Detroit Tigers 1979

85–76record

.528win pct

779runs

738allowed

+41run diff

164home runs

41players

The three rarest things in 1979

Rarity	What	Who	Date	Rate	Game
73	Walk-Off Hit By Pitch	Detroit Tigers	1979-05-23	1 in 2,216 games	box score ↗
64	Four-Steal Game	Ron LeFlore	1979-09-23	1 in 894 games	box score ↗
48	Hitless in Seven	Lou Whitaker	1979-05-26	1 in 202 games	box score ↗

Batting (41)

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ron LeFlore	148	654	600	110	180	22	10	9	57	52	95	78	14	.300	.355	.415	.770
Steve Kemp	134	570	490	88	156	26	3	26	105	68	70	5	6	.318	.398	.543	.941
Jason Thompson	145	569	492	58	121	16	1	20	79	70	90	2	0	.246	.338	.404	.742
Lance Parrish	143	548	493	65	136	26	3	19	65	49	105	6	7	.276	.343	.456	.800
Alan Trammell	142	520	460	68	127	11	4	6	50	43	55	17	14	.276	.335	.357	.691
Lou Whitaker	127	520	423	75	121	14	8	3	42	78	66	20	10	.286	.395	.378	.774
Jerry Morales	129	482	440	50	93	23	1	14	56	30	56	10	4	.211	.260	.364	.624
Aurelio Rodriguez	106	364	343	27	87	18	0	5	36	11	40	0	2	.254	.277	.350	.626
Champ Summers	90	290	246	47	77	12	1	20	51	40	33	7	6	.313	.414	.614	1.028
Rusty Staub	68	288	246	32	58	12	1	9	40	32	18	1	0	.236	.331	.402	.733
John Wockenfuss	87	254	231	27	61	9	1	15	46	18	40	2	2	.264	.320	.506	.827
Lynn Jones	95	233	213	33	63	8	0	4	26	17	22	9	6	.296	.349	.390	.739
Tom Brookens	60	208	190	23	50	5	2	4	21	11	40	10	3	.263	.309	.374	.683
Mark Wagner	75	171	146	16	40	3	0	1	13	16	25	3	2	.274	.341	.315	.657
Phil Mankowski	42	113	99	11	22	4	0	0	8	10	16	0	0	.222	.286	.263	.548
Al Greene	29	70	59	9	8	1	0	3	6	10	15	0	1	.136	.257	.305	.562
Ed Putman	21	43	39	4	9	3	0	2	4	4	12	0	1	.231	.302	.462	.764
Kirk Gibson	12	39	38	3	9	3	0	1	4	1	3	3	3	.237	.256	.395	.651
Dave Stegman	12	33	31	6	6	0	0	3	5	2	3	1	1	.194	.242	.484	.726
Dave Machemer	19	30	26	8	5	1	0	0	2	3	2	0	3	.192	.276	.231	.507
Tim Corcoran	18	27	22	4	5	1	0	0	6	4	2	1	1	.227	.333	.273	.606
Rick Peters	12	25	19	3	5	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	.263	.417	.263	.680
Dan Gonzales	7	18	18	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	.222	.222	.278	.500
Milt May	6	12	11	1	3	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	.273	.333	.455	.788
Fernando Arroyo	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Steve Baker	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Jack Billingham	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Sheldon Burnside	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Mike Chris	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Mark Fidrych	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
John Hiller	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Aurelio Lopez	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Jack Morris	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Dan Petry	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Bruce Robbins	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Dave Rozema	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Bruce Taylor	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Dave Tobik	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Pat Underwood	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Milt Wilcox	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Kip Young	13	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
Jack Morris	27	17–7	27	9	0	179	76	72	59	113	19	197.2	3.28	1.20
Milt Wilcox	33	12–10	29	7	0	201	105	95	73	109	18	196.1	4.35	1.40
Jack Billingham	35	10–7	19	2	3	163	74	58	60	59	13	158.0	3.30	1.41
Aurelio Lopez	61	10–5	0	0	21	95	37	34	51	106	12	127.0	2.41	1.15
Pat Underwood	27	6–4	15	1	0	126	64	62	29	83	17	121.2	4.59	1.27
Dan Petry	15	6–5	15	2	0	90	46	43	33	43	11	98.0	3.95	1.26
Dave Rozema	16	4–4	16	4	0	101	52	38	30	33	12	97.1	3.51	1.35
Steve Baker	21	1–7	12	0	1	97	63	62	51	54	13	84.0	6.64	1.76
John Hiller	43	4–7	0	0	9	83	47	46	55	46	14	79.1	5.22	1.74
Dave Tobik	37	3–5	0	0	3	59	34	33	25	48	12	68.2	4.33	1.22
Bruce Robbins	10	3–3	8	0	0	45	21	20	21	22	3	46.0	3.91	1.43
Kip Young	13	2–2	7	0	0	60	32	31	11	22	11	43.2	6.39	1.63
Mike Chris	13	3–3	8	0	0	46	30	30	21	31	3	39.0	6.92	1.72
Sheldon Burnside	10	1–1	0	0	0	28	16	15	8	13	2	21.1	6.33	1.69
Bruce Taylor	10	1–2	0	0	0	16	13	10	7	8	1	18.2	4.82	1.23
Mark Fidrych	4	0–3	4	0	0	23	17	17	9	5	3	14.2	10.43	2.18
Fernando Arroyo	6	1–1	0	0	0	17	11	11	4	7	3	12.0	8.25	1.75