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1996 Detroit Tigers  (1995)  (1997) 65-97, 4th in AL Central Division Scored 768 runs, Allowed 954 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-98 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .681 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 63-99   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 53-109 Manager(s): Mike Mashanic

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
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 OF *Bobby Higginson      25  134  468   81  161  38   0  26   73   1   0   67   78  .344  .423  .592  119   9.9  2(-3)e13   33  
 SS  Travis Fryman        27  144  526   66  133  31   0  23   73   1   1   40  102  .253  .305  .443   68   4.5  4e12      -17  
 OF #Melvin Nieves        24  124  458   62  110  25   9  20   80   2   3   44  153  .240  .312  .465   66   4.9  4(+1)e21  -30  
 3B  Sean Berry           30  113  448   64  120  36   2  21   81  11   2   29   55  .268  .314  .498   64   5.0  4e37       -8  
 OF *Curtis Pride         27   88  298   51   96  23   5  11   46  17   5   28   61  .322  .379  .544   62   7.9  4(+1)e13   37  
 1B  Craig Paquette       27  118  439   55  112  16   4  24   66   5   1   22  102  .255  .297  .474   58   4.7  4e10       22  
 DH  Brian L. Hunter      25  131  547   64  145  27   3   6   43  19   8   17   98  .265  .292  .358   58   3.8             -9  
 1B #Tony Clark           24  118  388   55   91  13   0  27   57   0   0   36  143  .235  .299  .477   52   4.6  3e11      -26  
 UT  Ricky Gutierrez      26   74  234   26   83  15   3   0   14   2   1   16   43  .355  .400  .444   40   6.7            141  
 OF  Derek Bell           27   92  292   38   73  11   2   8   26  10   0   22   44  .250  .308  .384   36   4.4  3(-2)e7   -38  
 C  #Raul Casanova        23   50  181   24   55  13   0   9   29   0   0   14   35  .304  .350  .525   32   6.5  3(0)e2    292  
 C   Brad Ausmus          27   66  227   37   57  12   0   3   10   1   2   36   48  .251  .356  .344   29   4.4  2(-1)e2    94  
 C   Phil Nevin           25   53  128   18   41   6   1   7   17   1   0    6   22  .320  .351  .547   22   6.6  4(+3)e16   26  
 OF  Kimera Bartee        23   94  251   22   62  12   0   1   16  11   3   13   84  .247  .284  .307   22   3.0  2(0)e5    -21  
 2B  Damion Easley        26   60  117   11   32   5   0   6   17   1   0   10   23  .274  .331  .470   19   5.6  3e26       77  
 2B  Alan Trammell        38   60  216   19   56   3   0   2   13   1   1    7   35  .259  .281  .301   17   2.8  4e41       56  
 2B  Billy Ripken         31   49  139   16   33   9   0   4   10   0   0   12   31  .237  .307  .388   15   3.7  2e26       82  
 2B  Mike Benjamin        30   35  113   17   28   5   0   7   24   2   1    4   18  .248  .295  .478   14   4.3  4e16       49  
 C  *Brent Mayne          28   30   89   14   25   4   0   2   12   0   0   12   17  .281  .366  .393   14   5.8  3(+3)e1    64  
 1B *Mike Aldrete         35   16   64   10   15   5   0   3    7   0   0    6   13  .234  .300  .453    7   4.1  4e15       17  
 OF  Pedro Munoz          27   10   39    4   14   3   0   1    7   0   0    1    8  .359  .366  .513    7   7.9  4(+2)e16  125  
 UT *Andy Tomberlin       29   16   54    7    8   2   1   2    8   0   0   10   25  .148  .309  .333    6   3.8           -168  
 3B #Greg Norton          24    8   27    3    4   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    8  .148  .226  .259    1   2.1  3e31     -327  
 DH  Andre Dawson         42    7   29    4    5   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    5  .172  .172  .276    1   1.2           -277  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           843                   19

     * - 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  Felipe Lira          24  12  12  .500  33  33   2   0   0   0   0  194.0  231  128  117  31   82  106  5.43  142   6.7   19  
  P  Dennis Springer      31   8   7  .533  36  25   0   2   0   1   0  168.2  175  119  101  47   77  114  5.39  121   6.5  -12  
  P *Fernando Valenzuela  35   8  13  .381  32  31   1   1   0   0   0  178.2  209  114  100  26   81  105  5.04  124   6.3   60  
  P  Rick Aguilera        34   7  12  .368  25  25   1   0   0   0   0  156.1  192  107  101  24   38  107  5.81  107   6.1  -48  
  P  Mark Leiter          33   6  17  .261  33  33   0   0   0   0   0  179.1  207  138  123  39   81  135  6.17  132   6.6   -7  
  P  Eric Plunk           32   5   3  .625  49   0   0  35  15   4   0   68.2   34   11   10   3   37   80  1.31   14   1.9 -155  
  P  Paul Shuey           25   5   4  .556  39   0   0  23   7   3   0   55.1   49   24   23  10   23   50  3.74   27   4.5   17  
  P  Jose Lima            23   4  13  .235  68   7   1  22   2   6   1  152.0  184  111  101  26   55  136  5.98  114   6.8  -58  
  P  Nerio Rodriguez      25   2   1  .667  11   0   0   6   0   2   0   18.0   22   12   10   3    7   15  5.00   11   5.9   28  
  P *Justin Thompson      23   2   4  .333   8   8   1   0   0   0   0   43.0   46   32   31  13   12   32  6.49   30   6.5   80  
  P *Bob Macdonald        31   1   0 1.000  13   0   0   5   1   1   0   23.0   15    8    6   3   15   13  2.35    9   3.8  -64  
  P *Mike Myers           27   1   0 1.000  33   0   0   6   1   2   0   34.2   36   13   11   2   16   29  2.86   16   4.3 -111  
  P  Todd Jones           28   1   1  .500  32   0   0   9   1   1   0   42.0   58   32   31   2   28   24  6.64   34   7.7   39  
  P  Brian Bevil          24   1   2  .333  11   0   0   5   0   0   0   15.1   11   12   11   4   10   14  6.46    9   5.8  -38  
  P  Calvin Maduro        21   1   2  .333   5   0   0   1   0   2   0   15.0   19    4    4   1    5   13  2.40    8   5.6   45  
  P  Richie Lewis         30   1   3  .250  48   0   0  24   4   2   0   67.1   63   48   43  10   54   55  5.75   46   6.2   21  
  P  Mike Christopher     32   0   0  .000   3   0   0   2   0   0   0    4.2    4    4    4   2    1    4  7.71    2   4.4 -289  
  P *C. J. Nitkowski      23   0   1  .000   7   0   0   3   0   1   0    9.0   10    6    6   0    8   11  6.00    7   8.1 -212  
  P *Steve Howe           38   0   1  .000  15   0   0   7   1   0   0   18.0   18    8    7   3    4    6  3.50    8   4.4  -66  
  P  Greg Keagle          25   0   1  .000  14   0   0   5   0   0   0   26.2   30   23   21   3   22   29  7.09   20   6.7 -144  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      993        -13

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Brad Ausmus 554 61 66 455 23 5 1 .990 41 8 Raul Casanova 441 48 50 373 17 3 5 .992 29 8 Brent Mayne 242 27 29 188 24 1 0 .995 27 13 Phil Nevin 233 26 31 168 16 7 1 .963 30 8 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Clark 860 93 102 791 62 4 73 .995 8.92 Craig Paquette 399 45 47 408 36 1 41 .998 10.01 Mike Aldrete 138 16 16 118 12 1 19 .992 8.48 Andy Tomberlin 71 8 8 67 3 1 7 .986 8.87 Kimera Bartee 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alan Trammell 472 56 56 118 133 14 40 .947 4.79 Billy Ripken 390 44 49 89 127 1 25 .995 4.99 Damion Easley 313 32 57 89 117 4 24 .981 5.92 Mike Benjamin 271 30 34 80 92 1 18 .994 5.71 Ricky Gutierrez 14 0 9 2 4 1 0 .857 3.86 Curtis Pride 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.75 Sean Berry 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 Bobby Higginson 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sean Berry 980 111 112 87 143 17 14 .931 2.11 Ricky Gutierrez 272 27 34 21 44 5 4 .929 2.15 Craig Paquette 154 17 18 11 27 8 4 .826 2.22 Greg Norton 62 7 8 3 7 3 0 .769 1.45 Damion Easley 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Travis Fryman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Travis Fryman 1244 136 141 233 392 7 91 .989 4.52 Ricky Gutierrez 219 26 26 36 68 5 17 .954 4.28 Craig Paquette 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75 Mike Benjamin 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 Alan Trammell 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Higginson 1015 114 118 201 9 9 0 .959 1.86 Kimera Bartee 284 31 34 72 2 2 0 .974 2.35 Pedro Munoz 62 7 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 Andy Tomberlin 62 7 7 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.34 Alan Trammell 25 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 Curtis Pride 12 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Derek Bell 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Craig Paquette 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Brian L. Hunter 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Phil Nevin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Brian L. Hunter 1079 120 126 258 11 16 2 .944 2.24 Kimera Bartee 333 36 52 96 8 2 1 .981 2.81 Derek Bell 54 6 6 16 1 0 0 1.000 2.83 Bobby Higginson 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Melvin Nieves 744 86 86 169 5 9 0 .951 2.11 Derek Bell 617 67 79 121 5 6 3 .955 1.84 Curtis Pride 84 9 13 18 3 0 2 1.000 2.25 Bobby Higginson 19 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 Brian L. Hunter 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1996 Draft

Round 2 (#37):	Sean Berry
Round 3 (#51):	Rick Aguilera
Round 3 (#52):	Paul Shuey
Round 4 (#75):	Mark Leiter
Round 5 (#97):	Craig Paquette
Round 6 (#116):	Dennis Springer

Transactions

• 1996-01: acquired Brent Mayne as a free agent
• 1996-02: acquired Calvin Maduro as a free agent
• 1996-03: acquired Mike Benjamin as a free agent
• 1996-05: released Calvin Maduro
• 1996-05: acquired Bob Macdonald as a free agent
• 1996-11: acquired Billy Ripken as a free agent
• 1996-11: released Mike Benjamin
• 1996-12: released Bob Macdonald
• 1996-12: acquired Steve Howe as a free agent
• 1996-17: traded Brent Mayne to OAA for NYA#3
• 1996-17: acquired Brian Bevil as a free agent
• 1996-18: acquired Nerio Rodriguez as a free agent
• 1996-18: released Steve Howe
• 1996-20: released Brian Bevil
• 1996-20: acquired Andy Tomberlin as a free agent
• 1996-22: released Nerio Rodriguez
• 1996-22: acquired Greg Norton as a free agent
• 1996-23: acquired Mike Aldrete as a free agent
• 1996-23: released Billy Ripken
• 1996-24: released Greg Norton
• 1996-24: acquired Pedro Munoz as a free agent
• 1996-25: released Andy Tomberlin
• 1996-25: acquired Andre Dawson as a free agent
• 1996 postseason: released Kimera Bartee

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