1996 Detroit Tigers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Detroit Tigers
season = 1996
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = East Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Tiger Stadium
y4 = 1912
city = Detroit, Michigan
y5 = 1901
owners = Mike Ilitch
managers = Buddy Bell
television = WKBD
(George Kell, Al Kaline, Jim Price)
PASS
(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Fred McLeod)
radio = WJR
(Frank Beckmann)|

The by|1996 Detroit Tigers had a record of 53-109 for the third worst winning percentage (.327) in team history. With a number of capable batters (Cecil Fielder, Tony Clark, Bobby Higginson, Alan Trammell, Rubén Sierra, and Damion Easley), the team scored a respectable 783 runs. However, the 1996 Tigers lacked pitching and allowed their opponents to score 1,103 runs. No team in American League history and only one in major league history (the 1930 Philadelphia Phillies) has given up more runs. No pitcher on the team had more than 7 wins.

Regular Season

Opening Day Roster

eason standings

Notable transactions

*March 22, 1996: Melvin Nieves was traded by the San Diego Padres with Raul Casanova and Richie Lewis to the Detroit Tigers for Sean Bergman, Todd Steverson, and Cade Gaspar (minors). [http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nieveme01.shtml]
*March 31, 1996: Curtis Pride was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pridecu01.shtml]
*April 27, 1996: Joe Boever was selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Detroit Tigers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boevejo01.shtml]
*July 31, 1996: Cecil Fielder was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Rubén Sierra and Matt Drews (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fieldce01.shtml Cecil Fielder Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* August 6, 1996: Todd Van Poppel was selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the Oakland Athletics.

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

League leaders and award winners

* Kimera Bartee: #5 in AL times caught stealing (10)
* Chad Curtis: #5 in AL times caught stealing (10)
* Cecil Fielder: MLB leader in salary ($9,237,500)
* Travis Fryman: AL leader in fielding percentage at third base (.979)
* Travis Fryman: #3 in AL in sacrifice filies (10)
* Travis Fryman: #4 in AL in outs (483)
* Richie Lewis: #2 in AL in wild pitches (14)
* Felipe Lira: #4 in AL in shutouts (2)
* Mike Myers: AL leader in games (83)
* Melvin Nieves: #2 in AL in strikeouts (158)

Worst seasons in Detroit Tigers history

ee also

* List of worst MLB season records
* 1996 in baseball

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1996.shtml Baseball-Reference.com 1996 Tigers]