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2008 Detroit Tigers  (2007)  (2009) 76-86, 2nd in AL Central Division Scored 824 runs, Allowed 851 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .700 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 85-77   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 74-88 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Ryan Howard          28  162  606   97  146  33   4  46  111   0   0   71  181  .241  .322  .536  105   6.0  4e20      -23  
 OF *Curtis Granderson    27  143  475   86  144  33  15  19   62   8   0   52   94  .303  .373  .556  103   8.2  2(0)e5     71  
 DH  Miguel Cabrera       25  159  601   86  169  32   0  35  113   1   2   65  120  .281  .350  .509  102   6.0            -28  
 2B  Placido Polanco      32  143  583   69  197  32   3  10   52   3   0   24   56  .338  .374  .455   96   6.3  2e10       61  
 SS  Jhonny Peralta       26  161  602   90  167  43   4  31  100   5   1   47  125  .277  .333  .517   94   5.4  4e16       46  
 OF  Magglio Ordonez      34  138  547   81  167  32   1  18   96   0   1   60   79  .305  .372  .466   92   6.1  4(0)e6    -31  
 3B #Carlos Guillen       32  124  411   82  114  27   2  18   55   1   2   61   72  .277  .375  .484   77   6.7  3e27       48  
 OF *Luis Gonzalez        40  102  343   53  102  29   1   9   42   1   1   38   38  .297  .367  .466   60   6.6  4(+3)e9    85  
 C   Brandon Inge         31   92  292   47   66  19   8  12   31   7   3   37   76  .226  .317  .469   43   4.9  3(-1)e2   114  
 OF  Gabe Kapler          32   78  212   22   62  23   1   7   28   1   0   10   37  .292  .330  .509   33   5.7  3(-1)e3     2  
 3B *Greg Dobbs           30   64  216   29   58  10   1  12   25   3   1   11   44  .269  .304  .491   29   4.8  4e13      -30  
 C  #Victor Martinez      29   67  233   23   59  14   0   2   20   0   0   12   21  .253  .286  .339   20   3.0  4(0)e6    -76  
 OF  Ryan Raburn          27   49  128   14   32   6   0   5   15   2   0    9   36  .250  .297  .414   16   4.4  3(-1)e12   45  
 OF *Clete Thomas         24   46  111   10   25   7   0   1    4   2   0   11   22  .225  .306  .315   11   3.7  2(-1)e21 -150  
 OF *Matt Joyce           23   34  109   12   23   6   1   2    9   0   0   11   42  .211  .295  .339   11   3.5  2(-1)e10 -197  
 C   Dusty Ryan           23   23   38    7   14   1   0   2    5   0   0    2    8  .368  .400  .553    8   9.7  3(-1)e6    73  
 2B  Eric Bruntlett       30   20   65    7   12   2   1   3    8   1   1    6   13  .185  .264  .385    6   3.4  3e53       55  
 3B *Jeff Larish          25   17   54    4   14   2   0   0    4   1   1    4   18  .259  .310  .296    4   2.8  4e35      -75  
 2B  Adam Everett         31   10   37    3    9   3   0   1    8   0   0    2    6  .243  .282  .405    3   2.8  3e41       87  
 UT  Brad Ausmus          39   12   16    1    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .312  .312  .375    1   3.4             88  
 C   Dane Sardinha        29    2    3    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .333  .333  .333    0   4.5  4(+2)e3   233  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           923                   14

     * - 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  Armando Galarraga    26  14   9  .609  32  30   0   2   0   0   0  178.2  144   81   72  26   76  107  3.63   79   4.0  -76  
  P  James Shields        26  11  10  .524  33  33   2   0   0   0   0  212.2  257  129  123  31   54  139  5.21  134   5.7   60  
  P  Justin Verlander     25  10  15  .400  34  33   0   1   0   0   0  191.2  212  139  121  23   86  151  5.68  124   5.8   42  
  P  Joe Nelson           33   8   2  .800  54   0   0  15   7   3   0   52.2   42   19   16   7   17   50  2.73   19   3.3  -16  
  P  John Maine           27   8  11  .421  26  26   0   0   0   0   0  140.2  144  100   96  18   92  107  6.14   94   6.0   54  
  P  Ramon Ramirez        26   4   2  .667  53   0   0  22   2   2   0   45.1   43   15   13   2   27   45  2.58   21   4.2   65  
  P  Jose Valverde        28   4   5  .444  64   0   0  35  18   8   0   59.2   51   34   30   9   27   69  4.53   29   4.4  -43  
  P  Zach Miner           26   4   8  .333  32  13   0   5   0   0   0  117.2  114   63   62  19   45   45  4.74   62   4.8  -22  
  P  Jeremy Bonderman     25   3   4  .429  12  12   1   0   0   0   0   70.0   82   50   47  15   32   40  6.04   50   6.5   47  
  P  Fernando Rodney      31   2   1  .667  56   0   0  18   6   1   0   31.0   30   19   18   3   25   34  5.23   22   6.5   -1  
  P *Will Ohman           30   2   2  .500  66   0   0  20   2   4   0   48.1   46   17   16   4   20   39  2.98   24   4.7   18  
  P  Billy Sadler         26   2   2  .500  36   0   0  10   1   2   0   43.2   28   13   10   1   22   41  2.06   12   2.5 -229  
  P  Jesus Colome         30   1   0 1.000  14   0   0   5   0   2   0   21.2   17    9    9   0   12   18  3.74    8   3.5 -129  
  P *Clay Rapada          27   1   0 1.000  13   0   0   3   0   1   0   13.1    9    8    8   0   11    6  5.40    4   2.9  -76  
  P  Keith Foulke         35   1   0 1.000  12   0   0   7   0   0   0   17.1   20   11   11   6    6   11  5.71   15   7.8   79  
  P *Nate Robertson       30   1   4  .200   9   8   0   0   0   0   0   37.2   55   41   40  11   13   27  9.56   38   9.1  105  
  P  Joel Zumaya          23   0   1  .000  19   0   0   1   0   1   0   15.2   33   26   19   5   19   19 10.91   35  19.9  419  
  P  Vinnie Chulk         29   0   4  .000  66   0   0  14   2   1   0   99.2   98   50   44  20   23   45  3.97   54   5.0  -93  
  P *Jarrod Washburn      33   0   6  .000   7   7   1   0   0   0   0   39.2   41   27   25   7   14   32  5.67   25   5.8  -54  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      857          5

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Brandon Inge 762 88 89 569 34 0 3 1.000 24 9 Victor Martinez 587 67 67 439 21 2 1 .996 25 10 Dusty Ryan 70 6 20 71 3 2 1 .974 8 2 Brad Ausmus 14 1 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 Dane Sardinha 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ryan Howard 1425 161 162 1415 115 18 144 .988 9.66 Brad Ausmus 10 1 2 14 1 0 1 1.000 13.50 Carlos Guillen 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Placido Polanco 1212 135 143 283 428 4 90 .994 5.28 Eric Bruntlett 153 19 20 35 49 6 12 .933 4.94 Adam Everett 66 8 8 20 19 2 6 .951 5.32 Ryan Raburn 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 Brad Ausmus 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carlos Guillen 870 94 109 44 147 11 10 .946 1.98 Greg Dobbs 438 53 55 26 78 8 4 .929 2.14 Jeff Larish 102 12 12 8 24 3 1 .914 2.82 Brandon Inge 20 2 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.80 Eric Bruntlett 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jhonny Peralta 1417 160 160 225 503 16 119 .978 4.62 Adam Everett 18 2 3 2 7 0 2 1.000 4.50 Ryan Raburn 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Luis Gonzalez 791 91 101 167 4 6 1 .966 1.94 Ryan Raburn 294 34 40 72 3 7 0 .915 2.30 Clete Thomas 203 25 28 55 3 1 1 .983 2.58 Matt Joyce 109 12 14 28 0 2 0 .933 2.32 Gabe Kapler 36 0 16 13 2 0 0 1.000 3.72 Brandon Inge 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Curtis Granderson 993 107 133 295 9 3 0 .990 2.75 Gabe Kapler 444 55 58 139 5 1 0 .993 2.92 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Magglio Ordonez 1213 136 138 243 3 4 2 .984 1.83 Matt Joyce 150 17 19 29 2 0 1 1.000 1.86 Clete Thomas 67 9 9 16 1 2 0 .895 2.28 Gabe Kapler 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Greg Dobbs 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Ryan Raburn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

2008 Draft

Round 1 (#19):	Jose Valverde
Round 2 (#41):	Ramon Ramirez
Round 2 (#43):	Joe Nelson
Round 3 (#66):	Gabe Kapler
Round 4 (#87):	Will Ohman
Round 5 (#106):	Vinnie Chulk

Transactions

• 2008 preseason: released rookies Freddy Dolsi, Chris Lambert
• 2008-01: acquired Luis Gonzalez as a free agent
• 2008-02: acquired Eric Bruntlett as a free agent
• 2008-03: acquired Billy Sadler as a free agent
• 2008-20: traded Victor Martinez, Ramon Ramirez to BOA for Jesus Colome, BOA#3
• 2008-20: traded BOA#3 to TEA for Jarrod Washburn
• 2008-23: acquired Keith Foulke as a free agent
• 2008-23: released Vinnie Chulk
• 2008-24: acquired Adam Everett as a free agent
• 2008-24: released Billy Sadler
• 2008 postseason: released Jeremy Bonderman, Eric Bruntlett, Greg Dobbs

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