| Ralph Houk | Manager | 14th season | 1147-1085 | .514 |
|
| Fred Hatfield | Bench Coach |
| Jim Hegan | Hitting Coach |
| Fred Gladding | Pitching Coach |
Tiger Stadium (52,416 / Grass) | LFL | LF | LC | CF | RC | RF | RFL |
| Distances | 340 | 353 | 365 | 440 | 370 | 348 | 325 |
| Walls | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 1976 All-Stars: | SP Mark Fidrych / CF Ron LeFlore / RF Rusty Staub |
Key Offseason Transactions:
- Lost Dennis DeBarr and Dave Lemanczyk to TOR in expansion draft.
- Lost Dan Meyer, Frank MacCormack and Bill Laxton to SEA in expansion draft.
- Released Bill Freehan.
- Released Pedro Garcia.
- Released Alex Johnson.
- Signed Tito Fuentes as a free agent.
- Released Marvin Lane.
|
Starting Pitching: C-
| Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | W | L | S | IP | BB | K | ERA | AVG |
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP | Dave Roberts
Dave Rozema
Mark Fidrych
Fernando Arroyo
Vern Ruhle | 32
20
22
25
26 | 8
0
1
1
3 | D+
D+
A+
F
C | 16
0
19
0
9 | 17
0
9
0
12 | 0
0
0
0
0 | 252.0
0.0
250.0
0.0
199.2 | 63
0
53
0
59 | 79
0
97
0
88 | 4.00
0.00
2.34
0.00
3.92 | .260
.000
.232
.000
.284 |
Bullpen: D | Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | W | L | S | IP | BB | K | ERA | AVG |
MR
MR
MR
MR
MR | Jack Morris
Ray Bare
Milt Wilcox
Bruce Taylor
Jim Crawford | 21
27
26
23
26 | 0
4
6
0
3 | F+
F
F
A
D+ | 0
7
0
0
5 | 0
8
0
0
1 | 0
0
0
0
8 | 0.0
134.0
0.0
0.0
109.1 | 0
51
0
0
43 | 0
59
0
0
68 | 0.00
4.63
0.00
0.00
4.53 | .000
.292
.000
.000
.284 |
Closer: A+
| Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | W | L | S | IP | BB | K | ERA | AVG |
| CL | John Hiller | 33 | 11 | A+ | 12 | 8 | 13 | 121.0 | 67 | 117 | 2.38 | .215 |
Infield: D | Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | AVG | SB | OBP |
C
1B
2B
3B
SS | Milt May
Jason Thompson
Tito Fuentes
Phil Mankowski
Alan Trammell | 26
22
33
24
19 | 7
1
11
1
0 | F
F
F
C+
B- | 25
412
520
85
0 | 7
90
137
23
0 | 2
45
48
9
0 | 0
17
2
1
0 | 1
54
36
4
0 | .280
.218
.263
.271
.000 | 0
2
5
0
0 | .280
.328
.287
.300
.000 |
Outfield: B- | Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | AVG | SB | OBP |
LF
CF
RF | Steve Kemp
Ron LeFlore
Ben Oglivie | 22
28
28 | 0
3
6 | B
B-
C+ | 0
544
305 | 0
172
87 | 0
93
36 | 0
4
15 | 0
39
47 | .000
.316
.285 | 0
58
9 | .000
.376
.313 |
Designated Hitter: C+ | Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | AVG | SB | OBP |
| DH | Willie Horton | 34 | 14 | C+ | 401 | 105 | 40 | 14 | 56 | .262 | 0 | .342 |
Bench: B+ | Pos | Name | Age | Exp | Grd | AB | H | R | HR | RBI | AVG | SB | OBP |
C
2B
3B
SS
RF | John Wockenfuss
Lou Whitaker
Aurelio Rodriguez
Mark Wagner
Bob Molinaro | 28
19
29
23
26 | 3
0
10
1
1 | C-
B+
F
F
C- | 144
0
480
115
0 | 32
0
115
30
0 | 18
0
40
9
0 | 3
0
8
0
0 | 10
0
50
12
0 | .222
.000
.240
.261
.000 | 0
0
0
0
0 | .309
.000
.267
.298
.000 |
Prediction: 96-67. Second Place in the AL East