1993 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1993 American League East Tiger Stadium Detroit, Michigan 85–77 4th Mike Ilitch Jerry Walker Sparky Anderson WDIV-TV(George Kell, Al Kaline) PASS(Jim Price, Jim Northrup) WJR(Rick Rizzs, Bob Rathbun, Ernie Harwell) The 1993 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 93rd season and the 82nd season at Tiger Stadium. The team 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. This would be the Tigers last winning season of the 20th century; the next time the team finished with a winning record was 2006, which by then the team had been playing in Comerica Park for 7 years. Overview At the heart of the team were three stars left over from the championship team of 1984: 36-year-old second baseman Lou Whitaker, 36-year-old outfielder Kirk Gibson (who had returned to Detroit during the 1992 offseason), and 35-year-old shortstop Alan Trammell. There was also the All-Star slugger Cecil Fielder at first base who, true to form, clubbed 30 home runs and drove in a team-high 117 RBIs; promising young shortstop Travis Fryman batted an even .300 and paced the team with 182 hits; and catcher Chad Kreuter enjoyed the best season of his career, setting career-highs in homers (15), average (.286) and runs batted in (51). Tony Phillips, a versatile switch hitter, could play just about anywhere in the field and even DH, but he mostly ended up in the outfield. A patient leadoff man, Phillips set the table for the Tigers' offense. He got on base any way he could, with a base hit, drawing a walk or getting hit by a pitch more than 300 times; thus, he scored 113 runs while hitting for a .313 average. Mickey Tettleton was equally flexible. He caught, played first, and also saw duty in the outfield and at DH when needed. With power from both sides of the plate, Tettleton did serious damage, hitting 32 homers, driving in 110 runs, and drawing 109 walks. 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.1993 Detroit Tigers schedule 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.1894 Baltimore Orioles season 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.Bill Gullickson at Baseball Reference February 10, 1993: Kirk Gibson was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gibsoki01.shtml Kirk Gibson Statistics and History Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com 2016-06-24 Before 1993 Season: Steve Carter was sent from the Detroit Tigers to the Cincinnati Reds.http: Steve Carter was//www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cartest01.shtml Regular season Season standings Detroit Tigers Record vs. opponents DET Notable transactions August 21, 1993: Joe Boever was signed as a free agent by the Tigers.Joe Boever at Baseball Reference 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.Eric Davis at Baseball Reference Roster 1993 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 43 Sean Bergman 37 Joe Boever 49 Tom Bolton 48 Storm Davis 41 John DeSilva 44 John Doherty 46 Mike Gardiner 34 Greg Gohr 37 Mark Grater 42 Buddy Groom 36 Bill Gullickson 18 Dave Haas 39 Mike Henneman 40 Dave Johnson 46 John Kiely 27 Kurt Knudsen 30 Bill Krueger 13 Mark Leiter 38 Bob MacDonald 21 Mike Moore 43 Mike Munoz 16 David Wells Catchers 19 Chad Kreuter 12 Rich Rowland Infielders  9 Skeeter Barnes 45 Cecil Fielder 24 Travis Fryman 35 Chris Gomez  7 Scott Livingstone 20 Mickey Tettleton  3 Alan Trammell  1 Lou Whitaker Outfielders 29 Danny Bautista 22 Milt Cuyler 33 Eric Davis 28 Rob Deer 23 Kirk Gibson 32 Dan Gladden  4 Tony Phillips 15 Gary Thurman Manager 11 Sparky Anderson Coaches 50 Billy Consolo (Bench) 54 Larry Herndon (Hitting) 56 Billy Muffett (Pitching) 52 Gene Roof (First Base) 53 Dick Tracewski (Third Base) 59 Dan Whitmer (Bullpen) Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 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 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 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 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 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 John Kiely (baseball) 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 Minor League Baseball AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Joe Sparks AA London Tigers Eastern League Tom Runnells A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Gerry Groninger A Fayetteville Generals South Atlantic League Mark Wagner A-Short Season Niagara Falls Rapids New York–Penn League Larry Parrish Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Rubén Amaro, Sr.LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Niagara FallsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 Notes 2 References Baseball 1993 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Tigers at Baseball Almanac Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Category:1993 in Detroit