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

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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	0	0	0					0
19	P	Bruce Taylor	25	0	0	0					0
20	P	Jack Billingham	35	0	0	0					0
21	P	Jack Morris	23	0	0	0					0
22	P	Ed Glynn	25	0	0	0					0
23	P	Sheldon Burnside	23	0	0	0					0
24	P	Steve Foucault*	28	0	0	0					0
25	P	Milt Wilcox	28	0	0	0					0
26	P	Fernando Arroyo	26	0	0	0					0
27	P	Mark Fidrych	23	0	0	0					0
28	P	Steve Baker	21	0	0	0					0
29	P	Kip Young	23	0	0	0					0
30	P	Jim Slaton	28	0	0	0					0
31	P	John Hiller	35	0	0	0					0
32	P	Bob Sykes#	23	0	0	0					0
33	P	Dave Tobik	25	0	0	0					0
34	P	Jim Crawford*	27	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	3	5	3		3
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	94	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	103	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	138	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	166	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	124	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	159	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	127	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	104	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	47	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	43	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	3.67	162	162	102	60	12	21	1455.2	1441	653	594	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		10154
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	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Fernando Arroyo	26	2	0	4.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									2.08	0.50						P
Steve Baker	21	15	10	63.1	9	3	5	1	0	.889									1.14	0.53						P
Jack Billingham	35	30	30	201.2	40	9	30	1	0	.975									1.74	1.30						P
Sheldon Burnside	23	2	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Tim Corcoran	25	110	87	807.2	196	187	6	3	4	.985	3.6	5.3	1.6	1.0	0.6	2			2.15	1.75						RF-CF-DH
Jim Crawford	27	20	0	39.1	5	1	4	0	2	1.000									1.14	0.25						P
Steve Dillard	27	45	38	327.1	215	88	118	9	31	.958	-3.9	-14.3	-4.9	-4.5	-0.4		1		5.66	4.58						2B-DH
Mark Fidrych	23	3	3	22.0	11	4	7	0	0	1.000									4.50	3.67						P
Steve Foucault	28	24	0	37.1	8	2	4	2	0	.750									1.45	0.25						P
Ed Glynn	25	10	0	14.2	6	0	6	0	0	1.000									3.68	0.60						P
John Hiller	35	51	0	92.1	10	1	9	0	0	1.000									0.97	0.20						P
Steve Kemp	23	157	156	1395.0	344	325	11	8	2	.977	-5.1	-4.4	-1.1	4.2	-5.3	-4			2.17	2.14						LF
Ron LeFlore	30	155	155	1388.2	457	438	8	11	4	.976	-10.3	-8.9	-2.3	-0.8	-1.4	-8			2.89	2.88						CF
Phil Mankowski	25	81	77	535.1	176	42	129	5	17	.972	5.9	13.2	4.9	0.0	4.8		1		2.87	2.11						3B-DH
Milt May	27	94	89	802.2	474	406	58	10	5	.979	1.0	1.5						1	5.20	4.94	5	21	55	35	39%	C
Jack Morris	23	28	7	106.0	22	5	15	2	3	.909									1.70	0.71						P
Lance Parrish	22	79	73	653.0	397	353	39	5	5	.987	0.0	0.0						0	5.40	4.96	5	27	30	24	44%	C
Aurelio Rodriguez	30	131	85	920.1	311	79	228	4	20	.987	6.7	8.7	6.7	1.8	4.9		0		3.00	2.34						3B
Dave Rozema	21	28	28	209.1	46	17	29	0	0	1.000									1.98	1.64						P
Jim Slaton	28	35	34	233.2	43	9	32	2	6	.953									1.58	1.17						P
Charlie Spikes	27	9	9	63.0	11	9	1	1	1	.909	-0.1	-1.9	-1.1	-0.6	-0.4	1			1.43	1.11						RF
Mickey Stanley	35	46	36	334.0	184	173	9	2	8	.989	-3.3	-11.9	-2.3	-0.4	-1.8	-1	0		4.90	3.96						RF-1B-CF-LF
Rusty Staub	34	162																		0.00						DH
Dave Stegman	24	8	5	42.0	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	-0.3	0			2.36	1.38						CF-RF
Bob Sykes	23	22	10	93.2	9	1	7	1	0	.889									0.77	0.36						P
Bruce Taylor	25	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Jason Thompson	23	151	151	1353.2	1606	1503	92	11	153	.993	11.1	9.8	10.1	-2.4	12.5		1		10.60	10.56						1B
Dave Tobik	25	5	0	12.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									0.75	0.20						P
Alan Trammell	20	139	135	1202.1	674	239	421	14	95	.979	6.3	6.3	3.3	2.6	0.6		3		4.94	4.75						SS
Mark Wagner	24	39	27	258.1	143	57	81	5	18	.965	-1.3	-6.0	-1.3	3.8	-5.1		0		4.81	3.54						SS-2B
Lou Whitaker	21	138	124	1122.1	776	301	458	17	95	.978	10.2	10.9	8.2	1.1	7.1		2		6.09	5.50						2B-DH
Milt Wilcox	28	29	27	215.1	47	10	36	1	2	.979									1.92	1.59						P
John Wockenfuss	29	63	49	438.2	93	90	1	2	0	.978	-2.0	-5.5	-1.0	0.2	-1.1	-1			1.87	1.44						RF-LF-DH
Kip Young	23	14	13	105.2	15	4	10	1	1	.933									1.19	1.00						P
Team Totals	26.3	162	1458	13100.0	6343	4367	1858	118	472	.981	18.8	1.7	20.8	6.3	14.7	-11	8	1	4.28	3.24	10	48	85	59	41%
Rank in 14 AL teams								12	1	3
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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