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1997 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

79-83, Finished 3rd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Buddy Bell (79-83)
Scored 784 runs, Allowed 790 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,365,157 (13th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101

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1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Kimera Bartee 24 B R 6' 0" 175 Jul 21, 1972 2 12 0 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 3 2 6 -0.1 $
Jose Bautista 32 R R 6' 1" 177 Jul 25, 1964 9 21 0 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Willie Blair 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 18, 1965 8 29 27 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $800,000
Doug Brocail 30 L R 6' 5" 220 May 16, 1967 6 61 4 3 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $425,000
Raul Casanova 24 B R 6' 0" 200 Aug 23, 1972 2 101 83 101 92 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 -0.3 $157,500
Frank Catalanotto 23 L R 6' 0" 170 Apr 27, 1974 1st 13 6 13 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 -0.2 $
Tony Clark 25 B R 6' 8" 205 Jun 15, 1972 3 159 158 159 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.7 $260,000
Vince Coleman 35 B R 6' 0" 170 Sep 22, 1961 13 6 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 4 0 -0.2 $500,000
Deivi Cruz 24 R R 5' 11" 160 Nov 6, 1972 1st 147 133 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $150,000
John Cummings 28 L L 6' 3" 200 May 10, 1969 5 19 0 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $215,000
Glenn Dishman 26 R L 6' 1" 195 Nov 5, 1970 3 7 4 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Roberto Duran 24 L L 6' 0" 167 Mar 6, 1973 1st 13 0 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Damion Easley 27 R R 5' 11" 155 Nov 11, 1969 6 151 141 151 144 0 0 0 137 0 21 0 0 0 0 4 8 0 3.0 $675,000
Juan Encarnacion 21 R R 6' 2" 160 Mar 8, 1976 1st 11 9 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 12 0 0 1 0.0 $
Travis Fryman 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Mar 25, 1969 8 154 153 154 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.8 $6,400,000
Eddie Gaillard 26 R R 6' 1" 180 Aug 13, 1970 1st 16 0 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Joe Hall 31 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 6, 1966 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.1 $
Bob Hamelin 29 L L 6' 1" 240 Nov 29, 1967 5 110 90 110 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 16 0 1.3 $
Fernando Hernandez 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 16, 1971 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $150,000
Bobby Higginson 26 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1970 3 146 141 146 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 2 56 163 2 4 0 3.4 $375,000
Brian Hunter 26 R R 6' 4" 180 Mar 5, 1971 4 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 162 0 0 0 1.2 $310,000
Jimmy Hurst 25 R R 6' 6" 225 Mar 1, 1972 1st 13 4 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 12 1 1 1 0.0 $
Kevin Jarvis 27 L R 6' 2" 200 Aug 1, 1969 4 17 3 1 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Marcus Jensen 24 B R 6' 4" 195 Dec 14, 1972 2 8 3 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Brian Johnson 29 R R 6' 2" 210 Jan 8, 1968 4 45 38 45 43 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 -0.6 $600,000
Todd Jones 29 L R 6' 3" 200 Apr 24, 1968 5 68 0 2 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $975,000
Greg Keagle 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 28, 1971 2 11 10 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $170,000
Felipe Lira 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Apr 26, 1972 3 20 15 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $285,000
Dan Miceli 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Sep 9, 1970 5 71 0 2 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $475,000
Orlando Miller 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 13, 1969 4 50 30 50 38 0 0 3 0 4 31 0 0 0 0 9 10 1 0.3 $337,500
Brian Moehler 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 31, 1971 2 31 31 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $150,000
Mike Myers 28 L L 6' 3" 197 Jun 26, 1969 3 88 0 4 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $235,000
Phil Nevin 26 R R 6' 2" 180 Jan 19, 1971 3 93 62 93 59 0 1 7 0 17 0 40 0 0 40 29 21 0 -0.4 $178,000
Melvin Nieves 25 B R 6' 2" 185 Dec 28, 1971 6 116 91 116 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 101 103 11 19 0 -0.2 $335,000
Omar Olivares 29 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 6, 1967 8 22 19 4 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5 $1,125,000
Curtis Pride 28 L R 6' 0" 205 Dec 17, 1968 4 79 42 79 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 3 37 23 32 3 -0.5 $216,000
Tim Pugh 30 R R 6' 6" 225 Jan 26, 1967 6 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jody Reed 34 R R 5' 9" 170 Jul 26, 1962 11 52 29 52 41 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15 2 -0.3 $675,000
A.J. Sager 32 R R 6' 4" 220 Mar 3, 1965 4 38 1 2 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $200,000
Scott Sanders 28 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 25, 1969 5 15 14 1 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.7 $
Justin Thompson 24 L L 6' 4" 215 Mar 8, 1973 2 32 32 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 $198,000 All-Star
Bubba Trammell 25 R R 6' 3" 205 Nov 6, 1971 1st 44 36 44 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 16 29 14 5 0 -0.4 $150,000
Matt Walbeck 27 B R 5' 11" 195 Oct 2, 1969 5 47 38 47 44 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.2 $550,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Bobby Higginson
Jody Reed
Matt Walbeck
Damion Easley
Marcus Jensen
Brian Johnson
Phil Nevin
Orlando Miller
Tony Clark

John Cummings
Willie Blair
Brian Hunter
Justin Thompson
Travis Fryman
Doug Brocail
Mike Myers
Omar Olivares
Scott Sanders

Frank Catalanotto
Vince Coleman
Melvin Nieves
Dan Miceli
Raul Casanova
Juan Encarnacion
Curtis Pride
Deivi Cruz
Brian Moehler

Kimera Bartee
Felipe Lira
Bob Hamelin
Fernando Hernandez
Joe Hall
Bubba Trammell
Joe Hall
Bubba Trammell
Kevin Jarvis
A.J. Sager

Tim Pugh
Jose Bautista
Jimmy Hurst
Eddie Gaillard
Roberto Duran
Greg Keagle
Glenn Dishman
Todd Jones

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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