| # | player | age | pos | ba | tbc+ | g | ab | r | h | 2b | 3b | hr | rbi | sb | cs | bb | so | hbp | sh | sf | ibb | gdp | tb | pa | xbh | 1b | avg | obp | slg | ops | seca | iso | babip | bb% | so% | so/bb | ab/hr | draft info | status | cur-org | cur-lev | hilvl | mlb years | stat years | year |
| 8 | Ron LeFlore | 30 | OF | R | 112 | 155 | 666 | 126 | 198 | 30 | 3 | 12 | 62 | 68 | 16 | 65 | 104 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 270 | 741 | 45 | 153 | .297 | .361 | .405 | .766 | .284 | .108 | .335 | 8.77 | 14.04 | 1.60 | 55.50 | 1973- UDFA -DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1974-1982 | 1974-1982 | 1978 |
| 10 | Rusty Staub | 34 | DH | L | 111 | 162 | 642 | 75 | 175 | 30 | 1 | 24 | 121 | 3 | 1 | 76 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 279 | 734 | 55 | 120 | .273 | .347 | .435 | .782 | .283 | .162 | .254 | 10.35 | 4.77 | 0.46 | 26.75 | 1961- UDFA -HOU | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1963-1985 | 1963-1985 | 1978 |
| 30 | Jason Thompson | 23 | 1B | L | 118 | 153 | 589 | 79 | 169 | 25 | 3 | 26 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 96 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 278 | 669 | 54 | 115 | .287 | .364 | .472 | .836 | .311 | .185 | .303 | 11.06 | 14.35 | 1.30 | 22.65 | 1975- 4- 75-DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1976-1986 | 1975-1986 | 1978 |
| 33 | Steve Kemp | 23 | OF | L | 112 | 159 | 582 | 75 | 161 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 79 | 2 | 3 | 97 | 87 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 232 | 686 | 37 | 124 | .277 | .379 | .399 | .778 | .287 | .122 | .302 | 14.14 | 12.68 | 0.90 | 38.80 | 1976- 1- 1-DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1977-1988 | 1973-1988 | 1978 |
| 1 | Lou Whitaker | 21 | 2B | L | 104 | 139 | 484 | 71 | 138 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 7 | 7 | 61 | 65 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 173 | 567 | 22 | 116 | .285 | .361 | .357 | .718 | .198 | .072 | .318 | 10.76 | 11.46 | 1.07 | 161.33 | 1975- 5- 99-DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1977-1995 | 1977-1995 | 1978 |
| 3 | Alan Trammell | 20 | SS | R | 99 | 139 | 448 | 49 | 120 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 56 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 152 | 504 | 22 | 98 | .268 | .335 | .339 | .674 | .176 | .071 | .300 | 8.93 | 11.11 | 1.24 | 224.00 | 1976- 2- 26-DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1977-1996 | 1977-1996 | 1978 |
| 4 | Aurelio Rodriguez | 30 | 3B | R | 99 | 134 | 385 | 40 | 102 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 152 | 414 | 34 | 68 | .265 | .303 | .395 | .698 | .177 | .130 | .277 | 4.59 | 8.94 | 1.95 | 55.00 | 1966- UDFA -CAL | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1967-1983 | 1967-1983 | 1978 |
| 12 | Milt May | 27 | C | L | 95 | 105 | 352 | 24 | 88 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 127 | 387 | 19 | 69 | .250 | .305 | .361 | .666 | .188 | .111 | .245 | 6.98 | 6.72 | 0.96 | 35.20 | 1968- 11- 237-PIT | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1970-1984 | 1970-1984 | 1978 |
| 25 | Tim Corcoran | 25 | OF | L | 93 | 116 | 324 | 37 | 86 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 104 | 363 | 15 | 71 | .265 | .322 | .321 | .643 | .133 | .056 | .283 | 6.61 | 7.44 | 1.13 | 324.00 | 1974- UDFA -DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1977-1986 | 1977-1988 | 1978 |
| 13 | Lance Parrish | 22 | C | R | 95 | 85 | 288 | 37 | 63 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 122 | 304 | 28 | 35 | .219 | .254 | .424 | .678 | .243 | .205 | .240 | 3.62 | 23.36 | 6.45 | 20.57 | 1974- 1- 16-DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1977-1995 | 1977-1995 | 1978 |
| 2 | Phil Mankowski | 25 | 3B | L | 101 | 88 | 222 | 28 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 81 | 250 | 12 | 49 | .275 | .344 | .365 | .709 | .185 | .090 | .298 | 8.80 | 11.20 | 1.27 | 55.50 | 1970- 9- 218-DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1976-1982 | 1976-1982 | 1978 |
| 14 | John Wockenfuss | 29 | OF | R | 109 | 71 | 187 | 23 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 79 | 211 | 12 | 41 | .283 | .357 | .422 | .779 | .246 | .139 | .275 | 9.95 | 6.64 | 0.67 | 26.71 | 1967- 42- 761-WS2 | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1974-1985 | 1974-1986 | 1978 |
| 24 | Mickey Stanley | 35 | OF | R | 98* | 53 | 151 | 15 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 160 | 12 | 28 | .265 | .306 | .384 | .690 | .172 | .119 | .287 | 5.63 | 11.88 | 2.11 | 50.33 | 1961- UDFA -DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1964-1978 | 1964-1978 | 1978 |
| 7 | Steve Dillard | 27 | 2B | R | 78* | 56 | 130 | 21 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 143 | 7 | 22 | .223 | .257 | .292 | .549 | .108 | .069 | .244 | 4.20 | 7.69 | 1.83 | 0.00 | 1972- 2- 40-BOS | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1975-1982 | 1975-1982 | 1978 |
| 5 | Mark Wagner | 24 | SS | R | 82* | 39 | 109 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 117 | 3 | 23 | .239 | .272 | .284 | .556 | .083 | .045 | .265 | 2.56 | 9.40 | 3.67 | 0.00 | 1972- 19- 452-DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1976-1984 | 1976-1997 | 1978 |
| 34 | Charlie Spikes | 27 | OF | R | 10 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 6 | .250 | .344 | .286 | .630 | .107 | .036 | .318 | 6.25 | 18.75 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 1969- 1- 11-NYA | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1972-1980 | 1972-1980 | 1978 | |
| 22 | Dave Stegman | 24 | OF | R | 8 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .286 | .313 | .643 | .956 | .429 | .357 | .250 | 5.88 | 11.76 | 2.00 | 14.00 | 1976- 1- 2-DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1978-1984 | 1976-1986 | 1978 | |
| Totals: | 1672 | 5601 | 714 | 1520 | 218 | 34 | 129 | 666 | 90 | 38 | 563 | 695 | 31 | 57 | 47 | 32 | 145 | 2193 | 6299 | 381 | 1139 | .271 | .339 | .392 | .730 | .230 | .120 | .288 | 8.94 | 11.03 | 1.23 | 43.42 | premium | premium | premium |
| # | player | age | th | w | l | era | g | gs | cg | sho | gr | gf | sv | ip | h | r | er | hr | bb | so | wp | bk | hb | whip | h9 | hr9 | bb9 | so9 | ra9 | so/bb | draft info | status | cur-org | cur-lev | hilvl | mlb years | stat years | year |
| 27 | Bob Sykes | 23 | L | 6 | 6 | 3.94 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 93.2 | 99 | 43 | 41 | 14 | 34 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.42 | 9.51 | 1.35 | 3.27 | 5.57 | 4.13 | 1.71 | 1974- 19- 440-DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1977-1981 | 1976-1982 | 1978 |
| 18 | John Hiller | 35 | L | 9 | 4 | 2.34 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 46 | 15 | 92.1 | 64 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 35 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.07 | 6.24 | 0.58 | 3.41 | 7.21 | 2.63 | 2.11 | 1962- UDFA -DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1965-1980 | 1965-1980 | 1978 |
| 31 | Steve Baker | 21 | R | 2 | 4 | 4.55 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 63.1 | 66 | 37 | 32 | 6 | 42 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.71 | 9.38 | 0.85 | 5.97 | 5.54 | 5.26 | 0.93 | 1974- 18- 420-NYN | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1978-1983 | 1977-1986 | 1978 |
| 36 | Fernando Arroyo | 26 | R | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.85 | 16.62 | 2.08 | 0.00 | 2.08 | 8.31 | 0.00 | 1970- 10- 243-DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1975-1986 | 1975-1986 | 1978 |
| 42 | Sheldon Burnside | 23 | L | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 | 6.75 | 9.00 | 1.50 | 1974- UDFA -DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1978-1980 | 1977-1980 | 1978 |
| 28 | Jim Crawford | 27 | L | 2 | 3 | 4.35 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 39.1 | 45 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.63 | 10.30 | 0.69 | 4.35 | 5.49 | 5.49 | 1.26 | 1972- 14- 321-HOU | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1973-1978 | 1969-1978 | 1978 |
| 29 | Steve Foucault | 28 | R | 2 | 4 | 3.13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 37.1 | 48 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.85 | 11.57 | 0.24 | 5.06 | 4.34 | 4.34 | 0.86 | 1969- 43- 912-WS2 | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1973-1978 | 1973-1979 | 1978 |
| 21 | Jim Slaton | 28 | R | 17 | 11 | 4.12 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 233.2 | 235 | 117 | 107 | 27 | 85 | 92 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1.37 | 9.05 | 1.04 | 3.27 | 3.54 | 4.51 | 1.08 | 1969- 15- 357-SE1 | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1971-1986 | 1971-1986 | 1978 |
| 20 | Mark Fidrych | 23 | R | 2 | 0 | 2.45 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 6.95 | 0.41 | 2.05 | 4.09 | 2.45 | 2.00 | 1974- 10- 232-DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1976-1980 | 1976-1983 | 1978 |
| 39 | Milt Wilcox | 28 | R | 13 | 12 | 3.76 | 29 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 215.1 | 208 | 94 | 90 | 22 | 68 | 132 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1.28 | 8.69 | 0.92 | 2.84 | 5.52 | 3.93 | 1.94 | 1968- 2- 33-CIN | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1970-1986 | 1970-1986 | 1978 |
| 19 | Dave Rozema | 21 | R | 9 | 12 | 3.14 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 209.1 | 205 | 83 | 73 | 17 | 41 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.18 | 8.81 | 0.73 | 1.76 | 2.45 | 3.57 | 1.39 | 1975- 4- 71-DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1977-1986 | 1977-1987 | 1978 |
| 41 | Jack Billingham | 35 | R | 15 | 8 | 3.88 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 201.2 | 218 | 95 | 87 | 16 | 65 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1.40 | 9.73 | 0.71 | 2.90 | 2.63 | 4.24 | 0.91 | 1961- UDFA -LAN | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1968-1980 | 1968-1980 | 1978 |
| 48 | Ed Glynn | 25 | L | 0 | 0 | 3.07 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 14.2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.02 | 6.75 | 1.84 | 2.45 | 5.52 | 3.07 | 2.25 | 1971- UDFA -DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1975-1985 | 1975-1990 | 1978 |
| 38 | Dave Tobik | 25 | R | 0 | 0 | 3.75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.25 | 9.00 | 0.75 | 2.25 | 8.25 | 3.75 | 3.67 | 1975- 1- 2-DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1978-1985 | 1973-1985 | 1978 |
| 47 | Jack Morris | 23 | R | 3 | 5 | 4.33 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 106.0 | 107 | 57 | 51 | 8 | 49 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.47 | 9.08 | 0.68 | 4.16 | 4.08 | 4.84 | 0.98 | 1976- 5- 98-DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1977-1994 | 1977-1996 | 1978 |
| 37 | Kip Young | 23 | R | 6 | 7 | 2.81 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 105.2 | 94 | 34 | 33 | 9 | 30 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.17 | 8.01 | 0.77 | 2.56 | 4.17 | 2.90 | 1.63 | 1976- 23- 529-DET | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1978-1979 | 1977-1982 | 1978 |
| 32 | Bruce Taylor | 25 | R | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1972- UDFA -CIN | premium | premium | premium | MLB | 1977-1979 | 1976-1979 | 1978 |
| Totals: | 86 | 76 | 3.67 | 319 | 162 | 60 | 12 | 102 | 157 | 21 | 1455.2 | 1441 | 653 | 594 | 135 | 503 | 684 | 48 | 2 | 36 | 1.34 | 8.91 | 0.83 | 3.11 | 4.23 | 4.04 | 1.36 | premium | premium | premium |