Archive for the '2009 Player Profiles' Category

Adam Everett #4

Height: 6′ 0″ | Weight: 180
2008 Stats: .213 – 2 HR – 20 RBI

It’s difficult to get a clear picture of new Tigers shortstop Adam Everett based on his 2008 performance with the Twins. He had just 158 at bats (which produced a .213 average) and appeared in only 45 games for the [...]

Brandon Inge #15

Height: 5′ 11″ | Weight: 190
2008 Stats: .205 – 11 HR – 51 RBI

Brandon Inge began last season as the Tigers backup catcher and ended it as the third baseman for 2009. In between was yet another sub-par offensive performance for a player that, as recently as 2006, seemed locked in as a [...]

Gerald Laird #8

Height: 6′ 1″ | Weight: 225
2008 Stats: .276 – 6 HR – 41 RBI

Before most general managers had checked into their Las Vegas hotel rooms at the Winter Meetings last December, the Tigers acquired catcher Gerald Laird to fill a gaping hole in their lineup. A career .255 hitter, Laird enjoyed one of [...]

Carlos Guillen #9

Height: 6′ 1″ | Weight: 215
2008 Stats: .286 – 10 HR – 54 RBI

You can’t blame Carlos Guillen if he’d like to forget the 2008 season. After being tapped as the starting first baseman, Guillen lasted there only a few weeks before moving across the diamond to third, where his lack of range [...]

Gary Sheffield #3

Height: 6′ 0″ | Weight: 215
2008 Stats: .225 – 19 HR – 57 RBI

Gary Sheffield entered the 2008 season looking to improve on a sub-par debut campaign in Detroit. A shoulder injury sustained in an outfield collision in ’07 required surgery and off-season rehab, and it slowed Sheffield at the plate during the [...]

Magglio Ordoñez #30

Height: 6′ 0″ | Weight: 215
2008 Stats: .317 – 21 HR – 103 RBI

Few hitters can weather a 50-point drop in batting average and still be within shouting distance of a batting crown. But that’s how 2008 shaped up for Tigers rightfielder Magglio Ordoñez. The 2007 A.L. batting champ served up an encore [...]

Miguel Cabrera #24

Height: 6′ 4″ | Weight: 240
2008 Stats: .292 – 37 HR – 127 RBI

Miguel Cabrera wasted little time in 2008 showing Tigers fans why he’s one of baseball’s premier hitters. His towering home run on Opening Day set the tone for a season in which he’d lead the league with 37 round-trippers.
After [...]

Placido Polanco #14

Height: 5′ 10″ | Weight: 195
2008 Stats: .307 – 8 HR – 58 RBI

Like most of his teammates, Placido Polanco struggled at the outset of the 2008 season. The usually fast-starting second baseman – he has a .307 average for April spanning 2006-08 – was expected to pickup the slack at the top [...]

Curtis Granderson #28

Height: 6′ 1″ | Weight: 185
2008 Stats: .280 – 22 HR – 66 RBI

If anyone doubted Curtis Granderson’s value atop the Tigers lineup, the first few weeks of 2008 likely convinced them. Without their leadoff hitter – Granderson suffered a broken finger at the end of Spring Training – the Tigers’ offense sputtered [...]

Fernando Rodney #56

Height: 5′ 11″ | Weight: 220
2008 Stats: 0-6, 4.91 ERA, 13 Saves

In a bottom-line business like major league baseball, fans tend to overlook stats such as 49 strikeouts in 40 innings or 13 saves from a late-inning reliever like Fernando Rodney. Six blown saves and an ERA a whisker under five are more [...]