1978 Detroit Tigers season

1978 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) John Fetzer
General manager(s) Jim Campbell
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.

Offseason

Regular season

The Tigers drew 1,714,893 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1978, ranking 5th of the 14 teams in the American League.

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 100 63 0.613 — 55–26 45–37
Boston Red Sox 99 64 0.607 1 59–23 40–41
Milwaukee Brewers 93 69 0.574 6½ 54–27 39–42
Baltimore Orioles 90 71 0.559 9 51–30 39–41
Detroit Tigers 86 76 0.531 13½ 47–34 39–42
Cleveland Indians 69 90 0.434 29 42–36 27–54
Toronto Blue Jays 59 102 0.366 40 37–44 22–58

Record vs. opponents

1978 American League Records

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 7–8 4–6 8–1 9–6 7–8 2–8 7–8 5–5 6–9 11–0 9–1 7–4 8–7
Boston 8–7 — 9–2 7–3 7–8 12–3 4–6 10–5 9–2 7–9 5–5 7–3 3–7 11–4
California 6–4 2–9 — 8–7 6–4 4–7 9–6 5–5 12–3 5–5 9–6 9–6 5–10 7–3
Chicago 1–8 3–7 7–8 — 8–2 2–9 8–7 4–7 8–7 1–9 7–8 7–8 11–4 4–6
Cleveland 6–9 8–7 4–6 2–8 — 5–10 5–6 5–10 5–5 6–9 4–6 8–1 1–9 10–4
Detroit 8–7 3–12 7–4 9–2 10–5 — 4–6 7–8 4–6 4–11 6–4 8–2 7–3 9–6
Kansas City 8–2 6–4 6–9 7–8 6–5 6–4 — 6–4 7–8 6–5 10–5 12–3 7–8 5–5
Milwaukee 8–7 5–10 5–5 7–4 10–5 8–7 4–6 — 4–7 10–5 9–1 5–5 6–4 12–3
Minnesota 5–5 2–9 3–12 7–8 5–5 6–4 8–7 7–4 — 3–7 9–6 6–9 6–9 6–4
New York 9–6 9–7 5–5 9–1 9–6 11–4 5–6 5–10 7–3 — 8–2 6–5 6–4 11–4
Oakland 0–11 5–5 6–9 8–7 6–4 4–6 5–10 1–9 6–9 2–8 — 13–2 6–9 7–4
Seattle 1–9 3–7 6–9 8–7 1–8 2–8 3–12 5–5 9–6 5–6 2–13 — 3–12 8–2
Texas 4–7 7–3 10–5 4–11 9–1 3–7 8–7 4–6 9–6 4–6 9–6 12–3 — 4–7
Toronto 7–8 4–11 3–7 6–4 4–10 6–9 5–5 3–12 4–6 4–11 4–7 2–8 7–4 —

Notable transactions

Roster

1978 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
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

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
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

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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

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
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

Lou Whitaker

Ron LeFlore

All-Stars

Jason Thompson, reserve

League top ten finishers

Steve Kemp

Ron LeFlore

Dave Rozema

Jim Slaton

Rusty Staub

Jason Thompson

Milt Wilcox

Players ranking among top 100 all time at position

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:

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Evansville Triplets American Association Les Moss
AA Montgomery Rebels Southern League Eddie Brinkman
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Jim Leyland
Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Joe Lewis

Notes

  1. ↑ Chris Codiroli at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Tito Fuentes at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Kirk Gibson at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Jerry Ujdur at Baseball-Reference

References

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