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Fl.ld Dlr.ot Phy.r D.v.l. v[{cEoEsMoND tou NtElo CIAREI{CES. UVINGOOD,M,D, N|cHAhD A, FERAELL A.rt, Dlr, ol Po6ll. A.l.tlon. A$i Dlr, ol Sl.dlom Op.i ai 'l 'TETTGE, AOSENTA. M,D. EDWANDG. (ATALINAS Administrative Staff l SparkyAnderson is more than a major league I baseballmanager with charisma.He's got the I flgures to back up his reputation. At th€ start ol lhe 1983se6son, Anderson had the highestwinning percentageamong major leaguem6nagers currently in th€ game. His r€cord in 13 years - the last four with Dstroit - showed 1,146victories and 842 lossesfor a .576pe.centage. That is good for eighth on the all-tim€ lllL list for those wilh at least 10 vears exp€fl€nc€. And€rson'svictory total was third on the list arnong curr6nt managersbehind former Tiger mansgerRslph Houk, now with Boston,and San Di€go'sOick Williams. Andersonjoined the Tigers on June 14, 1979, 6nd hi6 contr€ct runs through 1984.B€for€ joining the Tigors,the two-time NationalLeague Manager ot the Year direct€dth6 CincinnatiReds to an 863-586mark between 1970and 1978. The 4g-vearrld one time Philad€lohiaPhillies inti€ld€r (1959)was born in Sridg€wator,S.D., but rais€din California.He liv€s in ThousandOaks, Calif. Sparky Anderson a ) 10 o sg G oo o wBLIY CONSOLO F D|cKTNACEWSKI Whilethe manager usually is theone who gets the €ttontion,he knowshe must havea top-drawer staffof coachss.They must be talentedat not only moldingyoung up-and-comers, but also motivating Andersonis bless€dwith six of the finer coaches in GatosBrown, Billy Consolo, Roger Crsig, Alex Grammas,and DickTrac€wski. Tracewskihas been with th9 Tiggrstho longost - since1972 - while Brownis nextin Detroit seniority,having ioined the Tigersin 1978.Consolo cameaboard in '1979,while Craig and Grammas bothbecame Tiger coaches in 1980. Grammas(Milwaukee, 1976-77) and Craig (San Diego.1978-791 bolh haveb€en manag€rs in th€ majors. ROGERCMIG F ot ! tF o T \ G { Talkabout great first runsin consecutiveplate impressionslAfter a solidbut unspectacularsix-year career with Butwhile hittingstatistics are the SanFrancisco Giants, Herndon the easiestto document,in leftfield movedto the American L€ag!e last Herndonalso was sensational.He Yearand becameone of th€ most covereda lot of groundand made outstandingand consistentTigers. manypotential hits appear to be Theright-hand€d hitting routineouts. He alsomade two outfielder,a former Tennessee game-saving,over-the-fence state university student,enjoyed hisfinest season with personal Herndon,acquired in December, highsin nearlyevery batting 1981,in the tradethat sent Dan category-He hit.292,with 614at Schatzederand MikeChris to the bats,92runs, 179 hits,21 doubles, Giants,was fhe Sporting News' 23 homers,and 88 RBl.He even NationalLeague Rookie of the Year stole12 bases, had a 17-game in 1976.He was SanFrancisco's hittingstreak, and tied a major lvivPin 1981. leaguerecord by hittinglour home l0 &. *qil5 \ +.\ a-o c oa .1- Forthe third straight season, recordand 3.46 composjte ERA. Petrylast year hadthe lowest Last seasonPotry, who started earned-run-averageon the Tigers, 35 gamesand totaled246 innings, 3.22.That went alongwith a fine hada pairof two'hit games/as well 15-9rscord. as two four-hitters,He struck out 10 The6-4, 200-pound right-hander battersin seveninnings against fromAnaheim Hills, Calif., has Chicagoin l\4ayand owned a 9-2 becomeone of the betterpitchers recordat Tigerstadium. in the feagusand, at only 24,could Besideshis pitching prowess, becomea stalwartstarter for many Petry has becomeone oI the finest defensivemoundsmen in the game, A fourth-rounddraft choicein In 1982he Iielded1.000, with no June,1976, Petry earned his way erro.s in 76 chances- best ontothe Tigers roster in ?979and pertormancein the league. sincethen hasposted a 41-32 12 lf heever can avoid inluries whichhave plagued his louryear majorleague career, Gibson could putsome phenomenal hitting statisticson the books. Theleft-handed hitting outfielder hasdisplayed raw powerthat has excitedTiger f€ns sinco he brokein with Detroitin September,1979. Butinjuries, particularly a severe leftwrist injurylirst sufferedin June,1980, have soured his progrsss, Lastyear he was limitedto 69 games,having been sidellned by a soreleft knee,strained left caif muscle,stomach ailment, and onco againthe 16ftwrist problem. Hewas on th6disabled list from July15 to theend of the season, Earlyin theseason cibson had a 12-gamehitting streak. He had a fourhitgame and six thrss-hit games.Despite the partialseason, he colloctedsix game-winninghits, eighthomers, 16 doubles,35 RBl, and25 walks, plus a .278average in 266at bats, An All-Am€ricanfootball wide r€ceiverat lvlichiganState, the 6-3, 21s-poundPontiac, [rich,, native was Detroit'sNo. 1 choic€in the J!ns, 1978,draft atter playing just oneysar of collegebaseball as the Spart6ns'csnter fielder. Kirk Gibson - Howcould a 5-11,160-pounder findthe upper deck in rightc6nter fieldso often?Who knows,but Whitakerdid. And he wound up with 15 homeruns lasty6ar. Add the dimensionof powerto his alreadylarg€ array of talents andit becomesclear how valuable a player"Sweet Lou" is. Hehit .286,s6t a team record with11 game-winning hits, drove in 65runs, and l6d American L€ague secondbasemen with a ,988 fieldingp€rc€ntage. Heeven stole 11 bases, includinghome at lMilwaukee duringa gamein September. Sinceb€ing giv6n tho,ob of leadotfhitter last July 6, he batted ,309.He had four hits in onegamo in Augustand live RBI in another gamethat month, The25-ye€Fold left-handed hitter,signsd by the Tiger6as the Lou fifthselection ih th€June, 1975, draft,joined Detroit in September, 1977,along with shortstopAlan Whitaker Tr€mmell.The two havebe€n entrenchedat the keystonecotnsr Known as one of the finest fieldingshortstops in the majors, T.ammell needsonly to dsvelop some hitting consistencyto become a lruly greatplayer, lf he'd have b€en able to put AIan logetherthe same type of statistics 'n the first hslf of 1982as ho did in Trammell the secondhalt, h€ would have been a shoo-in as the bgst shortstopin th€ l6ague, The 25-year-oldright-handed hitterfiom SanDiego hirjust.201 rhetirst half of the campaign.Then he hir .310the rest ot tho way. giving him a .258avsrage tor the s€condconsecutive yaar - after havingbeen a.300 hittorin 1980. 8ul lhere'sno doubtabout his solidoverall ability and hardlyis therea mentionof his name wilhout including ksystonepartn€r, secondbas€man Lou Whitaksr, Lastyear Tramm6ll tinished secondin th€ AL in fielding D€rcentageamong shortstoPs 1.978).He smashed two Orand slamsamong his pro high of ning Trammell'scareer batting averageis .2728nd, in tive full s€asons,h€ has averagodonly 16 \ sI q\ The26-yearold torm€r slow start{1-5 record) after being rookioin liv€ years. Universityof Minnesot€student, recallgdJun€ 6 from Ev€nsville, Uldur,who alsois from St. Paul. Detroit'sfourth selection in the Ujdurawardsd Detroit for its Minn.,as is Jack lrorris, ended a June.1978, draft, made brief patienceby b€cominga solidcog in 1o-gameTiger losing streak with € appearanceswith the Tig€rsin 1980 ths rotation. 7-1triumph June 24 at Ealtimore. ahd 1981bofore earning his stripes The6-1, 205-pound right-hander He hada 5-0record in one lastse€son. went9-5 with a 3.58ERA the last seven-gamestretch, 6nd wound up Whenthe Tig6rswere in needof halfof theseason to linishat 10-10 with onethree hitter and two four a newstarting pitcher last year, witha 3.69ERA {14th in theAL}.