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Detroit Tigers
	1998 Detroit Tigers;
	Major league affiliations
	American League (since 1901) Central Division (since 1998); ;
	Location
	Tiger Stadium (since 1912); Detroit, Michigan (since 1901);
	1998 information
Owner(s)	Mike Ilitch
Manager(s)	Buddy Bell, Larry Parrish
Local television	WKBD; (Ernie Harwell, Al Kaline); FSN Detroit; (Kirk Gibson, Josh Lewin)
Local radio	WJR; (Frank Beckmann, Jim Price)

The 1998 Detroit Tigers finished in fifth place 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.

[edit] Offseason

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]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cleveland Indians	89	73	.549	--
Chicago White Sox	80	82	.494	9.0
Kansas City Royals	72	89	.447	16.5
Minnesota Twins	70	92	.432	19.0
Detroit Tigers	65	97	.401	24.0

[edit] Transactions

July 16, 1998: Joe Oliver was released by the Detroit Tigers. ^[4]
July 20, 1998: Billy Ripken was released by the Detroit Tigers. ^[3]

[edit] Roster

1998 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

25 Buddy Bell
15 Larry Parrish

Coaches

[edit] Player stats

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
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
Geronimo Berroa	52	126	30	.238	1	10
Frank Catalanotto	89	213	60	.282	6	25
Gabe Alvarez	58	286	46	.231	5	29
Juan Encarnacion	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

[edit] 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	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

[edit] 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
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 Duran	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

[edit] Farm system

[edit] References

^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nieveme01.shtml
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frymatr01.shtml
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^ ^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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