1976 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Ralph Houk

30 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1976 MLB season.

1976 Tigers roster: batting

1976 Detroit Tigers batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Rusty StaubCF321615897317615963.299.386.818
Ron LeFloreDH281355449317243958.316.376.786
Aurelio Rodriguez3B28128480401158500.240.267.592
Alex Johnson—331254294111564514.268.298.653
Jason Thompson1B21123412459017542.218.328.704
Willie HortonDH331144014010514560.262.342.751
Tom VeryzerSS239735431831251.234.286.563
Ben OglivieDH27115305368715479.285.313.804
Dan Meyer3B23105294377421610.252.292.618
Bill Freehan—347123722645270.270.303.687
Chuck Scrivener—288022228492161.221.282.570
Mickey Stanley—338421434554292.257.301.703
Bruce KimmC25631521340164.263.329.665
John Wockenfuss1B276014418323100.222.309.670
Mark WagnerSS22391159300120.261.298.628
Phil Mankowski3B232485923140.271.300.653
Marvin Lane—26184839050.188.273.481
Jerry ManuelSS22544346021.140.213.376
Milt MayC2562527010.280.280.600

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1976 Tigers roster: pitching

1976 Detroit Tigers pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Dave RobertsSP31363616174.00252.0791.260
Mark FidrychSP2131291992.34250.1971.080
Vern RuhleRP2532329123.92199.2881.430
Ray BareP273021784.63134.0591.550
John HillerRP335611282.38121.01171.3213
Jim CrawfordP25325184.53109.1681.452
Bill LaxtonP28263054.0994.2741.352
Dave LemanczykRP252010465.0981.1511.480
Steve GrilliP27360314.6466.0361.583
Frank MaccormackP2198055.7932.2142.110
Ed GlynnRP2354136.0823.2171.770

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.