1998 Detroit Tigers season

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.

1998 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Mike Ilitch
General manager(s)Randy Smith
Manager(s)Buddy Bell, Larry Parrish
Local televisionWKBD
(Ernie Harwell, Al Kaline)
FSN Detroit
(Kirk Gibson, Josh Lewin)
Local radioWJR
(Frank Beckmann, Lary Sorensen, Jim Price)
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The Tigers missed the playoffs for the 11th straight season, tying a record set between 1973–83. It was also the team's fifth consecutive losing season. Both streaks would last until 2006.

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]

Regular season

Season standings
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 8973 0.549 — 46–35 43–38
Chicago White Sox 8082 0.494 9 44–37 36–45
Kansas City Royals 7289 0.447 16½ 29–51 43–38
Minnesota Twins 7092 0.432 19 35–46 35–46
Detroit Tigers 6597 0.401 24 32–49 33–48

Record vs. opponents
1998 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —5–66–55–64–78–36–56–56–55–79–36–55–74–710–6
Baltimore 6–5—6–62–95–610–15–67–33–98–36–55–76–55–75–11
Boston 5–66–6—5–68–35–58–35–65–79–27–49–36–55–79–7
Chicago 6–59–26–5—6–66–68–46–64–74–74–75–65–64–6–17–9
Cleveland 7–46–53–86–6—9–38–46–64–73–89–27–34–77–410–6
Detroit 3–81–105–56–63–9—6–68–43–87–43–85–63–85–67–9
Kansas City 5–66–53–84–84–86–6—7–50–107–44–68–33–86–59–7
Minnesota 5–63–76–56–66–64–85–7—4–74–72–97–47–44–77–9
New York 5–69–37–57–47–48–310–07–4—8–38–311–18–36–613–3
Oakland 7–53–82–97–48–34–74–77–43–8—5–75–66–65–68–8
Seattle 3–95–64–77–42–98–36–49–23–87–5—6–55–74–77–9
Tampa Bay 5–67–53–96–53–76–53–84–71–116–55–6—4–75–75–11
Texas 7–55–65–66–57–48–38–34–73–86–67–57–4—7–48–8
Toronto 7–47–57–56–4–14–76–55–67–46–66–57–47–54–7—9–7

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]

Roster
1998 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Bako9630583.272330
Tony Clark157602175.29134103
Damion Easley153594161.27127100
Joe Randa138560117.254950
Deivi Cruz135518118.260545
Luis Gonzalez154547146.2672371
Brian L. Hunter142595151.254436
Bobby Higginson157612174.2842585
Gerónimo Berroa5212630.238110
Frank Catalanotto8921360.282625
Gabe Alvarez5828646.231529
Juan Encarnación4016454.329721
Joe Oliver5015535.226422
Bip Roberts3411328.24809
Kimera Bartee579819.194315
Billy Ripken277420.27005
Andy Tomberlin326915.217212
Joe Siddall296512.18516
Trey Beamon284211.26202
Raul Casanova16426.14313
Jeff Manto16308.26713
Gabe Kapler7255.20000
Jason Wood10238.34811
Robert Fick7228.36437
Pete Incaviglia7141.07100

Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

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 Thompson34222.011154.05149
Seth Greisinger33221.314133.90123
Brian Moehler21130.0695.1266
Frank Castillo27116.0396.8381
Brian Powell1883.7386.3546

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 Worrell1561.72605.9847
Greg Keagle931.70505.5925
Todd Jones6563.314284.9757
Sean Runyan8850.31413.5839
Doug Brocail6062.75202.7355
Doug Bochtler5167.30206.1545
Matt Anderson4244.05103.2744
Bryce Florie42133.08904.8097
A. J. Sager3159.34226.5223
Dean Crow3245.72203.9418
Roberto Durán1815.30105.8712
Denny Harriger412.00306.753
Scott Sanders39.702017.696
Marino Santana77.30003.6810
Will Brunson83.00000.001

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League 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 Tim Torricelli
Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Kevin Bradshaw

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Michigan[6]

References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nieveme01.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frymatr01.shtml
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ripkebi01.shtml
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/olivejo01.shtml
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bochtdo01.shtml
  6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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