1980 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | John Fetzer | |
General managers | Jim Campbell | |
Managers | Sparky Anderson | |
Television | WDIV-TV (George Kell, Al Kaline) | |
Radio | WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey) | |
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The 1980 Detroit Tigers finished in fifth place in the American League East with a record of 84–78, 19 games behind the Yankees. They outscored their opponents 830 to 757. The Tigers drew 1,785,293 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1980, ranking 7th of the 14 teams in the American League. This was Sparky Anderson's first full season as Tigers manager.
Offseason
[edit]- December 7, 1979: Ron LeFlore was traded by the Tigers to the Montreal Expos for Dan Schatzeder.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 103 | 59 | .636 | — | 53–28 | 50–31 |
Baltimore Orioles | 100 | 62 | .617 | 3 | 50–31 | 50–31 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 17 | 40–42 | 46–34 |
Boston Red Sox | 83 | 77 | .519 | 19 | 36–45 | 47–32 |
Detroit Tigers | 84 | 78 | .519 | 19 | 43–38 | 41–40 |
Cleveland Indians | 79 | 81 | .494 | 23 | 44–35 | 35–46 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 67 | 95 | .414 | 36 | 35–46 | 32–49 |
Boston's record of 83–77 has a fractionally better winning percentage than Detroit's record of 84–78; .51875 and .51851, respectively.
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 8–5 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 10–2 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 11–2 |
Boston | 5–8 | — | 9–3 | 6–4 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 |
California | 2–10 | 3–9 | — | 3–10 | 4–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 2–10 | 3–10 | 11–2 | 11–2 | 3–9 |
Chicago | 6–6 | 4–6 | 10–3 | — | 5–7 | 2–10 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7–2 | 5–7 |
Cleveland | 7–6 | 6–7 | 6–4 | 7–5 | — | 3–10 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
Detroit | 3–10 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 10–3 | — | 2–10 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 10–2–1 | 4–8 | 9–4 |
Kansas City | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 10–2 | — | 6–6 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 9–3 |
Milwaukee | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 7–5 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 5–8 |
Minnesota | 2–10 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 5–7 | — | 4–8 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 |
New York | 6–7 | 10–3 | 10–2 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 8–4 | — | 8–4 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 10–3 |
Oakland | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 |
Seattle | 6–6 | 5–7 | 2–11 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 2–10–1 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 5–8 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 |
Texas | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–11 | 7–6–2 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 3–10 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 9–4 | — | 7–5 |
Toronto | 2–11 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 3–9 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- June 2, 1980: Al Greene and John Martin were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Lentine.[2]
- June 3, 1980: Chuck Hensley was drafted by the Tigers in the 10th round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.[3]
- June 6, 1980: Bárbaro Garbey was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.[4]
- September 21, 1980: Roger Mason was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.[5]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Lance Parrish | 144 | 553 | 158 | .286 | 24 | 82 |
1B | Richie Hebner | 104 | 341 | 99 | .290 | 12 | 82 |
2B | Lou Whitaker | 145 | 477 | 111 | .233 | 1 | 45 |
3B | Tom Brookens | 151 | 509 | 140 | .275 | 10 | 66 |
SS | Alan Trammell | 146 | 560 | 168 | .300 | 9 | 65 |
LF | Steve Kemp | 135 | 508 | 149 | .293 | 21 | 101 |
CF | Rick Peters | 133 | 477 | 139 | .291 | 2 | 42 |
RF | Al Cowens | 108 | 403 | 113 | .280 | 5 | 42 |
DH | Champ Summers | 120 | 347 | 103 | .297 | 17 | 60 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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John Wockenfuss | 126 | 372 | 102 | .274 | 16 | 65 |
Kirk Gibson | 51 | 175 | 46 | .263 | 9 | 16 |
Jim Lentine | 67 | 161 | 42 | .261 | 1 | 17 |
Tim Corcoran | 84 | 153 | 44 | .288 | 3 | 18 |
Dave Stegman | 65 | 130 | 23 | .177 | 2 | 9 |
Jason Thompson | 36 | 126 | 27 | .214 | 4 | 20 |
Stan Papi | 46 | 114 | 27 | .237 | 3 | 17 |
Duffy Dyer | 48 | 108 | 20 | .185 | 4 | 11 |
Mark Wagner | 45 | 72 | 17 | .236 | 0 | 3 |
Lynn Jones | 30 | 55 | 14 | .255 | 0 | 6 |
Dan Gonzales | 2 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jack Morris | 36 | 250.0 | 16 | 15 | 4.18 | 112 |
Milt Wilcox | 32 | 198.2 | 13 | 11 | 4.48 | 97 |
Dan Schatzeder | 32 | 192.2 | 11 | 13 | 4.02 | 94 |
Dan Petry | 27 | 164.2 | 10 | 9 | 3.94 | 88 |
Mark Fidrych | 9 | 44.1 | 2 | 3 | 5.68 | 16 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dave Rozema | 42 | 144.2 | 6 | 9 | 3.92 | 49 |
Roger Weaver | 19 | 63.2 | 3 | 0 | 4.10 | 42 |
Bruce Robbins | 15 | 51.2 | 4 | 2 | 6.62 | 23 |
Jerry Ujdur | 9 | 21.1 | 1 | 0 | 7.59 | 8 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | GF | ERA | SO |
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Aurelio López | 67 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 59 | 3.77 | 97 |
Pat Underwood | 49 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 3.59 | 60 |
Dave Tobik | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.98 | 34 |
John Hiller | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.40 | 18 |
Jack Billingham | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.36 | 3 |
Awards and honors
[edit]- Lance Parrish, AL Silver Slugger Award, catcher
- Alan Trammell, AL Gold Glove Award, shortstop
- Alan Trammell, Tiger of the Year Award, from Detroit sportswriters
All Star selections
[edit]- Lance Parrish, AL All Star Team, catcher
- Alan Trammell, AL All Star Team, shortstop
League top ten finishers
[edit]- #2 in MLB in time grounded into double plays (24)
- #5 in AL in sacrifice flies
- #3 in AL in games (67)
- #3 in AL in games finished (59)
- #3 in AL in earned runs allowed (116)
- #4 in AL in games started (36)
- #10 in MLB in bases on balls allowed (87)
- #10 in MLB in losses (15)
- #2 in MLB in time grounded into double plays (24)
- #4 in AL in strikeouts (109)
- #10 in MLB in extra base hits (64)
- #5 in AL in runs scored (107)
- #6 in AL in sacrifice hits (13)
- #10 in MLB in complete games (13)
Players ranking among top 100 all time at position
[edit]The following members of the 1979 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001:
- Lance Parrish: 19th best catcher of all time
- Lou Whitaker: 13th best second baseman of all time
- Alan Trammell: 9th best shortstop of all time
Farm system
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jim Lentine at Baseball Reference
- ^ Chuck Hensley at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Bárbaro Garbey at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Roger Mason at Baseball Reference
References
[edit]- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
- 1980 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics at Baseball Reference