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1978 Detroit Tigers
Record: 63-97
Finish: 4th in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 733
Runs Allowed: 833
Exp W-L: 71-89
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 835,418
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-79, 10th in the American League
AA: 71-66, 7th in the American League
A: 66-71, 6th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF #Lee Mazzilli 23 156 592 95 151 23 5 14 58 32 6 70 63 .255 .336 .382 .718 78.7 11.6 2.6
CF  Amos Otis 31 154 604 94 172 31 6 36 131 14 8 52 69 .285 .339 .535 .874 106.2 19.9 3.9
DH *Keith Hernandez 24 153 586 75 179 51 3 10 75 4 6 65 46 .305 .375 .454 .829 90.4 17.1 1.8
RF  Leon Roberts 27 141 499 53 109 24 7 11 51 13 9 29 80 .218 .265 .361 .626 46.2 3.2 2.1
C #John Tamargo 26 138 452 43 91 21 3 6 42 2 0 53 43 .201 .283 .301 .584 37.9 1.0 5.0
LF *Bobby Murcer 32 133 452 77 105 17 3 30 78 8 0 53 100 .232 .311 .482 .793 72.3 11.9 2.7
2B *Lou Whitaker 21 129 430 56 105 17 7 13 62 8 9 48 49 .244 .318 .407 .725 52.7 6.5 3.2
2B  Rob Andrews 25 115 436 55 117 15 0 4 35 43 26 36 27 .268 .323 .330 .654 45.9 4.4 3.3
CF *Bruce Boisclair 25 119 361 44 102 30 4 0 43 2 1 41 73 .283 .356 .388 .744 49.5 8.5 0.1
SS #Roy Smalley 25 103 353 54 91 13 1 17 62 0 0 37 38 .258 .326 .445 .770 49.9 7.5 2.6
LF  Bombo Rivera 25 84 223 29 51 6 1 3 18 12 10 11 26 .229 .264 .305 .569 13.8 0.0 0.3
2B  Wayne Comer 34 72 185 21 39 7 0 4 13 1 1 26 39 .211 .308 .314 .622 19.1 1.7 1.5
C  Tom Tischinski 33 48 133 8 22 4 0 0 8 0 0 11 21 .165 .228 .195 .423 4.4 0.0 1.4
1B  Junior Moore 25 62 101 10 29 3 1 1 11 1 1 7 7 .287 .330 .366 .697 11.2 1.4 0.4
3B  Bob Horner 20 27 96 11 24 5 1 2 12 0 0 5 14 .250 .279 .385 .664 10.6 0.8 0.5
3B  Tim Foli 27 43 79 7 16 4 0 0 5 1 0 6 12 .203 .259 .253 .512 5.0 0.0 0.6
3B  Eddie Leon 31 10 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .167 .250 -0.3 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 26.7 1687 5594 733 1404 272 42 151 704 141 77 550 711 .251 .317 .396 .713 693.5 95.4 32.1
  Rank among 12 AL teams 6 7 9 4 5 3 7 3 10 4 6 9 9 7 7 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Tom Hausman 25 9 12 .429 32 32 0 235.0 269 126 30 39 98 4.83 8.2
 John Gelnar 35 13 12 .520 31 31 0 232.7 236 102 18 39 148 3.95 12.9
*Bob Shirley 24 10 11 .476 32 32 0 213.0 186 84 14 102 107 3.55 12.7
*John Candelaria 24 11 13 .458 34 23 1 189.3 181 92 28 60 78 4.37 9.1
 Jim Wright 27 4 18 .182 52 12 5 175.0 213 107 27 51 53 5.50 3.0
 Dean Chance 37 7 14 .333 52 8 3 135.3 169 113 16 98 51 7.51 0.0
 Bob Stanley 23 5 4 .556 13 13 0 102.3 103 45 6 14 26 3.96 5.6
*Lou Marone 32 3 3 .500 47 0 10 72.7 52 20 7 20 33 2.48 8.4
 Dave Lemanczyk 27 0 6 .000 32 3 2 47.3 75 51 5 38 11 9.70 0.0
 Dennis Lewallyn 24 1 3 .250 5 5 0 35.0 37 19 6 11 10 4.89 0.9
*Jim Strickland 32 0 1 .000 8 0 1 8.0 10 9 2 13 0 10.13 0.0
 Mike Krukow 26 0 0 .000 1 1 0 6.3 4 1 0 2 2 1.42 0.6
Team Totals 28.0 63 97 .394 339 160 22 1452.0 1535 769 159 487 617 4.77 61.5
Rank among 12 AL teams 11 11 9 11 5 10 12 12 3 11 12  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 32.1
J.Tamargo 1168.3 129 135 544 53 12 1 .980 30.1
T.Tischinski 283.7 31 39 121 21 1 0 .993 60.0
Team Total 1452.0 160 174 665 74 13 1 .983 35.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.57
K.Hernandez 1296.7 146 152 1727 128 16 149 .991 12.88
L.Roberts 97.0 11 14 134 12 3 15 .980 13.55
W.Comer 22.7 1 7 34 1 0 2 1.000 13.90
B.Rivera 17.7 2 2 19 2 0 2 1.000 10.70
E.Leon 12.0 0 3 18 0 0 2 1.000 13.50
J.Tamargo 3.0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
L.Mazzilli 3.0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1452.0 160 180 1944 143 19 170 .991 12.94
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.89
R.Andrews 895.3 101 104 212 426 12 88 .982 6.41
W.Comer 358.0 39 45 89 165 6 33 .977 6.39
L.Whitaker 157.0 18 20 38 74 2 13 .982 6.42
T.Foli 26.7 1 9 6 11 1 4 .944 5.74
E.Leon 9.0 1 1 1 6 0 0 1.000 7.00
B.Horner 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Moore 2.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
R.Smalley 1.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1452.0 160 184 347 686 21 139 .980 6.40
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.95
L.Whitaker 910.7 101 107 48 303 8 28 .978 3.47
J.Moore 254.7 29 38 20 60 8 6 .909 2.83
B.Horner 209.0 25 25 9 58 3 3 .957 2.89
R.Andrews 31.0 2 6 1 8 0 1 1.000 2.61
W.Comer 22.0 2 4 0 9 0 0 1.000 3.68
E.Leon 12.0 1 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75
T.Foli 7.7 0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.52
T.Tischinski 5.0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1452.0 160 190 78 444 19 40 .965 3.24
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.24
R.Smalley 866.3 100 102 127 417 20 71 .965 5.65
B.Murcer 371.7 39 53 59 178 9 26 .963 5.74
T.Foli 182.0 20 28 28 75 3 10 .972 5.09
W.Comer 29.0 1 12 3 12 0 3 1.000 4.66
B.Boisclair 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
E.Leon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.0 160 197 217 684 32 111 .966 5.58
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.04
L.Mazzilli 693.0 76 80 142 3 0 1 1.000 1.88
B.Murcer 635.7 76 76 134 6 2 0 .986 1.98
L.Roberts 44.0 5 7 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.84
B.Rivera 43.0 3 7 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.05
B.Boisclair 25.0 0 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Moore 7.3 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
W.Comer 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.0 160 185 290 11 2 2 .993 1.87
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.64
A.Otis 1333.0 146 149 360 2 0 1 1.000 2.44
L.Roberts 65.0 8 8 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
B.Rivera 39.0 4 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
B.Murcer 14.0 2 2 5 0 1 0 .833 3.21
W.Comer 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1452.0 160 165 395 2 1 1 .997 2.46
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.13
L.Roberts 755.7 87 87 165 5 5 2 .971 2.02
L.Mazzilli 640.0 69 73 122 2 4 0 .969 1.74
B.Rivera 28.0 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Boisclair 15.3 0 11 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.70
B.Murcer 12.0 1 3 3 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
W.Comer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.0 160 179 305 8 9 3 .972 1.94
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.00
T.Hausman 235.0 32 32 14 32 1 2 .979 1.76
J.Gelnar 232.7 31 31 24 31 0 2 1.000 2.13
B.Shirley 213.0 32 32 17 51 1 5 .986 2.87
J.Candelaria 189.3 23 34 11 24 1 3 .972 1.66
J.Wright 175.0 12 52 11 31 0 2 1.000 2.16
D.Chance 135.3 8 52 15 18 3 0 .917 2.19
B.Stanley 102.3 13 13 5 14 0 0 1.000 1.67
L.Marone 72.7 0 47 5 16 1 0 .955 2.60
D.Lemanczyk 47.3 3 32 4 7 0 0 1.000 2.09
D.Lewallyn 35.0 5 5 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.06
J.Strickland 8.0 0 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
M.Krukow 6.3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.0 160 339 110 230 7 14 .980 2.11
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hernandez .305
On-Base Pct Hernandez .375
Slugging Pct Otis .535
OPS Otis .874
XR Otis 106.2
Games Mazzilli 156
At-Bats Otis 604
Runs Mazzilli 95
Hits Hernandez 179
Total Bases Otis 323
Singles Hernandez 115
Doubles Hernandez 51
Triples Roberts, Whitaker 7
Homeruns Otis 36
RBIs Otis 131
Stolen Bases Andrews 43
Caught Stealing Andrews 26
Walks Mazzilli 70
Strikeouts Murcer 100
ERA Shirley 3.55
Wins Gelnar 13
Losses Wright 18
Winning Pct Gelnar .520
Saves Marone 10
Games Pitched Chance, Wright 52
Games Started Hausman, Shirley 32
Complete Games Gelnar 6
Shutouts Candelaria, Gelnar, Hausman 1
Innings Pitched Hausman 235.0
Hits Allowed Hausman 269
Homeruns Allowed Hausman 30
Strikeouts Gelnar 148
Walks Allowed Shirley 102
Walks per 9IP Hausman 1.5
Hits per 9IP Shirley 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Gelnar 5.7
WHiP Gelnar 1.18
OAVG Shirley .235
OOBP Gelnar .297
OSLG Shirley .369
OOPS Shirley .692
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
John Gelnar $ 12,000,000
Amos Otis $ 12,000,000
Dean Chance $ 8,500,000
Bobby Murcer $ 3,000,000
Keith Hernandez $ 2,385,714
Lou Marone $ 350,000
Wayne Comer $ 350,000
Tim Foli $ 350,000
Burt Hooton $ 350,000
Bruce Boisclair $ 300,000
John Candelaria $ 300,000
Tom Hausman $ 300,000
Bob Horner $ 300,000
Mike Krukow $ 300,000
Dave Lemanczyk $ 300,000
Rob Andrews $ 300,000
Lee Mazzilli $ 300,000
Jim Wright $ 300,000
Junior Moore $ 300,000
Bombo Rivera $ 300,000
Leon Roberts $ 300,000
Bob Shirley $ 300,000
Roy Smalley $ 300,000
Bob Stanley $ 300,000
Jim Strickland $ 300,000
John Tamargo $ 300,000
Tom Tischinski $ 300,000
Lou Whitaker $ 300,000
Dennis Lewallyn $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/7 Signed     John Gelnar
2/7 Signed     Amos Otis
4/3 Released Larry Hardy    
6/1 Released John Cumberland    
6/1 Released Rick Bladt    
6/1 Released Eddie Leon    
 
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