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GM: Jerry Walker

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1992, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$27M
Surplus $M
-1
Win %
0.463
TAB
+0.5
WAB
-5.6
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
33.5
Dead money %
10%
Depth Players
6.0
Dead WAR
-5.1

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1992 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

BMickey Tettleton113
BChad Kreuter62
RRich Rowland3

1B

RCecil Fielder114
LDave Bergman55
RSkeeter Barnes17
LRico Brogna8
LShawn Hare4
BMickey Tettleton3
RRich Rowland1

2B

LLou Whitaker119
BTony Phillips57
RSkeeter Barnes7

3B

LScott Livingstone112
RSkeeter Barnes39
RTravis Fryman26
BTony Phillips20
RRich Rowland1

SS

RTravis Fryman137
RAlan Trammell27
BTony Phillips1

LF

RDan Gladden95
RMark Carreon64
BTony Phillips14
RPhil Clark4
RSkeeter Barnes4
LShawn Hare3
BMickey Tettleton1
LDave Bergman1

CF

BMilt Cuyler88
BGary Pettis⇄59
BTony Phillips24
RDan Gladden17
RSkeeter Barnes6
RMark Carreon1

RF

RRob Deer106
BTony Phillips35
RMark Carreon19
RPhil Clark9
LShawn Hare7
RSkeeter Barnes5
BMilt Cuyler1
BMickey Tettleton1

DH

RCecil Fielder43
BMickey Tettleton40
BTony Phillips34
RMark Carreon13
LDave Bergman9
RPhil Clark6
LLou Whitaker5
RSkeeter Barnes3
RDan Gladden2
RRob Deer2
RRich Rowland2
LRico Brogna2
BChad Kreuter1

Starters

RJohn Doherty1.9 WAR
RMark Leiter1.5 WAR
RKevin Ritz0.8 WAR
RWalt Terrell0.6 WAR
RBill Gullickson0.6 WAR
LFrank Tanana0.5 WAR
RDave Haas0.5 WAR
REric King0.3 WAR
LBuddy Groom0.0 WAR
LScott Aldred-0.4 WAR
RKurt Knudsen-0.5 WAR
RLes Lancaster-1.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RMike Henneman24 sv
LMike Munoz0 h
RKurt Knudsen0 h
RLes Lancaster0 h
RJohn Kiely0 h

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.

Key additions (new vs 1991)

PlayerfWAR
John Doherty1.9
Gary Pettis1.3
Chad Kreuter0.9
Phil Clark0.7
Dan Gladden0.6
Eric King0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 1991)

Player1991 fWAR
Dan Gakeler0.5
Andy Allanson0.4
Lloyd Moseby0.2
Rusty Meacham0.0
Jerry Don Gleaton0.0
Johnny Paredes-0.0

Contract Value

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 1992; everyone else is shown as a 1992 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Rob Deer 1992 +3.7 +53.5 2.0 +51.4 $0.5M 1.79× –
Travis Fryman 1992 +4.1 +43.7 0.3 +43.4 $0.1M 1.32× –
Tony Phillips 1992 +4.6 +44.1 1.6 +42.5 $0.3M 1.20× –
Mickey Tettleton 1992 +5.0 +44.4 3.3 +41.1 $0.7M 1.12× –
Lou Whitaker 1992 +4.4 +42.7 2.2 +40.5 $0.5M 1.20× –
Cecil Fielder 1992 +2.5 +21.8 4.5 +17.3 $1.8M 1.07× –
John Doherty 1992 +1.9 +15.1 0.1 +15.0 $0.1M 0.98× –
Mike Henneman 1992 +1.2 +13.0 2.4 +10.6 $2.0M 1.34× –
Mark Leiter 1992 +1.5 +7.9 0.2 +7.7 $0.2M 0.67× –
Scott Livingstone 1992 +1.4 +6.7 0.1 +6.5 $0.1M 0.58× –
Kevin Ritz 1992 +0.8 +4.1 0.1 +4.0 $0.2M 0.67× –
Chad Kreuter 1992 +0.9 +3.7 0.2 +3.5 $0.2M 0.52× –
Walt Terrell 1992 +0.6 +3.4 0.1 +3.3 $0.2M 0.67× –
Dan Gladden 1992 +0.6 +4.3 1.1 +3.2 $1.6M 0.83× –
Bill Gullickson 1992 +0.6 +4.7 1.9 +2.8 $3.3M 1.02× –
Frank Tanana 1992 +0.5 +4.3 1.7 +2.6 $3.2M 1.02× –
Alan Trammell 1992 +0.9 +4.2 2.4 +1.8 $2.8M 0.61× –
Skeeter Barnes 1992 +0.3 +1.5 0.1 +1.4 $0.5M 0.58× –
Eric King 1992 +0.3 +2.2 1.2 +1.0 $4.5M 1.02× –
John Kiely 1992 +0.1 +0.5 0.1 +0.4 $1.2M 0.67× –
Mike Munoz 1992 +0.0 +0.2 0.1 +0.1 $2.8M 0.67× –
Rich Rowland 1992 -0.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 – 0.52× –
Dave Bergman 1992 -0.6 -2.8 0.4 -3.2 – 0.56× –
Milt Cuyler 1992 -0.5 -3.5 0.2 -3.7 – 0.83× –
Scott Aldred 1992 -0.4 -3.7 0.1 -3.8 – 1.02× –
Mark Carreon 1992 -1.2 -7.9 0.4 -8.3 – 0.83× –
Buddy Groom 1992 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 1.02× –
Dave Haas 1992 +0.5 +4.2 – – – 1.02× –
Gary Pettis↔ 1992 +1.3 +8.4 – – – 0.83× –
Kurt Knudsen 1992 -0.5 -5.0 – – – 1.34× –
Les Lancaster 1992 -1.1 -5.8 – – – 0.67× –
Phil Clark 1992 +0.7 +4.8 – – – 0.83× –
Rico Brogna 1992 -0.2 -0.7 – – – 0.56× –
Shawn Hare 1992 -0.4 -2.9 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+33.4+310.626.9+280.5—

Trades

Every graded 1992 deal involving the Tigers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 1 total.

1992 · NYM / DET
NYM · Al Harazin +$2.4M
Paul Gibson, Randy Marshall
DET · Jerry Walker −$2.4M
Mark Carreon, Tony Castillo
NYM came out ahead by $2.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

1992 payroll
$27.1M

What the front office was committed to as of 1992, 1992–1998. 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.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Cecil Fielder287.000$4.5M$4.3M$4.2M$9.2M$6.2MFREE AGENT
Mickey Tettleton318.000$3.3M$3.3M$1.9MFREE AGENT
Alan Trammell3415.000$2.4M$1.8M$3.0M$1.3M$600kFREE AGENT
Lou Whitaker3515.000$2.2M$3.4M$2.8M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Rob Deer318.000$2.0M$1.5MFREE AGENT
Bill Gullickson3313.000$1.9M$2.3M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Frank Tanana3819.000$1.7MFREE AGENT
Tony Phillips3310.000$1.6M$3.9M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Eric King286.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Dan Gladden349.000$1.1M$1.1MFREE AGENT
Dave Bergman3917.000$375kFREE AGENT
Skeeter Barnes359.000$150k$265kFREE AGENT
Walt Terrell3410.000$109kFREE AGENT
Gary Pettis3410.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (6)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Mike Henneman305.000$2.4MFREE AGENT
Mark Carreon285.000$355kFREE AGENT
Chad Kreuter274.000$155kARB 3FREE AGENT
Kevin Ritz273.000$125kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Munoz263.000$115kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Les Lancaster305.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (14)

PlayerAgeSvc1992199319941995199619971998
Travis Fryman232.000$300kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Leiter292.000$230kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Milt Cuyler232.000$230kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Aldred242.000$130kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Rowland282.000$120kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Livingstone261.000$120kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Doherty250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Kiely271.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rico Brogna220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Phil Clark240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Buddy Groom260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Haas261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shawn Hare25–—
Kurt Knudsen25–—

Graphs

How each 1992 acquisition stacked onto Tigers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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