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1998 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Detroit Tigers
season	1998
league	American League
division	Central
ballpark	Tiger Stadium
city	Detroit, Michigan
record
divisional_place	5th
owners	Mike Ilitch
general_managers	Randy Smith
managers	Buddy Bell, Larry Parrish
television	WKBD
(Ernie Harwell, Al Kaline)
FSN Detroit
(Kirk Gibson, Josh Lewin)
radio	WJR
(Frank Beckmann, Lary Sorensen, Jim Price)

(Ernie Harwell, Al Kaline) FSN Detroit (Kirk Gibson, Josh Lewin) (Frank Beckmann, Lary Sorensen, Jim Price) |}}

The 1998 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 98th season and the 87th season at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers finished in fifth place in their first season in the American League Central 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.

The Tigers missed the playoffs for the 11th straight season, tying a record set between 1973 and 1983. 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.
November 18, 1997: Travis Fryman was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Gabe Alvarez, Joe Randa, and Matt Drews (minors).
December 16, 1997: Billy Ripken was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
December 22, 1997: Joe Oliver was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
March 25, 1998: Doug Bochtler was purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Oakland Athletics.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

July 16, 1998: Joe Oliver was released by the Detroit Tigers.
July 20, 1998: Billy Ripken was released by the Detroit Tigers.

Roster

1998 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

Batting

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
Bobby Higginson	157	612	174	.284	25	85
Tony Clark	157	602	175	.291	34	103
Brian L. Hunter	142	595	151	.254	4	36
Damion Easley	153	594	161	.271	27	100
Joe Randa	138	560	117	.254	9	50
Luis Gonzalez	154	547	146	.267	23	71
Deivi Cruz	135	518	118	.260	5	45
Paul Bako	96	305	83	.272	3	30
Gabe Alvarez	58	286	46	.231	5	29
Frank Catalanotto	89	213	60	.282	6	25
Gerónimo Berroa	52	126	30	.238	1	10
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
Pitcher Totals	162	21	3	.143	0	1
Team Totals	162	5664	1494	.264	165	691

Note: Individual 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 Thompson	34	222.0	11	15	4.05	149
Seth Greisinger	33	221.1	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	83.2	3	8	6.35	46

Relief and other 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
Bryce Florie	42	133.0	8	9	0	4.80	97
Doug Bochtler	51	67.1	0	2	0	6.15	45
Todd Jones	65	63.1	1	4	28	4.97	57
Doug Brocail	60	62.2	5	2	0	2.73	55
Tim Worrell	15	61.2	2	6	0	5.98	47
A. J. Sager	31	59.1	4	2	2	6.52	23
Sean Runyan	88	50.1	1	4	1	3.58	39
Dean Crow	32	45.2	2	2	0	3.94	18
Matt Anderson	42	44.0	5	1	0	3.27	44
Greg Keagle	9	31.2	0	5	0	5.59	25
Roberto Durán	18	15.1	0	1	0	5.87	12
Denny Harriger	4	12.0	0	3	0	6.75	3
Scott Sanders	3	9.2	0	2	0	17.69	6
Marino Santana	7	7.1	0	0	0	3.68	10
Will Brunson	8	3.0	0	0	0	0.00	1
Team Pitching Totals	162	1446.1	65	97	32	4.93	947

Farm system

References

1998 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

References

"Melvin Nieves Stats".
"Travis Fryman Stats".
"Billy Ripken Stats".
"Joe Oliver Stats".
"Doug Bochtler Stats".
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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