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 | 1 | Apr 7 | DET | TEX | L,2-8 | GS | 25 | 5.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P | |
| 2 | 4 (2) | Apr 13 | DET | @ | TEX | L,4-5 | GS | 22 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | P |
| 3 | 8 (3) | Apr 17 | DET | KCR | W,6-3 | GS | 28 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | P | |
| 4 | 11 (2) | Apr 22 | DET | TOR | W,4-1 | CG | 30 | 9.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | P | |
| 5 | 14 (2) | Apr 27 | DET | MIN | L,3-5 | GS | 22 | 4.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | P | |
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 6 | 22 (7) | May 7 | DET | CHW | W,5-4 | GS | 27 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P | |
| 7 | 26 (3) | May 12 | DET | MIL | L,2-3 | GS | 19 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P | |
| 8 | 31 (4) | May 18 | DET | @ | CLE | W,5-3 | GS | 29 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 9 | 39 (7) | May 27 (2) | DET | BAL | W,10-3 | CG | 37 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P | |
| Jun | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 10 | 46 (6) | Jun 3 | DET | @ | OAK | W,2-0 | CG | 34 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P |
| 11 | 51 (4) | Jun 9 | DET | @ | CAL | L,1-9 | GS | 34 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P |
| 12 | 57 (5) | Jun 15 | DET | CAL | L,7-8 | GS | 22 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| September | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 13 | 140 (82) | Sep 5 | DET | @ | CLE | W,9-3 | GS | 24 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 14 | 145 (4) | Sep 11 | DET | CLE | W,14-1 | GS | 24 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 15 | 149 (3) | Sep 16 | DET | @ | NYY | W,8-4 | GS | 20 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P |
| 16 | 154 (4) | Sep 21 | DET | @ | BOS | L,1-4 | CG | 27 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 16gm | 97.1 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 25 | 1 | |||||||||
1979 Fielding Game Log (as P)