1980 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, Al Kaline) |
| Local radio | WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey) |
The 1980 Detroit Tigers finished in fourth place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 84-78, 19 games behind the Yankees. They outscored their opponents 830 to 757. The Tigers drew 1,785,293 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1980, 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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| New York Yankees | 103 | 59 | .636 | 0 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 100 | 62 | .617 | 3.0 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 17.0 |
| Detroit Tigers | 84 | 78 | .519 | 19.0 |
| Boston Red Sox | 83 | 77 | .519 | 19.0 |
| Cleveland Indians | 79 | 81 | .494 | 23.0 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 67 | 95 | .414 | 36.0 |
[edit] Roster
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1980 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 | 144 | 553 | 158 | .286 | 24 | 82 |
| Richie Hebner | 104 | 341 | 99 | .290 | 12 | 82 |
| Lou Whitaker | 145 | 477 | 111 | .233 | 1 | 45 |
| Tom Brookens | 151 | 509 | 140 | .275 | 10 | 66 |
| Alan Trammell | 146 | 560 | 168 | .300 | 9 | 65 |
| Rick Peters | 133 | 477 | 139 | .291 | 2 | 42 |
| Al Cowens | 108 | 403 | 113 | .280 | 5 | 42 |
| Steve Kemp | 135 | 508 | 149 | .293 | 21 | 101 |
| Champ Summers | 120 | 347 | 103 | .297 | 17 | 60 |
| John Wockenfuss | 126 | 372 | 102 | .274 | 16 | 65 |
| Kirk Gibson | 51 | 175 | 46 | .263 | 9 | 16 |
| Jim Lentine | 67 | 161 | 42 | .261 | 1 | 17 |
| Tim Corcoran | 84 | 153 | 44 | .288 | 3 | 18 |
| Dave Stegman | 65 | 130 | 23 | .177 | 2 | 9 |
| Jason Thompson | 36 | 126 | 27 | .214 | 4 | 20 |
| Stan Papi | 46 | 114 | 27 | .237 | 3 | 17 |
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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| Jack Morris | 36 | 250.0 | 16 | 15 | 4.18 | 112 |
| Milt Wilcox | 32 | 198.7 | 13 | 11 | 4.48 | 97 |
| Dan Schatzeder | 32 | 192.7 | 11 | 13 | 4.02 | 94 |
| Dan Petry | 27 | 164.7 | 10 | 9 | 3.94 | 88 |
| Mark Fidrych | 9 | 44.3 | 2 | 3 | 5.68 | 16 |
[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 | 67 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 59 | 3.77 | 97 |
| Pat Underwood | 49 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 3.59 | 60 |
| Dave Rozema | 42 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 3.92 | 49 |
| Dave Tobik | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.98 | 34 |
| Roger Weaver | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4.10 | 42 |
| Bruce Robbins | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.62 | 23 |
[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
- Lou Whitaker: 13th best second baseman of all time
- Alan Trammell: 9th best shortstop of all time
[edit] Award winners and league leaders
- #2 in MLB in time grounded into double plays (24)
- #5 in AL in sacrifice flies
- #3 in AL in games (67)
- #3 in AL in games finished (59)
- #3 in AL in earned runs allowed (116)
- #4 in AL in games started (36)
- #10 in MLB in bases on balls allowed (87)
- #10 in MLB in losses (15)
- AL Silver Slugger Award, catcher
- AL All Star Team, catcher
- #2 in MLB in time grounded into double plays (24)
- #4 in AL in strikeouts (109)
- #10 in MLB in extra base hits (64)
- Tiger of the Year Award, from Detroit sportswriters
- AL Gold Glove Award, shortstop
- AL All Star Team, shortstop
- #5 in AL in runs scored (107)
- #6 in AL in sacrifice hits (13)
- #10 in MLB in complete games (13)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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