1978 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Ralph Houk

33 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1978 MLB season.

1978 Tigers roster: batting

1978 Detroit Tigers batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Ron LeFloreDH30155666126198126268.297.361.766
Rusty StaubCF3416264275175241213.273.347.782
Jason Thompson1B231535897916926960.287.364.836
Steve KempLF231595827516115792.277.379.778
Lou Whitaker2B21139484711383587.285.361.718
Alan TrammellSS20139448491202343.268.335.675
Aurelio Rodriguez3B30134385401027430.265.303.698
Milt MayC27105352248810370.250.305.666
Tim Corcoran1B2511632437861273.265.322.643
Lance ParrishC2285288376314410.219.254.678
Phil Mankowski3B258822228614202.275.344.709
John Wockenfuss1B297118723537220.283.357.780
Mickey Stanley—35531511540380.265.306.690
Steve Dillard2B27561302129071.223.257.550
Mark WagnerSS24391091026061.239.272.556
Charlie SpikesCF27102817020.250.344.629
Dave StegmanDH2481434130.286.313.955

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1978 Tigers roster: pitching

1978 Detroit Tigers pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Jim SlatonRP28353417114.12233.2921.370
Milt WilcoxSP28292713123.76215.11321.280
Dave RozemaRP2128289123.14209.1571.180
Jack BillinghamRP3530301583.88201.2591.400
Jack MorrisSP23287354.33106.0481.470
Kip YoungP231413672.81105.2491.170
Bob SykesRP232210663.9493.2581.422
John HillerRP35510942.3492.1741.0715
Steve BakerRP211510244.5563.1391.710
Jim CrawfordP27200234.3539.1241.630
Mark FidrychSP2333202.4522.0101.000
Ed GlynnRP25100003.0714.291.020
Dave TobikRP2550003.7512.0111.250
Fredie ArroyoRP2620008.314.111.850
Sheldon BurnsideRP2320009.004.031.500
Bruce TaylorP2510000.001.000.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.