Tigers — Front Office

Player	Age	Service	G	fWAR	Salary $M	Surplus $M
Alan Trammell	29	FA-elig	151	7.7	0.6	+1.6
Darrell Evans	40	FA-elig	150	4.6	0.5	+0.8
Frank Tanana	33	FA-elig	34	4.1	0.7	+0.5
Jack Morris	32	FA-elig	36	4.1	1.9	-0.7
Kirk Gibson	30	FA-elig	128	4.0	1.3	-0.2
Chet Lemon	32	FA-elig	146	3.8	0.7	+0.4
Matt Nokes	23	pre-arb	135	3.4	0.1	+0.9
Walt Terrell	29	arb	35	3.2	0.6	+0.3
Lou Whitaker	30	FA-elig	149	3.1	0.4	+0.5
Doyle Alexander↔ ATL	36	FA-elig	11	2.5	0.3	+0.5
Mike Henneman	25	pre-arb	55	1.9	0.1	+0.5
Jeff Robinson	25	pre-arb	29	1.7	0.1	+0.4
Larry Herndon	33	FA-elig	89	1.7	0.2	+0.3
Mike Heath	32	FA-elig	93	1.5	0.7	-0.2
Bill Madlock↔ LAD	36	FA-elig	87	1.2	0.7	-0.3
Dave Bergman	34	FA-elig	91	0.6	0.3	-0.2
Billy Bean	23	–	26	0.6	–	–
Eric King	23	pre-arb	55	0.6	0.1	+0.1
Scott Lusader	22	–	23	0.4	–	–
Mark Thurmond	30	arb	48	0.3	0.4	-0.3
Pat Sheridan	29	FA-elig	141	0.1	0.2	-0.2
Dan Petry	28	FA-elig	30	0.1	1.0	-0.9
Doug Baker	26	–	8	0.1	–	–
Dickie Noles↔ CHC	30	FA-elig	4	0.0	0.0	+0.0
Jim Walewander	25	–	53	0.0	–	–
Nate Snell	34	–	22	-0.0	–	–
Bryan Kelly	28	–	5	-0.1	–	–
Morris Madden	26	–	2	-0.1	–	–
Tim Tolman	31	–	9	-0.1	–	–
Tom Brookens	33	FA-elig	143	-0.1	0.4	-0.4
Johnny Grubb	38	FA-elig	59	-0.1	0.4	-0.4
Willie Hernandez	32	FA-elig	45	-0.1	1.1	-1.1
Dwight Lowry	29	–	13	-0.2	–	–
Jim Morrison↔ PIT	34	FA-elig	34	-0.3	0.1	-0.2
Terry Harper↔ PIT	31	FA-elig	31	-0.3	0.2	-0.3
Orlando Mercado↔ LAD	25	–	10	-0.3	–	–
Darnell Coles↔ PIT	25	arb	53	-1.0	0.1	-0.4

37 players appeared (WAR is complete); salary & surplus are on record for 27 of them (73%). Players without a salary show "–" — no single historical salary source is fully complete (especially 2020–2022).

WAR = FanGraphs (fWAR). Green = produced more value than paid (bargain); red = paid more than produced. Service: pre-arb (<3 yr) / arb (3–6) / FA-eligible (6+). Click headers to sort.

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)

Best acquisitions

Player	Year	WAR for DET
Max Scherzer	2009	22.2
Carlos Guillén	2004	18.3
Ian Kinsler	2013	16.3
Jeremy Bonderman	2002	15.8
Damion Easley	1996	15.4
Austin Jackson	2009	14.8
Mickey Tettleton	1991	14.4
Chet Lemon	1981	14.2

Ones that got away

Player	Year traded	WAR elsewhere
John Smoltz	1987	81.6
Luis Gonzalez	1998	33.8
Chris Hoiles	1988	24.8
Howard Johnson	1984	22.8
Justin Verlander	2017	19.7
Rick Porcello	2014	13.1
Robbie Ray	2014	11.8
Matt Joyce	2008	10.7

Tigers DET

1987 roster — every player, value & surplus

History: front-office performance & develop-vs-buy (1985–2024)

Trade ledger (realized WAR, all-time)