Team fielding report -- 1979 Detroit Tigers
Regular season -- as of 4/29/1979
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| Pos | Name | G | GS | INN | PO | A | E | DP | TC | PCT | PB | SB | CS | SB% |
| p | Kip Young | 4 | 2 | 12.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1.000 | | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| | Dave Rozema | 5 | 5 | 27.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Sheldon Burnside | 7 | 0 | 13.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Aurelio Lopez | 8 | 0 | 17.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Steve Baker | 5 | 1 | 13.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| | Bruce Taylor | 6 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .500 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Milt Wilcox | 4 | 4 | 19.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Jack Billingham | 4 | 4 | 21.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| | John Hiller | 8 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Total | 51 | 16 | 144.0 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 26 | .962 | | 8 | 3 | .727 |
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| c | Lance Parrish | 13 | 12 | 110.0 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 1.000 | 5 | 4 | 3 | .571 |
| | John Wockenfuss | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Milt May | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Total | 17 | 16 | 144.0 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 1.000 | 6 | 8 | 3 | .727 |
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| 1b | Jason Thompson | 14 | 12 | 108.0 | 105 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 115 | .983 | | | | |
| | John Wockenfuss | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Tim Corcoran | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 18 | 16 | 144.0 | 143 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 156 | .987 | | | | |
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| 2b | Lou Whitaker | 16 | 16 | 144.0 | 44 | 67 | 4 | 20 | 115 | .965 | | | | |
| | Total | 16 | 16 | 144.0 | 44 | 67 | 4 | 20 | 115 | .965 | | | | |
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| 3b | Aurelio Rodriguez | 13 | 11 | 98.0 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Phil Mankowski | 7 | 5 | 46.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 20 | 16 | 144.0 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 1.000 | | | | |
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| ss | Alan Trammell | 10 | 10 | 83.0 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 10 | 50 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Mark Wagner | 9 | 6 | 61.0 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 31 | .935 | | | | |
| | Total | 19 | 16 | 144.0 | 26 | 53 | 2 | 18 | 81 | .975 | | | | |
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| lf | Steve Kemp | 13 | 13 | 117.0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Tim Corcoran | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | John Wockenfuss | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Dave Machemer | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | | |
| | Total | 17 | 16 | 144.0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1.000 | | | | |
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| cf | Lynn Jones | 10 | 10 | 86.0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Jerry Morales | 4 | 3 | 31.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Ron LeFlore | 4 | 3 | 27.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 18 | 16 | 144.0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1.000 | | | | |
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| rf | Jerry Morales | 13 | 13 | 113.0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | .969 | | | | |
| | Dan Gonzales | 4 | 3 | 31.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 17 | 16 | 144.0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | .974 | | | | |
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| | Total | 16 | 16 | 144.0 | 432 | 179 | 10 | 26 | 621 | .984 | 6 | | | |