1997 Detroit Tigers season

The 1997 Detroit Tigers finished in third place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 79-83 (.488), an improvement of 26 games over the previous season. They were outscored by their opponents 790 to 784. The Tigers drew 1,365,157 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1997, ranking 13th of the 14 teams in the American League.

1997 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Mike Ilitch
General manager(s)Randy Smith
Manager(s)Buddy Bell
Local televisionWKBD
(Ernie Harwell, Al Kaline, Jim Price)
PASS
(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Fred McLeod)
Local radioWJR
(Frank Beckmann, Lary Sorensen)
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This was the Tigers' final year in the AL East. Beginning in 1998, the team joined the American League Central Division. On July 27, 1997, the Detroit Tigers retired pitcher Hal Newhouser's number 16.

Offseason

  • January 9, 1997: Vince Coleman signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9864 0.605 46–35 52–29
New York Yankees 9666 0.593 2 47–33 49–33
Detroit Tigers 7983 0.488 19 42–39 37–44
Boston Red Sox 7884 0.481 20 39–42 39–42
Toronto Blue Jays 7686 0.469 22 42–39 34–47

Record vs. opponents

1997 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim 4–76–56–57–45–66–57–44–74–711–16–68–46–54–12
Baltimore 7–45–75–66–56–67–45–610–18–48–37–410–16–68–7
Boston 5–67–53–86–55–73–88–38–34–87–47–43–86–66–9
Chicago 5–66–58–35–74–711–14–76–62–98–35–63–85–68–7
Cleveland 4–75–65–67–56–58–38–48–45–67–43–85–66–59–6
Detroit 6–56–67–57–45–66–54–74–72–107–44–77–46–68–7
Kansas City 5–64–78–31–113–85–66–67–53–83–85–66–55–66–9
Milwaukee 4–76–53–87–44–87–46–65–74–75–65–67–47–48–7
Minnesota 7–41–103–86–64–87–45–77–53–87–45–63–83–87–8
New York 7–44–88–49–26–510–28–37–48–36–54–77–47–55–10
Oakland 1–113–84–73–84–74–78–36–54–75–65–75–76–57–9
Seattle 6–64–74–76–58–37–46–56–56–57–47–58–48–37–9
Texas 4–81–108–38–36–54–75–64–78–34–77–54–84–710–6
Toronto 5–66–66–66–55–66–66–54–78–35–75–63–87–44–11

Transactions

  • April 8, 1997: Bob Hamelin was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.[2]
  • April 16, 1997: Vince Coleman was released by the Detroit Tigers.[1]

Roster

1997 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Legend
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Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CRaul Casanova10130474.243524
1BTony Clark159580160.27632117
2BDamion Easley151527139.2642272
3BTravis Fryman154595163.27422102
SSDeivi Cruz147436105.241240
LFBobby Higginson146546163.29927101
CFBrian Hunter162658177.269445
RFMelvin Nieves11635982.2282064
DHBob Hamelin11031886.2701852

Brett VandenBosch

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Phil Nevin9325159.235935
Curtis Pride7916234.210219
Brian Johnson4513933.237218
Matt Walbeck4713738.277310
Bubba Trammell4412328.228413
Jody Reed5211222.19608
Orlando Miller5011126.234210
Juan Encarnación11337.21215
Frank Catalanotto13268.30803
Jimmy Hurst13173.17611
Vince Coleman6141.07100
Marcus Jensen8112.18201
Kimera Bartee1251.20000
Joe Hall242.50003

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Justin Thompson32223.115113.02151
Brian Moehler31175.111124.6797
Willie Blair291751684.1790
Omar Olivares19115564.7074
Felipe Lira2092575.7764
Scott Sanders1474.1385.3358
Greg Keagle1145.1356.5533
Tim Pugh29115.004

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Glenn Dishman729125.2820

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Todd Jones687054313.0970
Mike Myers8853.20425.7050
Dan Miceli7182.23235.0179
Doug Brocail61783423.2360
A. J. Sager38843434.1853
Kevin Jarvis1741.20305.4027
José Bautista2140.12206.6919
John Cummings1924.22005.478
Eddie Gaillard1620.11015.3112
Roberto Duran1310.20007.5911
Fernando Hernández21.100040.502

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Glenn Ezell and Gene Roof
AA Jacksonville Suns Southern League Dave Anderson
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Mark Meleski
A West Michigan Whitecaps Midwest League Bruce Fields
A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Dwight Lowry and Matt Martin
Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Kevin Bradshaw

[3]

References

  1. Vince Coleman Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hamelbo01.shtml
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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