Lane appeared in 18 games that year, batting .188 while collecting nine hits over 48 at-bats, driving in five while scoring nine.
It was a return to a Big League field after spending all of 1975 in the Minors, the first year without any MLB action since 1970.
Between 1971 and 1974 he played 72 games, the bulk of which was in 1974 when he played in 50 games, batting .233 with 24 hits and 16 runs scored while driving in nine, all career-highs.
He actually spent all nine years of his pro career in the Detroit organization, and when when he retired for good after the 1977 season he finished with a Major League batting average of .207, with 37 hits in 179 at-bats, with three homers and 17 RBIs, scoring 23 runs.