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1998 Detroit Tigers  (1997)  (1999) 84-78, 2nd in AL Central Division Scored 907 runs, Allowed 837 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .687 Park Factor: Batting - 99 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 88-74   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 65-97 Manager(s): Mike Mashanic

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *John Olerud          29  149  577   98  209  31   5  21   96   0   0   76   63  .362  .437  .542  137   9.5  2e5       -19  
 OF *Bobby Higginson      27  152  539   82  157  34   5  31  118   2   1   59   91  .291  .364  .545  110   7.4  3(-3)e6    75  
 1B #Tony Clark           26  157  597  102  169  36   1  34   97   0   1   62  127  .283  .351  .518  109   6.6  3e15      -11  
 2B  Damion Easley        28  141  583   98  152  39   3  24   80  13   2   49  123  .261  .330  .461   90   5.4  2e13      -18  
 3B  Travis Fryman        29  147  556   82  150  28   1  30   89   8   6   41  129  .270  .323  .486   84   5.3  2e15      -36  
 OF *Luis Gonzalez        30  122  457   69  121  32   5  20   83   6   2   38   53  .265  .326  .488   70   5.3  4(+1)e4    -2  
 OF  Derek Bell           29   88  242   48   89  24   1  11   38   2   1   27   40  .368  .430  .612   63  10.8  2(-2)e9   187  
 OF  Brian L. Hunter      27  120  433   59  113  23   2   7   56  29   6   28   64  .261  .304  .372   49   3.9  3(-1)e6    45  
 3B  Sean Berry           32   84  253   32   78  11   2  12   46   1   0   26   43  .308  .385  .510   48   6.9  4e22        0  
 OF #Mark Whiten          31   58  226   45   71  12   1   8   43   1   0   26   59  .314  .387  .482   43   7.3  3(-3)e12   72  
 C  *Paul Bako            26   95  313   35   97  17   2   1   26   2   1   15   74  .310  .337  .387   41   5.0  4(+1)e6    57  
 C   Brad Ausmus          29  116  325   46   86   4   5   3   25   7   1   42   52  .265  .353  .335   39   4.1  1(-2)e3   -25  
 SS  Ricky Gutierrez      28  104  276   35   63  14   1   1   23   7   0   25   54  .228  .306  .297   25   2.9  3e19      -68  
 2B *Frank Catalanotto    24   41  144   24   37   9   2   7   20   1   0    4   22  .257  .289  .493   20   5.0  3e23       12  
 SS  Deivi Cruz           23   73  155   19   45  12   0   2   14   2   1    3   25  .290  .306  .406   18   4.3  3e14       74  
 1B *Dave Magadan         35   14   36    7   16   5   0   1    9   0   0    3    5  .444  .475  .667   11  14.0  4e5       329  
 OF  Wendell Magee        25   18   70   11   19   2   0   1    8   0   0    6   12  .271  .329  .343    7   3.7  2(0)e17  -122  
 OF  Jerome Walton        33    9   32    6   12   2   0   0    4   0   0    2    4  .375  .412  .438    5   8.1  4(+1)e4    76  
 DH  Glenallen Hill       33   16   51    7   15   4   0   0    5   0   0    3    5  .294  .345  .373    5   3.4           -181  
 2B *Keith Lockhart       33    8   14    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .214  .312  .214    1   2.7  4e12     -172  
 C  #Raul Casanova        25    5    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000  .400  .000    0   1.9  4(+1)e10 -112  
 DH  Gabe Alvarez         24    6    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .000  .250  .000    0    .3           -410  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           984                   11

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Justin Thompson      25  17   7  .708  35  35   2   0   0   0   0  221.2  249  122  117  24   86  152  4.75  130   5.3   23  
  P  Brian Moehler        26  12  12  .500  33  33   3   0   0   0   0  220.2  239  119  111  33   58  115  4.53  125   5.1   18  
  P  Sean Bergman         28   9   9  .500  38  20   0   8   2   1   0  168.2  199   93   92  26   34   91  4.91  103   5.5   21  
  P  Mark Portugal        35   9  13  .409  30  30   1   0   0   0   0  165.2  209  124  122  40   39   91  6.63  131   7.2   75  
  P  Seth Greisinger      22   7   7  .500  21  21   0   0   0   0   0  129.2  144   69   68  16   43   66  4.72   77   5.5  -42  
  P  Rick Aguilera        36   6   2  .750  56   0   0  33  18   7   0   68.2   63   22   22   7   19   46  2.88   28   3.7  -68  
  P *Chuck McElroy        30   5   4  .556  37   0   0  17   2   3   0   66.0   64   23   20   2   30   50  2.73   27   3.7  -65  
  P  Chad Fox             27   4   2  .667  42   0   0  12   1   1   0   56.1   57   35   32  13   29   54  5.11   36   5.8   99  
  P  Eric Plunk           34   3   0 1.000  28   0   0  14   2   0   0   39.0   42   12   12   3   11   30  2.77   17   4.1 -151  
  P  Doug Jones           41   3   1  .750  21   0   0  18   4   1   0   39.1   42   18   18  11    7   42  4.12   24   5.6  -99  
  P  Paul Shuey           27   3   5  .375  35   0   0  14   3   1   0   50.2   49   26   23   4   24   43  4.09   26   4.8  -66  
  P  Jack McDowell        32   3  10  .231  19  19   0   0   0   0   0   86.0  121   75   71  15   25   43  7.43   70   7.3   11  
  P  Matt Anderson        21   2   2  .500  25   0   0   5   1   2   0   30.2   21   18   17   2   11   35  4.99    9   2.9 -162  
  P  Brian Powell         24   1   0 1.000   9   0   0   6   0   0   0   12.0   18   11   10   2    7    5  7.50   12   9.2   24  
  P  Greg Keagle          27   0   0  .000   9   0   0   3   1   0   0   10.1    7    4    3   0    6    5  2.61    2   2.4 -330  
  P  Jeff Tam             27   0   0  .000  10   0   0   5   0   1   0   11.0   16   10    9   2    1    4  7.36    9   7.6  133  
  P  Todd Jones           30   0   0  .000  13   0   0   5   3   1   0   18.2   14    8    6   2    9   19  2.89    7   3.4 -122  
  P  Jeff Brantley        34   0   1  .000  27   0   0  15   3   0   0   49.0   52   29   27  14   22   44  4.96   33   6.1  105  
  P  Scott Klingenbeck    27   0   3  .000   8   4   0   1   0   0   0   23.1   28   19   19   8   10   12  7.33   19   7.4   12  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      894          1

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Brad Ausmus 780 78 112 562 29 4 4 .993 16 6 Paul Bako 687 84 88 489 21 3 4 .994 32 10 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- John Olerud 1282 143 145 1363 150 2 181 .999 10.62 Tony Clark 91 10 12 88 8 1 7 .990 9.49 Frank Catalanotto 56 5 11 56 3 0 7 1.000 9.48 Dave Magadan 31 4 5 29 2 0 3 1.000 9.00 Derek Bell 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 Jerome Walton 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Damion Easley 1215 132 141 304 451 16 118 .979 5.59 Frank Catalanotto 219 26 26 58 86 6 22 .960 5.92 Keith Lockhart 33 4 7 11 15 1 3 .963 7.09 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Travis Fryman 924 98 111 67 197 4 19 .985 2.57 Sean Berry 543 64 66 26 111 6 9 .958 2.27 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ricky Gutierrez 753 87 101 142 268 10 83 .976 4.90 Deivi Cruz 390 40 66 74 137 9 33 .959 4.87 Travis Fryman 323 35 37 69 132 1 38 .995 5.59 Dave Magadan 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Luis Gonzalez 545 60 67 96 1 4 0 .960 1.60 Mark Whiten 498 57 57 122 2 4 0 .969 2.24 Bobby Higginson 202 19 36 47 0 1 0 .979 2.09 Wendell Magee 152 18 18 32 2 2 0 .944 2.01 Jerome Walton 56 6 8 12 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 Brian L. Hunter 11 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 Derek Bell 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Glenallen Hill 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Brian L. Hunter 985 108 115 246 19 5 3 .981 2.42 Luis Gonzalez 482 54 58 114 5 1 0 .992 2.22 Bobby Higginson 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Higginson 1009 114 122 185 6 3 2 .985 1.70 Derek Bell 458 48 69 94 7 0 1 1.000 1.98 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1998 Draft

Round 1 (#13):	Travis Fryman
Round 2 (#37):	Sean Bergman
Round 4 (#83):	Mark Portugal
Round 5 (#105):	Chuck McElroy
Round 6 (#125):	Mark Whiten
Round 7 (#139):	Chad Fox

Transactions

• 1998 preseason: released rookies Dean Crow, Sean Runyan
• 1998-01: acquired Jeff Brantley as a free agent
• 1998-02: acquired Wendell Magee as a free agent
• 1998-03: acquired Jack McDowell as a free agent
• 1998-11: released Wendell Magee
• 1998-11: acquired Doug Jones as a free agent
• 1998-14: acquired Jerome Walton as a free agent
• 1998-14: released Mark Whiten
• 1998-15: released Jeff Brantley
• 1998-15: acquired Jeff Tam as a free agent
• 1998-19: released Jerome Walton
• 1998-19: acquired Scott Klingenbeck as a free agent
• 1998-20: released Jeff Tam
• 1998-20: traded Doug Jones to OAA for Glenallen Hill, Dave Magadan
• 1998 postseason: released Seth Greisinger

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