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GM: Dave Dombrowski

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2005, 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
$66M
Surplus $M
-10
Win %
0.438
TAB
-2.6
WAB
-9.7
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
30.5
Dead money %
36%
Depth Players
7.0
Dead WAR
-5.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2005 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RIvan Rodriguez123
RVance Wilson60

1B

RChris Shelton84
LCarlos Pena51
BDmitri Young30
LJason Smith1

2B

RPlacido Polanco⇄80
ROmar Infante69
RRamon Martinez⇄19
LJason Smith6
RJohn McDonald⇄6
RKevin Hooper1

3B

RBrandon Inge160
RPlacido Polanco⇄6
LJason Smith3
RJohn McDonald⇄1

SS

BCarlos Guillén75
ROmar Infante50
RJohn McDonald⇄25
LJason Smith15
BTony Giarratano13
RKevin Hooper2

LF

RCraig Monroe69
RRondell White65
RMarcus Thames21
LCurtis Granderson20
BDmitri Young19
LAlexis Gomez6
RKevin Hooper3
LBobby Higginson1
RBrandon Inge1
RChris Shelton1

CF

RNook Logan123
LCurtis Granderson41
RCraig Monroe33
LAlexis Gomez3
RBrandon Inge1

RF

RCraig Monroe85
RMagglio Ordonez81
RMarcus Thames10
LBobby Higginson6
BDmitri Young1

DH

BDmitri Young71
RRondell White30
LCarlos Pena24
RChris Shelton15
BCarlos Guillén10
RMarcus Thames4
RIvan Rodriguez3
RNook Logan2
LBobby Higginson1
RCraig Monroe1
LJason Smith1
RMagglio Ordonez1

Starters

RJeremy Bonderman3.1 WAR
RJason Johnson2.7 WAR
LMike Maroth2.1 WAR
LNate Robertson1.3 WAR
RSean Douglass0.3 WAR
RJason Grilli0.2 WAR
RJustin Verlander0.1 WAR
RMatt Ginter-0.1 WAR
LWil Ledezma-0.2 WAR
RRoman Colon⇄-0.3 WAR

Bullpen

★ RFernando Rodney9 sv
LJamie Walker14 h
RChris Spurling11 h
RFranklyn German4 h
RCraig Dingman4 h
RKyle Farnsworth⇄0 h
RTroy Percival0 h
RUgueth Urbina⇄0 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 2004)

PlayerfWAR
Placido Polanco3.5
Magglio Ordonez1.2
Kyle Farnsworth1.2
Fernando Rodney0.4
Sean Douglass0.3
Jason Grilli0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2004)

Player2004 fWAR
Esteban Yan0.8
Gary Knotts0.6
Andres Torres0.0
Nate Cornejo0.0
Lino Urdaneta0.0
John Ennis-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 2005; everyone else is shown as a 2005 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Jeremy Bonderman 2005 +3.1 +48.1 0.4 +47.7 $0.1M 1.96× –
Jason Johnson 2005 +2.7 +42.2 4.0 +38.2 $1.5M 1.96× –
Placido Polanco↔ 2005 +3.5 +34.1 3.1 +31.1 $0.9M 1.20× –
Brandon Inge 2005 +3.2 +29.0 1.4 +27.6 $0.4M 1.12× –
Mike Maroth 2005 +2.1 +25.5 0.4 +25.1 $0.2M 1.49× –
Ivan Rodriguez 2005 +3.2 +25.8 8.0 +17.8 $2.5M 1.00× –
Nook Logan 2005 +1.6 +15.1 0.3 +14.8 $0.2M 1.22× –
Rondell White 2005 +1.7 +16.4 3.2 +13.1 $1.9M 1.22× –
Nate Robertson 2005 +1.3 +10.9 0.4 +10.5 $0.3M 1.02× –
Carlos Guillén 2005 +2.0 +14.3 4.0 +10.3 $2.0M 0.89× –
Craig Monroe 2005 +1.4 +9.5 0.4 +9.1 $0.3M 0.83× –
Curtis Granderson 2005 +1.1 +7.4 0.3 +7.1 $0.3M 0.83× –
Kyle Farnsworth↔ 2005 +1.2 +6.6 1.3 +5.3 $1.0M 0.67× –
Fernando Rodney 2005 +0.4 +4.3 0.3 +4.0 $0.8M 1.34× –
Magglio Ordonez 2005 +1.2 +8.3 7.2 +1.1 $5.8M 0.83× –
Justin Verlander 2005 +0.1 +0.9 0.3 +0.5 $3.0M 1.02× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $13.0M AAV
Jamie Walker 2005 +0.3 +1.3 0.9 +0.4 $3.6M 0.67× –
John McDonald↔ 2005 +0.1 +0.5 0.2 +0.3 $1.7M 0.61× –
Dmitri Young 2005 +1.5 +8.1 8.0 +0.1 $5.5M 0.69× –
Omar Infante 2005 +0.0 +0.2 0.4 -0.1 $7.7M 0.56× –
Ugueth Urbina↔ 2005 +0.1 +0.7 1.2 -0.5 $9.6M 0.67× –
Jason Smith 2005 -0.1 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 – 0.61× –
Matt Ginter 2005 -0.1 -0.6 0.3 -1.0 – 0.67× –
Vance Wilson 2005 -0.1 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 – 0.52× –
Carlos Pena 2005 +0.3 +1.2 2.6 -1.4 $9.6M 0.56× –
Roman Colon↔ 2005 -0.3 -1.8 0.1 -1.9 – 0.67× –
Wilfredo Ledezma 2005 -0.2 -1.8 0.3 -2.1 – 1.02× –
Ramon Martinez↔ 2005 -0.5 -2.0 0.4 -2.4 – 0.56× –
Franklyn German 2005 -0.4 -2.3 0.3 -2.6 – 0.67× –
Troy Percival 2005 -0.6 -6.1 6.0 -12.1 – 1.34× –
Bobby Higginson 2005 -0.6 -3.8 8.8 -12.6 – 0.83× –
Alexis Gomez 2005 -0.3 -2.1 – – – 0.83× –
Andrew Good 2005 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Chris Shelton 2005 +2.5 +21.5 – – – 1.07× –
Chris Spurling 2005 -0.2 -1.2 – – – 0.67× –
Craig Dingman 2005 +0.0 +0.5 – – – 1.34× –
Doug Creek 2005 -0.4 -1.9 – – – 0.67× –
Jason Grilli 2005 +0.2 +1.3 – – – 1.02× –
Jason Karnuth 2005 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Kevin Hooper 2005 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.83× –
Marcus Thames 2005 -0.6 -4.2 – – – 0.83× –
Mark Woodyard 2005 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Sean Douglass 2005 +0.3 +2.7 – – – 1.02× –
Tony Giarratano 2005 -0.4 -1.9 – – – 0.61× –
Vic Darensbourg 2005 +0.1 +0.7 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+30.3+306.065.6+225.2—

Trades

Every graded 2005 deal involving the Tigers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

2005 · NYM / DET
NYM · Omar Minaya +$1.6M
Steve Colyer
DET · Dave Dombrowski −$1.6M
Matt Ginter
NYM came out ahead by $1.6M
2005 · DET / ATL
DET · Dave Dombrowski +$19.2M
Román Colón, Zach Miner
ATL · John Schuerholz −$19.2M
Kyle Farnsworth
DET came out ahead by $19.2M
2005 · DET / NYM
DET · Dave Dombrowski +$6.4M
Vance Wilson
NYM · Omar Minaya −$6.4M
Anderson Hernández
DET came out ahead by $6.4M
2005 · DET / PHI
DET · Dave Dombrowski +$94.4M
Plácido Polanco
PHI · Ed Wade −$94.4M
Ugueth Urbina, Ramón Martínez
DET came out ahead by $94.4M
2005 · CHC / DET
CHC · Jim Hendry +$5.6M
Roberto Novoa, Scott Moore, Bo Flowers
DET · Dave Dombrowski −$5.6M
Kyle Farnsworth
CHC came out ahead by $5.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

2005 payroll
$65.6M

What the front office was committed to as of 2005, 2005–2011. 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 (17)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Bobby Higginson3410.000$8.8MFREE AGENT
Ivan Rodriguez3314.000$8.0M$10.6M$10.6M$8.8MFREE AGENT
Dmitri Young319.000$8.0M$8.0MFREE AGENT
Magglio Ordonez318.000$7.2M$16.2M$13.2M$15.8M$19.0M$17.8M$10.0M
Troy Percival3510.000$6.0MFREE AGENT
Carlos Guillén297.000$4.0M$5.0M$5.0M$12.0M$10.0M$13.0M$12.9M
Jason Johnson318.000$4.0MFREE AGENT
Rondell White3312.000$3.2MFREE AGENT
Placido Polanco297.000$3.1M$4.6M$4.6M$4.6M$4.6MFREE AGENT
Kyle Farnsworth296.000$1.3MFREE AGENT$4.4M
Ugueth Urbina3110.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Jamie Walker338.000$900k$1.2MFREE AGENT
Vance Wilson326.000$760k$750kFREE AGENT
Ramon Martinez327.000$375kFREE AGENT
John McDonald306.000$182kFREE AGENT
Vic Darensbourg347.000—FREE AGENT
Doug Creek3610.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Carlos Pena274.000$2.6MARB 3FREE AGENT
Brandon Inge284.000$1.4MARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Maroth273.000$405kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Craig Monroe284.000$400kARB 3FREE AGENT
Omar Infante233.000$355kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nate Robertson273.000$355kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Ginter275.000$333kFREE AGENT
Jason Smith274.000$325kARB 3FREE AGENT
Franklyn German253.000$321kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Fernando Rodney283.000$318kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Grilli285.000—FREE AGENT
Sean Douglass264.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Marcus Thames283.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (15)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Jeremy Bonderman222.000$400kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wilfredo Ledezma242.000$335kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nook Logan251.000$320kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Verlander220.000$316kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Curtis Granderson241.000$316kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Roman Colon251.000$109kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Craig Dingman31–—
Alexis Gomez26–—
Chris Spurling282.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Karnuth29–—
Kevin Hooper28–—
Andrew Good25–—
Chris Shelton251.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mark Woodyard26–—
Tony Giarratano22–—

Graphs

How each 2005 acquisition stacked onto Tigers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0).
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