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Owner(s) | Mike Ilitch |
General manager(s) | Randy Smith |
Manager(s) | Buddy Bell, Larry Parrish |
Local television | WKBD (Ernie Harwell, Al Kaline) FSN Detroit (Kirk Gibson, Josh Lewin) |
Local radio | WJR (Frank Beckmann, Lary Sorensen, Jim Price) |
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The 1998 Detroit Tigers finished in fifth place in their first season in the American League Central Division with a record of 65-97 (.401), 24 games behind the Cleveland Indians. The Tigers were outscored by their opponents 863 to 722. The Tigers drew 1,409,391 fans to Tiger Stadium in 1998, ranking 11th of the 14 teams in the American League.
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Offseason[edit]
- November 11, 1997: Melvin Nieves was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Cincinnati Reds for Paul Bako and Donne Wall.[1]
- November 18, 1997: Travis Fryman was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Gabe Alvarez, Joe Randa, and Matt Drews (minors).[2]
- December 16, 1997: Billy Ripken was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.[3]
- December 22, 1997: Joe Oliver was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.[4]
- March 25, 1998: Doug Bochtler was purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Oakland Athletics.[5]
Regular season[edit]
Season standings[edit]
AL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cleveland Indians | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | — | 46–35 | 43–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 9 | 44–37 | 36–45 |
Kansas City Royals | 72 | 89 | 0.447 | 16½ | 29–51 | 43–38 |
Minnesota Twins | 70 | 92 | 0.432 | 19 | 35–46 | 35–46 |
Detroit Tigers | 65 | 97 | 0.401 | 24 | 32–49 | 33–48 |
Record vs. opponents[edit]
1998 American League Records
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] |
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Anaheim | — | 5–6 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 4–7 | 10–6 |
Baltimore | 6–5 | — | 6–6 | 2–9 | 5–6 | 10–1 | 5–6 | 7–3 | 3–9 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 5–11 |
Boston | 5–6 | 6–6 | — | 5–6 | 8–3 | 5–5 | 8–3 | 5–6 | 5–7 | 9–2 | 7–4 | 9–3 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 9–7 |
Chicago | 6–5 | 9–2 | 6–5 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 4–6–1 | 7–9 |
Cleveland | 7–4 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 6–6 | — | 9–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–7 | 3–8 | 9–2 | 7–3 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 10–6 |
Detroit | 3–8 | 1–10 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | — | 6–6 | 8–4 | 3–8 | 7–4 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 7–9 |
Kansas City | 5–6 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 7–5 | 0–10 | 7–4 | 4–6 | 8–3 | 3–8 | 6–5 | 9–7 |
Minnesota | 5–6 | 3–7 | 6–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 4–7 | 4–7 | 2–9 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 7–9 |
New York | 5–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 10–0 | 7–4 | — | 8–3 | 8–3 | 11–1 | 8–3 | 6–6 | 13–3 |
Oakland | 7–5 | 3–8 | 2–9 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 3–8 | — | 5–7 | 5–6 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 8–8 |
Seattle | 3–9 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 2–9 | 8–3 | 6–4 | 9–2 | 3–8 | 7–5 | — | 6–5 | 5–7 | 4–7 | 7–9 |
Tampa Bay | 5–6 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 6–5 | 3–7 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 4–7 | 1–11 | 6–5 | 5–6 | — | 4–7 | 5–7 | 5–11 |
Texas | 7–5 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 8–3 | 4–7 | 3–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–4 | — | 7–4 | 8–8 |
Toronto | 7–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–4–1 | 4–7 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 7–4 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 7–5 | 4–7 | — | 9–7 |
Transactions[edit]
- July 16, 1998: Joe Oliver was released by the Detroit Tigers.[4]
- July 20, 1998: Billy Ripken was released by the Detroit Tigers.[3]
Roster[edit]
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Player stats[edit]
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 |
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Paul Bako | 96 | 305 | 83 | .272 | 3 | 30 |
Tony Clark | 157 | 602 | 175 | .291 | 34 | 103 |
Damion Easley | 153 | 594 | 161 | .271 | 27 | 100 |
Joe Randa | 138 | 560 | 117 | .254 | 9 | 50 |
Deivi Cruz | 135 | 518 | 118 | .260 | 5 | 45 |
Luis Gonzalez | 154 | 547 | 146 | .267 | 23 | 71 |
Brian L. Hunter | 142 | 595 | 151 | .254 | 4 | 36 |
Bobby Higginson | 157 | 612 | 174 | .284 | 25 | 85 |
Gerónimo Berroa | 52 | 126 | 30 | .238 | 1 | 10 |
Frank Catalanotto | 89 | 213 | 60 | .282 | 6 | 25 |
Gabe Alvarez | 58 | 286 | 46 | .231 | 5 | 29 |
Juan Encarnación | 40 | 164 | 54 | .329 | 7 | 21 |
Joe Oliver | 50 | 155 | 35 | .226 | 4 | 22 |
Bip Roberts | 34 | 113 | 28 | .248 | 0 | 9 |
Kimera Bartee | 57 | 98 | 19 | .194 | 3 | 15 |
Billy Ripken | 27 | 74 | 20 | .270 | 0 | 5 |
Andy Tomberlin | 32 | 69 | 15 | .217 | 2 | 12 |
Joe Siddall | 29 | 65 | 12 | .185 | 1 | 6 |
Trey Beamon | 28 | 42 | 11 | .262 | 0 | 2 |
Raul Casanova | 16 | 42 | 6 | .143 | 1 | 3 |
Jeff Manto | 16 | 30 | 8 | .267 | 1 | 3 |
Gabe Kapler | 7 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Jason Wood | 10 | 23 | 8 | .348 | 1 | 1 |
Robert Fick | 7 | 22 | 8 | .364 | 3 | 7 |
Pete Incaviglia | 7 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 0 |
Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included
Starting pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Justin Thompson | 34 | 222.0 | 11 | 15 | 4.05 | 149 |
Seth Greisinger | 33 | 221.3 | 14 | 13 | 3.90 | 123 |
Brian Moehler | 21 | 130.0 | 6 | 9 | 5.12 | 66 |
Frank Castillo | 27 | 116.0 | 3 | 9 | 6.83 | 81 |
Brian Powell | 18 | 83.7 | 3 | 8 | 6.35 | 46 |
Relief pitchers[edit]
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 |
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Tim Worrell | 15 | 61.7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5.98 | 47 |
Greg Keagle | 9 | 31.7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.59 | 25 |
Todd Jones | 65 | 63.3 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 4.97 | 57 |
Sean Runyan | 88 | 50.3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.58 | 39 |
Doug Brocail | 60 | 62.7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2.73 | 55 |
Doug Bochtler | 51 | 67.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.15 | 45 |
Matt Anderson | 42 | 44.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.27 | 44 |
Bryce Florie | 42 | 133.0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 4.80 | 97 |
A. J. Sager | 31 | 59.3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6.52 | 23 |
Dean Crow | 32 | 45.7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.94 | 18 |
Roberto Durán | 18 | 15.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.87 | 12 |
Denny Harriger | 4 | 12.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 |
Scott Sanders | 3 | 9.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17.69 | 6 |
Marino Santana | 7 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 10 |
Will Brunson | 8 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Farm system[edit]
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Michigan[6]
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nieveme01.shtml
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frymatr01.shtml
- ^ a b http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ripkebi01.shtml
- ^ a b http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/olivejo01.shtml
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bochtdo01.shtml
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
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