1980 Detroit Tigers season

The 1980 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 80th season and the 69th season at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers finished in fifth place in the American League East with a record of 84Ã¢ÂÂ78, 19 games behind the Yankees. They outscored their opponents 830 to 757. The Tigers drew 1,785,293 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1980, ranking 7th of the 14 teams in the American League. This was Sparky Anderson's first full season as Tigers manager.

Offseason

December 7, 1979: Ron LeFlore was traded by the Tigers to the Montreal Expos for Dan Schatzeder.

Regular season

Season standings

Boston's record of 83Ã¢ÂÂ77 has a fractionally better winning percentage than Detroit's record of 84Ã¢ÂÂ78; .51875 and .51851, respectively.

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

June 2, 1980: Al Greene and John Martin were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Lentine.
June 3, 1980: Chuck Hensley was drafted by the Tigers in the 10th round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.
June 6, 1980: BÃÂ¡rbaro Garbey was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.
September 21, 1980: Roger Mason was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Awards and honors

Lance Parrish, AL Silver Slugger Award, catcher
Alan Trammell, AL Gold Glove Award, shortstop
Alan Trammell, Tiger of the Year Award, from Detroit sportswriters

All Star selections

Lance Parrish, AL All Star Team, catcher
Alan Trammell, AL All Star Team, shortstop

League top ten finishers

Steve Kemp

#2 in MLB in time grounded into double plays (24)
#5 in AL in sacrifice flies

Aurelio LÃÂ³pez

#3 in AL in games (67)
#3 in AL in games finished (59)

Jack Morris

#3 in AL in earned runs allowed (116)
#4 in AL in games started (36)
#10 in MLB in bases on balls allowed (87)
#10 in MLB in losses (15)

Lance Parrish

#2 in MLB in time grounded into double plays (24)
#4 in AL in strikeouts (109)
#10 in MLB in extra base hits (64)

Alan Trammell

#5 in AL in runs scored (107)
#6 in AL in sacrifice hits (13)

Milt Wilcox

#10 in MLB in complete games (13)

Players ranking among top 100 all time at position

The following members of the 1979 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001:

Lance Parrish: 19th best catcher of all time
Lou Whitaker: 13th best second baseman of all time
Alan Trammell: 9th best shortstop of all time

Farm system

Notes

References

1980 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics at Baseball Reference