# 1996 Detroit Tigers season

The 1996 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 96th season and the 85th season at Tiger Stadium. The 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 have 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. The team's pitchers recorded 6,713 batters faced, more than any other team in MLB history. 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. 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

* Chad Curtis CF
* Bobby Higginson RF
* Travis Fryman 3B
* Cecil Fielder 1B
* Melvin Nieves LF
* Eddie Williams DH
* Mark Lewis 2B
* John Flaherty C
* Alan Trammell SS
* Felipe Lira SP

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 49‍–‍31 | 43‍–‍39 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 88 | 74 | .543 | 4 | 43‍–‍38 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Boston Red Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 7 | 47‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 74 | 88 | .457 | 18 | 35‍–‍46 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Detroit Tigers | 53 | 109 | .327 | 39 | 27‍–‍54 | 26‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1996 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Twins6–8RadkeLira (0–1)Stevens30,1850–1
2April 2@ Twins10–6Sodowsky (1–0)Robertson—20,1641–1
3April 3@ Twins7–16MahomesAldred (0–1)—12,2561–2
4April 4@ Athletics10–9 (15)Keagle (1–0)Small—8,3462–2
5April 5@ Athletics2–13JohnsGohr (0–1)—11,1492–3
6April 6@ Athletics6–1Lira (1–1)Reyes—10,4243–3
7April 7@ Athletics6–7CorsiWilliams (0–1)—9,7233–4
8April 9Mariners10–9Keagle (2–0)MenhartWilliams (1)42,9324–4
9April 10Mariners7–3Olivares (1–0)Hurtado—9,2995–4
10April 11Mariners1–9JohnsonGohr (0–2)—12,2725–5
11April 12Angels4–5FinleyLira (1–2)Percival9,9215–6
12April 13Angels9–5Keagle (3–0)Sanderson—11,7196–6
13April 14Angels5–4Lewis (1–0)James—12,0097–6
14April 15@ Blue Jays2–8GuzmanOlivares (1–1)—26,1277–7
15April 16@ Blue Jays13–8Gohr (1–2)HansonLewis (1)25,5038–7
16April 17@ Mariners3–8JacksonVeres (0–1)—18,0088–8
17April 18@ Mariners3–11BosioSodowsky (1–1)Hurtado17,5368–9
18April 19@ Angels3–4LangstonMyers (0–1)—32,6938–10
19April 20@ Angels1–2GrimsleyKeagle (3–1)Percival25,6858–11
20April 21@ Angels5–6EichhornLewis (1–1)Percival36,7338–12
21April 22@ Angels5–6JamesChristopher (0–1)Percival17,0398–13
22April 24Twins11–24BennettVeres (0–2)—12,1898–14
23April 25Twins1–11HawkinsAldred (0–2)Hansell11,8048–15
24April 26Athletics14–5Christopher (1–1)Johns—7,9419–15
25April 27Athletics1–4ReyesLira (1–3)Taylor13,0679–16
26April 28Athletics3–6WojciechowskiGohr (1–3)Taylor8,9079–17
27April 30@ Red Sox4–13WakefieldLima (0–1)—18,5049–18 :
May: 4–23 (Home: 1–11; Away: 3–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1@ Red Sox1–5ClemensAldred (0–3)—20,8289–19
29May 2Rangers5–2Lira (2–3)WittWilliams (2)7,41610–19
30May 3Rangers0–11HillKeagle (3–2)—9,07910–20
31May 4Rangers1–3PavlikGohr (1–4)—10,73410–21
32May 5Rangers2–3GrossLima (0–2)Henneman12,33710–22
33May 6@ Yankees5–10WickmanMyers (0–2)—12,83810–23
34May 7@ Yankees5–12MecirLewis (1–2)Nelson12,76010–24
35May 8@ Yankees3–10GoodenKeagle (3–3)—18,72910–25
36May 9@ Yankees4–2Gohr (2–4)KeyMyers (1)13,09811–25
37May 10@ Rangers2–6PavlikLima (0–3)Henneman31,42611–26
38May 11@ Rangers7–11GrossAldred (0–4)—42,73211–27
39May 12@ Rangers5–3Lira (3–3)OliverMyers (2)35,67712–27
40May 14@ Indians1–5NagyGohr (2–5)—40,76512–28
41May 15@ Indians2–5MartinezLima (0–4)Mesa42,25912–29
42May 16@ Indians3–8McDowellWilliams (0–2)—42,33012–30
43May 17White Sox6–11 (10)HernandezLewis (1–3)—12,09412–31
44May 18White Sox4–16McCaskillFarrell (0–1)Simas21,67312–32
45May 19White Sox3–14AlvarezGohr (2–6)—9,70912–33
46May 21Royals1–7LintonWilliams (0–3)Valera24,37212–34
47May 22Royals4–6BelcherFarrell (0–2)Montgomery12,89012–35
48May 24Indians3–6PlunkVeres (0–3)Mesa26,96712–36
49May 25Indians6–7NagyLewis (1–4)Mesa41,52712–37
50May 26Indians0–5MartinezWilliams (0–4)—39,05612–38
51May 27@ Royals4–5 (13)MontgomeryVeres (0–4)—19,77612–39
52May 29@ Royals5–4Gohr (3–6)AppierWalker (1)13,71213–39
53May 30@ White Sox2–8AlvarezOlivares (1–2)—17,33913–40
54May 31@ White Sox0–9TapaniLira (3–4)—16,98313–41 :
June: 10–17 (Home: 6–7; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 2@ White Sox2–4BaldwinThompson (0–1)Hernandez—13–42
56June 2@ White Sox5–13McCaskillKeagle (3–4)—26,12513–43
57June 4@ Orioles7–10MussinaGohr (3–7)Myers43,72713–44
58June 5@ Orioles4–6RhodesMyers (0–3)Myers43,08713–45
59June 6@ Orioles6–13KrivdaLira (3–5)—46,26913–46
60June 7Yankees6–5Lewis (2–4)Nelson—16,35014–46
61June 8Yankees9–7Olson (1–0)RogersLewis (2)20,17315–46
62June 9Yankees2–3GoodenGohr (3–8)Wetteland16,58815–47
63June 10Orioles8–3Olivares (2–2)Wells—10,65516–47
64June 11Orioles9–12CoppingerLira (3–6)—10,87416–48
65June 12Orioles7–10RhodesLewis (2–5)Myers12,04316–49
66June 14@ Twins5–4Gohr (4–8)RobertsonOlson (1)22,83117–49
67June 15@ Twins6–4Olivares (3–2)RodriguezOlson (2)17,09918–49
68June 16@ Twins1–4AguileraLira (3–7)Hansell20,64118–50
69June 17Athletics4–8 (10)CorsiMyers (0–4)—9,23118–51
70June 18Athletics5–8Van PoppelUrbani (0–1)Taylor8,54318–52
71June 19Athletics3–10WasdinKeagle (3–5)—9,87518–53
72June 20Twins3–7RodriguezOlivares (3–3)—8,31018–54
73June 21Twins2–0Lira (4–7)Aguilera—13,12719–54
74June 22Twins6–0Williams (1–4)Aldred—14,50620–54
75June 23Twins10–8Urbani (1–1)Radke—13,99421–54
76June 24@ Athletics2–4WasdinSodowsky (1–2)Taylor10,12221–55
77June 25@ Athletics10–8Olivares (4–3)WengertOlson (3)9,65222–55
78June 27@ Red Sox9–6Lira (5–7)Minchey—29,58223–55
79June 28@ Red Sox5–8WakefieldWilliams (1–5)—27,57823–56
80June 29@ Red Sox6–13EshelmanKeagle (3–6)—33,50923–57
81June 30@ Red Sox4–9GordonSodowsky (1–3)—31,21723–58 :
July: 12–14 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
82July 1Brewers0–2SparksOlivares (4–4)Fetters10,72723–59
83July 2Brewers1–2 (11)GarciaSager (0–1)Fetters9,45523–60
84July 3Brewers8–5Williams (2–5)D'Amico—11,04724–60
85July 4Blue Jays6–1Nitkowski (1–0)JanzenMyers (6)10,55725–60
86July 5Blue Jays4–3Sager (1–1)HansonOlson (4)20,80826–60
87July 6Blue Jays0–15HentgenOlivares (4–5)—16,22826–61
88July 7Blue Jays9–0Lira (6–7)Ware—15,78427–61
89July 11Red Sox4–11ClemensWilliams (2–6)—15,82627–62
90July 12Red Sox3–11GordonOlivares (4–6)—19,53527–63
91July 13Red Sox5–10SeleNitkowski (1–1)—16,67127–64
92July 14Red Sox4–6MoyerLira (6–8)Slocumb19,67027–65
93July 15@ Brewers10–9Sager (2–1)BonesOlson (5)15,81928–65
94July 16@ Brewers7–20D'AmicoWilliams (2–7)—12,47628–66
95July 17@ Brewers2–3 (10)FettersUrbani (1–2)—21,12128–67
96July 18@ Blue Jays4–8HentgenNitkowski (1–2)—31,20228–68
97July 19@ Blue Jays8–6Urbani (2–2)JanzenOlson (6)30,12329–68
98July 20@ Blue Jays5–4 (10)Olson (2–0)QuantrillLima (1)36,22030–68
99July 21@ Blue Jays4–5 (12)SpoljaricLima (0–5)—33,23830–69
100July 22@ Angels0–1FinleyOlivares (4–7)Percival16,33630–70
101July 23@ Angels8–3Lima (1–5)James—16,43231–70
102July 25@ Mariners7–4 (10)Lima (2–5)Ayala—19,94932–70
103July 26@ Mariners4–6HitchcockSager (2–2)Jackson25,17532–71
104July 27@ Mariners7–13DavisWilliams (2–8)—43,20932–72
105July 28@ Mariners14–6Olivares (5–7)Bosio—38,20433–72
106July 30Angels12–9Nitkowski (2–2)Grimsley—11,64134–72
107July 31Angels10–5Lima (3–5)Holtz—9,74035–72 :
August: 14–15 (Home: 9–7; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1Angels13–5Williams (3–8)Boskie—14,59136–72
109August 2Mariners8–2Olivares (6–7)Wagner—23,40537–72
110August 3Mariners6–3Olson (3–0)Charlton—25,92838–72
111August 4Mariners3–9WolcottNitkowski (2–3)—23,56938–73
112August 6Rangers2–4HillLira (6–9)Henneman10,93138–74
113August 7Rangers4–2Cummings (1–0)PavlikMyers (7)10,29739–74
114August 8Rangers3–2Olivares (7–7)Heredia—10,99540–74
115August 9@ Yankees5–3Cummings (2–0)PettitteMyers (8)23,43941–74
116August 10@ Yankees13–7Lewis (3–5)Key—28,86342–74
117August 11@ Yankees0–12RogersLira (6–10)—33,51742–75
118August 12@ Rangers0–7HillWilliams (3–9)—25,21042–76
119August 13@ Rangers2–6PavlikOlivares (7–8)—31,33142–77
120August 14@ Rangers4–5WittVan Poppel (0–1)Henneman33,94242–78
121August 16@ Indians1–3 (12)AssenmacherLewis (3–6)—42,48542–79
122August 17@ Indians3–6HershiserThompson (0–2)Mesa42,51142–80
123August 18@ Indians3–11OgeaWilliams (3–10)—42,33742–81
124August 19White Sox7–12SimasLima (3–6)—14,69042–82
125August 20White Sox16–11Lewis (4–6)Tapani—12,11943–82
126August 21White Sox7–4Lima (4–6)SimasOlson (7)13,42444–82
127August 22@ Royals10–3Thompson (1–2)Belcher—14,69945–82
128August 23@ Royals3–2Sager (3–2)AppierOlson (8)15,60346–82
129August 24@ Royals2–9RosadoOlivares (7–9)—28,01146–83
130August 25@ Royals7–4Van Poppel (1–1)LintonMyers (9)15,12347–83
131August 26Indians1–2NagyLira (6–11)—22,34947–84
132August 27Indians2–12LopezThompson (1–3)—19,60247–85
133August 28Indians3–9HershiserSager (3–3)—21,09147–86
134August 29Royals4–1Eischen (1–0)AppierLima (2)7,88248–86
135August 30Royals4–0Van Poppel (2–1)Rosado—16,49849–86
136August 31Royals1–3LintonLira (6–12)Montgomery16,27049–87 :
September: 4–22 (Home: 0–16; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1Royals2–3 (13)HuismanMyers (0–5)Jacome17,64749–88
138September 2@ White Sox8–6Myers (1–5)HernandezLima (3)19,59950–88
139September 3@ White Sox4–6BertottiOlivares (7–10)Hernandez13,85750–89
140September 4@ White Sox6–11CastilloMiller (0–1)—15,12050–90
141September 6@ Orioles5–4 (12)Cummings (3–0)Mathews—46,70851–90
142September 7@ Orioles0–6MussinaThompson (1–4)—47,13151–91
143September 8@ Orioles2–6MillsEischen (1–1)—47,08251–92
144September 9@ Orioles4–5EricksonOlivares (7–11)Myers42,56251–93
145September 10Yankees8–9RiveraSager (3–4)Wetteland11,04251–94
146September 11Yankees3–7KeyLira (6–13)—9,77551–95
147September 12Yankees3–12ConeThompson (1–5)—9,00951–96
148September 13Orioles4–7EricksonMiller (0–2)Mills11,17851–97
149September 14Orioles6–7MathewsCummings (3–1)Myers15,38651–98
150September 15Orioles6–16CorbinVan Poppel (2–2)—13,76451–99
151September 17Red Sox2–4BrandenburgLira (6–14)Slocumb8,18051–100
152September 18Red Sox0–4ClemensThompson (1–6)—8,77951–101
153September 19Red Sox3–8GordonMiller (0–3)—7,66651–102
154September 20@ Brewers10–1Sager (4–4)Karl—15,04652–102
155September 21@ Brewers6–13D'AmicoVan Poppel (2–3)Villone33,10652–103
156September 22@ Brewers7–5Lima (5–6)Fetters—15,70553–103
157September 23Blue Jays4–6HansonSager (4–5)Timlin9,67853–104
158September 24Blue Jays1–4HentgenMiller (0–4)Timlin8,35553–105
159September 25Blue Jays11–13BrowCummings (3–2)Timlin8,05553–106
160September 27Brewers6–7 (6)WickmanVan Poppel (2–4)—8,60653–107
161September 28Brewers2–7EldredMoehler (0–1)—12,93953–108
162September 29Brewers5–7 (10)ReyesCummings (3–3)Fetters13,03853–109 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Tigers team member :

### Detailed records

American League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| AL East |||||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 2 | 11 | 0.154 | 68 | 105 |
| Boston Red Sox | 1 | 12 | 0.077 | 50 | 108 |
| Detroit Tigers | | | | | |
| New York Yankees | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 66 | 99 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 6 | 7 | 0.462 | 71 | 81 |
| Total | 14 | 38 | 0.269 | 255 | 393 |
| AL Central |||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 3 | 10 | 0.231 | 70 | 125 |
| Cleveland Indians | 0 | 12 | 0.000 | 28 | 79 |
| Kansas City Royals | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 47 | 47 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 4 | 8 | 0.333 | 64 | 81 |
| Minnesota Twins | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 68 | 92 |
| Total | 19 | 42 | 0.311 | 277 | 424 |
| AL West |||||||
| California Angels | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 75 | 55 |
| Oakland Athletics | 4 | 8 | 0.333 | 66 | 83 |
| Seattle Mariners | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 73 | 83 |
| Texas Rangers | 4 | 9 | 0.308 | 37 | 65 |
| Total | 20 | 29 | 0.408 | 251 | 286 |
| Season Total | 53 | 109 | 0.327 | 783 | 1103 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| April | 27 | 9 | 18 | 0.333 | 152 | 211 |
| May | 27 | 4 | 23 | 0.148 | 84 | 194 |
| June | 27 | 10 | 17 | 0.370 | 146 | 187 |
| July | 26 | 12 | 14 | 0.462 | 146 | 168 |
| August | 29 | 14 | 15 | 0.483 | 137 | 159 |
| September | 26 | 4 | 22 | 0.154 | 118 | 184 |
| Total | 162 | 53 | 109 | 0.327 | 783 | 1103 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 81 | 27 | 54 | 0.333 | 391 | 539 |
| Away | 81 | 26 | 55 | 0.321 | 392 | 564 |
| Total | 162 | 53 | 109 | 0.327 | 783 | 1103 |

### 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).
* March 31, 1996: Curtis Pride was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
* April 27, 1996: Joe Boever was selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Detroit Tigers.
* July 31, 1996: Cecil Fielder was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Rubén Sierra and Matt Drews (minors).
* July 31, 1996: Chad Curtis was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for John Cummings and Joey Eischen.
* August 6, 1996: Todd Van Poppel was selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Oakland Athletics.

### Roster
## 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 | Chad Curtis | 104 | 400 | 105 | .263 | 10 | 37 |
| 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 |
| Cecil Fielder | 107 | 391 | 97 | .248 | 26 | 80 |
| Curtis Pride | 95 | 267 | 80 | .300 | 10 | 31 |
| Kimera Bartee | 110 | 217 | 55 | .253 | 1 | 14 |
| 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 |
| Raúl Casanova | 25 | 85 | 16 | .188 | 4 | 9 |
| Damion Easley | 21 | 67 | 23 | .343 | 2 | 10 |
| Danny Bautista | 25 | 64 | 16 | .250 | 2 | 8 |
| Duane Singleton | 18 | 56 | 9 | .161 | 0 | 3 |
| Fausto Cruz | 14 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Hyers | 17 | 26 | 2 | .077 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Hiatt | 7 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 0 | 1 |
| Shannon Penn | 6 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 1 |

### Pitching
#### 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 | 194.2 | 6 | 14 | 5.22 | 113 |
| Omar Olivares | 25 | 160.0 | 7 | 11 | 4.89 | 81 |
| Greg Gohr | 17 | 91.2 | 4 | 8 | 7.17 | 60 |
| Justin Thompson | 11 | 59.0 | 1 | 6 | 4.58 | 44 |
| C.J. Nitkowski | 11 | 45.2 | 2 | 3 | 8.08 | 36 |
| Scott Aldred | 11 | 43.1 | 0 | 4 | 9.35 | 36 |
| Todd Van Poppel | 9 | 36.1 | 2 | 4 | 11.39 | 16 |
| Clint Sodowsky | 7 | 24.1 | 1 | 3 | 11.84 | 9 |
| Trever Miller | 5 | 16.2 | 0 | 4 | 9.18 | 8 |
| Brian Moehler | 2 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.35 | 2 |
| John Farrell | 2 | 6.1 | 0 | 2 | 14.21 | 0 |

#### Other 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 |
| Brian Williams | 40 | 121.0 | 3 | 10 | 6.77 | 72 |
| Greg Keagle | 26 | 87.2 | 3 | 6 | 7.39 | 70 |
| A. J. Sager | 22 | 79.0 | 4 | 5 | 5.01 | 52 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| 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 |
| Randy Veres | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8.31 | 28 |
| Joey Eischen | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.24 | 15 |
| John Cummings | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.12 | 24 |
| Mike Walker | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.46 | 13 |
| Tom Urbani | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8.37 | 20 |
| Mike Christopher | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.30 | 19 |
| Bob Scanlan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.64 | 3 |
| Brian Maxcy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
| Jeff McCurry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.30 | 0 |

## 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 flies (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)

## 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

| 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