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1979 American League East
Team Record GB
Baltimore Orioles 102 - 57 —
Milwaukee Brewers 95 - 66 8.0
Boston Red Sox 91 - 69 11.5
New York Yankees 89 - 71 13.5
Detroit Tigers 85 - 76 18.0
Cleveland Indians 81 - 80 22.0
Toronto Blue Jays 53 - 109 50.5

5th (AL East)
Runs Scored: 770
Runs Allowed: 738
Attendance: 1,630,929

1979 Detroit Tigers Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Lance Parrish C 23 143 493 65 136 26 3 19 65 49 2 105 6 7 3 2 15 .276 .343 .456 .799
Jason Thompson 1B 24 145 492 58 121 16 1 20 79 70 8 90 2 0 1 1 15 .246 .338 .404 .742
Lou Whitaker 2B 22 127 423 75 121 14 8 3 42 78 2 66 20 10 14 1 10 .286 .395 .378 .773
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 31 106 343 27 87 18 0 5 36 11 0 40 0 2 5 1 9 .254 .277 .350 .627
Alan Trammell SS 21 142 460 68 127 11 4 6 50 43 0 55 17 14 12 0 6 .276 .335 .357 .692
Steve Kemp LF 24 134 490 88 156 26 3 26 105 68 2 70 5 6 2 2 13 .318 .398 .543 .941
Ron LeFlore CF 31 148 600 110 180 22 10 9 57 52 2 95 78 14 0 0 16 .300 .355 .415 .770
Jerry Morales RF 30 129 440 50 93 23 1 14 56 30 0 56 10 4 2 2 15 .211 .260 .364 .624
Rusty Staub DH 35 68 246 32 58 12 1 9 40 32 1 18 1 0 1 5 9 .236 .331 .402 .733

1979 Detroit Tigers Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Lynn Jones 26 95 213 33 63 8 0 4 26 17 0 22 9 6 1 1 5 .296 .349 .390 .739
Champ Summers 33 90 246 47 77 12 1 20 51 40 4 33 7 6 0 3 4 .313 .414 .614 1.028
John Wockenfuss 30 87 231 27 61 9 1 15 46 18 0 40 2 2 1 2 9 .264 .320 .506 .826
Mark Wagner 25 75 146 16 40 3 0 1 13 16 0 25 3 2 7 0 2 .274 .341 .315 .656
Tom Brookens 25 60 190 23 50 5 2 4 21 11 0 40 10 3 4 2 3 .263 .309 .374 .683
Phil Mankowski 26 42 99 11 22 4 0 0 8 10 4 16 0 0 1 0 3 .222 .286 .263 .549
Al Greene 24 29 59 9 8 1 0 3 6 10 1 15 0 1 0 0 1 .136 .257 .305 .562
Ed Putman 25 21 39 4 9 3 0 2 4 4 0 12 0 1 0 0 1 .231 .302 .462 .764
Dave Machemer 28 19 26 8 5 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 .192 .276 .231 .507
Tim Corcoran 26 18 22 4 5 1 0 0 6 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 .227 .333 .273 .606
Kirk Gibson 22 12 38 3 9 3 0 1 4 1 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 .237 .256 .395 .651
Rick Peters 23 12 19 3 5 0 0 0 2 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .263 .417 .263 .680
Dave Stegman 25 12 31 6 6 0 0 3 5 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 .194 .242 .484 .726
Dan Gonzales 25 7 18 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .278 .500
Milt May 28 6 11 1 3 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .333 .455 .788

1979 Detroit Tigers Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Milt Wilcox 29 33 29 12 10 .545 4.35 196.1 105 95 201 18 73 109 .261 11 4 7 0 0 4.37
Jack Morris 24 27 27 17 7 .708 3.28 197.2 76 72 179 19 59 113 .241 4 9 9 1 0 4.06
Jack Billingham 36 35 19 10 7 .588 3.30 158.0 74 58 163 13 60 59 .271 7 6 2 0 3 4.59
Dave Rozema 22 16 16 4 4 .500 3.51 97.1 52 38 101 12 30 33 .260 6 2 4 1 0 5.03
Dan Petry 20 15 15 6 5 .545 3.95 98.0 46 43 90 11 33 43 .247 4 3 2 0 0 4.71
Pat Underwood 22 27 15 6 4 .600 4.59 121.2 64 62 126 17 29 83 .264 2 3 1 0 0 4.22
Steve Baker 22 21 12 1 7 .125 6.64 84.0 63 62 97 13 51 54 .290 6 7 0 0 1 5.76
Mike Chris 21 13 8 3 3 .500 6.92 39.0 30 30 46 3 21 31 .291 0 2 0 0 0 4.03
Bruce Robbins 19 10 8 3 3 .500 3.91 46.0 21 20 45 3 21 22 .260 0 4 0 0 0 4.26
Kip Young 24 13 7 2 2 .500 6.39 43.2 32 31 60 11 11 22 .319 1 0 0 0 0 6.09
Mark Fidrych 24 4 4 0 3 .000 10.43 14.2 17 17 23 3 9 5 .365 1 0 0 0 0 7.02

1979 Detroit Tigers Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Aurelio Lopez 30 61 0 10 5 .667 2.41 127.0 37 34 95 12 51 106 .204 3 3 0 0 21 3.83
John Hiller 36 43 0 4 7 .364 5.22 79.1 47 46 83 14 55 46 .262 0 4 0 0 9 6.21
Dave Tobik 26 37 0 3 5 .375 4.33 68.2 34 33 59 12 25 48 .225 0 4 0 0 3 4.97
Sheldon Burnside 24 10 0 1 1 .500 6.33 21.1 16 15 28 2 8 13 .322 1 0 0 0 0 4.27
Bruce Taylor 26 10 0 1 2 .333 4.82 18.2 13 10 16 1 7 8 .222 2 0 0 0 0 4.29
Fernando Arroyo 27 6 0 1 1 .500 8.25 12.0 11 11 17 3 4 7 .321 0 0 0 0 0 6.08