1980 Detroit Tigers season

MLB yearly infobox‎
name = Detroit Tigers
season = 1980
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Tiger Stadium
y4 = 1912
city = Detroit, Michigan
y5 = 1901
owners = John Fetzer
managers = Les Moss, Dick Tracewski, Sparky Anderson
television = WDIV-TV
(George Kell, Al Kaline)
radio = WJR
(Ernie Harwell, Paul Carey)|The by|1980 Detroit Tigers finished in fourth place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 84-78, 19 games behind the Yankees. They outscored their opponents 830 to 757. The Tigers drew 1,785,293 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1980, ranking 7th of the 14 teams in the American League.

eason standings

Roster

Relief pitchers

"Note: G = Games pitched; W= Wins; L= Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games Finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts"

Players ranking among top 100 all time at position

The following members of the 1979 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract:
* Lance Parrish: 19th best catcher of all time
* Lou Whitaker: 13th best second baseman of all time
* Alan Trammell: 9th best shortstop of all time

Award winners and league leaders

Steve Kemp
* #2 in MLB in time grounded into double plays (24)
* #5 in AL in sacrifice flies

Aurelio Lopez
* #3 in AL in games (67)
* #3 in AL in games finished (59)

Jack Morris
* #3 in AL in earned runs allowed (116)
* #4 in AL in games started (36)
* #10 in MLB in bases on balls allowed (87)
* #10 in MLB in losses (15)

Lance Parrish
* AL Silver Slugger Award, catcher
* AL All Star Team, catcher
* #2 in MLB in time grounded into double plays (24)
* #4 in AL in strikeouts (109)
* #10 in MLB in extra base hits (64)

Alan Trammell
* Tiger of the Year Award, from Detroit sportswriters
* AL Gold Glove Award, shortstop
* AL All Star Team, shortstop
* #5 in AL in runs scored (107)
* #6 in AL in sacrifice hits (13)

Milt Wilcox
* #10 in MLB in complete games (13)

ee also

* 1980 in baseball

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1980.shtml 1980 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics]