Baseball Roster for 1978 Detroit Tigers
| # | Player Name | Pos | Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | Born | Place | High Level | mlbYears | Salary |
| 36 | Fernando Arroyo | P | 26 | R | R | 6-2 | 180 | 3/21/1952 | Sacramento,California | MLB | 1975-1986 |
| 31 | Steve Baker | P | 21 | R | R | 6-0 | 185 | 8/30/1956 | Eugene,Oregon | MLB | 1978-1983 |
| 41 | Jack Billingham | P | 35 | R | R | 6-4 | 215 | 2/21/1943 | Orlando,Florida | MLB | 1968-1980 |
| 42 | Sheldon Burnside | P | 23 | R | L | 6-5 | 200 | 12/22/1954 | South Bend,Indiana | MLB | 1978-1980 |
| 25 | Tim Corcoran | 1B-OF | 25 | L | L | 5-11 | 175 | 3/19/1953 | Glendale,California | MLB | 1977-1986 |
| 28 | Jim Crawford | P | 27 | L | L | 6-3 | 200 | 9/29/1950 | Chicago,Illinois | MLB | 1973-1978 |
| 7 | Steve Dillard | 2B-3B | 27 | R | R | 6-1 | 180 | 2/8/1951 | Memphis,Tennessee | MLB | 1975-1982 |
| 20 | Mark Fidrych | P | 23 | R | R | 6-3 | 175 | 8/14/1954 | Worcester,Massachusetts | MLB | 1976-1980 |
| 29 | Steve Foucault | P | 28 | L | R | 6-0 | 205 | 10/3/1949 | Duluth,Minnesota | MLB | 1973-1978 |
| 48 | Ed Glynn | P | 25 | R | L | 6-2 | 180 | 6/3/1953 | Flushing,New York | MLB | 1975-1985 |
| 18 | John Hiller | P | 35 | R | L | 6-0 | 195 | 4/8/1943 | Toronto,Ontario | MLB | 1965-1980 |
| 33 | Steve Kemp | OF | 23 | L | L | 6-0 | 195 | 8/7/1954 | San Angelo,Texas | MLB | 1977-1988 |
| 8 | Ron LeFlore | OF | 30 | R | R | 6-0 | 200 | 6/16/1948 | Detroit,Michigan | MLB | 1974-1982 |
| 2 | Phil Mankowski | 3B | 25 | L | R | 6-0 | 180 | 1/9/1953 | Buffalo,New York | MLB | 1976-1982 |
| 12 | Milt May | C | 27 | L | R | 6-0 | 190 | 8/1/1950 | Gary,Indiana | MLB | 1970-1984 |
| 47 | Jack Morris | P | 23 | R | R | 6-3 | 200 | 5/16/1955 | St. Paul,Minnesota | MLB | 1977-1994 |
| 13 | Lance Parrish | C | 22 | R | R | 6-3 | 220 | 6/15/1956 | Clairton,Pennsylvania | MLB | 1977-1995 |
| 4 | Aurelio Rodriguez | 3B | 30 | R | R | 5-10 | 180 | 12/28/1947 | Cananea,Mexico | MLB | 1967-1983 |
| 19 | Dave Rozema | P | 21 | R | R | 6-4 | 200 | 8/5/1956 | Grand Rapids,Michigan | MLB | 1977-1986 |
| 21 | Jim Slaton | P | 28 | R | R | 6-0 | 185 | 6/19/1950 | Long Beach,California | MLB | 1971-1986 |
| 34 | Charlie Spikes | OF | 27 | R | R | 6-3 | 220 | 1/23/1951 | Bogalusa,Louisiana | MLB | 1972-1980 |
| 24 | Mickey Stanley | OF | 35 | R | R | 6-1 | 195 | 7/20/1942 | Grand Rapids,Michigan | MLB | 1964-1978 |
| 10 | Rusty Staub | OF-1B | 34 | L | R | 6-2 | 200 | 4/1/1944 | New Orleans,Louisiana | MLB | 1963-1985 |
| 22 | Dave Stegman | OF | 24 | R | R | 5-11 | 190 | 1/30/1954 | Inglewood,California | MLB | 1978-1984 |
| 27 | Bob Sykes | P | 23 | B | L | 6-2 | 200 | 12/11/1954 | Neptune,New Jersey | MLB | 1977-1981 |
| 32 | Bruce Taylor | P | 25 | R | R | 6-0 | 178 | 4/16/1953 | Holden,Massachusetts | MLB | 1977-1979 |
| 30 | Jason Thompson | 1B | 23 | L | L | 6-3 | 210 | 7/6/1954 | Hollywood,California | MLB | 1976-1986 |
| 38 | Dave Tobik | P | 25 | R | R | 6-1 | 195 | 3/2/1953 | Euclid,Ohio | MLB | 1978-1985 |
| 3 | Alan Trammell | SS | 20 | R | R | 6-0 | 175 | 2/21/1958 | Garden Grove,California | MLB | 1977-1996 |
| 5 | Mark Wagner | SS | 24 | R | R | 6-1 | 175 | 3/4/1954 | Conneaut,Ohio | MLB | 1976-1984 |
| 1 | Lou Whitaker | 2B | 21 | L | R | 5-11 | 160 | 5/12/1957 | Brooklyn,New York | MLB | 1977-1995 |
| 39 | Milt Wilcox | P | 28 | R | R | 6-2 | 185 | 4/20/1950 | Honolulu,Hawaii | MLB | 1970-1986 |
| 14 | John Wockenfuss | C-1B | 29 | R | R | 6-0 | 190 | 2/27/1949 | Welch,West Virginia | MLB | 1974-1985 |
| 37 | Kip Young | P | 23 | R | R | 5-11 | 175 | 10/29/1954 | Georgetown,Ohio | MLB | 1978-1979 |
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