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1997 Detroit Tigers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Raul Casanova# 24 101 334 304 27 74 10 1 5 24 1 1 26 48 .243 .308 .332 .641 69 101 10 3 0 1 1
2 1B Tony Clark# 25 159 681 580 105 160 28 3 32 117 1 3 93 144 .276 .376 .500 .876 128 290 11 3 0 5 13
3 2B Damion Easley 27 151 620 527 97 139 37 3 22 72 28 13 68 102 .264 .362 .471 .833 117 248 18 16 4 5 3
4 SS Deivi Cruz 24 147 467 436 35 105 26 0 2 40 3 6 14 55 .241 .263 .314 .577 51 137 9 0 14 3 0
5 3B Travis Fryman 28 154 657 595 90 163 27 3 22 102 16 3 46 113 .274 .326 .440 .766 99 262 15 5 0 11 5
6 LF Bobby Higginson* 26 146 623 546 94 163 30 5 27 101 12 7 70 85 .299 .379 .520 .899 133 284 10 3 0 4 2
7 CF Brian Hunter 26 162 738 658 112 177 29 7 4 45 74 18 66 121 .269 .334 .353 .687 81 232 13 1 8 5 1
8 RF Melvin Nieves# 25 116 405 359 46 82 18 1 20 64 1 7 39 157 .228 .311 .451 .762 97 162 3 5 0 2 6
9 DH Bob Hamelin* 29 110 369 318 47 86 15 0 18 52 2 1 48 72 .270 .366 .487 .853 122 155 8 1 0 2 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 UT Phil Nevin 26 93 278 251 32 59 16 1 9 35 0 1 25 68 .235 .306 .414 .720 87 104 5 1 0 1 1
11 UT Curtis Pride* 28 79 190 162 21 34 4 4 2 19 6 4 24 45 .210 .314 .321 .635 68 52 4 1 2 1 1
12 C Matt Walbeck# 27 47 151 137 18 38 3 0 3 10 3 3 12 19 .277 .331 .365 .696 83 50 4 0 0 2 0
13 C Brian Johnson 29 45 147 139 13 33 6 1 2 18 1 0 5 19 .237 .262 .338 .600 56 47 3 0 2 1 1
14 UT Bubba Trammell 25 44 140 123 14 28 5 0 4 13 3 1 15 35 .228 .307 .366 .673 76 45 2 0 0 2 0
15 2B Jody Reed 34 52 129 112 6 22 2 0 0 8 3 2 10 15 .196 .278 .214 .492 32 24 2 3 3 1 0
16 SS Orlando Miller 28 50 122 111 13 26 7 1 2 10 1 0 5 24 .234 .289 .369 .659 72 41 1 4 1 1 0
17 OF Juan Encarnacion 21 11 38 33 3 7 1 1 1 5 3 1 3 12 .212 .316 .394 .710 85 13 1 2 0 0 0
18 UT Frank Catalanotto* 23 13 29 26 2 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 .308 .379 .385 .764 102 10 0 0 0 0 0
19 UT Jimmy Hurst 25 13 19 17 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 .176 .263 .412 .675 74 7 0 0 0 0 0
20 UT Vince Coleman# 35 6 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .071 .133 .071 .205 -44 1 1 0 0 0 0
21 C Marcus Jensen# 24 8 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .182 .250 .182 .432 16 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 UT Kimera Bartee 24 12 8 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 2 .200 .500 .200 .700 94 1 0 1 0 0 0
23 RF Joe Hall 31 2 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 223 3 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
24 P Willie Blair 31 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Omar Olivares 29 4 3 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.333 2.000 409 4 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Brian Moehler 25 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Justin Thompson* 24 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Greg Keagle 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Glenn Dishman 26 0 0 0 0
30 P Scott Sanders 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Tim Pugh 30 0 0 0 0
32 P Todd Jones* 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Felipe Lira 25 0 0 0 0
34 P Kevin Jarvis* 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Mike Myers* 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Eddie Gaillard 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Dan Miceli 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Jose Bautista 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P John Cummings* 28 0 0 0 0
40 P Doug Brocail* 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 P A.J. Sager 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 P Roberto Duran* 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43 P Fernando Hernandez 26 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.4 162 6189 5481 784 1415 268 32 176 743 161 72 578 1164 .258 .332 .415 .747 95 2275 120 49 34 47 37
Rank in 14 AL teams 12 8 12 11 4 7 1 1 7 2 13 11 10 10 12
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Justin Thompson* 24 15 11 .577 3.02 32 32 0 4 0 0 223.1 188 82 75 20 66 1 151 2 0 4 891 151 1.137 7.6 0.8 2.7 6.1 2.29
2 SP Brian Moehler 25 11 12 .478 4.67 31 31 0 2 1 0 175.1 198 97 91 22 61 1 97 5 0 3 770 98 1.477 10.2 1.1 3.1 5.0 1.59
3 SP Willie Blair 31 16 8 .667 4.17 29 27 0 2 0 0 175.0 186 85 81 18 46 2 90 3 1 6 739 110 1.326 9.6 0.9 2.4 4.6 1.96
4 SP Omar Olivares 29 5 6 .455 4.70 19 19 0 3 2 0 115.0 110 68 60 8 53 1 74 9 0 5 502 97 1.417 8.6 0.6 4.1 5.8 1.40
5 SP Felipe Lira 25 5 7 .417 5.77 20 15 1 1 1 0 92.0 101 61 59 15 45 2 64 2 0 7 415 79 1.587 9.9 1.5 4.4 6.3 1.42
6 SP Scott Sanders 28 3 8 .273 5.33 14 14 0 1 1 0 74.1 79 44 44 14 24 1 58 1 0 4 317 86 1.386 9.6 1.7 2.9 7.0 2.42
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
7 CL Todd Jones 29 5 4 .556 3.09 68 0 51 0 0 31 70.0 60 29 24 3 35 2 70 1 0 7 301 148 1.357 7.7 0.4 4.5 9.0 2.00
8 RP A.J. Sager 32 3 4 .429 4.18 38 1 8 0 0 3 84.0 81 43 39 10 24 6 53 1 0 0 350 109 1.250 8.7 1.1 2.6 5.7 2.21
9 RP Dan Miceli 26 3 2 .600 5.01 71 0 24 0 0 3 82.2 77 49 46 13 38 4 79 1 0 3 357 91 1.391 8.4 1.4 4.1 8.6 2.08
10 RP Doug Brocail 30 3 4 .429 3.23 61 4 20 0 0 2 78.0 74 31 28 10 36 4 60 3 0 6 332 142 1.410 8.5 1.2 4.2 6.9 1.67
11 RP Mike Myers* 28 0 4 .000 5.70 88 0 23 0 0 2 53.2 58 36 34 12 25 2 50 2 0 0 246 80 1.547 9.7 2.0 4.2 8.4 2.00
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
12 Greg Keagle 26 3 5 .375 6.55 11 10 0 0 0 0 45.1 58 33 33 9 18 0 33 5 0 1 214 70 1.676 11.5 1.8 3.6 6.6 1.83
13 Kevin Jarvis 27 0 3 .000 5.40 17 3 9 0 0 0 41.2 55 28 25 9 14 0 27 0 0 0 189 85 1.656 11.9 1.9 3.0 5.8 1.93
14 Jose Bautista 32 2 2 .500 6.69 21 0 4 0 0 0 40.1 55 32 30 6 12 3 19 2 1 1 185 68 1.661 12.3 1.3 2.7 4.2 1.58
15 Glenn Dishman* 26 1 2 .333 5.28 7 4 1 0 0 0 29.0 30 18 17 4 8 0 20 2 0 0 125 87 1.310 9.3 1.2 2.5 6.2 2.50
16 John Cummings* 28 2 0 1.000 5.47 19 0 2 0 0 0 24.2 32 22 15 3 14 1 8 0 0 3 119 84 1.865 11.7 1.1 5.1 2.9 0.57
17 Eddie Gaillard 26 1 0 1.000 5.31 16 0 5 0 0 1 20.1 16 12 12 2 10 2 12 0 0 0 88 86 1.279 7.1 0.9 4.4 5.3 1.20
18 Roberto Duran* 24 0 0 7.59 13 0 1 0 0 0 10.2 7 9 9 0 15 0 11 3 1 1 56 60 2.063 5.9 0.0 12.7 9.3 0.73
19 Tim Pugh 30 1 1 .500 5.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 6 5 5 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 37 91 1.222 6.0 0.0 5.0 4.0 0.80
20 Fernando Hernandez 26 0 0 40.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 5 6 6 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 13 11 6.000 33.8 0.0 20.3 13.5 0.67
Team Totals 27.5 79 83 .488 4.56 162 162 149 13 5 42 1445.2 1476 790 733 178 552 33 982 43 3 51 6246 100 1.403 9.2 1.1 3.4 6.1 1.78
Rank in 14 AL teams 7 7 6 2 5 5 6 5 5 6 8 7 14437
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Kimera Bartee 24 9 0 14.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -77.1 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 1.93 0.33 LF-CF-DH
Jose Bautista 32 21 0 40.1 7 4 3 0 1 1.000 1.56 0.33 P
Willie Blair 31 29 27 175.0 24 9 14 1 2 .958 1.18 0.79 P
Doug Brocail 30 61 4 78.0 18 6 12 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.30 P
Raul Casanova 24 93 83 725.1 590 543 38 9 6 .985 -2.0 -3.3 -2 7.21 6.25 8 21 72 28 28% C-DH
Frank Catalanotto 23 9 4 34.0 16 7 9 0 0 1.000 -3.1 -109.4 -2.1 0.3 -2.4 -1 4.24 1.78 2B-DH
Tony Clark 25 159 157 1383.2 1533 1423 100 10 131 .993 -2.9 -2.5 -3.9 0.9 -4.8 1 9.91 9.58 1B-DH
Vince Coleman 35 4 1 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -8.0 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 1.80 0.75 LF-CF-DH
Deivi Cruz 24 147 133 1184.0 625 192 420 13 94 .979 -3.0 -3.0 -4.0 -3.4 -0.6 1 4.65 4.16 SS
John Cummings 28 19 0 24.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.19 0.32 P
Glenn Dishman 26 7 4 29.0 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 3.10 1.43 P
Roberto Duran 24 13 0 10.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84 0.08 P
Damion Easley 27 162 137 1230.0 660 243 405 12 82 .982 -11.3 -11.0 -12.3 -3.3 -9.0 1 4.74 4.00 2B-SS-DH
Juan Encarnacion 21 12 9 86.0 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -14.0 0.0 -1.2 1.2 -1 2.30 1.83 RF-CF
Travis Fryman 28 153 153 1331.2 448 126 312 10 21 .978 9.3 8.4 10.3 4.9 5.4 -1 2.96 2.86 3B
Eddie Gaillard 26 16 0 20.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Joe Hall 31 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.29 1.00 RF
Bob Hamelin 29 102 3 34.0 30 29 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 7.94 0.29 1B-DH
Fernando Hernandez 26 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Bobby Higginson 26 166 140 1240.0 316 287 20 9 6 .972 -14.2 -13.7 -18.2 -10.3 -7.9 4 2.23 1.85 LF-RF-CF-DH
Brian Hunter 26 162 162 1422.2 420 408 8 4 0 .990 -13.4 -11.3 -14.4 -7.2 -7.2 1 2.63 2.57 CF
Jimmy Hurst 25 13 4 51.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 7.1 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 1 2.12 0.92 RF-CF-LF-DH
Kevin Jarvis 27 17 3 41.2 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.08 0.29 P
Marcus Jensen 24 8 3 34.0 28 26 1 1 0 .964 0.0 0.0 0 7.15 3.38 0 0 0 0 C
Brian Johnson 29 45 38 340.1 229 217 9 3 2 .987 -2.0 -7.1 -2 5.98 5.02 0 10 31 8 21% C-DH
Todd Jones 29 68 0 70.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.64 0.07 P
Greg Keagle 26 11 10 45.1 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.39 0.64 P
Felipe Lira 25 20 15 92.0 28 7 19 2 3 .929 2.54 1.30 P
Dan Miceli 26 71 0 82.2 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.09 0.14 P
Orlando Miller 28 49 25 229.1 111 37 71 3 18 .973 3.5 18.3 2.5 2.1 0.4 1 4.24 2.20 SS-3B-1B-DH
Brian Moehler 25 31 31 175.1 40 16 23 1 2 .975 2.00 1.26 P
Mike Myers 28 88 0 53.2 14 4 8 2 0 .857 2.01 0.14 P
Phil Nevin 26 95 44 416.0 113 93 18 2 3 .982 -4.9 -14.1 -6.9 -1.9 -5.0 2 0 0 2.40 1.17 0 0 0 0 LF-3B-1B-C-DH
Melvin Nieves 25 113 84 758.1 198 190 4 4 1 .980 -8.9 -14.1 -10.9 -3.3 -7.6 2 2.30 1.72 RF-CF-DH
Omar Olivares 29 19 19 115.0 26 10 16 0 2 1.000 2.03 1.37 P
Curtis Pride 28 60 24 221.2 49 48 0 1 0 .980 -3.3 -17.9 -2.3 -2.2 -0.1 -1 1.95 0.80 LF-RF-DH
Tim Pugh 30 2 2 9.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.00 P
Jody Reed 34 46 28 250.0 158 49 107 2 18 .987 2.0 9.6 2.0 0.1 1.9 0 5.62 3.39 2B-DH
A.J. Sager 32 38 1 84.0 16 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.71 0.42 P
Scott Sanders 28 14 14 74.1 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.57 0.93 P
Justin Thompson 24 32 32 223.1 42 11 31 0 3 1.000 1.69 1.31 P
Bubba Trammell 25 43 25 212.2 50 49 1 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -8.5 -1.5 -1.3 -0.2 0 2.12 1.16 RF-LF-DH
Matt Walbeck 27 44 38 344.2 258 240 15 3 2 .988 -2.0 -7.0 -2 6.66 5.80 3 20 27 12 31% C
Team Totals 26.8 162 1458 13011.0 6147 4335 1720 92 399 .985 -59.4 -5.5 -63.4 -27.6 -35.8 8 2 -6 4.19 2.66 11 51 130 48 27%
Rank in 14 AL teams 13 11 1
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

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