2009 Detroit Tigers
Record: 97-65
Finish: 2nd in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 983
Runs Allowed: 775
Exp W-L: 98-64
 
Ballpark: Comerica Park
Attendance: 2,893,629
Manager: Greg Getchell

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-68, 7th in the American
AA: 73-65, 6th in the American
A: 57-81, 13th in the American
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to New York (A) Yankees
 
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
CF *Corey Patterson 29 156 611 114 193 47 5 29 112 28 20 60 130 .316 .375 .552 .927 110.6 18.3 5.4
3B  Adrian Beltre 30 149 603 107 203 42 3 22 97 3 3 47 95 .337 .386 .526 .912 108.9 18.9 3.6
3B  Andy Marte 25 154 590 89 176 36 5 16 104 0 0 51 99 .298 .356 .458 .814 91.3 12.9 0.0
2B *Billy Crunk 23 139 544 121 141 33 6 20 80 45 33 82 130 .259 .359 .452 .812 89.6 11.5 5.5
CF *Alexis Gomez 30 154 550 86 161 34 6 6 81 27 13 51 100 .293 .355 .409 .764 78.7 10.1 3.0
1B *Hee Seop Choi 30 142 433 93 138 23 1 24 94 0 1 86 120 .319 .438 .543 .980 97.0 18.4 2.7
C  Justin Huber 26 134 478 68 144 37 0 16 89 0 1 23 81 .301 .331 .479 .810 69.8 9.3 7.6
LF *Jason Kubel 27 125 457 74 169 21 2 8 71 2 0 20 66 .370 .393 .477 .870 76.0 13.3 2.8
SS  Hanley Ramirez 25 106 381 70 128 22 2 12 62 26 10 30 59 .336 .384 .499 .883 68.3 11.7 4.0
LF #Coco Crisp 29 88 290 36 95 16 6 3 42 14 11 16 26 .328 .366 .455 .821 42.7 6.2 2.1
SS #Cristian Guzman 31 91 277 36 69 14 3 3 32 13 13 18 27 .249 .294 .354 .648 26.9 0.6 3.9
C  Jeff Mathis 26 62 201 28 66 19 0 3 38 3 0 8 23 .328 .362 .468 .829 30.5 4.8 2.2
DH  Ken Harvey 31 68 188 28 60 15 0 8 27 0 0 15 39 .319 .377 .527 .903 31.8 5.2 1.0
3B #Ramon Santiago 29 32 98 13 23 5 1 2 9 3 1 2 20 .235 .257 .367 .625 9.0 0.2 1.1
CF *Anthony Webster 26 56 74 20 13 2 1 0 11 10 4 6 15 .176 .235 .230 .464 3.4 0.0 0.6
  Team Totals 27.8 1656 5775 983 1779 366 41 172 949 174 110 515 1030 .308 .366 .475 .841 934.4 141.6 45.7
  Rank among 14 AL teams 7 4 1 1 1 8 4 4 14 10 2 2 2 2 2 5  
* - 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
 Tim Stauffer 27 17 13 .567 34 34 0 233.0 215 123 23 96 259 4.75 12.8
 Jerome Williams 27 17 10 .630 34 34 0 230.7 257 120 19 85 204 4.68 13.4
*C.C. Sabathia 28 19 8 .704 33 33 0 223.0 233 125 27 90 210 5.04 11.3
*Jon Lester 25 17 7 .708 32 32 0 195.0 170 86 15 83 174 3.97 14.3
*Darren Nigro 26 8 9 .471 26 17 1 137.7 149 67 18 68 136 4.38 7.9
 Logan Kensing 26 7 3 .700 27 12 1 107.0 121 55 8 41 64 4.63 6.4
*Rick Ankiel 28 5 4 .556 77 0 16 91.7 61 20 4 44 96 1.96 16.0
*Felix Sanchez 27 2 4 .333 52 0 27 53.7 45 17 7 24 42 2.85 9.0
 Brad Lidge 32 3 4 .429 44 0 6 45.7 38 22 5 32 49 4.34 4.1
 Matt Anderson 32 0 1 .000 27 0 0 42.7 47 17 5 21 24 3.59 3.0
 Franklyn German 29 0 0 .000 27 0 0 39.3 27 13 3 20 37 2.97 3.7
 John Birtwell 29 2 2 .500 20 0 1 24.3 26 15 4 4 18 5.55 0.7
 Chris Homer 28 0 0 .000 13 0 0 20.3 26 14 4 8 16 6.20 0.2
 Christopher Conrad 27 0 0 .000 3 0 2 2.7 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 0.8
*Chris Narveson 27 0 0 .000 2 0 0 2.0 6 6 1 2 0 27.00 0.0
Team Totals 27.9 97 65 .599 451 162 54 1448.6 1422 700 143 619 1331 4.35 103.6
Rank among 14 AL teams 4 4 2 4 9 1 2 4 13 1 4  
* - 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 28.8
J.Huber 1135.0 126 133 1085 61 15 0 .987 25.2
J.Mathis 313.7 36 39 278 22 2 0 .993 35.7
Team Total 1448.7 162 172 1363 83 17 0 .988 27.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.90
H.Choi 1028.7 113 133 1036 102 8 105 .993 9.96
K.Harvey 417.3 49 56 421 32 3 25 .993 9.77
A.Webster 1.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
H.Ramirez 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.7 162 192 1458 134 11 130 .993 9.89
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.13
B.Crunk 1176.7 133 137 238 422 11 90 .984 5.05
H.Ramirez 139.7 16 17 29 58 1 11 .989 5.61
R.Santiago 81.0 10 11 19 25 1 6 .978 4.89
J.Kubel 16.3 0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.76
A.Beltre 10.0 1 1 2 1 2 0 .600 2.70
A.Marte 9.0 1 1 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.00
A.Gomez 9.0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Guzman 7.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1448.7 162 174 293 516 15 108 .982 5.03
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.43
A.Beltre 1287.7 145 148 74 277 22 18 .941 2.45
R.Santiago 62.0 7 8 3 20 0 1 1.000 3.34
H.Ramirez 60.0 7 7 3 11 1 0 .933 2.10
J.Mathis 18.0 2 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50
H.Choi 9.0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
C.Guzman 8.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
A.Marte 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.7 162 169 82 313 23 19 .945 2.45
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.55
H.Ramirez 699.7 79 81 95 233 11 47 .968 4.22
C.Guzman 679.0 77 85 113 257 7 50 .981 4.90
R.Santiago 68.0 6 14 8 24 0 5 1.000 4.24
B.Crunk 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1448.7 162 181 216 515 18 102 .976 4.54
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.82
J.Kubel 844.0 95 108 155 6 1 1 .994 1.72
C.Crisp 467.7 54 60 80 4 0 1 1.000 1.62
A.Webster 81.0 7 21 20 2 0 1 1.000 2.44
A.Gomez 55.0 6 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.98
J.Mathis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.7 162 197 261 12 1 3 .996 1.70
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.41
C.Patterson 1318.7 146 155 315 13 9 2 .973 2.24
C.Crisp 74.0 9 9 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.55
A.Webster 47.0 6 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.15
A.Gomez 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.7 162 171 342 13 9 2 .975 2.21
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.97
A.Gomez 1246.7 139 145 198 5 6 1 .971 1.47
C.Crisp 101.0 11 15 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.05
A.Webster 60.0 7 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
J.Kubel 40.0 5 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
F.Sanchez 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.7 162 175 236 6 6 1 .976 1.50
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 1.72
T.Stauffer 233.0 34 34 18 32 2 1 .962 1.93
J.Williams 230.7 34 34 13 34 1 1 .979 1.83
C.Sabathia 223.0 33 33 22 32 2 3 .964 2.18
J.Lester 195.0 32 32 7 20 1 2 .964 1.25
D.Nigro 137.7 17 26 7 13 2 1 .909 1.31
L.Kensing 107.0 12 27 9 19 2 2 .933 2.36
R.Ankiel 91.7 0 77 3 11 1 0 .933 1.37
F.Sanchez 53.7 0 52 2 10 0 1 1.000 2.01
B.Lidge 45.7 0 44 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.99
M.Anderson 42.7 0 27 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.05
F.German 39.3 0 27 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.69
J.Birtwell 24.3 0 20 3 1 1 0 .800 1.48
C.Homer 20.3 0 13 0 5 1 1 .833 2.21
C.Conrad 2.7 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
C.Narveson 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.6 162 451 90 185 13 12 .955 1.71
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kubel .356
On-Base Pct Choi .438
Slugging Pct Patterson .552
OPS Choi .980
XR Patterson 110.6
Games Patterson 156
At-Bats Patterson 611
Runs Crunk 121
Hits Beltre 203
Total Bases Patterson 337
Singles Kubel 138
Doubles Patterson 47
Triples Crisp, Crunk, Gomez 6
Homeruns Patterson 29
RBIs Patterson 112
Stolen Bases Crunk 45
Caught Stealing Crunk 33
Walks Choi 86
Strikeouts Crunk, Patterson 130
ERA Lester 3.97
Wins Sabathia 19
Losses Stauffer 13
Winning Pct Lester .708
Saves Sanchez 27
Games Pitched Ankiel 77
Games Started Stauffer, Williams 34
Complete Games Williams 5
Shutouts Lester, Sabathia 1
Innings Pitched Stauffer 233.0
Hits Allowed Williams 257
Homeruns Allowed Sabathia 27
Strikeouts Stauffer 259
Walks Allowed Stauffer 96
Walks per 9IP Williams 3.3
Hits per 9IP Lester 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Stauffer 10.0
WHiP Lester 1.30
OAVG Lester .233
OOBP Lester .321
OSLG Lester .363
OOPS Lester .684
Team All-Stars
Rick Ankiel
Adrian Beltre
Hee Seop Choi
Justin Huber
Jason Kubel
Corey Patterson
Felix Sanchez
Player Salaries
C.C. Sabathia $ 13,510,000
Adrian Beltre $ 9,678,443
Hee Seop Choi $ 7,750,000
Brad Lidge $ 6,969,696
Jerome Williams $ 5,800,000
Corey Patterson $ 3,500,000
Rick Ankiel $ 1,840,000
Franklyn German $ 1,422,857
Ken Harvey $ 1,000,000
Ramon Santiago $ 521,429
Alexis Gomez $ 300,000
Chris Homer $ 300,000
Coco Crisp $ 300,000
Jon Lester $ 300,000
Christopher Conrad $ 300,000
John Birtwell $ 300,000
Billy Crunk $ 300,000
Justin Huber $ 300,000
Jason Kubel $ 300,000
Andy Marte $ 300,000
Jeff Mathis $ 300,000
Chris Narveson $ 300,000
Darren Nigro $ 300,000
Hanley Ramirez $ 300,000
Felix Sanchez $ 300,000
Tim Stauffer $ 300,000
Anthony Webster $ 300,000
Logan Kensing $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/31 Signed     Brad Lidge
2/1 Signed     Adrian Beltre
2/28 Traded Donnell Moya Milwaukee Stanley Middaugh
Thomas Velarde
Round Draft Pick.
2/28 Traded Freddy Garcia Colorado Jayson Nix
3/30 Released Tony Blanco    
3/30 Released Nicholas Dennis    
3/30 Released William Santillanes    
3/30 Released Gary Utz    
6/15 Traded Morton Scott Boston Mark Scott
Richard Salomon
9/9 Released Jordan Tata    
10/22 Released Cristian Guzman    
10/22 Released Matt Anderson    
10/25 Released Raul Chavez    
10/25 Released Gary Bennett