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1978 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

86-76, Finished 5th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ralph Houk (86-76)
Scored 714 runs, Allowed 653 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,714,893 (5th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 107

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1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Fernando Arroyo 26 R R 6' 2" 180 Mar 21, 1952 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Steve Baker 21 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 30, 1956 1st 15 10 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jack Billingham 35 R R 6' 4" 195 Feb 21, 1943 11 30 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Sheldon Burnside 23 R L 6' 5" 200 Dec 22, 1954 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Tim Corcoran 25 L L 5' 11" 175 Mar 19, 1953 2 116 87 116 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 107 109 1 18 4 -0.3 $
Jim Crawford 27 L L 6' 3" 200 Sep 29, 1950 5 20 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Steve Dillard 27 R R 6' 1" 180 Feb 8, 1951 4 56 38 56 42 0 0 0 41 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 16 -1.0 $
Mark Fidrych 23 R R 6' 3" 175 Aug 14, 1954 3 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $90,000
Steve Foucault 28 L R 6' 0" 205 Oct 3, 1949 6 24 0 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Ed Glynn 25 R L 6' 2" 180 Jun 3, 1953 4 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
John Hiller 35 R L 6' 1" 185 Apr 8, 1943 13 51 0 0 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $90,000
Steve Kemp 23 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 7, 1954 2 159 156 159 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 157 0 3 0 2.7 $55,000
Ron LeFlore 30 R R 6' 0" 200 Jun 16, 1948 5 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 155 0 0 0 3.4 $
Phil Mankowski 25 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 9, 1953 3 88 77 88 81 0 0 0 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 1 1.0 $
Milt May 27 L R 6' 0" 190 Aug 1, 1950 9 105 89 105 94 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1.0 $
Jack Morris 23 R R 6' 3" 195 May 16, 1955 2 28 7 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Lance Parrish 22 R R 6' 3" 210 Jun 15, 1956 2 85 73 85 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.8 $
Aurelio Rodriguez 30 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 28, 1947 12 134 85 134 131 0 0 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 1.3 $
Dave Rozema 21 R R 6' 4" 185 Aug 5, 1956 2 28 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
Jim Slaton 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 19, 1950 8 35 34 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Charlie Spikes 27 R R 6' 3" 215 Jan 23, 1951 7 10 9 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 0.0 $
Mickey Stanley 35 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 20, 1942 15 53 36 53 46 0 0 12 0 0 0 2 4 28 34 0 12 0 -0.1 $75,000
Rusty Staub 34 L R 6' 2" 190 Apr 1, 1944 16 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 1.2 $
Dave Stegman 24 R R 5' 11" 190 Jan 30, 1954 1st 8 5 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 8 0 0 1 0.2 $
Bob Sykes 23 B L 6' 1" 195 Dec 11, 1954 2 22 10 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Bruce Taylor 25 R R 6' 0" 178 Apr 16, 1953 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jason Thompson 23 L L 6' 4" 200 Jul 6, 1954 3 153 151 153 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.7 $75,000 All-Star
Dave Tobik 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 2, 1953 1st 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Alan Trammell 20 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 21, 1958 2 139 135 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $21,000
Mark Wagner 24 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 4, 1954 3 39 27 39 39 0 0 0 4 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 -0.4 $
Lou Whitaker 21 L R 5' 11" 160 May 12, 1957 2 139 124 139 137 0 0 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 4 3.1 $
Milt Wilcox 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 20, 1950 8 29 27 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $
John Wockenfuss 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 27, 1949 5 71 49 71 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 55 61 2 19 1 0.4 $
Kip Young 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 29, 1954 1st 14 13 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Lou Whitaker
Phil Mankowski
Alan Trammell
Aurelio Rodriguez
Mark Wagner
Steve Dillard
Ron LeFlore
Rusty Staub

Milt May
Lance Parrish
John Wockenfuss
John Hiller
Dave Rozema
Mark Fidrych
Jim Slaton
Dave Stegman

Mickey Stanley
Tim Corcoran
Bob Sykes
Jim Crawford
Steve Foucault
Jason Thompson
Steve Baker
Bruce Taylor

Steve Kemp
Charlie Spikes
Fernando Arroyo
Kip Young
Dave Tobik
Milt Wilcox
Jack Billingham
Sheldon Burnside

Kip Young
Jack Morris
Ed Glynn

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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