⭐ Division Winner

1987 Detroit Tigers

98-64 • 0.605 Win% • 1st in AL E

📊 Season Record

98 Wins
64 Losses
0.605 Win %
1st Rank
896 R 735 RA
Diff +161

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⚡ Quick Stats

896 Runs Scored
735 Runs Allowed
+161 Run Diff
2,061K Attendance

📈 vs. 1987 AL Average

Batting Avg .271 3% above the 1987 league average (.264)
OBP .347 5% above the 1987 league average (.332)
SLG .391 7% above the 1987 league average (.366)
Team ERA 4.02 10% better than the 1987 league average (4.46)
Runs Scored 896 13% above the 1987 league average (794 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,061,830
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Avg per Game 25,454

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Alan Trammell 0.343 2 Larry Herndon 0.324 3 Matt Nokes 0.289 4 Mike Heath 0.281 5 Bill Madlock 0.279

Home Runs

1 Darrell Evans 34 2 Matt Nokes 32 3 Alan Trammell 28 4 Kirk Gibson 24 5 Chet Lemon 20

RBI

1 Alan Trammell 105 2 Darrell Evans 99 3 Matt Nokes 87 4 Kirk Gibson 79 5 Chet Lemon 75
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Lou Whitaker 149 604 110 160 0 0 16 59 71 108 13 0.265
Alan Trammell 151 597 109 205 0 0 28 105 60 47 21 0.343
Darrell Evans 150 499 90 128 0 0 34 99 100 84 6 0.257
Kirk Gibson 128 487 95 135 0 0 24 79 71 117 26 0.277
Chet Lemon 146 470 75 130 0 0 20 75 70 82 0 0.277
Matt Nokes 135 461 69 133 0 0 32 87 35 70 2 0.289
Tom Brookens 143 444 59 107 0 0 13 59 33 63 7 0.241
Pat Sheridan 141 421 57 109 0 0 6 49 44 90 18 0.259
Bill Madlock 87 326 56 91 0 0 14 50 28 45 4 0.279
Mike Heath 93 270 34 76 0 0 8 33 21 42 1 0.281
Larry Herndon 89 225 32 73 0 0 9 47 23 35 1 0.324
Dave Bergman 91 172 25 47 0 0 6 22 30 23 0 0.273
Darnell Coles 53 149 14 27 0 0 4 15 15 23 0 0.181
Jim Morrison 34 117 15 24 0 0 4 19 2 26 2 0.205
Johnny Grubb 59 114 9 23 0 0 2 13 15 16 0 0.202
Bill Bean 26 66 6 17 0 0 0 4 5 11 1 0.258
Terry Harper 31 64 4 13 0 0 3 10 9 8 1 0.203
Jim Walewander 53 54 24 13 0 0 1 4 7 6 2 0.241
Scott Lusader 23 47 8 15 0 0 1 8 5 7 1 0.319
Dwight Lowry 13 25 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0.200
Orlando Mercado 10 22 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.136
Tim Tolman 9 12 3 1 0 0 0 1 7 2 0 0.083
Doug Baker 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mike Henneman 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jack Morris 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doyle Alexander 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Willie Hernandez 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bryan Kelly 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eric King 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Morris Madden 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dickie Noles 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Petry 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Robinson 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nate Snell 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Tanana 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Walt Terrell 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Thurmond 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Doyle Alexander 1.53 2 Mike Henneman 2.98 3 Jack Morris 3.38 4 Willie Hernandez 3.67 5 Frank Tanana 3.91

Wins

1 Jack Morris 18 2 Walt Terrell 17 3 Frank Tanana 15 4 Mike Henneman 11 5 Doyle Alexander 9

Strikeouts

1 Jack Morris 208 2 Frank Tanana 146 3 Walt Terrell 143 4 Jeff Robinson 98 5 Dan Petry 93
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jack Morris 18 11 3.38 34 34 0 266.0 93 208
Walt Terrell 17 10 4.05 35 35 0 244.2 94 143
Frank Tanana 15 10 3.91 34 34 0 218.2 56 146
Dan Petry 9 7 5.61 30 21 0 134.2 76 93
Jeff Robinson 9 6 5.37 29 21 0 127.1 54 98
Eric King 6 9 4.89 55 4 9 116.0 60 89
Mike Henneman 11 3 2.98 55 0 7 96.2 30 75
Doyle Alexander 9 0 1.53 11 11 0 88.1 26 44
Mark Thurmond 0 1 4.23 48 0 5 61.2 24 21
Willie Hernandez 3 4 3.67 45 0 8 49.0 20 30
Nate Snell 1 2 3.96 22 2 0 38.2 19 19
Bryan Kelly 0 1 5.06 5 0 0 10.2 7 10
Dickie Noles 0 0 4.50 4 0 2 2.0 1 0
Morris Madden 0 0 16.20 2 0 0 1.2 3 0

🏆 Postseason Results

AL Championship
Lost to MIN 4-1

👥 Roster (37)

Doyle Alexander Doug Baker Bill Bean Dave Bergman Tom Brookens Darnell Coles Darrell Evans Kirk Gibson Johnny Grubb Terry Harper Mike Heath Mike Henneman +25 more

37 players

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