1997 Detroit Tigers roster: 79-83

The Detroit Tigers went 79-83 in the 1997 MLB regular season, 3rd of 5 in the American League East.

Team stats and league rank

1997 Detroit Tigers team stats
Home Runs1768th of 28
RBI74312th of 28
Hits1,41521st of 28
Runs78411th of 28
Stolen Bases1614th of 28
Doubles26822nd of 28
Triples3214th of 28
Walks57812th of 28
Strikeouts (Batting)1,16426th of 28
Batting Average.25822nd of 28
On-Base %.33219th of 28
Slugging %.41514th of 28
OPS.74716th of 28
ERA4.5617th of 28
WHIP1.4013th of 28
Strikeouts (Pitching)98221st of 28
Saves4210th of 28
Wins7914th of 28
Runs Allowed79015th of 28
Errors1842nd of 28

Counts are season totals; percentages and ratings as they stand. Ranked among the 28 clubs that season.

1997 Tigers roster: batting

1997 Detroit Tigers batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Brian L. HunterRF16265811217744574.269.334.687
Travis Fryman3B154595901632210216.274.326.766
Tony Clark1B159580105160321171.276.376.876
Bobby HigginsonRF146546941632710112.299.379.899
Damion Easley2B15152797139227228.264.362.833
Deivi Cruz2B147436351052403.241.263.577
Melvin NievesRF116359468220641.228.311.762
Bob Hamelin1B110318478618522.270.366.853
Raul CasanovaC10130427745241.243.308.641
Phil NevinDH9325132599350.235.306.720
Matt WalbeckC4713718383103.277.331.696
Bubba TrammellDH4412314284133.228.307.673
Jody Reed2B52112622083.196.278.492
Orlando MillerSS5011113262101.234.289.659
Juan EncarnacionRF113337153.212.316.710
Frank CatalanottoLF132628030.308.379.764
Jimmy HurstRF131713110.176.263.675
Vince ColemanLF61401000.071.133.205
Kimera BarteeLF12541003.200.500.700
Joe HallRF2412030.500.5001.250

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1997 Tigers roster: pitching

1997 Detroit Tigers pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Justin ThompsonSP323215113.02223.11511.140
Brian MoehlerRP313111124.67175.1971.480
Willie BlairRP29271684.17175.0901.330
A.J. SagerRP381344.1884.0531.253
Dan MiceliRP710325.0182.2791.393
Doug BrocailRP614343.2378.0601.412
Todd JonesRP680543.0970.0701.3631
Mike MyersRP880045.7053.2501.552
Greg KeagleSP1110356.5545.1331.680
Glenn DishmanSP74125.2829.0201.310
John CummingsRP190205.4724.281.860
Eddie GaillardRP160105.3120.1121.281
Roberto DuranRP130007.5910.2112.060
Tim PughSP22115.009.041.220
Fernando HernandezRP200040.501.126.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Results

  1. Apr 1, 1997@ MINL 5-7
  2. Apr 2, 1997@ MINL 6-7
  3. Apr 3, 1997@ MINL 6-10
  4. Apr 4, 1997@ CHWW 8-7
  5. Apr 5, 1997@ CHWW 15-12
  6. Apr 6, 1997@ CHWL 3-5
  7. Apr 7, 1997vs MINW 10-4
  8. Apr 9, 1997vs MINW 10-5
  9. Apr 10, 1997vs MINL 3-7
  10. Apr 11, 1997vs CHWW 5-4
  11. Apr 13, 1997vs CHWL 8-11
  12. Apr 13, 1997vs CHWW 4-2
  13. Apr 14, 1997@ MILL 0-7
  14. Apr 15, 1997@ MILW 3-1
  15. Apr 16, 1997vs SEAL 3-7
  16. Apr 17, 1997vs SEAL 6-8
  17. Apr 18, 1997vs ATHL 5-9
  18. Apr 19, 1997vs ATHL 1-7
  19. Apr 20, 1997vs ATHW 9-2
  20. Apr 21, 1997@ TEXW 7-6
  21. Apr 23, 1997@ TEXL 1-2
  22. Apr 24, 1997@ TEXL 2-4
  23. Apr 25, 1997@ LAAL 3-8
  24. Apr 26, 1997@ LAAW 2-0
  25. Apr 27, 1997@ LAAL 5-6
  26. Apr 29, 1997vs MILL 1-2
  27. Apr 30, 1997vs MILW 8-4
  28. May 3, 1997@ CLEL 6-7
  29. May 4, 1997@ CLEW 2-0
  30. May 5, 1997@ TORL 1-3
  31. May 6, 1997@ TORL 1-2
  32. May 7, 1997vs KCW 12-3
  33. May 8, 1997vs KCL 0-4
  34. May 9, 1997vs CLEL 0-5
  35. May 10, 1997vs CLEW 6-0
  36. May 11, 1997vs CLEW 11-3
  37. May 13, 1997vs TORW 4-0
  38. May 14, 1997vs TORL 2-7
  39. May 15, 1997@ KCL 9-10
  40. May 16, 1997@ KCW 10-2
  41. May 17, 1997@ KCW 9-2
  42. May 18, 1997@ KCW 6-5
  43. May 20, 1997@ BALL 3-4
  44. May 21, 1997@ BALL 0-2
  45. May 23, 1997vs TEXW 7-1
  46. May 24, 1997vs TEXL 4-8
  47. May 25, 1997vs TEXW 13-5
  48. May 26, 1997vs LAAW 6-0
  49. May 27, 1997vs LAAW 6-2
  50. May 28, 1997vs BALL 1-8
  51. May 30, 1997@ SEAW 5-2
  52. May 31, 1997@ SEAW 4-2
  53. Jun 1, 1997@ SEAL 1-4
  54. Jun 2, 1997@ ATHW 8-7
  55. Jun 3, 1997@ ATHL 8-9
  56. Jun 5, 1997vs SEAL 6-14
  57. Jun 6, 1997vs SEAL 3-6
  58. Jun 7, 1997vs SEAW 3-1
  59. Jun 8, 1997vs SEAL 0-2
  60. Jun 10, 1997vs ATHW 6-4
  61. Jun 11, 1997vs ATHW 4-2
  62. Jun 13, 1997@ WSHL 3-4
  63. Jun 14, 1997@ WSHL 0-1
  64. Jun 15, 1997@ WSHL 2-10
  65. Jun 16, 1997vs MIAL 3-7
  66. Jun 17, 1997vs MIAL 2-3
  67. Jun 18, 1997vs MIAW 6-2
  68. Jun 20, 1997vs BOSW 12-6
  69. Jun 21, 1997vs BOSW 15-4
  70. Jun 22, 1997vs BOSL 1-2
  71. Jun 23, 1997vs NYYL 2-5
  72. Jun 24, 1997vs NYYL 9-12
  73. Jun 25, 1997vs NYYL 1-3
  74. Jun 26, 1997@ BOSW 10-6
  75. Jun 27, 1997@ BOSW 2-1
  76. Jun 28, 1997@ BOSW 9-2
  77. Jun 29, 1997@ BOSL 6-8
  78. Jun 30, 1997vs NYMW 14-0
  79. Jul 1, 1997vs NYMW 8-6
  80. Jul 2, 1997vs NYMW 9-7
  81. Jul 3, 1997vs BALL 1-10
  82. Jul 4, 1997vs BALL 3-4
  83. Jul 4, 1997vs BALW 11-8
  84. Jul 5, 1997vs BALW 6-5
  85. Jul 6, 1997vs BALW 14-9
  86. Jul 10, 1997@ NYYL 3-10
  87. Jul 11, 1997@ NYYL 0-3
  88. Jul 12, 1997@ NYYL 2-6
  89. Jul 13, 1997@ NYYW 3-1
  90. Jul 14, 1997@ BOSL 4-18
  91. Jul 15, 1997@ BOSW 7-5
  92. Jul 16, 1997@ LAAL 3-5
  93. Jul 17, 1997@ LAAL 4-9
  94. Jul 18, 1997@ TEXW 5-4
  95. Jul 19, 1997@ TEXW 6-5
  96. Jul 20, 1997@ TEXL 6-7
  97. Jul 21, 1997vs CHWL 0-3
  98. Jul 22, 1997vs CHWW 6-3
  99. Jul 23, 1997vs CHWW 8-6
  100. Jul 25, 1997vs MILL 1-6
  101. Jul 26, 1997vs MILL 1-3
  102. Jul 27, 1997vs MILL 7-11
  103. Jul 29, 1997@ CHWW 3-1
  104. Jul 30, 1997@ CHWL 2-3
  105. Jul 31, 1997vs TORW 4-2
  106. Aug 1, 1997vs TORL 5-7
  107. Aug 2, 1997vs TORW 8-7
  108. Aug 3, 1997vs TORW 5-2
  109. Aug 4, 1997vs CLEL 2-7
  110. Aug 5, 1997vs CLEW 6-4
  111. Aug 6, 1997@ KCL 4-5
  112. Aug 7, 1997@ KCW 8-4
  113. Aug 8, 1997@ TORL 3-6
  114. Aug 9, 1997@ TORW 3-2
  115. Aug 10, 1997@ TORW 4-2
  116. Aug 11, 1997@ TORL 2-8
  117. Aug 12, 1997@ CLEL 4-7
  118. Aug 13, 1997@ CLEW 13-3
  119. Aug 13, 1997@ CLEL 1-9
  120. Aug 14, 1997@ CLEL 1-12
  121. Aug 15, 1997vs KCL 3-5
  122. Aug 16, 1997vs KCL 1-2
  123. Aug 17, 1997vs KCW 8-4
  124. Aug 19, 1997vs MINW 8-2
  125. Aug 20, 1997vs MINL 1-11
  126. Aug 21, 1997@ MILW 2-1
  127. Aug 22, 1997@ MILW 16-1
  128. Aug 23, 1997@ MILL 2-5
  129. Aug 24, 1997@ MILL 0-6
  130. Aug 25, 1997@ MINW 7-6
  131. Aug 26, 1997@ MINL 2-8
  132. Aug 27, 1997@ MINL 0-2
  133. Aug 29, 1997vs PHIW 7-2
  134. Aug 30, 1997vs PHIL 0-2
  135. Aug 31, 1997vs PHIW 2-1
  136. Sep 1, 1997@ ATLW 4-2
  137. Sep 2, 1997@ ATLL 0-5
  138. Sep 3, 1997@ ATLW 12-4
  139. Sep 4, 1997vs LAAW 5-4
  140. Sep 5, 1997vs LAAW 6-1
  141. Sep 6, 1997vs LAAW 7-5
  142. Sep 7, 1997vs LAAL 4-5
  143. Sep 8, 1997vs TEXW 6-2
  144. Sep 9, 1997vs TEXW 4-0
  145. Sep 10, 1997@ SEAL 0-10
  146. Sep 11, 1997@ SEAW 3-1
  147. Sep 12, 1997@ ATHW 7-2
  148. Sep 13, 1997@ ATHL 2-4
  149. Sep 14, 1997@ ATHW 6-5
  150. Sep 15, 1997@ ATHW 6-3
  151. Sep 17, 1997@ NYYL 2-6
  152. Sep 18, 1997@ NYYW 9-7
  153. Sep 19, 1997@ BALW 5-3
  154. Sep 20, 1997@ BALL 8-12
  155. Sep 21, 1997@ BALW 11-3
  156. Sep 22, 1997@ BALW 5-4
  157. Sep 23, 1997vs BOSW 6-0
  158. Sep 24, 1997vs BOSL 2-9
  159. Sep 25, 1997vs BOSL 1-3
  160. Sep 26, 1997vs NYYL 2-8
  161. Sep 27, 1997vs NYYL 1-6
  162. Sep 28, 1997vs NYYL 2-7

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season.