1997 Detroit Tigers Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 79-83
Finished 3rd in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 1,395,413, Avg. 17,663
Ballpark: Tiger Stadium
Manager: Buddy Bell (79-83)
Location: Detroit, Michigan

1997 Detroit Tigers Roster
1997 Detroit Tigers Results

The Detroit Tigers of the American League ended the 1997 season with a record of 79 wins and 83 losses, finishing third in the AL's East Division.

The Tigers scored 784 runs and allowed 790 runs. Tony Clark walloped 32 home runs for Detroit, while Melvin Nieves, Travis Fryman, Bob Hamelin, Bobby Higginson and Damion Easley each swatted 20 or more also. Tony Clark drove in 117 runs. Bobby Higginson paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .299. Willie Blair topped the team with 16 wins, and Justin Thompson also added 15 or more victories also Justin Thompson registered a 3.02 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Buddy Bell coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Willie Blair	16	8	.667	4.17	29	27	0	2	0	0	175.0	186	85	81	18	46	2	90	3	1	6	739
Justin Thompson	15	11	.577	3.02	32	32	0	4	0	0	223.3	188	82	75	20	66	1	151	2	0	4	891
Brian Moehler	11	12	.478	4.67	31	31	0	2	1	0	175.3	198	97	91	22	61	1	97	5	0	3	770
Todd Jones	5	4	.556	3.09	68	0	51	0	0	31	70.0	60	29	24	3	35	2	70	1	0	7	301
Omar Olivares	5	6	.455	4.70	19	19	0	3	2	0	115.0	110	68	60	8	53	1	74	9	0	5	502
Felipe Lira	5	7	.417	5.77	20	15	1	1	1	0	92.0	101	61	59	15	45	2	64	2	0	7	415
Dan Miceli	3	2	.600	5.01	71	0	24	0	0	3	82.7	77	49	46	13	38	4	79	1	0	3	357
Doug Brocail	3	4	.429	3.23	61	4	20	0	0	2	78.0	74	31	28	10	36	4	60	3	0	6	332
A. J. Sager	3	4	.429	4.18	38	1	8	0	0	3	84.0	81	43	39	10	24	6	53	1	0	0	350
Greg Keagle	3	5	.375	6.55	11	10	0	0	0	0	45.3	58	33	33	9	18	0	33	5	0	1	214
Scott Sanders	3	8	.273	5.33	14	14	0	1	1	0	74.3	79	44	44	14	24	1	58	1	0	4	317
John Cummings	2	0	1.000	5.47	19	0	2	0	0	0	24.7	32	22	15	3	14	1	8	0	0	3	119
Jose Bautista	2	2	.500	6.69	21	0	4	0	0	0	40.3	55	32	30	6	12	3	19	2	1	1	185
Eddie Gaillard	1	0	1.000	5.31	16	0	5	0	0	1	20.3	16	12	12	2	10	2	12	0	0	0	88
Tim Pugh	1	1	.500	5.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	6	5	5	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	37
Glenn Dishman	1	2	.333	5.28	7	4	1	0	0	0	29.0	30	18	17	4	8	0	20	2	0	0	125
Roberto Duran	0	0		7.59	13	0	1	0	0	0	10.7	7	9	9	0	15	0	11	3	1	1	56
Fernando Hernandez	0	0		40.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	5	6	6	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	13
Kevin Jarvis	0	3	.000	5.40	17	3	9	0	0	0	41.7	55	28	25	9	14	0	27	0	0	0	189
Mike Myers	0	4	.000	5.70	88	0	23	0	0	2	53.7	58	36	34	12	25	2	50	2	0	0	246
Totals	79	83	.488	4.56	579	162	149	13	5	42	1445.7	1476	790	733	178	552	33	982	43	3	51	6246

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Brian Hunter	162	738	658	112	177	29	7	4	45	74	18	66	121	.269	.334	.353	.687	232	13	1	8	5	1
Bobby Higginson	146	623	546	94	163	30	5	27	101	12	7	70	85	.299	.379	.520	.899	284	10	3	0	4	2
Travis Fryman	154	657	595	90	163	27	3	22	102	16	3	46	113	.274	.326	.440	.766	262	15	5	0	11	5
Tony Clark	159	681	580	105	160	28	3	32	117	1	3	93	144	.276	.376	.500	.876	290	11	3	0	5	13
Damion Easley	151	620	527	97	139	37	3	22	72	28	13	68	102	.264	.362	.471	.833	248	18	16	4	5	3
Deivi Cruz	147	467	436	35	105	26	0	2	40	3	6	14	55	.241	.263	.314	.577	137	9	0	14	3	0
Bob Hamelin	110	369	318	47	86	15	0	18	52	2	1	48	72	.270	.366	.487	.853	155	8	1	0	2	3
Melvin Nieves	116	405	359	46	82	18	1	20	64	1	7	39	157	.228	.311	.451	.762	162	3	5	0	2	6
Raul Casanova	101	334	304	27	74	10	1	5	24	1	1	26	48	.243	.308	.332	.641	101	10	3	0	1	1
Phil Nevin	93	278	251	32	59	16	1	9	35	0	1	25	68	.235	.306	.414	.720	104	5	1	0	1	1
Matt Walbeck	47	151	137	18	38	3	0	3	10	3	3	12	19	.277	.331	.365	.696	50	4	0	0	2	0
Curtis Pride	79	190	162	21	34	4	4	2	19	6	4	24	45	.210	.314	.321	.635	52	4	1	2	1	1
Brian Johnson	45	147	139	13	33	6	1	2	18	1	0	5	19	.237	.262	.338	.600	47	3	0	2	1	1
Bubba Trammell	44	140	123	14	28	5	0	4	13	3	1	15	35	.228	.307	.366	.673	45	2	0	0	2	0
Orlando Miller	50	122	111	13	26	7	1	2	10	1	0	5	24	.234	.289	.369	.659	41	1	4	1	1	0
Jody Reed	52	129	112	6	22	2	0	0	8	3	2	10	15	.196	.278	.214	.492	24	2	3	3	1	0
Frank Catalanotto	13	29	26	2	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	7	.308	.379	.385	.764	10	0	0	0	0	0
Juan Encarnacion	11	38	33	3	7	1	1	1	5	3	1	3	12	.212	.316	.394	.710	13	1	2	0	0	0
Jimmy Hurst	13	19	17	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	.176	.263	.412	.675	7	0	0	0	0	0
Omar Olivares	22	3	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.333	2.000	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Hall	2	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Jensen	8	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kimera Bartee	12	8	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	2	.200	.500	.200	.700	1	0	1	0	0	0
Vince Coleman	6	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.071	.133	.071	.205	1	1	0	0	0	0
Willie Blair	29	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Thompson	32	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Keagle	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Moehler	31	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Brocail	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Pugh	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
A. J. Sager	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Sanders	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Fernando Hernandez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
John Cummings	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Glenn Dishman	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Myers	88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Roberto Duran	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Miceli	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Felipe Lira	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Jones	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Gaillard	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Jarvis	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Bautista	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2304	6189	5481	784	1415	268	32	176	743	161	72	578	1164	.258	.332	.415	.747	2275	120	49	34	47	37

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Tony Clark	1B	158	157	1383.7	1423	100	10	131	.993	9.906	9.639	0	0	0
Bob Hamelin	1B	7	3	34.0	29	1	0	1	1.000	7.941	4.286	0	0	0
Phil Nevin	1B	7	2	20.0	22	1	1	0	.958	1.350	3.286	0	0	0
Orlando Miller	1B	3	0	8.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.750	2.000	0	0	0
Damion Easley	2B	137	130	1161.7	234	389	12	82	.981	4.827	4.547	0	0	0
Jody Reed	2B	41	28	250.0	49	107	2	18	.987	5.616	3.805	0	0	0
Frank Catalanotto	2B	6	4	34.0	7	9	0	0	1.000	4.235	2.667	0	0	0
Travis Fryman	3B	153	153	1331.7	126	312	10	21	.978	2.960	2.863	0	0	0
Phil Nevin	3B	17	6	86.0	6	13	0	1	1.000	1.988	1.118	0	0	0
Orlando Miller	3B	4	3	28.0	1	7	1	0	.889	2.571	2.000	0	0	0
Raul Casanova	C	92	83	725.3	543	38	9	6	.985	7.209	6.315	8	72	28	28.0
Matt Walbeck	C	44	38	344.7	240	15	3	2	.988	6.659	5.795	3	27	12	30.8
Brian Johnson	C	43	38	340.3	217	9	3	2	.987	5.976	5.256	0	31	8	20.5
Marcus Jensen	C	8	3	34.0	26	1	1	0	.964	7.147	3.375	0	0	0
Phil Nevin	C	1	0	1.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	6.750	1.000	0	0	0
Brian Hunter	OF	162	162	1422.7	408	8	4	0	.990	2.632	2.568	0	0	0
Bobby Higginson	OF	143	140	1240.0	287	20	9	5	.972	2.228	2.147	0	0	0
Melvin Nieves	OF	99	84	758.3	187	4	4	1	.979	2.267	1.929	0	0	0
Phil Nevin	OF	40	36	308.7	65	4	1	2	.986	2.012	1.725	0	0	0
Curtis Pride	OF	35	24	221.7	49	0	1	0	.980	1.989	1.400	0	0	0
Bubba Trammell	OF	28	25	212.7	52	1	0	0	1.000	2.243	1.893	0	0	0
Juan Encarnacion	OF	10	9	86.0	22	0	0	0	1.000	2.302	2.200	0	0	0
Jimmy Hurst	OF	12	4	51.0	12	0	0	0	1.000	2.118	1.000	0	0	0
Vince Coleman	OF	3	1	15.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.800	1.000	0	0	0
Kimera Bartee	OF	6	0	14.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.929	.500	0	0	0
Joe Hall	OF	1	1	7.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.286	1.000	0	0	0
Justin Thompson	P	32	32	223.3	11	31	0	3	1.000	1.693	1.313	0	0	0
Brian Moehler	P	31	31	175.3	16	23	1	2	.975	2.002	1.258	0	0	0
Willie Blair	P	29	27	175.0	9	14	1	2	.958	1.183	.793	0	0	0
Omar Olivares	P	19	19	115.0	10	16	0	2	1.000	2.035	1.368	0	0	0
Felipe Lira	P	20	15	92.0	7	19	2	3	.929	2.543	1.300	0	0	0
A. J. Sager	P	38	1	84.0	3	13	0	0	1.000	1.714	.421	0	0	0
Dan Miceli	P	71	0	82.7	4	6	0	0	1.000	1.089	.141	0	0	0
Doug Brocail	P	61	4	78.0	6	12	0	0	1.000	2.077	.295	0	0	0
Scott Sanders	P	14	14	74.3	4	9	0	0	1.000	1.574	.929	0	0	0
Todd Jones	P	68	0	70.0	1	4	0	0	1.000	.643	.074	0	0	0
Mike Myers	P	88	0	53.7	4	8	2	0	.857	2.012	.136	0	0	0
Greg Keagle	P	11	10	45.3	4	3	0	0	1.000	1.390	.636	0	0	0
Kevin Jarvis	P	17	3	41.7	0	5	0	0	1.000	1.080	.294	0	0	0
Jose Bautista	P	21	0	40.3	4	3	0	1	1.000	1.562	.333	0	0	0
Glenn Dishman	P	7	4	29.0	3	7	0	1	1.000	3.103	1.429	0	0	0
John Cummings	P	19	0	24.7	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.189	.316	0	0	0
Eddie Gaillard	P	16	0	20.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Roberto Duran	P	13	0	10.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	.844	.077	0	0	0
Tim Pugh	P	2	2	9.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	1.000	0	0	0
Fernando Hernandez	P	2	0	1.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Deivi Cruz	SS	147	133	1184.0	192	420	13	94	.979	4.652	4.163	0	0	0
Orlando Miller	SS	31	22	193.3	30	64	2	18	.979	4.376	3.032	0	0	0
Damion Easley	SS	21	7	68.3	9	16	0	0	1.000	3.293	1.190	0	0	0
Totals		2038	1458	13011.0	4337	1720	92	398	.985	4.190	2.972	11	130	48	27.0

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