1979 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 85-76
Finished 5th in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 1,630,929, Avg. 21,746
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium
Manager: Les Moss (27-26)
Manager: Dick Tracewski (2-0)
Manager: Sparky Anderson (56-50)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1979 Detroit Tigers Roster
1979 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1979 season with a record of 85 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the AL's East Division.

The Tigers scored 770 runs and conceded 738 runs. Steve Kemp led Detroit with 26 home runs, while John Wockenfuss, Lance Parrish, Champ Summers and Jason Thompson each walloped 20 or more also. Steve Kemp drove in 105 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .318. Jack Morris paced the team with 17 wins and a team-best 3.28 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Les Moss, Dick Tracewski and Sparky Anderson 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
Jack Morris	17	7	.708	3.28	27	27	0	9	1	0	197.7	179	76	72	19	59	4	113	4	1	9	806
Milt Wilcox	12	10	.545	4.35	33	29	1	7	0	0	196.3	201	105	95	18	73	8	109	11	0	4	854
Aurelio Lopez	10	5	.667	2.41	61	0	49	0	0	21	127.0	95	37	34	12	51	3	106	3	0	3	519
Jack Billingham	10	7	.588	3.30	35	19	11	2	0	3	158.0	163	74	58	13	60	11	59	7	0	6	668
Pat Underwood	6	4	.600	4.59	27	15	4	1	0	0	121.7	126	64	62	17	29	1	83	2	0	3	508
Dan Petry	6	5	.545	3.95	15	15	0	2	0	0	98.0	90	46	43	11	33	5	43	4	1	3	401
Dave Rozema	4	4	.500	3.51	16	16	0	4	1	0	97.3	101	52	38	12	30	2	33	6	0	2	424
John Hiller	4	7	.364	5.22	43	0	30	0	0	9	79.3	83	47	46	14	55	7	46	0	0	4	372
Bruce Robbins	3	3	.500	3.91	10	8	0	0	0	0	46.0	45	21	20	3	21	0	22	0	0	4	194
Mike Chris	3	3	.500	6.92	13	8	3	0	0	0	39.0	46	30	30	3	21	0	31	0	0	2	179
Dave Tobik	3	5	.375	4.33	37	0	19	0	0	3	68.7	59	34	33	12	25	5	48	0	0	4	287
Kip Young	2	2	.500	6.39	13	7	3	0	0	0	43.7	60	32	31	11	11	0	22	1	0	0	200
Sheldon Burnside	1	1	.500	6.33	10	0	2	0	0	0	21.3	28	16	15	2	8	2	13	1	0	0	96
Fernando Arroyo	1	1	.500	8.25	6	0	3	0	0	0	12.0	17	11	11	3	4	2	7	0	0	0	57
Bruce Taylor	1	2	.333	4.82	10	0	8	0	0	0	18.7	16	13	10	1	7	2	8	2	0	0	81
Steve Baker	1	7	.125	6.64	21	12	2	0	0	1	84.0	97	63	62	13	51	2	54	6	2	7	392
Mark Fidrych	0	3	.000	10.43	4	4	0	0	0	0	14.7	23	17	17	3	9	2	5	1	0	0	73
Totals	84	76	.525	4.28	381	160	135	25	2	37	1423.3	1429	738	677	167	547	56	802	48	4	51	6111

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	148	654	600	110	180	22	10	9	57	78	14	52	95	.300	.355	.415	.770	249	16	0	0	2	2
Steve Kemp	134	570	490	88	156	26	3	26	105	5	6	68	70	.318	.398	.543	.941	266	13	2	2	8	2
Lance Parrish	143	548	493	65	136	26	3	19	65	6	7	49	105	.276	.343	.456	.800	225	15	2	3	1	2
Alan Trammell	142	520	460	68	127	11	4	6	50	17	14	43	55	.276	.335	.357	.691	164	6	0	12	5	0
Lou Whitaker	127	520	423	75	121	14	8	3	42	20	10	78	66	.286	.395	.378	.774	160	10	1	14	4	2
Jason Thompson	145	569	492	58	121	16	1	20	79	2	0	70	90	.246	.338	.404	.742	199	15	1	1	5	8
Jerry Morales	129	482	440	50	93	23	1	14	56	10	4	30	56	.211	.260	.364	.624	160	15	2	2	8	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	106	363	343	27	87	18	0	5	36	0	2	11	40	.254	.277	.350	.626	120	9	1	5	3	0
Champ Summers	90	290	246	47	77	12	1	20	51	7	6	40	33	.313	.414	.614	1.028	151	4	3	0	1	4
Lynn Jones	95	233	213	33	63	8	0	4	26	9	6	17	22	.296	.349	.390	.739	83	5	1	1	1	0
John Wockenfuss	87	254	231	27	61	9	1	15	46	2	2	18	40	.264	.320	.506	.827	117	9	2	1	2	0
Rusty Staub	68	288	246	32	58	12	1	9	40	1	0	32	18	.236	.331	.402	.733	99	9	5	1	4	1
Tom Brookens	60	208	190	23	50	5	2	4	21	10	3	11	40	.263	.309	.374	.683	71	3	2	4	1	0
Mark Wagner	75	171	146	16	40	3	0	1	13	3	2	16	25	.274	.341	.315	.657	46	2	0	7	2	0
Phil Mankowski	42	113	99	11	22	4	0	0	8	0	0	10	16	.222	.286	.263	.548	26	3	0	1	3	4
Kirk Gibson	12	39	38	3	9	3	0	1	4	3	3	1	3	.237	.256	.395	.651	15	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Putman	21	43	39	4	9	3	0	2	4	0	1	4	12	.231	.302	.462	.764	18	1	0	0	0	0
Al Greene	29	70	59	9	8	1	0	3	6	0	1	10	15	.136	.257	.305	.562	18	1	0	0	1	1
Dave Stegman	12	33	31	6	6	0	0	3	5	1	1	2	3	.194	.242	.484	.726	15	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Peters	12	25	19	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	3	.263	.417	.263	.680	5	0	0	1	0	0
Tim Corcoran	18	27	22	4	5	1	0	0	6	1	1	4	2	.227	.333	.273	.606	6	1	0	0	1	1
Dave Machemer	19	30	26	8	5	1	0	0	2	0	3	3	2	.192	.276	.231	.507	6	0	0	1	0	0
Dan Gonzales	7	18	18	1	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	.222	.222	.278	.500	5	2	0	0	0	0
Milt May	6	12	11	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	.273	.333	.455	.788	5	1	0	0	0	1
Milt Wilcox	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Taylor	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Tobik	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Kip Young	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Underwood	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Rozema	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Billingham	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Sheldon Burnside	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Chris	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Fidrych	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Fernando Arroyo	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
John Hiller	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Aurelio Lopez	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Morris	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Petry	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Robbins	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Baker	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2109	6080	5375	770	1446	221	35	164	729	176	86	575	814	.269	.339	.415	.754	2229	140	22	56	52	28

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Jason Thompson	1B	140	128	1157.3	1176	91	8	135	.994	9.853	9.050	0	0	0
John Wockenfuss	1B	31	25	193.0	205	18	1	22	.996	1.399	7.194	0	0	0
Ed Putman	1B	5	3	28.0	35	3	1	5	.974	12.214	7.600	0	0	0
Champ Summers	1B	4	2	22.0	23	1	0	1	1.000	9.818	6.000	0	0	0
Tim Corcoran	1B	5	2	22.0	35	1	0	2	1.000	14.727	7.200	0	0	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	1B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Lou Whitaker	2B	126	114	1017.3	280	369	9	103	.986	5.741	5.151	0	0	0
Mark Wagner	2B	29	22	201.0	57	63	5	10	.960	5.373	4.138	0	0	0
Tom Brookens	2B	19	17	135.0	37	42	3	10	.963	5.267	4.158	0	0	0
Dave Machemer	2B	11	7	67.0	15	20	1	6	.972	4.701	3.182	0	0	0
Rick Peters	2B	2	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	.500	0	0	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	3B	106	97	841.0	72	211	13	23	.956	3.029	2.670	0	0	0
Tom Brookens	3B	42	38	338.0	39	99	8	11	.945	3.675	3.286	0	0	0
Phil Mankowski	3B	36	22	226.0	22	56	3	6	.963	3.106	2.167	0	0	0
Rick Peters	3B	3	3	16.0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Mark Wagner	3B	2	0	2.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Lance Parrish	C	142	135	1178.3	707	79	9	10	.989	6.003	5.535	21	69	57	45.2
John Wockenfuss	C	20	18	148.0	109	8	2	0	.983	7.115	5.850	2	18	6	25.0
Ed Putman	C	16	5	72.0	40	4	0	0	1.000	5.500	2.750	1	5	2	28.6
Milt May	C	5	2	25.0	19	1	0	0	1.000	7.200	4.000	0	5	0	0.0
Steve Kemp	OF	120	117	1044.3	229	12	6	2	.976	2.077	2.008	0	0	0
Jerry Morales	OF	119	106	958.0	206	6	3	2	.986	1.992	1.782	0	0	0
Ron LeFlore	OF	113	112	938.3	293	6	3	3	.990	2.868	2.646	0	0	0
Lynn Jones	OF	84	52	512.7	142	3	3	1	.980	2.546	1.726	0	0	0
Champ Summers	OF	69	60	503.7	87	3	1	0	.989	1.608	1.304	0	0	0
Dave Stegman	OF	12	10	89.0	35	0	0	0	1.000	3.539	2.917	0	0	0
Kirk Gibson	OF	10	8	83.0	15	0	0	0	1.000	1.627	1.500	0	0	0
John Wockenfuss	OF	6	6	42.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	.857	.667	0	0	0
Tim Corcoran	OF	9	2	30.0	10	1	0	0	1.000	3.300	1.222	0	0	0
Al Greene	OF	6	3	29.0	14	0	0	0	1.000	4.345	2.333	0	0	0
Dan Gonzales	OF	3	3	26.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.038	1.000	0	0	0
Dave Machemer	OF	1	1	9.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	3.000	0	0	0
Rick Peters	OF	1	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	5.400	3.000	0	0	0
Jack Morris	P	27	27	197.7	14	23	2	3	.949	1.685	1.370	0	0	0
Milt Wilcox	P	33	29	196.3	10	41	0	7	1.000	2.338	1.545	0	0	0
Jack Billingham	P	35	19	158.0	6	21	2	3	.931	1.538	.771	0	0	0
Aurelio Lopez	P	61	0	127.0	9	15	1	1	.960	1.701	.393	0	0	0
Pat Underwood	P	27	15	121.7	1	15	1	0	.941	1.184	.593	0	0	0
Dan Petry	P	15	15	98.0	9	11	2	0	.909	1.837	1.333	0	0	0
Dave Rozema	P	16	16	97.3	7	17	1	1	.960	2.219	1.500	0	0	0
Steve Baker	P	21	12	84.0	3	8	0	1	1.000	1.179	.524	0	0	0
John Hiller	P	43	0	79.3	4	10	0	0	1.000	1.588	.326	0	0	0
Dave Tobik	P	37	0	68.7	5	5	0	1	1.000	1.311	.270	0	0	0
Bruce Robbins	P	10	8	46.0	1	5	0	1	1.000	1.174	.600	0	0	0
Kip Young	P	13	7	43.7	3	10	0	0	1.000	2.679	1.000	0	0	0
Mike Chris	P	13	8	39.0	1	8	0	0	1.000	2.077	.692	0	0	0
Sheldon Burnside	P	10	0	21.3	0	4	0	1	1.000	1.688	.400	0	0	0
Bruce Taylor	P	10	0	18.7	2	3	1	1	.833	2.411	.500	0	0	0
Mark Fidrych	P	4	4	14.7	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.841	.750	0	0	0
Fernando Arroyo	P	6	0	12.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.250	.500	0	0	0
Alan Trammell	SS	142	138	1182.3	245	388	26	99	.961	4.818	4.458	0	0	0
Mark Wagner	SS	41	22	241.0	31	83	3	18	.974	4.257	2.780	0	0	0
Totals		1862	1440	12810.0	4270	1767	120	489	.981	4.241	3.242	24	97	65	40.1

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