1980 Detroit Tigers season
The 1980 Detroit Tigers finished in fourth 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.Offseason
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
Player stats
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 includedPitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 36 | 250 | 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; 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
- 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
- #5 in AL in sacrifice flies
Aurelio López
Jack Morris
Lance Parrish
- #2 in MLB in time grounded into double plays
- #4 in AL in strikeouts
- #10 in MLB in extra base hits
Alan Trammell
Milt Wilcox
- #10 in MLB in complete games
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
