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1978 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979)
86-76, Finished 5th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 714 runs, Allowed 653 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74
Managed by Ralph Houk

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 Stats (1977/1979) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Milt May            27  105  352   24   88   9  0  10   37  27   26  .250  .305  .361   0   0  13   2   4   2   3   85
1B *Jason Thompson      23  153  589   79  169  25  3  26   96  74   96  .287  .364  .472   0   0  11   0   1   5   3  131
2B *Lou Whitaker        21  139  484   71  138  12  7   3   58  61   65  .285  .361  .357   7   7   9   1  13   8   0  101
3B  Aurelio Rodriguez   30  134  385   40  102  25  2   7   43  19   37  .265  .303  .395   0   1   9   3   5   2   1   93
SS  Alan Trammell       20  139  448   49  120  14  6   2   34  45   56  .268  .335  .339   3   1  12   2   6   3   0   89
LF *Steve Kemp          23  159  582   75  161  18  4  15   79  97   87  .277  .379  .399   2   3   9   1   3   3   3  117
CF  Ron LeFlore         30  155  666  126  198  30  3  12   62  65  104  .297  .361  .405  68  16  11   4   1   5   7  113
RF *Tim Corcoran        25  116  324   37   86  13  1   1   27  24   27  .265  .322  .321   3   2  10   5   6   4   2   80
DH *Rusty Staub         34  162  642   75  175  30  1  24  121  76   35  .273  .347  .435   3   1  24   3   2  11   5  117
    Lance Parrish       22   85  288   37   63  11  3  14   41  11   71  .219  .254  .424   0   0   8   3   1   1   0   86
   *Phil Mankowski      25   88  222   28   61   8  0   4   20  22   28  .275  .344  .365   2   3  10   2   3   1   3   98
    John Wockenfuss     29   71  187   23   53   5  0   7   22  21   14  .283  .357  .422   0   1   7   1   1   1   4  117
    Mickey Stanley      35   53  151   15   40   9  0   3    8   9   19  .265  .306  .384   0   1   3   0   0   0   0   91
    Steve Dillard       27   56  130   21   29   5  2   0    7   6   11  .223  .257  .292   1   2   5   0   7   0   0   53
    Mark Wagner         24   39  109   10   26   1  2   0    6   3   11  .239  .272  .284   1   0   3   2   3   0   0   55
    Charlie Spikes      27   10   28    1    7   1  0   0    2   2    6  .250  .344  .286   0   0   0   2   0   0   1   77
    Dave Stegman        24    8   14    3    4   2  0   1    3   1    2  .286  .313  .643   0   0   1   0   1   1   0  160
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.3  162 5601  714 1520 218 34 129  666 563  695  .271  .338  .392  90  38 145  31  57  47  32  103
    Rank among 14 AL teams         1    5    2  11 11   5        4    8     2     3     5   8  14                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Jim Slaton          28  35   4.12  17  11  0  34   0  11   2  233.7  235  117  107  27   85   92 1003  10   8  1   1  94
SP  Jack Billingham     35  30   3.88  15   8  0  30   0  10   4  201.7  218   95   87  16   65   59  857   6   8  0   2 100
SP  Dave Rozema         21  28   3.14   9  12  0  28   0  11   2  209.3  205   83   73  17   41   57  848   3   2  0   1 124
SP  Milt Wilcox         28  29   3.76  13  12  0  27   0  16   2  215.3  208   94   90  22   68  132  907   6   8  0   2 103
SP  Kip Young           23  14   2.81   6   7  0  13   1   7   0  105.7   94   34   33   9   30   49  421   1   2  0   1 138
SP  Steve Baker         21  15   4.55   2   4  0  10   1   0   0   63.3   66   37   32   6   42   39  289   6   0  0   0  86

CL *John Hiller         35  51   2.34   9   4 15   0  46   0   0   92.3   64   27   24   6   35   74  363   3   0  0   4 166
RP  Steve Foucault      28  24   3.13   2   4  4   0  15   0   0   37.3   48   18   13   1   21   18  177   1   1  1   4 124
RP  Jack Morris         23  28   4.33   3   5  0   7  10   0   0  106.0  107   57   51   8   49   48  469   4   3  0   5  90
RP *Jim Crawford        27  20   4.35   2   3  0   0  10   0   0   39.3   45   24   19   3   19   24  180   7   2  0   3  90
RP *Bob Sykes           23  22   3.94   6   6  2  10   6   3   2   93.7   99   43   41  14   34   58  400   1   1  0   0  99

    Mark Fidrych        23   3   2.45   2   0  0   3   0   2   0   22.0   17    6    6   1    5   10   85   0   0  0   0 159
   *Ed Glynn            25  10   3.07   0   0  0   0   6   0   0   14.7   11    5    5   3    4    9   60   0   0  0   0 127
    Dave Tobik          25   5   3.75   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   12.0   12    5    5   1    3   11   49   0   0  0   0 104
    Fernando Arroyo     26   2   8.31   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.3    8    4    4   1    0    1   21   0   1  0   0  47
   *Sheldon Burnside    23   2   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    4    4    4   0    2    3   18   0   0  0   0  43
    Bruce Taylor        25   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    0    0    3   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.1 162   3.64  86  76 21 162 102  60  12 1455.0 1441  653  588 135  503  684 6150  48  36  2  23 106
    Rank among 14 AL teams          7   8   7 13           3   7      5    9    6       11    6   11

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB  WP  SB  CS
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
MMay         802  89  94  406   58  10   5  .979   5  21  55  35
LParrish     653  73  79  353   39   5   5  .987   5  27  30  24
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---
Team Total  1455 162 162  759   97  15  10  .983  10  48  85  59
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---

First Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .992 *10.05
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JThompson   1353 151 151 1503   92  11 153  .993 10.60
MStanley     102  11  12  126    8   0   8 1.000 11.82
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1455 162 162 1629  100  11 161  .994 10.69
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .980 *5.47
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
LWhitaker   1122 124 136  301  458  17  95  .978  6.09
SDillard     327  38  41   88  118   9  31  .958  5.66
MWagner        6   0   4    2    2   0   0 1.000  6.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1455 162 162  391  578  26 126  .974  5.99
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .954 *3.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
ARodriguez   920  85 131   79  228   4  20  .987  3.00
PMankowski   535  77  80   42  129   5  17  .972  2.88
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1455 162 162  121  357   9  37  .982  2.96
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .964 *4.92
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
ATrammell   1202 135 139  239  421  14  95  .979  4.94
MWagner      252  27  35   55   79   5  18  .964  4.78
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1455 162 162  294  500  19 113  .977  4.91
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .974 *2.21
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
SKemp       1395 156 157  325   11   8   2  .977  2.17
JWockenfuss   49   5   6   18    0   0   0 1.000  3.26
MStanley      11   1   2    2    0   1   0  .667  1.64
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1455 162 162  345   11   9   2  .975  2.20
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .984 *2.97
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
RLeFlore    1388 155 155  438    8  11   4  .976  2.89
MStanley      27   3   4    7    1   0   0 1.000  2.67
DStegman      22   2   5    6    0   0   0 1.000  2.45
TCorcoran     18   2   2   10    0   0   0 1.000  5.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1455 162 162  461    9  11   4  .977  2.91
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .978 *2.24
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
TCorcoran    789  85 107  177    6   3   4  .984  2.09
JWockenfuss  389  44  55   72    1   2   0  .973  1.69
MStanley     194  21  28   38    0   1   0  .974  1.76
CSpikes       63   9   9    9    1   1   1  .909  1.43
DStegman      20   3   3    5    0   0   0 1.000  2.25
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1455 162 162  301    8   7   5  .978  1.91
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .979 *2.47  LF  CF  RF 
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
SKemp       1395 156 157  325   11   8   2  .977  2.17
RLeFlore    1388 155 155  440    9  11   4  .976  2.91
TCorcoran    807  87 109  186    6   3   4  .985  2.14
JWockenfuss  438  49  60   89    2   2   0  .978  1.87
MStanley     232  25  34   47    1   2   0  .960  1.86
CSpikes       63   9   9    9    1   1   1  .909  1.43
DStegman      42   5   7   11    0   0   0 1.000  2.36
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---
Team Total  1455 162 162 1107   30  27  11  .977  2.34 162 162 162
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+---

Pitchers     Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP  .954 *1.90
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JSlaton      233  34  35    9   32   2   6  .953  1.58
MWilcox      215  27  29   10   36   1   2  .979  1.92
DRozema      209  28  28   17   29   0   0 1.000  1.98
JBillingham  201  30  30    9   30   1   0  .975  1.74
JMorris      106   7  28    5   15   2   3  .909  1.70
KYoung       105  13  14    4   10   1   1  .933  1.19
BSykes        93  10  22    1    7   1   0  .889  0.77
JHiller       92   0  51    1    9   0   0 1.000  0.98
SBaker        63  10  15    3    5   1   0  .889  1.14
JCrawford     39   0  20    1    4   0   2 1.000  1.15
SFoucault     37   0  24    2    4   2   0  .750  1.45
MFidrych      22   3   3    4    7   0   0 1.000  4.50
EGlynn        14   0  10    0    6   0   0 1.000  3.67
DTobik        12   0   5    0    1   0   0 1.000  0.75
FArroyo        4   0   2    0    1   0   0 1.000  2.09
SBurnside      4   0   2    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
BTaylor        1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  1455 162 162   66  196  11  14  .960  1.62
-----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Des. Hitter   G
------------+---
RStaub       162
SDillard       4
LWhitaker      2
JWockenfuss    2
TCorcoran      1
PMankowski     1
------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageLeFlore.297
On-base %Kemp.379
Slugging %Thompson.472
OPSThompson.836
GamesStaub162
At BatsLeFlore666
Plate Appearances (approx.)LeFlore741
RunsLeFlore126
HitsLeFlore198
Total BasesStaub279
DoublesLeFlore and Staub30
TriplesWhitaker7
Home RunsThompson26
RBIStaub121
Bases on BallsKemp97
StrikeoutsLeFlore104
Stolen BasesLeFlore68
SinglesLeFlore153
Adjusted OPS+Thompson131
Runs CreatedLeFlore105
Adjusted Batting RunsThompson25
Batting WinsThompson2.5
Extra-Base HitsStaub55
Times on BaseLeFlore267
Offensive Win%Thompson.670
Hit By PitchCorcoran5
Sac. HitsWhitaker13
Sac. FliesStaub11
Intentional WalksLeFlore7
Grounded into Double PlaysStaub24
Caught StealingLeFlore16
Power/Speed NumberLeFlore20.4
At Bats per StrikeoutStaub18.3
At Bats per Home RunThompson22.7
OutsStaub505

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERARozema3.14
WinsSlaton17
Won-Loss %Hiller.692
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Rozema1.175
Hits Allowed/9IPWilcox8.69
Bases on Balls/9IPRozema1.76
Strikeouts/9IPWilcox5.52
GamesHiller51
SavesHiller15
InningsSlaton233.7
StrikeoutsWilcox132
Games StartedSlaton34
Comp. GamesWilcox16
ShutoutsBillingham4
Home Runs Allow.Slaton27
Bases On Balls Allow.Slaton85
Hits AllowedSlaton235
SO to WalkWilcox1.94
LossesRozema and Wilcox12
Earned Runs Allow.Slaton107
Wild PitchesSlaton10
Hit BatsmenBillingham, Slaton, and Wilcox8
Batters FacedSlaton1003
Games FinishedHiller46
Adjusted ERA+Rozema124

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