Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
| Rk | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 (5) | Apr 15 | DET | @ | TEX | W,11-6 | 8 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | C | |
| 2 | 7 | Apr 16 | DET | KCR | W,10-4 | GS | 24 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | C | |
| 3 | 8 | Apr 17 | DET | KCR | W,6-3 | GS | 36 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | C 1B | |
| 4 | 11 (2) | Apr 22 | DET | TOR | W,4-1 | GS | 23 | 7.0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1B | |
| 5 | 13 (1) | Apr 26 (2) | DET | @ | MIL | L,5-7 | GS | 22 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | LF |
| 6 | 14 | Apr 27 | DET | MIN | L,3-5 | CG | 35 | 9.0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1B | |
| 7 | 15 | Apr 28 | DET | MIN | W,5-3 | GF | 8 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1B | |
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 8 | 30 (14) | May 16 | DET | @ | NYY | L,2-6 | CG | 31 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1B |
| 9 | 38 (7) | May 27 (1) | DET | BAL | W,5-1 | CG | 32 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | C | |
| Jun | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 10 | 45 (6) | Jun 2 | DET | @ | OAK | W,9-3 | GS | 18 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LF |
| 11 | 46 | Jun 3 | DET | @ | OAK | W,2-0 | GS | 23 | 6.0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1B |
| 12 | 49 (2) | Jun 6 | DET | @ | SEA | L,3-4 | CG | 34 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | RF |
| 13 | 51 (1) | Jun 9 | DET | @ | CAL | L,1-9 | GF | 18 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | C |
| 14 | 55 (3) | Jun 13 | DET | SEA | W,7-3 | CG | 36 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | C | |
| 15 | 60 (4) | Jun 18 | DET | @ | BOS | L,8-9 | CG | 44 | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | C |
| 16 | 64 (3) | Jun 22 | DET | @ | BAL | L,5-6 | CG | 42 | 8.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1B |
| 17 | 66 (1) | Jun 23 (2) | DET | @ | BAL | L,5-6 | CG | 38 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | C |
| 18 | 71 (4) | Jun 29 | DET | CLE | W,8-6 | GS | 33 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | LF | |
| 19 | 72 | Jun 30 | DET | CLE | L,2-4 | GS | 30 | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1B | |
| Jul | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 20 | 75 (2) | Jul 3 | DET | TOR | L,1-9 | CG | 45 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1B | |
| 21 | 79 (3) | Jul 6 (2) | DET | @ | MIL | W,5-4 | CG | 36 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | C |
| 22 | 81 (1) | Jul 8 (1) | DET | @ | MIL | L,4-5 | CG | 40 | 8.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1B |
| 23 | 82 | Jul 8 (2) | DET | @ | MIL | L,1-3 | CG | 33 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LF |
| 24 | 88 (5) | Jul 13 | DET | @ | CHW | W,3-1 | CG | 32 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1B |
| 25 | 89 | Jul 14 | DET | @ | CHW | L,4-12 | CG | 43 | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1B |
| Aug | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 26 | 106 (16) | Aug 3 (2) | DET | KCR | W,4-3 | CG | 37 | 9.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1B | |
| 27 | 110 (3) | Aug 7 (2) | DET | TEX | W,8-2 | GS | 36 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | C 1B | |
| 28 | 112 (1) | Aug 8 (2) | DET | TEX | W,10-4 | CG | 41 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | LF | |
| 29 | 114 (1) | Aug 10 (1) | DET | @ | KCR | L,6-7 | GF | 5 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | PH 1B |
| 30 | 115 | Aug 10 (2) | DET | @ | KCR | L,3-7 | CG | 39 | 8.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | C |
| 31 | 116 | Aug 11 | DET | @ | KCR | L,5-11 | CG | 41 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1B |
| 32 | 122 (5) | Aug 18 | DET | @ | SEA | W,7-4 | CG | 38 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | C |
| 33 | 124 (1) | Aug 20 | DET | @ | OAK | W,7-3 | CG | 35 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | C |
| 34 | 125 | Aug 21 | DET | @ | OAK | L,1-8 | CG | 40 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | C |
| 35 | 126 | Aug 22 | DET | @ | OAK | W,3-1 | CG | 36 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | C |
| 36 | 127 | Aug 24 | DET | SEA | W,5-2 | GS | 16 | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1B | |
| 37 | 129 (1) | Aug 26 (1) | DET | SEA | W,4-3 | CG | 39 | 10.0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | C | |
| 38 | 130 | Aug 26 (2) | DET | SEA | W,9-8 | GS | 26 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1B | |
| 39 | 131 | Aug 27 | DET | CAL | W,3-2 | GS | 29 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | C | |
| 40 | 132 | Aug 28 | DET | CAL | W,12-2 | CG | 37 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | C | |
| 41 | 133 | Aug 29 | DET | CAL | W,2-1 | GS | 21 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | C | |
| September | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 42 | 141 (7) | Sep 6 | DET | NYY | L,1-3 | GS | 23 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1B | |
| 43 | 143 (1) | Sep 8 | DET | NYY | L,4-5 | CG | 37 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1B | |
| 44 | 144 | Sep 9 | DET | NYY | W,3-1 | GS | 30 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1B | |
| 45 | 146 (1) | Sep 12 | DET | CLE | W,4-1 | GS | 29 | 8.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1B | |
| 46 | 147 | Sep 15 (1) | DET | @ | NYY | W,4-3 | GS | 29 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1B |
| 47 | 148 | Sep 15 (2) | DET | @ | NYY | L,1-7 | GS | 17 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1B |
| 48 | 149 | Sep 16 | DET | @ | NYY | W,8-4 | GS | 21 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1B |
| 49 | 150 | Sep 17 | DET | BAL | L,1-2 | CG | 34 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1B | |
| 50 | 151 | Sep 18 | DET | BAL | W,2-1 | GS | 29 | 8.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1B | |
| 51 | 153 (1) | Sep 20 | DET | BAL | L,7-8 | GF | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | PH 1B | |
| 52 | 154 | Sep 21 | DET | @ | BOS | L,1-4 | CG | 27 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1B |
| 53 | 155 | Sep 23 (1) | DET | @ | BOS | L,1-2 | CG | 30 | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | C |
| 54 | 158 (2) | Sep 26 | DET | @ | BAL | L,2-13 | CG | 42 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1B |
| 55 | 159 | Sep 28 | DET | BOS | L,4-7 | GF | 5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | PH 1B | |
| 57gm | 383.0 | 318 | 26 | 3 | 347 | 22 | |||||||||
1979 Fielding Game Log (as C)