1978 Detroit Tigers

86-76 • 0.531 Win% • 5th in AL E

📊 Season Record

86 Wins
76 Losses
0.531 Win %
5th Rank
714 R 653 RA
Diff +61

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⚡ Quick Stats

714 Runs Scored
653 Runs Allowed
+61 Run Diff
1,714K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 AL Average

Batting Avg .271 4% above the 1978 league average (.261)
OBP .337 4% above the 1978 league average (.325)
SLG .340 4% above the 1978 league average (.327)
Team ERA 3.64 3% better than the 1978 league average (3.76)
Runs Scored 714 5% above the 1978 league average (679 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,714,843
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Avg per Game 21,170

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ron LeFlore 0.297 2 Jason Thompson 0.287 3 Lou Whitaker 0.285 4 John Wockenfuss 0.283 5 Steve Kemp 0.277

Home Runs

1 Jason Thompson 26 2 Rusty Staub 24 3 Steve Kemp 15 4 Lance Parrish 14 5 Ron LeFlore 12

RBI

1 Rusty Staub 121 2 Jason Thompson 96 3 Steve Kemp 79 4 Ron LeFlore 62 5 Lou Whitaker 58
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ron LeFlore 155 666 126 198 0 0 12 62 65 104 68 0.297
Rusty Staub 162 642 75 175 0 0 24 121 76 35 3 0.273
Jason Thompson 153 589 79 169 0 0 26 96 74 96 0 0.287
Steve Kemp 159 582 75 161 0 0 15 79 97 87 2 0.277
Lou Whitaker 139 484 71 138 0 0 3 58 61 65 7 0.285
Alan Trammell 139 448 49 120 0 0 2 34 45 56 3 0.268
Aurelio Rodriguez 134 385 40 102 0 0 7 43 19 37 0 0.265
Milt May 105 352 24 88 0 0 10 37 27 26 0 0.250
Tim Corcoran 116 324 37 86 0 0 1 27 24 27 3 0.265
Lance Parrish 85 288 37 63 0 0 14 41 11 71 0 0.219
Phil Mankowski 88 222 28 61 0 0 4 20 22 28 2 0.275
John Wockenfuss 71 187 23 53 0 0 7 22 21 14 0 0.283
Mickey Stanley 53 151 15 40 0 0 3 8 9 19 0 0.265
Steve Dillard 56 130 21 29 0 0 0 7 6 11 1 0.223
Mark Wagner 39 109 10 26 0 0 0 6 3 11 1 0.239
Charlie Spikes 10 28 1 7 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0.250
Dave Stegman 8 14 3 4 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0.286
Fernando Arroyo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Baker 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Billingham 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sheldon Burnside 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Crawford 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Fidrych 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Foucault 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Glynn 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Hiller 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Morris 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Rozema 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Slaton 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Sykes 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bruce Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Tobik 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Milt Wilcox 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kip Young 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 John Hiller 2.34 2 Kip Young 2.81 3 Steve Foucault 3.13 4 Dave Rozema 3.14 5 Milt Wilcox 3.76

Wins

1 Jim Slaton 17 2 Jack Billingham 15 3 Milt Wilcox 13 4 John Hiller 9 5 Dave Rozema 9

Strikeouts

1 Milt Wilcox 132 2 Jim Slaton 92 3 John Hiller 74 4 Jack Billingham 59 5 Bob Sykes 58
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jim Slaton 17 11 4.12 35 34 0 233.2 85 92
Milt Wilcox 13 12 3.76 29 27 0 215.1 68 132
Dave Rozema 9 12 3.14 28 28 0 209.1 41 57
Jack Billingham 15 8 3.88 30 30 0 201.2 65 59
Jack Morris 3 5 4.33 28 7 0 106.0 49 48
Kip Young 6 7 2.81 14 13 0 105.2 30 49
Bob Sykes 6 6 3.94 22 10 2 93.2 34 58
John Hiller 9 4 2.34 51 0 15 92.1 35 74
Steve Baker 2 4 4.55 15 10 0 63.1 42 39
Jim Crawford 2 3 4.35 20 0 0 39.1 19 24
Steve Foucault 2 4 3.13 24 0 4 37.1 21 18
Mark Fidrych 2 0 2.45 3 3 0 22.0 5 10
Ed Glynn 0 0 3.07 10 0 0 14.2 4 9
Dave Tobik 0 0 3.75 5 0 0 12.0 3 11
Fernando Arroyo 0 0 8.31 2 0 0 4.1 0 1
Sheldon Burnside 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 4.0 2 3
Bruce Taylor 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0

👥 Roster (34)

Fernando Arroyo Steve Baker Jack Billingham Sheldon Burnside Tim Corcoran Jim Crawford Steve Dillard Mark Fidrych Steve Foucault Ed Glynn John Hiller Steve Kemp +22 more

34 players

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