1996 Detroit Tigers

53-109 • .327 Win% • 5th in AL E

The 1996 Detroit Tigers went 53-109 (.327) finishing 5th in the AL E division. The club scored 783 runs, allowed 1,103, and played home games at Tiger Stadium. Team leaders included Tony Clark (27 HR, 72 RBI) and Omar Olivares (7-11, 4.89 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

53 Wins
109 Losses
.327 Win %
5th Rank
783 R 1103 RA
Diff -320

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⚡ Quick Stats

783 Runs Scored
1103 Runs Allowed
-320 Run Diff
1,168K Attendance

📈 vs. 1996 AL Average

Batting Avg .255 8% below the 1996 league average (.277)
OBP .323 8% below the 1996 league average (.350)
SLG .420 6% below the 1996 league average (.444)
Team ERA 6.38 28% worse than the 1996 league average (4.99)
Runs Scored 783 10% below the 1996 league average (872 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,168,610
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Avg per Game 14,427

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1996

Batting Avg

1 Damion Easley 0.343 2 Bobby Higginson 0.320 3 Curtis Pride 0.300 4 Phil Nevin 0.292 5 Mark Lewis 0.270

Home Runs

1 Tony Clark 27 2 Cecil Fielder 26 3 Bobby Higginson 26 4 Melvin Nieves 24 5 Travis Fryman 22

RBI

1 Travis Fryman 100 2 Bobby Higginson 81 3 Cecil Fielder 80 4 Tony Clark 72 5 Melvin Nieves 60
1996 Detroit Tigers — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Travis Fryman 157 616 90 165 32 3 22 100 57 118 4 0.268
Mark Lewis 145 545 69 147 30 3 11 55 42 109 6 0.270
Bobby Higginson 130 440 75 141 35 0 26 81 65 66 6 0.320
Melvin Nieves 120 431 71 106 23 4 24 60 44 158 1 0.246
Chad Curtis 104 400 65 105 20 1 10 37 53 73 16 0.263
Cecil Fielder 107 391 55 97 12 0 26 80 63 91 2 0.248
Tony Clark 100 376 56 94 14 0 27 72 29 127 0 0.250
Curtis Pride 95 267 52 80 17 5 10 31 31 63 11 0.300
Brad Ausmus 75 226 30 56 12 0 4 22 26 45 3 0.248
Kimera Bartee 110 217 32 55 6 1 1 14 17 77 20 0.253
Eddie Williams 77 215 22 43 5 0 6 26 18 50 0 0.200
Alan Trammell 66 193 16 45 2 0 1 16 10 27 6 0.233
Andujar Cedeno 52 179 19 35 4 2 7 20 4 37 2 0.196
Ruben Sierra 46 158 22 35 9 1 1 20 20 25 3 0.222
John Flaherty 47 152 18 38 12 0 4 23 8 25 1 0.250
Chris Gomez 48 128 21 31 5 0 1 16 18 20 1 0.242
Phil Nevin 38 120 15 35 5 0 8 19 8 39 1 0.292
Mark Parent 38 104 13 25 6 0 7 17 3 27 0 0.240
Raul Casanova 25 85 6 16 1 0 4 9 6 18 0 0.188
Damion Easley 21 67 10 23 1 0 2 10 4 13 3 0.343
Danny Bautista 25 64 12 16 2 0 2 8 9 15 1 0.250
Duane Singleton 18 56 5 9 1 0 0 3 4 15 0 0.161
Fausto Cruz 14 38 5 9 2 0 0 0 1 11 0 0.237
Tim Hyers 17 26 1 2 1 0 0 0 4 5 0 0.077
Phil Hiatt 7 21 3 4 0 1 0 1 2 11 0 0.190
Shannon Penn 6 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.071
Richie Lewis 72 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Aldred 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Christopher 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Cummings 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joey Eischen 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Farrell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Greg Gohr 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Greg Keagle 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Lima 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Felipe Lira 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Maxcy 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff McCurry 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Trever Miller 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Moehler 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Myers 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
C. J. Nitkowski 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Omar Olivares 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gregg Olson 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
A. J. Sager 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Scanlan 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Clint Sodowsky 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Justin Thompson 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Urbani 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Todd Van Poppel 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Randy Veres 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Walker 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brian Williams 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1996

ERA

1 Richie Lewis 4.18 2 Justin Thompson 4.58 3 Omar Olivares 4.89 4 Mike Myers 5.01 5 A. J. Sager 5.01

Wins

1 Omar Olivares 7 2 Felipe Lira 6 3 Jose Lima 5 4 Greg Gohr 4 5 Richie Lewis 4

Strikeouts

1 Felipe Lira 113 2 Omar Olivares 81 3 Richie Lewis 78 4 Brian Williams 72 5 Greg Keagle 70
1996 Detroit Tigers — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Felipe Lira 6 14 5.22 32 32 0 194.2 204 113 66 113
Omar Olivares 7 11 4.89 25 25 0 160.0 169 87 75 81
Brian Williams 3 10 6.77 40 17 2 121.0 145 91 85 72
Greg Gohr 4 8 7.17 17 16 0 91.2 129 73 34 60
Richie Lewis 4 6 4.18 72 0 2 90.1 78 42 65 78
Greg Keagle 3 6 7.39 26 6 0 87.2 104 72 68 70
A. J. Sager 4 5 5.01 22 9 0 79.0 91 44 29 52
Jose Lima 5 6 5.70 39 4 3 72.2 87 46 22 59
Mike Myers 1 5 5.01 83 0 6 64.2 70 36 34 69
Justin Thompson 1 6 4.58 11 11 0 59.0 62 30 31 44
C. J. Nitkowski 2 3 8.08 11 8 0 45.2 62 41 38 36
Scott Aldred 0 4 9.35 11 8 0 43.1 60 45 26 36
Gregg Olson 3 0 5.02 43 0 8 43.0 43 24 28 29
Todd Van Poppel 2 4 11.39 9 9 0 36.1 53 46 29 16
John Cummings 3 3 5.12 21 0 0 31.2 36 18 20 24
Randy Veres 0 4 8.31 25 0 0 30.1 38 28 23 28
Mike Christopher 1 1 9.30 13 0 0 30.0 47 31 11 19
Mike Walker 0 0 8.46 20 0 1 27.2 40 26 17 13
Joey Eischen 1 1 3.24 24 0 0 25.0 27 9 14 15
Clint Sodowsky 1 3 11.84 7 7 0 24.1 40 32 20 9
Tom Urbani 2 2 8.37 16 2 0 23.2 31 22 14 20
Trever Miller 0 4 9.18 5 4 0 16.2 28 17 9 8
Bob Scanlan 0 0 10.64 8 0 0 11.0 16 13 9 3
Brian Moehler 0 1 4.35 2 2 0 10.1 11 5 8 2
John Farrell 0 2 14.21 2 2 0 6.1 11 10 5 0
Brian Maxcy 0 0 13.50 2 0 0 3.1 8 5 2 1
Jeff McCurry 0 0 24.30 2 0 0 3.1 9 9 2 0

👥 Roster (53)

Scott Aldred Brad Ausmus Kimera Bartee Danny Bautista Raul Casanova Andujar Cedeno Mike Christopher Tony Clark Fausto Cruz John Cummings Chad Curtis Damion Easley +41 more

53 players

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The 1996 Detroit Tigers in brief

In 1996 the Detroit Tigers posted a 53-109 mark (.327) and finished 5th in the AL East. The Detroit Tigers scored 783 runs and allowed 1103, a run differential of -320. Against a league average of .277, the 1996 Detroit Tigers batted .255. Pitchers allowed 6.38 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.99. League clubs averaged 872 runs that year, so the Detroit Tigers scored 10% fewer.

Attendance at Tiger Stadium totaled 1,168,610 for the year. Tony Clark topped the Detroit Tigers with 27 home runs. Travis Fryman led in RBI with 100. Omar Olivares was the top winner, with 7 victories. The strikeout leader was Felipe Lira with 113. The 1996 roster runs to 53 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1996 Detroit Tigers

What was the 1996 Detroit Tigers record?
The 1996 Detroit Tigers finished 53-109 (.327 win pct).
Who led the 1996 Detroit Tigers in home runs?
Tony Clark led the 1996 Detroit Tigers with 27 home runs.
What was the 1996 Detroit Tigers team ERA?
The 1996 Detroit Tigers posted a team ERA of 6.38.
Did the 1996 Detroit Tigers win the World Series?
No. The 1996 Detroit Tigers did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1996 Detroit Tigers play?
The 1996 Detroit Tigers played home games at Tiger Stadium.
Who led the 1996 Detroit Tigers in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Tony Clark (27 HR, 72 RBI) and Omar Olivares (7-11, 4.89 ERA).
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