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Tigers DETGM: Bill Lajoie
Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1985, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).
Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Kirk Gibson | 5.3 |
| Walt Terrell | 4.8 |
| Lou Whitaker | 4.7 |
| Jack Morris | 4.7 |
| Darrell Evans | 4.2 |
| Lance Parrish | 4.1 |
| Player | 1984 fWAR |
|---|---|
| — | |
WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Tigers. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1985; everyone else is shown as a 1985 season snapshot.
| Player | Period | fWAR | Tier Market $M | Paid $M | Surplus $M | $ / WAR | Tier | Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Gibson | 1985 | +5.3 | +87.2 | 0.7 | +86.5 | $0.1M | 2.05× | – |
| Walt Terrell | 1985 | +4.8 | +84.7 | 0.2 | +84.6 | $0.0M | 2.19× | – |
| Jack Morris | 1985 | +4.7 | +81.8 | 0.9 | +80.9 | $0.2M | 2.19× | – |
| Chet Lemon | 1985 | +3.7 | +53.5 | 0.7 | +52.8 | $0.2M | 1.79× | – |
| Frank Tanana↔ | 1985 | +3.3 | +51.1 | 0.4 | +50.8 | $0.1M | 1.96× | – |
| Lou Whitaker | 1985 | +4.7 | +45.0 | 0.7 | +44.3 | $0.1M | 1.20× | – |
| Dan Petry | 1985 | +2.9 | +44.8 | 0.9 | +44.0 | $0.3M | 1.96× | – |
| Darrell Evans | 1985 | +4.2 | +39.8 | 1.1 | +38.7 | $0.3M | 1.20× | – |
| Lance Parrish | 1985 | +4.1 | +36.7 | 0.8 | +35.9 | $0.2M | 1.12× | – |
| Alan Trammell | 1985 | +3.2 | +30.4 | 0.5 | +29.9 | $0.2M | 1.18× | – |
| Willie Hernandez | 1985 | +1.7 | +26.0 | 0.7 | +25.3 | $0.4M | 1.95× | – |
| Tom Brookens | 1985 | +1.6 | +10.7 | 0.2 | +10.5 | $0.2M | 0.85× | – |
| Larry Herndon | 1985 | +1.5 | +9.7 | 0.7 | +9.0 | $0.5M | 0.83× | – |
| Juan Berenguer | 1985 | +0.9 | +4.6 | 0.2 | +4.3 | $0.3M | 0.67× | – |
| Milt Wilcox | 1985 | +0.2 | +1.7 | 0.6 | +1.2 | $2.6M | 1.02× | – |
| Johnny Grubb | 1985 | +0.0 | +0.1 | 0.2 | -0.1 | $9.7M | 0.69× | – |
| Doug Flynn↔ | 1985 | -0.3 | -1.1 | 0.3 | -1.4 | – | 0.56× | – |
| Marty Castillo | 1985 | -0.7 | -3.1 | 0.1 | -3.1 | – | 0.52× | – |
| Bill Scherrer | 1985 | -0.7 | -3.8 | 0.1 | -3.9 | – | 0.67× | – |
| Dave Bergman | 1985 | -0.9 | -3.8 | 0.3 | -4.1 | – | 0.56× | – |
| Aurelio Lopez | 1985 | -1.0 | -10.3 | 0.6 | -10.9 | – | 1.34× | – |
| Alejandro Sanchez | 1985 | -0.3 | -1.7 | – | – | – | 0.83× | – |
| Barbaro Garbey | 1985 | +0.2 | +0.9 | – | – | – | 0.56× | – |
| Bob Melvin | 1985 | -0.3 | -1.3 | – | – | – | 0.52× | – |
| Bob Stoddard | 1985 | -0.1 | -0.6 | – | – | – | 0.67× | – |
| Chris Pittaro | 1985 | -0.2 | -0.9 | – | – | – | 0.58× | – |
| Chuck Cary | 1985 | +0.3 | +1.6 | – | – | – | 0.67× | – |
| Doug Bair↔ | 1985 | +0.4 | +2.1 | – | – | – | 0.67× | – |
| Doug Baker | 1985 | -0.4 | -1.9 | – | – | – | 0.61× | – |
| Jim Weaver | 1985 | -0.1 | -0.7 | – | – | – | 0.83× | – |
| Mickey Mahler↔ | 1985 | +0.6 | +4.6 | – | – | – | 1.02× | – |
| Mike Laga | 1985 | -0.1 | -0.8 | – | – | – | 0.69× | – |
| Nelson Simmons | 1985 | -0.2 | -1.4 | – | – | – | 0.69× | – |
| Randy O'Neal | 1985 | +1.1 | +6.1 | – | – | – | 0.67× | – |
| Rusty Kuntz | 1985 | -0.1 | -0.6 | – | – | – | 0.56× | – |
| Scotti Madison | 1985 | -0.2 | -1.3 | – | – | – | 0.69× | – |
| Total | — | +43.8 | +589.8 | 10.9 | +575.2 | — | ||
Every graded 1985 deal involving the Tigers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.
DET · Bill Lajoie
+$17.6M
SFG · Tom Haller
−$17.6M
OAK · Sandy Alderson
+$1.6M
DET · Bill Lajoie
−$1.6M
SEA · Hal Keller
+$4.8M
DET · Bill Lajoie
−$4.8M
SFG · Tom Haller
+$2.4M
DET · Bill Lajoie
−$2.4M
DET · Bill Lajoie
+$0.0M
BAL · Hank Peters
+$0.0M
DET · Bill Lajoie
+$1.6M
BAL · Hank Peters
−$1.6M
DET · Bill Lajoie
+$181.6M
TEX · Tom Grieve
−$181.6M
What the front office was committed to as of 1985, 1985–1991. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.
| Player | Age | Svc | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Evans | 38 | 16.000 | $1.1M | $793k | $525k | $860k | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jack Morris | 30 | 8.000 | $885k | $875k | $1.9M | $2.0M | $2.0M | $2.1M | FREE AGENT |
| Dan Petry | 26 | 6.000 | $875k | $875k | $975k | FREE AGENT | $475k | $276k | |
| Lance Parrish | 29 | 8.000 | $767k | $850k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Kirk Gibson | 28 | 6.000 | $685k | $1.2M | $1.3M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Larry Herndon | 31 | 11.000 | $675k | $688k | $225k | $375k | FREE AGENT | ||
| Lou Whitaker | 28 | 8.000 | $670k | $670k | $420k | $975k | $1.0M | $1.8M | $2.0M |
| Chet Lemon | 30 | 10.000 | $670k | $699k | $699k | $829k | $829k | $829k | FREE AGENT |
| Willie Hernandez | 30 | 8.000 | $660k | $960k | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1.3M | FREE AGENT | |
| Aurelio Lopez | 36 | 11.000 | $575k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Milt Wilcox | 35 | 15.000 | $550k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Alan Trammell | 27 | 8.000 | $517k | $567k | $617k | $1.0M | $1.1M | $1.8M | $2.2M |
| Frank Tanana | 31 | 12.000 | $358k | $662k | $662k | $1.1M | $925k | $1.1M | $1.9M |
| Doug Flynn | 34 | 10.000 | $273k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Dave Bergman | 32 | 10.000 | $262k | $317k | $332k | $360k | $438k | $525k | $575k |
| Tom Brookens | 31 | 6.000 | $250k | $325k | $360k | $350k | FREE AGENT | ||
| Johnny Grubb | 36 | 13.000 | $250k | $250k | $365k | FREE AGENT | |||
| Juan Berenguer | 30 | 7.000 | $240k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Doug Bair | 35 | 9.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Terrell | 27 | 3.000 | $178k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Bill Scherrer | 27 | 3.000 | $100k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Marty Castillo | 28 | 4.000 | $76k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Mike Laga | 25 | 3.000 | — | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Bob Stoddard | 28 | 4.000 | — | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Baker | 24 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Chuck Cary | 25 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Barbaro Garbey | 28 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Rusty Kuntz | 30 | – | — | ||||||
| Scotti Madison | 25 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Mickey Mahler | 32 | – | — | ||||||
| Bob Melvin | 23 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Randy O'Neal | 24 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Chris Pittaro | 23 | – | — | ||||||
| Alejandro Sanchez | 26 | – | — | ||||||
| Nelson Simmons | 22 | – | — | ||||||
| Jim Weaver | 25 | – | — |
How each 1985 acquisition stacked onto Tigers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.