1993 Detroit Tigers season
1993 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | Mike Ilitch | |
General managers | Jerry Walker | |
Managers | Sparky Anderson | |
Television | WDIV-TV (George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS (Jim Price, Jim Northrup) | |
Radio | WJR (Rick Rizzs, Bob Rathbun, Ernie Harwell) | |
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The Detroit Tigers' 1993 season was a season in American baseball. The club wasn't expected to do much after a sixth-place finish the previous season. The pitching staff was riddled with inconsistencies, but the Tigers were in first place as late as June 25 before a 10-game losing streak ended their hopes of a turnaround.
Overview
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Though the team may often be overlooked in the long, storied history of the Tigers' franchise (perhaps due to being in the midst of the team's leanest years), they were as powerful a lineup as the Tigers had ever seen, and for several weeks they lit up the American League, scoring runs at an eye-popping rate. With a lineup built around patience and swing-for-the-fences power, the Tigers got off to a remarkable start in tallying runs. In their home opener, they pummeled the Oakland Athletics by the score of 20–4. In that game Fryman had five RBIs, Tettleton plated four, and Fielder went 4-for-4 as the Tigers pounded out 18 hits and drew twelve walks. Four days later against the Mariners, the Tigers won 20–3, this time behind 20 hits and ten more walks. The next day Detroit won, 8–7. But that was just the beginning. When the club went on the road to face the Twins for a three-game series in late April, Detroit pounded their way to victories by the scores of 12–4, 17–1, and 16–5. In the series, Detroit finished with 46 hits and drew 22 walks while hitting 11 homers and 23 extra-base hits.[1]
On April 23, the Tigers were in first place and they would stay there for two months. Over the first six weeks of the season, the vaunted Tiger lineup was averaging 81⁄2 runs per game, on pace to score more than 1,300 runs. This would have shattered the modern-day record held by the 1894 Baltimore Orioles, who scored 1,171 runs.[2]
On June 20, the Tigers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7–3, putting them at 43–25, good for first in the East with a two-game lead over second-place and defending World Champion Toronto. However, the team immediately went on a 10-game losing streak, during which they were outscored 80–31. The Tigers never recovered and finished in a tie for third place in the American League East with Baltimore.
Even with their success, the pitching continued to struggle, as evidenced by numerous high-scoring affairs against other top-tier teams such as the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees.
The Tigers lead the American League in runs scored (899), walks (765), on-base percentage (.362), and on base-plus slugging (.796).
The 85 victories were the most by the team in five years and would also mark the Tigers' last winning season until 2006.
Offseason
- December 7, 1992: Bill Gullickson was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.[3]
- February 10, 1993: Kirk Gibson was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[4]
- Before 1993 Season: Steve Carter was sent from the Detroit Tigers to the Cincinnati Reds.[5]
Regular season
Season standings
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Toronto Blue Jays | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | — | 48–33 | 47–34 |
New York Yankees | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | 7 | 50–31 | 38–43 |
Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 10 | 48–33 | 37–44 |
Detroit Tigers | 85 | 77 | 0.525 | 10 | 44–37 | 41–40 |
Boston Red Sox | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 15 | 43–38 | 37–44 |
Cleveland Indians | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 19 | 46–35 | 30–51 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 69 | 93 | 0.426 | 26 | 38–43 | 31–50 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 10–2 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–8 |
Boston | 7–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–10 |
California | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 7–6 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 |
Chicago | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–7 | — | 9–3 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 10–3 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 6–6 |
Cleveland | 5–8 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 3–9 | — | 6–7 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 4–9 |
Detroit | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–6 | — | 5–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–7 |
Kansas City | 5–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 8–4 |
Milwaukee | 5–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 4–9 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–8 |
Minnesota | 4–8 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 3–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 4–9 | 7–6 | 2–10 |
New York | 7–6 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 8–4 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–8 |
Oakland | 2–10 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–6 | — | 9–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
Seattle | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 5–7 | 4–9 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 |
Texas | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 5–8 | — | 7–5 |
Toronto | 8–5 | 10–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 10–2 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — |
Notable transactions
- August 21, 1993: Joe Boever was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.[6]
- August 31, 1993: The Tigers traded a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Eric Davis. The Tigers completed the deal by sending John DeSilva to the Dodgers on September 7.[7]
Roster
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Outfielders
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Game log
Regular season
1993 regular season game log: 85–77 (Home: 44–37; Away: 41–40) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April: 15–7 (Home: 8–1; Away: 7–6)
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June: 13–16 (Home: 11–6; Away: 2–10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
July: 10–18 (Home: 3–11; Away: 7–7)
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August: 18–10 (Home: 10–3; Away: 8–7)
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September: 13–12 (Home: 5–9; Away: 8–3)
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October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Tigers team member |
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Chad Kreuter | 119 | 374 | 107 | .286 | 15 | 51 |
1B | Cecil Fielder | 154 | 573 | 153 | .267 | 30 | 117 |
2B | Lou Whitaker | 119 | 383 | 111 | .290 | 9 | 67 |
SS | Travis Fryman | 151 | 607 | 182 | .300 | 22 | 97 |
3B | Scott Livingstone | 98 | 304 | 89 | .293 | 2 | 39 |
LF | Dan Gladden | 91 | 356 | 95 | .267 | 13 | 56 |
CF | Milt Cuyler | 82 | 249 | 53 | .213 | 0 | 19 |
RF | Rob Deer | 90 | 323 | 70 | .217 | 14 | 39 |
DH | Kirk Gibson | 116 | 403 | 105 | .261 | 13 | 62 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Tony Phillips | 151 | 566 | 177 | .313 | 7 | 57 |
Mickey Tettleton | 152 | 522 | 128 | .245 | 32 | 110 |
Alan Trammell | 112 | 401 | 132 | .329 | 12 | 60 |
Skeeter Barnes | 84 | 160 | 45 | .281 | 2 | 27 |
Chris Gomez | 46 | 128 | 32 | .250 | 0 | 11 |
Gary Thurman | 75 | 89 | 19 | .213 | 0 | 13 |
Eric Davis | 23 | 75 | 19 | .253 | 6 | 15 |
Danny Bautista | 17 | 61 | 19 | .311 | 1 | 9 |
Rich Rowland | 21 | 46 | 10 | .217 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mike Moore | 36 | 213.2 | 13 | 9 | 5.22 | 89 |
David Wells | 32 | 187.0 | 11 | 9 | 4.19 | 139 |
John Doherty | 32 | 184.2 | 14 | 11 | 4.44 | 63 |
Bill Gullickson | 28 | 159.1 | 13 | 9 | 5.37 | 70 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mark Leiter | 27 | 106.2 | 6 | 6 | 4.73 | 70 |
Tom Bolton | 43 | 102.2 | 6 | 6 | 4.47 | 66 |
Bill Krueger | 32 | 82.0 | 6 | 4 | 3.40 | 60 |
Sean Bergman | 9 | 39.2 | 1 | 4 | 5.67 | 19 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Mike Henneman | 63 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 2.64 | 58 |
Bob MacDonald | 68 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5.35 | 39 |
Kurt Knudsen | 30 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4.78 | 29 |
Storm Davis | 24 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3.06 | 36 |
Dave Haas | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.11 | 17 |
Buddy Groom | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.14 | 15 |
Joe Boever | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.74 | 14 |
Greg Gohr | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.96 | 23 |
Mike Gardiner | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.97 | 4 |
John Kiely | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.71 | 3 |
Mike Munoz | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 |
Dave Johnson |
6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.96 | 7 |
Mark Grater | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 4 |
John DeSilva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Toledo Mud Hens | International League | Joe Sparks |
AA | London Tigers | Eastern League
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Tom Runnells |
A
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Lakeland Tigers
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Florida State League | Gerry Groninger |
A
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Fayetteville Generals | South Atlantic League | Mark Wagner
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A-Short Season
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Niagara Falls Rapids | New York–Penn League | Larry Parrish |
Rookie
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Bristol Tigers
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Appalachian League | Rubén Amaro, Sr.
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Niagara Falls[8]
Notes
- ^ 1993 Detroit Tigers schedule
- ^ 1894 Baltimore Orioles season
- ^ Bill Gullickson at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Kirk Gibson Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
- ^ http: Steve Carter was//www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartest01.shtml
- ^ Joe Boever at Baseball Reference
- ^ Eric Davis at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
References
- 1993 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference
- Tigers at Baseball Almanac