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:


Top Prospects (as of March 1st)

Filters
Positions
# Pos
Age
 
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
   Acquired Via M D Y
1
LF
22.1
38.2
223.6
108.6
 
-0.2
-0.0
2.4
1.9
1.6
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1978
2
3B
18.6
22.1
191.6
75.3
 
1.0
0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
9
1979
3
SP
20.6
17.4
107.9
41.7
 
2.0
1.7
2.1
4.2
1.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1976
4
3B
25.9
11.5
83.4
-2.5
 
0.9
2.5
0.4
1.1
2.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
9
1975
5
RP
26.3
3.6
29.3
7.9
 
0.6
0.8
1.0
0.2
0.6
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
9
1975
6
CF
23.6
3.2
23.3
4.0
 
-0.0
2.1
1.0
0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1977
7
SP
22.4
1.0
15.7
1.9
 
1.2
1.6
-1.5
-0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1976
8
SP
23.2
0.8
13.7
2.7
 
0.3
1.0
-0.3
-0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1978
9
3B
24.7
0.7
5.2
0.6
 
0.4
0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1976
10
RP
26.2
0.6
3.7
1.3
 
-0.3
 
Draft (Rule 5)
12
8
1975
11
RP
21.8
0.5
17.1
0.8
 
-0.1
0.7
-0.4
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1978
12
SP
24.7
0.5
3.3
0.7
 
0.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1976
13
SP
19.8
0.1
3.0
-0.4
 
1.0
-0.9
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1977
14
SS
25.8
0.0
0.7
0.0
 
0.0
 
Free Agency
4
19
1978
15
CF
23.7
-0.0
9.2
-2.5
 
-0.1
-0.0
-0.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
7
1977
16
CF
25.4
-0.1
4.9
-2.2
 
0.7
-0.9
-0.0
-0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
8
1976
17
LF
18.7
-0.2
1.7
-0.5
 
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1978
18
LF
24.6
-0.2
0.2
-0.8
 
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
11
10
1976
19
RP
24.5
-0.3
0.7
-0.9
 
-0.3
0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
7
26
1974
20
RF
25.8
-0.3
0.0
-0.4
 
-0.2
-0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
12
1972
21
SW
23.2
-0.5
7.2
0.6
 
0.3
-0.8
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
21
1979
22
SP
22.3
-0.5
11.1
2.8
 
-0.6
-0.4
2.3
-1.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1978
23
2B
25.5
-0.6
3.1
-0.3
 
-0.1
0.2
-0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1972
24
C
22.5
-0.8
6.5
-2.2
 
-0.0
0.0
-0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
6
1978
25
SP
21.7
-1.0
0.0
-2.9
 
-0.4
-0.1
-0.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
11
1977
26
RF
26.5
-1.3
16.8
-2.4
 
0.4
0.2
0.4
-0.3
-0.0
 
Draft (Rule 5)
12
4
1978
27
RP
21.9
-1.4
3.7
-1.6
 
-1.1
0.6
-0.9
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
8
26
1978
28
SP
21.3
-2.6
17.9
-3.5
 
0.2
0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
1
10
1978
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James