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1997 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Index: 1996/1998)
79-83, Finished 3rd in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 784 runs, Allowed 790 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82
Managed by Buddy Bell

Ballpark: Tiger Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,365,157 (13th out of 14)
Park Factor: Batting - 99/Pitching - 100 (over 100 favors batters)

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Franchise Index: 1997 Stats (1996/1998) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Raul Casanova       24  101  304   27   74  10  1   5   24  26   48  .243  .308  .332   1   1  10   3   0   1   1   69
1B #Tony Clark          25  159  580  105  160  28  3  32  117  93  144  .276  .376  .500   1   3  11   3   0   5  13  128
2B  Damion Easley       27  151  527   97  139  37  3  22   72  68  102  .264  .362  .471  28  13  18  16   4   5   3  117
3B  Travis Fryman       28  154  595   90  163  27  3  22  102  46  113  .274  .326  .440  16   3  15   5   0  11   5   99
SS  Deivi Cruz          24  147  436   35  105  26  0   2   40  14   55  .241  .263  .314   3   6   9   0  14   3   0   51
LF *Bobby Higginson     26  146  546   94  163  30  5  27  101  70   85  .299  .379  .520  12   7  10   3   0   4   2  133
CF  Brian Hunter        26  162  658  112  177  29  7   4   45  66  121  .269  .334  .353  74  18  13   1   8   5   1   81
RF #Melvin Nieves       25  116  359   46   82  18  1  20   64  39  157  .228  .311  .451   1   7   3   5   0   2   6   97
DH *Bob Hamelin         29  110  318   47   86  15  0  18   52  48   72  .270  .366  .487   2   1   8   1   0   2   3  122
    Phil Nevin          26   93  251   32   59  16  1   9   35  25   68  .235  .306  .414   0   1   5   1   0   1   1   87
   *Curtis Pride        28   79  162   21   34   4  4   2   19  24   45  .210  .314  .321   6   4   4   1   2   1   1   68
    Brian Johnson       29   45  139   13   33   6  1   2   18   5   19  .237  .262  .338   1   0   3   0   2   1   1   56
   #Matt Walbeck        27   47  137   18   38   3  0   3   10  12   19  .277  .331  .365   3   3   4   0   0   2   0   83
    Bubba Trammell      25   44  123   14   28   5  0   4   13  15   35  .228  .307  .366   3   1   2   0   0   2   0   76
    Jody Reed           34   52  112    6   22   2  0   0    8  10   15  .196  .278  .214   3   2   2   3   3   1   0   32
    Orlando Miller      28   50  111   13   26   7  1   2   10   5   24  .234  .289  .369   1   0   1   4   1   1   0   72
    Juan Encarnacion    21   11   33    3    7   1  1   1    5   3   12  .212  .316  .394   3   1   1   2   0   0   0   85
   *Frank Catalanotto   23   13   26    2    8   2  0   0    3   3    7  .308  .379  .385   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  102
    Jimmy Hurst         25   13   17    1    3   1  0   1    1   2    6  .176  .263  .412   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   74
   #Vince Coleman       35    6   14    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    3  .071  .133  .071   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -44
   #Marcus Jensen       24    8   11    1    2   0  0   0    1   1    5  .182  .250  .182   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   16
    Kimera Bartee       24   12    5    4    1   0  0   0    0   2    2  .200  .500  .200   3   1   0   1   0   0   0   94
    Joe Hall            31    2    4    1    2   1  0   0    3   0    0  .500  .500  .750   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  223

    Willie Blair        31    1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Brian Moehler       25    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Omar Olivares       29   19    3    2    2   0  1   0    0   0    0  .667  .667 1.333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  409
   *Justin Thompson     24    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Greg Keagle         26    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.5  162 5481  784 1415 268 32 176  743 578 1164  .258  .329  .415 161  72 120  49  34  47  37   95
    Rank among 14 AL teams        12    8   12  11  4   7        7    2    13    11    10   1   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.
Team Pitching    Glossary
    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Justin Thompson     24  32   3.02  15  11  0  32   0   4   0  223.3  188   82   75  20   66  151  891   4   2  0   1 151
SP  Brian Moehler       25  31   4.67  11  12  0  31   0   2   1  175.3  198   97   91  22   61   97  770   3   5  0   1  98
SP  Willie Blair        31  29   4.17  16   8  0  27   0   2   0  175.0  186   85   81  18   46   90  739   6   3  1   2 110
SP  Omar Olivares       29  19   4.70   5   6  0  19   0   3   2  115.0  110   68   60   8   53   74  502   5   9  0   1  97
SP  Felipe Lira         25  20   5.77   5   7  0  15   1   1   1   92.0  101   61   59  15   45   64  415   7   2  0   2  79
SP  Scott Sanders       28  14   5.33   3   8  0  14   0   1   1   74.3   79   44   44  14   24   58  317   4   1  0   1  86
SP  Greg Keagle         26  11   6.55   3   5  0  10   0   0   0   45.3   58   33   33   9   18   33  214   1   5  0   0  70

CL  Todd Jones          29  68   3.09   5   4 31   0  51   0   0   70.0   60   29   24   3   35   70  301   7   1  0   2 148
RP *Mike Myers          28  88   5.70   0   4  2   0  23   0   0   53.7   58   36   34  12   25   50  246   0   2  0   2  80
RP  Dan Miceli          26  71   5.01   3   2  3   0  24   0   0   82.7   77   49   46  13   38   79  357   3   1  0   4  91
RP  Doug Brocail        30  61   3.23   3   4  2   4  20   0   0   78.0   74   31   28  10   36   60  332   6   3  0   4 142
RP  A.J. Sager          32  38   4.18   3   4  3   1   8   0   0   84.0   81   43   39  10   24   53  350   0   1  0   6 109

    Kevin Jarvis        27  17   5.40   0   3  0   3   9   0   0   41.7   55   28   25   9   14   27  189   0   0  0   0  85
    Jose Bautista       32  21   6.69   2   2  0   0   4   0   0   40.3   55   32   30   6   12   19  185   1   2  1   3  68
   *Glenn Dishman       26   7   5.28   1   2  0   4   1   0   0   29.0   30   18   17   4    8   20  125   0   2  0   0  87
   *John Cummings       28  19   5.47   2   0  0   0   2   0   0   24.7   32   22   15   3   14    8  119   3   0  0   1  84
    Eddie Gaillard      26  16   5.31   1   0  1   0   5   0   0   20.3   16   12   12   2   10   12   88   0   0  0   2  86
   *Roberto Duran       24  13   7.59   0   0  0   0   1   0   0   10.7    7    9    9   0   15   11   56   1   3  1   0  60
    Tim Pugh            30   2   5.00   1   1  0   2   0   0   0    9.0    6    5    5   0    5    4   37   0   0  0   0  91
    Fernando Hernandez  26   2  40.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.3    5    6    6   0    3    2   13   0   1  0   1  11
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.5 162   4.56  79  83 42 162 149  13   8 1445.0 1476  790  732 178  552  982 6246  51  43  3  33 100
    Rank among 14 AL teams          6   7   7  5           2   5      6    5    5        8    7    9
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed
Team Fielding    Glossary  League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers     G   PO    A   E   DP   FP   PB
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---
RCasanova    92  543   38   9   6  .985   8
MWalbeck     44  240   15   3   2  .988   3
BJohnson     43  217    9   3   2  .987   0
MJensen       8   26    1   1   0  .964   0
PNevin        1    1    0   0   0 1.000   0
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---
Team Total  162 1027   63  16  10  .986  11
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---

First Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .992  8.04
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
TClark      158 1423  100  10 131  .993  9.64
BHamelin      7   29    1   0   1 1.000  4.29
PNevin        7   22    1   1   0  .958  3.29
OMiller       3    6    0   0   0 1.000  2.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162 1480  102  11 132  .993  9.85
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base  G   PO    A   E   DP  .980  4.33
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DEasley     137  234  389  12  82  .981  4.55
JReed        41   49  107   2  18  .987  3.80
FCatalanott   6    7    9   0   0 1.000  2.67
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  290  505  14 100  .983  4.95
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base   G   PO    A   E   DP  .953  2.32
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
TFryman     153  126  312  10  21  .978  2.86
PNevin       17    6   13   0   1 1.000  1.12
OMiller       4    1    7   1   0  .889  2.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  133  332  11  22  .977  2.90
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop    G   PO    A   E   DP  .974  4.05
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
DCruz       147  192  420  13  94  .979  4.16
OMiller      31   30   64   2  18  .979  3.03
DEasley      21    9   16   0   0 1.000  1.19
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  231  500  15 112  .980  4.55
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field   G   PO    A   E   DP  .979  1.71
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BHigginson  105  195   17   6   6  .972  2.02
PNevin       40   64    4   1   2  .986  1.70
CPride       34   44    0   1   0  .978  1.29
BTrammell    13   26    0   0   0 1.000  2.00
KBartee       3    2    0   0   0 1.000  0.67
VColeman      2    3    0   0   0 1.000  1.50
JHurst        1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  334   21   8   8  .978  2.21
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField  G   PO    A   E   DP  .988  2.31
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
BHunter     162  408    8   4   0  .990  2.57
KBartee       3    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.33
JEncarnacio   2    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.50
BHigginson    2    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.50
MNieves       2    1    0   0   0 1.000  0.50
VColeman      1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
JHurst        1    2    0   0   0 1.000  2.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  414    8   4   0  .991  2.63
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field  G   PO    A   E   DP  .978  1.79
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
MNieves     101  189    4   4   1  .980  1.91
BHigginson   57   91    3   3   0  .969  1.65
BTrammell    15   23    1   0   0 1.000  1.60
JEncarnacio  10   21    0   0   0 1.000  2.10
JHurst       10   10    0   0   0 1.000  1.00
CPride        3    4    0   0   0 1.000  1.33
JHall         1    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162  339    8   7   1  .980  2.16
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Pitchers     G   PO    A   E   DP  .955  1.71
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
JThompson    32   11   31   0   3 1.000  1.69
BMoehler     31   16   23   1   2  .975  2.00
WBlair       29    9   14   1   2  .958  1.18
OOlivares    19   10   16   0   2 1.000  2.03
FLira        20    7   19   2   3  .929  2.54
ASager       38    3   13   0   0 1.000  1.71
DMiceli      71    4    6   0   0 1.000  1.09
DBrocail     61    6   12   0   0 1.000  2.08
SSanders     14    4    9   0   0 1.000  1.57
TJones       68    1    4   0   0 1.000  0.64
MMyers       88    4    8   2   0  .857  2.01
GKeagle      11    4    3   0   0 1.000  1.39
KJarvis      17    0    5   0   0 1.000  1.08
JBautista    21    4    3   0   1 1.000  1.56
GDishman      7    3    7   0   1 1.000  3.10
JCummings    19    1    5   0   0 1.000  2.19
EGaillard    16    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
RDuran       13    0    1   0   0 1.000  0.84
TPugh         2    0    2   0   0 1.000  2.00
FHernandez    2    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
Team Total  162   87  181   6  14  .978  1.67
-----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Des. Hitter   G
------------+---
BHamelin      95
PNevin        30
CPride        23
BTrammell     15
OMiller       11
MNieves       10
JReed          5
DEasley        4
KBartee        3
FCatalanott    3
BHigginson     2
BJohnson       2
RCasanova      1
TClark         1
VColeman       1
JHurst         1
------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

Team Leaders
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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
Batting AverageHigginson.299
On-base %Higginson.379
Slugging %Higginson.520
OPSHigginson.899
GamesHunter162
At BatsHunter658
RunsHunter112
HitsHunter177
Total BasesClark290
DoublesEasley37
TriplesHunter7
Home RunsClark32
RBIClark117
Bases on BallsClark93
StrikeoutsNieves157
Stolen BasesHunter74
SinglesHunter137
Adjusted OPS+Higginson133
Runs CreatedClark109
Extra-Base HitsClark63
Times on BaseClark256
Hit By PitchEasley16
Sac. HitsCruz14
Sac. FliesFryman11
Intentional WalksClark13
Grounded into Double PlaysEasley18
Power/Speed NumberEasley24.6
At Bats per StrikeoutHigginson6.4
At Bats per Home RunClark18.1
OutsHunter525

 

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders
ERAThompson3.02
WinsBlair16
Won-Loss %Blair.667
BB + H per IP (WHIP)Thompson1.137
Hits Allowed/9IPThompson7.58
Bases on Balls/9IPBlair2.37
Strikeouts/9IPThompson6.09
GamesMyers88
SavesJones31
InningsThompson223.3
StrikeoutsThompson151
Games StartedThompson32
Comp. GamesThompson4
ShutoutsOlivares2
Home Runs Allow.Moehler22
Bases On Balls Allow.Thompson66
Hits AllowedMoehler198
SO to WalkThompson2.29
LossesMoehler12
Earned Runs Allow.Moehler91
Wild PitchesJones and Lira7
Hit BatsmenOlivares9
Batters FacedThompson891
Games FinishedJones51
Adjusted ERA+Thompson151

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Travis Fryman$ 6,400,000
Scott Sanders$ 1,300,000
Omar Olivares$ 1,125,000
Todd Jones$ 975,000
Willie Blair$ 800,000
Damion Easley$ 675,000
Jody Reed$ 675,000
Brian Johnson$ 600,000
Matt Walbeck$ 550,000
Vince Coleman$ 500,000
Dan Miceli$ 475,000
Doug Brocail$ 425,000
Bobby Higginson$ 375,000
Orlando Miller$ 337,500
Melvin Nieves$ 335,000
Brian Hunter$ 310,000
Felipe Lira$ 285,000
Tony Clark$ 260,000
Mike Myers$ 235,000
Curtis Pride$ 216,000
John Cummings$ 215,000
A.J. Sager$ 200,000
Justin Thompson$ 198,000
Phil Nevin$ 178,000
Greg Keagle$ 170,000
Raul Casanova$ 157,500
Deivi Cruz$ 150,000
Fernando Hernandez$ 150,000
Brian Moehler$ 150,000
Bubba Trammell$ 150,000


Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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