1996 Detroit Tigers
[edit] Summary
The 1996 Detroit Tigers finished with a record of 53-109. They scored 783 runs and belted 204 home runs to go along with a .256 batting average. Tony Clark led the team in home runs with 27. The offense was powered by Travis Fryman, who led the team with 100 RBI and 165 hits.
The team allowed 1103 runs and had a team ERA of 6.38. Leading the team in wins was Omar Olivares, with 7. Felipe Lira struck out 113 batters to lead the team.
[edit] Roster and Statistics
| Player Name | Pos | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | AVG |
| Infielders | ||||||||||||
| Andujar Cedeno | SS | 52 | 179 | 19 | 35 | 7 | 20 | 2 | .213 | .358 | .571 | .196 |
| Tony Clark | 1B | 100 | 376 | 56 | 94 | 27 | 72 | 0 | .299 | .503 | .802 | .250 |
| Fausto Cruz | 2B | 14 | 38 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .289 | .545 | .237 |
| Damion Easley | 2B | 21 | 67 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 3 | .384 | .448 | .832 | .343 |
| Cecil Fielder | 1B | 107 | 391 | 55 | 97 | 26 | 80 | 2 | .354 | .478 | .832 | .248 |
| Travis Fryman | 3B | 157 | 616 | 90 | 165 | 22 | 100 | 4 | .329 | .437 | .766 | .268 |
| Chris Gomez | SS | 48 | 128 | 21 | 31 | 1 | 16 | 1 | .340 | .305 | .645 | .242 |
| Phil Hiatt | 3B | 7 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .261 | .286 | .547 | .190 |
| Tim Hyers | 1B | 17 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .115 | .315 | .077 |
| Mark Lewis | 2B | 145 | 545 | 69 | 147 | 11 | 55 | 6 | .326 | .396 | .722 | .270 |
| Phil Nevin | 3B | 38 | 120 | 15 | 35 | 8 | 19 | 1 | .338 | .533 | .871 | .292 |
| Alan Trammell | SS | 66 | 193 | 16 | 45 | 1 | 16 | 6 | .267 | .259 | .526 | .233 |
| Outfielders | ||||||||||||
| Kimera Bartee | OF | 110 | 217 | 32 | 55 | 1 | 14 | 20 | .308 | .304 | .612 | .253 |
| Danny Bautista | OF | 25 | 64 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .342 | .375 | .717 | .250 |
| Chad Curtis | OF | 104 | 400 | 65 | 105 | 10 | 37 | 16 | .346 | .393 | .739 | .262 |
| Bobby Higginson | OF | 130 | 440 | 75 | 141 | 26 | 81 | 6 | .404 | .577 | .981 | .320 |
| Melvin Nieves | OF | 120 | 431 | 71 | 106 | 24 | 60 | 1 | .322 | .485 | .807 | .246 |
| Curtis Pride | OF | 95 | 267 | 52 | 80 | 10 | 31 | 11 | .372 | .513 | .885 | .300 |
| Ruben Sierra | OF | 46 | 158 | 22 | 35 | 1 | 20 | 3 | .306 | .310 | .616 | .222 |
| Duane Singleton | OF | 18 | 56 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .230 | .179 | .409 | .161 |
| Catchers | ||||||||||||
| Brad Ausmus | C | 75 | 226 | 30 | 56 | 4 | 22 | 3 | .328 | .354 | .682 | .248 |
| Raul Casanova | C | 25 | 85 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .242 | .341 | .583 | .188 |
| John Flaherty | C | 47 | 152 | 18 | 38 | 4 | 23 | 1 | .290 | .408 | .698 | .250 |
| Mark Parent | C | 38 | 104 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 0 | .259 | .500 | .759 | .240 |
| Other | ||||||||||||
| Shannon Penn | DH | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .142 | .071 |
| Eddie Williams | DH | 77 | 215 | 22 | 43 | 6 | 26 | 0 | .267 | .307 | .574 | .200 |
| Team Totals | - | - | 5530 | 783 | 1413 | 204 | 741 | 87 | .321 | .420 | .741 | .256 |
| Player Name | G | GS | IP | W | L | Win % | SV | SO | BB | ERA | WHIP | |||
| Pitchers | ||||||||||||||
| Scott Aldred | 11 | 8 | 43.3 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 36 | 26 | 9.35 | 1.986 | |||
| Mike Christopher | 13 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 9.30 | 1.933 | |||
| John Cummings | 21 | 0 | 31.7 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 5.12 | 1.767 | |||
| Joey Eischen | 24 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 3.24 | 1.640 | |||
| John Farrell | 2 | 2 | 6.3 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14.21 | 2.540 | |||
| Greg Gohr | 17 | 16 | 91.7 | 4 | 8 | .333 | 0 | 60 | 34 | 7.17 | 1.778 | |||
| Greg Keagle | 26 | 6 | 87.7 | 3 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 70 | 68 | 7.39 | 1.961 | |||
| Richie Lewis | 72 | 0 | 90.3 | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2 | 78 | 65 | 4.18 | 1.584 | |||
| Jose Lima | 39 | 4 | 72.7 | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3 | 59 | 22 | 5.70 | 1.499 | |||
| Felipe Lira | 32 | 32 | 194.7 | 6 | 14 | .300 | 0 | 113 | 66 | 5.22 | 1.387 | |||
| Brian Maxcy | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13.50 | 3.030 | |||
| Jeff McCurry | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24.30 | 3.333 | |||
| Trever Miller | 5 | 4 | 16.7 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 9.18 | 2.216 | |||
| Brian Moehler | 2 | 2 | 10.3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.35 | 1.845 | |||
| Mike Myers | 83 | 0 | 64.7 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6 | 69 | 34 | 5.01 | 1.607 | |||
| C.J. Nitkowski | 11 | 8 | 45.7 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 0 | 36 | 38 | 8.08 | 2.188 | |||
| Omar Olivares | 25 | 25 | 160 | 7 | 11 | .389 | 0 | 81 | 75 | 4.89 | 1.525 | |||
| Gregg Olson | 43 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 5.02 | 1.651 | |||
| A.J. Sager | 22 | 9 | 79 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 0 | 52 | 29 | 5.01 | 1.519 | |||
| Bob Scanlan | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1.64 | 2.273 | |||
| Clint Sodowsky | 7 | 7 | 24.3 | 1 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 11.84 | 2.469 | |||
| Justin Thompson | 11 | 11 | 59 | 1 | 6 | .143 | 0 | 44 | 31 | 4.58 | 1.576 | |||
| Tom Urbani | 16 | 2 | 23.7 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 20 | 14 | 8.37 | 1.899 | |||
| Todd Van Poppel | 9 | 9 | 36.3 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 16 | 29 | 11.39 | 2.259 | |||
| Randy Veres | 25 | 0 | 30.3 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 | 28 | 23 | 8.31 | 2.013 | |||
| Mike Walker | 20 | 0 | 27.7 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 8.46 | 2.058 | |||
| Brian Williams | 40 | 17 | 121 | 3 | 10 | .231 | 2 | 72 | 85 | 6.77 | 1.901 | |||
| Team Totals | 588 | 162 | 1432.7 | 53 | 109 | .327 | 22 | 957 | 784 | 6.38 | 1.733 | |||
[edit] Batting Leaders
| Category | ||
| Games | Travis Fryman | 157 |
| At Bats | Travis Fryman | 616 |
| Plate Appearances (approx.) | Travis Fryman | 688 |
| Batting Average | Bobby Higginson | .320 |
| On-Base % | Bobby Higginson | .404 |
| Slugging % | Bobby Higginson | .577 |
| OPS | Bobby Higginson | .981 |
| Runs | Travis Fryman | 90 |
| Hits | Travis Fryman | 165 |
| Total Bases | Travis Fryman | 269 |
| Doubles | Bobby Higginson | 35 |
| Triples | Curtis Pride | 5 |
| Home Runs | Tony Clark | 27 |
| RBI | Travis Fryman | 100 |
| Walks | Bobby Higginson | 65 |
| Strikeouts | Melvin Nieves | 158 |
| Stolen Bases | Kimera Bartee | 20 |
| Caught Stealing | Kimera Bartee and Chad Curtis | 10 |
| Sacrifice Hits | Kimera Bartee | 13 |
| Sacrifice Flies | Travis Fryman | 10 |
| Grounded into Double Plays | Travis Fryman | 18 |
[edit] Pitching Leaders
| Category | ||
| Wins | Omar Olivares | 7 |
| Losses | Felipe Lira | 14 |
| Saves | Gregg Olson | 8 |
| Won-Loss % | Omar Olivares | .389 |
| ERA | Felipe Lira | 5.22 |
| WHIP | Felipe Lira | 1.387 |
| Innings Pitched | Felipe Lira | 194.7 |
| Games | Mike Myers | 83 |
| Games Started | Felipe Lira | 32 |
| Strikeouts | Felipe Lira | 113 |
| Complete Games | Omar Olivares | 4 |
| Shutouts | Felipe Lira | 2 |
| Batters Faced | Felipe Lira | 850 |
| Earned Runs Allowed | Felipe Lira | 113 |
| Hits Allowed | Felipe Lira | 204 |
| Walks Allowed | Brian Williams | 85 |
| Home Runs Allowed | Felipe Lira | 30 |
| Doubles Allowed | Omar Olivares | 41 |
| Triples Allowed | Greg Keagle | 5 |
| Wild Pitches | Richie Lewis | 14 |
| Hit Batsmen | Felipe Lira | 10 |
| Double Plays Induced | Omar Olivares | 24 |



