1978 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 86-76
Finished 5th in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 1,714,893, Avg. 22,564
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium
Manager: Ralph Houk (86-76)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1978 Detroit Tigers Roster
1978 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1978 season with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the AL's East Division.

The Tigers scored 714 runs and surrendered 653 runs. Jason Thompson led Detroit with 26 home runs, while Rusty Staub and Steve Kemp walloped 20 or more also. Rusty Staub drove in 121 runs. Ron LeFlore paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .297. Jim Slaton topped the team with 17 wins, and Jack Billingham also added 15 or more victories also Dave Rozema recorded a 3.14 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Ralph Houk coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Jim Slaton	17	11	.607	4.12	35	34	0	11	2	0	233.7	235	117	107	27	85	1	92	8	1	10	1003
Jack Billingham	15	8	.652	3.88	30	30	0	10	4	0	201.7	218	95	87	16	65	2	59	8	0	6	857
Milt Wilcox	13	12	.520	3.76	29	27	0	16	2	0	215.3	208	94	90	22	68	2	132	8	0	6	907
John Hiller	9	4	.692	2.34	51	0	46	0	0	15	92.3	64	27	24	6	35	4	74	0	0	3	363
Dave Rozema	9	12	.429	3.14	28	28	0	11	2	0	209.3	205	83	73	17	41	1	57	2	0	3	848
Bob Sykes	6	6	.500	3.94	22	10	6	3	2	2	93.7	99	43	41	14	34	0	58	1	0	1	400
Kip Young	6	7	.462	2.81	14	13	1	7	0	0	105.7	94	34	33	9	30	1	49	2	0	1	421
Jack Morris	3	5	.375	4.33	28	7	10	0	0	0	106.0	107	57	51	8	49	5	48	3	0	4	469
Mark Fidrych	2	0	1.000	2.45	3	3	0	2	0	0	22.0	17	6	6	1	5	0	10	0	0	0	85
Jim Crawford	2	3	.400	4.35	20	0	10	0	0	0	39.3	45	24	19	3	19	3	24	2	0	7	180
Steve Foucault	2	4	.333	3.13	24	0	15	0	0	4	37.3	48	18	13	1	21	4	18	1	1	1	177
Steve Baker	2	4	.333	4.55	15	10	1	0	0	0	63.3	66	37	32	6	42	0	39	0	0	6	289
Bruce Taylor	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Ed Glynn	0	0		3.07	10	0	6	0	0	0	14.7	11	5	5	3	4	0	9	0	0	0	60
Dave Tobik	0	0		3.75	5	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	12	5	5	1	3	0	11	0	0	0	49
Fernando Arroyo	0	0		8.31	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.3	8	4	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	21
Sheldon Burnside	0	0		9.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	4	4	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	18
Totals	86	76	.531	3.67	319	162	102	60	12	21	1455.7	1441	653	594	135	503	23	684	36	2	48	6150

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Ron LeFlore	155	741	666	126	198	30	3	12	62	68	16	65	104	.297	.361	.405	.766	270	11	4	1	5	7
Rusty Staub	162	734	642	75	175	30	1	24	121	3	1	76	35	.273	.347	.435	.782	279	24	3	2	11	5
Jason Thompson	153	669	589	79	169	25	3	26	96	0	0	74	96	.287	.364	.472	.836	278	11	0	1	5	3
Steve Kemp	159	686	582	75	161	18	4	15	79	2	3	97	87	.277	.379	.399	.778	232	9	1	3	3	3
Lou Whitaker	139	567	484	71	138	12	7	3	58	7	7	61	65	.285	.361	.357	.718	173	9	1	13	8	0
Alan Trammell	139	504	448	49	120	14	6	2	34	3	1	45	56	.268	.335	.339	.675	152	12	2	6	3	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	134	414	385	40	102	25	2	7	43	0	1	19	37	.265	.303	.395	.698	152	9	3	5	2	1
Milt May	105	387	352	24	88	9	0	10	37	0	0	27	26	.250	.305	.361	.666	127	13	2	4	2	3
Tim Corcoran	116	363	324	37	86	13	1	1	27	3	2	24	27	.265	.322	.321	.643	104	10	5	6	4	2
Lance Parrish	85	304	288	37	63	11	3	14	41	0	0	11	71	.219	.254	.424	.678	122	8	3	1	1	0
Phil Mankowski	88	250	222	28	61	8	0	4	20	2	3	22	28	.275	.344	.365	.709	81	10	2	3	1	3
John Wockenfuss	71	211	187	23	53	5	0	7	22	0	1	21	14	.283	.357	.422	.780	79	7	1	1	1	4
Mickey Stanley	53	160	151	15	40	9	0	3	8	0	1	9	19	.265	.306	.384	.690	58	3	0	0	0	0
Steve Dillard	56	143	130	21	29	5	2	0	7	1	2	6	11	.223	.257	.292	.550	38	5	0	7	0	0
Mark Wagner	39	117	109	10	26	1	2	0	6	1	0	3	11	.239	.272	.284	.556	31	3	2	3	0	0
Charlie Spikes	10	32	28	1	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	.250	.344	.286	.629	8	0	2	0	0	1
Dave Stegman	8	17	14	3	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.286	.313	.643	.955	9	1	0	1	1	0
Bob Sykes	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Tobik	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Milt Wilcox	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Slaton	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Baker	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Billingham	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Sheldon Burnside	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Crawford	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Fidrych	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Foucault	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Glynn	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
John Hiller	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Morris	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Fernando Arroyo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Rozema	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Kip Young	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1991	6299	5601	714	1520	218	34	129	666	90	38	563	695	.271	.339	.392	.730	2193	145	31	57	47	32

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Jason Thompson	1B	151	151	1353.7	1503	92	11	153	.993	1.605	1.563	0	0	0
Mickey Stanley	1B	12	11	102.0	126	8	0	8	1.000	11.824	11.167	0	0	0
Lou Whitaker	2B	136	124	1122.3	301	458	17	95	.978	6.086	5.581	0	0	0
Steve Dillard	2B	41	38	327.3	88	118	9	31	.958	5.664	5.024	0	0	0
Mark Wagner	2B	4	0	6.0	2	2	0	0	1.000	6.000	1.000	0	0	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	3B	131	85	920.3	79	228	4	20	.987	3.002	2.344	0	0	0
Phil Mankowski	3B	80	77	535.3	42	129	5	17	.972	2.875	2.138	0	0	0
Milt May	C	94	89	802.7	406	58	10	5	.979	5.203	4.936	5	55	35	38.9
Lance Parrish	C	79	73	653.0	353	39	5	5	.987	5.403	4.962	5	30	24	44.4
Steve Kemp	OF	157	156	1395.0	325	11	8	2	.977	2.168	2.140	0	0	0
Ron LeFlore	OF	155	155	1388.7	440	9	11	4	.976	2.910	2.897	0	0	0
Tim Corcoran	OF	109	87	807.7	186	6	3	4	.985	2.139	1.761	0	0	0
John Wockenfuss	OF	60	49	438.7	89	2	2	0	.978	1.867	1.517	0	0	0
Mickey Stanley	OF	34	25	232.0	47	1	2	0	.960	1.862	1.412	0	0	0
Charlie Spikes	OF	9	9	63.0	9	1	1	1	.909	1.429	1.111	0	0	0
Dave Stegman	OF	7	5	42.0	11	0	0	0	1.000	2.357	1.571	0	0	0
Jim Slaton	P	35	34	233.7	9	32	2	6	.953	1.579	1.171	0	0	0
Milt Wilcox	P	29	27	215.3	10	36	1	2	.979	1.923	1.586	0	0	0
Dave Rozema	P	28	28	209.3	17	29	0	0	1.000	1.978	1.643	0	0	0
Jack Billingham	P	30	30	201.7	9	30	1	0	.975	1.740	1.300	0	0	0
Jack Morris	P	28	7	106.0	5	15	2	3	.909	1.698	.714	0	0	0
Kip Young	P	14	13	105.7	4	10	1	1	.933	1.192	1.000	0	0	0
Bob Sykes	P	22	10	93.7	1	7	1	0	.889	.769	.364	0	0	0
John Hiller	P	51	0	92.3	1	9	0	0	1.000	.975	.196	0	0	0
Steve Baker	P	15	10	63.3	3	5	1	0	.889	1.137	.533	0	0	0
Jim Crawford	P	20	0	39.3	1	4	0	2	1.000	1.144	.250	0	0	0
Steve Foucault	P	24	0	37.3	2	4	2	0	.750	1.446	.250	0	0	0
Mark Fidrych	P	3	3	22.0	4	7	0	0	1.000	4.500	3.667	0	0	0
Ed Glynn	P	10	0	14.7	0	6	0	0	1.000	3.682	.600	0	0	0
Dave Tobik	P	5	0	12.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	.750	.200	0	0	0
Fernando Arroyo	P	2	0	4.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.077	.500	0	0	0
Sheldon Burnside	P	2	0	4.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Bruce Taylor	P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Alan Trammell	SS	139	135	1202.3	239	421	14	95	.979	4.940	4.748	0	0	0
Mark Wagner	SS	35	27	252.3	55	79	5	18	.964	4.779	3.829	0	0	0
Totals		1752	1458	13100.0	4367	1858	118	472	.981	4.277	3.553	10	85	59	41.0

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