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AL · 85–76 (.528) · Rank 5 · Attendance 1630929

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Ron LeFlore	148	600	180	9	57	78	.300	.770
Lance Parrish	143	493	136	19	65	6	.276	.799
Jason Thompson	145	492	121	20	79	2	.246	.742
Steve Kemp	134	490	156	26	105	5	.318	.941
Alan Trammell	142	460	127	6	50	17	.276	.692
Jerry Morales	129	440	93	14	56	10	.211	.624
Lou Whitaker	127	423	121	3	42	20	.286	.773
Aurelio Rodriguez	106	343	87	5	36	0	.254	.627
Rusty Staub	68	246	58	9	40	1	.236	.733
Champ Summers	90	246	77	20	51	7	.313	1.028
John Wockenfuss	87	231	61	15	46	2	.264	.826
Lynn Jones	95	213	63	4	26	9	.296	.739
Tom Brookens	60	190	50	4	21	10	.263	.683
Mark Wagner	75	146	40	1	13	3	.274	.656
Phil Mankowski	42	99	22	0	8	0	.222	.549
Al Greene	29	59	8	3	6	0	.136	.562
Ed Putman	21	39	9	2	4	0	.231	.764
Kirk Gibson	12	38	9	1	4	3	.237	.651
Dave Stegman	12	31	6	3	5	1	.194	.726
Dave Machemer	19	26	5	0	2	0	.192	.507
Tim Corcoran	18	22	5	0	6	1	.227	.606
Rick Peters	12	19	5	0	2	0	.263	.680
Dan Gonzales	7	18	4	0	2	1	.222	.500
Milt May	6	11	3	0	3	0	.273	.788
Fernando Arroyo	6	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Baker	21	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Billingham	35	0	0	0	0	0
Sheldon Burnside	10	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Chris	13	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Fidrych	4	0	0	0	0	0
John Hiller	43	0	0	0	0	0
Aurelio Lopez	61	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Morris	28	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Petry	15	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Robbins	10	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Rozema	16	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Taylor	10	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Tobik	37	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Underwood	27	0	0	0	0	0
Milt Wilcox	33	0	0	0	0	0
Kip Young	13	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Jack Morris	17	7	3.28	27	0	113	1.204
Milt Wilcox	12	10	4.35	33	0	109	1.396
Jack Billingham	10	7	3.30	35	3	59	1.411
Aurelio Lopez	10	5	2.41	61	21	106	1.150
Pat Underwood	6	4	4.59	27	0	83	1.274
Dan Petry	6	5	3.95	15	0	43	1.255
Dave Rozema	4	4	3.51	16	0	33	1.346
Steve Baker	1	7	6.64	21	1	54	1.762
John Hiller	4	7	5.22	43	9	46	1.739
Dave Tobik	3	5	4.33	37	3	48	1.223
Bruce Robbins	3	3	3.91	10	0	22	1.435
Kip Young	2	2	6.39	13	0	22	1.626
Mike Chris	3	3	6.92	13	0	31	1.718
Sheldon Burnside	1	1	6.33	10	0	13	1.688
Bruce Taylor	1	2	4.82	10	0	8	1.232
Mark Fidrych	0	3	10.43	4	0	5	2.182
Fernando Arroyo	1	1	8.25	6	0	7	1.750

Schedule (161 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1979-04-07	vs TEX	L 2–8
1979-04-09	@ KCA	W 7–3
1979-04-11	@ KCA	L 3–10
1979-04-13	@ TEX	L 4–5
1979-04-14	@ TEX	L 5–7
1979-04-15	@ TEX	W 11–6
1979-04-16	vs KCA	W 10–4
1979-04-17	vs KCA	W 6–3
1979-04-20	vs TOR	W 7–2
1979-04-21	vs TOR	L 4–5
1979-04-22	vs TOR	W 4–1
1979-04-26	@ ML4	L 1–5
1979-04-26	@ ML4	L 5–7
1979-04-27	vs MIN	L 3–5
1979-04-28	vs MIN	W 5–3
1979-04-29	vs MIN	L 3–5
1979-05-01	@ CHA	W 5–2
1979-05-03	@ MIN	L 6–7
1979-05-04	@ MIN	L 6–7
1979-05-05	@ MIN	W 8–4
1979-05-06	@ MIN	L 6–9
1979-05-07	vs CHA	W 5–4
1979-05-08	vs CHA	W 10–8
1979-05-09	vs CHA	L 4–5
1979-05-11	vs ML4	L 1–5
1979-05-12	vs ML4	L 2–3
1979-05-13	vs ML4	W 6–2
1979-05-14	@ NYA	W 3–1
1979-05-15	@ NYA	L 3–11
1979-05-16	@ NYA	L 2–6
1979-05-18	@ CLE	W 5–3
1979-05-19	@ CLE	L 0–6
1979-05-20	@ CLE	L 7–9
1979-05-21	vs NYA	W 3–1
1979-05-22	vs NYA	L 8–12
1979-05-23	vs NYA	W 4–3
1979-05-26	vs BAL	L 5–7
1979-05-27	vs BAL	W 5–1
1979-05-27	vs BAL	W 10–3
1979-05-28	@ TOR	W 6–2
1979-05-29	@ TOR	W 9–8
1979-05-30	@ TOR	W 8–2
1979-05-31	@ TOR	W 1–0
1979-06-01	@ OAK	L 2–3
1979-06-02	@ OAK	W 9–3
1979-06-03	@ OAK	W 2–0
1979-06-04	@ SEA	L 2–11
1979-06-05	@ SEA	W 3–1
1979-06-06	@ SEA	L 3–4
1979-06-08	@ CAL	L 4–6
1979-06-09	@ CAL	L 1–9
1979-06-10	@ CAL	W 10–7
1979-06-11	vs OAK	W 3–1
1979-06-12	vs OAK	W 9–2
1979-06-13	vs SEA	W 7–3
1979-06-14	vs SEA	L 2–3
1979-06-15	vs CAL	L 7–8
1979-06-16	vs CAL	L 2–4
1979-06-17	vs CAL	W 8–4
1979-06-18	@ BOS	L 8–9
1979-06-19	@ BOS	W 10–4
1979-06-20	@ BOS	L 3–13
1979-06-21	@ BOS	L 2–3
1979-06-22	@ BAL	L 5–6
1979-06-23	@ BAL	L 6–8
1979-06-23	@ BAL	L 5–6
1979-06-24	@ BAL	W 6–4
1979-06-26	vs BOS	W 6–4
1979-06-27	vs BOS	L 1–3
1979-06-28	vs BOS	W 6–3
1979-06-29	vs CLE	W 8–6
1979-06-30	vs CLE	L 2–4
1979-07-01	vs CLE	W 10–2
1979-07-02	vs CLE	L 4–8
1979-07-03	vs TOR	L 1–9
1979-07-04	vs TOR	L 6–7
1979-07-05	vs TOR	W 3–2
1979-07-06	@ ML4	W 7–4
1979-07-06	@ ML4	W 5–4
1979-07-07	@ ML4	W 6–3
1979-07-08	@ ML4	L 4–5
1979-07-08	@ ML4	L 1–3
1979-07-09	vs MIN	L 3–5
1979-07-10	vs MIN	W 6–5
1979-07-11	vs MIN	L 0–3
1979-07-12	@ CHA	W 4–1
1979-07-12	@ CHA	T 0–0
1979-07-13	@ CHA	W 3–1
1979-07-14	@ CHA	L 4–12
1979-07-15	@ CHA	W 14–5
1979-07-19	@ MIN	W 8–3
1979-07-20	@ MIN	L 6–14
1979-07-21	vs CHA	W 4–2
1979-07-22	vs CHA	W 1–0
1979-07-23	vs CHA	L 3–11
1979-07-24	vs ML4	L 4–5
1979-07-25	vs ML4	W 11–2
1979-07-26	vs ML4	W 5–2
1979-07-27	@ TOR	W 4–3
1979-07-28	@ TOR	L 0–3
1979-07-29	@ TOR	W 5–4
1979-07-30	@ TEX	W 6–4
1979-07-31	@ TEX	L 3–11
1979-08-01	@ TEX	L 3–4
1979-08-03	vs KCA	L 3–5
1979-08-03	vs KCA	W 4–3
1979-08-04	vs KCA	W 5–2
1979-08-05	vs KCA	L 2–3
1979-08-07	vs TEX	W 3–1
1979-08-07	vs TEX	W 8–2
1979-08-08	vs TEX	L 9–16
1979-08-08	vs TEX	W 10–4
1979-08-09	vs TEX	W 3–2
1979-08-10	@ KCA	L 6–7
1979-08-10	@ KCA	L 3–7
1979-08-11	@ KCA	L 5–11
1979-08-12	@ KCA	L 1–7
1979-08-13	@ CAL	W 5–3
1979-08-14	@ CAL	W 6–3
1979-08-15	@ CAL	W 6–1
1979-08-17	@ SEA	W 9–2
1979-08-18	@ SEA	W 7–4
1979-08-19	@ SEA	L 4–8
1979-08-20	@ OAK	W 7–3
1979-08-21	@ OAK	L 1–8
1979-08-22	@ OAK	W 3–1
1979-08-24	vs SEA	W 5–2
1979-08-25	vs SEA	L 4–8
1979-08-26	vs SEA	W 4–3
1979-08-26	vs SEA	W 9–8
1979-08-27	vs CAL	W 3–2
1979-08-28	vs CAL	W 12–2
1979-08-29	vs CAL	W 2–1
1979-08-30	vs OAK	W 8–7
1979-08-31	vs OAK	L 3–5
1979-09-01	vs OAK	L 3–6
1979-09-02	vs OAK	L 4–5
1979-09-03	@ CLE	L 3–4
1979-09-04	@ CLE	L 3–5
1979-09-05	@ CLE	W 9–3
1979-09-06	vs NYA	L 1–3
1979-09-07	vs NYA	W 6–0
1979-09-08	vs NYA	L 4–5
1979-09-09	vs NYA	W 3–1
1979-09-11	vs CLE	W 14–1
1979-09-12	vs CLE	W 4–1
1979-09-15	@ NYA	W 4–3
1979-09-15	@ NYA	L 1–7
1979-09-16	@ NYA	W 8–4
1979-09-17	vs BAL	L 1–2
1979-09-18	vs BAL	W 2–1
1979-09-19	vs BAL	W 5–0
1979-09-20	vs BAL	L 7–8
1979-09-21	@ BOS	L 1–4
1979-09-23	@ BOS	L 1–2
1979-09-23	@ BOS	W 3–2
1979-09-25	@ BAL	W 3–2
1979-09-26	@ BAL	L 2–13
1979-09-28	vs BOS	L 4–7
1979-09-29	vs BOS	L 5–8
1979-09-30	vs BOS	W 5–1