1978 DETROIT TIGERS

| Level: MLB

Location: Detroit,MI
Team Record: 86-76 .531
Result: 5th in American League - East Division
Manager(s): Ralph Houk
General Manager: Jim Campbell
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Attendance: 1,714,893
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Detroit Tigers affiliate history

Oldest Player: Mickey Stanley (35)
Youngest Player: Alan Trammell (20)
Longest Tenure: Mickey Stanley (15)
Top Hitter: Rusty Staub (2)
Top Pitcher: Milt Wilcox (25)
Top Draft Pick: Kirk Gibson (#12)

Roster Continuity: 73.80%

American League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	100	63	.613	--
Boston	99	64	.607	1.0
Milwaukee	93	69	.574	6.5
Baltimore	90	71	.559	9.0
Detroit	86	76	.531	13.5
Cleveland	69	90	.434	29.0
Toronto	59	102	.366	40.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
8	Ron LeFlore	of	8	30	UDFA: 1973	MLB	155	666	126	198	30	3	12	62	68	16	65	104	4	7	1	5	11	.297	.361	.405	766	270	741	501	109	5.9	.335
10	Rusty Staub	of-1b	2	34	UDFA: 1962	MLB	162	642	75	175	30	1	24	121	3	1	76	35	3	5	2	11	24	.273	.347	.435	782	279	734	505	110	5.9	.254
30	Jason Thompson	1b	16	23	1975-4-75	MLB	153	589	79	169	25	3	26	96	0	0	74	96	0	3	1	5	11	.287	.364	.472	836	278	669	437	109	6.7	.303
33	Steve Kemp	of	27	23	1976-1-1	MLB	159	582	75	161	18	4	15	79	2	3	97	87	1	3	3	3	9	.277	.379	.399	778	232	686	439	98	6.1	.302
1	Lou Whitaker	2b	60	21	1975-5-99	MLB	139	484	71	138	12	7	3	58	7	7	61	65	1	0	13	8	9	.285	.361	.357	718	173	567	383	69	4.9	.318
3	Alan Trammell	ss	-	20	1976-2-26	MLB	139	448	49	120	14	6	2	34	3	1	45	56	2	0	6	3	12	.268	.335	.339	675	152	504	350	55	4.3	.300
4	Aurelio Rodriguez	3b	-	30	UDFA: 1966	MLB	134	385	40	102	25	2	7	43	0	1	19	37	3	1	5	2	9	.265	.303	.395	698	152	414	300	51	4.6	.277
12	Milt May	c	-	27	1968-11-237	MLB	105	352	24	88	9	0	10	37	0	0	27	26	2	3	4	2	13	.250	.305	.361	666	127	387	283	41	3.9	.245
25	Tim Corcoran	1b-of	-	25	UDFA: 1974	MLB	116	324	37	86	13	1	1	27	3	2	24	27	5	2	6	4	10	.265	.322	.321	643	104	363	260	36	3.8	.283
13	Lance Parrish	c	-	22	1974-1-16	MLB	85	288	37	63	11	3	14	41	0	0	11	71	3	0	1	1	8	.219	.254	.424	678	122	304	235	30	3.4	.240
2	Phil Mankowski	3b	-	25	1970-9-212	MLB	88	222	28	61	8	0	4	20	2	3	22	28	2	3	3	1	10	.275	.344	.365	709	81	250	178	27	4.1	.298
14	John Wockenfuss	c-1b	-	29	1967-42-760	MLB	71	187	23	53	5	0	7	22	0	1	21	14	1	4	1	1	7	.283	.357	.422	780	79	211	144	30	5.6	.275
24	Mickey Stanley	of	-	35	UDFA: 1961	MLB	53	151	15	40	9	0	3	8	0	1	9	19	0	0	0	0	3	.265	.306	.384	690	58	160	115	19	4.4	.287
7	Steve Dillard	2b-3b	-	27	1972-2-40	MLB	56	130	21	29	5	2	0	7	1	2	6	11	0	0	7	0	5	.223	.257	.292	550	38	143	115	9	2.1	.244
5	Mark Wagner	ss	-	24	1972-19-452	MLB	39	109	10	26	1	2	0	6	1	0	3	11	2	0	3	0	3	.239	.272	.284	556	31	117	89	8	2.5	.265
34	Charlie Spikes	of	-	27	1969-1-11	MLB	10	28	1	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	2	1	0	0	0	.250	.344	.286	629	8	32	21	3	3.7	.318
22	Dave Stegman	of	-	24	1976-2-34	MLB	8	14	3	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	.286	.312	.643	955	9	17	13	3	6.6	.250
Totals: (17 players)							162	5601	714	1520	218	34	129	666	90	38	563	695	31	32	57	47	145	.271	.339	.392	731	2193	6299	4368	809	5	.288

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
21	Jim Slaton	29	28	1969-15-355	MLB	17	11	4.12	35	34	11	2	0	0	233.2	235	117	107	27	85	92	10	1	1.37	9.05	1.04	3.27	3.54	0.92	.268	0.94
39	Milt Wilcox	25	28	1968-2-33	MLB	13	12	3.76	29	27	16	2	0	0	215.1	208	94	90	22	68	132	6	0	1.28	8.69	0.92	2.84	5.52	0.52	.281	1.11
19	Dave Rozema	40	21	1975-4-71	MLB	9	12	3.14	28	28	11	2	0	0	209.1	205	83	73	17	41	57	3	0	1.18	8.81	0.73	1.76	2.45	0.72	.263	1.55
41	Jack Billingham	44	35	UDFA: 1961	MLB	15	8	3.88	30	30	10	4	0	0	201.2	218	95	87	16	65	59	6	0	1.40	9.73	0.71	2.90	2.63	1.10	.291	1.35
47	Jack Morris	-	23	1976-5-98	MLB	3	5	4.33	28	7	0	0	10	0	106.0	107	57	51	8	49	48	4	0	1.47	9.08	0.68	4.16	4.08	1.02	.288	1.07
37	Kip Young	-	23	1976-23-529	MLB	6	7	2.81	14	13	7	0	1	0	105.2	94	34	33	9	30	49	1	0	1.17	8.01	0.77	2.56	4.17	0.61	.262	1.03
27	Bob Sykes	-	23	1974-19-438	MLB	6	6	3.94	22	10	3	2	6	2	93.2	99	43	41	14	34	58	1	0	1.42	9.51	1.35	3.27	5.57	0.59	.295	0.91
18	John Hiller	45	35	UDFA: 1963	MLB	9	4	2.34	51	0	0	0	46	15	92.1	64	27	24	6	35	74	3	0	1.07	6.24	0.58	3.41	7.21	0.47	.245	0.65
31	Steve Baker	-	21	1974-18-418	MLB	2	4	4.55	15	10	0	0	1	0	63.1	66	37	32	6	42	39	6	0	1.71	9.38	0.85	5.97	5.54	1.08	.309	1.42
28	Jim Crawford	-	27	1972-14-321	MLB	2	3	4.35	20	0	0	0	10	0	39.1	45	24	19	3	19	24	7	0	1.63	10.30	0.69	4.35	5.49	0.79	.331	1.12
29	Steve Foucault	-	28	1969-43-910	MLB	2	4	3.13	24	0	0	0	15	4	37.1	48	18	13	1	21	18	1	1	1.85	11.57	0.24	5.06	4.34	1.17	.364	1.19
20	Mark Fidrych	-	23	1974-10-231	MLB	2	0	2.45	3	3	2	0	0	0	22.0	17	6	6	1	5	10	0	0	1.00	6.95	0.41	2.05	4.09	0.50	.232	2.31
48	Ed Glynn	-	25	UDFA: 1972	MLB	0	0	3.07	10	0	0	0	6	0	14.2	11	5	5	3	4	9	0	0	1.02	6.75	1.84	2.45	5.52	0.44	.195	0.89
38	Dave Tobik	-	25	1975-1-2	MLB	0	0	3.75	5	0	0	0	4	0	12.0	12	5	5	1	3	11	0	0	1.25	9.00	0.75	2.25	8.25	0.27	.324	0.77
36	Fernando Arroyo	-	26	1970-10-236	MLB	0	0	8.31	2	0	0	0	1	0	4.1	8	4	4	1	0	1	0	0	1.85	16.62	2.08	0.00	2.08	0.00	.389	1.00
42	Sheldon Burnside	-	23	UDFA: 1975	MLB	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	4.0	4	4	4	0	2	3	0	0	1.50	9.00	0.00	4.50	6.75	0.67	.308	0.29
32	Bruce Taylor	-	25	UDFA: 1978	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	--	.000	0.50
Totals: (17 players)						86	76	3.67	162	162	60	12	102	21	1,456	1441	653	594	129	503	684	48	2	1.43	8.91	0.83	3.11	4.23	0.74	.281

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Milt May	C	94		406	58	10	5	.979	0.00
Lance Parrish	C	79		353	39	5	5	.987	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jason Thompson	1B	151		1503	92	11	153	.993	0.00
Mickey Stanley	1B	12		126	8	0	8	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lou Whitaker	2B	136		301	458	17	95	.978	0.00
Steve Dillard	2B	41		88	118	9	31	.958	0.00
Mark Wagner	2B	4		2	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Aurelio Rodriguez	3B	131		79	228	4	20	.987	0.00
Phil Mankowski	3B	80		42	129	5	17	.972	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Alan Trammell	SS	139		239	421	14	95	.979	0.00
Mark Wagner	SS	35		55	79	5	18	.964	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Steve Kemp	OF	157		325	11	8	2	.977	0.00
Ron LeFlore	OF	155		440	9	11	4	.976	0.00
Tim Corcoran	OF	109		186	6	3	4	.985	0.00
John Wockenfuss	OF	60		89	2	2	0	.978	0.00
Mickey Stanley	OF	34		47	1	2	0	.960	0.00
Charlie Spikes	OF	9		9	1	1	1	.909	0.00
Dave Stegman	OF	7		11	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
John Hiller	P	51	92	1	9	0	0	1.000	0.98
Jim Slaton	P	35	233	9	32	2	6	.953	1.58
Jack Billingham	P	30	201	9	30	1	0	.975	1.74
Milt Wilcox	P	29	215	10	36	1	2	.979	1.92
Jack Morris	P	28	106	5	15	2	3	.909	1.70
Dave Rozema	P	28	209	17	29	0	0	1.000	1.98
Steve Foucault	P	24	37	2	4	2	0	.750	1.46
Bob Sykes	P	22	93	1	7	1	0	.889	0.77
Jim Crawford	P	20	39	1	4	0	2	1.000	1.15
Steve Baker	P	15	63	3	5	1	0	.889	1.14
Kip Young	P	14	105	4	10	1	1	.933	1.20
Ed Glynn	P	10	14	0	6	0	0	1.000	3.80
Dave Tobik	P	5	12	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.75
Mark Fidrych	P	3	22	4	7	0	0	1.000	4.50
Fernando Arroyo	P	2	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.20
Sheldon Burnside	P	2	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Bruce Taylor	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rusty Staub	DH	162						.000	0.00
Steve Dillard	DH	4						.000	0.00
Lou Whitaker	DH	2						.000	0.00
John Wockenfuss	DH	2						.000	0.00
Tim Corcoran	DH	1						.000	0.00
Phil Mankowski	DH	1						.000	0.00

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