1985 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Sparky Anderson

32 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1985 MLB season.

1985 Tigers roster: batting

1985 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.
Lou Whitaker2B2815260910217021736.279.362.819
Alan TrammellSS2714960579156135714.258.312.692
Kirk GibsonDH2815458196167299730.287.364.882
Lance ParrishC291405496415028982.273.323.802
Chet LemonRF301455176913718680.265.334.773
Darrell Evans1B381515058112540940.248.356.875
Tom Brookens3B311564855411574714.237.277.652
Larry HerndonLF311374424510812372.244.298.682
Nelson SimmonsDH2275251316010331.239.306.708
Barbaro GarbeyLF288623727616293.257.305.685
Johnny GrubbDH367815519385250.245.342.742
Dave Bergman1B3269140825370.179.250.507
Alejandro SanchezRF267113319336122.248.248.707
Marty CastilloC285784410250.119.138.352
Bob MelvinC2341821018040.220.247.540
Chris Pittaro2B2328621015071.242.299.621
Mike Laga1B2593636260.167.167.528
Doug Baker2B24152745010.185.185.407
Scotti Madison3B2561100010.000.143.143
Jim WeaverRF2512721000.143.250.536
Rusty KuntzDH305500000.000.286.286

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

1985 Tigers roster: pitching

1985 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.
Jack MorrisSP30353516113.33257.01911.250
Dan PetryRP26343415133.36238.21091.140
Walt TerrellRP27343415103.85229.01301.380
Willie HernandezRP307408102.70106.2760.9031
Juan BerenguerRP303113565.5995.0821.520
Randy O'NealRP242812553.2494.1521.251
Aurelio LopezRP36510374.8086.1531.425
Bill ScherrerRP27480324.3666.0461.560
Milt WilcoxSP3588134.8539.0201.670
Chuck CaryRP25160013.4223.2221.012
Bob StoddardRP2880006.7513.1111.501

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.