1987 Detroit Tigers roster

30 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1987 MLB season.

1987 Tigers roster: batting

1987 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 Whitaker2B149604110160165913.265.341.768
Alan TrammellSS1515971092052810521.343.402.953
Darrell Evans1B1504999012834996.257.379.880
Kirk GibsonDH12848795135247926.277.372.861
Chet LemonRF1464707513020750.277.376.857
Matt NokesC1354616913332872.289.345.880
Tom Brookens3B1434445910713597.241.295.671
Pat SheridanRF1414215710964918.259.327.688
Mike HeathC9327034768331.281.339.769
Larry HerndonLF8922532739471.324.378.898
Dave Bergman1B9117225476220.273.379.832
Johnny GrubbDH591149232130.202.290.597
Billy BeanLF2666617041.258.310.598
Jim WalewanderSS53542413142.241.328.717
Scott LusaderCF2347815181.319.377.867
Dwight LowryC132505010.200.200.480
Tim TolmanDH91231010.083.429.595
Doug Baker2B8100000.000.000.000

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

1987 Tigers roster: pitching

1987 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 MorrisSP343418113.38266.02081.200
Walt TerrellRP353517104.05244.21431.420
Frank TananaSP343415103.91218.21461.240
Dan PetryRP3021975.61134.2931.660
Jeff RobinsonRP2921965.37127.1981.460
Eric KingSP554694.89116.0891.479
Mike HennemanRP5501132.9896.2751.207
Mark ThurmondRP480014.2361.2211.745
Willie HernandezRP450343.6749.0301.498
Nate SnellRP222123.9638.2191.500
Bryan KellyRP50015.0610.2101.780
Morris MaddenRP200016.201.204.200

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.