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Owner(s) | John Fetzer |
Manager(s) | Ralph Houk |
Local television | WWJ-TV (George Kell, Mike Barry, Joe Pellegrino, Al Kaline) |
Local radio | WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey) |
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The 1978 Detroit Tigers finished in fifth place in the American League East with a record of 88-74, 13½ games behind the Yankees. They outscored their opponents 714 to 653.
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Offseason[edit]
- January 10, 1978: Chris Codiroli was drafted by the Tigers in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft.[1]
- January 30, 1978: Tito Fuentes was purchased from the Tigers by the Montreal Expos.[2]
Regular season[edit]
The Tigers drew 1,714,893 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1978, ranking 5th of the 14 teams in the American League.
Season standings[edit]
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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New York Yankees | 100 | 63 | .613 | -- |
Boston Red Sox | 99 | 64 | .607 | 1 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 93 | 69 | .574 | 6.5 |
Baltimore Orioles | 90 | 71 | .559 | 9 |
Detroit Tigers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 13.5 |
Cleveland Indians | 69 | 90 | .434 | 29 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 59 | 102 | .366 | 40 |
Notable transactions[edit]
- June 6, 1978: 1978 Major League Baseball Draft
- Kirk Gibson was drafted by the Tigers in the 1st round (12th pick).[3]
- Jerry Ujdur was drafted by the Tigers in the 4th round.[4]
Roster[edit]
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Other batters
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Manager
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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 | May, MiltMilt May | 105 | 352 | 88 | .250 | 10 | 37 |
1B | Thompson, JasonJason Thompson | 153 | 589 | 169 | .287 | 26 | 79 |
2B | Whitaker, LouLou Whitaker | 139 | 484 | 138 | .285 | 3 | 58 |
3B | Rodríguez, AurelioAurelio Rodríguez | 134 | 385 | 102 | .265 | 7 | 43 |
SS | Trammell, AlanAlan Trammell | 139 | 448 | 120 | .268 | 2 | 34 |
LF | Kemp, SteveSteve Kemp | 159 | 582 | 161 | .277 | 15 | 79 |
CF | LeFlore, RonRon LeFlore | 155 | 666 | 198 | .297 | 12 | 62 |
RF | Corcoran, TimTim Corcoran | 116 | 324 | 86 | .265 | 1 | 27 |
DH | Staub, RustyRusty Staub | 162 | 642 | 175 | .273 | 24 | 121 |
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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Parrish, LanceLance Parrish | 85 | 288 | 63 | .219 | 14 | 41 |
Mankowski, PhilPhil Mankowski | 88 | 222 | 61 | .275 | 4 | 20 |
Wockenfuss, JohnJohn Wockenfuss | 71 | 187 | 53 | .283 | 7 | 22 |
Stanley, MickeyMickey Stanley | 53 | 151 | 40 | .265 | 3 | 8 |
Dillard, SteveSteve Dillard | 56 | 130 | 29 | .223 | 0 | 7 |
Wagner, MarkMark Wagner | 39 | 109 | 26 | .239 | 0 | 6 |
Spikes, CharlieCharlie Spikes | 10 | 28 | 7 | .250 | 0 | 2 |
Stegman, DaveDave Stegman | 8 | 14 | 4 | .286 | 1 | 3 |
Pitching[edit]
Starting pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Slaton, JimJim Slaton | 35 | 233.2 | 17 | 11 | 4.12 | 92 |
Wilcox, MiltMilt Wilcox | 29 | 215.1 | 13 | 12 | 3.76 | 132 |
Rozema, DaveDave Rozema | 28 | 209.1 | 9 | 12 | 3.14 | 57 |
Billingham, JackJack Billingham | 30 | 201.2 | 15 | 8 | 3.88 | 59 |
Young, KipKip Young | 14 | 105.2 | 6 | 7 | 2.81 | 49 |
Fidrych, MarkMark Fidrych | 3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2.45 | 10 |
Other pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Morris, JackJack Morris | 28 | 106 | 3 | 5 | 4.33 | 48 |
Sykes, BobBob Sykes | 22 | 93.2 | 6 | 6 | 3.94 | 58 |
Baker, SteveSteve Baker | 15 | 63.1 | 2 | 4 | 4.55 | 39 |
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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Hiller, JohnJohn Hiller | 51 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 46 | 2.34 | 74 |
Foucault, SteveSteve Foucault | 24 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3.13 | 18 |
Crawford, JimJim Crawford | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4.35 | 24 |
Glynn, EdEd Glynn | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.07 | 9 |
Tobik, DaveDave Tobik | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.75 | 11 |
Arroyo, FernandoFernando Arroyo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.31 | 1 |
Burnside, SheldonSheldon Burnside | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 3 |
Taylor, BruceBruce Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 |
Awards and honors[edit]
- AL Rookie of the Year Award
- Tiger of the Year Award, from Detroit baseball writers
All-Stars[edit]
Jason Thompson, reserve
League top ten finishers[edit]
- #3 in AL in bases on balls (97)
- #4 in AL in times on base (259)
- #5 in AL in games played (159)
- MLB leader in runs scored (126)
- AL leader in stolen bases (68)
- AL leader in singles (153)
- #2 in AL in hits (198)
- #2 in AL in runs created (105)
- #2 in MLB in at bats (666)
- #2 in MLB in plate appearances (741)
- #3 in MLB in times on base (267)
- #3 in AL in outs (501)
- #4 in AL in Power/Speed Number (20.4)
- #5 in AL in times caught stealing (16)
- #5 in MLB in bases on balls per 9 innings pitched (1.76)
- #4 in AL in hit batsemen (8)
- #5 in AL in wild pitches (10)
- #2 in MLB in RBIs (121)
- #2 in MLB in games played (162)
- #2 in AL in sacrifice flies (11)
- #2 in AL in at bats per strikeout (18.3)
- #2 in AL in outs (505)
- #3 in AL in at bats (642)
- #3 in MLB in plate appearances (734)
- #3 in MLB in times grounded into double plays (24)
- #4 in AL total bases (279)
- #5 in AL in hits (175)
- #5 in AL in times on base (254)
- #4 in AL in runs created (104)
- #5 in AL in total bases (278)
- #4 in AL in hit batsemen (8)
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 (played 12 games as a rookie)
- Lou Whitaker: 13th best second baseman of all time (played 11 games as a rookie)
- Alan Trammell: 9th best shortstop of all time (played 19 games as a rookie)
- Aurelio Rodríguez: 91st best third baseman of all time
- Ron LeFlore: 80th best center fielder of all time
Farm system[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- 1978 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics
- Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
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