2005 Detroit Tigers
Record: 90-72
Finish: 1st in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 780
Runs Allowed: 704
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: Comerica Park
Attendance: 2,245,880
Manager: Lincoln Caissie

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 83-55, 1st in the American
AA: 84-54, 1st in the American
A: 53-85, 13th in the American
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Oakland Athletics
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF  Gary Sheffield 36 154 591 106 166 17 2 28 87 39 11 80 63 .281 .371 .459 .830 99.6 19.3 3.0
CF  Andruw Jones 28 156 579 82 141 19 4 28 86 12 10 63 155 .244 .321 .435 .756 77.4 11.6 4.1
C  Ivan Rodriguez 33 151 593 86 158 23 1 24 90 21 6 29 114 .266 .304 .430 .734 79.1 12.4 8.3
1B  Kevin Millar 33 154 570 74 168 34 3 12 72 0 0 52 80 .295 .353 .428 .781 80.9 14.9 2.4
1B *Jim Thome 34 147 496 89 151 27 0 38 113 0 0 101 155 .304 .425 .589 1.014 118.3 29.0 0.3
3B #Ramon Santiago 25 148 469 57 113 15 6 3 41 31 8 31 84 .241 .302 .318 .620 46.5 4.0 5.5
1B *Frank Catalanotto 31 125 449 58 131 28 6 6 50 14 9 41 54 .292 .355 .421 .776 65.4 11.7 2.2
3B  Joe Crede 27 135 448 52 111 19 3 11 58 0 2 31 68 .248 .299 .377 .676 48.9 5.3 4.6
SS #Jimmy Rollins 26 97 375 51 74 16 6 5 24 43 17 36 110 .197 .267 .312 .579 33.4 0.8 4.4
CF #Milton Bradley 27 104 324 42 86 20 1 5 37 8 2 34 64 .265 .338 .380 .718 38.8 5.8 1.3
2B *Tony Womack 35 71 268 33 57 10 3 1 23 13 13 14 54 .213 .271 .284 .555 18.4 0.0 2.5
LF  Moises Alou 38 81 206 22 58 7 0 4 32 0 3 20 30 .282 .346 .374 .720 23.3 2.9 0.2
C  Raul Chavez 32 43 118 18 33 4 1 5 22 0 0 9 22 .280 .333 .458 .791 16.8 2.8 1.3
3B  Joe Randa 35 37 108 7 29 6 1 1 13 0 0 9 19 .269 .325 .370 .695 12.4 1.8 1.1
RF *Bobby Higginson 34 9 13 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 1 .154 .353 .385 .738 1.9 0.3 0.1
3B #Abraham O. Nunez 29 14 11 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 .364 .364 .364 .727 1.2 0.1 0.2
DH  Craig Monroe 28 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.2 1632 5629 780 1482 245 37 172 754 182 81 554 1080 .263 .333 .412 .745 761.7 122.7 41.5
  Rank among 14 AL teams 8 7 8 7 5 7 7 5 9 4 8 7 6 6 6 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Esteban Loaiza 33 13 8 .619 33 33 0 214.3 230 88 20 57 159 3.70 14.5
 Livan Hernandez 30 15 12 .556 31 31 0 211.0 228 85 14 77 132 3.63 14.3
 Kerry Wood 28 15 11 .577 33 33 0 208.0 158 75 18 94 254 3.25 15.3
 Jerome Williams 23 10 8 .556 29 29 0 184.3 151 58 5 61 141 2.83 15.0
 Danny Patterson 34 9 2 .818 70 0 5 105.0 118 42 4 25 53 3.60 9.3
 Ben Sheets 26 3 5 .375 15 15 0 94.3 105 48 16 23 67 4.58 3.5
 Curt Schilling 38 5 5 .500 14 13 0 84.0 101 49 16 29 60 5.25 2.4
 Brian Schmack 31 5 4 .556 50 0 1 71.7 81 28 2 16 39 3.52 5.9
 Fernando Rodney 28 6 10 .375 59 0 27 67.0 69 30 1 22 73 4.03 9.2
 Matt Anderson 28 1 1 .500 44 0 2 59.7 57 18 3 16 49 2.72 5.8
*Alan Embree 35 1 2 .333 73 0 11 56.3 61 21 7 18 43 3.36 5.6
 Woody Williams 38 1 1 .500 14 1 1 29.7 42 20 2 14 13 6.07 0.0
*Steve Colyer 26 1 0 1.000 16 0 1 19.7 15 3 1 7 14 1.37 2.7
 Jorge Sosa 28 2 1 .667 5 4 0 19.3 18 11 2 10 13 5.12 0.9
 Dennis Tankersley 26 2 2 .500 4 3 0 19.0 23 11 1 5 17 5.21 0.7
 Jose Jimenez 31 1 0 1.000 9 0 0 19.0 21 12 1 4 11 5.68 0.3
*Jamie Walker 33 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.3
 Jose Santiago 30 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.7 5 5 0 1 1 68.18 0.0
Team Totals 30.3 90 72 .556 502 162 48 1464.9 1484 604 113 479 1140 3.71 105.7
Rank among 14 AL teams 3 3 4 3 4 8 1 2 2 5 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 29.7
I.Rodriguez 1259.0 141 144 1015 82 11 2 .990 38.9
R.Chavez 205.7 21 24 155 17 4 1 .977 27.9
Team Total 1464.7 162 168 1170 99 15 3 .988 36.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 10.66
K.Millar 1234.7 138 138 1411 117 12 144 .992 11.14
J.Thome 210.0 22 27 223 16 3 22 .988 10.24
F.Catalanotto 14.9 2 2 13 0 0 1 1.000 7.85
R.Chavez 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.6 162 168 1647 133 15 167 .992 10.96
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.45
R.Santiago 636.7 70 76 140 256 13 59 .968 5.60
T.Womack 530.0 59 64 115 225 8 47 .977 5.77
F.Catalanotto 217.9 25 30 37 83 4 18 .968 4.96
I.Rodriguez 9.0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00
M.Alou 9.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00
A.Nunez 8.0 0 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 5.63
J.Rollins 5.7 0 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.74
Team Total 1416.3 156 176 300 571 25 125 .972 5.54
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.74
J.Crede 1133.0 124 135 73 276 17 21 .954 2.77
J.Randa 270.7 32 36 14 72 6 4 .935 2.86
K.Millar 56.3 6 9 4 18 2 2 .917 3.52
M.Bradley 4.7 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1464.7 162 181 91 368 25 27 .948 2.82
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.73
J.Rollins 798.4 94 95 126 304 9 65 .979 4.85
R.Santiago 587.7 67 72 84 228 9 53 .972 4.78
T.Womack 35.0 2 7 9 16 0 4 1.000 6.43
A.Nunez 25.0 0 9 2 11 0 2 1.000 4.68
M.Alou 5.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Monroe 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Bradley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.1 163 187 221 559 18 124 .977 4.83
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 1.77
F.Catalanotto 708.5 81 81 123 2 1 0 .992 1.59
M.Bradley 405.0 46 51 73 4 10 1 .885 1.71
M.Alou 388.7 41 55 37 1 5 0 .884 0.88
B.Higginson 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
C.Monroe 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Millar 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1515.2 169 190 236 7 16 1 .938 1.44
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.32
A.Jones 1341.7 149 155 333 9 4 2 .988 2.29
M.Bradley 121.0 13 15 39 2 0 1 1.000 3.05
C.Monroe 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.7 162 171 372 11 4 3 .990 2.35
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.84
G.Sheffield 1351.7 150 150 257 9 7 1 .974 1.77
F.Catalanotto 66.9 7 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.48
C.Monroe 17.0 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.53
B.Higginson 16.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
Team Total 1451.6 160 163 272 9 8 1 .972 1.74
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.92
E.Loaiza 214.3 33 33 16 35 2 5 .962 2.14
L.Hernandez 211.0 31 31 12 39 2 5 .962 2.18
K.Wood 208.0 33 33 5 19 2 2 .923 1.04
J.Williams 184.3 29 29 13 38 3 1 .944 2.49
D.Patterson 105.0 0 70 10 17 1 1 .964 2.31
B.Sheets 94.3 15 15 5 15 1 2 .952 1.91
C.Schilling 84.0 13 14 7 10 0 0 1.000 1.82
B.Schmack 71.7 0 50 5 11 0 1 1.000 2.01
F.Rodney 67.0 0 59 4 6 0 2 1.000 1.34
M.Anderson 59.7 0 44 4 8 1 1 .923 1.81
A.Embree 56.3 0 73 5 15 1 2 .952 3.20
W.Williams 29.7 1 14 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.82
S.Colyer 19.7 0 16 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.29
J.Sosa 19.3 4 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.33
J.Jimenez 19.0 0 9 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.37
D.Tankersley 19.0 3 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.37
J.Walker 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Santiago 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1464.9 162 502 94 231 13 24 .962 2.00
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Thome .304
On-Base Pct Thome .425
Slugging Pct Thome .589
OPS Thome 1.014
XR Thome 118.3
Games Jones 156
At-Bats Rodriguez 593
Runs Sheffield 106
Hits Millar 168
Total Bases Thome 292
Singles Sheffield, Millar 119
Doubles Millar 34
Triples Catalanotto, Rollins, Santiago 6
Homeruns Thome 38
RBIs Thome 113
Stolen Bases Rollins 43
Caught Stealing Rollins 17
Walks Thome 101
Strikeouts Jones, Thome 155
ERA Williams 2.83
Wins Wood, Hernandez 15
Losses Hernandez 12
Winning Pct Loaiza .619
Saves Rodney 27
Games Pitched Embree 73
Games Started Loaiza, Wood 33
Complete Games Hernandez 4
Shutouts Hernandez 2
Innings Pitched Loaiza 214.3
Hits Allowed Loaiza 230
Homeruns Allowed Loaiza 20
Strikeouts Wood 254
Walks Allowed Wood 94
Walks per 9IP Loaiza 2.4
Hits per 9IP Wood 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Wood 11.0
WHiP Williams 1.15
OAVG Wood .208
OOBP Williams .300
OSLG Williams .291
OOPS Williams .591
Team All-Stars
Ivan Rodriguez
Jim Thome
Player Salaries
Gary Sheffield $ 9,100,000
Andruw Jones $ 8,930,000
Jim Thome $ 8,750,000
Kerry Wood $ 7,583,000
Ivan Rodriguez $ 7,000,000
Ben Sheets $ 4,771,429
Esteban Loaiza $ 4,700,000
Frank Catalanotto $ 4,250,000
Jimmy Rollins $ 3,320,000
Livan Hernandez $ 2,950,000
Danny Patterson $ 2,510,000
Woody Williams $ 2,500,000
Moises Alou $ 1,840,000
Alan Embree $ 1,320,000
Milton Bradley $ 1,210,000
Eric Munson $ 1,190,000
Jamie Walker $ 1,180,000
Jose Santiago $ 1,100,000
Jose Jimenez $ 1,100,000
Abraham O. Nunez $ 900,000
Matt Anderson $ 860,000
Joe Randa $ 770,000
Greg Norton $ 630,000
Raul Chavez $ 380,000
Joe Crede $ 350,000
Craig Monroe $ 350,000
Brandon Inge $ 350,000
Jerome Williams $ 300,000
Dennis Tankersley $ 300,000
Steve Colyer $ 300,000
Brian Schmack $ 300,000
Ramon Santiago $ 300,000
Fernando Rodney $ 300,000
Kevin Millar $ 300,000
Jorge Sosa $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/30 Signed     Woody Williams
Woody Williams
1/31 Signed     Jose Lima
Jose Lima
2/2 Traded Omar Infante
Omar Infante
San Francisco Jerome Williams
Jerome Williams
2/2 Traded Tony Giarratano
Tony Giarratano
Seattle Ramon Santiago
Ramon Santiago
2/2 Traded Chris Shelton
Chris Shelton
Los Angeles Joe Thurston
Joe Thurston
2/2 Traded Vincent Blue
Vincent Blue
San Diego Freddy Guzman
Freddy Guzman
2/2 Traded Jason Johnson
Jose Garcia
Max St. Pierre
Kyle Sleeth
Jason Johnson
Jose Garcia
Max St. Pierre
Kyle Sleeth
New York (N) Milton Bradley
Freddy Garcia
Raul Gonzalez
Lastings Milledge
Milton Bradley
Freddy Garcia
Raul Gonzalez
Lastings Milledge
2/2 Traded Matt Roney
Matt Roney
New York (A) Robinson Cano
Robinson Cano
2/2 Signed     Matt Stairs
Matt Stairs
2/3 Signed     Raul Chavez
Raul Chavez
2/4 Signed     Tony Clark
Tony Clark
2/4 Signed     Jose Santiago
Jose Santiago
2/5 Signed     Tony Womack
Tony Womack
2/5 Signed     Alan Embree
Alan Embree
2/6 Signed     Mike Williams
Mike Williams
2/6 Signed     Denny Neagle
Denny Neagle
2/6 Signed     Jose Jimenez
Jose Jimenez
2/7 Traded Jon Connolly
David Espinosa
Jon Connolly
David Espinosa
Texas Moises Alou
Anthony Webster
Moises Alou
Anthony Webster
2/7 Traded Carlos Pena
Joe Thurston
Carlos Pena
Joe Thurston
Boston Kevin Millar
Claudio Arias
Kevin Millar
Claudio Arias
2/7 Traded Dustin Mcgowan
Steve Colyer
Dustin Mcgowan
Steve Colyer
San Diego Andruw Jones
Jake Gautreau
$2,000,000
Andruw Jones
Jake Gautreau
$2,000,000
2/7 Traded Bubbie Buzachero
Nook Logan
Guillermo Quiroz
Brent Clevlen
Wilton Reynolds
Bubbie Buzachero
Nook Logan
Guillermo Quiroz
Brent Clevlen
Wilton Reynolds
Philadelphia Jim Thome
Placido Polanco
Chao-Kuan Wu
Ryan Howard
Jim Thome
Placido Polanco
Chao-Kuan Wu
Ryan Howard
2/7 Signed     Abraham O. Nunez
Abraham O. Nunez
2/9 Signed     Tony Batista
Tony Batista
2/9 Signed     Steve Kline
Steve Kline
2/11 Signed     Bobby Higginson
Bobby Higginson
2/13 Traded Raul Gonzalez
Raul Gonzalez
New York (N) Edgar Gonzalez
Edgar Gonzalez
2/13 Traded Fernando Vina
Fernando Vina
Oakland Brian Snyder
Brian Snyder
2/13 Traded Kevin Cash
Alex Sanchez
Kevin Cash
Alex Sanchez
Toronto Mike Galloway
Orlando Hudson
Mike Galloway
Orlando Hudson
2/13 Traded Mike Bumatay
Daniel Dicarlo
Juan Gonzalez
Mike Bumatay
Daniel Dicarlo
Juan Gonzalez
Philadelphia Livan Hernandez
Gavin Floyd
Tim Moss
Livan Hernandez
Gavin Floyd
Tim Moss
2/13 Traded Nate Cornejo
Mike Maroth
Hee Seop Choi
Nate Cornejo
Mike Maroth
Hee Seop Choi
San Francisco Travis Ishikawa
Mark Phillips
Todd Linden
Mark Phillips
Todd Linden
Travis Ishikawa
2/13 Traded Rondell White
Manny Rosado
Rondell White
Manny Rosado
New York (N) Prentice Redman
Danny Garcia
Prentice Redman
Danny Garcia
2/20 Traded Delmar Willis
Delmar Willis
Atlanta Dewayne Wise
Dewayne Wise
2/28 Released Ben Petrick
Ben Petrick
   
2/28 Traded Orlando Hudson
Edgar Gonzalez
Ryan Howard
Jake Gautreau
Elmer Dessens
Orlando Hudson
Edgar Gonzalez
Ryan Howard
Jake Gautreau
Elmer Dessens
Chicago (A) Esteban Loaiza
Corwin Malone
Jon Rauch
Ruddy Yan
Esteban Loaiza
Corwin Malone
Jon Rauch
Ruddy Yan
2/28 Traded Tony Batista
Mike Williams
Tony Batista
Mike Williams
Chicago (A) Ryan Sweeney
Ryan Sweeney
2/28 Traded Jose Lima
Todd Linden
Wilfredo Ledezma
Jose Lima
Todd Linden
Wilfredo Ledezma
Boston Curt Schilling
Curt Schilling
2/28 Traded Tim Moss
Juan Tejada
Juan Tejada
Tim Moss
Chicago (A) Joe Crede
Joe Crede
2/28 Traded Joel Zumaya
Joel Zumaya
Texas Joe Randa
Joe Randa
2/28 Traded Freddy Garcia
Prentice Redman
Steve Kline
Mark Phillips
Chao-Kuan Wu
Freddy Garcia
Prentice Redman
Steve Kline
Mark Phillips
Chao-Kuan Wu
Chicago (N) Kerry Wood
Felix Sanchez
Renyel Pinto
Kerry Wood
Felix Sanchez
Renyel Pinto
4/12 Traded Placido Polanco
Placido Polanco
Boston Jon Lester
Matt Murton
Jon Lester
Matt Murton
4/19 Waived Tony Clark
Tony Clark
Colorado  
4/27 Claimed   Tampa Bay Jorge Sosa
Jorge Sosa
5/6 Traded Brian Snyder
Travis Ishikawa
Denny Neagle
Matt Stairs
Brian Snyder
Travis Ishikawa
Denny Neagle
Matt Stairs
Seattle Frank Catalanotto
Michael Garciaparra
Frank Catalanotto
Michael Garciaparra
5/14 Traded Ruddy Yan
Lastings Milledge
Jack Hannahan
Mike Galloway
Bobby Higginson
Ruddy Yan
Lastings Milledge
Jack Hannahan
Mike Galloway
Bobby Higginson
Philadelphia Steve Colyer
Jimmy Rollins
Steve Colyer
Jimmy Rollins
5/14 Signed     Brian Boehringer
Brian Boehringer
6/22 Waived Curt Schilling
Curt Schilling
New York (A)  
6/23 Traded Gavin Floyd
Gavin Floyd
San Diego Dennis Tankersley
Dennis Tankersley
7/9 Traded Jeff Allison
Jeff Allison
Milwaukee Ben Sheets
Neil Clothier
Ben Sheets
Neil Clothier
7/9 Released Tony Womack
Tony Womack