1980 Detroit Tigers
Record: 97-63
Finish: 1st in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 847
Runs Allowed: 667
Exp W-L: 97-63
 
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Attendance: 1,595,385
Manager: Pie Traynor

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 7th in the American League
AA: 83-54, 1st in the American League
A: 55-82, 11th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 2-4 to San Diego Padres
Won AL League Series 4-0 over Seattle Mariners
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over Kansas City Royals
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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 25 150 587 98 178 33 5 8 69 32 16 84 53 .303 .391 .417 .808 95.6 18.2 6.3
2B *Lou Whitaker 23 155 619 94 182 27 4 14 99 12 6 54 69 .294 .349 .418 .768 85.1 14.4 6.1
DH *Keith Hernandez 26 153 603 79 174 35 10 14 89 5 6 66 67 .289 .356 .449 .806 87.5 14.9 2.8
CF  Amos Otis 33 155 607 70 146 25 8 20 76 14 8 49 101 .241 .296 .407 .703 72.4 8.9 7.8
3B  Bob Horner 22 148 603 99 194 40 6 33 116 0 0 53 48 .322 .374 .572 .946 110.7 23.2 3.4
1B  Andre Thornton 30 153 565 87 127 22 1 24 81 2 1 84 104 .225 .323 .395 .718 76.7 10.1 0.0
SS #Roy Smalley 27 153 543 89 146 22 2 19 61 0 2 62 55 .269 .343 .422 .765 77.5 12.7 9.9
RF  Leon Roberts 29 149 519 62 135 26 9 11 73 9 9 46 71 .260 .322 .408 .730 65.4 8.9 5.6
C  Earl Williams 31 140 490 71 124 21 5 24 84 0 0 53 90 .253 .332 .463 .795 72.1 11.4 2.9
LF *Bobby Murcer 34 87 222 36 53 11 1 10 38 9 5 41 39 .239 .357 .432 .790 35.4 5.9 1.9
2B  Rob Andrews 27 66 149 29 45 5 1 2 12 10 10 12 7 .302 .350 .389 .739 19.0 2.5 1.6
C #John Tamargo 28 42 116 21 35 9 0 3 16 1 0 15 7 .302 .379 .457 .836 19.9 4.0 0.8
2B  Damaso Garcia 25 22 7 8 2 0 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 .286 .375 .714 1.089 1.5 0.1 0.2
LF  Bombo Rivera 27 12 6 3 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 .333 .333 .833 1.167 1.4 0.1 0.0
C  Tom Tischinski 35 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Tompkins 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.6 1591 5638 847 1543 276 52 184 822 97 63 621 713 .274 .345 .439 .784 820.3 135.5 49.3
  Rank among 12 AL teams 1 2 2 2 4 2 2 7 8 3 5 3 2 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Scott Sanderson 23 12 12 .500 32 32 0 241.0 230 90 27 52 142 3.36 16.7
 Tom Hausman 27 19 6 .760 32 32 0 238.3 213 84 13 32 99 3.17 19.5
 Bob Stanley 25 13 9 .591 32 32 0 226.3 247 88 10 69 42 3.50 15.5
 Pedro Borbon 33 11 3 .786 20 20 0 146.0 134 52 16 23 71 3.21 11.7
*Jesse Orosco 23 14 6 .700 54 12 18 139.7 129 58 13 73 107 3.74 12.7
 Mike Lacoss 24 4 7 .364 52 10 8 110.0 120 53 4 65 37 4.34 4.8
 Dennis Leonard 29 8 3 .727 15 15 0 104.3 98 37 7 40 66 3.19 8.7
 Sandy Wihtol 25 6 6 .500 55 0 6 102.3 77 33 5 38 55 2.90 11.2
*Bob Shirley 26 7 5 .583 45 0 7 76.3 72 39 4 39 43 4.60 5.4
 Ron Tompkins 35 2 4 .333 40 1 6 48.3 59 34 4 27 13 6.33 0.0
*Dave Tomlin 31 1 2 .333 6 6 0 30.0 40 25 5 11 10 7.50 0.0
Team Totals 27.4 97 63 .606 383 160 45 1462.6 1419 593 108 469 685 3.65 106.2
Rank among 12 AL teams 2 2 1 1 1 3 5 3 3 9 3  
* - 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 .989 31.3
E.Williams 1173.0 128 136 573 50 11 1 .983 21.7
J.Tamargo 287.3 32 39 139 10 0 0 1.000 29.4
T.Tischinski 2.3 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1462.7 160 177 714 60 11 1 .986 22.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.71
K.Hernandez 1351.0 149 152 1668 128 14 145 .992 11.96
B.Murcer 97.0 11 13 107 7 1 12 .991 10.58
J.Tamargo 13.0 0 3 20 1 0 1 1.000 14.54
E.Williams 1.7 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 16.27
Team Total 1462.7 160 169 1797 137 15 158 .992 11.90
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.80
L.Whitaker 1303.7 143 151 272 547 18 105 .978 5.65
R.Andrews 145.3 17 23 31 63 5 11 .949 5.82
D.Garcia 8.7 0 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.20
B.Horner 5.0 0 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1462.7 160 179 306 617 23 117 .976 5.68
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.92
B.Horner 1298.0 144 145 89 298 29 19 .930 2.68
R.Andrews 129.3 14 18 9 35 1 5 .978 3.06
L.Whitaker 21.0 2 2 2 3 0 2 1.000 2.14
T.Tischinski 8.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13
D.Garcia 6.3 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.84
Team Total 1462.7 160 172 101 338 30 26 .936 2.70
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.28
R.Smalley 1366.7 151 153 217 589 26 101 .969 5.31
R.Andrews 74.0 9 9 13 23 0 6 1.000 4.38
B.Murcer 11.0 0 9 4 10 0 3 1.000 11.45
D.Garcia 11.0 0 3 3 5 0 0 1.000 6.55
Team Total 1462.7 160 174 237 627 26 110 .971 5.32
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.00
L.Mazzilli 1356.7 148 148 322 12 0 4 1.000 2.22
B.Murcer 106.0 12 12 26 1 0 1 1.000 2.29
Team Total 1462.7 160 160 348 13 0 5 1.000 2.22
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.60
A.Otis 1333.0 146 152 404 3 1 1 .998 2.75
B.Murcer 128.7 14 16 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
B.Rivera 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.7 160 169 439 3 1 1 .998 2.72
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.11
L.Roberts 1317.7 147 149 311 4 3 2 .991 2.15
B.Murcer 133.0 13 24 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
B.Rivera 8.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Tompkins 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Mazzilli 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.7 160 179 331 5 3 2 .991 2.07
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.00
S.Sanderson 241.0 32 32 18 37 2 3 .965 2.05
T.Hausman 238.3 32 32 22 40 0 6 1.000 2.34
B.Stanley 226.3 32 32 15 44 0 4 1.000 2.35
P.Borbon 146.0 20 20 12 17 0 1 1.000 1.79
J.Orosco 139.7 12 54 5 35 0 3 1.000 2.58
M.Lacoss 110.0 10 52 7 21 0 2 1.000 2.29
D.Leonard 104.3 15 15 9 25 0 4 1.000 2.93
S.Wihtol 102.3 0 55 9 15 0 1 1.000 2.11
B.Shirley 76.3 0 45 6 11 0 0 1.000 2.00
R.Tompkins 48.3 1 40 5 9 1 1 .933 2.61
D.Tomlin 30.0 6 6 0 5 1 0 .833 1.50
Team Total 1462.6 160 383 108 259 4 25 .989 2.26
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Horner .322
On-Base Pct Mazzilli .391
Slugging Pct Horner .572
OPS Horner .946
XR Horner 110.7
Games Whitaker, Otis 155
At-Bats Whitaker 619
Runs Horner 99
Hits Horner 194
Total Bases Horner 345
Singles Whitaker 137
Doubles Horner 40
Triples Hernandez 10
Homeruns Horner 33
RBIs Horner 116
Stolen Bases Mazzilli 32
Caught Stealing Mazzilli 16
Walks Mazzilli, Thornton 84
Strikeouts Thornton 104
ERA Hausman 3.17
Wins Hausman 19
Losses Sanderson 12
Winning Pct Hausman .760
Saves Orosco 18
Games Pitched Wihtol 55
Games Started Hausman, Sanderson, Stanley 32
Complete Games Sanderson 5
Shutouts Leonard, Stanley 1
Innings Pitched Sanderson 241.0
Hits Allowed Stanley 247
Homeruns Allowed Sanderson 27
Strikeouts Sanderson 142
Walks Allowed Orosco 73
Walks per 9IP Hausman 1.2
Hits per 9IP Hausman 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Sanderson 5.3
WHiP Hausman 1.03
OAVG Hausman .237
OOBP Hausman .265
OSLG Hausman .350
OOPS Hausman .615
Team All-Stars
Bob Horner
Lee Mazzilli
Bob Shirley
Roy Smalley
Lou Whitaker
Player Salaries
Amos Otis $ 12,000,000
Tom Hausman $ 4,428,571
Dennis Leonard $ 3,921,429
Keith Hernandez $ 3,478,571
Bobby Murcer $ 3,000,000
Andre Thornton $ 3,000,000
Pedro Borbon $ 1,250,000
Earl Williams $ 1,250,000
Lee Mazzilli $ 985,714
Rob Andrews $ 642,857
Dave Tomlin $ 600,000
Leon Roberts $ 350,000
Burt Hooton $ 350,000
Tom Tischinski $ 350,000
Mike Lacoss $ 300,000
Damaso Garcia $ 300,000
Bob Horner $ 300,000
Bombo Rivera $ 300,000
Scott Sanderson $ 300,000
Bob Shirley $ 300,000
Roy Smalley $ 300,000
Bob Stanley $ 300,000
John Tamargo $ 300,000
Lou Whitaker $ 300,000
Sandy Wihtol $ 300,000
Jesse Orosco $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/8 Released John Gelnar    
4/3 Released Orlando Ramirez    
4/3 Released Jerry Tabb    
4/3 Released Willie Norwood    
4/3 Released Don Collins    
6/1 Released Bob Myrick    
10/23 Released Ron Tompkins