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1976 Detroit Tigers  (1975)  (1977) 54-108, 5th in AL Eastern Division Scored 582 runs, Allowed 773 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 59-103 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .692 Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 71-91   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 74-87 Manager(s): Dennis Van Langen

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Ron LeFlore          28  149  597   68  190  20   3   3   44  63  28   44  130  .318  .367  .377   83   5.0  3(0)e14   -42  
 OF  Joe Rudi             29  143  547   57  141  23   6  13   70   1   1   24  105  .258  .286  .393   58   3.6  1(+1)e4   -68  
 3B  Doug Rader           31  146  508   50  115  25   0  13   47   1   0   55  123  .226  .305  .352   57   3.8  3e24      -56  
 1B *Jason Thompson       22  133  450   57  107  14   1  14   54   0   3   56   59  .238  .321  .367   54   4.1  4e11      -16  
 DH  Willie Horton        33  116  432   48   99  17   1  19   57   0   1   43   77  .229  .303  .405   51   4.1            -43  
 OF *Dan Meyer            23   95  319   35   90   5   5   4   28   5   2   22   28  .282  .327  .367   37   4.2  5(+4)e2    75  
 C  *Tim McCarver         34   69  168   22   46   9   2   5   23   0   1   39   12  .274  .410  .440   33   7.2  4(+2)e1     8  
 1B  Bill Freehan         34   75  254   22   66  15   1   5   35   0   0   10   40  .260  .286  .386   26   3.6  4e15      -15  
 OF *Tom Poquette         24   56  216   22   57   8   6   1   22   4   7   20   26  .264  .339  .370   25   4.0  3(+1)e7   -82  
 UT #Derrel Thomas        25   86  288   33   64   8   3   0   26  13  12   34   32  .222  .307  .271   24   2.8            -37  
 2B  Chuck Scrivener      28   71  213   20   46  11   1   2   15   0   1   22   34  .216  .288  .305   19   3.2  4e20       23  
 C   Bruce Kimm           25   68  151   23   42   9   0   3   19   2   3   11   22  .278  .325  .397   19   4.6  4(-1)e11   58  
 SS  Tom Veryzer          23  127  369   28   68  10   2   1   25   0   3   13   56  .184  .226  .230   17   1.5  3e28     -107  
 OF  Mickey Stanley       33   57  143   20   40   8   2   2   12   1   0    7   12  .280  .313  .406   16   4.1  2(-1)e10   16  
 C   Rick Dempsey         26   71  222   18   44   2   1   0   15   0   0   15   18  .198  .251  .216   12   1.9  3(-1)e5     1  
 SS  Mark Wagner          22   50  116   14   29   1   2   0   10   0   1   12   25  .250  .320  .293   11   3.4  3e44      -15  
 2B *Ken Boswell          30   38  120    9   30   4   1   0   10   1   0    5   13  .250  .280  .300    9   2.8  4e19      -63  
 C   John Wockenfuss      27   53  137    9   22   2   2   1    8   0   0   12   17  .161  .225  .226    7   1.7  4(0)e16  -218  
 3B *Phil Mankowski       23   43   87    9   21   0   1   3    8   0   1    3    9  .241  .267  .368    7   2.8  4e15      -18  
 2B #Tito Fuentes         32   51  204   12   35   4   0   0    6   1   3    9    8  .172  .207  .191    7   1.0  3e28     -199  
 2B #Jerry Manuel         22   24   41    6   11   1   0   0    5   1   0    1    3  .268  .295  .293    4   3.4  3e53      213  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           587                  -38

     * - 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  Bart Johnson         26  10  16  .385  33  33   9   0   0   0   1  230.0  257  129  119  24   69  104  4.66  123   4.8  -24  
  P *Dave Roberts         31  10  17  .370  36  36  13   0   0   0   1  273.0  313  148  133  15   64   77  4.38  141   4.6   20  
  P  Mark Fidrych         21   9  11  .450  20  20  15   0   0   0   2  163.1  142   62   49   7   31   58  2.70   50   2.8  -22  
  P *Pete Falcone         22   7  19  .269  32  31   8   1   0   0   1  228.2  211  136  117  17  138  144  4.60  120   4.6   57  
  P  Jackie Brown         33   6  19  .240  30  30   3   0   0   0   0  195.2  237  111   97  10   70  117  4.46  111   5.1   -5  
  P  Ken Forsch           29   4   7  .364  46   0   0  29   7   7   0  103.0  111   50   46   8   27   46  4.02   49   4.4   71  
  P *Ed Glynn             23   3   1  .750   8   3   0   2   0   0   0   20.0   17   12   10   2   26   17  4.50   13   6.2  -37  
  P  Steve Busby          26   2   1  .667   4   4   1   0   0   0   1   24.1   18    8    7   0   12    7  2.59    7   2.7 -182  
  P  Steve Grilli         27   2   2  .500  40   0   0  22   2   2   0   68.2   70   36   32   3   30   21  4.19   34   4.4  -70  
  P  Dave Lemanczyk       25   1   6  .143  35   4   1  23   0   1   0   85.2   91   51   44  10   62   53  4.62   52   5.3   22  
  P  Frank MacCormack     21   0   2  .000   9   1   0   4   0   0   0   16.2   24   19   17   2   16    4  9.18   17  10.1   84  
  P  Ken Sanders          35   0   7  .000  35   0   0  31  14   2   0   45.0   32   11   10   4    7   13  2.00   10   2.1 -112  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      733          3

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Bruce Kimm 366 36 56 181 22 6 2 .971 20 17 John Wockenfuss 331 41 44 189 11 6 0 .971 22 7 Rick Dempsey 322 38 39 185 32 7 3 .969 45 19 Tim McCarver 310 35 41 161 24 3 1 .984 52 14 Bill Freehan 121 12 19 48 11 3 1 .952 8 8 Chuck Scrivener 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jason Thompson 1051 117 124 1051 95 11 110 .990 9.81 Bill Freehan 209 25 25 221 17 4 17 .983 10.25 Dan Meyer 127 13 16 121 14 2 12 .985 9.57 Tim McCarver 63 7 9 58 3 0 3 1.000 8.71 Joe Rudi 4 0 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tito Fuentes* 1228 137 143 410 338 22 78 .971 5.48 Chuck Scrivener 353 42 43 121 94 5 28 .977 5.48 Derrel Thomas 350 38 43 141 97 7 28 .971 6.11 Ken Boswell 177 19 25 55 35 4 12 .957 4.58 Jerry Manuel 103 12 16 35 30 3 6 .956 5.68 Phil Mankowski 36 4 4 20 12 2 6 .941 8.00 Mickey Stanley* 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Doug Rader 1245 138 141 132 255 28 38 .933 2.80 Phil Mankowski 106 12 13 15 19 0 2 1.000 2.90 Derrel Thomas 54 6 6 12 11 0 0 1.000 3.83 Chuck Scrivener 42 5 5 6 9 2 1 .882 3.19 Ken Boswell 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tom Veryzer 995 110 126 210 393 19 60 .969 5.45 Mark Wagner 309 36 46 62 134 10 23 .951 5.71 Chuck Scrivener 138 16 22 23 58 4 10 .953 5.27 Jerry Manuel 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 Ken Boswell 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 Derrel Thomas 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Rudi 978 109 112 219 8 2 1 .991 2.09 Dan Meyer 370 41 46 60 4 1 1 .985 1.56 Ken Boswell 69 8 9 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 Tom Poquette 16 2 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 Mickey Stanley 12 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Ron LeFlore 9 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ron LeFlore 1257 143 143 365 13 10 1 .974 2.71 Joe Rudi 134 15 15 37 3 0 1 1.000 2.69 Mickey Stanley 34 1 12 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.12 Derrel Thomas 29 3 5 8 2 0 0 1.000 3.07 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tom Poquette 483 54 54 119 4 4 2 .969 2.29 Rick Dempsey 282 32 33 65 1 1 0 .985 2.11 Mickey Stanley 272 29 37 73 5 3 1 .963 2.58 Derrel Thomas 219 26 26 56 3 0 0 1.000 2.43 Dan Meyer 106 12 13 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.78 Joe Rudi 81 9 9 16 1 0 1 1.000 1.89 Bruce Kimm 7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Ken Boswell 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 John Wockenfuss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1976 Draft

Round 2 (#18):	Rick Dempsey
Round 3 (#35):	Pete Falcone
Round 4 (#54):	Doug Rader
Round 5 (#72):	Jackie Brown
Round 6 (#90):	Bart Johnson

Transactions

• 1976-15: traded Mark Fidrych to KCA for Steve Busby, Tom Poquette
• 1976-15: traded Mickey Stanley to SLN for Tito Fuentes
• 1976 postseason: released Ken Boswell, Steve Busby, Pete Falcone, Bart Johnson

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