1997 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1997 American League East Tiger Stadium Detroit, Michigan 79 83 y 3rd Mike Ilitch Randy Smith Buddy Bell WKBD(Ernie Harwell, Al Kaline, Jim Price) PASS(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Fred McLeod) WJR(Frank Beckmann, Lary Sorensen) The 1997 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 97th season and the 86th season at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers finished in third place in the American League East 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. This was the Tigers' final year in the AL East. To make room for the expansion Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the team moved from the AL East to the AL Central. 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colemvi01.shtml Vince Coleman Stats Baseball-Reference.com December 5, 2021 Regular season Season standings Detroit Tigers Record vs. opponents DET Transactions April 8, 1997: Bob Hamelin was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hamelbo01.shtml Bob Hamelin Stats Baseball-Reference.com December 5, 2021 April 16, 1997: Vince Coleman was released by the Detroit Tigers. Roster 1997 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 52 José Bautista 20 Willie Blair 26 Doug Brocail 19 John Cummings 58 Glenn Dishman 55 Roberto Durán 54 Eddie Gaillard 42 Fernando Hernández 46 Kevin Jarvis 59 Todd Jones 57 Greg Keagle 40 Felipe Lira 32 Dan Miceli 38 Brian Moehler 27 Mike Myers 28 Omar Olivares 50 Tim Pugh 49 A. J. Sager 28 Scott Sanders 22 Justin Thompson Catchers 33 Raul Casanova 10 Marcus Jensen 10 Brian Johnson  8 Matt Walbeck Infielders 29 Frank Catalanotto 17 Tony Clark 37 Deivi Cruz  9 Damion Easley 24 Travis Fryman 41 Bob Hamelin 14 Orlando Miller  7 Jody Reed Outfielders 39 Kimera Bartee 29 Vince Coleman 34 Juan Encarnación 43 Joe Hall  4 Bobby Higginson 21 Brian Hunter 53 Jimmy Hurst 12 Phil Nevin 30 Melvin Nieves 36 Curtis Pride 44 Bubba Trammell Manager 25 Buddy Bell Coaches 35 Rick Adair (Pitching) 31 Larry Herndon (Hitting) 13 Perry Hill (Third Base) 18 Fred Kendall (Bullpen) 15 Larry Parrish (Bench) 48 Jerry White (First Base) Game log Legend Tigers win Tigers loss Game postponed background:#6E8B3D Game log y background:#9EBD69; April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" ||1||April 1||at Minnesota Twins||7-5||Naulty||Miceli||Aguilera||43,216||0-1 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |2||April 3||at Minnesota Twins||7-6|||Aguilera||Jones||||10,827||0-2 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |3||April 3||at Minnesota Twins||10-6||Ritchie||Blair||Naulty||11,533||0-3 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |4||April 4||at Boston Red Sox||8-7||Jones||Levine||Sager||38,560||1-3 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |5||April 5||at Boston Red Sox||15-12||Blair||Castillo||Jones||21,956||2-3 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |6||April 6||at Boston Red Sox||5-3||Navarro||Brocail||Hernandez||19,259||2-4 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |7||April 7||Minnesota Twins||10-4||Thompson||Rodriguez||||42,749||3-4 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |8||April 9||Minnesota Twins||10-5||Cummings||Ritchie||||6,477||4-4 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |9||April 10||Minnesota Twins||7-3||Aldred||Blair||||6,381||4-5 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |10||April 11||Boston Red Sox||5-4||Olivares||Drabek||Jones||7,598||5-5 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |11||April 13||Boston Red Sox||11-8||Hernandez||Lira||||0||5-6 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |12||April 13||Boston Red Sox||4-2||Sager||Hernandez||||10,818||6-6 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |13||April 14||at Milwaukee Brewers||7-0||Eldred||Moehler||||6,079||6-7 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |14||April 15||at Milwaukee Brewers||3-1||Blair||Karl||Jones||5,891||7-7 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |15||April 16||Seattle Mariners||7-3||Johnson||Sager||||8,090||7-8 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |16||April 17||Seattle Mariners||8-6||Fassero||Bautista||Charlton||8,973||7-9 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |17||April 18||Oakland Athletics||9-5||Groom||Myers||||7,748||7-10 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |18||April 19||Oakland Athletics||7-1||Adams||Thompson||||10,592||7-11 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |19||April 20||Oakland Athletics||9-2||Moehler||Karsay||||9,281||8-11 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |20||April 21||at Texas Rangers||7-6||Sager||Vosberg||Miceli||21,562||9-11 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |21||April 23||at Texas Rangers||2-1||Wetteland||Brocail||||35,230||9-12 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |22||April 24||at Texas Rangers||4-2||Pavlik||Thompson||Wetteland||31,902||9-13 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |23||April 25||at Anaheim Angels||8-3||Dickson||Lira||||30,464||9-14 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |24||April 26||at Anaheim Angels||2-0||Moehler||Finley||||30,872||10-14 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |25||April 27||at Anaheim Angels||6-5|||James||Myers||||16,409||10-15 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |26||April 29||Milwaukee Brewers||2-1||Eldred||Olivares||Jones||8,195||10-16 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |27||April 30||Milwaukee Brewers||8-4||Thompson||Karl||||12,888||11-16 |- y background:#9EBD69; May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |28||May 3||at Cleveland Indians||7-6||Plunk||Brocail||||42,469||11-17 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |29||May 4||at Cleveland Indians||2-0||Blair||Nagy||Brocail||42,387||12-17 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |30||May 5||at Toronto Blue Jays||3-1||Clemens||Olivares||||27,169||12-18 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |31||May 6||at Toronto Blue Jays||2-1||Crabtree||Jones||||26,294||12-19 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |32||May 7||Kansas City Royals||12-3||Lira||Pittsley||||7,949||13-19 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |33||May 8||Kansas City Royals||4-0||Belcher||Moehler||||16,243||13-20 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |34||May 9||Cleveland Indians||5-0||Nagy||Sager||||20,393||13-21 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |35||May 10||Cleveland Indians||6-0||Olivares||Colon||||30,578||14-21 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |36||May 11||Cleveland Indians||11-3||Thompson||Hershiser|||||19,869||15-21 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |37||May 13||Toronto Blue Jays||4-0||Lira||Guzman||||9,992||16-21 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |38||May 14||Toronto Blue Jays||7-2||Belcher||Moehler|||||11,788||16-22 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |39||May 15||at Kansas City Royals||10-9||Nagy||Sager||||18,160||16-23 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |40||May 16||at Kansas City Royals||10-2||Olivares||Colon||||17,787||17-23 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |41||May 17||at Kansas City Royals||9-2||Thompson||Hershiser||||22,891||18-23 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |42||May 18||at Kansas City Royals||6-5||Lira||Guzman||||15,333||19-23 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |43||May 20||at Baltimore Orioles||4-3||Hentgen||Moehler||||48,003||19-24 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |44||May 21||at Baltimore Orioles||2-0||Erickson||Thompson||Myers||47,877||19-25 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |45||May 23||Texas Rangers||7-1||Moehler||Oliver||||16,017||20-25 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |46||May 24||Texas Rangers||8-4|||Hill||Pugh||||10,797||20-26 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |47||May 25||Texas Rangers||13-5||Lira||Witt||Sager||13,451||21-26 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |48||May 26||Anaheim Angels||6-0||Olivares||Finley||||12,562||22-26 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |49||May 27||Anaheim Angels||6-2||Thompson||Perisho||Myers||8,042||23-26 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |50||May 28||Baltimore Orioles||8-1||Key||Moehler||Boskie||10,692||23-27 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |51||May 30||at Seattle Mariners||5-2||Lira||Fassero||Jones||32,305||24-27 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |52||May 31||at Seattle Mariners||4-2||Olivares||Wolcott||Jones||57,118||25-27 |- y background:#9EBD69; June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |53||June 1||at Seattle Mariners||4-1||Sanders||Thompson||Ayala||39,841||25-28 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |54||June 2||at Oakland Athletics||8-7||Moehler||Karsay||Brocail||6,480||26-28 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |55||June 3||at Oakland Athletics||9-8||Small||Myers||Johnson||10,134||26-29 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |56||June 5||Seattle Mariners||14-6||Fassero||Lira||||12,572||26-30 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |57||June 6||Seattle Mariners||6-3||Lowe||Olivares||Ayala||25,547||26-31 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |58||June 7||Seattle Mariners||3-1||Thompson||Wolcott||Jones||18,896||27-31 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |59||June 8||Seattle Mariners|||2-0||Johnson||Moehler||Ayala||20,287||27-32 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |60||June 10||Oakland Athletics||6-4||Blair||Prieto||Jones||10,019||28-32 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |61||June 11||Oakland Athletics||4-2||Brocail||Small||Jones||11,534||29-32 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |62||June 13||at Montreal Expos||4-3||Perez||Olivares||Urbina||20,333||29-33 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |63||June 14||at Montreal Expos||1-0||Martinez||Thompson||||21,127||29-34 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |64||June 15||at Montreal Expos||10-2||Juden||Moehler||||18,534||29-35 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |65||June 16||Florida Marlins||7-3||Brown||Blair||||23,874||29-36 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |66||June 17||Florida Marlins||3-2||Alfonseca||Jones||Nen||13,351||29-37 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |67||June 18||Florida Marlins||6-2||Olivares||Leiter||||14,043||30-37 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |68||June 20||Boston Red Sox||12-6||Thompson||Wakefield||Sager||20,091||31-37 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |69||June 21||Boston Red Sox||15-4||Bautisa||Eshelman||||20,599||32-37 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |70||June 22||Boston Red Sox||2-1||Gordon||Blair||Slocumb||19,477||32-38 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |71||June 23||New York Yankees||5-2||Cone||Lira||Rivera|||14,556||32-39 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |72||June 24||New York Yankees||12-9||Lloyd||Myers||Rivera||15,872||32-40 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |73||June 25||New York Yankees||3-1||Stanton||Thompson||Rivera|||15,348||32-41 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |74||June 26||at Boston Red Sox||10-6||Moehler||Eshelman||||31,878||33-41 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |75||June 27||at Boston Red Sox||2-1||Miceli||Hammond||Jones||26,753||34-41 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |76||June 28||at Boston Red Sox||9-2||Lira||Sele||||30,886||35-41 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |77||June 29||at Boston Red Sox||8-6||Wasdin||Bautista||Slocumb||30,844||35-42 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |78||June 30||New York Mets||14-0||Thompson||Clark||||15,009||36-42 |- y background:#9EBD69; July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |79||July 1||New York Mets||8-6||Moehler||Jones||Jones||14,849||37-42 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |80||July 2||New York Mets||9-7||Blair||Mlicki||Jones||16,211||38-42 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |81||July 3||Baltimore Orioles||10-1||Key||Lira||||13,209||38-43 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |82||July 4||Baltimore Orioles||4-3||Rhodes||Keagle||Myers||0||38-44 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |83||July 4||Baltimore Orioles||11-8||Bautista||Mills||Jones|||30,100||39-44 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |84||July 5||Baltimore Orioles||6-5||Miceli||Orosco||Jones||37,074||40-44 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |85||July 6||Baltimore Orioles||14-9||Blair||Erickson||||18,197||41-44 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |86||July 10||at New York Yankees||10-3||Irabu||Olivares||||51,901||41-45 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |87||July 11||at New York Yankees||3-0||Pettite||Moehler||Rivera||27,135||41-46 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |88||July 12||at New York Yankees||6-2||Cone||Lira||Rivera||39,681||41-47 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |89||July 13||at New York Yankees||3-1||Blair||Gooden||Jones||36,679||42-47 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |90||July 14||at Boston Red Sox||18-4||Suppan||Jarvis|||||21,997||42-48 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |91||July 15||at Boston Red Sox||7-5||Jones||Wasdin||||25,822||43-48 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |92||July 16||at Anaheim Angels||5-3||Finley||Moehler||Percival||16,570||43-49 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |93||July 17||at Anaheim Angels||9-4||Springer||Lira||||19,246||43-50 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |94||July 18||at Texas Rangers||5-4||Blair||Witt||Jones||35,074||44-50 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |95||July 19||at Texas Rangers||6-5||Brocail||Hernandez||Jones||45,025||45-50 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |96||July 20||at Texas Rangers||7-6||Wetteland||Sager||||33,655||45-51 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |97||July 21||Boston Red Sox||3-0||Alvarez||Thompson||Hernandez||14,260||45-52 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |98||July 22||Boston Red Sox||6-3||Moehler||Darwin||Jones||16,895||46-52 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |99||July 23||Boston Red Sox||8-6||Blair||Baldwin||Jones||18,525||47-52 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |100||July 25||Milwaukee Brewers||6-1||Karl||Sanders||||22,532||47-53 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |101||July 26||Milwaukee Brewers||3-1||Florie||Thompson||Fetters||20,057||47-54 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |102||July 27||Milwaukee Brewers||11-7||Eldred||Moehler||Reyes||20,318||47-55 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |103||July 29||at Boston Red Sox||3-1||Blair||Baldwin||||20,380||48-55 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |104||July 30||at Boston Red Sox||3-2||Drabek||Sanders||Hernandez||30,613||48-56 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |105||July 31||Toronto Blue Jays||4-2||Thompson||Person||Jones||16,294||49-56 |- y background:#9EBD69; August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |106||August 1||Toronto Blue Jays||7-5||Hentgen||Miceli||Ecobar||23,682||49-57 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |107||August 2||Toronto Blue Jays||8-7||Brocail||Quantrill||Jones||22,254||50-57 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |108||August 3||Toronto Blue Jays||5-2||Blair||Williams||Jones||27,848||51-57 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |109||August 4||Cleveland Indians||7-2||Nagy||Sanders||||26,832||51-58 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |110||August 5||Cleveland Indians||6-4||Thompson||Plunk||Jones||24,824||52-58 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |111||August 6||at Kansas City Royals||5-4||Rosado||Sager||Montgomery||14,640||52-59 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |112||August 7||at Kansas City Royals||8-4||Dishman||Belcher||||21,497||53-59 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |113||August 8||at Toronto Blue Jays||6-3||Williams||Blair||Escobar||30,228||53-60 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |114||August 9||at Toronto Blue Jays||3-2||Sanders||Carpenter||Jones||37,166||54-60 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |115||August 10||at Toronto Blue Jays||4-2||Thompson||Person||||32,354||55-60 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |116||August 11||at Toronto Blue Jays||8-2||Hentgen||Jarvis||||30,105||55-61 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |117||August 12||at Cleveland Indians||7-4||Plunk||Keagle||Mesa||32,992||55-62 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |118||August 13||at Cleveland Indians||13-3||Blair||Smiley||||0||56-62 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |119||August 13||at Cleveland Indians||9-1||Hershiser||Dishman||||42,673||56-63 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |120||August 14||at Cleveland Indians||12-1||Nagy||Sanders||||42,936||56-64 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |121||August 15||Kansas City Royals||5-3||Rusch||Thompson||Montgomery||20,099||56-65 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |122||August 16||Kansas City Royals||2-1||Appier||Jarvis||Montgomery|||15,502||56-66 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |123||August 17||Kansas City Royals||8-4||Keagle||Rosado||||22,371||57-66 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |124||August 19||Minnesota Twins||8-2||Blair||Hawkins||||15,478||58-66 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |125||August 20||Minnesota Twins||11-1||Radke||Sanders||||13,199||58-67 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |126||August 21||at Milwaukee Brewers||2-1||Miceli||Wickman||Jones||18,117||59-67 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |127||August 22||at Milwaukee Brewers||16-1||Moehler||Woodard||Gaillard||14,423||60-67 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |128||August 23||at Milwaukee Brewers||5-2||Karl||Keagle||Jones||19,524||60-68 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |129||August 24||at Milwaukee Brewers||6-0||Mercedes||Blair||||21,245||60-69 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |130||August 25||at Minnesota Twins||7-6||Sager||Aguilera||||15,245||61-69 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |131||August 26||at Minnesota Twins||8-2||Robertson||Thompson||Trombley||10,562||61-70 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |132||August 27||at Minnesota Twins||2-0||Tewksberry||Moehler||||10,441||61-71 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |133||August 29||Philadelphia Phillies||7-2||Blair||Green||||22,925||62-71 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |134||August 30||Philadelphia Phillies||2-0||Beech||Sanders||Bottalico||22,537||62-72 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |135||August 31||Philadelphia Phillies||2-1||Thompson||Leiter||Jones||19,152||63-72 |- y background:#9EBD69; September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |136||September 1||at Atlanta Braves||4-2||Moehler||Maddux||Jones||38,950||64-72 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |137||September 2||at Atlanta Braves||5-0||Neagle||Keagle||||32,308||64-73 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |138||September 3||at Atlanta Braves||12-4||Blair||Smoltz||||36,556||65-73 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |139||September 4||Anaheim Angels||5-4||Jones||Harris||||9,445||66-73 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |140||September 5||Anaheim Angels||6-1||Thompson||Springer||||16,016||67-73 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |141||September 6||Anaheim Angels||7-5||Moehler||Watson||Jones||16,294||68-73 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |142||September 7||Anaheim Angels||5-4||Hasegawa||Dishman||||25,602||68-74 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |143||September 8||Texas Rangers||6-2||Blair||Witt||||15,765||69-74 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |144||September 9||Texas Rangers||4-0||Sanders||Helling||||9,139||70-74 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |145||September 10||at Seattle Mariners||10-0||Moyer||Thompson||||22,967||70-75 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |146||September 11||at Seattle Mariners||3-1||Moehler||Fassero||Jones||25,141||71-75 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |147||September 12||at Oakland Athletics||7-2||Keagler||Ludwick||Miceli||11,775||72-75 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |148||September 13||at Oakland Athletics||4-2||Telgheder||Blair||Mathews||20,482||72-76 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |149||September 14||at Oakland Athletics||6-5||Sanders||Haynes||Jones||16,440||73-76 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |150||September 15||at Oakland Athletics||6-3||Thompson||Oquist||Jones||4,651||74-76 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |151||September 17||at New York Yankees||6-2||Mendoza||Moehler||||19,331||74-77 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |152||September 18||at New York Yankees||9-7||Jones||Borowsku||Miceli||18,600||75-77 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |153||September 19||at Baltimore Orioles||5-3||Jones||Mills||||47,544||76-77 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |154||September 20||at Baltimore Orioles||12-8||Rodriquez||Sanders||||47,489||76-78 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |155||September 21||at Baltimore Orioles||11-3||Thompson||Key||||47,446||77-78 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |156||September 22||at Baltimore Orioles||5-4||Gaillard||Benitez||Jones||46,616||78-78 |- style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" |157||September 23||Boston Red Sox||6-0||Keagle||Suppan||||43,039||79-78 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |158||September 24||Boston Red Sox||9-2||Wakefield||Blair||||10,067||79-79 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |159||September 25||Boston Red Sox||3-1||Checo||Sanders||Gordon||14,495||79-80 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |160||September 26||New York Yankees||8-2||Rivera||Jones||||29,206||79-81 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |161||September 27||New York Yankees||6-1||Wells||Moehler||||33,712||79-82 |- style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" |162||September 28||New York Yankees||7-2||Irabu||Keagle||||38,171||79-83 |- Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting 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 C Raul Casanova 101 304 74 .243 5 24 1B Tony Clark 159 580 160 .276 32 117 2B Damion Easley 151 527 139 .264 22 72 3B Travis Fryman 154 595 163 .274 22 102 SS Deivi Cruz 147 436 105 .241 2 40 LF Bobby Higginson 146 546 163 .299 27 101 CF Brian Hunter Brian Hunter (outfielder) 162 658 177 .269 4 45 RF Melvin Nieves 116 359 82 .228 20 64 DH Bob Hamelin 110 318 86 .270 18 52 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 Nevin 93 251 59 .235 9 35 Curtis Pride 79 162 34 .210 2 19 Brian Johnson Brian Johnson (catcher) 45 139 33 .237 2 18 Matt Walbeck 47 137 38 .277 3 10 Bubba Trammell 44 12328 .228 4 13 Jody Reed 52 112 22 .196 0 8 Orlando Miller 50 111 26 .234 2 10 Juan Encarnación 11 33 7 .212 1 5 Frank Catalanotto 13 26 8 .308 0 3 Jimmy Hurst 13 17 3 .176 1 1 Vince Coleman Vince Coleman (baseball) 6 14 1 .071 0 0 Marcus Jensen 8 11 2 .182 0 1 Kimera Bartee 12 5 1 .200 0 0 Joe Hall Joe Hall (baseball) 2 4 2 .500 0 3 Pitching 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 Thompson Justin Thompson (baseball) 32223.1 1511 3.02 151 Brian Moehler 31 175.1 11 12 4.67 97 Willie Blair 29 175.0 168 4.17 90 Omar Olivares 19 115.0 5 6 4.70 74 Felipe Lira 20 92.0 57 5.77 64 Scott Sanders Scott Sanders (baseball) 14 74.1 3 8 5.33 58 Greg Keagle 11 45.1 3 5 6.55 33 Tim Pugh 2 9.0 1 1 5.00 4 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 Dishman 7 29.0 1 2 5.28 20 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 Jones Todd Jones 68 70.0 5 4 31 3.09 70 Mike Myers Mike Myers (baseball) 88 53.2 0 4 2 5.70 50 Dan Miceli 7182.2 3 2 3 5.01 79 Doug Brocail 61 78.0 3 4 2 3.23 60 A. J. Sager 38 84.0 3 4 34.18 53 José Bautista José Bautista (pitcher) 21 40.1 2 2 0 6.69 19 Kevin Jarvis 17 41.2 0 3 0 5.40 27 John Cummings John Cummings (baseball) 19 24.2 2 0 0 5.47 8 Eddie Gaillard 16 20.1 1 0 1 5.31 12 Roberto Duran Roberto Durán (baseball) 13 10.2 0 00 7.59 11 Fernando Hernández Fernando Hernández (1990s pitcher) 2 1.1 0 00 40.50 2 Awards and honors All-Star Game Justin Thompson, Pitcher, Reserve (First All-Star appearance) Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 BradshawJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links Baseball 1997 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference 53em Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers Detroit Category:1997 in Detroit