85-76
Record
.528
Win %
5
Rank
770
Runs
164
HR
4.27
ERA
Home Park: Tiger Stadium
Attendance: 1,630,929
Managers
- Les Moss 27-26
- Dick Tracewski 2-0
- Sparky Anderson HOF 56-50
Batting
| Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron LeFlore | 148 | 600 | 180 | 9 | 57 | .300 |
| Lance Parrish | 143 | 493 | 136 | 19 | 65 | .276 |
| Jason Thompson | 145 | 492 | 121 | 20 | 79 | .246 |
| Steve Kemp | 134 | 490 | 156 | 26 | 105 | .318 |
| Alan Trammell HOF | 142 | 460 | 127 | 6 | 50 | .276 |
| Jerry Morales | 129 | 440 | 93 | 14 | 56 | .211 |
| Lou Whitaker | 127 | 423 | 121 | 3 | 42 | .286 |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | 106 | 343 | 87 | 5 | 36 | .254 |
| Rusty Staub | 68 | 246 | 58 | 9 | 40 | .236 |
| Champ Summers | 90 | 246 | 77 | 20 | 51 | .313 |
| John Wockenfuss | 87 | 231 | 61 | 15 | 46 | .264 |
| Lynn Jones | 95 | 213 | 63 | 4 | 26 | .296 |
| Tom Brookens | 60 | 190 | 50 | 4 | 21 | .263 |
| Mark Wagner | 75 | 146 | 40 | 1 | 13 | .274 |
| Phil Mankowski | 42 | 99 | 22 | 0 | 8 | .222 |
| Al Greene | 29 | 59 | 8 | 3 | 6 | .136 |
| Ed Putman | 21 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 4 | .231 |
| Kirk Gibson | 12 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 4 | .237 |
| Dave Stegman | 12 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 5 | .194 |
| Dave Machemer | 19 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .192 |
| Tim Corcoran | 18 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 6 | .227 |
| Rick Peters | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .263 |
| Dan Gonzales | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .222 |
| Milt May | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .273 |
| Fernando Arroyo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Pitching
| Player | G | W-L | ERA | SO | SV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Morris HOF | 27 | 17-7 | 3.28 | 113 | 0 |
| Milt Wilcox | 33 | 12-10 | 4.35 | 109 | 0 |
| Jack Billingham | 35 | 10-7 | 3.30 | 59 | 3 |
| Aurelio Lopez | 61 | 10-5 | 2.41 | 106 | 21 |
| Pat Underwood | 27 | 6-4 | 4.59 | 83 | 0 |
| Dan Petry | 15 | 6-5 | 3.95 | 43 | 0 |
| Dave Rozema | 16 | 4-4 | 3.51 | 33 | 0 |
| Steve Baker | 21 | 1-7 | 6.64 | 54 | 1 |
| John Hiller | 43 | 4-7 | 5.22 | 46 | 9 |
| Dave Tobik | 37 | 3-5 | 4.33 | 48 | 3 |
| Bruce Robbins | 10 | 3-3 | 3.91 | 22 | 0 |
| Kip Young | 13 | 2-2 | 6.39 | 22 | 0 |
| Mike Chris | 13 | 3-3 | 6.92 | 31 | 0 |
| Sheldon Burnside | 10 | 1-1 | 6.33 | 13 | 0 |
| Bruce Taylor | 10 | 1-2 | 4.82 | 8 | 0 |
| Mark Fidrych | 4 | 0-3 | 10.43 | 5 | 0 |
| Fernando Arroyo | 6 | 1-1 | 8.25 | 7 | 0 |