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1979 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980) 85-76, Finished 5th in AL Eastern Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 770 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-77 Managed by Les Moss, Dick Tracewski, and Sparky Anderson Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com) Attendance: 1,630,929 (7th of 14) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 95   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 Stats (1978/1980) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Lance Parrish       23  143  493   65  136  26  3  19   65  49  105  .276  .343  .456   6   7  15   2   3   1   2  112
1B *Jason Thompson      24  145  492   58  121  16  1  20   79  70   90  .246  .338  .404   2   0  15   1   1   5   8   98
2B *Lou Whitaker        22  127  423   75  121  14  8   3   42  78   66  .286  .395  .378  20  10  10   1  14   4   2  108
3B  Aurelio Rodriguez   31  106  343   27   87  18  0   5   36  11   40  .254  .277  .350   0   2   9   1   5   3   0   66
SS  Alan Trammell       21  142  460   68  127  11  4   6   50  43   55  .276  .335  .357  17  14   6   0  12   5   0   85
LF *Steve Kemp          24  134  490   88  156  26  3  26  105  68   70  .318  .398  .543   5   6  13   2   2   8   2  149
CF  Ron LeFlore         31  148  600  110  180  22 10   9   57  52   95  .300  .355  .415  78  14  16   0   0   2   2  105
RF  Jerry Morales       30  129  440   50   93  23  1  14   56  30   56  .211  .260  .364  10   4  15   2   2   8   0   65
DH *Rusty Staub         35   68  246   32   58  12  1   9   40  32   18  .236  .331  .402   1   0   9   5   1   4   1   95
   *Champ Summers       33   90  246   47   77  12  1  20   51  40   33  .313  .414  .614   7   6   4   3   0   1   4  171
    John Wockenfuss     30   87  231   27   61   9  1  15   46  18   40  .264  .320  .506   2   2   9   2   1   2   0  117
    Lynn Jones          26   95  213   33   63   8  0   4   26  17   22  .296  .349  .390   9   6   5   1   1   1   0   97
    Tom Brookens        25   60  190   23   50   5  2   4   21  11   40  .263  .309  .374  10   3   3   2   4   1   0   82
    Mark Wagner         25   75  146   16   40   3  0   1   13  16   25  .274  .341  .315   3   2   2   0   7   2   0   77
   *Phil Mankowski      26   42   99   11   22   4  0   0    8  10   16  .222  .286  .263   0   0   3   0   1   3   4   48
   *Al Greene           24   29   59    9    8   1  0   3    6  10   15  .136  .257  .305   0   1   1   0   0   1   1   50
    Ed Putman           25   21   39    4    9   3  0   2    4   4   12  .231  .302  .462   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  101
   *Kirk Gibson         22   12   38    3    9   3  0   1    4   1    3  .237  .256  .395   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   71
    Dave Stegman        25   12   31    6    6   0  0   3    5   2    3  .194  .242  .484   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   89
    Dave Machemer       28   19   26    8    5   1  0   0    2   3    2  .192  .276  .231   0   3   0   0   1   0   0   37
   *Tim Corcoran        26   18   22    4    5   1  0   0    6   4    2  .227  .333  .273   1   1   1   0   0   1   1   64
   #Rick Peters         23   12   19    3    5   0  0   0    2   5    3  .263  .417  .263   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   87
   *Dan Gonzales        25    7   18    1    4   1  0   0    2   0    2  .222  .222  .278   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   33
   *Milt May            28    6   11    1    3   2  0   0    3   1    1  .273  .333  .455   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  108

    Jack Morris         24    2    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.6  161 5375  770 1446 221 35 164  729 575  814  .269  .340  .415 176  86 140  22  56  52  28  100
    Rank among 14 AL teams        12    5    9  12  7   4        4    3     8     6     6   2   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Milt Wilcox         29  33   4.35  12  10  0  29   1   7   0  196.3  201  105   95  18   73  109  854   4  11  0   8 100
SP  Jack Morris         24  27   3.28  17   7  0  27   0   9   1  197.7  179   76   72  19   59  113  806   9   4  1   4 133
SP  Jack Billingham     36  35   3.30  10   7  3  19  11   2   0  158.0  163   74   58  13   60   59  668   6   7  0  11 132
SP  Dave Rozema         22  16   3.51   4   4  0  16   0   4   1   97.3  101   52   38  12   30   33  424   2   6  0   2 124
SP  Dan Petry           20  15   3.95   6   5  0  15   0   2   0   98.0   90   46   43  11   33   43  401   3   4  1   5 110
SP *Pat Underwood       22  27   4.59   6   4  0  15   4   1   0  121.7  126   64   62  17   29   83  508   3   2  0   1  95
SP  Steve Baker         22  21   6.64   1   7  1  12   2   0   0   84.0   97   63   62  13   51   54  392   7   6  2   2  66
SP *Mike Chris          21  13   6.92   3   3  0   8   3   0   0   39.0   46   30   30   3   21   31  179   2   0  0   0  63
SP *Bruce Robbins       19  10   3.91   3   3  0   8   0   0   0   46.0   45   21   20   3   21   22  194   4   0  0   0 111
SP  Kip Young           24  13   6.39   2   2  0   7   3   0   0   43.7   60   32   31  11   11   22  200   0   1  0   0  68

CL  Aurelio Lopez       30  61   2.41  10   5 21   0  49   0   0  127.0   95   37   34  12   51  106  519   3   3  0   3 181
RP *John Hiller         36  43   5.22   4   7  9   0  30   0   0   79.3   83   47   46  14   55   46  372   4   0  0   7  84
RP  Dave Tobik          26  37   4.33   3   5  3   0  19   0   0   68.7   59   34   33  12   25   48  287   4   0  0   5 101
RP *Sheldon Burnside    24  10   6.33   1   1  0   0   2   0   0   21.3   28   16   15   2    8   13   96   0   1  0   2  69
RP  Bruce Taylor        26  10   4.82   1   2  0   0   8   0   0   18.7   16   13   10   1    7    8   81   0   2  0   2  90

    Mark Fidrych        24   4  10.43   0   3  0   4   0   0   0   14.7   23   17   17   3    9    5   73   0   1  0   2  42
    Fernando Arroyo     27   6   8.25   1   1  0   0   3   0   0   12.0   17   11   11   3    4    7   57   0   0  0   2  53
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.3 161   4.27  85  76 37 161 136  25   5 1423.0 1429  738  675 167  547  802 6111  51  48  4  56 102
    Rank among 14 AL teams          8   6   9  2          14  13     12    4    7       14    8    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- LParrish 1178 135 142 707 79 9 10 .989 21 38 69 57 JWockenfuss 148 18 20 109 8 2 0 .983 2 9 18 6 EPutman 72 5 16 40 4 0 0 1.000 1 3 5 2 MMay 25 2 5 19 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 5 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1423 161 161 875 92 11 10 .989 24 51 97 65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JThompson 1157 128 140 1176 91 8 135 .994 9.85 JWockenfuss 193 25 31 205 18 1 22 .996 10.40 EPutman 28 3 5 35 3 1 5 .974 12.21 TCorcoran 22 2 5 35 1 0 2 1.000 14.73 CSummers 22 2 4 23 1 0 1 1.000 9.82 ARodriguez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1423 161 161 1474 114 10 165 .994 10.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LWhitaker 1017 114 126 280 369 9 103 .986 5.74 MWagner 201 22 29 57 63 5 10 .960 5.37 TBrookens 135 17 19 37 42 3 10 .963 5.27 DMachemer 67 7 11 15 20 1 6 .972 4.70 RPeters 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1423 161 161 390 494 18 129 .980 5.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *3.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ARodriguez 841 97 106 72 211 13 23 .956 3.03 TBrookens 338 38 42 39 99 8 11 .945 3.67 PMankowski 226 22 36 22 56 3 6 .963 3.11 RPeters 16 3 3 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 MWagner 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1423 161 161 133 366 26 40 .950 3.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ATrammell 1182 138 142 245 388 26 99 .961 4.82 MWagner 241 22 41 31 83 3 18 .974 4.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1423 161 161 276 471 29 117 .963 4.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SKemp 1020 114 117 225 12 6 2 .975 2.09 JMorales 141 16 18 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.04 LJones 110 13 18 26 1 1 1 .964 2.21 KGibson 63 7 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 JWockenfuss 34 5 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 AGreene 27 3 4 13 0 0 0 1.000 4.33 TCorcoran 13 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 DMachemer 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 RPeters 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 CSummers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1423 161 161 321 13 7 3 .979 2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RLeFlore 938 112 113 292 6 4 3 .987 2.86 LJones 252 24 43 78 1 1 0 .987 2.81 JMorales 147 15 22 40 2 0 0 1.000 2.57 DStegman 80 9 11 34 0 0 0 1.000 3.83 KGibson 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1423 161 161 445 9 5 3 .989 2.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMorales 669 75 87 129 3 2 2 .985 1.77 CSummers 502 60 68 89 3 1 0 .989 1.65 LJones 150 15 26 41 1 1 0 .977 2.52 DGonzales 26 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 SKemp 24 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 TCorcoran 17 1 6 8 1 0 0 1.000 4.76 KGibson 15 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60 DStegman 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 JWockenfuss 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 AGreene 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1423 161 161 280 8 4 2 .986 1.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.46 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- SKemp 1044 117 120 229 12 6 2 .976 2.08 JMorales 958 106 119 206 6 3 2 .986 1.99 RLeFlore 938 112 113 293 6 3 3 .990 2.87 LJones 512 52 84 142 3 3 1 .980 2.55 CSummers 503 60 69 87 3 1 0 .989 1.61 DStegman 89 10 12 35 0 0 0 1.000 3.54 KGibson 83 8 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.63 JWockenfuss 42 6 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.86 TCorcoran 30 2 9 10 1 0 0 1.000 3.30 AGreene 29 3 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 4.34 DGonzales 26 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 DMachemer 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 RPeters 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1423 161 161 1044 31 16 8 .985 2.27 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMorris 197 27 27 14 23 2 3 .949 1.68 MWilcox 196 29 33 10 41 0 7 1.000 2.34 JBillingham 158 19 35 6 21 2 3 .931 1.54 ALopez 127 0 61 9 15 1 1 .960 1.70 PUnderwood 121 15 27 1 15 1 0 .941 1.18 DPetry 98 15 15 9 11 2 0 .909 1.84 DRozema 97 16 16 7 17 1 1 .960 2.22 SBaker 84 12 21 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.18 JHiller 79 0 43 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.59 DTobik 68 0 37 5 5 0 1 1.000 1.31 BRobbins 46 8 10 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.17 KYoung 43 7 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.68 MChris 39 8 13 1 8 0 0 1.000 2.08 SBurnside 21 0 10 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.69 BTaylor 18 0 10 2 3 1 1 .833 2.41 MFidrych 14 4 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.84 FArroyo 12 0 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1423 161 161 78 199 10 20 .965 1.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- RStaub 66 RLeFlore 34 JWockenfuss 18 AGreene 15 SKemp 11 CSummers 10 JMorales 7 LJones 6 RPeters 3 TCorcoran 2 JThompson 2 TBrookens 1 DGonzales 1 DMachemer 1 PMankowski 1 JMorris 1 MWagner 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Kemp .318 On-base % Kemp .398 Slugging % Kemp .543 OPS Kemp .941 Games LeFlore 148 At Bats LeFlore 600 Plate Appearances (approx.) LeFlore 654 Runs LeFlore 110 Hits LeFlore 180 Total Bases Kemp 266 Doubles Kemp and Parrish 26 Triples LeFlore 10 Home Runs Kemp 26 RBI Kemp 105 Bases on Balls Whitaker 78 Strikeouts Parrish 105 Stolen Bases LeFlore 78 Singles LeFlore 139 Adjusted OPS+ Kemp 149 Runs Created Kemp 106 Adjusted Batting Runs Kemp 36 Batting Wins Kemp 3.4 Extra-Base Hits Kemp 55 Times on Base LeFlore 232 Offensive Win% Kemp .715 Hit By Pitch Staub 5 Sac. Hits Whitaker 14 Sac. Flies Kemp and Morales 8 Intentional Walks Thompson 8 Grounded into Double Plays LeFlore 16 Caught Stealing LeFlore and Trammell 14 Power/Speed Number LeFlore 16.1 At Bats per Strikeout Trammell 8.4 At Bats per Home Run Kemp 18.8 Outs LeFlore 452

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Morris 3.28 Wins Morris 17 Won-Loss % Morris .708 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Morris 1.204 Hits Allowed/9IP Morris 8.15 Bases on Balls/9IP Morris 2.69 Strikeouts/9IP Morris 5.15 Games Lopez 61 Saves Lopez 21 Innings Morris 197.7 Strikeouts Morris 113 Games Started Wilcox 29 Comp. Games Morris 9 Shutouts Morris and Rozema 1 Home Runs Allow. Morris 19 Bases On Balls Allow. Wilcox 73 Hits Allowed Wilcox 201 SO to Walk Morris 1.92 Losses Wilcox 10 Earned Runs Allow. Wilcox 95 Wild Pitches Morris 9 Hit Batsmen Wilcox 11 Batters Faced Wilcox 854 Games Finished Lopez 49 Adjusted ERA+ Morris 133

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