| Latest News |
| Laird homers in start: Tigers catcher Gerald Laird made his second start of the season on Sunday against the White Sox and had a productive day at the plate. He went 3 for 4 with a homer and two runs scored in the 5-2 win. He launched his first homer off the season in the third inning off Chris Sale. (Updated 04/15/2012) |
| Injury Report |
| No information available at this time (Updated 5/26/12). |
| Fantasy Analysis |
| Laird matched his home run total from a year ago on Sunday and has now gone 4 for 9 (.444) with two RBI thus far. However, the career .241 hitter will not see a ton of playing time this season behind Alex Avila so continue to ignore him in the majority of Fantasy formats. (Updated 04/15/2012). |
| More Updates |
| April 10, 2012: Tigers foil Rays, now AL's lone unbeaten Miguel Cabrera doubled and scored on Prince Fielder's single, part of a snowy eighth-inning rally that gave the Detroit Tigers a 5-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday. |
| March 31, 2012: Saturday injury roundup: Hamilton's groin issue returns Nightly spring roundup of minor injuries with updates on lingering aches and pains as well. |
| March 30, 2012: Injury roundup: Michael Morse to open season on DL Washington Nationals outfielder Michael Morse will open the season on the disabled list because of the injured lat muscle that's limited him all spring. Plus injury-related news and notes from around Grapefruit and Cactus League camps. |
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| CBSSports.com Player Ranking | |||
| Position | Current | Last Week | Rating |
| Catchers | 44 | 58 | 15.31 |
| Complete Rankings | |||
| Situational Stats | ||||||
| 5/25/2012 vs Minnesota | ||||||
| Situation | AB | H | HR | OBP | SLG | AVG |
| vs Swarzak (Career) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 7 Games | |||||||||
| OPP | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SB | ||
| 05/02 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 05/04 | CHW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 05/08 | @SEA | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 05/09 | @SEA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 05/11 | @OAK | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 05/14 | @CHW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 05/23 | @CLE | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Complete Game Log | |||||||||
| Two Week Schedule | Buy Tigers Tickets |
| MAY /JUNE | ||||||
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 20 Pitt W4-3 | 21 | 22 @Cle L3-5 | 23 @Cle L2-4 | 24 @Cle L1-2 | 25 @Min W10-6 | 26 @Min 2:10 pm |
| 27 @Min 2:10 pm | 28 @Bos 1:35 pm | 29 @Bos 7:10 pm | 30 @Bos 7:10 pm | 31 @Bos 7:10 pm | 1 NYY 7:05 pm | 2 NYY 7:15 pm |
| Complete Schedule | ||||||
| 0 0 | 2 0 | 2 0 | 2 3 | 2 1 | 2 1 | 2 7 | 1 1 | 2 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Batting Stats | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | OBP | SLG | AVG |
| 2003 | TEX | 19 | 44 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .360 | .432 | .273 |
| 2004 | TEX | 49 | 147 | 20 | 33 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 1 | .287 | .286 | .224 |
| 2005 | TEX | 13 | 40 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .262 | .350 | .225 |
| 2006 | TEX | 78 | 243 | 46 | 72 | 7 | 22 | 12 | 54 | 3 | 1 | .332 | .473 | .296 |
| 2007 | TEX | 120 | 407 | 48 | 91 | 9 | 47 | 30 | 103 | 6 | 2 | .278 | .349 | .224 |
| 2008 | TEX | 95 | 344 | 54 | 95 | 6 | 41 | 23 | 63 | 2 | 4 | .329 | .398 | .276 |
| 2009 | DET | 135 | 413 | 49 | 93 | 4 | 33 | 40 | 68 | 5 | 0 | .306 | .320 | .225 |
| 2010 | DET | 89 | 270 | 22 | 56 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 57 | 3 | 1 | .263 | .304 | .207 |
| 2011 | STL | 37 | 95 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .302 | .358 | .232 |
| 2012 | DET | 14 | 35 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .429 | .286 |
| Total | 649 | 2038 | 273 | 493 | 36 | 207 | 153 | 419 | 20 | 10 | .301 | .359 | .242 | |
| Fielding Stats | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | Posn | G | GS | TC | PO | A | E | DP | FLD% |
| 2003 | TEX | C | 16 | 12 | 74 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .986 |
| 2004 | TEX | C | 49 | 46 | 299 | 275 | 19 | 5 | 6 | .983 |
| 2005 | TEX | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- |
| 2005 | TEX | C | 13 | 11 | 69 | 61 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .957 |
| 2006 | TEX | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- |
| 2006 | TEX | C | 71 | 65 | 428 | 392 | 30 | 6 | 5 | .986 |
| 2007 | TEX | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- |
| 2007 | TEX | C | 119 | 114 | 762 | 675 | 75 | 12 | 13 | .984 |
| 2008 | TEX | 3B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2008 | TEX | C | 88 | 86 | 566 | 523 | 35 | 8 | 7 | .986 |
| 2009 | DET | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 2009 | DET | C | 135 | 123 | 925 | 844 | 78 | 3 | 7 | .997 |
| 2010 | DET | C | 87 | 76 | 573 | 516 | 52 | 5 | 5 | .991 |
| 2011 | STL | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2011 | STL | C | 31 | 23 | 197 | 182 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .985 |
| 2012 | DET | C | 11 | 11 | 71 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 624 | 568 | 3969 | 3602 | 321 | 46 | 49 | .988 | ||
| More Batting Stats | |||||||||
| Year | Team | 2B | 3B | TB | SF | SH | HBP | IBB | GDP |
| 2003 | TEX | 2 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | TEX | 6 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2005 | TEX | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | TEX | 20 | 1 | 115 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2007 | TEX | 18 | 3 | 142 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | TEX | 24 | 0 | 137 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | DET | 23 | 2 | 132 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 2010 | DET | 11 | 0 | 82 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2011 | STL | 7 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | DET | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 115 | 8 | 732 | 21 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 46 | |
| Postseason Batting Stats | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | OBP | SLG | AVG |
| 2011 | STL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Minor League Batting Stats | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | OBP | SLG | AVG | ||
| 1999 | A-Sou Oregon | 60 | 228 | 45 | 65 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 28 | 43 | 10 | 5 | .361 | .360 | .285 | ||
| 2000 | R-Athletics | 14 | 50 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .379 | .380 | .300 | ||
| 2000 | A-Visalia | 33 | 103 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 2 | .333 | .272 | .243 | ||
| 2001 | A-Modesto | 119 | 443 | 71 | 113 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 48 | 101 | 10 | 9 | .337 | .341 | .255 | ||
| 2002 | AA-Tulsa | 123 | 442 | 70 | 122 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 67 | 45 | 95 | 8 | 6 | .343 | .416 | .276 | ||
| 2003 | AAA-Oklahoma | 99 | 338 | 50 | 88 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 37 | 61 | 9 | 3 | .344 | .429 | .260 | ||
| 2004 | AAA-Oklahoma | 6 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .273 | .182 | ||
| 2005 | AAA-Oklahoma | 75 | 281 | 51 | 87 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 55 | 28 | 61 | 12 | 2 | .380 | .562 | .310 | ||
| 2005 | R-Rangers | 8 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .276 | .423 | .192 | ||
| 2008 | AAA-Oklahoma | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .000 | .000 | ||
| 2011 | AAA-Memphis Redbirds | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .556 | .571 | .429 | ||
| Total | 543 | 1952 | 320 | 527 | 83 | 23 | 44 | 279 | 213 | 409 | 60 | 27 | .344 | .404 | .270 | |||
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