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1980 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979/1981)
84-78, Finished 4th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 830 runs, Allowed 757 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74
Managed by Sparky Anderson

Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,785,293 (7th of 14)
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Batting - 102, Pitching - 102
  (one-year): Batting - 107, Pitching - 106
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1979/1981) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 21, 1979

Sold Kip Young to the Seattle Mariners.

December 3, 1979

Traded Rusty Staub to the Montreal Expos. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Montreal Expos sent Randy Schafer (minors) (December 3, 1979) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

December 4, 1979

Sold Fred Holdsworth to the Milwaukee Brewers.

December 5, 1979

Traded Fernando Arroyo to the Minnesota Twins. Received Jeff Holly.

December 7, 1979

Traded Ron LeFlore to the Montreal Expos. Received Dan Schatzeder.

Sold Aurelio Rodriguez to the San Diego Padres for $200,000.

January 11, 1980

Drafted Mike Laga in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.

Drafted Randy Hunt in the 5th round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

March 15, 1980

Traded Jerry Manuel to the Montreal Expos. Received Duffy Dyer.

April 28, 1980 (Standings)

Signed George Cappuzzello as a free agent.

May 12, 1980 (Standings)

Sent Jack Billingham to the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

May 27, 1980 (Standings)

Traded Jason Thompson to the California Angels. Received Al Cowens.

May 28, 1980 (Standings)

Purchased Mike Macha from the Toronto Blue Jays.

May 29, 1980 (Standings)

Purchased Stan Papi from the Philadelphia Phillies.

June 2, 1980 (Standings)

Traded John Martin and Al Greene to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Jim Lentine.

June 3, 1980 (Standings)

Drafted Glenn Wilson in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1980.

Drafted Bob Sebra in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

Drafted Chuck Hensley in the 10th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

Drafted Dwight Lowry in the 11th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

Drafted Ron Mathis in the 30th round of the 1980 amateur draft.

June 6, 1980 (Standings)

Sold Steve Baker to the Toronto Blue Jays.

Signed Barbaro Garbey as an amateur free agent.

June 10, 1980 (Standings)

Traded Dan Gonzales and Ed Putnam (minors) to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Larry Johnson, Larry Anderson, and Bill Presley (minors).

September 21, 1980 (Standings)

Signed Roger Mason as an amateur free agent.

November 4, 1980

Signed Dave Gumpert as an amateur free agent.

December 8, 1980

Drafted Larry Rothschild from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1980 rule 5 draft.

December 10, 1980

Traded Mark Wagner to the Texas Rangers. Received Kevin Saucier.

December 12, 1980

Traded Dave Stegman to the San Diego Padres. Received Dennis Kinney.

January 13, 1981

Drafted Bob Melvin in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

Drafted Mike Sharperson in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

March 24, 1981

Purchased Bill Fahey from the San Diego Padres.

March 29, 1981

Released Jim Lentine.

April 1, 1981

Purchased Mick Kelleher from the Chicago Cubs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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