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1978 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
86-76, Finished 5th in AL East
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Scored 714 runs, Allowed 653 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74
Manager: Ralph Houk (86-76)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Fernando Arroyo 26 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 21, 1952 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Baker 21 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 30, 1956 1st 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Billingham 35 R R 6' 4" 215 Feb 21, 1943 11 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sheldon Burnside 23 R L 6' 5" 200 Dec 22, 1954 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 18 4
Jim Crawford 27 L L 6' 3" 200 Sep 29, 1950 5 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 1 16
Mark Fidrych 23 R R 6' 3" 175 Aug 14, 1954 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Foucault 28 L R 6' 0" 205 Oct 3, 1949 6 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Glynn 25 R L 6' 2" 180 Jun 3, 1953 4 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Hiller 35 R L 6' 0" 195 Apr 8, 1943 13 51 0 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
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 0 10 1
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
Jack Morris 23 R R 6' 3" 200 May 16, 1955 2 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lance Parrish 22 R R 6' 3" 220 Jun 15, 1956 2 85 73 85 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
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
Dave Rozema 21 R R 6' 4" 200 Aug 5, 1956 2 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Slaton 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Jun 19, 1950 8 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Spikes 27 R R 6' 3" 220 Jan 23, 1951 7 10 9 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 1 0
Mickey Stanley 35 R R 6' 1" 195 Jul 20, 1942 15 53 36 53 46 0 0 12 0 0 0 2 4 28 34 0 12 0
Rusty Staub 34 L R 6' 2" 200 Apr 1, 1944 16 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0
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 7 0 0 1
Bob Sykes 23 B L 6' 2" 200 Dec 11, 1954 2 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Taylor 25 R R 6' 0" 178 Apr 16, 1953 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Thompson 23 L L 6' 3" 210 Jul 6, 1954 3 153 151 153 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 All-Star
Dave Tobik 25 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 2, 1953 1st 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Trammell 20 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 21, 1958 2 139 135 139 139 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Wagner 24 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 4, 1954 3 39 27 39 39 0 0 0 4 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
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 0 7 4
Milt Wilcox 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 20, 1950 8 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 60 0 19 1
Kip Young 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 29, 1954 1st 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR

1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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