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1980 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 / 1981

84-78, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Sparky Anderson (84-78)
Scored 830 runs, Allowed 757 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,785,293 (7th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 102 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 106

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1979 / 1981 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
Jack Billingham 37 R R 6' 4" 195 Feb 21, 1943 13 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Tom Brookens 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Aug 10, 1953 2 151 137 151 147 0 0 0 9 138 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 2.5 $
Tim Corcoran 27 L L 5' 11" 175 Mar 19, 1953 4 84 36 84 66 0 0 48 0 0 0 7 0 11 18 5 25 1 0.2 $
Al Cowens 28 R R 6' 1" 197 Oct 25, 1951 7 108 106 108 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 107 1 2 0 0.9 $
Duffy Dyer 34 R R 6' 0" 187 Aug 15, 1945 13 48 34 48 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0 -0.7 $
Mark Fidrych 25 R R 6' 3" 175 Aug 14, 1954 5 10 10 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1.0 $
Kirk Gibson 23 L L 6' 3" 215 May 28, 1957 2 51 41 51 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 49 1 7 3 -0.2 $
Dan Gonzales 26 L R 6' 1" 195 Sep 30, 1953 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 -0.1 $
Richie Hebner 32 L R 6' 1" 195 Nov 26, 1947 13 104 88 104 90 0 0 61 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 5 16 0 2.3 $
John Hiller 37 R L 6' 1" 185 Apr 8, 1943 15 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Lynn Jones 27 R R 5' 9" 175 Jan 1, 1953 2 30 16 30 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 9 17 6 5 5 0.3 $
Steve Kemp 25 L L 6' 0" 195 Aug 7, 1954 4 135 128 135 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 0 0 85 46 7 0 3.5 $210,000
Jim Lentine 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 16, 1954 3 67 46 67 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 10 6 56 8 8 4 0.5 $
Aurelio Lopez 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 21, 1948 4 67 1 1 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Jack Morris 25 R R 6' 3" 195 May 16, 1955 4 44 36 8 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 3.0 $
Stan Papi 29 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 4, 1951 5 46 31 46 45 0 0 1 30 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.3 $
Lance Parrish 24 R R 6' 3" 210 Jun 15, 1956 4 144 137 144 126 0 121 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 16 5 0 3.1 $95,000 All-Star
Rick Peters 24 B R 5' 9" 170 Nov 21, 1955 2 133 110 133 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 97 5 110 11 14 8 1.9 $
Dan Petry 21 R R 6' 4" 185 Nov 13, 1958 2 27 25 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $
Bruce Robbins 20 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 10, 1959 2 15 6 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Dave Rozema 23 R R 6' 4" 185 Aug 5, 1956 4 42 13 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Dan Schatzeder 25 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 1, 1954 4 32 26 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $
Dave Stegman 26 R R 5' 11" 190 Jan 30, 1954 3 65 38 65 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 27 21 63 2 7 7 -0.9 $
Champ Summers 34 L R 6' 2" 205 Jun 15, 1946 7 120 86 120 48 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 0 26 47 64 33 0 2.2 $
Jason Thompson 25 L L 6' 4" 200 Jul 6, 1954 5 36 33 36 36 0 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
Dave Tobik 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 2, 1953 3 17 1 1 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Alan Trammell 22 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 21, 1958 4 146 140 146 144 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5.0 $130,000 All-Star
Jerry Ujdur 23 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 5, 1957 1st 9 2 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Pat Underwood 23 L L 6' 0" 175 Feb 9, 1957 2 49 7 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Mark Wagner 26 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 4, 1954 5 45 23 45 43 0 0 0 6 9 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.8 $
Roger Weaver 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 6, 1954 1st 19 6 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Lou Whitaker 23 L R 5' 11" 160 May 12, 1957 4 145 130 145 143 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 1.5 $130,000
Milt Wilcox 30 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 20, 1950 10 33 32 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.1 $
John Wockenfuss 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 27, 1949 7 126 104 126 93 0 26 52 0 0 0 21 0 2 23 28 22 0 1.8 $
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

Lou Whitaker

Richie Hebner

Alan Trammell

Mark Wagner

Stan Papi

Al Cowens

Lance Parrish

John Wockenfuss

Duffy Dyer

Tom Brookens

John Hiller

Dave Rozema

Mark Fidrych

Dave Stegman

Kirk Gibson

Champ Summers

Tim Corcoran

Jim Lentine

Jerry Ujdur

Aurelio Lopez

Jason Thompson

Rick Peters

Steve Kemp

Dan Gonzales

Lynn Jones

Dan Schatzeder

Dave Tobik

Milt Wilcox

Pat Underwood

Jack Billingham

Bruce Robbins
Roger Weaver

Dan Petry

Jack Morris

Bruce Robbins
Roger Weaver

1979 / 1981 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers