The 1980 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 80th season and the 69th season at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers finished in fifth place in the American League East 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. This was Sparky Anderson's first full season as Tigers manager.
Offseason December 7, 1979: Ron LeFlore was traded by the Tigers to the Montreal Expos for Dan Schatzeder.Dan Schatzeder at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Boston's record of 83–77 has a fractionally better winning percentage than Detroit's record of 84–78; .51875 and .51851, respectively.
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions June 2, 1980: Al Greene and John Martin were traded by the Tigers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Lentine.Jim Lentine at Baseball Reference June 3, 1980: Chuck Hensley was drafted by the Tigers in the 10th round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.Chuck Hensley at Baseball-Reference June 6, 1980: Bárbaro Garbey was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.Bárbaro Garbey at Baseball-Reference September 21, 1980: Roger Mason was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.Roger Mason at Baseball Reference
Roster 1980 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Manager
Coaches
Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting
Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C 144 553 158 .286 24 82 1B 104 341 99 .290 12 82 2B 145 477 111 .233 1 45 3B 151 509 140 .275 10 66 SS 146 560 168 .300 9 65 LF 135 508 149 .293 21 101 CF 133 477 139 .291 2 42 RF 108 403 113 .280 5 42 DH 120 347 103 .297 17 60
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 126 372 102 .274 16 65 51 175 46 .263 9 16 67 161 42 .261 1 17 84 153 44 .288 3 18 65 130 23 .177 2 9 36 126 27 .214 4 20 46 114 27 .237 3 17 48 108 20 .185 4 11 45 72 17 .236 0 3 30 55 14 .255 0 6 2 7 1 .143 0 0
Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included
Pitching
Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 36 250.0 16 15 4.18 112 32 198.2 13 11 4.48 97 32 192.2 11 13 4.02 94 27 164.2 10 9 3.94 88 9 44.1 2 3 5.68 16
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 42 144.2 6 9 3.92 49 19 63.2 3 0 4.10 42 15 51.2 4 2 6.62 23 9 21.1 1 0 7.59 8
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; GF = Games finished; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV GF ERA SO 67 13 6 21 59 3.77 97 49 3 6 5 24 3.59 60 17 1 0 0 6 3.98 34 11 1 0 0 2 4.40 18 8 0 0 0 3 7.36 3
Awards and honors Lance Parrish, AL Silver Slugger Award, catcher Alan Trammell, AL Gold Glove Award, shortstop Alan Trammell, Tiger of the Year Award, from Detroit sportswriters
All Star selections Lance Parrish, AL All Star Team, catcher Alan Trammell, AL All Star Team, shortstop
League top ten finishers Steve Kemp #2 in MLB in time grounded into double plays (24) #5 in AL in sacrifice flies
Aurelio López #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 #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 #5 in AL in runs scored (107) #6 in AL in sacrifice hits (13)
Milt Wilcox #10 in MLB in complete games (13)
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 in 2001: 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
Farm system
See also
1980 in Michigan
Notes
References
1980 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Statistics at Baseball Reference