1996 Detroit Tigers season

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1996 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Mike Ilitch
General manager(s) Randy Smith
Manager(s) Buddy Bell
Local television WKBD
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
PASS
(Ernie Harwell, Fred McLeod, Jim Price)
Local radio WJR
(Frank Beckmann, Lary Sorensen)
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The 1996 Detroit Tigers had a record of 53–109 for what was, at the time, the most losses (109) and worst winning percentage (.327) in team history -- both of which since been surpassed twice by the 2003 and 2019 teams.

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, allowing their opponents to score 1,103 runs and posting a team ERA of 6.38. 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. Of the 109 games the Tigers lost, 58 were by four or more runs, a record for the number of games lost by such a margin.[1] The Tigers made more unwanted history when they were swept 12–0 by the Cleveland Indians in the regular season series, losing all twelve games played while being outscored, 79–28. The 1996 Tigers did not have a winning record against any AL opponent.

Regular season

Opening Day roster

Season standings

AL East		 W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 92 70 0.568 — 49–31 43–39
Baltimore Orioles 88 74 0.543 4 43–38 45–36
Boston Red Sox 85 77 0.525 7 47–34 38–43
Toronto Blue Jays 74 88 0.457 18 35–46 39–42
Detroit Tigers 53 109 0.327 39 27–54 26–55


Record vs. opponents

1996 American League Records

Sources:

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 7–6 6–6 4–8 5–7 11–2 9–3 9–3 7–5 3–10 9–4 7–5 3–10–1 8–5
Boston 6–7 — 8–4 6–6 1–11 12–1 3–9 7–5 6–6 7–6 8–5 7–6 6–6 8–5
California 6–6 4–8 — 6–6 4–9 6–6 4–8 7–5 4–8 7–6 6–7 5–8 4–9 7–5
Chicago 8–4 6–6 6–6 — 5–8 10–3 7–6 6–7 6–7 6–7 5–7 5–7 8–4 7–5
Cleveland 7–5 11–1 9–4 8–5 — 12–0 7–6 7–6 10–3 3–9 6–6 8–4 4–8 7–5
Detroit 2–11 1–12 6–6 3–10 0–12 — 6–6 4–8 6–6 5–8 4–8 6–6 4–9 6–7
Kansas City 3–9 9–3 8–4 6–7 6–7 6–6 — 4–9 6–7 4–8 5–7 7–5 6–6 5–8
Milwaukee 3–9 5–7 5–7 7–6 6–7 8–4 9–4 — 9–4 6–6 7–5 4–9 6–7 5–7
Minnesota 5–7 6–6 8–4 7–6 3–10 6–6 7–6 4–9 — 5–7 6–7 6–6 7–5 8–5
New York 10–3 6–7 6–7 7–6 9–3 8–5 8–4 6–6 7–5 — 9–3 3–9 5–7 8–5
Oakland 4–9 5–8 7–6 7–5 6–6 8–4 7–5 5–7 7–6 3–9 — 8–5 7–6 4–8
Seattle 5–7 6–7 8–5 7–5 4–8 6–6 5–7 9–4 6–6 9–3 5–8 — 10–3 5–7
Texas 10–3–1 6–6 9–4 4–8 8–4 9–4 6–6 7–6 5–7 7–5 6–7 3–10 — 10–2
Toronto 5–8 5–8 5–7 5–7 5–7 7–6 8–5 7–5 5–8 5–8 8–4 7–5 2–10 —


Game log

1996 Game Log: 53–109 (Home: 27–54; Away: 26–55)
April: 9–18 (Home: 5–6; Away: 4–12)
May: 4–23 (Home: 1–11; Away: 3–12)
June: 10–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 4–10)
July: 12–14 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–7)
August: 14–15 (Home: 9–7; Away: 5–8)
September: 4–22 (Home: 0–16; Away: 4–6)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss
Bold = Tigers team member

Detailed records

Notable transactions

  • March 22, 1996: Melvin Nieves was traded by the San Diego Padres with Raul Casanova and Richie Lewis to the Detroit Tigers for Sean Bergman, Todd Steverson, and Cade Gaspar (minors).[2]
  • March 31, 1996: Curtis Pride was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.[3]
  • April 27, 1996: Joe Boever was selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Detroit Tigers.[4]
  • July 31, 1996: Cecil Fielder was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Rubén Sierra and Matt Drews (minors).[5]
  • July 31, 1996: Chad Curtis was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for John Cummings and Joey Eischen.[6]
  • August 6, 1996: Todd Van Poppel was selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Oakland Athletics.

Roster

1996 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Brad Ausmus 75 226 56 .248 4 22
1B Tony Clark 100 376 94 .250 27 72
2B Mark Lewis 145 545 147 .270 11 55
3B Travis Fryman 157 616 165 .268 22 100
SS Andújar Cedeño 52 179 35 .196 7 20
LF Bobby Higginson 130 440 141 .320 26 81
CF Kimera Bartee 120 217 55 .253 1 14
RF Melvin Nieves 110 431 106 .246 24 60
DH Eddie Williams 77 215 43 .200 6 26

Other batters

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
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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Brian Williams 40 121 3 10 6.77 72
Greg Keagle 26 87.7 3 6 7.39 70
A. J. Sager 22 79 4 5 5.01 52

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Gregg Olson 43 3 0 8 5.02 29
Mike Myers 83 1 5 6 5.01 69
Richie Lewis 72 4 6 2 4.18 78
José Lima 39 5 6 3 5.70 59

League leaders and award winners

Worst seasons in Detroit Tigers history

Worst Seasons in Detroit Tigers History
Rank Year Wins Losses Win %
1 2003 43 119 .265
2 2019 47 114 .292
3 1952 50 104 .325
4 1996 53 109 .327
5 2002 55 106 .342

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Tom Runnells
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Bill Plummer and Larry Parrish
A Visalia Oaks California League Tim Torricelli
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Dave Anderson
A Fayetteville Generals South Atlantic League Dwight Lowry
A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Bruce Fields
Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Kevin Bradshaw

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Jacksonville
Visalia affiliation shared with Arizona Diamondbacks[7]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nieveme01.shtml
  3. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pridecu01.shtml
  4. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boevejo01.shtml
  5. ↑ Cecil Fielder Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/curtich01.shtml
  7. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

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