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1979 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

85-76, Finished 5th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Les Moss (27-26), Dick Tracewski (2-0) and Sparky Anderson (56-50)
Scored 770 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-77

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,630,929 (7th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95

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1978 / 1980 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 27 R R 6' 2" 180 Mar 21, 1952 4 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Steve Baker 22 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 30, 1956 2 21 12 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Jack Billingham 36 R R 6' 4" 195 Feb 21, 1943 12 35 19 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Tom Brookens 25 R R 5' 10" 165 Aug 10, 1953 1st 60 56 60 60 0 0 0 19 42 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.8 $
Sheldon Burnside 24 R L 6' 5" 200 Dec 22, 1954 2 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Mike Chris 21 L L 6' 3" 180 Oct 8, 1957 1st 13 8 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Tim Corcoran 26 L L 5' 11" 175 Mar 19, 1953 3 18 5 18 14 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 6 9 2 4 3 0.2 $
Mark Fidrych 24 R R 6' 3" 175 Aug 14, 1954 4 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $125,000
Kirk Gibson 22 L L 6' 3" 215 May 28, 1957 1st 12 8 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 10 0 2 1 -0.3 $
Dan Gonzales 25 L R 6' 1" 195 Sep 30, 1953 1st 7 4 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 3 0 -0.2 $
Al Greene 24 L R 5' 11" 190 Nov 9, 1954 1st 29 17 29 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 15 10 0 -0.3 $
John Hiller 36 R L 6' 1" 185 Apr 8, 1943 14 43 0 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Lynn Jones 26 R R 5' 9" 175 Jan 1, 1953 1st 95 52 95 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 43 26 87 7 11 8 0.3 $
Steve Kemp 24 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 7, 1954 3 134 128 134 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 0 3 120 11 6 0 3.9 $75,000 All-Star
Ron LeFlore 31 R R 6' 0" 200 Jun 16, 1948 6 148 146 148 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 0 113 34 1 1 2.9 $
Aurelio Lopez 30 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 21, 1948 3 61 0 2 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 $
Dave Machemer 28 R R 5' 11" 180 May 24, 1951 2 19 8 19 12 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 9 -0.3 $
Phil Mankowski 26 L R 6' 0" 180 Jan 9, 1953 4 42 22 42 36 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 1 -0.5 $
Milt May 28 L R 6' 0" 190 Aug 1, 1950 10 6 2 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Jerry Morales 30 R R 5' 10" 155 Feb 18, 1949 11 129 111 129 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 22 87 127 7 13 2 -2.6 $
Jack Morris 24 R R 6' 3" 195 May 16, 1955 3 28 27 2 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5.6 $
Lance Parrish 23 R R 6' 3" 210 Jun 15, 1956 3 143 135 143 142 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.7 $
Rick Peters 23 B R 5' 9" 170 Nov 21, 1955 1st 12 6 12 6 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 2 0.0 $
Dan Petry 20 R R 6' 4" 185 Nov 13, 1958 1st 15 15 1 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Ed Putman 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 25, 1953 3 21 8 21 20 0 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 $
Bruce Robbins 19 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 10, 1959 1st 10 8 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Aurelio Rodriguez 31 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 28, 1947 13 106 97 106 106 0 0 1 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Dave Rozema 22 R R 6' 4" 185 Aug 5, 1956 3 16 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Rusty Staub 35 L R 6' 2" 190 Apr 1, 1944 17 68 66 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 2 0 0.1 $
Dave Stegman 25 R R 5' 11" 190 Jan 30, 1954 2 12 10 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 12 0 1 0 0.6 $
Champ Summers 33 L R 6' 2" 205 Jun 15, 1946 6 90 71 90 71 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 68 69 10 17 1 2.2 $
Bruce Taylor 26 R R 6' 0" 178 Apr 16, 1953 3 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jason Thompson 24 L L 6' 4" 200 Jul 6, 1954 4 145 130 145 140 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0.5 $
Dave Tobik 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 2, 1953 2 37 0 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Alan Trammell 21 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 21, 1958 3 142 138 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.4 $65,000
Pat Underwood 22 L L 6' 0" 175 Feb 9, 1957 1st 27 15 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Mark Wagner 25 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 4, 1954 4 75 44 75 71 0 0 0 29 2 41 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0.4 $
Lou Whitaker 22 L R 5' 11" 160 May 12, 1957 3 127 114 127 126 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 4.3 $
Milt Wilcox 29 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 20, 1950 9 33 29 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
John Wockenfuss 30 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 27, 1949 6 87 62 87 55 0 20 31 0 0 0 5 0 1 6 18 22 0 0.2 $
Kip Young 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 29, 1954 2 13 7 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
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
1

Lou Whitaker
2

Phil Mankowski
3

Alan Trammell
4

Aurelio Rodriguez
5

Mark Wagner
8

Ron LeFlore
9

Dave Machemer
10

Rusty Staub
12

Milt May
Ed Putman
13

Lance Parrish
14

John Wockenfuss
16

Tom Brookens
18

John Hiller
19

Dave Rozema
20

Mark Fidrych
21

Al Greene
22

Dave Stegman
23

Kirk Gibson
24

Champ Summers
25

Tim Corcoran
27

Jerry Morales
29

Aurelio Lopez
30

Jason Thompson
31

Steve Baker
32

Rick Peters
Bruce Taylor
33

Steve Kemp
34

Dan Gonzales
35

Lynn Jones
36

Fernando Arroyo
37

Kip Young
38

Dave Tobik
39

Milt Wilcox
40

Pat Underwood
41

Jack Billingham
42

Sheldon Burnside
43

Mike Chris
44

Kip Young
46

Dan Petry
47

Jack Morris
48

Bruce Robbins

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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