1979 Detroit Tigers season
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| Owner(s) | John Fetzer |
| Manager(s) | Les Moss, Dick Tracewski, Sparky Anderson |
| Local television | WDIV-TV (George Kell, Mike Barry, Al Kaline) |
| Local radio | WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey) |
The 1979 Detroit Tigers finished in fifth place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 85-76, 18 games behind the Orioles. They outscored their opponents 770 to 738. The Tigers drew 1,630,929 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1979, ranking 7th of the 14 teams in the American League.
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[edit] Season standings
| Team | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB |
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| Baltimore Orioles | 102 | 57 | .642 | 0 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 95 | 66 | .590 | 8.0 |
| Boston Red Sox | 91 | 69 | .569 | 11.5 |
| New York Yankees | 89 | 71 | .556 | 13.5 |
| Detroit Tigers | 85 | 76 | .528 | 18.0 |
| Cleveland Indians | 81 | 80 | .503 | 22.0 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 53 | 109 | .327 | 505 |
[edit] Transactions
- July 20, 1979: Rusty Staub was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later and cash. The Montreal Expos sent Randy Schafer (minors) (December 3, 1979) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
[edit] Roster
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1979 Detroit Tigers roster
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[edit] Regular season player stats
[edit] Batting
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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| Lance Parrish | 143 | 493 | 136 | .276 | 19 | 65 |
| Jason Thompson | 145 | 492 | 121 | .246 | 20 | 79 |
| Lou Whitaker | 127 | 423 | 121 | .286 | 3 | 42 |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | 106 | 343 | 87 | .254 | 5 | 36 |
| Alan Trammell | 142 | 460 | 127 | .276 | 6 | 50 |
| Steve Kemp | 134 | 490 | 156 | .318 | 26 | 105 |
| Jerry Morales | 129 | 440 | 93 | .211 | 14 | 56 |
| Ron LeFlore | 148 | 600 | 180 | .300 | 9 | 57 |
| Rusty Staub | 68 | 246 | 58 | .236 | 9 | 40 |
| Champ Summers | 90 | 246 | 77 | .313 | 20 | 51 |
| John Wockenfuss | 87 | 231 | 61 | .264 | 15 | 46 |
| Lynn Jones | 95 | 213 | 63 | .296 | 4 | 26 |
| Tom Brookens | 60 | 190 | 50 | .263 | 4 | 21 |
| Mark Wagner | 75 | 146 | 40 | .274 | 1 | 13 |
| Phil Mankowski | 42 | 99 | 22 | .222 | 0 | 8 |
| Kirk Gibson | 12 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 1 | 4 |
Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included
[edit] Pitching
[edit] 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 |
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| Milt Wilcox | 33 | 196.3 | 12 | 10 | 4.35 | 109 |
| Jack Morris | 27 | 197.7 | 17 | 7 | 3.28 | 113 |
| Jack Billingham | 35 | 158.0 | 10 | 7 | 3.30 | 59 |
| Dave Rozema | 16 | 97.3 | 4 | 4 | 3.51 | 33 |
| Dan Petry | 15 | 98.0 | 6 | 5 | 3.95 | 43 |
| Pat Underwood | 27 | 121.7 | 6 | 4 | 4.59 | 83 |
| Steve Baker | 21 | 84.0 | 1 | 7 | 6.64 | 54 |
| Mark Fidrych | 4 | 14.7 | 0 | 3 | 10.43 | 5 |
[edit] 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 |
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| Aurelio López | 61 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 49 | 2.41 | 106 |
| John Hiller | 43 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 5.22 | 46 |
| Dave Tobik | 37 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 4.33 | 48 |
[edit] 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:
- 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 Rodriguez: 91st best third baseman of all time
- Ron LeFlore: 80th best center fielder of all time
[edit] Award winners and league leaders
- Tiger of the Year Award, from Detroit baseball writers
- AL All Star Team, outfield
- #4 in AL in OPS (.939)
- #8 in AL in batting average (.318)
- #2 in MLB in stolen bases (78)
- #3 in AL in singles (139)
- #4 in AL in times caught stealing (14)
- #5 in AL in triples (10)
- #7 in AL in runs scored (110)
- #3 in AL in saves (21)
- #5 in AL in games finished (49)
- #4 in AL in Adjusted ERA+ (133)
- #5 in AL in ERA (3.28)
- #5 in AL in wins (17)
- #5 in AL win percentage (.708)
- #4 in AL in hits allowed per 9 innings (8.15)
Bruce Robbins
- 3rd youngest player in the AL
- #4 in AL in times caught stealing (14)
- #2 in MLB in hit batsmen (11)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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