The 1998
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...
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 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 F ...
. 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 1973–83. It was also the team's fifth consecutive losing season. Both streaks would last until
2006
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.
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
Player stats
Batting
''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''
''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''
Relief and other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Michigan[Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007]
References
External links
1998 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference
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Detroit Tigers seasons
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...
Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
1998 in Detroit