1997 Detroit Tigers Roster (40-man)

1996 Season 1998 Season

Record: 79-83-0, Finished 3rd in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Buddy Bell (79-83)

General Manager: Randy Smith

Farm Director: Dave Miller

Scouting Director: Greg Smith

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 80-82, 784 Runs, 790 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	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	us US	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	0.0
José Bautista	32	do DO	R	R	6' 1"	177	Jul 26, 1964	9	21	0	1	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.3
Willie Blair	31	us US	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	3.8	$800,000
Doug Brocail	30	us US	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	2.2	$425,000
Raúl Casanova	24	pr PR	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	us US	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	us US	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	3.5	$260,000
Vince Coleman	35	us US	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	-0.3	$500,000
Deivi Cruz	24	do DO	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	-0.5	$150,000
John Cummings	28	us US	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	-0.6	$215,000
Glenn Dishman	26	us US	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 Durán	24	do DO	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	us US	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 Encarnación	21	do DO	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	0.0
Travis Fryman	28	us US	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	3.5	$6,400,000
Eddie Gaillard	26	us US	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	0.1
Joe Hall	31	us US	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	us US	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	1.1
Fernando Hernández	26	do DO	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	-0.4	$150,000
Bobby Higginson	26	us US	L	R	5' 11"	180	Aug 18, 1970	3	146	141	146	142	0	0	0	0	0	0	104	2	56	142	2	4	0	3.2	$375,000
Brian Hunter	26	us US	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	1.1	$310,000
Jimmy Hurst	25	us US	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	us US	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	0.0
Marcus Jensen	24	us US	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	us US	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	-0.4	$600,000
Todd Jones	29	us US	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	1.8	$975,000
Greg Keagle	26	us US	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	ve VE	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	0.6	$285,000
Dan Miceli	26	us US	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	0.3	$475,000
Orlando Miller	28	pa PA	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	0.4	$337,500
Brian Moehler	25	us US	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	2.8	$150,000
Mike Myers	28	us US	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	-0.1	$235,000
Phil Nevin	26	us US	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	-0.5	$178,000
Melvin Nieves	25	pr PR	B	R	6' 2"	185	Dec 28, 1971	6	116	91	116	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	100	100	11	19	0	-0.4	$335,000
Omar Olivares	29	pr PR	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	1.6	$1,125,000
Curtis Pride	28	us US	L	R	6' 0"	205	Dec 17, 1968	4	79	42	79	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	0	3	35	23	32	3	-0.4	$216,000
Tim Pugh	30	us US	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	us US	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	-0.4	$675,000
A.J. Sager	32	us US	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	1.3	$200,000
Scott Sanders	28	us US	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	0.8
Justin Thompson	24	us US	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	7.7	$198,000	All-Star
Bubba Trammell	25	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	Nov 6, 1971	1st	44	36	44	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	16	28	14	5	0	-0.5	$150,000
Matt Walbeck	27	us US	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	0.1	$550,000
Name	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

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Buddy Bell	45	us US	Aug 27, 1951	Manager	Apr 1	Sep 28
Larry Parrish	43	us US	Nov 10, 1953	Bench	Apr 1	Sep 28
Larry Herndon	43	us US	Nov 3, 1953	Hitting	Apr 1	Sep 28
Rick Adair	39	us US	Jan 19, 1958	Pitching	Apr 1	Sep 28
Fred Kendall	48	us US	Jan 31, 1949	Bullpen	Apr 1	Sep 28
Jerry White	44	us US	Aug 23, 1952	First base	Apr 1	Sep 28
Perry Hill	45	us US	Mar 19, 1952	Third base	Apr 1	Sep 28
Brad Andress	34	us US	Nov 27, 1962	Strength	Apr 1	Sep 28
Name	Age		DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date