The 1997 Detroit Tigers finished in third place in the American League Eastern Division 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. Beginning in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

, the team joined the American League Central Division. On July 27, 1997, the Detroit Tigers retired pitcher

Hal Newhouser Harold Newhouser (May 20, 1921 – November 10, 1998), nicknamed "Prince Hal," was an American professional baseball player. In Major League Baseball (MLB), he pitched 17 seasons on the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians, from 1939 through 19 ...

'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

Game log

, - 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 The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eigh ...

, , 8-7, , Jones, , Levine, , Sager, , 38,560, , 1-3 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 5, , April 5, , at

, , 15-12, , Blair, , Castillo, , Jones, , 21,956, , 2-3 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 6, , April 6, , at

, , 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, ,

, , 5-4, , Olivares, , Drabek, , Jones, , 7,598, , 5-5 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 11, , April 13, ,

, , 11-8, , Hernandez, , Lira, , , , 0, , 5-6 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 12, , April 13, ,

, , 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 The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. The team joined the American League as an expansion team ...

, , 7-3, , Johnson, , Sager, , , , 8,090, , 7-8 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 16, , April 17, ,

, , 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 The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. Since 1966, the team h ...

, , 8-3, , Dickson, , Lira, , , , 30,464, , 9-14 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 24, , April 26, , at

, , 2-0, , Moehler, , Finley, , , , 30,872, , 10-14 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 25, , April 27, , at

, , 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 The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive Fi ...

, , 7-6, , Plunk, , Brocail, , , , 42,469, , 11-17 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 29, , May 4, , at

, , 2-0, , Blair, , Nagy, , Brocail, , 42,387, , 12-17 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 30, , May 5, , at

Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Since 1989, the team has played its home games ...

, , 3-1, , Clemens, , Olivares, , , , 27,169, , 12-18 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 31, , May 6, , at

, , 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, ,

, , 5-0, , Nagy, , Sager, , , , 20,393, , 13-21 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 35, , May 10, ,

, , 6-0, , Olivares, , Colon, , , , 30,578, , 14-21 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 36, , May 11, ,

, , 11-3, , Thompson, , Hershiser, , , , , 19,869, , 15-21 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 37, , May 13, ,

, , 4-0, , Lira, , Guzman, , , , 9,992, , 16-21 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 38, , May 14, ,

, , 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 The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. As one of the American League's eight charter ...

, , 4-3, , Hentgen, , Moehler, , , , 48,003, , 19-24 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 44, , May 21, , at

, , 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, ,

, , 6-0, , Olivares, , Finley, , , , 12,562, , 22-26 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 49, , May 27, ,

, , 6-2, , Thompson, , Perisho, , Myers, , 8,042, , 23-26 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 50, , May 28, ,

, , 8-1, , Key, , Moehler, , Boskie, , 10,692, , 23-27 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 51, , May 30, , at

, , 5-2, , Lira, , Fassero, , Jones, , 32,305, , 24-27 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 52, , May 31, , at

, , 4-2, , Olivares, , Wolcott, , Jones, , 57,118, , 25-27 , - , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 53, , June 1, , at

, , 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, ,

, , 14-6, , Fassero, , Lira, , , , 12,572, , 26-30 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 57, , June 6, ,

, , 6-3, , Lowe, , Olivares, , Ayala, , 25,547, , 26-31 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 58, , June 7, ,

, , 3-1, , Thompson, , Wolcott, , Jones, , 18,896, , 27-31 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 59, , June 8, ,

, , , 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 The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal, Quebec. The Expos were the first Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located outside the United States. They played in t ...

, , 4-3, , Perez, , Olivares, , Urbina, , 20,333, , 29-33 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 63, , June 14, , at

, , 1-0, , Martinez, , Thompson, , , , 21,127, , 29-34 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 64, , June 15, , at

, , 10-2, , Juden, , Moehler, , , , 18,534, , 29-35 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 65, , June 16, ,

Florida Marlins The Miami Marlins are an American professional baseball team based in Miami. The Marlins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division. The club's home ballpark is LoanDepot Park. The fran ...

, , 7-3, , Brown, , Blair, , , , 23,874, , 29-36 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 66, , June 17, ,

, , 3-2, , Alfonseca, , Jones, , Nen, , 13,351, , 29-37 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 67, , June 18, ,

, , 6-2, , Olivares, , Leiter, , , , 14,043, , 30-37 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 68, , June 20, ,

, , 12-6, , Thompson, , Wakefield, , Sager, , 20,091, , 31-37 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 69, , June 21, ,

, , 15-4, , Bautisa, , Eshelman, , , , 20,599, , 32-37 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 70, , June 22, ,

, , 2-1, , Gordon, , Blair, , Slocumb, , 19,477, , 32-38 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 71, , June 23, ,

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one of ...

, , 5-2, , Cone, , Lira, , Rivera, , , 14,556, , 32-39 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 72, , June 24, ,

, , 12-9, , Lloyd, , Myers, , Rivera, , 15,872, , 32-40 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 73, , June 25, ,

, , 3-1, , Stanton, , Thompson, , Rivera, , , 15,348, , 32-41 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 74, , June 26, , at

, , 10-6, , Moehler, , Eshelman, , , , 31,878, , 33-41 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 75, , June 27, , at

, , 2-1, , Miceli, , Hammond, , Jones, , 26,753, , 34-41 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 76, , June 28, , at

, , 9-2, , Lira, , Sele, , , , 30,886, , 35-41 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 77, , June 29, , at

, , 8-6, , Wasdin, , Bautista, , Slocumb, , 30,844, , 35-42 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 78, , June 30, ,

New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. They are one of two major league ...

, , 14-0, , Thompson, , Clark, , , , 15,009, , 36-42 , - , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 79, , July 1, ,

, , 8-6, , Moehler, , Jones, , Jones, , 14,849, , 37-42 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 80, , July 2, ,

, , 9-7, , Blair, , Mlicki, , Jones, , 16,211, , 38-42 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 81, , July 3, ,

, , 10-1, , Key, , Lira, , , , 13,209, , 38-43 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 82, , July 4, ,

, , 4-3, , Rhodes, , Keagle, , Myers, , 0, , 38-44 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 83, , July 4, ,

, , 11-8, , Bautista, , Mills, , Jones, , , 30,100, , 39-44 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 84, , July 5, ,

, , 6-5, , Miceli, , Orosco, , Jones, , 37,074, , 40-44 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 85, , July 6, ,

, , 14-9, , Blair, , Erickson, , , , 18,197, , 41-44 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 86, , July 10, , at

, , 10-3, , Irabu, , Olivares, , , , 51,901, , 41-45 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 87, , July 11, , at

, , 3-0, , Pettite, , Moehler, , Rivera, , 27,135, , 41-46 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 88, , July 12, , at

, , 6-2, , Cone, , Lira, , Rivera, , 39,681, , 41-47 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 89, , July 13, , at

, , 3-1, , Blair, , Gooden, , Jones, , 36,679, , 42-47 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 90, , July 14, , at

, , 18-4, , Suppan, , Jarvis, , , , , 21,997, , 42-48 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 91, , July 15, , at

, , 7-5, , Jones, , Wasdin, , , , 25,822, , 43-48 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 92, , July 16, , at

, , 5-3, , Finley, , Moehler, , Percival, , 16,570, , 43-49 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 93, , July 17, , at

, , 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, ,

, , 3-0, , Alvarez, , Thompson, , Hernandez, , 14,260, , 45-52 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 98, , July 22, ,

, , 6-3, , Moehler, , Darwin, , Jones, , 16,895, , 46-52 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 99, , July 23, ,

, , 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

, , 3-1, , Blair, , Baldwin, , , , 20,380, , 48-55 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 104, , July 30, , at

, , 3-2, , Drabek, , Sanders, , Hernandez, , 30,613, , 48-56 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 105, , July 31, ,

, , 4-2, , Thompson, , Person, , Jones, , 16,294, , 49-56 , - , - bgcolor="ffbbbb" , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 106, , August 1, ,

, , 7-5, , Hentgen, , Miceli, , Ecobar, , 23,682, , 49-57 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 107, , August 2, ,

, , 8-7, , Brocail, , Quantrill, , Jones, , 22,254, , 50-57 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 108, , August 3, ,

, , 5-2, , Blair, , Williams, , Jones, , 27,848, , 51-57 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 109, , August 4, ,

, , 7-2, , Nagy, , Sanders, , , , 26,832, , 51-58 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 110, , August 5, ,

, , 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

, , 6-3, , Williams, , Blair, , Escobar, , 30,228, , 53-60 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 114, , August 9, , at

, , 3-2, , Sanders, , Carpenter, , Jones, , 37,166, , 54-60 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 115, , August 10, , at

, , 4-2, , Thompson, , Person, , , , 32,354, , 55-60 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 116, , August 11, , at

, , 8-2, , Hentgen, , Jarvis, , , , 30,105, , 55-61 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 117, , August 12, , at

, , 7-4, , Plunk, , Keagle, , Mesa, , 32,992, , 55-62 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 118, , August 13, , at

, , 13-3, , Blair, , Smiley, , , , 0, , 56-62 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 119, , August 13, , at

, , 9-1, , Hershiser, , Dishman, , , , 42,673, , 56-63 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 120, , August 14, , at

, , 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

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, , 4-2, , Moehler, , Maddux, , Jones, , 38,950, , 64-72 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 137, , September 2, , at

, , 5-0, , Neagle, , Keagle, , , , 32,308, , 64-73 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 138, , September 3, , at

, , 12-4, , Blair, , Smoltz, , , , 36,556, , 65-73 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 139, , September 4, ,

, , 5-4, , Jones, , Harris, , , , 9,445, , 66-73 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 140, , September 5, ,

, , 6-1, , Thompson, , Springer, , , , 16,016, , 67-73 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 141, , September 6, ,

, , 7-5, , Moehler, , Watson, , Jones, , 16,294, , 68-73 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 142, , September 7, ,

, , 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

, , 10-0, , Moyer, , Thompson, , , , 22,967, , 70-75 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 146, , September 11, , at

, , 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

, , 6-2, , Mendoza, , Moehler, , , , 19,331, , 74-77 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 152, , September 18, , at

, , 9-7, , Jones, , Borowsku, , Miceli, , 18,600, , 75-77 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 153, , September 19, , at

, , 5-3, , Jones, , Mills, , , , 47,544, , 76-77 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 154, , September 20, , at

, , 12-8, , Rodriquez, , Sanders, , , , 47,489, , 76-78 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 155, , September 21, , at

, , 11-3, , Thompson, , Key, , , , 47,446, , 77-78 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 156, , September 22, , at

, , 5-4, , Gaillard, , Benitez, , Jones, , 46,616, , 78-78 , - style="background: #ddffdd; text-align: center" , 157, , September 23, ,

, , 6-0, , Keagle, , Suppan, , , , 43,039, , 79-78 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 158, , September 24, ,

, , 9-2, , Wakefield, , Blair, , , , 10,067, , 79-79 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 159, , September 25, ,

, , 3-1, , Checo, , Sanders, , Gordon, , 14,495, , 79-80 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 160, , September 26, ,

, , 8-2, , Rivera, , Jones, , , , 29,206, , 79-81 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 161, , September 27, ,

, , 6-1, , Wells, , Moehler, , , , 33,712, , 79-82 , - style="background: #ffdddd; text-align: center" , 162, , September 28, ,

, , 7-2, , Irabu, , Keagle, , , , 38,171, , 79-83 , -

Player stats

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''

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

External links

1997 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference
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