GM: Dave Dombrowski
2006: won pennant · 95–67. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Guillén | 30 | FA-elig | 153 | 5.8 | 5.0 | +6.6 |
| Jeremy Bonderman | 23 | arb | 34 | 5.5 | 2.3 | +8.7 |
| Brandon Inge | 29 | arb | 159 | 4.2 | 3.0 | +5.4 |
| Curtis Granderson | 25 | pre-arb | 159 | 4.0 | 0.3 | +7.7 |
| Ivan Rodriguez | 34 | FA-elig | 136 | 2.9 | 10.6 | -4.7 |
| Justin Verlander | 23 | pre-arb | 30 | 2.8 | 1.0 | +4.6 |
| Nate Robertson | 28 | arb | 32 | 2.2 | 0.4 | +4.0 |
| Kenny Rogers | 41 | FA-elig | 34 | 2.1 | 8.0 | -3.9 |
| Joel Zumaya | 21 | pre-arb | 62 | 2.0 | 0.3 | +3.6 |
| Marcus Thames | 29 | arb | 110 | 1.7 | 0.3 | +3.0 |
| Magglio Ordonez | 32 | FA-elig | 155 | 1.2 | 16.2 | -13.7 |
| Chris Shelton | 26 | pre-arb | 115 | 1.1 | 0.4 | +1.8 |
| Zach Miner | 24 | – | 27 | 1.1 | – | – |
| Wilfredo Ledezma | 25 | – | 24 | 1.0 | 0.2 | +1.9 |
| Todd Jones | 38 | FA-elig | 62 | 1.0 | 5.8 | -3.8 |
| Placido Polanco | 30 | FA-elig | 110 | 0.9 | 4.6 | -2.9 |
| Omar Infante | 24 | arb | 78 | 0.8 | 0.4 | +1.2 |
| Vance Wilson | 33 | FA-elig | 56 | 0.5 | 0.8 | +0.3 |
| Fernando Rodney | 29 | arb | 63 | 0.5 | 0.4 | +0.6 |
| Jamie Walker | 34 | FA-elig | 56 | 0.5 | 1.2 | -0.3 |
| Brent Clevlen | 22 | – | 31 | 0.4 | – | – |
| Alexis Gomez | 27 | – | 62 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Craig Monroe | 29 | arb | 147 | 0.1 | 2.8 | -2.7 |
| Roman Colon | 26 | – | 20 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Jordan Tata | 24 | pre-arb | 8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.2 |
| Chad Durbin | 28 | – | 3 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Kevin Hooper | 29 | – | 8 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Colby Lewis | 26 | – | 2 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Bobby Seay | 28 | arb | 14 | -0.0 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
| Jason Grilli | 29 | FA-elig | 51 | -0.0 | 0.3 | -0.4 |
| Mike Rabelo | 26 | – | 1 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Mike Maroth | 28 | arb | 13 | -0.1 | 2.3 | -2.4 |
| Chris Spurling↔ MIL | 29 | arb | 9 | -0.1 | 0.4 | -0.5 |
| Andrew Miller | 21 | – | 8 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.3 |
| Ramon Santiago | 26 | arb | 43 | -0.1 | 0.4 | -0.5 |
| Matt Stairs↔ KCR | 38 | FA-elig | 14 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.3 |
| Jack Hannahan | 26 | – | 3 | -0.2 | 0.3 | -0.7 |
| Neifi Perez↔ CHC | 33 | FA-elig | 21 | -0.4 | 0.5 | -1.3 |
| Dmitri Young | 32 | FA-elig | 48 | -0.5 | 8.0 | -8.9 |
| Sean Casey↔ PIT | 31 | FA-elig | 53 | -0.7 | 4.0 | -5.4 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Kenny Rogers | 2.1 |
| Joel Zumaya | 2.0 |
| Zach Miner | 1.1 |
| Todd Jones | 1.0 |
| Brent Clevlen | 0.4 |
| Jordan Tata | 0.0 |
| Player | 2005 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Jason Johnson | 2.7 |
| Rondell White | 1.7 |
| Nook Logan | 1.6 |
| Kyle Farnsworth | 1.2 |
| Sean Douglass | 0.3 |
| Carlos Pena | 0.3 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2006, 2006–2012. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magglio Ordonez | 32 | 9.000 | $16.2M | $13.2M | $15.8M | $19.0M | $17.8M | $10.0M | FREE AGENT |
| Ivan Rodriguez | 34 | 15.000 | $10.6M | $10.6M | $8.8M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Kenny Rogers | 41 | 17.000 | $8.0M | $8.0M | $8.0M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Dmitri Young | 32 | 10.000 | $8.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Todd Jones | 38 | 13.000 | $5.8M | $4.8M | $7.0M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Carlos Guillén | 30 | 8.000 | $5.0M | $5.0M | $12.0M | $10.0M | $13.0M | $12.9M | FREE AGENT |
| Placido Polanco | 30 | 8.000 | $4.6M | $4.6M | $4.6M | $4.6M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Sean Casey | 31 | 9.000 | $4.0M | $4.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Jamie Walker | 34 | 9.000 | $1.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Vance Wilson | 33 | 7.000 | $750k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Neifi Perez | 33 | 10.000 | $486k | $2.5M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Jason Grilli | 29 | 6.000 | $350k | $395k | $357k | FREE AGENT | |||
| Matt Stairs | 38 | 14.000 | $162k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Chad Durbin | 28 | 7.000 | — | $385k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Inge | 29 | 5.000 | $3.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Craig Monroe | 29 | 5.000 | $2.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mike Maroth | 28 | 4.000 | $2.3M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Jeremy Bonderman | 23 | 3.000 | $2.3M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Chris Spurling | 29 | 3.000 | $408k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Nate Robertson | 28 | 4.000 | $402k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Omar Infante | 24 | 4.000 | $385k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Fernando Rodney | 29 | 4.000 | $385k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Bobby Seay | 28 | 5.000 | $375k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ramon Santiago | 26 | 4.000 | $375k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Marcus Thames | 29 | 4.000 | $342k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Wilfredo Ledezma | 25 | 3.000 | $164k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Colby Lewis | 26 | 4.000 | — | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Verlander | 23 | 1.000 | $980k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Chris Shelton | 26 | 2.000 | $365k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Curtis Granderson | 25 | 2.000 | $335k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Joel Zumaya | 21 | 0.000 | $327k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jack Hannahan | 26 | 0.000 | $327k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jordan Tata | 24 | 0.000 | $327k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Andrew Miller | 21 | 0.000 | $125k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Alexis Gomez | 27 | – | — | ||||||
| Kevin Hooper | 29 | – | — | ||||||
| Roman Colon | 26 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Mike Rabelo | 26 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Zach Miner | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brent Clevlen | 22 | – | — |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Tigers 2006; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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