Alan Trammell

Hall of Fame

Shortstop

1977—1996

Player LeveL

Elite

Top 100 Rank

Shortstop RANK

Player Detail

Alan Stuart

GIVEN NAME

Trammell

SURNAME

February 21, 1958, in Garden Grove, CA

BORN

STILL LIVING

DIED

1977—1996

Playing Career

Played from 19-38

PLAYING AGE

Detroit Tigers

Teams Played For

Shortstop

PRIMARY POSITION

Detroit Tigers

PRIMARY TEAM

1984

World Series titles

Tram

NICKNAME

3 UNIFORM NUMBER

#2 IN LINEUP

BATTING ORDER

6-0 / 165

HEIGHT / WEIGHT

Right / Right

BATTED / THREW

September 9, 1977

Major League Debut

September 29, 1996

FINAL GAME

— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —

WHO IS Alan Trammell?

One-half of the greatest double play duo in baseball history. Played with second baseman Lou Whitaker for 19 seasons. Trammell was Most Valuable Player of the 1984 World Series. Should have won the American League MVP award in 1987.

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60

HITTING

60

POWER

60

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

60

THROWING

20 = NOT MLB CALIBER

30 = WELL BELOW AVG

40 = Below Average

50 = MLB AVERAGE

60 = ABOVE AVG

70 = EXCELLENT

80 = RARE, ELITE

On June 21, 1988, Alan Trammell hit a walkoff grand slam with the Tigers trailing by three runs. It’s one of only nine times that’s happened in big league history.

Career Stats

GAMES	HITS	HR	RBI	AVG
2293	2365	185	1003	.285

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Teammate Team

CATCHER:

First Base:

Second Base:

Shortstop:

Third Base:

Left Field:

Center Field:

Right Field:

Pitcher:

pitcher:

manager:

Lance Parrish

Cecil Fielder

Lou Whitaker

Travis Fryman

Darrell Evans

Tony Phillips

Chet Lemon

Kirk Gibson

Jack Morris

David Wells

Sparky Anderson

BEST SEASON

1987 Tigers

29 Years Old

.343

AVG

HR

105

RBI

109

RUNS

.402

OBP

205

HITS

2B

3B

.551

SLG

BB

SB

8.2

WAR

Moved to cleanup spot and responded with one of best seasons ever by a shortstop.

SLASH LINE

AVG	OBP	SLG
.285	.352	.415

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

VERSUS HIS PEERS

OPS	LG OPS	COMP
.767	.667	115.4

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

Hall of Fame Worthy?

JAWS	JAWS BY HOFER
57.6	55.4

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

One Degree Of Separation

Lou Whitaker

Debuted in the same game, got their first hits off the same pitcher, turned more double plays than any other SS/2B combo, and played 19 seasons together.

Contemporaries

Robin Yount

Roy Smalley

Cal Ripken Jr.

U.L. Washington

Alan Trammell Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

	AB	H	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB	TRB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Trammell	530	151	79	26	4	12	64	54	56	15	220	208	.285	.352	.415	767
AVG SS	539	138	67	23	4	8		43	73	11	192	184	.256	.312	.355	.667

Alan Trammell Rankings

AT Shortstop BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG	HALL OF STATS	BASEBALL SCHOLAR	JAWS	BILL JAMES
7	12	10	11	16

Updated THRU 2021

UPDATED THRU 2021

Updated THRU 2021

UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Shortstop BY VALUE

CAREER	LONG PEAK	PRIME	SHORT PEAK
9	8	10	11

CAREER WAR

WAR7

WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE

WAR3

Alan Trammell PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	WAR PER SN
70.7	44.6	31.0	21.5	4.99
67.7	43.1	30.3	21.6	4.89

BLUE = Alan Trammell

GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER	WIN SHARES 7	WIN SHARES 5C	WIN SHARES 3	WS PER SN
312.9	184.7	130.3	88.7	22.1
327.4	189.4	134.4	92.3	24.2

BLUE = Alan Trammell

GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME SS

— Explanation of Advanced Statistics —

WINS ABOVE REPLACEMANT

Wins Above Replacement is a non-standardized sabermetric statistic developed to sum up a player’s total contributions to his team. A player’s WAR value is claimed to be the number of additional wins his team has achieved above the number of expected team wins if that player were substituted with a replacement-level player:

WAR7

A player’s best seven seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called LONG PEAK.

WAR5C

A player’s best five consecutive seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called PLAYER PRIME.

WAR3

A player’s best three seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called SHORT PEAK.

WAR PER SN

A player’s Wins Above Replacement (WAR) per season (calculated for 162 games).

WIN SHARES

Advanced statistical method devised by Bill James. A Win Share represents one-third of a team win, by definition, and takes into account defense, offense, baserunning, park effects, and level of competition, era, and many other factors.

WS7

A player’s best seven seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of LONG PEAK.

WS5C

A player’s best five consecutive seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of a player’s PRIME.

WS3

A player’s best three seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of a player’s SHORT PEAK.

WS PER SN

A player’s Win Shares per season (calculated for 162 games).