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1978 Season Recap

Teams Detroit Tigers 1978 Season Recap

The Tigers end a string of 4 straight losing seasons with an 86-76 record, but can only mange a 5th Place finish.

The Tigers end a string of 4 straight losing seasons with an 86-76 record, but can only mange a 5th Place finish.

1978 Detroit Tigers season

1978 Detroit TigersTigers

Missed Playoffs

86-76 (.531)

5th place in MLB AL East

Manager

General Manager

President

John Fetzer
John Campbell

Team Owner

Ballpark

Attendance

1,714,893 total
21,172 per game

1978 Draft Picks

Round Pick Player

1 12 Kirk Gibson OF

2 38 Craig Johnson OF

3 64 Fran Mullins SS

4 90 Jerry Ujdur P

5 116 Marty Castillo 3B

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