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1978 Detroit Tigers

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Milt May* 27 105 387 352 24 88 9 0 10 37 0 0 27 26 .250 .305 .361 .666 85 127 13 2 4 2 3
2 1B Jason Thompson* 23 153 669 589 79 169 25 3 26 96 0 0 74 96 .287 .364 .472 .836 131 278 11 0 1 5 3
3 2B Lou Whitaker* 21 139 567 484 71 138 12 7 3 58 7 7 61 65 .285 .361 .357 .718 101 173 9 1 13 8 0
4 SS Alan Trammell 20 139 504 448 49 120 14 6 2 34 3 1 45 56 .268 .335 .339 .675 89 152 12 2 6 3 0
5 3B Aurelio Rodriguez 30 134 414 385 40 102 25 2 7 43 0 1 19 37 .265 .303 .395 .698 93 152 9 3 5 2 1
6 LF Steve Kemp* 23 159 686 582 75 161 18 4 15 79 2 3 97 87 .277 .379 .399 .778 117 232 9 1 3 3 3
7 CF Ron LeFlore 30 155 741 666 126 198 30 3 12 62 68 16 65 104 .297 .361 .405 .766 113 270 11 4 1 5 7
8 RF Tim Corcoran* 25 116 363 324 37 86 13 1 1 27 3 2 24 27 .265 .322 .321 .643 80 104 10 5 6 4 2
9 DH Rusty Staub* 34 162 734 642 75 175 30 1 24 121 3 1 76 35 .273 .347 .435 .782 117 279 24 3 2 11 5
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 C Lance Parrish 22 85 304 288 37 63 11 3 14 41 0 0 11 71 .219 .254 .424 .678 86 122 8 3 1 1 0
11 3B Phil Mankowski* 25 88 250 222 28 61 8 0 4 20 2 3 22 28 .275 .344 .365 .709 98 81 10 2 3 1 3
12 RF John Wockenfuss 29 71 211 187 23 53 5 0 7 22 0 1 21 14 .283 .357 .422 .780 117 79 7 1 1 1 4
13 RF Mickey Stanley 35 53 160 151 15 40 9 0 3 8 0 1 9 19 .265 .306 .384 .690 91 58 3 0 0 0 0
14 2B Steve Dillard 27 56 143 130 21 29 5 2 0 7 1 2 6 11 .223 .257 .292 .550 53 38 5 0 7 0 0
15 SS Mark Wagner 24 39 117 109 10 26 1 2 0 6 1 0 3 11 .239 .272 .284 .556 55 31 3 2 3 0 0
16 RF Charlie Spikes 27 10 32 28 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .250 .344 .286 .629 77 8 0 2 0 0 1
17 OF Dave Stegman 24 8 17 14 3 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .286 .313 .643 .955 160 9 1 0 1 1 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
18 P Dave Rozema 21 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 P Bruce Taylor 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 P Jack Billingham 35 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Jack Morris 23 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 P Ed Glynn 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Sheldon Burnside 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 P Steve Foucault* 28 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Milt Wilcox 28 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Fernando Arroyo 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Mark Fidrych 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Steve Baker 21 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Kip Young 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Jim Slaton 28 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P John Hiller 35 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Bob Sykes# 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Dave Tobik 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Jim Crawford* 27 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.2 162 6299 5601 714 1520 218 34 129 666 90 38 563 695 .271 .339 .392 .730 103 2193 145 31 57 47 32
Rank in 14 AL teams 1 5 2 11 11 5 8 14 4 8 2 1 5 3 3 7 10
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Jim Slaton 28 17 11 .607 4.12 35 34 0 11 2 0 233.2 235 117 107 27 85 1 92 8 1 10 1003 95 1.369 9.1 1.0 3.3 3.5 1.08
2 SP Milt Wilcox 28 13 12 .520 3.76 29 27 0 16 2 0 215.1 208 94 90 22 68 2 132 8 0 6 907 104 1.282 8.7 0.9 2.8 5.5 1.94
3 SP Dave Rozema 21 9 12 .429 3.14 28 28 0 11 2 0 209.1 205 83 73 17 41 1 57 2 0 3 848 124 1.175 8.8 0.7 1.8 2.5 1.39
4 SP Jack Billingham 35 15 8 .652 3.88 30 30 0 10 4 0 201.2 218 95 87 16 65 2 59 8 0 6 857 100 1.403 9.7 0.7 2.9 2.6 0.91
5 SP Kip Young 23 6 7 .462 2.81 14 13 1 7 0 0 105.2 94 34 33 9 30 1 49 2 0 1 421 139 1.174 8.0 0.8 2.6 4.2 1.63
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL John Hiller* 35 9 4 .692 2.34 51 0 46 0 0 15 92.1 64 27 24 6 35 4 74 0 0 3 363 167 1.072 6.2 0.6 3.4 7.2 2.11
7 RP Jack Morris 23 3 5 .375 4.33 28 7 10 0 0 0 106.0 107 57 51 8 49 5 48 3 0 4 469 90 1.472 9.1 0.7 4.2 4.1 0.98
8 RP Bob Sykes* 23 6 6 .500 3.94 22 10 6 3 2 2 93.2 99 43 41 14 34 0 58 1 0 1 400 99 1.420 9.5 1.3 3.3 5.6 1.71
9 RP Jim Crawford* 27 2 3 .400 4.35 20 0 10 0 0 0 39.1 45 24 19 3 19 3 24 2 0 7 180 90 1.627 10.3 0.7 4.3 5.5 1.26
10 RP Steve Foucault 28 2 4 .333 3.13 24 0 15 0 0 4 37.1 48 18 13 1 21 4 18 1 1 1 177 125 1.848 11.6 0.2 5.1 4.3 0.86
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Steve Baker 21 2 4 .333 4.55 15 10 1 0 0 0 63.1 66 37 32 6 42 0 39 0 0 6 289 86 1.705 9.4 0.9 6.0 5.5 0.93
12 Mark Fidrych 23 2 0 1.000 2.45 3 3 0 2 0 0 22.0 17 6 6 1 5 0 10 0 0 0 85 161 1.000 7.0 0.4 2.0 4.1 2.00
13 Ed Glynn* 25 0 0 3.07 10 0 6 0 0 0 14.2 11 5 5 3 4 0 9 0 0 0 60 130 1.023 6.8 1.8 2.5 5.5 2.25
14 Dave Tobik 25 0 0 3.75 5 0 4 0 0 0 12.0 12 5 5 1 3 0 11 0 0 0 49 107 1.250 9.0 0.8 2.3 8.3 3.67
15 Fernando Arroyo 26 0 0 8.31 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 8 4 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 21 51 1.846 16.6 2.1 0.0 2.1
16 Sheldon Burnside* 23 0 0 9.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 18 48 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 6.8 1.50
17 Bruce Taylor 25 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 26.9 86 76 .531 3.64 162 162 102 60 12 21 1455.2 1441 653 589 135 503 23 684 36 2 48 6150 106 1.335 8.9 0.8 3.1 4.2 1.36
Rank in 14 AL teams 8 7 7 3 7 13 5 9 6 8 11 6 11
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Fernando Arroyo 26 2 0 0 4.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.50 0 1 100% 1 P
Steve Baker 21 15 10 0 63.1 9 3 5 1 0 .889 1.14 0.53 8 2 20% 0 P
Jack Billingham 35 30 30 10 201.2 40 9 30 1 0 .975 1.74 1.30 14 10 42% 1 P
Sheldon Burnside 23 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 P
Tim Corcoran 25 109 87 75 807.2 196 187 6 3 4 .985 4 5 2.15 1.77 RF-CF
Jim Crawford 27 20 0 0 39.1 5 1 4 0 2 1.000 1.14 0.25 1 1 50% 0 P
Steve Dillard 27 42 38 23 327.1 215 88 118 9 31 .958 -4 -14 5.66 5.02 2B
Mark Fidrych 23 3 3 2 22.0 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 4.50 3.67 1 0 0% 0 P
Steve Foucault 28 24 0 0 37.1 8 2 4 2 0 .750 1.45 0.25 6 0 0% 0 P
Ed Glynn 25 10 0 0 14.2 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.68 0.60 2 0 0% 0 P
John Hiller 35 51 0 0 92.1 10 1 9 0 0 1.000 0.97 0.20 3 3 50% 0 P
Steve Kemp 23 157 156 154 1395.0 344 325 11 8 2 .977 -5 -4 2.17 2.14 LF
Ron LeFlore 30 155 155 151 1388.2 457 438 8 11 4 .976 -10 -9 2.89 2.88 CF
Phil Mankowski 25 81 77 31 535.1 176 42 129 5 17 .972 6 13 2.87 2.14 3B
Milt May 27 94 89 83 802.2 474 406 58 10 5 .979 1 1 5.20 4.94 5 21 55 35 39% 0 C
Jack Morris 23 28 7 0 106.0 22 5 15 2 3 .909 1.70 0.71 10 2 17% 0 P
Lance Parrish 22 79 73 68 653.0 397 353 39 5 5 .987 0 0 5.40 4.96 5 27 30 24 44% 2 C
Aurelio Rodriguez 30 131 85 81 920.1 311 79 228 4 20 .987 7 9 3.00 2.34 3B
Dave Rozema 21 28 28 11 209.1 46 17 29 0 0 1.000 1.98 1.64 10 12 55% 1 P
Jim Slaton 28 35 34 11 233.2 43 9 32 2 6 .953 1.58 1.17 12 9 43% 0 P
Charlie Spikes 27 9 9 4 63.0 11 9 1 1 1 .909 -0 -2 1.43 1.11 RF
Mickey Stanley 35 46 36 32 334.0 184 173 9 2 8 .989 -3 -12 4.90 3.96 RF-1B-CF-LF
Rusty Staub 34 162 162 0.00 DH
Dave Stegman 24 7 5 3 42.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.36 1.38 CF-RF
Bob Sykes 23 22 10 3 93.2 9 1 7 1 0 .889 0.77 0.36 1 1 50% 0 P
Bruce Taylor 25 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 P
Jason Thompson 23 151 151 150 1353.2 1606 1503 92 11 153 .993 11 10 10.60 10.56 1B
Dave Tobik 25 5 0 0 12.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 0.20 0 0 0 P
Alan Trammell 20 139 135 126 1202.1 674 239 421 14 95 .979 6 6 4.94 4.75 SS
Mark Wagner 24 39 27 23 258.1 143 57 81 5 18 .965 -1 -6 4.81 3.54 SS-2B
Lou Whitaker 21 137 124 119 1122.1 776 301 458 17 95 .978 10 11 6.09 5.58 2B
Milt Wilcox 28 29 27 16 215.1 47 10 36 1 2 .979 1.92 1.59 9 10 53% 0 P
John Wockenfuss 29 60 49 33 438.2 93 90 1 2 0 .978 -2 -5 1.87 1.49 RF-LF
Kip Young 23 14 13 7 105.2 15 4 10 1 1 .933 1.19 1.00 8 8 50% 0 P
Team Totals 25.6 162 1458 1216 13100.0 6343 4367 1858 118 472 .981 19 2 4.28 3.55 10 48 85 59 41% 5
Rank in 14 AL teams 12 1 3
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Tim Corcoran* 25 363 -9 -2 -2 0 4 -5 12 -2 -0.3 -6 -0.6 0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent *9/8
Steve Dillard 27 143 -9 -1 -1 0 -4 1 5 -9 -1.0 -5 -0.5 -0.5 $ Traded 4
Steve Kemp* 23 686 14 -2 2 3 -5 -8 21 25 2.7 30 3.1 -0.4 $55,000 Amateur Draft *7
Ron LeFlore 30 741 9 11 0 3 -10 -2 21 32 3.4 42 4.3 -0.9 $ Amateur Free Agent *8
Phil Mankowski* 25 250 -2 -1 -1 -1 6 1 8 10 1.0 4 0.4 0.6 $ Amateur Draft 5
Milt May* 27 387 -9 0 0 0 1 6 13 11 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $ Traded 2
Lance Parrish 22 304 -8 0 2 -1 0 5 10 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $ Amateur Draft 2
Aurelio Rodriguez 30 414 -6 -2 -2 0 7 3 14 14 1.3 7 0.7 0.6 $ Traded *5
Charlie Spikes 27 32 -1 -1 1 0 -0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /9
Mickey Stanley 35 160 -3 1 2 0 -3 -2 5 -1 -0.1 3 0.3 -0.4 $75,000 Amateur Free Agent 93/87
Rusty Staub* 34 734 12 -2 -4 0 0 -16 22 12 1.2 12 1.2 0.0 $ Traded *D
Dave Stegman 24 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ Amateur Draft /89
Jason Thompson* 23 669 22 0 0 1 11 -10 21 45 4.7 34 3.5 1.2 $75,000 Amateur Draft *3
Alan Trammell 20 504 -8 -1 -1 1 6 9 17 23 2.2 17 1.7 0.5 $21,000 Amateur Draft *6
Mark Wagner 24 117 -7 0 0 0 -1 2 4 -3 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft 6/4
Lou Whitaker* 21 567 1 1 -2 0 10 3 18 31 3.1 21 2.2 0.9 $ Amateur Draft *4
John Wockenfuss 29 211 3 -1 0 0 -2 -3 7 4 0.4 6 0.6 -0.2 $ Traded 9/7
Team Total 26.2 6299 0 0 -6 6 19 -16 200 202 20.2 184 18.8 1.4 $226,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Fernando Arroyo 26 4.1 0 4 3 0 .2 -1 -0.1 $ Amateur Draft
Steve Baker 21 63.1 10 37 36 1 1.2 -1 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jack Billingham 35 201.2 30 95 113 3 .9 18 1.8 $ Traded
Sheldon Burnside* 23 4.0 0 4 2 0 .3 -2 -0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jim Crawford* 27 39.1 0 24 22 0 .6 -2 -0.4 $ Traded
Mark Fidrych 23 22.0 3 6 12 0 1.1 6 0.7 $ Amateur Draft
Steve Foucault 28 37.1 0 18 21 1 1.3 3 0.1 $ Traded
Ed Glynn* 25 14.2 0 5 9 0 .4 4 0.2 $ Amateur Free Agent
John Hiller* 35 92.1 0 27 53 1 1.8 26 2.9 $ Free Agency
Jack Morris 23 106.0 7 57 61 1 .9 4 0.1 $ Amateur Draft
Dave Rozema 21 209.1 28 83 118 3 1.0 35 3.7 $ Amateur Draft
Jim Slaton 28 233.2 34 117 134 3 1.1 17 1.8 $ Traded
Bob Sykes* 23 93.2 10 43 51 1 1.0 8 0.8 $ Amateur Draft
Bruce Taylor 25 1.0 0 0 1 0 .0 1 0.0 $ Rule 5 Draft
Dave Tobik 25 12.0 0 5 8 0 .4 3 0.1 $ Amateur Draft
Milt Wilcox 28 215.1 27 94 125 3 1.0 31 3.1 $ Purchased
Kip Young 23 105.2 13 34 61 1 .9 27 2.8 $ Amateur Draft
Team Total 26.9 1455.2 162 653 830 18 1.0 177 17.4 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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