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1979 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
85-76, Finished 5th in AL East
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Scored 770 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-77
Manager: Les Moss (27-26), Dick Tracewski (2-0) and Sparky Anderson (56-50)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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 27 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 21, 1952 4 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Baker 22 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 30, 1956 2 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Billingham 36 R R 6' 4" 215 Feb 21, 1943 12 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Brookens 25 R R 5' 10" 170 Aug 10, 1953 1st 60 56 60 60 0 0 0 19 42 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Sheldon Burnside 24 R L 6' 5" 200 Dec 22, 1954 2 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Chris 21 L L 6' 3" 180 Oct 8, 1957 1st 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 1 4 3
Mark Fidrych 24 R R 6' 3" 175 Aug 14, 1954 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
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 14 10 0
John Hiller 36 R L 6' 0" 195 Apr 8, 1943 14 43 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 84 0 11 8
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 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
Aurelio Lopez 30 R R 6' 0" 220 Sep 21, 1948 3 61 0 2 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Machemer 28 R R 180 May 24, 1951 2 19 8 19 12 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9
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 0 13 1
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
Jerry Morales 30 R R 5' 10" 175 Feb 18, 1949 11 129 111 129 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 22 87 119 5 13 2
Jack Morris 24 R R 6' 3" 200 May 16, 1955 3 28 0 2 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lance Parrish 23 R R 6' 3" 220 Jun 15, 1956 3 143 135 143 142 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
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
Dan Petry 20 R R 6' 4" 200 Nov 13, 1958 1st 15 0 1 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Bruce Robbins 19 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 10, 1959 1st 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
Dave Rozema 22 R R 6' 4" 200 Aug 5, 1956 3 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rusty Staub 35 L R 6' 2" 200 Apr 1, 1944 17 68 66 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 2 0
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
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 9 17 1
Bruce Taylor 26 R R 6' 0" 178 Apr 16, 1953 3 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Thompson 24 L L 6' 3" 210 Jul 6, 1954 4 145 130 145 140 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0
Dave Tobik 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 2, 1953 2 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Trammell 21 R R 6' 0" 175 Feb 21, 1958 3 142 138 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pat Underwood 22 L L 6' 0" 175 Feb 9, 1957 1st 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Wagner 25 R R 6' 1" 175 Mar 4, 1954 4 75 44 75 71 0 0 0 29 2 41 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
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
Milt Wilcox 29 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 20, 1950 9 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 13 22 0
Kip Young 24 R R 5' 11" 175 Oct 29, 1954 2 13 0 1 13 13 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

1978 / 1980 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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