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199385–77 (0.525)
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GM: Jerry Walker

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1993, 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
$38M
Surplus $M
-9
Win %
0.525
TAB
-1.9
WAB
+0.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
34.6
Dead money %
18%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-4.4

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1993 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

BChad Kreuter112
BMickey Tettleton56
RRich Rowland17

1B

RCecil Fielder119
BMickey Tettleton59
RSkeeter Barnes27
BChad Kreuter1

2B

LLou Whitaker110
BTony Phillips51
RChris Gomez17
RSkeeter Barnes10

3B

RTravis Fryman69
LScott Livingstone62
RAlan Trammell35
RSkeeter Barnes13
BTony Phillips1

SS

RTravis Fryman81
RAlan Trammell63
RChris Gomez29
RSkeeter Barnes2

LF

BTony Phillips70
RDan Gladden69
BMickey Tettleton18
RGary Thurman17
RSkeeter Barnes12
RAlan Trammell4
LKirk Gibson2

CF

BMilt Cuyler80
LKirk Gibson30
RGary Thurman21
REric Davis⇄21
RDan Gladden18
BTony Phillips9
RDanny Bautista9
RAlan Trammell4
RRob Deer⇄2

RF

BMickey Tettleton39
BTony Phillips34
RGary Thurman15
RDanny Bautista8
RSkeeter Barnes6

DH

LKirk Gibson75
RCecil Fielder35
LScott Livingstone27
RSkeeter Barnes7
RAlan Trammell5
BTony Phillips4
REric Davis⇄3
BMickey Tettleton3
RDan Gladden1
RRich Rowland1
RTravis Fryman1

Starters

LDavid Wells3.0 WAR
RJohn Doherty2.2 WAR
LBill Krueger1.4 WAR
LTom Bolton1.4 WAR
RBill Gullickson0.7 WAR
RMark Leiter0.3 WAR
RMike Moore0.3 WAR
LBuddy Groom0.1 WAR
RSean Bergman-0.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RMike Henneman24 sv
LBob MacDonald0 h
RKurt Knudsen0 h
RStorm Davis⇄0 h
RDave Haas0 h
RJoe Boever⇄0 h
LBuddy Groom0 h
RGreg Gohr0 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 1992)

PlayerfWAR
David Wells3.0
Bill Krueger1.4
Tom Bolton1.4
Eric Davis0.7
Kirk Gibson0.5
Storm Davis0.4

Key subtractions (gone from 1992)

Player1992 fWAR
Gary Pettis1.3
Kevin Ritz0.8
Phil Clark0.7
Walt Terrell0.6
Frank Tanana0.5
Eric King0.3

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 1993; everyone else is shown as a 1993 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Tony Phillips 1993 +5.2 +85.0 3.9 +81.1 $0.7M 2.05× –
Travis Fryman 1993 +4.5 +47.3 0.7 +46.6 $0.2M 1.32× –
David Wells 1993 +3.0 +47.6 1.4 +46.1 $0.5M 1.96× –
Alan Trammell 1993 +3.6 +37.5 1.8 +35.7 $0.5M 1.32× –
Chad Kreuter 1993 +3.7 +33.3 0.2 +33.1 $0.1M 1.12× –
Lou Whitaker 1993 +3.5 +30.0 3.4 +26.6 $1.0M 1.07× –
John Doherty 1993 +2.2 +26.2 0.2 +26.1 $0.1M 1.49× –
Mickey Tettleton 1993 +2.5 +21.5 3.3 +18.2 $1.3M 1.07× –
Mike Henneman 1993 +1.2 +12.8 4.3 +8.4 $3.6M 1.34× –
Tom Bolton 1993 +1.4 +7.2 0.5 +6.7 $0.4M 0.67× –
Bill Krueger 1993 +1.4 +7.4 1.2 +6.2 $0.9M 0.67× –
Eric Davis↔ 1993 +0.7 +4.9 0.4 +4.5 $0.5M 0.83× –
Dan Gladden 1993 +0.7 +4.7 1.1 +3.6 $1.6M 0.83× –
Rob Deer↔ 1993 +0.8 +5.0 1.5 +3.5 $1.9M 0.83× –
Bill Gullickson 1993 +0.7 +5.3 2.3 +3.0 $3.5M 1.02× –
Milt Cuyler 1993 +0.4 +2.7 0.3 +2.4 $0.7M 0.83× –
Kirk Gibson 1993 +0.5 +2.9 1.1 +1.8 $2.1M 0.69× –
Storm Davis↔ 1993 +0.4 +2.2 0.5 +1.7 $1.2M 0.67× –
Mark Leiter 1993 +0.3 +1.9 0.5 +1.4 $1.4M 0.67× –
Cecil Fielder 1993 +1.3 +5.6 4.3 +1.3 $3.4M 0.56× –
Joe Boever↔ 1993 +0.3 +1.5 0.2 +1.3 $0.7M 0.67× –
Greg Gohr 1993 +0.2 +1.0 0.1 +0.9 $0.6M 0.67× –
Buddy Groom 1993 +0.1 +0.6 0.1 +0.5 $1.1M 0.67× –
Mike Gardiner↔ 1993 +0.1 +0.4 0.0 +0.3 $0.5M 0.67× –
Skeeter Barnes 1993 -0.1 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 – 0.56× –
Sean Bergman 1993 -0.1 -0.9 0.1 -1.1 – 1.02× –
Bob MacDonald 1993 -0.2 -1.0 0.2 -1.2 – 0.67× –
Mike Moore 1993 +0.3 +2.1 3.3 -1.2 $12.6M 1.02× –
Scott Livingstone 1993 -0.2 -1.1 0.2 -1.3 – 0.58× –
Mike Munoz↔ 1993 -0.3 -1.4 0.0 -1.5 – 0.67× –
John Kiely 1993 -0.4 -2.3 0.1 -2.5 – 0.67× –
Chris Gomez 1993 -0.6 -2.9 0.1 -3.0 – 0.61× –
Dave Haas 1993 -0.7 -3.6 0.1 -3.7 – 0.67× –
Gary Thurman 1993 -0.5 -3.4 0.4 -3.8 – 0.83× –
Danny Bautista 1993 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.83× –
Dave Johnson 1993 -0.3 -1.6 – – – 0.67× –
John DeSilva↔ 1993 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Kurt Knudsen 1993 -0.7 -3.9 – – – 0.67× –
Mark Grater 1993 +0.1 +0.3 – – – 0.67× –
Rich Rowland 1993 -0.2 -0.7 – – – 0.52× –
Total—+34.8+373.838.1+340.8—

Trades

Every graded 1993 deal involving the Tigers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 2 total.

1993 · DET / MIL
DET · Jerry Walker +$0.8M
Nikco Riesgo
MIL · Sal Bando −$0.8M
Ron Rightnowar
DET came out ahead by $0.8M
1993 · LAD / DET
LAD · Fred Claire +$24.0M
John DeSilva
DET · Jerry Walker −$24.0M
Eric Davis
LAD came out ahead by $24.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

1993 payroll
$38.4M

What the front office was committed to as of 1993, 1993–1999. 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 (20)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Mike Henneman316.000$4.3M$1.3M$2.8MFREE AGENT
Cecil Fielder298.000$4.3M$4.2M$9.2M$6.2MFREE AGENT
Tony Phillips3411.000$3.9M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Lou Whitaker3616.000$3.4M$2.8M$3.8MFREE AGENT
Mickey Tettleton329.000$3.3M$1.9MFREE AGENT
Mike Moore3311.000$3.3M$3.3M$3.3MFREE AGENT
Bill Gullickson3414.000$2.3M$2.4MFREE AGENT
Alan Trammell3516.000$1.8M$3.0M$1.3M$600kFREE AGENT
Rob Deer329.000$1.5MFREE AGENT
David Wells306.000$1.4M$2.5M$1.4MFREE AGENT
Bill Krueger3510.000$1.2M$867kFREE AGENT
Dan Gladden3510.000$1.1MFREE AGENT
Kirk Gibson3614.000$1.1M$1.5M$1.3MFREE AGENT
Storm Davis3111.000$502k$800kFREE AGENT
Tom Bolton316.000$475kFREE AGENT
Gary Thurman286.000$425kFREE AGENT
Eric Davis319.000$351k$3.0MFREE AGENT
Skeeter Barnes3610.000$265kFREE AGENT
Joe Boever328.000$182k$800k$600kFREE AGENT
Dave Johnson336.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Travis Fryman243.000$675kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Leiter303.000$500kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Milt Cuyler243.000$275kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chad Kreuter285.000$240kFREE AGENT
Bob MacDonald283.000$225kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Munoz274.000$50kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Gardiner273.000$32kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rich Rowland293.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

PlayerAgeSvc1993199419951996199719981999
Scott Livingstone272.000$230kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Doherty261.000$170kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John Kiely282.000$140kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dave Haas272.000$138kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Buddy Groom271.000$120kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Sean Bergman230.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Gomez220.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Gohr250.000$109kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Danny Bautista210.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
John DeSilva250.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Grater29–—
Kurt Knudsen26–—

Graphs

How each 1993 acquisition stacked onto Tigers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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