Division Winners
98-64
Record
.605
Win %
1
Rank
896
Runs
225
HR
4.02
ERA
Home Park: Tiger Stadium
Attendance: 2,061,830
Manager
- Sparky Anderson HOF 98-64
Batting
| Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Whitaker | 149 | 604 | 160 | 16 | 59 | .265 |
| Alan Trammell HOF | 151 | 597 | 205 | 28 | 105 | .343 |
| Darrell Evans | 150 | 499 | 128 | 34 | 99 | .257 |
| Kirk Gibson | 128 | 487 | 135 | 24 | 79 | .277 |
| Chet Lemon | 146 | 470 | 130 | 20 | 75 | .277 |
| Matt Nokes | 135 | 461 | 133 | 32 | 87 | .289 |
| Tom Brookens | 143 | 444 | 107 | 13 | 59 | .241 |
| Pat Sheridan | 141 | 421 | 109 | 6 | 49 | .259 |
| Bill Madlock | 87 | 326 | 91 | 14 | 50 | .279 |
| Mike Heath | 93 | 270 | 76 | 8 | 33 | .281 |
| Larry Herndon | 89 | 225 | 73 | 9 | 47 | .324 |
| Dave Bergman | 91 | 172 | 47 | 6 | 22 | .273 |
| Darnell Coles | 53 | 149 | 27 | 4 | 15 | .181 |
| Jim Morrison | 34 | 117 | 24 | 4 | 19 | .205 |
| Johnny Grubb | 59 | 114 | 23 | 2 | 13 | .202 |
| Bill Bean | 26 | 66 | 17 | 0 | 4 | .258 |
| Terry Harper | 31 | 64 | 13 | 3 | 10 | .203 |
| Jim Walewander | 53 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 4 | .241 |
| Scott Lusader | 23 | 47 | 15 | 1 | 8 | .319 |
| Dwight Lowry | 13 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Orlando Mercado | 10 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .136 |
| Tim Tolman | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .083 |
| Doug Baker | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mike Henneman | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jack Morris HOF | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Pitching
| Player | G | W-L | ERA | SO | SV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Morris HOF | 34 | 18-11 | 3.38 | 208 | 0 |
| Walt Terrell | 35 | 17-10 | 4.05 | 143 | 0 |
| Frank Tanana | 34 | 15-10 | 3.91 | 146 | 0 |
| Dan Petry | 30 | 9-7 | 5.61 | 93 | 0 |
| Jeff Robinson | 29 | 9-6 | 5.37 | 98 | 0 |
| Eric King | 55 | 6-9 | 4.89 | 89 | 9 |
| Mike Henneman | 55 | 11-3 | 2.98 | 75 | 7 |
| Doyle Alexander | 11 | 9-0 | 1.53 | 44 | 0 |
| Mark Thurmond | 48 | 0-1 | 4.23 | 21 | 5 |
| Willie Hernandez | 45 | 3-4 | 3.67 | 30 | 8 |
| Nate Snell | 22 | 1-2 | 3.96 | 19 | 0 |
| Bryan Kelly | 5 | 0-1 | 5.06 | 10 | 0 |
| Dickie Noles | 4 | 0-0 | 4.50 | 0 | 2 |
| Morris Madden | 2 | 0-0 | 16.20 | 0 | 0 |