1987 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Sparky Anderson

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 Whitaker2B30149604110160165913.265.341.768
Alan TrammellSS291515971092052810521.343.402.953
Darrell Evans1B401504999012834996.257.379.880
Kirk GibsonDH3012848795135247926.277.372.861
Chet LemonRF321464707513020750.277.376.857
Matt NokesC231354616913332872.289.345.880
Tom Brookens3B331434445910713597.241.295.671
Pat SheridanRF291414215710964918.259.327.688
Mike HeathC329327034768331.281.339.769
Larry HerndonLF338922532739471.324.378.898
Dave Bergman1B349117225476220.273.379.832
Johnny GrubbDH38591149232130.202.290.597
Billy BeanLF232666617041.258.310.598
Jim WalewanderSS2553542413142.241.328.717
Scott LusaderCF222347815181.319.377.867
Dwight LowryC29132505010.200.200.480
Tim TolmanDH3191231010.083.429.595
Doug Baker2B268100000.000.000.000

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 MorrisSP32343418113.38266.02081.200
Walt TerrellRP29353517104.05244.21431.420
Frank TananaSP33343415103.91218.21461.240
Dan PetryRP283021975.61134.2931.660
Jeff RobinsonRP252921965.37127.1981.460
Eric KingSP23554694.89116.0891.479
Mike HennemanRP255501132.9896.2751.207
Mark ThurmondRP30480014.2361.2211.745
Willie HernandezRP32450343.6749.0301.498
Nate SnellRP34222123.9638.2191.500
Bryan KellyRP2850015.0610.2101.780
Morris MaddenRP26200016.201.204.200

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.