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Record: 85-76 .528.... 5th in American League East
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,630,929

Top Draft Pick: Rick Leach (#13) MLB
Manager - Sparky Anderson, Les Moss, Dick Tracewski

Affiliates - AAA Evansville Triplets AA Montgomery Rebels A+ Lakeland Tigers Rk Bristol Tigers

Team Leaders

HR: Kemp [26]
RBI: Kemp [105]
2B: Parrish, Kemp [26]
SB: LeFlore [78]
W: Morris [17]
SV: Lopez [21]
SO: Morris [113]

Oldest Player: Jack Billingham [36]
Youngest Player: Bruce Robbins [19]
Longest Tenure: John Hiller [14]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Tom Brookens (Jul 10) Kirk Gibson (Sep 8) Dan Gonzales (Apr 7) Al Greene (Jul 23) Lynn Jones (Apr 13) Rick Peters (Sep 8)
Pitchers: Mike Chris (Jul 31) Dan Petry (Jul 8) Bruce Robbins (Jul 28) Pat Underwood (May 31)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	Lance Parrish	23	143	493	65	136	26	3	19	65	6	7	49	105	2	2	3	1	15	.276	.343	.456	799
1B	Jason Thompson	24	145	492	58	121	16	1	20	79	2	0	70	90	1	8	1	5	15	.246	.338	.404	742
2B	Lou Whitaker	22	127	423	75	121	14	8	3	42	20	10	78	66	1	2	14	4	10	.286	.395	.378	773
3B	Aurelio Rodriguez	31	106	343	27	87	18	0	5	36	0	2	11	40	1	0	5	3	9	.254	.277	.350	627
SS	Alan Trammell	21	142	460	68	127	11	4	6	50	17	14	43	55	0	0	12	5	6	.276	.335	.357	692
OF	Steve Kemp	24	134	490	88	156	26	3	26	105	5	6	68	70	2	2	2	8	13	.318	.398	.543	941
OF	Jerry Morales	30	129	440	50	93	23	1	14	56	10	4	30	56	2	0	2	8	15	.211	.260	.364	624
OF	Ron LeFlore	31	148	600	110	180	22	10	9	57	78	14	52	95	0	2	0	2	16	.300	.355	.415	770
DH	Rusty Staub	35	68	246	32	58	12	1	9	40	1	0	32	18	5	1	1	4	9	.236	.331	.402	733

OF	Champ Summers	33	90	246	47	77	12	1	20	51	7	6	40	33	3	4	0	1	4	.313	.414	.614	1028
P	Fernando Arroyo	27	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
1B-C	John Wockenfuss	30	87	231	27	61	9	1	15	46	2	2	18	40	2	0	1	2	9	.264	.320	.506	826
P	Steve Baker	22	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Lynn Jones	26	95	213	33	63	8	0	4	26	9	6	17	22	1	0	1	1	5	.296	.349	.390	739
P	Jack Billingham	36	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
3B-2B	Tom Brookens	25	60	190	23	50	5	2	4	21	10	3	11	40	2	0	4	1	3	.263	.309	.374	683
P	Sheldon Burnside	24	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
SS-2B	Mark Wagner	25	75	146	16	40	3	0	1	13	3	2	16	25	0	0	7	2	2	.274	.341	.315	656
P	Mark Fidrych	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
3B	Phil Mankowski	26	42	99	11	22	4	0	0	8	0	0	10	16	0	4	1	3	3	.222	.286	.263	549
P	John Hiller	36	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
DH-OF	Al Greene	24	29	59	9	8	1	0	3	6	0	1	10	15	0	1	0	1	1	.136	.257	.305	562
P	Jack Morris	24	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
C-1B	Ed Putman	25	21	39	4	9	3	0	2	4	0	1	4	12	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.302	.462	764
P	Dave Rozema	22	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Kirk Gibson	22	12	38	3	9	3	0	1	4	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.256	.395	651
P	Bruce Taylor	26	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Dave Stegman	25	12	31	6	6	0	0	3	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.242	.484	726
P	Dave Tobik	26	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
2B	Dave Machemer	28	19	26	8	5	1	0	0	2	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	.192	.276	.231	507
P	Milt Wilcox	29	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF-1B	Tim Corcoran	26	18	22	4	5	1	0	0	6	1	1	4	2	0	1	0	1	1	.227	.333	.273	606
P	Kip Young	24	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
DH-3B	Rick Peters	23	12	19	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	.263	.417	.263	680
OF-DH	Dan Gonzales	25	7	18	1	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.278	500
C	Milt May	28	6	11	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	.273	.333	.455	788
P	Mike Chris	21	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Aurelio Lopez	30	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Dan Petry	20	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Bruce Robbins	19	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Pat Underwood	22	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			161	5375	769	1446	221	35	164	729	176	86	575	814	22	28	56	52	140	.269	.339	.415	754