1996 Detroit Tigers season

1996 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Tiger Stadium (since 1912)
Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Mike Ilitch
General manager(s)	Randy Smith
Manager(s)	Buddy Bell
Local television	WKBD (George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS (Ernie Harwell, Fred McLeod)
Local radio	WJR (Frank Beckmann, Lary Sorensen)
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The 1996 Detroit Tigers had a record of 53-109 for the third worst winning percentage (.327) in team history. With a number of capable batters (Cecil Fielder, Tony Clark, Bobby Higginson, Alan Trammell, Rubén Sierra, and Damion Easley), the team scored a respectable 783 runs. However, the 1996 Tigers lacked pitching and allowed their opponents to score 1,103 runs. No team in American League history and only one in major league history (the 1930 Philadelphia Phillies) has given up more runs. No pitcher on the team had more than 7 wins. The Tigers made more unwanted history when they were swept 12-0 by the Cleveland Indians in the regular season series, losing all twelve games played while being outscored, 79-28.

Regular season

Opening Day roster

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	92	70	0.568	—	49–31	43–39
Baltimore Orioles	88	74	0.543	4	43–38	45–36
Boston Red Sox	85	77	0.525	7	47–34	38–43
Toronto Blue Jays	74	88	0.457	18	35–46	39–42
Detroit Tigers	53	109	0.327	39	27–54	26–55

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	5–7	11–2	9–3	9–3	7–5	3–10	9–4	7–5	3–10–1	8–5
Boston	6–7	—	8–4	6–6	1–11	12–1	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	8–5
California	6–6	4–8	—	6–6	4–9	6–6	4–8	7–5	4–8	7–6	6–7	5–8	4–9	7–5
Chicago	8–4	6–6	6–6	—	5–8	10–3	7–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	8–4	7–5
Cleveland	7–5	11–1	9–4	8–5	—	12–0	7–6	7–6	10–3	3–9	6–6	8–4	4–8	7–5
Detroit	2–11	1–12	6–6	3–10	0–12	—	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–7
Kansas City	3–9	9–3	8–4	6–7	6–7	6–6	—	4–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	7–5	6–6	5–8
Milwaukee	3–9	5–7	5–7	7–6	6–7	8–4	9–4	—	9–4	6–6	7–5	4–9	6–7	5–7
Minnesota	5–7	6–6	8–4	7–6	3–10	6–6	7–6	4–9	—	5–7	6–7	6–6	7–5	8–5
New York	10–3	6–7	6–7	7–6	9–3	8–5	8–4	6–6	7–5	—	9–3	3–9	5–7	8–5
Oakland	4–9	5–8	7–6	7–5	6–6	8–4	7–5	5–7	7–6	3–9	—	8–5	7–6	4–8
Seattle	5–7	6–7	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–6	5–7	9–4	6–6	9–3	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	10–3–1	6–6	9–4	4–8	8–4	9–4	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	6–7	3–10	—	10–2
Toronto	5–8	5–8	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–6	8–5	7–5	5–8	5–8	8–4	7–5	2–10	—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 53–109 (Home: 27–54; Away: 26–55)

April: 9–18 (Home: 5–6; Away: 4–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 1	@ Twins	6–8	Radke	Lira (0–1)	Stevens	30,185	0–1
2	April 2	@ Twins	10–6	Sodowsky (1–0)	Robertson	—	20,164	1–1
3	April 3	@ Twins	7–16	Mahomes	Aldred (0–1)	—	12,256	1–2
4	April 4	@ Athletics	10–9 (15)	Keagle (1–0)	Small	—	8,346	2–2
5	April 5	@ Athletics	2–13	Johns	Gohr (0–1)	—	11,149	2–3
6	April 6	@ Athletics	6–1	Lira (1–1)	Reyes	—	10,424	3–3
7	April 7	@ Athletics	6–7	Corsi	Williams (0–1)	—	9,723	3–4
8	April 9	Mariners	10–9	Keagle (2–0)	Menhart	Williams (1)	42,932	4–4
9	April 10	Mariners	7–3	Olivares (1–0)	Hurtado	—	9,299	5–4
10	April 11	Mariners	1–9	Johnson	Gohr (0–2)	—	12,272	5–5
11	April 12	Angels	4–5	Finley	Lira (1–2)	Percival	9,921	5–6
12	April 13	Angels	9–5	Keagle (3–0)	Sanderson	—	11,719	6–6
13	April 14	Angels	5–4	Lewis (1–0)	James	—	12,009	7–6
14	April 15	@ Blue Jays	2–8	Guzman	Olivares (1–1)	—	26,127	7–7
15	April 16	@ Blue Jays	13–8	Gohr (1–2)	Hanson	Lewis (1)	25,503	8–7
16	April 17	@ Mariners	3–8	Jackson	Veres (0–1)	—	18,008	8–8
17	April 18	@ Mariners	3–11	Bosio	Sodowsky (1–1)	Hurtado	17,536	8–9
18	April 19	@ Angels	3–4	Langston	Myers (0–1)	—	32,693	8–10
19	April 20	@ Angels	1–2	Grimsley	Keagle (3–1)	Percival	25,685	8–11
20	April 21	@ Angels	5–6	Eichhorn	Lewis (1–1)	Percival	36,733	8–12
21	April 22	@ Angels	5–6	James	Christopher (0–1)	Percival	17,039	8–13
22	April 24	Twins	11–24	Bennett	Veres (0–2)	—	12,189	8–14
23	April 25	Twins	1–11	Hawkins	Aldred (0–2)	Hansell	11,804	8–15
24	April 26	Athletics	14–5	Christopher (1–1)	Johns	—	7,941	9–15
25	April 27	Athletics	1–4	Reyes	Lira (1–3)	Taylor	13,067	9–16
26	April 28	Athletics	3–6	Wojciechowski	Gohr (1–3)	Taylor	8,907	9–17
27	April 30	@ Red Sox	4–13	Wakefield	Lima (0–1)	—	18,504	9–18

May: 4–23 (Home: 1–11; Away: 3–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
28	May 1	@ Red Sox	1–5	Clemens	Aldred (0–3)	—	20,828	9–19
29	May 2	Rangers	5–2	Lira (2–3)	Witt	Williams (2)	7,416	10–19
30	May 3	Rangers	0–11	Hill	Keagle (3–2)	—	9,079	10–20
31	May 4	Rangers	1–3	Pavlik	Gohr (1–4)	—	10,734	10–21
32	May 5	Rangers	2–3	Gross	Lima (0–2)	Henneman	12,337	10–22
33	May 6	@ Yankees	5–10	Wickman	Myers (0–2)	—	12,838	10–23
34	May 7	@ Yankees	5–12	Mecir	Lewis (1–2)	Nelson	12,760	10–24
35	May 8	@ Yankees	3–10	Gooden	Keagle (3–3)	—	18,729	10–25
36	May 9	@ Yankees	4–2	Gohr (2–4)	Key	Myers (1)	13,098	11–25
37	May 10	@ Rangers	2–6	Pavlik	Lima (0–3)	Henneman	31,426	11–26
38	May 11	@ Rangers	7–11	Gross	Aldred (0–4)	—	42,732	11–27
39	May 12	@ Rangers	5–3	Lira (3–3)	Oliver	Myers (2)	35,677	12–27
40	May 14	@ Indians	1–5	Nagy	Gohr (2–5)	—	40,765	12–28
41	May 15	@ Indians	2–5	Martinez	Lima (0–4)	Mesa	42,259	12–29
42	May 16	@ Indians	3–8	McDowell	Williams (0–2)	—	42,330	12–30
43	May 17	White Sox	6–11 (10)	Hernandez	Lewis (1–3)	—	12,094	12–31
44	May 18	White Sox	4–16	McCaskill	Farrell (0–1)	Simas	21,673	12–32
45	May 19	White Sox	3–14	Alvarez	Gohr (2–6)	—	9,709	12–33
46	May 21	Royals	1–7	Linton	Williams (0–3)	Valera	24,372	12–34
47	May 22	Royals	4–6	Belcher	Farrell (0–2)	Montgomery	12,890	12–35
48	May 24	Indians	3–6	Plunk	Veres (0–3)	Mesa	26,967	12–36
49	May 25	Indians	6–7	Nagy	Lewis (1–4)	Mesa	41,527	12–37
50	May 26	Indians	0–5	Martinez	Williams (0–4)	—	39,056	12–38
51	May 27	@ Royals	4–5 (13)	Montgomery	Veres (0–4)	—	19,776	12–39
52	May 29	@ Royals	5–4	Gohr (3–6)	Appier	Walker (1)	13,712	13–39
53	May 30	@ White Sox	2–8	Alvarez	Olivares (1–2)	—	17,339	13–40
54	May 31	@ White Sox	0–9	Tapani	Lira (3–4)	—	16,983	13–41

June: 10–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 4–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
55	June 2	@ White Sox	2–4	Baldwin	Thompson (0–1)	Hernandez	—	13–42
56	June 2	@ White Sox	5–13	McCaskill	Keagle (3–4)	—	26,125	13–43
57	June 4	@ Orioles	7–10	Mussina	Gohr (3–7)	Myers	43,727	13–44
58	June 5	@ Orioles	4–6	Rhodes	Myers (0–3)	Myers	43,087	13–45
59	June 6	@ Orioles	6–13	Krivda	Lira (3–5)	—	46,269	13–46
60	June 7	Yankees	6–5	Lewis (2–4)	Nelson	—	16,350	14–46
61	June 8	Yankees	9–7	Olson (1–0)	Rogers	Lewis (2)	20,173	15–46
62	June 9	Yankees	2–3	Gooden	Gohr (3–8)	Wetteland	16,588	15–47
63	June 10	Orioles	8–3	Olivares (2–2)	Wells	—	10,655	16–47
64	June 11	Orioles	9–12	Coppinger	Lira (3–6)	—	10,874	16–48
65	June 12	Orioles	7–10	Rhodes	Lewis (2–5)	Myers	12,043	16–49
66	June 14	@ Twins	5–4	Gohr (4–8)	Robertson	Olson (1)	22,831	17–49
67	June 15	@ Twins	6–4	Olivares (3–2)	Rodriguez	Olson (2)	17,099	18–49
68	June 16	@ Twins	1–4	Aguilera	Lira (3–7)	Hansell	20,641	18–50
69	June 17	Athletics	4–8 (10)	Corsi	Myers (0–4)	—	9,231	18–51
70	June 18	Athletics	5–8	Van Poppel	Urbani (0–1)	Taylor	8,543	18–52
71	June 19	Athletics	3–10	Wasdin	Keagle (3–5)	—	9,875	18–53
72	June 20	Twins	3–7	Rodriguez	Olivares (3–3)	—	8,310	18–54
73	June 21	Twins	2–0	Lira (4–7)	Aguilera	—	13,127	19–54
74	June 22	Twins	6–0	Williams (1–4)	Aldred	—	14,506	20–54
75	June 23	Twins	10–8	Urbani (1–1)	Radke	—	13,994	21–54
76	June 24	@ Athletics	2–4	Wasdin	Sodowsky (1–2)	Taylor	10,122	21–55
77	June 25	@ Athletics	10–8	Olivares (4–3)	Wengert	Olson (3)	9,652	22–55
78	June 27	@ Red Sox	9–6	Lira (5–7)	Minchey	—	29,582	23–55
79	June 28	@ Red Sox	5–8	Wakefield	Williams (1–5)	—	27,578	23–56
80	June 29	@ Red Sox	6–13	Eshelman	Keagle (3–6)	—	33,509	23–57
81	June 30	@ Red Sox	4–9	Gordon	Sodowsky (1–3)	—	31,217	23–58

July: 12–14 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
82	July 1	Brewers	0–2	Sparks	Olivares (4–4)	Fetters	10,727	23–59
83	July 2	Brewers	1–2 (11)	Garcia	Sager (0–1)	Fetters	9,455	23–60
84	July 3	Brewers	8–5	Williams (2–5)	D'Amico	—	11,047	24–60
85	July 4	Blue Jays	6–1	Nitkowski (1–0)	Janzen	Myers (6)	10,557	25–60
86	July 5	Blue Jays	4–3	Sager (1–1)	Hanson	Olson (4)	20,808	26–60
87	July 6	Blue Jays	0–15	Hentgen	Olivares (4–5)	—	16,228	26–61
88	July 7	Blue Jays	9–0	Lira (6–7)	Ware	—	15,784	27–61
89	July 11	Red Sox	4–11	Clemens	Williams (2–6)	—	15,826	27–62
90	July 12	Red Sox	3–11	Gordon	Olivares (4–6)	—	19,535	27–63
91	July 13	Red Sox	5–10	Sele	Nitkowski (1–1)	—	16,671	27–64
92	July 14	Red Sox	4–6	Moyer	Lira (6–8)	Slocumb	19,670	27–65
93	July 15	@ Brewers	10–9	Sager (2–1)	Bones	Olson (5)	15,819	28–65
94	July 16	@ Brewers	7–20	D'Amico	Williams (2–7)	—	12,476	28–66
95	July 17	@ Brewers	2–3 (10)	Fetters	Urbani (1–2)	—	21,121	28–67
96	July 18	@ Blue Jays	4–8	Hentgen	Nitkowski (1–2)	—	31,202	28–68
97	July 19	@ Blue Jays	8–6	Urbani (2–2)	Janzen	Olson (6)	30,123	29–68
98	July 20	@ Blue Jays	5–4 (10)	Olson (2–0)	Quantrill	Lima (1)	36,220	30–68
99	July 21	@ Blue Jays	4–5 (12)	Spoljaric	Lima (0–5)	—	33,238	30–69
100	July 22	@ Angels	0–1	Finley	Olivares (4–7)	Percival	16,336	30–70
101	July 23	@ Angels	8–3	Lima (1–5)	James	—	16,432	31–70
102	July 25	@ Mariners	7–4 (10)	Lima (2–5)	Ayala	—	19,949	32–70
103	July 26	@ Mariners	4–6	Hitchcock	Sager (2–2)	Jackson	25,175	32–71
104	July 27	@ Mariners	7–13	Davis	Williams (2–8)	—	43,209	32–72
105	July 28	@ Mariners	14–6	Olivares (5–7)	Bosio	—	38,204	33–72
106	July 30	Angels	12–9	Nitkowski (2–2)	Grimsley	—	11,641	34–72
107	July 31	Angels	10–5	Lima (3–5)	Holtz	—	9,740	35–72

August: 14–15 (Home: 9–7; Away: 5–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
108	August 1	Angels	13–5	Williams (3–8)	Boskie	—	14,591	36–72
109	August 2	Mariners	8–2	Olivares (6–7)	Wagner	—	23,405	37–72
110	August 3	Mariners	6–3	Olson (3–0)	Charlton	—	25,928	38–72
111	August 4	Mariners	3–9	Wolcott	Nitkowski (2–3)	—	23,569	38–73
112	August 6	Rangers	2–4	Hill	Lira (6–9)	Henneman	10,931	38–74
113	August 7	Rangers	4–2	Cummings (1–0)	Pavlik	Myers (7)	10,297	39–74
114	August 8	Rangers	3–2	Olivares (7–7)	Heredia	—	10,995	40–74
115	August 9	@ Yankees	5–3	Cummings (2–0)	Pettitte	Myers (8)	23,439	41–74
116	August 10	@ Yankees	13–7	Lewis (3–5)	Key	—	28,863	42–74
117	August 11	@ Yankees	0–12	Rogers	Lira (6–10)	—	33,517	42–75
118	August 12	@ Rangers	0–7	Hill	Williams (3–9)	—	25,210	42–76
119	August 13	@ Rangers	2–6	Pavlik	Olivares (7–8)	—	31,331	42–77
120	August 14	@ Rangers	4–5	Witt	Van Poppel (0–1)	Henneman	33,942	42–78
121	August 16	@ Indians	1–3 (12)	Assenmacher	Lewis (3–6)	—	42,485	42–79
122	August 17	@ Indians	3–6	Hershiser	Thompson (0–2)	Mesa	42,511	42–80
123	August 18	@ Indians	3–11	Ogea	Williams (3–10)	—	42,337	42–81
124	August 19	White Sox	7–12	Simas	Lima (3–6)	—	14,690	42–82
125	August 20	White Sox	16–11	Lewis (4–6)	Tapani	—	12,119	43–82
126	August 21	White Sox	7–4	Lima (4–6)	Simas	Olson (7)	13,424	44–82
127	August 22	@ Royals	10–3	Thompson (1–2)	Belcher	—	14,699	45–82
128	August 23	@ Royals	3–2	Sager (3–2)	Appier	Olson (8)	15,603	46–82
129	August 24	@ Royals	2–9	Rosado	Olivares (7–9)	—	28,011	46–83
130	August 25	@ Royals	7–4	Van Poppel (1–1)	Linton	Myers (9)	15,123	47–83
131	August 26	Indians	1–2	Nagy	Lira (6–11)	—	22,349	47–84
132	August 27	Indians	2–12	Lopez	Thompson (1–3)	—	19,602	47–85
133	August 28	Indians	3–9	Hershiser	Sager (3–3)	—	21,091	47–86
134	August 29	Royals	4–1	Eischen (1–0)	Appier	Lima (2)	7,882	48–86
135	August 30	Royals	4–0	Van Poppel (2–1)	Rosado	—	16,498	49–86
136	August 31	Royals	1–3	Linton	Lira (6–12)	Montgomery	16,270	49–87

September: 4–22 (Home: 0–16; Away: 4–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
137	September 1	Royals	2–3 (13)	Huisman	Myers (0–5)	Jacome	17,647	49–88
138	September 2	@ White Sox	8–6	Myers (1–5)	Hernandez	Lima (3)	19,599	50–88
139	September 3	@ White Sox	4–6	Bertotti	Olivares (7–10)	Hernandez	13,857	50–89
140	September 4	@ White Sox	6–11	Castillo	Miller (0–1)	—	15,120	50–90
141	September 6	@ Orioles	5–4 (12)	Cummings (3–0)	Mathews	—	46,708	51–90
142	September 7	@ Orioles	0–6	Mussina	Thompson (1–4)	—	47,131	51–91
143	September 8	@ Orioles	2–6	Mills	Eischen (1–1)	—	47,082	51–92
144	September 9	@ Orioles	4–5	Erickson	Olivares (7–11)	Myers	42,562	51–93
145	September 10	Yankees	8–9	Rivera	Sager (3–4)	Wetteland	11,042	51–94
146	September 11	Yankees	3–7	Key	Lira (6–13)	—	9,775	51–95
147	September 12	Yankees	3–12	Cone	Thompson (1–5)	—	9,009	51–96
148	September 13	Orioles	4–7	Erickson	Miller (0–2)	Mills	11,178	51–97
149	September 14	Orioles	6–7	Mathews	Cummings (3–1)	Myers	15,386	51–98
150	September 15	Orioles	6–16	Corbin	Van Poppel (2–2)	—	13,764	51–99
151	September 17	Red Sox	2–4	Brandenburg	Lira (6–14)	Slocumb	8,180	51–100
152	September 18	Red Sox	0–4	Clemens	Thompson (1–6)	—	8,779	51–101
153	September 19	Red Sox	3–8	Gordon	Miller (0–3)	—	7,666	51–102
154	September 20	@ Brewers	10–1	Sager (4–4)	Karl	—	15,046	52–102
155	September 21	@ Brewers	6–13	D'Amico	Van Poppel (2–3)	Villone	33,106	52–103
156	September 22	@ Brewers	7–5	Lima (5–6)	Fetters	—	15,705	53–103
157	September 23	Blue Jays	4–6	Hanson	Sager (4–5)	Timlin	9,678	53–104
158	September 24	Blue Jays	1–4	Hentgen	Miller (0–4)	Timlin	8,355	53–105
159	September 25	Blue Jays	11–13	Brow	Cummings (3–2)	Timlin	8,055	53–106
160	September 27	Brewers	6–7 (6)	Wickman	Van Poppel (2–4)	—	8,606	53–107
161	September 28	Brewers	2–7	Eldred	Moehler (0–1)	—	12,939	53–108
162	September 29	Brewers	5–7 (10)	Reyes	Cummings (3–3)	Fetters	13,038	53–109

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Tigers team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	2	11	0.154	68	105
Boston Red Sox	1	12	0.077	50	108
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees	5	8	0.385	66	99
Toronto Blue Jays	6	7	0.462	71	81
Total	14	38	0.269	255	393
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	3	10	0.231	70	125
Cleveland Indians	0	12	0.000	28	79
Kansas City Royals	6	6	0.500	47	47
Milwaukee Brewers	4	8	0.333	64	81
Minnesota Twins	6	6	0.500	68	92
Total	19	42	0.311	277	424
AL West
California Angels	6	6	0.500	75	55
Oakland Athletics	4	8	0.333	66	83
Seattle Mariners	6	6	0.500	73	83
Texas Rangers	4	9	0.308	37	65
Total	20	29	0.408	251	286
Season Total	53	109	0.327	783	1103

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	27	9	18	0.333	152	211
May	27	4	23	0.148	84	194
June	27	10	17	0.370	146	187
July	26	12	14	0.462	146	168
August	29	14	15	0.483	137	159
September	26	4	22	0.154	118	184
Total	162	53	109	0.327	783	1103

Total	162	53	109	0.327	783	1103
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	27	54	0.333	391	539
Away	81	26	55	0.321	392	564

Notable transactions

March 22, 1996: Melvin Nieves was traded by the San Diego Padres with Raul Casanova and Richie Lewis to the Detroit Tigers for Sean Bergman, Todd Steverson, and Cade Gaspar (minors).^[1]
March 31, 1996: Curtis Pride was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.^[2]
April 27, 1996: Joe Boever was selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Detroit Tigers.^[3]
July 31, 1996: Cecil Fielder was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Rubén Sierra and Matt Drews (minors).^[4]
July 31, 1996: Chad Curtis was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for John Cummings and Joey Eischen.^[5]
August 6, 1996: Todd Van Poppel was selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Oakland Athletics.

Roster

1996 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

49 Scott Aldred

33 Mike Christopher

34 John Cummings

43 Joey Eischen

52 John Farrell

34 Greg Gohr

57 Greg Keagle

43,51 Richie Lewis

32 José Lima

40 Felipe Lira

15 Brian Maxcy

43 Jeff McCurry

37 Trever Miller

38 Brian Moehler

27 Mike Myers

48 C. J. Nitkowski

28 Omar Olivares

37 Gregg Olson

49 A. J. Sager

38 Bob Scanlan

46 Clint Sodowsky

22 Justin Thompson

42 Tom Urbani

59 Todd Van Poppel

42,52 Randy Veres

21 Mike Walker

26 Brian Williams

Catchers

7 Brad Ausmus

33 Raul Casanova

12 John Flaherty

8 Mark Parent

Infielders

15 Andújar Cedeño

17 Tony Clark

41 Fausto Cruz

9 Damion Easley

45 Cecil Fielder

24 Travis Fryman

35 Chris Gomez

8 Phil Hiatt

7 Tim Hyers

14 Mark Lewis

12 Phil Nevin

3 Alan Trammell

20 Eddie Williams

Outfielders

39,12 Kimera Bartee

29 Danny Bautista

9 Chad Curtis

4 Bobby Higginson

30 Melvin Nieves

42 Shannon Penn

36 Curtis Pride

21 Rubén Sierra

15 Duane Singleton

Manager

25 Buddy Bell

Coaches

10 Glenn Ezell (bench)

55 Terry Francona (third base)

31 Larry Herndon

18 Fred Kendall

54 Jon Matlack

16 Ron Oester

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Brad Ausmus	75	226	56	.248	4	22
1B	Tony Clark	100	376	94	.250	27	72
2B	Mark Lewis	145	545	147	.270	11	55
3B	Travis Fryman	157	616	165	.268	22	100
SS	Andújar Cedeño	52	179	35	.196	7	20
LF	Bobby Higginson	130	440	141	.320	26	81
CF	Kimera Bartee	120	217	55	.253	1	14
RF	Melvin Nieves	110	431	106	.246	24	60
DH	Eddie Williams	77	215	43	.200	6	26

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Chad Curtis	104	400	105	.263	10	37
Cecil Fielder	107	391	97	.248	26	80
Curtis Pride	95	267	80	.300	10	31
Alan Trammell	66	193	45	.233	1	16
Rubén Sierra	46	158	35	.222	1	20
John Flaherty	47	152	38	.250	4	23
Chris Gomez	48	128	31	.242	1	16
Phil Nevin	38	120	35	.292	8	19
Mark Parent	38	104	25	.240	7	17
Damion Easley	21	67	23	.343	2	10

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Felipe Lira	32	194.7	6	14	5.22	113
Omar Olivares	25	160	7	11	4.89	81
Greg Gohr	17	91.7	4	8	7.17	60
Justin Thompson	11	59	1	6	4.58	44
Todd Van Poppel	9	36.3	2	4	11.39	16
Scott Aldred	11	43.3	0	4	9.35	36
C. J. Nitkowski	11	45.7	2	3	8.08	36

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Brian Williams	40	121	3	10	6.77	72
Greg Keagle	26	87.7	3	6	7.39	70
A. J. Sager	22	79	4	5	5.01	52

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Gregg Olson	43	3	0	8	5.02	29
Mike Myers	83	1	5	6	5.01	69
Richie Lewis	72	4	6	2	4.18	78
José Lima	39	5	6	3	5.70	59

League leaders and award winners

Kimera Bartee: #5 in AL times caught stealing (10)
Chad Curtis: #5 in AL times caught stealing (10)
Cecil Fielder: MLB leader in salary ($9,237,500)
Travis Fryman: AL leader in fielding percentage at third base (.979)
Travis Fryman: #3 in AL in sacrifice filies (10)
Travis Fryman: #4 in AL in outs (483)
Richie Lewis: #2 in AL in wild pitches (14)
Felipe Lira: #4 in AL in shutouts (2)
Mike Myers: AL leader in games (83)
Melvin Nieves: #2 in AL in strikeouts (158)

Worst seasons in Detroit Tigers history

Worst Seasons in Detroit Tigers History
Rank	Year	Wins	Losses	Win %
1	2003	43	119	.265
2	1952	50	104	.325
3	1996	53	109	.327
4	2002	55	106	.342
5	1975	57	102	.358

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	Tom Runnells
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	Bill Plummer and Larry Parrish
A	Visalia Oaks	California League	Tim Torricelli
A	Lakeland Tigers	Florida State League	Dave Anderson
A	Fayetteville Generals	South Atlantic League	Dwight Lowry
A-Short Season	Jamestown Jammers	New York–Penn League	Bruce Fields
Rookie	GCL Tigers	Gulf Coast League	Kevin Bradshaw

References

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nieveme01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pridecu01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boevejo01.shtml
↑ Cecil Fielder Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/curtich01.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

External links

Baseball-Reference.com 1996 Tigers

1996 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota

AL West	California Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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Frick Award recipient	Ernie Harwell

Spink Award recipients	Joe Falls Tom Gage H. G. Salsinger

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Key personnel

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Manager: Brad Ausmus

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