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1979 Detroit Tigers
Record: 72-88
Finish: 3rd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 713
Runs Allowed: 782
Exp W-L: 73-87
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,378,589
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-71, 7th in the American League
AA: 50-87, 12th in the American League
A: 69-68, 8th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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
DH *Keith Hernandez 25 153 596 86 174 30 7 8 60 5 7 77 58 .292 .373 .406 .779 89.1 16.7 2.5
CF  Amos Otis 32 154 600 73 131 30 7 21 91 12 5 50 90 .218 .279 .397 .676 64.8 6.9 5.7
CF *Rick Monday 33 155 581 86 135 18 9 28 95 4 2 68 103 .232 .312 .439 .751 81.1 12.3 4.4
CF #Lee Mazzilli 24 152 560 83 131 24 6 7 60 37 20 80 64 .234 .330 .336 .665 65.3 7.8 4.7
3B  Bob Horner 21 154 569 61 134 25 2 24 98 0 0 53 55 .236 .303 .413 .716 74.2 10.8 2.4
2B *Lou Whitaker 22 151 523 65 137 29 3 11 63 14 4 63 60 .262 .341 .392 .733 69.5 10.8 7.3
C  Earl Williams 30 139 519 59 116 21 2 17 60 2 0 38 100 .224 .281 .370 .651 52.1 5.0 2.0
SS #Roy Smalley 26 151 484 62 117 19 1 14 59 0 0 68 66 .242 .335 .372 .707 63.7 9.3 7.6
1B  Andre Thornton 29 113 410 50 106 22 2 15 63 0 0 58 59 .259 .347 .432 .778 63.0 10.8 0.0
C #John Tamargo 27 71 234 22 42 8 0 2 16 0 0 16 14 .179 .234 .239 .473 10.5 0.0 0.9
LF *Bobby Murcer 33 91 199 36 41 5 0 10 25 3 1 36 39 .206 .326 .382 .708 27.4 3.8 1.6
2B  Rob Andrews 26 68 117 21 27 4 1 1 9 12 7 10 5 .231 .291 .308 .599 10.1 0.5 1.2
RF  Leon Roberts 28 25 34 8 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 5 .176 .300 .206 .506 2.7 0.1 0.2
3B  Joe Foy 36 17 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .091 .000 .091 -0.5 0.0 0.1
C  Tom Tischinski 34 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.4 1600 5439 713 1297 236 40 158 699 91 47 624 722 .238 .317 .384 .701 672.9 94.8 40.5
  Rank among 12 AL teams 12 6 11 6 3 1 6 6 7 2 9 11 8 6 7 6  
* - 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
 Dennis Leonard 28 13 12 .520 32 32 0 252.0 235 98 20 77 133 3.50 18.7
 John Gelnar 36 11 16 .407 32 32 0 235.7 212 89 27 40 142 3.40 17.4
 Tom Hausman 26 16 6 .727 28 28 0 205.7 166 68 19 38 81 2.98 20.7
 Scott Sanderson 22 7 16 .304 27 27 0 191.3 214 120 23 43 91 5.64 4.0
 Bob Stanley 24 9 11 .450 26 26 0 158.7 229 101 12 48 22 5.73 2.0
 Pedro Borbon 32 5 10 .333 59 3 7 98.7 128 60 16 25 39 5.47 2.7
 Sandy Wihtol 24 2 3 .400 51 0 7 82.3 86 44 10 35 34 4.81 4.4
 Ron Tompkins 34 3 3 .500 47 1 8 77.3 91 36 5 36 21 4.19 5.2
*Jesse Orosco 22 4 5 .444 18 7 1 53.3 62 38 12 30 31 6.41 0.3
 Mike Lacoss 23 2 4 .333 25 4 2 50.0 49 21 2 31 15 3.78 3.4
*Bob Shirley 25 0 2 .000 24 0 12 29.7 31 19 5 16 13 5.77 1.7
*Dave Tomlin 30 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.1
Team Totals 27.2 72 88 .450 370 160 37 1435.3 1503 694 151 419 622 4.35 80.7
Rank among 12 AL teams 8 8 9 8 8 9 11 8 2 9 8  
* - 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 .986 32.3
E.Williams 920.0 104 104 431 40 7 1 .985 26.4
J.Tamargo 507.0 56 62 225 22 8 1 .969 20.0
T.Tischinski 8.3 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1435.3 160 171 660 62 15 2 .980 24.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.79
K.Hernandez 1332.0 149 153 1721 132 12 148 .994 12.52
B.Murcer 65.0 8 8 79 5 1 10 .988 11.63
L.Roberts 36.3 3 6 42 8 1 7 .980 12.39
B.Horner 2.0 0 2 4 0 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1435.3 160 169 1846 145 14 166 .993 12.48
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.02
L.Whitaker 1287.0 146 149 281 624 14 112 .985 6.33
R.Andrews 128.3 13 20 32 57 0 15 1.000 6.24
J.Foy 16.0 1 4 6 4 0 0 1.000 5.63
B.Horner 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1435.3 160 175 319 687 14 128 .986 6.31
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.91
B.Horner 1309.3 149 150 86 320 31 28 .929 2.79
R.Andrews 108.7 11 21 8 17 0 0 1.000 2.07
J.Foy 12.0 0 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
L.Whitaker 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Tischinski 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.3 160 180 95 339 31 28 .933 2.72
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.37
R.Smalley 1303.3 151 151 215 603 28 113 .967 5.65
R.Andrews 74.0 9 9 9 35 6 3 .880 5.35
B.Murcer 47.3 0 21 12 25 0 7 1.000 7.04
J.Foy 8.3 0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.40
S.Wihtol 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.3 160 187 236 668 34 123 .964 5.67
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
L.Mazzilli 1327.0 148 150 305 9 0 5 1.000 2.13
B.Murcer 98.0 11 11 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.30
L.Roberts 10.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Foy 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.3 160 164 330 9 0 5 1.000 2.13
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.66
A.Otis 1337.3 149 151 358 8 0 2 1.000 2.46
B.Murcer 79.7 9 11 23 1 0 0 1.000 2.71
L.Roberts 15.0 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.20
R.Monday 3.3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.41
Team Total 1435.3 160 167 390 9 0 2 1.000 2.50
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.19
R.Monday 1314.0 146 151 295 12 11 3 .965 2.10
B.Murcer 117.3 14 17 21 1 1 0 .957 1.69
L.Roberts 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.3 160 171 316 13 12 3 .965 2.06
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.03
D.Leonard 252.0 32 32 26 38 3 3 .955 2.29
J.Gelnar 235.7 32 32 12 40 0 3 1.000 1.99
T.Hausman 205.7 28 28 10 33 1 3 .977 1.88
S.Sanderson 191.3 27 27 12 17 0 1 1.000 1.36
B.Stanley 158.7 26 26 12 26 4 3 .905 2.16
P.Borbon 98.7 3 59 12 22 4 1 .895 3.10
S.Wihtol 82.3 0 51 5 14 0 1 1.000 2.08
R.Tompkins 77.3 1 47 6 14 0 0 1.000 2.33
J.Orosco 53.3 7 18 5 9 0 1 1.000 2.36
M.Lacoss 50.0 4 25 4 9 0 1 1.000 2.34
B.Shirley 29.7 0 24 2 4 1 1 .857 1.82
D.Tomlin 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1435.3 160 370 106 226 13 18 .962 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hernandez .292
On-Base Pct Hernandez .373
Slugging Pct Monday .439
OPS Hernandez .779
XR Hernandez 89.1
Games Monday 155
At-Bats Otis 600
Runs Hernandez, Monday 86
Hits Hernandez 174
Total Bases Monday 255
Singles Hernandez 129
Doubles Hernandez, Otis 30
Triples Monday 9
Homeruns Monday 28
RBIs Horner 98
Stolen Bases Mazzilli 37
Caught Stealing Mazzilli 20
Walks Mazzilli 80
Strikeouts Monday 103
ERA Hausman 2.98
Wins Hausman 16
Losses Gelnar, Sanderson 16
Winning Pct Hausman .727
Saves Shirley 12
Games Pitched Borbon 59
Games Started Gelnar, Leonard 32
Complete Games Leonard 7
Shutouts Gelnar 3
Innings Pitched Leonard 252.0
Hits Allowed Leonard 235
Homeruns Allowed Gelnar 27
Strikeouts Gelnar 142
Walks Allowed Leonard 77
Walks per 9IP Gelnar 1.5
Hits per 9IP Hausman 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Gelnar 5.4
WHiP Hausman 0.99
OAVG Hausman .222
OOBP Hausman .262
OSLG Hausman .339
OOPS Hausman .601
Team All-Stars
Tom Hausman
Ron Tompkins
Player Salaries
Amos Otis $ 12,000,000
John Gelnar $ 12,000,000
Rick Monday $ 8,500,000
Pedro Borbon $ 6,500,000
Keith Hernandez $ 3,478,571
Bobby Murcer $ 3,000,000
Andre Thornton $ 3,000,000
Dennis Leonard $ 2,014,286
Joe Foy $ 2,000,111
Earl Williams $ 1,446,429
Ron Tompkins $ 1,250,000
Lou Marone $ 794,286
Dave Tomlin $ 600,000
Tom Tischinski $ 350,000
Burt Hooton $ 350,000
Roy Smalley $ 300,000
Sandy Wihtol $ 300,000
John Tamargo $ 300,000
Lou Whitaker $ 300,000
Tom Hausman $ 300,000
Bob Stanley $ 300,000
Lee Mazzilli $ 300,000
Mike Lacoss $ 300,000
Bombo Rivera $ 300,000
Jesse Orosco $ 300,000
Bob Shirley $ 300,000
Scott Sanderson $ 300,000
Rob Andrews $ 300,000
Leon Roberts $ 300,000
Bob Horner $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/10 Signed     Ron Tompkins
2/12 Signed     Dave Tomlin
4/3 Traded Dale Berra
Julio Cruz
Kip Young		 Cleveland (N) Rick Monday
Andre Thornton
Earl Williams
Pedro Borbon
4/3 Traded Gene Pentz Cleveland (N) Dennis Leonard
Joe Foy
 
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