1978 Detroit Tigers
86 - 76
1977 / 1979 (Organization)
5th place in the AL East (13.5 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		47 - 34 (.580)
39 - 42 (.481)		 +0.6 wins
+4.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 714 / 715 ( -1 )
Allowed/Expected: 653 / 717 ( +64 )
Pyth Record: 88 - 74 (-2)
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Tiger Stadium
Attendance: 1,714,893 Avg Att: 21,172 (1.17)
Att Rank: 5 / 14 Lg Avg: 18,152
       
Park Factor: 1.04    
HR Factor: 1.13 R/L HR: 1.06 / 1.22
Notes:


Fielding


Left Field
Steve Kemp
23.9
1395
-5.4
John Wockenfuss
29.3
50
-0.3
Mickey Stanley
35.9
11
-0.1
3
24.2
1456
-5.7

Center Field
Ron LeFlore 30.0
1389
-0.0
Mickey Stanley 35.9
27
-0.0
Dave Stegman 24.4
22
-0.0
Tim Corcoran 25.3
18
0.2
4
30.0
1456
0.1


Right Field
Tim Corcoran 25.3
790
0.2
John Wockenfuss 29.3
389
-4.9
Mickey Stanley 35.9
194
-1.2
Charlie Spikes 27.4
63
-0.4
Dave Stegman 24.4
20
-0.1
5
27.9
1456
-6.4
Shortstop
Alan Trammell 20.4
1202
-5.7
Mark Wagner 24.3
252
-1.8
2
21.0
1455
-7.6
Second Base
Lou Whitaker 21.1
1122
17.0
Steve Dillard 27.4
327
-4.0
Mark Wagner 24.3
6
-0.0
3
22.6
1456
13.0
Third Base
Aurelio Rodriguez 30.5
920
8.8
Phil Mankowski 25.5
535
3.2
2
28.7
1456
12.0
First Base
Jason Thompson 24.0
1354
6.3
Mickey Stanley 35.9
102
-0.6
2
24.8
1456
5.7
 
Catcher
Milt May 27.9
803
4.7
Lance Parrish 22.0
653
3.5
2
25.3
1456
8.2
 
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James