Author: david bancroft

August 3 Detroit 5 Chicago 1 Jack Morris pitched 8 innings of solid ball, as he improves to 14-6, by helping Detroit to a 5 to 1 won over the White Sox. Morris allowed just one run, which was unearned, in the fourth inning. He was trying to pitch the entire game, however, when he…

August 2 Detroit 7 Chicago 2 The Tigers got off to a good start in their series against the Chicago White Sox, winning the opener, 7-2. In addition, Baltimore dropped both games of a doubleheader to Cleveland, which means Detroit is now just 3 games off the pace. Glenn Abbott(8-9) went the distance and Lou…

Kansas City Royals 3 Detroit Tigers 0 The Tigers finished up a disappointing series with the Royals by losing, 3-0 to Steve Renko and company. It was the second time in the series that Detroit was blanked. Matt Wilcox took the loss, dropping to 6-10. After dropping three out of five, the Tigers find themselves…

Player stats at the end of July Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker continue to pace the club offensively. Trammell’s slash line is: .323/.384/.503; while Whitaker’s is almost identical at .322/.389/.503. The Tigers have a balanced power output, with five players in double figures in homeruns. Chet Lemon, Larry Herndon and Lance Parrish lead the club…

Kansas City 4 Detroit 0 Detroit 2 Kansas City 1 (12 innings) The Detroit Tigers split a twinbill with the Kansas City Royals, getting shutout in the opener, 4-0, by Paul Splittorff and winning a 2-1, 12 inning thriller in game two. Splittorff worked hard for his whitewash, as he scattered seven hits and two…

7/30/83 Detroit 5 Kansas City 4 (Completion of suspended game) 7/30/83 Kansas City 8 Detroit 2 The first order of business today was for the Tigers to finish the game against the Royals, which was suspended at the end of 8 full innings on 7/29/83. Dave Rozema, who had relieved starter, Matt Wilcox in the…

7/29/83 Game Suspended Due to Curfew Detroit leads Kansas City 5-4 after 8 inn In real life, this game was delayed by rain. At the time, a local curfew was in place which said games had to stop at 1 am. I kept the curfew in the replay, and the Tigers were leading the Royals,…

I am about halfway through the season of my 1983 Detroit Tigers Strat-O- Matic replay. I play all my seasons in solo fashion, with several modifications to simplify play. Using Retrosheet, I use the final scores of all other teams games, just as they happened in real life. For example, if the New York Yankees…

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