1979 Detroit Tigers roster

Manager: Les Moss, Dick Tracewski, Sparky Anderson

38 players appeared for the Detroit Tigers in the 1979 MLB season.

1979 Tigers roster: batting

1979 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 LeFloreDH3114860011018095778.300.355.770
Lance ParrishC231434936513619656.276.343.800
Jason Thompson1B241454925812120792.246.338.742
Steve KempLF2413449088156261055.318.398.941
Alan TrammellSS211424606812765017.276.335.691
Jerry MoralesCF301294405093145610.211.260.624
Lou Whitaker2B221274237512134220.286.395.774
Aurelio Rodriguez3B3110634327875360.254.277.626
John Wockenfuss1B3087231276115462.264.320.827
Lynn JonesDH269521333634269.296.349.739
Tom Brookens3B2560190235042110.263.309.683
Mark WagnerSS257514616401133.274.341.657
Phil Mankowski3B2642991122080.222.286.548
Al Greene—24295998360.136.257.562
Ed Putman—25213949240.231.302.764
Kirk GibsonDH22123839143.237.256.651
Dave StegmanDH25123166351.194.242.726
Dave Machemer—28192685020.192.276.507
Tim Corcoran1B26182245061.227.333.606
Ricky PetersDH23121935020.263.417.680
Dan GonzalesDH2571814021.222.222.500

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

1979 Tigers roster: pitching

1979 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.
Jack MorrisSP2427271773.27198.01131.200
Milt WilcoxSP29332912104.35196.11091.400
Jack BillinghamRP3635191073.30158.0591.413
Aurelio LopezRP306101052.41127.01061.1521
Pat UnderwoodRP222715644.59121.2831.270
Dan PetryRP201515653.9598.0431.260
Dave RozemaRP221616443.5197.1331.350
Steve BakerRP222112176.6484.0541.761
John HillerRP36430475.2279.1461.749
Dave TobikRP26370354.3368.2481.223
Bruce RobbinsRP19108333.9146.0221.430
Kip YoungP24137226.3943.2221.630
Mike ChrisRP21138336.9239.0311.720
Sheldon BurnsideRP24100116.3321.1131.690
Bruce TaylorP26100124.8218.281.230
Mark FidrychSP24440310.4314.252.180
Fredie ArroyoRP2760118.2512.071.750

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.