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1979 Season Recap

Teams Detroit Tigers 1979 Season Recap

Midway through the season the Tigers would hire Sparky Anderson to lead the young Tigers into battle on the field. Anderson who was recently fired by the Reds made name for himself as the manger of"The Big Red Machine"" which dominated the National League for much of the 70's winning 2 World Series and 4 Pennants. Under Anderson the Tigers would go on to finish in 5th place with an 85-76 record."

Midway through the season the Tigers would hire Sparky Anderson to lead the young Tigers into battle on the field. Anderson who was recently fired by the Reds made name for himself as the manger of"The Big Red Machine"" which dominated the National League for much of the 70's winning 2 World Series and 4 Pennants. Under Anderson the Tigers would go on to finish in 5th place with an 85-76 record."

1979 Detroit Tigers season

1979 Detroit TigersTigers

Missed Playoffs

85-76 (.528)

5th place in MLB AL East

Manager

Les Moss (27-26)
Dick Tracewski (2-0)
Sparky Anderson (56-50)

General Manager

President

Team Owner

Ballpark

Attendance

1,630,929 total
20,387 per game

1979 Draft Picks

Round Pick Player

1 13 Rick Leach OF

1 23 Chris Baker OF

2 39 Keith Fisher C

3 65 Randy Harvey OF

4 91 Luis Sanchez P

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