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1980 Detroit Tigers season

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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.

Contents

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

    • References

    1980 Detroit Tigers season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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