1996 Detroit Tigers season

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1996 Detroit Tigers
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901) East Division (Since 1969)
Location
Tiger Stadium (Since 1912) Detroit, Michigan (Since 1901)
1996 Information
Owner(s)	Mike Ilitch
Manager(s)	Buddy Bell
Local television	WKBD (George Kell, Al Kaline, Jim Price) PASS (Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Fred McLeod)
Local radio	WJR (Frank Beckmann)

The 1996 Detroit Tigers had a record of 53-109 for the third worst winning percentage (.327) in team history. With a number of capable batters (Cecil Fielder, Tony Clark, Bobby Higginson, Alan Trammell, Rubén Sierra, and Damion Easley), the team scored a respectable 783 runs. However, the 1996 Tigers lacked pitching and allowed their opponents to score 1,103 runs. No team in American League history and only one in major league history (the 1930 Philadelphia Phillies) has given up more runs. No pitcher on the team had more than 7 wins.

Contents 1 Regular Season 1.1 Opening Day Roster 1.2 Season standings 1.3 Notable Transactions 1.4 Roster 2 Player stats 2.1 Batting 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.3 Relief pitchers 3 League leaders and award winners 4 Worst seasons in Detroit Tigers history 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Opening Day Roster

[edit] Season standings

American League East Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB 1st New York Yankees 92 70 .568    -- 2nd Baltimore Orioles * 88 74 .543   4.0 3rd Boston Red Sox 85 77 .525   7.0 4th Toronto Blue Jays 74 88 .457 18.0 5th Detroit Tigers 53 109 .327 39.0

[edit] Notable Transactions

• July 31, 1996: Cecil Fielder was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Ruben Sierra and Matt Drews (minors). ^[1]
• August 6, 1996: Todd Van Poppel was selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Oakland Athletics.

[edit] Roster

1996 Detroit Tigers roster view • talk • edit
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Brad Ausmus	75	226	56	.248	4	22
Tony Clark	100	376	94	.250	27	72
Mark Lewis	145	545	147	.270	11	55
Travis Fryman	157	616	165	.268	22	100
Andujar Cedeno	52	179	35	.196	7	20
Bobby Higginson	130	440	141	.320	26	81
Kimera Bartee	120	217	55	.253	1	14
Melvin Nieves	110	431	106	.246	24	60
Eddie Williams	77	215	43	.200	6	26
Chad Curtis	104	400	105	.263	10	37
Cecil Fielder	107	391	97	.248	26	80
Curtis Pride	95	267	80	.300	10	31
Alan Trammell	66	193	45	.233	1	16
Rubén Sierra	46	158	35	.222	1	20
John Flaherty	47	152	38	.250	4	23
Chris Gomez	48	128	31	.242	1	16
Phil Nevin	38	120	35	.292	8	19
Mark Parent	38	104	25	.240	7	17
Damion Easley	21	67	23	.343	2	10

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

[edit] Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Felipe Lira	32	194.7	6	14	5.22	113
Omar Olivares	25	160	7	11	4.89	81
Greg Gohr	17	91.7	4	8	7.17	60
Justin Thompson	11	59	1	6	4.58	44
Todd Van Poppel	9	36.3	2	4	11.39	16
Scott Aldred	11	43.3	0	4	9.35	36
C.J. Nitkowski	11	45.7	2	3	8.08	36

[edit] Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF= Games Finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	GF	ERA	SO
Gregg Olson	43	3	0	8	28	5.02	29
Mike Myers	83	1	5	6	25	5.01	69
Richie Lewis	72	4	6	2	19	4.18	78
Brian Williams	40	3	10	2	17	6.77	72
Greg Keagle	26	3	6	0	5	7.39	70
Jose Lima	39	5	6	3	15	5.70	59
A. J. Sager	22	4	5	0	1	5.01	52

[edit] League leaders and award winners

• Kimera Bartee: #5 in AL times caught stealing (10)
• Chad Curtis: #5 in AL times caught stealing (10)
• Cecil Fielder: MLB leader in salary ($9,237,500)
• Travis Fryman: AL leader in fielding percentage at third base (.979)
• Travis Fryman: #3 in AL in sacrifice filies (10)
• Travis Fryman: #4 in AL in outs (483)
• Richie Lewis: #2 in AL in wild pitches (14)
• Felipe Lira: #4 in AL in shutouts (2)
• Mike Myers: AL leader in games (83)
• Melvin Nieves: #2 in AL in strikeouts (158)

[edit] Worst seasons in Detroit Tigers history

Worst Seasons in Detroit Tigers History Rank Year Wins Losses Win % 1 2003 43 119 .265 2 1952 50 104 .325 3 1996 53 109 .327 4 2002 55 106 .342 5 1975 57 102 .358

[edit] See also

• List of worst MLB season records
• 1996 in baseball

[edit] References

1. ^ Cecil Fielder Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[edit] External links

• Baseball-Reference.com 1996 Tigers

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