1980 Detroit Tigers season

Updated on Nov 02, 2023

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Owner(s) John Fetzer Manager(s) Sparky Anderson		General manager(s) Jim Campbell
Local television WDIV-TV (George Kell, Al Kaline) Local radio WJR (Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)

The 1980 Detroit Tigers finished in fourth place in the American League East with a record of 84-78, 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.

Offseason

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

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: Bárbaro 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.

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

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games; 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 López

#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