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1997 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
79-83, Finished 3rd in AL East
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Scored 784 runs, Allowed 790 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82
Manager: Buddy Bell (79-83)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Kimera Bartee 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 21, 1972 2 12 0 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 0 2 6
Jose Bautista 32 R R 6' 2" 205 Jul 25, 1964 9 21 0 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Blair 31 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 18, 1965 8 29 1 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $800,000.00
Doug Brocail 30 L R 6' 5" 235 May 16, 1967 6 61 0 3 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $425,000.00
Raul Casanova 24 B R 6' 0" 192 Aug 23, 1972 2 101 83 101 92 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 $157,500.00
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 2 6 0
Tony Clark 25 B R 6' 7" 240 Jun 15, 1972 3 159 158 159 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $260,000.00
Vince Coleman 35 B R 6' 0" 185 Sep 22, 1961 13 6 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 4 0 $500,000.00
Deivi Cruz 24 R R 6' 0" 184 Nov 6, 1972 1st 147 133 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
John Cummings 28 L L 6' 3" 200 May 10, 1969 5 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $215,000.00
Glenn Dishman 26 R L 6' 1" 195 Nov 5, 1970 3 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Damion Easley 27 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 11, 1969 6 151 141 151 144 0 0 0 137 0 21 0 0 0 0 4 8 0 $675,000.00
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 10 0 0 1
Travis Fryman 28 R R 6' 1" 194 Mar 25, 1969 8 154 153 154 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $6,400,000.00
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
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
Bob Hamelin 29 L L 6' 0" 235 Nov 29, 1967 5 110 90 110 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 16 0
Fernando Hernandez 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 16, 1971 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Bobby Higginson 26 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1970 3 146 141 146 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 2 56 142 1 4 0 $375,000.00
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 $310,000.00
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 0 1 1
Kevin Jarvis 27 L R 6' 2" 200 Aug 1, 1969 4 17 0 1 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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 0 2 0 $600,000.00
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 $975,000.00
Greg Keagle 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 28, 1971 2 11 1 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Felipe Lira 25 R R 6' 0" 170 Apr 26, 1972 3 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $285,000.00
Dan Miceli 26 R R 6' 0" 207 Sep 9, 1970 5 71 0 2 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $475,000.00
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 5 10 1 $337,500.00
Brian Moehler 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 31, 1971 2 31 2 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $150,000.00
Mike Myers 28 L L 6' 3" 200 Jun 26, 1969 3 88 0 4 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $235,000.00
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 18 21 0 $178,000.00
Melvin Nieves 25 B R 6' 2" 210 Dec 28, 1971 6 116 91 116 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 101 101 7 19 0 $335,000.00
Omar Olivares 29 R R 6' 1" 193 Jul 6, 1967 8 22 1 4 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 $1,125,000.00
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 35 18 32 3 $216,000.00
Tim Pugh 30 R R 6' 6" 230 Jan 26, 1967 6 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jody Reed 34 R R 5' 9" 165 Jul 26, 1962 11 52 29 52 41 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 2 $675,000.00
A.J. Sager 32 R R 6' 4" 220 Mar 3, 1965 4 38 0 2 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
Scott Sanders 28 R R 6' 4" 220 Mar 25, 1969 5 15 0 1 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Justin Thompson 24 L L 6' 4" 215 Mar 8, 1973 2 32 1 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $198,000.00 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 28 11 5 0 $150,000.00
Matt Walbeck 27 B R 5' 11" 190 Oct 2, 1969 5 47 38 47 44 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 $550,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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