1978 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 86-76
Finished 5th in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 1,714,843, Avg. 22,564
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium
Manager: Ralph Houk (86-76)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1978 Detroit Tigers Roster
1978 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1978 season with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the AL's East Division.

The Tigers scored 714 runs and surrendered 653 runs. Jason Thompson led Detroit with 26 home runs, while Rusty Staub and Steve Kemp walloped 20 or more also. Rusty Staub drove in 121 runs. Ron LeFlore paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .297. Jim Slaton topped the team with 17 wins, and Jack Billingham also added 15 or more victories also Dave Rozema recorded a 3.14 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Ralph Houk coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Jim Slaton1711.6074.12353401120233.7235117107278519281101003
Jack Billingham158.6523.88303001040201.721895871665259806857
Milt Wilcox1312.5203.76292701620215.3208949022682132806907
John Hiller94.6922.3451046001592.3642724635474003363
Dave Rozema912.4293.14282801120209.320583731741157203848
Bob Sykes66.5003.942210632293.79943411434058101400
Kip Young67.4622.8114131700105.7943433930149201421
Jack Morris35.3754.3328710000106.01075751849548304469
Mark Fidrych201.0002.4533020022.017661501000085
Jim Crawford23.4004.352001000039.3452419319324207180
Steve Foucault24.3333.132401500437.3481813121418111177
Steve Baker24.3334.551510100063.3663732642039006289
Bruce Taylor000.001010001.000000000003
Ed Glynn003.07100600014.71155340900060
Dave Tobik003.7550400012.012551301100049
Fernando Arroyo008.312010004.3844100110021
Sheldon Burnside009.002010004.0444020300018
Totals8676.5313.673191621026012211455.7144165359413550323684362486150

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Ron LeFlore1557416661261983031262681665104.297.361.405.766270114157
Rusty Staub1627346427517530124121317635.273.347.435.7822792432115
Jason Thompson153669589791692532696007496.287.364.472.836278110153
Steve Kemp159686582751611841579239787.277.379.399.77823291333
Lou Whitaker13956748471138127358776165.285.361.357.718173911380
Alan Trammell13950444849120146234314556.268.335.339.675152122630
Aurelio Rodriguez13441438540102252743011937.265.303.395.69815293521
Milt May1053873522488901037002726.250.305.361.666127132423
Tim Corcoran1163633243786131127322427.265.322.321.643104105642
Lance Parrish8530428837631131441001171.219.254.424.67812283110
Phil Mankowski88250222286180420232228.275.344.365.70981102313
John Wockenfuss71211187235350722012114.283.357.422.7807971114
Mickey Stanley531601511540903801919.265.306.384.6905830000
Steve Dillard561431302129520712611.223.257.292.5503850700
Mark Wagner391171091026120610311.239.272.284.5563132300
Charlie Spikes1032281710020026.250.344.286.629802001
Dave Stegman817143420130012.286.313.643.955910110
Bob Sykes22000000000000000000
Dave Tobik5000000000000000000
Milt Wilcox29000000000000000000
Bruce Taylor1000000000000000000
Jim Slaton35000000000000000000
Steve Baker15000000000000000000
Jack Billingham30000000000000000000
Sheldon Burnside2000000000000000000
Jim Crawford20000000000000000000
Mark Fidrych3000000000000000000
Steve Foucault24000000000000000000
Ed Glynn10000000000000000000
John Hiller51000000000000000000
Jack Morris28000000000000000000
Fernando Arroyo2000000000000000000
Dave Rozema28000000000000000000
Kip Young14000000000000000000
Totals1991629956017141520218341296669038563695.271.339.392.730219314531574732


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Jason Thompson1B1511511353.715039211153.9931.6051.5630000
Mickey Stanley1B1211102.01268081.00011.82411.1670000
Lou Whitaker2B1361241122.33014581795.9786.0865.5810000
Steve Dillard2B4138327.388118931.9585.6645.0240000
Mark Wagner2B406.022001.0006.0001.0000000
Aurelio Rodriguez3B13185920.379228420.9873.0022.3440000
Phil Mankowski3B8077535.342129517.9722.8752.1380000
Milt MayC9489802.740658105.9795.2034.93650553538.9
Lance ParrishC7973653.03533955.9875.4034.96250302444.4
Steve KempOF1571561395.03251182.9772.1682.1400000
Ron LeFloreOF1551551388.74409114.9762.9102.8970000
Tim CorcoranOF10987807.7186634.9852.1391.7610000
John WockenfussOF6049438.789220.9781.8671.5170000
Mickey StanleyOF3425232.047120.9601.8621.4120000
Charlie SpikesOF9963.09111.9091.4291.1110000
Dave StegmanOF7542.0110001.0002.3571.5710000
Jim SlatonP3534233.793226.9531.5791.1710000
Milt WilcoxP2927215.3103612.9791.9231.5860000
Dave RozemaP2828209.31729001.0001.9781.6430000
Jack BillinghamP3030201.793010.9751.7401.3000000
Jack MorrisP287106.051523.9091.698.7140000
Kip YoungP1413105.741011.9331.1921.0000000
Bob SykesP221093.71710.889.769.3640000
John HillerP51092.319001.000.975.1960000
Steve BakerP151063.33510.8891.137.5330000
Jim CrawfordP20039.314021.0001.144.2500000
Steve FoucaultP24037.32420.7501.446.2500000
Mark FidrychP3322.047001.0004.5003.6670000
Ed GlynnP10014.706001.0003.682.6000000
Dave TobikP5012.001001.000.750.2000000
Fernando ArroyoP204.301001.0002.077.5000000
Sheldon BurnsideP204.00000.000.0000000
Bruce TaylorP101.00000.000.0000000
Alan TrammellSS1391351202.32394211495.9794.9404.7480000
Mark WagnerSS3527252.35579518.9644.7793.8290000
Totals1752145813100.043671858118472.9814.2773.553100855941.0




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