1980 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1980 American League East Tiger Stadium Detroit, Michigan 84 78 y 5th John Fetzer Jim Campbell Sparky Anderson WDIV-TV(George Kell, Al Kaline) WJR(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey) The 1980 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 80th season and the 69th season at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers finished in fifth 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. This was Sparky Anderson's first full season as Tigers manager. Offseason December 7, 1979: Ron LeFlore was traded by the Tigers to the Montreal Expos for Dan Schatzeder.Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Detroit Tigers Boston's record of 83–77 has a fractionally better winning percentage than Detroit's record of 84–78; .51875 and .51851, respectively. Record vs. opponents DET Notable transactions June 2, 1980: Al Greene and John Martin were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Lentine.Jim Lentine at Baseball Reference June 3, 1980: Chuck Hensley was drafted by the Tigers in the 10th round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.Chuck Hensley at Baseball-Reference June 6, 1980: Bárbaro Garbey was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.Bárbaro Garbey at Baseball-Reference September 21, 1980: Roger Mason was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.Roger Mason at Baseball Reference Roster 1980 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 41 Jack Billingham 20 Mark Fidrych 18 John Hiller 29 Aurelio López 47 Jack Morris 46 Dan Petry 48 Bruce Robbins 19 Dave Rozema 36 Dan Schatzeder 38 Dave Tobik 28 Jerry Ujdur 40 Pat Underwood 44 Roger Weaver 39 Milt Wilcox Catchers 15 Duffy Dyer 13 Lance Parrish Infielders 16 Tom Brookens 25 Tim Corcoran  2 Richie Hebner  9 Stan Papi 30 Jason Thompson  3 Alan Trammell  5 Mark Wagner  1 Lou Whitaker 14 John Wockenfuss Outfielders 10 Al Cowens 23 Kirk Gibson 34 Dan Gonzales 35 Lynn Jones 33 Steve Kemp 27 Jim Lentine 32 Rick Peters 22 Dave Stegman 24 Champ Summers Manager 11 Sparky Anderson Coaches 26 Gates Brown 50 Billy Consolo 52 Roger Craig 51 Alex Grammas 53 Dick Tracewski Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 baseball 135 508 149 .293 21 101 CF Rick Peters Rick Peters (baseball) 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 Tim Corcoran (first baseman) 84 153 44 .288 3 18 Dave Stegman 65 130 23 .177 2 9 Jason Thompson Jason Thompson (first baseman, born 1954) 36 126 27 .214 4 20 Stan Papi 46 114 27 .237 3 17 Duffy Dyer 48 108 20 .185 4 11 Mark Wagner Mark Wagner (shortstop) 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 pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Jack Morris 36 250.0 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 pitched; 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 baseball 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 Lance Parrish, AL Silver Slugger Award, catcher Alan Trammell, AL Gold Glove Award, shortstop Alan Trammell, Tiger of the Year Award, from Detroit sportswriters All Star selections Lance Parrish, AL All Star Team, catcher Alan Trammell, AL All Star Team, shortstop 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: Lance Parrish: 19th best catcher of all time Lou Whitaker: 13th best second baseman of all time Alan Trammell: 9th best shortstop of all time Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 See also Baseball 1980 in Michigan Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1980 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tiger Category:1980 in Detroit