1987 Detroit Tigers
98 - 64
1986 / 1988 (Organization)
1st place in the AL East
Home Record:
Away Record: 		54 - 27 (.667)
44 - 37 (.543)		 +9.6 wins
+7.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 896 / 770 ( +126 )
Allowed/Expected: 735 / 779 ( +44 )
Pyth Record: 96 - 66 (+2)
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Tiger Stadium
Attendance: 2,061,830 Avg Att: 25,455 (1.06)
Att Rank: 7 / 14 Lg Avg: 24,054
       
Park Factor: 0.97    
HR Factor: 1.10 R/L HR: 1.04 / 1.16
Notes:
- East Division Champions
- Lost to Minnesota Twins in the ALCS

1987 Detroit Tigers
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
30.1
4.3
3.8
-0.0
33.7
1.4
1.4
-0.4
38.9
-0.1
-0.4
0.0

Center Field
32.4
3.9
4.0
0.0
23.1
0.6
-0.1
0.7


Right Field
29.6
0.4
0.4
-0.3
22.8
0.4
0.3
0.0
31.2
-0.1
-0.0
-0.1
Shortstop
29.4
8.2
8.3
0.9
26.2
0.1
-0.0
0.2
Second Base
30.1
3.6
3.8
0.3
25.2
0.1
0.2
-0.1
Third Base
33.9
0.3
0.8
-0.1
25.1
-0.9
-0.5
-0.5
34.8
0.1
-0.2
0.3
First Base
40.1
4.9
3.7
0.2
34.1
0.9
1.1
-0.6
Manager
W-L
53.4
98-64
.605
4.6
Catcher
23.7
3.4
4.0
-0.0
32.4
1.7
1.6
0.4
29.7
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
25.7
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
Designated Hitter
36.5
1.4
1.4
-0.7
31.9
-0.2
0.0
-0.4
Starting Pitcher
IP
32.1
266.0
5.1
5.1
-0.0
29.1
244.7
2.7
2.6
0.0
34.0
218.7
3.0
2.9
0.0
28.6
134.7
-1.6
-1.6
0.0
25.5
127.3
-0.6
-0.6
0.0
36.8
88.3
4.4
4.4
0.0
Relief Pitcher
IP
23.2
116.0
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
25.6
96.7
2.3
2.2
0.0
30.8
61.7
0.3
0.2
0.0
32.6
49.0
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
34.8
38.7
0.3
0.3
0.0
28.4
10.7
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
30.6
2.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
26.8
1.7
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James