+1)e3    68  
 UT  John Wockenfuss      32   96  260   31   45   3   1  12   45   0   0   48   33  .173  .299  .331   27   3.3            -87  
 3B  Bill Stein           34   76  180   15   63   3   0   3   29   3   2    9   32  .350  .379  .417   27   5.8  3e27        1  
 OF  Lynn Jones           28  104  270   34   69   7   0   4   25   3   5   23   17  .256  .313  .326   24   3.0  3(-1)e3   -11  
 3B  Tom Brookens         27  116  321   26   66  12   4   3   37   4   4   16   60  .206  .246  .296   23   2.3  4e24      -85  
 DH *Champ Summers        35   51  128   11   40   8   0   3   24   0   0    7   25  .312  .360  .445   21   6.6            109  
 C   Jerry Grote          38   38   85   14   32   5   3   3   20   0   0    4    2  .376  .404  .612   20  10.4  3(+1)e2   252  
 OF *John Lowenstein      34   32   78   16   20   3   0   3    9   5   1   11   17  .256  .356  .410   12   5.7  2(0)e3     56  
 1B *Rick Leach           24   62  123   15   27   2   1   0    9   0   0   24   22  .220  .347  .252   11   3.1  3e5       -10  
 OF *Bob Molinaro         31   28   65   10   19   2   1   2   13   1   0   12    2  .292  .405  .446   10   5.6  3(+1)e16   69  
 UT  Mark Wagner          27   55  128   11   26   6   0   0    9   2   1   13   17  .203  .277  .250    9   2.2           -161  
 OF  Bobby Bonds          35   30   50    8   12   1   0   2    8   0   3   15   14  .240  .424  .380    8   5.7  3(-1)e8   101  
 OF *Greg Gross           28   21   42    4   13   4   0   0    4   3   0    8    2  .310  .420  .405    8   8.1  3(+1)e7   202  
 PH  Kurt Bevacqua        34   33   41    5   11   2   0   0    2   0   0    6    6  .268  .354  .317    4   3.9            -70  
 DH  Rick Lisi            25   15   27    6   10   0   0   0    4   0   0    4    0  .370  .452  .370    4   6.9             59  
 3B  Julio Gonzalez       28   13   31    2   10   1   0   1    2   0   1    0    3  .323  .344  .452    4   5.5  3e37      -52  
 DH #Jerry Hairston       29   16   37    3    8   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    8  .216  .275  .324    3   2.9           -186  
 3B *Mike Cubbage         30   12   28    2    4   0   0   0    3   0   0    3    6  .143  .226  .143    0   1.0  4e18     -245  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           729                    6

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Ken Forsch           34  18   6  .750  37  32   4   5   3   0   1  228.1  208   80   73  18   44   82  2.88   85   3.3   -1  
  P  Dan Petry            22  17   8  .680  36  32   3   2   1   0   2  216.0  177   86   77   8   90  115  3.21   77   3.2  -25  
  P  Jack Morris          26  17  18  .486  41  41  17   0   0   0   1  306.1  255  147  136  33  131  147  4.00  134   3.9   28  
  P  Doc Medich           32  12   6  .667  25  22   4   1   1   0   1  151.2  171   75   69  10   45   72  4.09   79   4.7   65  
  P  Silvio Martinez      25  10   5  .667  55  16   0  12   2   3   0  143.2  149   61   54   8   55   50  3.38   76   4.8  -14  
  P  Dave Rozema          24   8   6  .571  55  13   0  30  14   4   0  149.0  143   53   50  13   24   60  3.02   53   3.2  -69  
  P  Jim Wright           26   4   0 1.000  31   0   0  12   1   1   0   39.2   36   12   11   4   10   19  2.50   14   3.2 -123  
  P  Juan Berenguer       26   4   5  .444  29   6   0   7   0   0   0   68.2   49   24   21   5   28   37  2.75   23   3.1 -197  
  P *Grant Jackson        38   3   1  .750  31   0   0  12   4   2   0   26.2   25   13    8   4    7   17  2.70   10   3.5  -19  
  P  Dave Tobik           28   2   7  .222  58   0   0  34  13   2   0   89.1   85   46   41  13   51   41  4.13   48   4.9   73  
  P *George Cappuzzello   27   1   4  .200  36   0   0  18   9   1   0   43.2   37   20   17   0   30   26  3.50   17   3.6  -59  
  P *Bob Sykes            26   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0     .2    0    0    0   0    1    0  0.00    0   1.2  -35  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      621         -9

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Lance Parrish 1264 138 151 643 50 4 6 .994 66 24 Jerry Grote 155 18 28 88 9 0 0 1.000 17 6 John Wockenfuss 43 6 10 24 0 2 0 .923 9 0 Kurt Bevacqua 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Richie Hebner 881 100 110 881 68 2 104 .998 9.70 John Wockenfuss 309 35 43 289 38 6 28 .982 9.51 Rick Leach 246 24 45 227 28 0 28 1.000 9.32 Bill Stein 25 3 7 20 3 0 3 1.000 8.17 Johnny Grubb 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lou Whitaker 1304 141 153 436 389 11 107 .987 5.70 Mark Wagner 93 12 12 35 30 4 6 .942 6.29 Bill Stein 67 9 10 19 19 2 5 .950 5.10 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tom Brookens 866 101 113 80 127 8 16 .963 2.15 Bill Stein 260 23 47 31 52 7 9 .922 2.87 Mark Wagner 201 20 35 27 36 4 5 .940 2.82 Mike Cubbage 85 10 12 5 18 1 1 .958 2.44 Julio Gonzalez 37 6 7 3 3 2 1 .750 1.46 Kurt Bevacqua 13 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 Richie Hebner 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 John Wockenfuss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alan Trammell 1418 156 159 344 509 20 114 .977 5.42 Mark Wagner 45 6 6 7 13 0 4 1.000 4.00 Bill Stein 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 27.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Steve Kemp 585 64 68 124 4 0 0 1.000 1.97 Ricky Peters 264 30 40 45 4 1 1 .980 1.67 John Wockenfuss 175 22 24 31 3 2 1 .944 1.75 Lynn Jones 170 17 38 36 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 Johnny Grubb 163 17 26 27 1 1 0 .966 1.54 John Lowenstein 43 5 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Bob Molinaro 39 5 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 Jerry Hairston 11 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Kirk Gibson 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Bill Stein 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Greg Gross 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Kirk Gibson 929 99 120 285 9 7 1 .977 2.85 Ricky Peters 347 40 48 104 0 2 0 .981 2.70 Bobby Bonds 67 8 10 23 1 1 1 .960 3.22 Greg Gross 65 9 9 17 1 1 0 .947 2.49 Johnny Grubb 54 6 7 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Jerry Hairston 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Grubb 450 53 60 128 5 2 1 .985 2.66 Lynn Jones 430 46 64 116 6 1 2 .992 2.55 Rick Leach 98 11 13 35 0 0 0 1.000 3.20 John Lowenstein 96 8 16 24 1 1 0 .962 2.34 Ricky Peters 86 10 12 21 0 1 0 .955 2.20 Champ Summers 73 9 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.48 Bobby Bonds 62 5 19 16 1 1 0 .944 2.45 Steve Kemp 59 7 7 19 2 1 0 .955 3.20 Greg Gross 40 7 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Bill Stein 31 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.87 Kirk Gibson 19 1 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 Bob Molinaro 10 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.66 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1981 Draft

Round 1 (#11):	Ken Forsch
Round 2 (#27):	Bill Stein
Round 3 (#48):	Mark Wagner
Round 4 (#68):	Juan Berenguer
Round 5 (#89):	Jerry Grote
Round 6 (#108):	Grant Jackson
Round 7 (#123):	Jim Wright
Round 8 (#135):	Bob Molinaro
Round 9 (#143):	Kurt Bevacqua
Round 10 (#148):	Bob Sykes

Transactions

• 1981-07: acquired Julio Gonzalez as a free agent
• 1981-08: traded John Lowenstein, Howard Bailey to CHA for Doc Medich
• 1981-08: acquired Jerry Hairston as a free agent
• 1981-18: traded Champ Summers to SFN for Bobby Bonds
• 1981-18: acquired Rick Lisi as a free agent
• 1981-19: released Julio Gonzalez
• 1981-19: acquired Mike Cubbage as a free agent
• 1981 postseason: released Pat Underwood, Jim Wright

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