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Detroit Tigers: 1990’s All-Decade Team

By Andy Patton

OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 25: Alan Trammell #3 of the Detroit Tigers fields the ball during the game against the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum on June 25, 1996 in Oakland, California. The Tigers defeated the A's 10-8. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA - JUNE 25: Alan Trammell #3 of the Detroit Tigers fields the ball during the game against the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum on June 25, 1996 in Oakland, California. The Tigers defeated the A's 10-8. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) /
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OAKLAND, CA – JUNE 25: Alan Trammell #3 of the Detroit Tigers fields the ball during the game against the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum on June 25, 1996 in Oakland, California. The Tigers defeated the A’s 10-8. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA – JUNE 25: Alan Trammell #3 of the Detroit Tigers fields the ball during the game against the Oakland Athletics at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum on June 25, 1996 in Oakland, California. The Tigers defeated the A’s 10-8. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) /

Shortstop – Alan Trammell

1990’s Stats: .283/.347/.410 103 OPS+ 15.0 bWAR

Alan Trammell and number seven hitter are not paired together in the same sentence all that often. However, the Hall of Fame shortstop spent the majority of the 1990’s shaking off injuries and old age. As such his numbers, while still very good, are not quite up to the standard he set in the 1980’s.

Trammell played until 1996, although he only had over 400 at-bats twice in the 1990’s. He slashed .283/.347/.410 with 47 home runs, 43 stolen bases and a 103 OPS+. His best season of the decade by far was 1990, when the 32-year-old hit .304 with 14 home runs, 12 stolen bases, a 130 OPS+ and a 6.7 bWAR. He made his final All-Star game that season, and won the Silver Slugger award at shortstop.

Trammell spent the better part of the next five seasons on the disabled list, although he managed to give the fans one more season to be proud of in 1993. That season Trammell slashed .329/.388/.496 with 12 home runs, 12 stolen bases and a 138 OPS+.

Trammell finally called it a career after 1996 at the age of 38. He finished his illustrious career with 2,365 hits, 185 home runs, 236 stolen bases and a 70.4 bWAR. After spending 15 seasons on the BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot, never garnering more than 40.9% of the vote, Trammell was finally inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in December of 2017. He, along with teammate Jack Morris, represent the 1984 Tigers in the Hall.

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