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1997 Detroit Tigers (Franchise Encyclopedia: 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 of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 100
  (one-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 101
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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 Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RCasanova 725 83 92 543 38 9 6 .985 8 21 72 28 MWalbeck 344 38 44 240 15 3 2 .988 3 20 27 12 BJohnson 340 38 43 217 9 3 2 .987 0 10 31 8 MJensen 34 3 8 26 1 1 0 .964 0 0 0 0 PNevin 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1445 162 162 1027 63 16 10 .986 11 51 130 48 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TClark 1383 157 158 1423 100 10 131 .993 9.91 BHamelin 34 3 7 29 1 0 1 1.000 7.94 PNevin 20 2 7 22 1 1 0 .958 10.35 OMiller 8 0 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 1480 102 11 132 .993 9.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *4.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DEasley 1161 130 137 234 389 12 82 .981 4.83 JReed 250 28 41 49 107 2 18 .987 5.62 FCatalanott 34 4 6 7 9 0 0 1.000 4.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 290 505 14 100 .983 4.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *2.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TFryman 1331 153 153 126 312 10 21 .978 2.96 PNevin 86 6 17 6 13 0 1 1.000 1.99 OMiller 28 3 4 1 7 1 0 .889 2.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 133 332 11 22 .977 2.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *4.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DCruz 1184 133 147 192 420 13 94 .979 4.65 OMiller 193 22 31 30 64 2 18 .979 4.38 DEasley 68 7 21 9 16 0 0 1.000 3.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 231 500 15 112 .980 4.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHigginson 809 90 105 195 17 6 6 .972 2.36 PNevin 308 36 40 64 4 1 2 .986 1.98 CPride 212 23 34 44 0 1 0 .978 1.86 BTrammell 91 12 13 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.55 VColeman 13 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 KBartee 8 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 JHurst 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 334 21 8 8 .978 2.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BHunter 1422 162 162 408 8 4 0 .990 2.63 KBartee 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 MNieves 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 BHigginson 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 JEncarnacio 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 JHurst 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 VColeman 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 414 8 4 0 .991 2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MNieves 753 84 101 189 4 4 1 .980 2.31 BHigginson 426 50 57 91 3 3 0 .969 1.98 BTrammell 121 13 15 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.79 JEncarnacio 83 9 10 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.28 JHurst 46 4 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 CPride 9 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 JHall 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 339 8 7 1 .980 2.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.32 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BHunter 1422 162 162 407 8 4 0 .990 2.63 BHigginson 1240 140 142 287 20 9 5 .972 2.23 MNieves 758 84 101 188 4 4 1 .980 2.28 PNevin 308 36 40 66 4 1 2 .986 2.04 CPride 221 24 35 48 0 1 0 .980 1.95 BTrammell 212 25 28 52 1 0 0 1.000 2.24 JEncarnacio 86 9 10 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 JHurst 51 4 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 VColeman 15 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 KBartee 14 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 JHall 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1445 162 162 1089 37 19 8 .983 2.34 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *1.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JThompson 223 32 32 11 31 0 3 1.000 1.69 BMoehler 175 31 31 16 23 1 2 .975 2.00 WBlair 175 27 29 9 14 1 2 .958 1.18 OOlivares 115 19 19 10 16 0 2 1.000 2.03 FLira 92 15 20 7 19 2 3 .929 2.54 ASager 84 1 38 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.71 DMiceli 82 0 71 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.09 DBrocail 78 4 61 6 12 0 0 1.000 2.08 SSanders 74 14 14 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.57 TJones 70 0 68 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.64 MMyers 53 0 88 4 8 2 0 .857 2.01 GKeagle 45 10 11 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.39 KJarvis 41 3 17 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.08 JBautista 40 0 21 4 3 0 1 1.000 1.56 GDishman 29 4 7 3 7 0 1 1.000 3.10 JCummings 24 0 19 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.19 EGaillard 20 0 16 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RDuran 10 0 13 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84 TPugh 9 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 FHernandez 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1445 162 162 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 (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Higginson .299

On-base % Higginson .379

Slugging % Higginson .520

OPS Higginson .899

Games Hunter 162

At Bats Hunter 658

Plate Appearances (approx.) Hunter 738

Runs Hunter 112

Hits Hunter 177

Total Bases Clark 290

Doubles Easley 37

Triples Hunter 7

Home Runs Clark 32

RBI Clark 117

Bases on Balls Clark 93

Strikeouts Nieves 157

Stolen Bases Hunter 74

Singles Hunter 137

Adjusted OPS+ Higginson 133

Runs Created Clark 112

Adjusted Batting Runs Higginson 27

Batting Wins Higginson 2.5

Extra-Base Hits Clark 63

Times on Base Clark 256

Offensive Win% Higginson .649

Hit By Pitch Easley 16

Sac. Hits Cruz 14

Sac. Flies Fryman 11

Intentional Walks Clark 13

Grounded into Double Plays Easley 18

Caught Stealing Hunter 18

Power/Speed Number Easley 24.6

At Bats per Strikeout Higginson 6.4

At Bats per Home Run Clark 18.1

Outs Hunter 525

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Thompson 3.02

Wins Blair 16

Won-Loss % Blair .667

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Thompson 1.137

Hits Allowed/9IP Thompson 7.58

Bases on Balls/9IP Blair 2.37

Strikeouts/9IP Thompson 6.09

Games Myers 88

Saves Jones 31

Innings Thompson 223.3

Strikeouts Thompson 151

Games Started Thompson 32

Comp. Games Thompson 4

Shutouts Olivares 2

Home Runs Allow. Moehler 22

Bases On Balls Allow. Thompson 66

Hits Allowed Moehler 198

SO to Walk Thompson 2.29

Losses Moehler 12

Earned Runs Allow. Moehler 91

Wild Pitches Jones and Lira 7

Hit Batsmen Olivares 9

Batters Faced Thompson 891

Games Finished Jones 51

Adjusted ERA+ Thompson 151

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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