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2001 Season Review -- 2001 Detroit Tigers

February 19, 2002

This article takes a look at how the 2001 Detroit Tigers performed relative to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the other teams, more information on our projection system, the projections for 2001, definitions of key terms and statistics, and how the new strike zone affected the stats in 2001, visit the following pages:

2001 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2001 Season (March 22, 2001)
Key terms and statisitics
Effect of the new strike zone

Capsule Summary

                   Projected  Actual
Runs for               743      724
Runs allowed           800      876
Run Margin             -57     -152
Wins                    75       66
Pythagorean wins        76       66
Placement              3rd      4th

 

Position Players

 

Robert Fick, c /1b/rf, bats left, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det    65  15  3  0  1   9  10  1   8  1  12  1  0 .231 .320 .323  .643   7
Prorated  Det   388  90 18  0  6  54  60  6  48  6  72  6  0                       45
Actual    Det   401 109 21  2 19  62  61  4  39  3  62  0  3 .272 .339 .476  .816  63

 

Brandon Inge, c , bats right, age 24

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det   417  94 26  3  4  50  55  0  26  1  96  8  3 .225 .268 .331  .599  35
Prorated  Det   188  42 12  1  2  23  25  0  12  0  43  4  1                       16
Actual    Det   189  34 11  0  0  13  15  0   9  0  41  1  4 .180 .215 .238  .453   9

 

Javier Cardona, c , bats right, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det   145  36  7  0  5  18  23  2   9  0  22  0  1 .248 .297 .400  .697  16
Prorated  Det    94  23  5  0  3  12  15  1   6  0  14  0  1                       10
Actual    Det    96  25  8  0  1  10  10  1   2  0  12  0  1 .260 .280 .375  .655   9

 

Mike Rivera, c , bats right, age 24

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Actual    Det    12   4  2  0  0   2   1  0   0  0   2  0  0 .333 .333 .500  .833   2

 

Tony Clark, 1b, bats switch, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det   545 157 35  0 28  77  96  3  62  6 119  1  1 .288 .362 .506  .869  98
Prorated  Det   442 127 28  0 23  62  78  2  50  5  96  1  1                       79
Actual    Det   428 123 29  3 16  67  75  1  62 10 108  0  1 .287 .374 .481  .856  77

 

Randall Simon, 1b, bats left, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det    70  19  4  0  2   8  11  0   4  1   7  1  1 .271 .307 .414  .721   8
Prorated  Det   256  69 15  0  7  29  40  0  15  4  26  4  4                       28
Actual    Det   256  78 14  2  6  28  37  0  15  2  28  0  1 .305 .341 .445  .786  36

 

Ryan Jackson, 1b/lf/rf, bats left, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det    81  23  5  0  1  10  12  0   7  1  15  1  1 .284 .337 .383  .720  10
Prorated  Det   115  33  7  0  1  14  17  0  10  1  21  1  1                       14
Actual    Det   118  25  4  2  2  19  11  1   5  0  26  3  1 .212 .250 .331  .581  10

 

Eric Munson, 1b, bats left, age 23

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det    67  16  4  0  2   9  10  2   5  1  15  1  0 .239 .307 .388  .695   8
Prorated  Det    62  15  4  0  2   8   9  2   5  1  14  1  0                        8
Actual    Det    66  10  3  1  1   4   6  0   3  0  21  0  1 .152 .188 .273  .461   3

 

Damion Easley, 2b, bats right, age 31

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det   574 149 36  1 16  83  70 16  59  2 107 13  4 .260 .344 .409  .753  83
Prorated  Det   577 150 36  1 16  83  70 16  59  2 107 13  4                       84
Actual    Det   585 146 27  7 11  77  65 13  52  3  90 10  5 .250 .323 .376  .699  73

 

Jermaine Clark, 2b, bats left, age 24

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det    63  17  3  1  0  10   5  1   9  0   8  4  1 .270 .370 .349  .719   9
Prorated  Det     0   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0                        0
Actual    Det     0   0  0  0  0   1   0  0   0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000   0

 

Pedro Santana, 2b, bats right, age 24

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det    69  17  3  0  0   9   6  0   4  0  11  5  1 .246 .284 .290  .574   6
Prorated  Det     0   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0                        0
Actual    Det     0   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000   0

 

Jose Macias, 3b/cf/2b, bats switch, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det    92  21  3  1  0  11   8  0   8  0  10  2  1 .228 .290 .283  .573   8
Prorated  Det   482 110 16  5  0  58  42  0  42  0  52 10  5                       40
Actual    Det   488 131 24  6  8  62  51  3  32  0  54 21  6 .268 .316 .391  .707  62

 

Shane Halter, 3b/ss/1b, bats right, age 31

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det   158  39  8  1  1  18  12  0  13  0  29  4  3 .247 .302 .329  .631  16
Prorated  Det   450 111 23  3  3  51  34  0  37  0  83 11  9                       45
Actual    Det   450 128 32  7 12  53  65  7  37  2 100  3  3 .284 .344 .467  .811  70

 

Jarrod Patterson, 3b, bats left, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Actual    Det    41  11  1  1  2   6   4  2   0  0   4  0  1 .268 .302 .488  .790   5

 

Deivi Cruz, ss/3b, bats right, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det   554 161 41  3  8  65  69  4  15  1  48  1  2 .291 .311 .419  .730  67
Prorated  Det   412 120 30  2  6  48  51  3  11  1  36  1  1                       50
Actual    Det   414 106 28  1  7  39  52  4  17  0  46  4  1 .256 .291 .379  .670  43

 

Bobby Higginson, lf, bats left, age 30

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det   563 163 39  2 23  91  86  2  74  4  88  8  4 .290 .372 .488  .861 107
Prorated  Det   555 161 38  2 23  90  85  2  73  4  87  8  4                      106
Actual    Det   541 150 28  6 17  84  71  2  80  3  65 20 12 .277 .367 .445  .813  93

 

Roger Cedeno, cf/rf, bats switch, age 26

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det   576 176 22  7  5 114  54  1  82  2 104 65 22 .306 .391 .394  .785  97
Prorated  Det   492 150 19  6  4  97  46  1  70  2  89 56 19                       83
Actual    Det   523 153 14 11  6  79  48  2  36  1  83 55 15 .293 .337 .396  .733  75

 

Wendell Magee, cf/lf/rf, bats right, age 28

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det   101  26  4  0  3  15  14  0   7  0  18  1  1 .257 .303 .386  .689  11
Prorated  Det   216  56  9  0  6  32  30  0  15  0  38  2  2                       24
Actual    Det   207  44 11  4  5  26  17  1  23  1  44  3  0 .213 .293 .377  .670  22

 

Juan Encarnacion, rf/cf, bats right, age 25

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det   577 160 31  6 14  76  75  8  28  1 105 29  8 .277 .318 .425  .742  77
Prorated  Det   425 118 23  4 10  56  55  6  21  1  77 21  6                       56
Actual    Det   417 101 19  7 12  52  52  6  25  1  93  9  5 .242 .292 .408  .700  48

 

Billy McMillon, rf, bats left, age 29

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det   516 152 34  1 13  83  74  4  73  5  79  7  1 .295 .380 .440  .820  90
Prorated  Det    32   9  2  0  1   5   5  0   4  0   5  0  0                        5
Actual    Det    34   3  1  0  1   1   4  1   2  0  12  0  0 .088 .162 .206  .368   1

Prorated  Oak    56  16  4  0  1   9   8  0   8  1   9  1  0                        9
Actual    Oak    58  17  7  1  0   6  10  1   5  0  13  1  0 .293 .354 .448  .802  10

Prorated  Tot    87  26  6  0  2  14  12  1  12  1  13  1  0                       15
Actual    Tot    92  20  8  1  1   7  14  2   7  0  25  1  0 .217 .284 .359  .643  10

 

Chris Wakeland, rf, bats left, age 27

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det    66  17  3  0  3   9   9  0   8  1  18  1  1 .258 .333 .439  .773  10
Prorated  Det    32   8  1  0  1   4   4  0   4  0   9  0  0                        4
Actual    Det    36   9  2  0  2   5   6  0   0  0  13  0  0 .250 .250 .472  .722   4

 

Dean Palmer, dh, bats right, age 32

                 AB   H 2B 3B HR   R RBI HP   W IW   K SB CS  AVG  OBP  SPC   OPS  RC
Projected Det   539 138 25  2 28  75  98  6  61  2 139  3  2 .256 .334 .466  .800  86
Prorated  Det   216  55 10  1 11  30  39  2  24  1  56  1  1                       34
Actual    Det   216  48 11  0 11  34  40  3  27  0  59  4  1 .222 .317 .426  .743  31

 

Pitchers

 

Jeff Weaver, starter, throws right, age 24

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  4.39  32 32  12 12  0  209 217 25  58 143  .269  .758
Prorated  Det        35 35  13 13  0  230 239 27  64 157            
Actual    Det  4.08  33 33  13 16  0  229 235 19  68 152  .266  .735

 

Steve Sparks, starter/reliever, throws right, age 35

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  5.29  27 27   9 11  0  168 190 17  78  79  .288  .810
Prorated  Det        35 35  12 14  0  219 247 22 101 103            
Actual    Det  3.65  35 33  14  9  0  232 244 22  64 116  .271  .736

 

Chris Holt, starter/reliever, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  5.19  32 32  10 13  0  199 254 15  72 108  .316  .809
Prorated  Det        25 25   8 10  0  155 197 12  56  84            
Actual    Det  5.77  30 22   7  9  0  151 197 18  57  80  .319  .872

 

Jose Lima, starter, throws right, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Hou  5.45  32 32  12 12  0  206 240 41  52 138  .291  .852
Prorated  Hou         9  9   3  3  0   57  67 11  14  38            
Actual    Hou  7.30  14  9   1  2  0   53  77 12  16  41  .350  .982

Prorated  Det        17 17   6  6  0  108 126 22  27  72            
Actual    Det  4.71  18 18   5 10  0  113 120 23  22  43  .274  .802

Prorated  Tot        26 26  10 10  0  166 193 33  42 111            
Actual    Tot  5.54  32 27   6 12  0  166 197 35  38  84  .299  .863

 

Dave Mlicki, starter, throws right, age 33

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  5.30  32 32  10 12  0  187 221 22  69  95  .297  .821
Prorated  Det        15 15   5  6  0   88 104 10  32  45            
Actual    Det  7.33  15 15   4  8  0   81 118 19  41  48  .348 1.026

Prorated  Hou        15 15   5  5  0   85 101 10  32  44            
Actual    Hou  5.09  19 14   7  3  0   87  85 18  33  49  .260  .825

Prorated  Tot        30 30   9 11  0  173 205 20  64  88            
Actual    Tot  6.17  34 29  11 11  0  168 203 37  74  97  .305  .927

 

Adam Pettyjohn, starter/reliever, throws left, age 24

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  7.88  13  0   1  1  0   16  23  3   8  10  .343  .983
Prorated  Det        49  0   4  4  0   60  86 11  30  38            
Actual    Det  5.82  16  9   1  6  0   65  81 10  21  40  .309  .888

 

Nate Cornejo, starter, throws right, age 21

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Det  7.38  10 10   4  4  0   43  63 10  28  22  .344 1.035

 

Mark Redman, starter, throws left, age 27

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Min  5.47  32 32   8 13  0  171 197 25  69 133  .289  .826
Prorated  Min         9  9   2  4  0   49  56  7  20  38            
Actual    Min  4.22   9  9   2  4  0   49  57  6  19  29  .286  .771

Prorated  Det         2  2   0  1  0    9  11  1   4   7            
Actual    Det  6.00   2  2   0  2  0    9  11  1   4   4  .306  .862

Prorated  Tot        11 11   3  4  0   58  67  8  23  45            
Actual    Tot  4.50  11 11   2  6  0   58  68  7  23  33  .289  .785

 

Brian Moehler, starter, throws right, age 29

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  4.59  32 32  11 11  0  194 229 18  48 102  .297  .776
Prorated  Det         1  1   0  0  0    7   8  1   2   4            
Actual    Det  3.38   1  1   0  0  0    8   6  0   1   2  .207  .544

 

Victor Santos, reliever/starter, throws right, age 24

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  7.71  13  0   1  1  0   16  22  4   9  11  .328 1.000
Prorated  Det        56  0   4  4  0   70  94 17  39  47            
Actual    Det  3.30  33  7   2  2  0   76  62  9  49  52  .222  .728

 

Heath Murray, reliever/starter, throws left, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  6.75  13  0   1  1  0   16  23  2   8   9  .343  .953
Prorated  Det        50  0   4  4  0   62  89  8  31  35            
Actual    Det  6.54  40  4   1  7  0   63  82 11  40  42  .322  .936

 

Danny Patterson, reliever, throws right, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  4.44  53  0   4  4  0   73  88  6  21  42  .302  .795
Prorated  Det        43  0   3  3  0   59  71  5  17  34            
Actual    Det  3.06  60  0   5  4  1   65  64  4  12  27  .274  .692

 

Todd Jones, reliever, throws right, age 33

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  4.08  70  0   3  6 25   71  76  6  36  70  .277  .755
Prorated  Det        50  0   2  4 18   50  54  4  26  50            
Actual    Det  4.62  45  0   4  5 11   49  60  6  22  39  .303  .822

Prorated  Min        20  0   1  2  7   20  21  2  10  20            
Actual    Min  3.26  24  0   1  0  2   19  27  3   7  15  .333  .893

Prorated  Tot        70  0   3  6 25   70  76  6  36  70            
Actual    Tot  4.24  69  0   5  5 13   68  87  9  29  54  .312  .843

 

C.J. Nitkowski, reliever, throws left, age 28

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  4.24  74  4   6  6  1  119 120 12  53  86  .265  .754
Prorated  Det        32  2   3  3  0   51  51  5  23  37            
Actual    Det  5.56  56  0   0  3  0   45  51  7  31  38  .285  .861

Prorated  NYN         3  0   0  0  0    5   5  0   2   4            
Actual    NYN  0.00   5  0   1  0  0    6   3  0   3   4  .176  .476

Prorated  Tot        35  2   3  3  0   56  56  6  25  40            
Actual    Tot  4.94  61  0   1  3  0   51  54  7  34  42  .276  .828

 

Matt Perisho, reliever/starter, throws left, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  6.47  27  4   2  4  0   64  80  8  38  48  .309  .870
Prorated  Det        17  2   1  2  0   39  49  5  23  29            
Actual    Det  5.72  30  4   2  3  0   39  54  5  14  19  .327  .900

 

Dave Borkowski, reliever, throws right, age 24

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  6.75   4  4   1  2  0   19  24  3   9  10  .316  .917
Prorated  Det         6  6   2  3  0   29  37  5  14  15            
Actual    Det  6.37  15  0   0  2  0   30  30  5  15  30  .261  .773

 

Willie Blair, reliever/starter, throws right, age 35

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected FA   5.89   9  0   1  1  0   18  23  3   5  10  .311  .877

Prorated  Det        13  0   1  1  0   27  34  4   7  15            
Actual    Det 10.50   9  4   1  4  0   24  38  3  11  15  .369 1.039

 

Luis Pineda, reliever, throws right, age 23

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Det  4.91  16  0   0  1  0   18  16  2  14  13  .239  .784

 

Adam Bernero, reliever, throws right, age 24

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  5.05  34  4   3  4  0   73  80 11  29  47  .281  .818
Prorated  Det         6  1   1  1  0   13  14  2   5   8            
Actual    Det  7.30   5  0   0  0  0   12  13  4   4   8  .260  .921

 

Kevin Tolar, reliever, throws left, age 30

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  5.35  53  0   2  2  0   34  36  4  26  31  .275  .828
Prorated  Det        17  0   1  1  0   11  11  1   8  10            
Actual    Det  6.75   9  0   0  0  0   11   7  0  13  11  .189  .616

 

Matt Miller, reliever, throws left, age 26

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Actual    Det  7.45  13  0   0  0  0   10  16  0   4   6  .372  .972

 

Matt Anderson, closer, throws right, age 24

                ERA   G GS   W  L  S  INN   H HR  BB   K   AVG   OPS
Projected Det  4.15  70  0   6  4  2   93  82 12  65  84  .237  .750
Prorated  Det        40  0   3  2  1   53  47  7  37  48            
Actual    Det  4.82  62  0   3  1 22   56  56  2  18  52  .257  .696

 

 

 

 

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Actual 2001 statistics: Copyright © 2001. STATS, Inc. All rights reserved.