Detroit Tigers | |
Season: | 1979 |
League: | American League |
Division: | East |
Ballpark: | Tiger Stadium |
City: | Detroit, Michigan |
Owners: | John Fetzer |
General Managers: | Jim Campbell |
Managers: | Les Moss, Dick Tracewski, Sparky Anderson |
Television: | WDIV-TV (George Kell, Mike Barry, Al Kaline) |
Radio: | WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey) |
The 1979 Detroit Tigers finished in fifth place in the American League East with a record of 85–76, 18 games behind the Orioles. They outscored their opponents 770 to 738. The Tigers drew 1,630,929 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1979, ranking 7th of the 14 teams in the American League. This season is most notable for both the Tigers' involvement in the infamous Disco Demolition Night, of which they were the visiting team to the Chicago White Sox and declared winners by forfeit, as well as for their mid-season hiring of Sparky Anderson as manager. Anderson would manage the Tigers through the end of the 1995 season, winning the 1984 World Series along with two American League Eastern Division titles in 1984 and 1987.
1979 Detroit Tigers | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | CatchersInfielders | OutfieldersOther batters | ManagerCoaches | ||||||
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | |
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C | 143 | 493 | 136 | .276 | 19 | 65 | ||
1B | 145 | 492 | 121 | .246 | 20 | 79 | ||
2B | 127 | 423 | 121 | .286 | 3 | 42 | ||
3B | 106 | 343 | 87 | .254 | 5 | 36 | ||
SS | 142 | 460 | 127 | .276 | 6 | 50 | ||
LF | 134 | 490 | 156 | .318 | 26 | 105 | ||
RF | 129 | 440 | 93 | .211 | 14 | 56 | ||
CF | 148 | 600 | 180 | .300 | 9 | 57 | ||
DH | 68 | 246 | 58 | .236 | 9 | 40 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | |
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90 | 246 | 77 | .313 | 20 | 51 | ||
87 | 231 | 61 | .264 | 15 | 46 | ||
95 | 213 | 63 | .296 | 4 | 26 | ||
60 | 190 | 50 | .263 | 4 | 21 | ||
75 | 146 | 40 | .274 | 1 | 13 | ||
42 | 99 | 22 | .222 | 0 | 8 | ||
29 | 59 | 8 | .136 | 3 | 6 | ||
21 | 39 | 9 | .231 | 2 | 4 | ||
12 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 1 | 4 | ||
12 | 31 | 6 | .194 | 3 | 5 | ||
19 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 0 | 2 | ||
18 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 6 | ||
10 | 19 | 5 | .263 | 0 | 2 | ||
7 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 2 | ||
6 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 3 |
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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27 | 197.2 | 17 | 7 | 3.28 | 113 | |
33 | 196.1 | 12 | 10 | 4.35 | 109 | |
15 | 98.0 | 6 | 5 | 3.95 | 43 | |
16 | 97.1 | 4 | 4 | 3.51 | 33 | |
10 | 46.0 | 3 | 3 | 3.91 | 22 | |
4 | 14.2 | 0 | 3 | 10.43 | 5 | |
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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35 | 158.0 | 10 | 7 | 3.30 | 59 | |
27 | 121.2 | 6 | 4 | 4.59 | 83 | |
21 | 84.0 | 1 | 7 | 6.64 | 54 | |
13 | 43.2 | 2 | 2 | 6.39 | 22 | |
13 | 39.0 | 3 | 3 | 6.92 | 31 | |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | GF | ERA | SO | |
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61 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 49 | 2.41 | 106 | ||
43 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 5.22 | 46 | ||
37 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 4.33 | 48 | ||
10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6.33 | 13 | ||
10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4.82 | 8 | ||
6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8.25 | 7 |
The following members of the 1979 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001:
See also: Minor League Baseball.
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