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1997 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season


Major League Baseball season

FieldValue
nameDetroit Tigers
season1997
leagueAmerican League
divisionEast
ballparkTiger Stadium
cityDetroit, Michigan
ownersMike Ilitch
general_managersRandy Smith
managersBuddy Bell
televisionWKBD
(Ernie Harwell, Al Kaline, Jim Price)
PASS
(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Fred McLeod)
radioWJR
(Frank Beckmann, Lary Sorensen)

(Ernie Harwell, Al Kaline, Jim Price) PASS (Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Fred McLeod) (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.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

  • April 8, 1997: Bob Hamelin was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
  • April 16, 1997: Vince Coleman was released by the Detroit Tigers.

Roster

1997 Detroit Tigers
**Roster**
**Pitchers**

Game log

LegendTigers winTigers lossGame postponed

|- 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 |- |- 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 |- |- 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 |- |- 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 |- |- 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 |- |- 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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C10130474.243524
1B159580160.27632117
2B151527139.2642272
3B154595163.27422102
SS147436105.241240
LF146546163.29927101
CF162658177.269445
RF11635982.2282064
DH11031886.2701852

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
9325159.235935
7916234.210219
4513933.237218
4713738.277310
4412328.228413
5211222.19608
5011126.234210
11337.21215
13268.30803
13173.17611
6141.07100
8112.18201
1251.20000
242.50003

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
32223.115113.02151
31175.111124.6797
29175.01684.1790
19115.0564.7074
2092.0575.7764
1474.1385.3358
1145.1356.5533
29.0115.004

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
729.0125.2820

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
6870.054313.0970
8853.20425.7050
7182.23235.0179
6178.03423.2360
3884.03434.1853
2140.12206.6919
1741.20305.4027
1924.22005.478
1620.11015.3112
1310.20007.5911
21.100040.502

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

  • Justin Thompson, Pitcher, Reserve (First All-Star appearance)

Farm system

References

References

  1. "Vince Coleman Stats".
  2. "Bob Hamelin Stats".
  3. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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