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Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Ron LeFlore	155	666	198	12	62	68	.297	.766
Rusty Staub	162	642	175	24	121	3	.273	.782
Jason Thompson	153	589	169	26	96	0	.287	.836
Steve Kemp	159	582	161	15	79	2	.277	.778
Lou Whitaker	139	484	138	3	58	7	.285	.718
Alan Trammell	139	448	120	2	34	3	.268	.674
Aurelio Rodriguez	134	385	102	7	43	0	.265	.698
Milt May	105	352	88	10	37	0	.250	.666
Tim Corcoran	116	324	86	1	27	3	.265	.643
Lance Parrish	85	288	63	14	41	0	.219	.678
Phil Mankowski	88	222	61	4	20	2	.275	.709
John Wockenfuss	71	187	53	7	22	0	.283	.779
Mickey Stanley	53	151	40	3	8	0	.265	.690
Steve Dillard	56	130	29	0	7	1	.223	.549
Mark Wagner	39	109	26	0	6	1	.239	.556
Charlie Spikes	10	28	7	0	2	0	.250	.630
Dave Stegman	8	14	4	1	3	0	.286	.955
Fernando Arroyo	2	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Baker	15	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Billingham	30	0	0	0	0	0
Sheldon Burnside	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Crawford	20	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Fidrych	3	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Foucault	24	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Glynn	10	0	0	0	0	0
John Hiller	51	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Morris	28	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Rozema	28	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Slaton	35	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Sykes	22	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Tobik	5	0	0	0	0	0
Milt Wilcox	29	0	0	0	0	0
Kip Young	14	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Jim Slaton	17	11	4.12	35	0	92	1.369
Milt Wilcox	13	12	3.76	29	0	132	1.282
Dave Rozema	9	12	3.14	28	0	57	1.175
Jack Billingham	15	8	3.88	30	0	59	1.403
Jack Morris	3	5	4.33	28	0	48	1.472
Kip Young	6	7	2.81	14	0	49	1.174
Bob Sykes	6	6	3.94	22	2	58	1.420
John Hiller	9	4	2.34	51	15	74	1.072
Steve Baker	2	4	4.55	15	0	39	1.705
Jim Crawford	2	3	4.35	20	0	24	1.627
Steve Foucault	2	4	3.13	24	4	18	1.848
Mark Fidrych	2	0	2.45	3	0	10	1.000
Ed Glynn	0	0	3.07	10	0	9	1.023
Dave Tobik	0	0	3.75	5	0	11	1.250
Fernando Arroyo	0	0	8.31	2	0	1	1.846
Sheldon Burnside	0	0	9.00	2	0	3	1.500
Bruce Taylor	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	.000

Schedule (162 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1978-04-07	vs TOR	W 6–2
1978-04-08	vs TOR	L 2–5
1978-04-09	vs TOR	W 8–4
1978-04-11	@ TEX	W 6–2
1978-04-12	@ TEX	W 3–2
1978-04-14	@ TOR	L 8–10
1978-04-15	@ TOR	W 6–3
1978-04-16	@ TOR	W 4–3
1978-04-17	vs CHA	W 10–9
1978-04-22	vs TEX	W 7–6
1978-04-23	vs TEX	W 9–6
1978-04-23	vs TEX	L 1–2
1978-04-24	@ CHA	W 4–1
1978-04-25	@ CHA	W 8–4
1978-04-26	@ CHA	L 2–7
1978-04-28	@ SEA	W 5–4
1978-04-29	@ SEA	W 5–0
1978-04-30	@ SEA	L 3–4
1978-05-02	@ CAL	W 10–2
1978-05-03	@ CAL	W 7–4
1978-05-05	@ OAK	L 1–5
1978-05-06	@ OAK	W 6–0
1978-05-07	@ OAK	W 4–0
1978-05-09	vs CAL	L 5–7
1978-05-12	vs OAK	L 4–10
1978-05-13	vs OAK	L 2–3
1978-05-14	vs OAK	W 15–0
1978-05-15	vs SEA	W 4–2
1978-05-16	vs SEA	W 4–2
1978-05-17	@ ML4	W 5–3
1978-05-18	@ ML4	L 7–8
1978-05-19	vs BOS	W 7–5
1978-05-20	vs BOS	L 5–6
1978-05-21	vs BOS	W 2–1
1978-05-21	vs BOS	L 3–9
1978-05-23	@ BAL	L 0–2
1978-05-24	@ BAL	W 3–2
1978-05-24	@ BAL	L 0–1
1978-05-25	@ BAL	L 1–2
1978-05-26	@ BOS	L 3–6
1978-05-27	@ BOS	L 0–1
1978-05-28	@ BOS	L 3–4
1978-05-28	@ BOS	L 3–4
1978-05-29	vs BAL	L 3–6
1978-05-30	vs BAL	W 5–2
1978-05-31	vs ML4	W 3–0
1978-06-01	vs ML4	W 4–3
1978-06-02	vs MIN	L 2–4
1978-06-03	vs MIN	L 2–9
1978-06-04	vs MIN	W 6–4
1978-06-06	@ ML4	L 1–5
1978-06-07	@ ML4	W 8–1
1978-06-09	vs KCA	W 3–2
1978-06-10	vs KCA	L 3–6
1978-06-11	vs KCA	W 5–2
1978-06-12	vs ML4	L 4–7
1978-06-13	vs ML4	L 2–7
1978-06-14	@ KCA	L 1–7
1978-06-15	@ KCA	L 2–7
1978-06-16	@ MIN	L 2–5
1978-06-17	@ MIN	L 1–3
1978-06-18	@ MIN	L 4–8
1978-06-20	@ TOR	W 4–3
1978-06-21	@ TOR	W 10–8
1978-06-22	vs NYA	L 2–4
1978-06-23	vs NYA	L 3–12
1978-06-24	vs NYA	W 4–3
1978-06-25	vs NYA	L 2–4
1978-06-26	@ CLE	L 4–5
1978-06-27	@ CLE	W 6–1
1978-06-28	@ CLE	W 4–3
1978-06-28	@ CLE	L 1–2
1978-06-29	@ CLE	L 3–6
1978-06-30	@ NYA	L 2–10
1978-07-01	@ NYA	W 8–4
1978-07-02	@ NYA	L 2–3
1978-07-02	@ NYA	L 3–5
1978-07-03	vs TOR	W 6–5
1978-07-04	vs TOR	L 2–9
1978-07-05	vs CLE	W 13–3
1978-07-06	vs CLE	W 8–4
1978-07-07	@ TEX	W 12–7
1978-07-08	@ TEX	W 5–1
1978-07-09	@ TEX	L 3–4
1978-07-13	@ SEA	L 4–5
1978-07-14	@ SEA	W 2–0
1978-07-15	@ CAL	L 0–2
1978-07-16	@ CAL	W 4–0
1978-07-17	@ CAL	W 4–3
1978-07-18	@ OAK	L 3–6
1978-07-19	@ OAK	W 5–4
1978-07-21	vs CAL	L 2–4
1978-07-21	vs CAL	W 5–0
1978-07-22	vs CAL	W 7–3
1978-07-23	vs CAL	W 4–3
1978-07-23	vs CAL	L 3–4
1978-07-24	vs OAK	W 4–1
1978-07-25	vs OAK	W 11–2
1978-07-26	vs BAL	W 9–6
1978-07-27	vs BAL	L 3–7
1978-07-28	vs SEA	W 4–3
1978-07-29	vs SEA	W 9–1
1978-07-30	vs SEA	W 5–4
1978-07-31	@ TOR	L 7–8
1978-08-01	@ TOR	W 3–2
1978-08-03	vs CHA	W 5–4
1978-08-04	vs CHA	W 7–1
1978-08-05	vs CHA	W 7–0
1978-08-06	vs CHA	W 8–0
1978-08-08	vs TEX	L 4–9
1978-08-09	vs TEX	W 5–2
1978-08-11	@ CHA	W 7–3
1978-08-12	@ CHA	L 3–6
1978-08-13	@ CHA	W 10–2
1978-08-14	vs KCA	W 11–2
1978-08-15	vs KCA	L 2–4
1978-08-16	vs CLE	W 2–0
1978-08-17	vs CLE	W 9–5
1978-08-18	@ ML4	L 0–2
1978-08-19	@ ML4	W 6–4
1978-08-20	@ ML4	L 1–2
1978-08-21	@ MIN	W 9–6
1978-08-22	@ MIN	W 7–3
1978-08-23	vs TOR	L 3–4
1978-08-23	vs TOR	L 4–5
1978-08-24	vs TOR	W 5–2
1978-08-25	vs ML4	W 6–3
1978-08-26	vs ML4	L 5–9
1978-08-27	vs ML4	W 4–2
1978-08-28	vs ML4	L 1–10
1978-08-29	vs MIN	W 4–2
1978-08-31	vs MIN	L 1–4
1978-09-01	@ KCA	W 6–2
1978-09-02	@ KCA	L 3–8
1978-09-03	@ KCA	L 2–6
1978-09-04	@ NYA	L 1–9
1978-09-04	@ NYA	W 5–4
1978-09-05	@ NYA	L 2–4
1978-09-06	@ NYA	L 2–8
1978-09-08	vs CLE	W 6–3
1978-09-09	vs CLE	W 5–2
1978-09-10	vs CLE	L 4–7
1978-09-12	vs NYA	W 7–4
1978-09-13	vs NYA	L 3–7
1978-09-14	vs NYA	L 2–4
1978-09-15	@ CLE	W 1–0
1978-09-16	@ CLE	W 10–4
1978-09-17	@ CLE	L 1–2
1978-09-18	vs BOS	L 4–5
1978-09-19	vs BOS	L 6–8
1978-09-20	vs BOS	W 12–2
1978-09-21	vs BOS	L 1–5
1978-09-22	@ BAL	W 7–5
1978-09-23	@ BAL	W 4–3
1978-09-23	@ BAL	L 1–6
1978-09-24	@ BAL	W 4–2
1978-09-26	@ BOS	L 0–6
1978-09-27	@ BOS	L 2–5
1978-09-28	@ BOS	L 0–1
1978-09-29	vs BAL	W 3–2
1978-09-30	vs BAL	W 5–4
1978-10-01	vs BAL	L 2–4