1979 Detroit Tigers
85 - 76
1978 / 1980 (Organization)
5th place in the AL East (18 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		46 - 34 (.575)
39 - 42 (.481)		 +2.9 wins
+1.7 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 770 / 753 ( +17 )
Allowed/Expected: 738 / 755 ( +17 )
Pyth Record: 84 - 77 (+1)
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Tiger Stadium
Attendance: 1,630,929 Avg Att: 20,387 (1.03)
Att Rank: 7 / 14 Lg Avg: 19,833
       
Park Factor: 1.01    
HR Factor: 1.11 R/L HR: 1.04 / 1.18
Notes:


Defensive Regression Analysis

Filters
Positions
    Multi-Year   1-Year
#
G
Inn
 
Arm
A2
PB
 
Arm
GO2
CS
A2
PB
1 Alan Trammell
SS
142
1,182.3
 
-2.4
-2.1
-2.4
 
-7.1
-7.1
2 Lance Parrish
C
142
1,178.3
 
9.1
7.7
9.6
-0.5
 
7.3
1.9
7.3
9.2
-1.9
3 Jason Thompson
1B
140
1,157.3
 
4.0
3.5
4.0
 
-0.4
-0.4
4 Steve Kemp
LF
117
1,020.3
 
-0.5
-0.5
-0.6
0.2
 
-2.1
-4.5
2.3
5 Lou Whitaker
2B
126
1,017.3
 
13.7
13.5
13.7
 
15.9
15.9
6 Ron LeFlore
CF
113
938.3
 
4.1
4.4
5.0
-0.9
 
6.5
7.2
-0.7
7 Aurelio Rodriguez
3B
106
841.0
 
-1.8
-2.2
-1.8
 
7.8
7.8
8 Jerry Morales
RF
87
669.7
 
-5.7
-8.5
-4.1
-1.6
 
-11.1
-9.2
-1.9
9 Champ Summers
RF
68
502.7
 
-11.7
-23.2
-10.2
-1.5
 
-11.8
-10.8
-1.0
10 Tom Brookens
3B
42
338.0
 
5.1
15.0
5.1
 
9.5
9.5
11 Lynn Jones
CF
43
252.7
 
1.0
4.0
1.3
-0.3
 
1.1
1.6
-0.6
12 Mark Wagner
SS
41
241.0
 
-2.1
-8.7
-2.1
 
0.3
0.3
13 Phil Mankowski
3B
36
226.0
 
1.4
6.0
1.4
 
1.8
1.8
14 Mark Wagner
2B
29
201.0
 
-0.8
-3.8
-0.8
 
-2.1
-2.1
15 John Wockenfuss
1B
31
193.0
 
-0.2
-1.1
-0.2
 
3.0
3.0
16 Lynn Jones
RF
26
150.0
 
0.8
5.1
0.8
-0.0
 
3.7
3.9
-0.2
17 John Wockenfuss
C
20
148.0
 
-1.6
-11.0
-0.8
-0.8
 
-1.1
-0.2
-1.7
-1.9
0.8
18 Jerry Morales
CF
22
147.3
 
-0.5
-3.3
-0.5
-0.0
 
-1.0
-1.6
0.5
19 Jerry Morales
LF
18
141.0
 
-0.5
-3.2
-0.2
-0.3
 
-0.8
-0.1
-0.7
20 Tom Brookens
2B
19
135.0
 
0.2
1.4
0.2
 
-1.6
-1.6
21 Lynn Jones
LF
18
110.0
 
1.0
9.1
0.9
0.2
 
0.5
0.5
0.1
22 Dave Stegman
CF
11
80.0
 
-0.0
-0.5
0.0
-0.1
 
4.4
4.8
-0.4
23 Ed Putman
C
16
72.0
 
-0.2
-2.7
0.0
-0.2
 
0.6
0.5
-0.3
0.2
0.4
24 Dave Machemer
2B
11
67.0
 
-0.3
-4.9
-0.3
 
-1.2
-1.2
25 Kirk Gibson
LF
7
63.0
 
-0.6
-10.2
-0.6
-0.1
 
-1.1
-0.8
-0.3
26 John Wockenfuss
LF
5
34.0
 
-0.1
-2.3
-0.1
0.0
 
-2.2
-2.0
-0.2
27 Ed Putman
1B
5
28.0
 
0.2
5.4
0.2
 
1.6
1.6
28 Al Greene
LF
4
27.0
 
0.4
14.5
0.4
-0.0
 
3.5
3.7
-0.1
29 Dan Gonzales
RF
3
26.0
 
-0.2
-6.3
-0.1
-0.0
 
-1.5
-1.4
-0.1
30 Milt May
C
5
25.0
 
0.0
0.2
-0.0
0.0
 
-0.0
0.4
-1.1
-0.8
0.7
31 Steve Kemp
RF
3
24.0
 
-0.0
-1.2
-0.0
-0.0
 
-0.3
-0.1
-0.1
32 Tim Corcoran
1B
5
22.0
 
-0.1
-4.3
-0.1
 
1.9
1.9
33 Champ Summers
1B
4
22.0
 
-0.1
-6.7
-0.1
 
-0.3
-0.3
34 Tim Corcoran
RF
6
17.0
 
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
 
2.6
2.1
0.5
35 Rick Peters
3B
3
16.0
 
-0.1
-8.6
-0.1
 
-1.6
-1.6
36 Kirk Gibson
RF
2
15.0
 
0.0
2.8
0.1
-0.0
 
-1.2
-1.1
-0.1
37 Tim Corcoran
LF
3
13.0
 
0.0
1.3
0.0
-0.0
 
-0.6
-0.5
-0.1
38 Dave Stegman
RF
1
9.0
 
-0.0
-2.6
-0.0
-0.0
 
0.5
0.5
-0.1
39 Dave Machemer
LF
1
9.0
 
0.0
3.1
0.0
-0.0
 
0.5
0.5
-0.0
40 John Wockenfuss
RF
1
8.0
 
-0.1
-13.3
-0.1
-0.0
 
-0.9
-0.9
-0.0
41 Rick Peters
LF
1
5.0
 
0.0
1.8
0.0
-0.0
 
1.0
1.0
-0.0
42 Kirk Gibson
CF
1
5.0
 
0.0
4.3
0.0
-0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
-0.0
43 Rick Peters
2B
2
3.0
 
-0.0
-5.8
-0.0
 
-0.5
-0.5
44 Mark Wagner
3B
2
2.3
 
0.0
6.1
0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
45 Al Greene
RF
1
2.0
 
0.0
3.5
0.0
-0.0
 
0.3
0.3
-0.0
46 Aurelio Rodriguez
1B
1
1.0
 
-0.0
-0.3
-0.0
 
-0.2
-0.2
47 Champ Summers
LF
1
1.0
 
-0.0
-13.5
-0.0
0.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
-0.0
  23        
11.3
1.0
8.6
-4.5
8.8
-1.5
  
22.9
19.3
-3.2
2.6
4.2
6.8
0.0
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