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1998 Detroit Tigers

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999

65-97, Finished 5th in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Buddy Bell (52-85) and Larry Parrish (13-12)
Scored 722 runs, Allowed 863 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-94

Ballparks: Tiger Stadium · Attendance: 1,409,391 (11th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101

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1997 / 1999 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
Gabe Alvarez 24 R R 6' 1" 185 Mar 6, 1974 1st 58 54 58 55 0 0 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -1.1 $170,000
Matt Anderson 21 R R 6' 4" 200 Aug 17, 1976 1st 42 0 2 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $170,000
Paul Bako 26 L R 6' 2" 205 Jun 20, 1972 1st 96 83 96 94 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.5 $170,000
Kimera Bartee 25 B R 6' 0" 175 Jul 21, 1972 3 57 19 57 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 18 1 30 10 8 22 0.4 $190,000
Trey Beamon 24 L R 6' 3" 195 Feb 11, 1974 3 28 8 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 11 17 1 -0.2 $187,500
Geronimo Berroa 33 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 18, 1965 9 52 33 52 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 37 16 0 -0.6 $
Doug Bochtler 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 5, 1970 4 51 0 1 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $287,500
Doug Brocail 31 L R 6' 5" 220 May 16, 1967 7 60 0 2 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $850,000
Will Brunson 28 L L 6' 4" 185 Mar 20, 1970 1st 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Raul Casanova 25 B R 6' 0" 200 Aug 23, 1972 3 16 13 16 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $225,000
Frank Castillo 29 R R 6' 1" 180 Apr 1, 1969 8 27 19 1 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.6 $1,750,000
Frank Catalanotto 24 L R 6' 0" 170 Apr 27, 1974 2 89 46 89 52 0 0 18 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 23 38 0 0.3 $170,000
Tony Clark 26 B R 6' 8" 205 Jun 15, 1972 4 157 157 157 142 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 3.0 $762,500
Dean Crow 25 L R 6' 4" 215 Aug 21, 1972 1st 32 0 3 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Deivi Cruz 25 R R 5' 11" 160 Nov 6, 1972 2 135 132 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $245,000
Roberto Duran 25 L L 6' 0" 167 Mar 6, 1973 2 18 0 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $177,500
Damion Easley 28 R R 5' 11" 155 Nov 11, 1969 7 153 148 153 150 0 0 0 140 0 30 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5.3 $2,050,000 All-Star
Juan Encarnacion 22 R R 6' 2" 160 Mar 8, 1976 2 40 39 40 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 21 42 1 1 0 1.0 $170,000
Robert Fick 24 L R 6' 1" 189 Mar 15, 1974 1st 7 6 7 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.4 $200,000
Bryce Florie 28 R R 6' 0" 185 May 21, 1970 5 42 16 2 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $600,000
Luis Gonzalez 30 L R 6' 2" 180 Sep 3, 1967 9 154 148 154 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 3 0 135 19 6 0 2.1 $2,000,000
Seth Greisinger 22 R R 6' 3" 200 Jul 29, 1975 1st 21 21 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $170,000
Denny Harriger 28 R R 5' 11" 185 Jul 21, 1969 1st 4 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Bobby Higginson 27 L R 5' 11" 180 Aug 18, 1970 4 157 155 157 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 136 153 2 2 0 2.0 $2,425,000
Brian Hunter 27 R R 6' 4" 180 Mar 5, 1971 5 142 137 142 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 139 0 1 3 1.1 $562,500
Pete Incaviglia 34 R R 6' 1" 225 Apr 2, 1964 12 7 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 4 0 -0.3 $300,000
Todd Jones 30 L R 6' 3" 200 Apr 24, 1968 6 65 0 3 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $2,250,000
Gabe Kapler 22 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 31, 1975 1st 7 6 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 1 0 -0.2 $
Greg Keagle 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 28, 1971 3 9 7 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $200,000
Jeff Manto 33 R R 6' 3" 210 Aug 23, 1964 7 16 7 16 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 4 0 0.0 $
Brian Moehler 26 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 31, 1971 3 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $240,000
Joe Oliver 32 R R 6' 3" 215 Jul 24, 1965 10 50 44 50 49 0 48 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.4 $750,000
Brian Powell 24 R R 6' 2" 205 Oct 10, 1973 1st 18 16 1 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $170,000
Joe Randa 28 R R 5' 11" 190 Dec 18, 1969 4 138 116 138 132 0 0 1 20 118 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 2 1.6 $375,000
Billy Ripken 33 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 16, 1964 12 27 24 27 26 0 0 2 2 2 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 $400,000
Bip Roberts 34 B R 5' 7" 150 Oct 27, 1963 12 34 29 34 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 29 5 0 -0.3 $2,300,000
Sean Runyan 24 L L 6' 3" 220 Jun 21, 1974 1st 88 0 3 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $170,000
A.J. Sager 33 R R 6' 4" 220 Mar 3, 1965 5 31 3 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $287,500
Scott Sanders 29 R R 6' 4" 210 Mar 25, 1969 6 3 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $1,700,000
Marino Santana 26 R R 6' 1" 175 May 10, 1972 1st 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Joe Siddall 30 L R 6' 1" 200 Oct 25, 1967 4 29 19 29 28 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0.0 $190,000
Justin Thompson 25 L L 6' 4" 215 Mar 8, 1973 3 34 34 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $400,000
Andy Tomberlin 31 L L 5' 11" 160 Nov 7, 1966 6 32 17 32 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 21 10 3 -0.4 $
Jason Wood 28 R R 6' 1" 170 Dec 16, 1969 1st 10 7 10 7 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.2 $
Tim Worrell 30 R R 6' 4" 210 Jul 5, 1967 6 15 9 1 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $1,000,000
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.

1997 / 1999 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers