1978 Detroit Tigers Roster (40-man)

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 86-76-0, Finished 5th in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Ralph Houk (86-76)

General Manager: Jim Campbell

Farm Director: Hoot Evers

Scouting Director: Bill Lajoie

Ballpark: Tiger Stadium

Attendance: 1,714,893 (5th of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
One-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 107

Pythagorean W-L: 88-74, 714 Runs, 653 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Fernando Arroyo	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Mar 21, 1952	3	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Steve Baker	21	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Aug 30, 1956	1st	15	10	0	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Jack Billingham	35	us US	R	R	6' 4"	195	Feb 21, 1943	11	30	30	0	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0
Sheldon Burnside	23	us US	R	L	6' 5"	200	Dec 22, 1954	1st	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Tim Corcoran	25	us US	L	L	5' 11"	175	Mar 19, 1953	2	116	87	116	109	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	107	109	1	18	4	0.0
Jim Crawford	27	us US	L	L	6' 3"	200	Sep 29, 1950	5	20	0	0	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Steve Dillard	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Feb 8, 1951	4	56	38	56	42	0	0	0	41	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	16	-0.8
Mark Fidrych	23	us US	R	R	6' 3"	175	Aug 14, 1954	3	3	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	$90,000
Steve Foucault	28	us US	L	R	6' 0"	205	Oct 3, 1949	6	24	0	0	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Ed Glynn	25	us US	R	L	6' 2"	180	Jun 3, 1953	4	10	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3
John Hiller	35	ca CA	R	L	6' 1"	185	Apr 8, 1943	13	51	0	0	51	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	$90,000
Steve Kemp	23	us US	L	L	6' 0"	195	Aug 7, 1954	2	159	156	159	157	0	0	0	0	0	0	157	0	0	157	0	3	0	3.3	$55,000
Ron LeFlore	30	us US	R	R	6' 0"	200	Jun 16, 1948	5	155	155	155	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	155	0	155	0	0	0	4.1
Phil Mankowski	25	us US	L	R	6' 0"	180	Jan 9, 1953	3	88	77	88	80	0	0	0	0	80	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	1	1.2
Milt May	27	us US	L	R	6' 0"	190	Aug 1, 1950	9	105	89	105	94	0	94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	1.4
Jack Morris HOF	23	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	May 16, 1955	2	28	7	0	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1
Lance Parrish	22	us US	R	R	6' 3"	210	Jun 15, 1956	2	85	73	85	79	0	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1.0
Aurelio Rodríguez	30	mx MX	R	R	5' 10"	180	Dec 28, 1947	12	134	85	134	131	0	0	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	1.7
Dave Rozema	21	us US	R	R	6' 4"	185	Aug 5, 1956	2	28	28	0	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0
Jim Slaton	28	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Jun 19, 1950	8	35	34	0	35	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.8
Charlie Spikes	27	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Jan 23, 1951	7	10	9	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	0	1	0	0.0
Mickey Stanley	35	us US	R	R	6' 1"	185	Jul 20, 1942	15	53	36	53	46	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	4	28	34	0	12	0	0.2	$75,000
Rusty Staub	34	us US	L	R	6' 2"	190	Apr 1, 1944	16	162	162	162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	162	0	0	1.5
Dave Stegman	24	us US	R	R	5' 11"	190	Jan 30, 1954	1st	8	5	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	7	0	0	1	0.1
Bob Sykes	23	us US	B	L	6' 1"	195	Dec 11, 1954	2	22	10	0	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.7
Bruce Taylor	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	178	Apr 16, 1953	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Jason Thompson	23	us US	L	L	6' 4"	200	Jul 6, 1954	3	153	151	153	151	0	0	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5.6	$75,000	All-Star
Dave Tobik	25	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Mar 2, 1953	1st	5	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2
Alan Trammell HOF	20	us US	R	R	6' 0"	165	Feb 21, 1958	2	139	135	139	139	0	0	0	0	0	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.8	$21,000
Mark Wagner	24	us US	R	R	6' 0"	165	Mar 4, 1954	3	39	27	39	39	0	0	0	4	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-0.1
Lou Whitaker	21	us US	L	R	5' 11"	160	May 12, 1957	2	139	124	139	136	0	0	0	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	4	3.8
Milt Wilcox	28	us US	R	R	6' 2"	185	Apr 20, 1950	8	29	27	0	29	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.3
John Wockenfuss	29	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Feb 27, 1949	5	71	49	71	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	55	60	2	19	1	0.6
Kip Young	23	us US	R	R	5' 11"	175	Oct 29, 1954	1st	14	13	0	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.2
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Ralph Houk	58	us US	Aug 9, 1919	Manager	Apr 7	Oct 1
Gates Brown	39	us US	May 2, 1939	Hitting	Apr 7	Oct 1
Fred Gladding	42	us US	Jun 28, 1936	Pitching	Apr 7	Oct 1
Jim Hegan	57	us US	Aug 3, 1920	Bullpen	Apr 7	Oct 1
Dick Tracewski	43	us US	Feb 3, 1935	First base	Apr 7	Oct 1
Fred Hatfield	53	us US	Mar 18, 1925	Third base	Apr 7	Oct 1
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date