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1998 Detroit Tigers Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999)
65-97, Finished 5th in AL Central
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Scored 722 runs, Allowed 863 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-94
Manager: Buddy Bell (52-85) and Larry Parrish (13-12)
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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
Gabe Alvarez 24 R R 6' 1" 205 Mar 6, 1974 1st 58 54 58 55 0 0 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 $170,000.00
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 $170,000.00
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 $170,000.00
Kimera Bartee 25 R R 6' 0" 175 Jul 21, 1972 3 57 19 57 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 18 1 29 3 8 22 $190,000.00
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 7 17 1 $187,500.00
Geronimo Berroa 33 R R 6' 0" 195 Mar 18, 1965 9 52 33 52 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 32 16 0
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 $287,500.00
Doug Brocail 31 L R 6' 5" 235 May 16, 1967 7 60 0 2 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $850,000.00
Will Brunson 28 L L 6' 5" 185 Mar 20, 1970 1st 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raul Casanova 25 B R 6' 0" 192 Aug 23, 1972 3 16 13 16 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $225,000.00
Frank Castillo 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 1, 1969 8 27 1 1 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,750,000.00
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 19 38 0 $170,000.00
Tony Clark 26 B R 6' 7" 240 Jun 15, 1972 4 157 157 157 142 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 $762,500.00
Dean Crow 25 L R Aug 21, 1972 1st 32 0 3 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Deivi Cruz 25 R R 6' 0" 184 Nov 6, 1972 2 135 132 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $245,000.00
Roberto Duran 25 L L 6' 0" 167 Mar 6, 1973 2 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $177,500.00
Damion Easley 28 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 11, 1969 7 153 148 153 150 0 0 0 140 0 30 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 $2,050,000.00 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 39 0 1 0 $170,000.00
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
Bryce Florie 28 R R 6' 0" 185 May 21, 1970 5 42 2 2 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $600,000.00
Luis Gonzalez 30 L R 6' 2" 180 Sep 3, 1967 9 154 148 154 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 3 0 132 17 6 0 $2,000,000.00
Seth Greisinger 22 R R 6' 3" 200 Jul 29, 1975 1st 21 1 1 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Denny Harriger 28 R R Jul 21, 1969 1st 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 $2,425,000.00
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 $562,500.00
Pete Incaviglia 34 R R 6' 1" 230 Apr 2, 1964 12 7 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 $300,000.00
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 $2,250,000.00
Gabe Kapler 22 R R 6' 2" 208 Aug 31, 1975 1st 7 6 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 1 0
Greg Keagle 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 28, 1971 3 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $200,000.00
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 3 4 0
Brian Moehler 26 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 31, 1971 3 33 1 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $240,000.00
Joe Oliver 32 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 24, 1965 10 50 44 50 49 0 48 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $750,000.00
Brian Powell 24 R R 6' 2" 205 Oct 10, 1973 1st 18 1 1 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
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 0 10 2 $375,000.00
Billy Ripken 33 R R 6' 1" 186 Dec 16, 1964 12 27 24 27 26 0 0 2 2 2 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $400,000.00
Bip Roberts 34 B R 5' 7" 165 Oct 27, 1963 12 34 29 34 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 26 5 0 $2,300,000.00
Sean Runyan 24 L L 6' 3" 210 Jun 21, 1974 1st 88 0 3 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
A.J. Sager 33 R R 6' 4" 220 Mar 3, 1965 5 31 0 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $287,500.00
Scott Sanders 29 R R 6' 4" 220 Mar 25, 1969 6 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,700,000.00
Marino Santana 26 R R 6' 1" 175 May 10, 1972 1st 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Siddall 30 L R 6' 1" 197 Oct 25, 1967 4 29 19 29 28 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 $190,000.00
Justin Thompson 25 L L 6' 4" 215 Mar 8, 1973 3 34 2 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $400,000.00
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 17 10 3
Jason Wood 28 R R 6' 1" 200 Dec 16, 1969 1st 10 7 10 7 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Tim Worrell 30 R R 6' 4" 220 Jul 5, 1967 6 15 0 1 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00
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.

1997 / 1999 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played