1997 Detroit Tigers

79-83 • 0.488 Win% • 3rd in AL E

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
83 Losses
0.488 Win %
3rd Rank
784 R 790 RA
Diff -6

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⚡ Quick Stats

784 Runs Scored
790 Runs Allowed
-6 Run Diff
1,395K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 AL Average

Batting Avg .258 5% below the 1997 league average (.270)
OBP .328 3% below the 1997 league average (.337)
SLG .354 3% below the 1997 league average (.365)
Team ERA 4.56 equal to the 1997 league average (4.57)
Runs Scored 784 2% below the 1997 league average (797 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumTiger Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,395,413
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Avg per Game 17,227

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bobby Higginson 0.299 2 Matt Walbeck 0.277 3 Tony Clark 0.276 4 Travis Fryman 0.274 5 Bob Hamelin 0.270

Home Runs

1 Tony Clark 32 2 Bobby Higginson 27 3 Damion Easley 22 4 Travis Fryman 22 5 Melvin Nieves 20

RBI

1 Tony Clark 117 2 Travis Fryman 102 3 Bobby Higginson 101 4 Damion Easley 72 5 Melvin Nieves 64
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Brian Hunter 162 658 112 177 0 0 4 45 66 121 74 0.269
Travis Fryman 154 595 90 163 0 0 22 102 46 113 16 0.274
Tony Clark 159 580 105 160 0 0 32 117 93 144 1 0.276
Bobby Higginson 146 546 94 163 0 0 27 101 70 85 12 0.299
Damion Easley 151 527 97 139 0 0 22 72 68 102 28 0.264
Deivi Cruz 147 436 35 105 0 0 2 40 14 55 3 0.241
Melvin Nieves 116 359 46 82 0 0 20 64 39 157 1 0.228
Bob Hamelin 110 318 47 86 0 0 18 52 48 72 2 0.270
Raul Casanova 101 304 27 74 0 0 5 24 26 48 1 0.243
Phil Nevin 93 251 32 59 0 0 9 35 25 68 0 0.235
Curtis Pride 79 162 21 34 0 0 2 19 24 45 6 0.210
Brian Johnson 45 139 13 33 0 0 2 18 5 19 1 0.237
Matt Walbeck 47 137 18 38 0 0 3 10 12 19 3 0.277
Bubba Trammell 44 123 14 28 0 0 4 13 15 35 3 0.228
Jody Reed 52 112 6 22 0 0 0 8 10 15 3 0.196
Orlando Miller 50 111 13 26 0 0 2 10 5 24 1 0.234
Juan Encarnacion 11 33 3 7 0 0 1 5 3 12 3 0.212
Frank Catalanotto 13 26 2 8 0 0 0 3 3 7 0 0.308
Jimmy Hurst 13 17 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 6 0 0.176
Vince Coleman 6 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.071
Marcus Jensen 8 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.182
Kimera Bartee 12 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0.200
Willie Blair 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Joe Hall 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.500
Brian Moehler 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Omar Olivares 22 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667
Justin Thompson 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Greg Keagle 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jose Bautista 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Brocail 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Cummings 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Glenn Dishman 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roberto Duran 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eddie Gaillard 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fernando Hernandez 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kevin Jarvis 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Todd Jones 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Felipe Lira 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Miceli 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Myers 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Pugh 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
A. J. Sager 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Sanders 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Justin Thompson 3.02 2 Todd Jones 3.09 3 Doug Brocail 3.23 4 Willie Blair 4.17 5 A. J. Sager 4.18

Wins

1 Willie Blair 16 2 Justin Thompson 15 3 Brian Moehler 11 4 Todd Jones 5 5 Felipe Lira 5

Strikeouts

1 Justin Thompson 151 2 Brian Moehler 97 3 Willie Blair 90 4 Dan Miceli 79 5 Omar Olivares 74
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Justin Thompson 15 11 3.02 32 32 0 223.1 66 151
Brian Moehler 11 12 4.67 31 31 0 175.1 61 97
Willie Blair 16 8 4.17 29 27 0 175.0 46 90
Omar Olivares 5 6 4.70 19 19 0 115.0 53 74
Felipe Lira 5 7 5.77 20 15 0 92.0 45 64
A. J. Sager 3 4 4.18 38 1 3 84.0 24 53
Dan Miceli 3 2 5.01 71 0 3 82.2 38 79
Doug Brocail 3 4 3.23 61 4 2 78.0 36 60
Scott Sanders 3 8 5.33 14 14 0 74.1 24 58
Todd Jones 5 4 3.09 68 0 31 70.0 35 70
Mike Myers 0 4 5.70 88 0 2 53.2 25 50
Greg Keagle 3 5 6.55 11 10 0 45.1 18 33
Kevin Jarvis 0 3 5.40 17 3 0 41.2 14 27
Jose Bautista 2 2 6.69 21 0 0 40.1 12 19
Glenn Dishman 1 2 5.28 7 4 0 29.0 8 20
John Cummings 2 0 5.47 19 0 0 24.2 14 8
Eddie Gaillard 1 0 5.31 16 0 1 20.1 10 12
Roberto Duran 0 0 7.59 13 0 0 10.2 15 11
Tim Pugh 1 1 5.00 2 2 0 9.0 5 4
Fernando Hernandez 0 0 40.50 2 0 0 1.1 3 2

👥 Roster (43)

Kimera Bartee Jose Bautista Willie Blair Doug Brocail Raul Casanova Frank Catalanotto Tony Clark Vince Coleman Deivi Cruz John Cummings Glenn Dishman Roberto Duran +31 more

43 players

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