Detroit Tigers 1978

86–76record

.531win pct

714runs

653allowed

+61run diff

129home runs

34players

The three rarest things in 1978

Rarity	What	Who	Date	Rate	Game
80	Walk-Off Passed Ball	Detroit Tigers	1978-07-23	1 in 4,340 games	box score ↗
51	Three Wild Pitches	Steve Baker	1978-06-16	1 in 273 games	box score ↗
47	Walk-Off Error	Detroit Tigers	1978-04-17	1 in 193 games	box score ↗

Batting (34)

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ron LeFlore	155	741	666	126	198	30	3	12	62	65	104	68	16	.297	.361	.405	.766
Rusty Staub	162	734	642	75	175	30	1	24	121	76	35	3	1	.273	.347	.435	.782
Steve Kemp	159	686	582	75	161	18	4	15	79	97	87	2	3	.277	.379	.399	.778
Jason Thompson	153	669	589	79	169	25	3	26	96	74	96	0	0	.287	.364	.472	.836
Lou Whitaker	139	567	484	71	138	12	7	3	58	61	65	7	7	.285	.361	.357	.718
Alan Trammell	139	504	448	49	120	14	6	2	34	45	56	3	1	.268	.335	.339	.675
Aurelio Rodriguez	134	414	385	40	102	25	2	7	43	19	37	0	1	.265	.303	.395	.698
Milt May	105	387	352	24	88	9	0	10	37	27	26	0	0	.250	.305	.361	.666
Tim Corcoran	116	363	324	37	86	13	1	1	27	24	27	3	2	.265	.322	.321	.643
Lance Parrish	85	304	288	37	63	11	3	14	41	11	71	0	0	.219	.254	.424	.678
Phil Mankowski	88	250	222	28	61	8	0	4	20	22	28	2	3	.275	.344	.365	.709
John Wockenfuss	71	211	187	23	53	5	0	7	22	21	14	0	1	.283	.357	.422	.780
Mickey Stanley	53	160	151	15	40	9	0	3	8	9	19	0	1	.265	.306	.384	.690
Steve Dillard	56	143	130	21	29	5	2	0	7	6	11	1	2	.223	.257	.292	.550
Mark Wagner	39	117	109	10	26	1	2	0	6	3	11	1	0	.239	.272	.284	.556
Charlie Spikes	10	32	28	1	7	1	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	.250	.344	.286	.629
Dave Stegman	8	17	14	3	4	2	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	.286	.312	.643	.955
Fernando Arroyo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Steve Baker	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Jack Billingham	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Sheldon Burnside	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Jim Crawford	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Mark Fidrych	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Steve Foucault	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Ed Glynn	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
John Hiller	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Jack Morris	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Dave Rozema	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Jim Slaton	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Bob Sykes	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Bruce Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Dave Tobik	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Milt Wilcox	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Kip Young	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–

Pitching (17)

Player	G	W–L	GS	CG	SV	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP
Jim Slaton	35	17–11	34	11	0	235	117	107	85	92	27	233.2	4.12	1.37
Milt Wilcox	29	13–12	27	16	0	208	94	90	68	132	22	215.1	3.76	1.28
Dave Rozema	28	9–12	28	11	0	205	83	73	41	57	17	209.1	3.14	1.18
Jack Billingham	30	15–8	30	10	0	218	95	87	65	59	16	201.2	3.88	1.40
Jack Morris	28	3–5	7	0	0	107	57	51	49	48	8	106.0	4.33	1.47
Kip Young	14	6–7	13	7	0	94	34	33	30	49	9	105.2	2.81	1.17
Bob Sykes	22	6–6	10	3	2	99	43	41	34	58	14	93.2	3.94	1.42
John Hiller	51	9–4	0	0	15	64	27	24	35	74	6	92.1	2.34	1.07
Steve Baker	15	2–4	10	0	0	66	37	32	42	39	6	63.1	4.55	1.71
Jim Crawford	20	2–3	0	0	0	45	24	19	19	24	3	39.1	4.35	1.63
Steve Foucault	24	2–4	0	0	4	48	18	12	21	18	1	37.1	2.89	1.85
Mark Fidrych	3	2–0	3	2	0	17	6	6	5	10	1	22.0	2.45	1.00
Ed Glynn	10	0–0	0	0	0	11	5	5	4	9	3	14.2	3.07	1.02
Dave Tobik	5	0–0	0	0	0	12	5	5	3	11	1	12.0	3.75	1.25
Fernando Arroyo	2	0–0	0	0	0	8	4	4	0	1	1	4.1	8.31	1.85
Sheldon Burnside	2	0–0	0	0	0	4	4	4	2	3	0	4.0	9.00	1.50
Bruce Taylor	1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0.00