1980 Detroit Tigers season

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1980 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) John Fetzer
General manager(s) Jim Campbell
Manager(s) Sparky Anderson
Local television WDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
Local radio WJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)
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The 1980 Detroit Tigers finished in fourth place in the American League East with a record of 84-78, 19 games behind the Yankees. They outscored their opponents 830 to 757. The Tigers drew 1,785,293 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1980, ranking 7th of the 14 teams in the American League.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 103 59 0.636 53–28 50–31
Baltimore Orioles 100 62 0.617 3 50–31 50–31
Milwaukee Brewers 86 76 0.531 17 40–42 46–34
Detroit Tigers 84 78 0.519 19 43–38 41–40
Boston Red Sox 70 90 0.438 32 37–42 33–48
Cleveland Indians 79 81 0.494 23 44–35 35–46
Toronto Blue Jays 67 95 0.414 36 35–46 32–49


Record vs. opponents

1980 American League Records

Sources:

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 8–5 10–2 6–6 6–7 10–3 6–6 7–6 10–2 7–6 7–5 6–6 6–6 11–2
Boston 5–8 9–3 6–4 7–6 8–5 5–7 6–7 6–6 3–10 9–3 7–5 5–7 7–6
California 2–10 3–9 3–10 4–6 5–7 5–8 6–6 7–6 2–10 3–10 11–2 11–2 3–9
Chicago 6–6 4–6 10–3 5–7 2–10 5–8 5–7 5–8 5–7 6–7 6–7 6–7–2 5–7
Cleveland 7–6 6–7 6–4 7–5 3–10 5–7 3–10 9–3 5–8 6–6 8–4 6–6 8–5
Detroit 3–10 5–8 7–5 10–2 10–3 2–10 7–6 6–6 5–8 6–6 10–2–1 4–8 9–4
Kansas City 6–6 7–5 8–5 8–5 7–5 10–2 6–6 5–8 8–4 6–7 7–6 10–3 9–3
Milwaukee 6–7 7–6 6–6 7–5 10–3 6–7 6–6 7–5 5–8 7–5 9–3 5–7 5–8
Minnesota 2–10 6–6 6–7 8–5 3–9 6–6 8–5 5–7 4–8 6–7 7–6 9–3 7–5
New York 6–7 10–3 10–2 7–5 8–5 8–5 4–8 8–5 8–4 8–4 9–3 7–5 10–3
Oakland 5–7 3–9 10–3 7–6 6–6 6–6 7–6 5–7 7–6 4–8 8–5 7–6 8–4
Seattle 6–6 5–7 2–11 7–6 4–8 2–10–1 6–7 3–9 6–7 3–9 5–8 4–9 6–6
Texas 6–6 7–5 2–11 7–6–2 6–6 8–4 3–10 7–5 3–9 5–7 6–7 9–4 7–5
Toronto 2–11 6–7 9–3 7–5 5–8 4–9 3–9 8–5 5–7 3–10 4–8 6–6 5–7


Notable transactions

Roster

1980 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C Lance Parrish 144 553 158 .286 24 82
1B Richie Hebner 104 341 99 .290 12 82
2B Lou Whitaker 145 477 111 .233 1 45
3B Tom Brookens 151 509 140 .275 10 66
SS Alan Trammell 146 560 168 .300 9 65
LF Steve Kemp 135 508 149 .293 21 101
CF Rick Peters 133 477 139 .291 2 42
RF Al Cowens 108 403 113 .280 5 42
DH Champ Summers 120 347 103 .297 17 60

Other batters

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
John Wockenfuss 126 372 102 .274 16 65
Kirk Gibson 51 175 46 .263 9 16
Jim Lentine 67 161 42 .261 1 17
Tim Corcoran 84 153 44 .288 3 18
Dave Stegman 65 130 23 .177 2 9
Jason Thompson 36 126 27 .214 4 20
Stan Papi 46 114 27 .237 3 17
Duffy Dyer 48 108 20 .185 4 11
Mark Wagner 45 72 17 .236 0 3
Lynn Jones 30 55 14 .255 0 6
Dan Gonzales 2 7 1 .143 0 0

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jack Morris 36 250 16 15 4.18 112
Milt Wilcox 32 198.2 13 11 4.48 97
Dan Schatzeder 32 192.2 11 13 4.02 94
Dan Petry 27 164.2 10 9 3.94 88
Mark Fidrych 9 44.1 2 3 5.68 16

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave Rozema 42 144.2 6 9 3.92 49
Roger Weaver 19 63.2 3 0 4.10 42
Bruce Robbins 15 51.2 4 2 6.62 23
Jerry Ujdur 9 21.1 1 0 7.59 8

Relief pitchers

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
Aurelio López 67 13 6 21 59 3.77 97
Pat Underwood 49 3 6 5 24 3.59 60
Dave Tobik 17 1 0 0 6 3.98 34
John Hiller 11 1 0 0 2 4.40 18
Jack Billingham 8 0 0 0 3 7.36 3

Awards and honors

All Star selections

League top ten finishers

Steve Kemp

  • #2 in MLB in time grounded into double plays (24)
  • #5 in AL in sacrifice flies

Aurelio López

  • #3 in AL in games (67)
  • #3 in AL in games finished (59)

Jack Morris

  • #3 in AL in earned runs allowed (116)
  • #4 in AL in games started (36)
  • #10 in MLB in bases on balls allowed (87)
  • #10 in MLB in losses (15)

Lance Parrish

  • #2 in MLB in time grounded into double plays (24)
  • #4 in AL in strikeouts (109)
  • #10 in MLB in extra base hits (64)

Alan Trammell

  • #5 in AL in runs scored (107)
  • #6 in AL in sacrifice hits (13)

Milt Wilcox

  • #10 in MLB in complete games (13)

Players ranking among top 100 all time at position

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:

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Evansville Triplets American Association Jim Leyland
AA Montgomery Rebels Southern League Roy Majtyka
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Eddie Brinkman
Rookie Bristol Tigers Appalachian League Tom Kotchman

Notes

  1. Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
  2. Jim Lentine at Baseball Reference
  3. Chuck Hensley at Baseball-Reference
  4. Bárbaro Garbey at Baseball-Reference
  5. Roger Mason at Baseball Reference

References