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Major League Baseball

Record: 86-76   .531.... 5th in American League East
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,714,893

Top Draft Pick: Kirk Gibson (#12)   MLB

General Manager - Jim Campbell
Manager - Ralph Houk

Hitting Coach - Gates Brown  Pitching Coach - Fred Gladding  First Base Coach - Dick Tracewski  Third Base Coach - Fred Hatfield  Bullpen Coach - Jim Hegan

Affiliates - AAA Evansville Triplets AA Montgomery Rebels A+ Lakeland Tigers Rk Bristol Tigers

Team Leaders

HR: Thompson [26]
RBI: Staub [121]
2B: LeFlore, Staub [30]
SB: LeFlore [68]
W: Slaton [17]
SV: Hiller [15]
SO: Wilcox [132]

Oldest Player: Mickey Stanley [35]
Youngest Player: Alan Trammell [20]
Longest Tenure: Mickey Stanley [15]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Dave Stegman (Sep 4)
Pitchers: Steve Baker (May 25) Sheldon Burnside (Sep 4) Dave Tobik (Aug 26) Kip Young (Jul 21)

2009 Independent League Statistics have been updated.

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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	Milt May	27	105	352	24	88	9	0	10	37	0	0	27	26	2	3	4	2	13	.250	.305	.361	666
1B	Jason Thompson	23	153	589	79	169	25	3	26	96	0	0	74	96	0	3	1	5	11	.287	.364	.472	836
2B	Lou Whitaker	21	139	484	71	138	12	7	3	58	7	7	61	65	1	0	13	8	9	.285	.361	.357	718
3B	Aurelio Rodriguez	30	134	385	40	102	25	2	7	43	0	1	19	37	3	1	5	2	9	.265	.303	.395	698
SS	Alan Trammell	20	139	448	49	120	14	6	2	34	3	1	45	56	2	0	6	3	12	.268	.335	.339	674
OF	Steve Kemp	23	159	582	75	161	18	4	15	79	2	3	97	87	1	3	3	3	9	.277	.379	.399	778
OF	Ron LeFlore	30	155	666	126	198	30	3	12	62	68	16	65	104	4	7	1	5	11	.297	.361	.405	766
OF	Tim Corcoran	25	116	324	37	86	13	1	1	27	3	2	24	27	5	2	6	4	10	.265	.322	.321	643
DH	Rusty Staub	34	162	642	75	175	30	1	24	121	3	1	76	35	3	5	2	11	24	.273	.347	.435	782

C	Lance Parrish	22	85	288	37	63	11	3	14	41	0	0	11	71	3	0	1	1	8	.219	.254	.424	678
P	Fernando Arroyo	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
3B	Phil Mankowski	25	88	222	28	61	8	0	4	20	2	3	22	28	2	3	3	1	10	.275	.344	.365	709
P	Jim Crawford	27	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	John Wockenfuss	29	71	187	23	53	5	0	7	22	0	1	21	14	1	4	1	1	7	.283	.357	.422	779
P	Mark Fidrych	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF-1B	Mickey Stanley	35	53	151	15	40	9	0	3	8	0	1	9	19	0	0	0	0	3	.265	.306	.384	690
P	Steve Foucault	28	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
2B	Steve Dillard	27	56	130	21	29	5	2	0	7	1	2	6	11	0	0	7	0	5	.223	.257	.292	549
P	Ed Glynn	25	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
SS	Mark Wagner	24	39	109	10	26	1	2	0	6	1	0	3	11	2	0	3	0	3	.239	.272	.284	556
P	John Hiller	35	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Charlie Spikes	27	10	28	1	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	2	1	0	0	0	.250	.344	.286	630
P	Jack Morris	23	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Dave Stegman	24	8	14	3	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	.286	.313	.643	956
P	Dave Rozema	21	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Steve Baker	21	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Bob Sykes	23	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Jack Billingham	35	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Bruce Taylor	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Sheldon Burnside	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Milt Wilcox	28	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Jim Slaton	28	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Dave Tobik	25	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Kip Young	23	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			162	5601	714	1520	218	34	129	666	90	38	563	695	31	32	57	47	145	.271	.339	.392	731