1979 Detroit Tigers

85-76 • 0.528 Win% • 5th in AL E

📊 Season Record

85 Wins
76 Losses
0.528 Win %
5th Rank
770 R 738 RA
Diff +32

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⚡ Quick Stats

770 Runs Scored
738 Runs Allowed
+32 Run Diff
1,630K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 AL Average

Batting Avg .269 equal to the 1979 league average (.269)
OBP .339 2% above the 1979 league average (.333)
SLG .360 4% above the 1979 league average (.348)
Team ERA 4.27 1% worse than the 1979 league average (4.22)
Runs Scored 770 2% above the 1979 league average (752 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,630,939
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Avg per Game 20,386

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Steve Kemp 0.318 2 Champ Summers 0.313 3 Ron LeFlore 0.300 4 Lynn Jones 0.296 5 Lou Whitaker 0.286

Home Runs

1 Steve Kemp 26 2 Champ Summers 20 3 Jason Thompson 20 4 Lance Parrish 19 5 John Wockenfuss 15

RBI

1 Steve Kemp 105 2 Jason Thompson 79 3 Lance Parrish 65 4 Ron LeFlore 57 5 Jerry Morales 56
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ron LeFlore 148 600 110 180 0 0 9 57 52 95 78 0.300
Lance Parrish 143 493 65 136 0 0 19 65 49 105 6 0.276
Jason Thompson 145 492 58 121 0 0 20 79 70 90 2 0.246
Steve Kemp 134 490 88 156 0 0 26 105 68 70 5 0.318
Alan Trammell 142 460 68 127 0 0 6 50 43 55 17 0.276
Jerry Morales 129 440 50 93 0 0 14 56 30 56 10 0.211
Lou Whitaker 127 423 75 121 0 0 3 42 78 66 20 0.286
Aurelio Rodriguez 106 343 27 87 0 0 5 36 11 40 0 0.254
Rusty Staub 68 246 32 58 0 0 9 40 32 18 1 0.236
Champ Summers 90 246 47 77 0 0 20 51 40 33 7 0.313
John Wockenfuss 87 231 27 61 0 0 15 46 18 40 2 0.264
Lynn Jones 95 213 33 63 0 0 4 26 17 22 9 0.296
Tom Brookens 60 190 23 50 0 0 4 21 11 40 10 0.263
Mark Wagner 75 146 16 40 0 0 1 13 16 25 3 0.274
Phil Mankowski 42 99 11 22 0 0 0 8 10 16 0 0.222
Al Greene 29 59 9 8 0 0 3 6 10 15 0 0.136
Ed Putman 21 39 4 9 0 0 2 4 4 12 0 0.231
Kirk Gibson 12 38 3 9 0 0 1 4 1 3 3 0.237
Dave Stegman 12 31 6 6 0 0 3 5 2 3 1 0.194
Dave Machemer 19 26 8 5 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0.192
Tim Corcoran 18 22 4 5 0 0 0 6 4 2 1 0.227
Rick Peters 12 19 3 5 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 0.263
Dan Gonzales 7 18 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0.222
Milt May 6 11 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0.273
Fernando Arroyo 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Baker 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Billingham 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sheldon Burnside 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Chris 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Fidrych 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Hiller 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Aurelio Lopez 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Morris 28 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Petry 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bruce Robbins 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Rozema 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bruce Taylor 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Tobik 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pat Underwood 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Milt Wilcox 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kip Young 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Aurelio Lopez 2.41 2 Jack Morris 3.28 3 Jack Billingham 3.30 4 Dave Rozema 3.51 5 Bruce Robbins 3.91

Wins

1 Jack Morris 17 2 Milt Wilcox 12 3 Jack Billingham 10 4 Aurelio Lopez 10 5 Dan Petry 6

Strikeouts

1 Jack Morris 113 2 Milt Wilcox 109 3 Aurelio Lopez 106 4 Pat Underwood 83 5 Jack Billingham 59
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jack Morris 17 7 3.28 27 27 0 197.2 59 113
Milt Wilcox 12 10 4.35 33 29 0 196.1 73 109
Jack Billingham 10 7 3.30 35 19 3 158.0 60 59
Aurelio Lopez 10 5 2.41 61 0 21 127.0 51 106
Pat Underwood 6 4 4.59 27 15 0 121.2 29 83
Dan Petry 6 5 3.95 15 15 0 98.0 33 43
Dave Rozema 4 4 3.51 16 16 0 97.1 30 33
Steve Baker 1 7 6.64 21 12 1 84.0 51 54
John Hiller 4 7 5.22 43 0 9 79.1 55 46
Dave Tobik 3 5 4.33 37 0 3 68.2 25 48
Bruce Robbins 3 3 3.91 10 8 0 46.0 21 22
Kip Young 2 2 6.39 13 7 0 43.2 11 22
Mike Chris 3 3 6.92 13 8 0 39.0 21 31
Sheldon Burnside 1 1 6.33 10 0 0 21.1 8 13
Bruce Taylor 1 2 4.82 10 0 0 18.2 7 8
Mark Fidrych 0 3 10.43 4 4 0 14.2 9 5
Fernando Arroyo 1 1 8.25 6 0 0 12.0 4 7

👥 Roster (41)

Fernando Arroyo Steve Baker Jack Billingham Tom Brookens Sheldon Burnside Mike Chris Tim Corcoran Mark Fidrych Kirk Gibson Dan Gonzales Al Greene John Hiller +29 more

41 players

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