1978 Detroit Tigers

86-76 • .531 Win% • 5th in AL E

📊 Season Record

86 Wins
76 Losses
.531 Win %
5th Rank
714 R 653 RA
Diff +61

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⚡ Quick Stats

714 Runs Scored
653 Runs Allowed
+61 Run Diff
1,714K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 AL Average

Batting Avg .271 4% above the 1978 league average (.261)
OBP .338 4% above the 1978 league average (.326)
SLG .391 2% above the 1978 league average (.384)
Team ERA 3.64 3% better than the 1978 league average (3.76)
Runs Scored 714 5% above the 1978 league average (679 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,714,843
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Avg per Game 21,170

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1978

Batting Avg

1 Ron LeFlore 0.297 2 Jason Thompson 0.287 3 Lou Whitaker 0.285 4 John Wockenfuss 0.283 5 Steve Kemp 0.277

Home Runs

1 Jason Thompson 26 2 Rusty Staub 24 3 Steve Kemp 15 4 Lance Parrish 14 5 Ron LeFlore 12

RBI

1 Rusty Staub 121 2 Jason Thompson 96 3 Steve Kemp 79 4 Ron LeFlore 62 5 Lou Whitaker 58
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ron LeFlore 155 666 126 198 30 3 12 62 65 104 68 0.297
Rusty Staub 162 642 75 175 30 1 24 121 76 35 3 0.273
Jason Thompson 153 589 79 169 25 3 26 96 74 96 0 0.287
Steve Kemp 159 582 75 161 18 4 15 79 97 87 2 0.277
Lou Whitaker 139 484 71 138 12 7 3 58 61 65 7 0.285
Alan Trammell 139 448 49 120 14 6 2 34 45 56 3 0.268
Aurelio Rodriguez 134 385 40 102 25 2 7 43 19 37 0 0.265
Milt May 105 352 24 88 9 0 10 37 27 26 0 0.250
Tim Corcoran 116 324 37 86 13 1 1 27 24 27 3 0.265
Lance Parrish 85 288 37 63 11 3 14 41 11 71 0 0.219
Phil Mankowski 88 222 28 61 8 0 4 20 22 28 2 0.275
John Wockenfuss 71 187 23 53 5 0 7 22 21 14 0 0.283
Mickey Stanley 53 151 15 40 9 0 3 8 9 19 0 0.265
Steve Dillard 56 130 21 29 5 2 0 7 6 11 1 0.223
Mark Wagner 39 109 10 26 1 2 0 6 3 11 1 0.239
Charlie Spikes 10 28 1 7 1 0 0 2 2 6 0 0.250
Dave Stegman 8 14 3 4 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 0.286
Fernando Arroyo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Baker 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Billingham 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sheldon Burnside 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Crawford 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Fidrych 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Foucault 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Glynn 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Hiller 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Morris 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Rozema 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Slaton 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Sykes 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bruce Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Tobik 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Milt Wilcox 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kip Young 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1978

ERA

1 John Hiller 2.34 2 Kip Young 2.81 3 Steve Foucault 3.13 4 Dave Rozema 3.14 5 Milt Wilcox 3.76

Wins

1 Jim Slaton 17 2 Jack Billingham 15 3 Milt Wilcox 13 4 John Hiller 9 5 Dave Rozema 9

Strikeouts

1 Milt Wilcox 132 2 Jim Slaton 92 3 John Hiller 74 4 Jack Billingham 59 5 Bob Sykes 58
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jim Slaton 17 11 4.12 35 34 0 233.2 235 107 85 92
Milt Wilcox 13 12 3.76 29 27 0 215.1 208 90 68 132
Dave Rozema 9 12 3.14 28 28 0 209.1 205 73 41 57
Jack Billingham 15 8 3.88 30 30 0 201.2 218 87 65 59
Jack Morris 3 5 4.33 28 7 0 106.0 107 51 49 48
Kip Young 6 7 2.81 14 13 0 105.2 94 33 30 49
Bob Sykes 6 6 3.94 22 10 2 93.2 99 41 34 58
John Hiller 9 4 2.34 51 0 15 92.1 64 24 35 74
Steve Baker 2 4 4.55 15 10 0 63.1 66 32 42 39
Jim Crawford 2 3 4.35 20 0 0 39.1 45 19 19 24
Steve Foucault 2 4 3.13 24 0 4 37.1 48 13 21 18
Mark Fidrych 2 0 2.45 3 3 0 22.0 17 6 5 10
Ed Glynn 0 0 3.07 10 0 0 14.2 11 5 4 9
Dave Tobik 0 0 3.75 5 0 0 12.0 12 5 3 11
Fernando Arroyo 0 0 8.31 2 0 0 4.1 8 4 0 1
Sheldon Burnside 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 4.0 4 4 2 3
Bruce Taylor 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0

👥 Roster (34)

Fernando Arroyo Steve Baker Jack Billingham Sheldon Burnside Tim Corcoran Jim Crawford Steve Dillard Mark Fidrych Steve Foucault Ed Glynn John Hiller Steve Kemp +22 more

34 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1978 Detroit Tigers

What was the 1978 Detroit Tigers record?
The 1978 Detroit Tigers finished 86-76 (.531 win pct).
Who led the 1978 Detroit Tigers in home runs?
Jason Thompson led the 1978 Detroit Tigers with 26 home runs.
What was the 1978 Detroit Tigers team ERA?
The 1978 Detroit Tigers posted a team ERA of 3.64.
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