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The1997 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 97th season and the 86th season atTiger Stadium. The Tigers finished in third place in theAmerican League East with a record of 79–83 (.488), an improvement of 26 games over theprevious season. They were outscored by their opponents 790 to 784. The Tigers drew 1,365,157 fans toTiger 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 expansionTampa Bay Devil Rays, the team moved from the AL East to the AL Central. On July 27, 1997, the Detroit Tigers retired pitcherHal Newhouser's number 16.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	98	64	.605	—	46‍–‍35	52‍–‍29
New York Yankees	96	66	.593	2	47‍–‍33	49‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers	79	83	.488	19	42‍–‍39	37‍–‍44
Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	20	39‍–‍42	39‍–‍42
Toronto Blue Jays	76	86	.469	22	42‍–‍39	34‍–‍47

1997 American League record Source:MLB Standings Grid – 1997 v t e
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	4–7	6–5	6–5	7–4	5–6	6–5	7–4	4–7	4–7	11–1	6–6	8–4	6–5	4–12
Baltimore	7–4	—	5–7	5–6	6–5	6–6	7–4	5–6	10–1	8–4	8–3	7–4	10–1	6–6	8–7
Boston	5–6	7–5	—	3–8	6–5	5–7	3–8	8–3	8–3	4–8	7–4	7–4	3–8	6–6	6–9
Chicago	5–6	6–5	8–3	—	5–7	4–7	11–1	4–7	6–6	2–9	8–3	5–6	3–8	5–6	8–7
Cleveland	4–7	5–6	5–6	7–5	—	6–5	8–3	8–4	8–4	5–6	7–4	3–8	5–6	6–5	9–6
Detroit	6–5	6–6	7–5	7–4	5–6	—	6–5	4–7	4–7	2–10	7–4	4–7	7–4	6–6	8–7
Kansas City	5–6	4–7	8–3	1–11	3–8	5–6	—	6–6	7–5	3–8	3–8	5–6	6–5	5–6	6–9
Milwaukee	4–7	6–5	3–8	7–4	4–8	7–4	6–6	—	5–7	4–7	5–6	5–6	7–4	7–4	8–7
Minnesota	7–4	1–10	3–8	6–6	4–8	7–4	5–7	7–5	—	3–8	7–4	5–6	3–8	3–8	7–8
New York	7–4	4–8	8–4	9–2	6–5	10–2	8–3	7–4	8–3	—	6–5	4–7	7–4	7–5	5–10
Oakland	1–11	3–8	4–7	3–8	4–7	4–7	8–3	6–5	4–7	5–6	—	5–7	5–7	6–5	7–9
Seattle	6–6	4–7	4–7	6–5	8–3	7–4	6–5	6–5	6–5	7–4	7–5	—	8–4	8–3	7–9
Texas	4–8	1–10	8–3	8–3	6–5	4–7	5–6	4–7	8–3	4–7	7–5	4–8	—	4–7	10–6
Toronto	5–6	6–6	6–6	6–5	5–6	6–6	6–5	4–7	8–3	5–7	5–6	3–8	7–4	—	4–11

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Raul Casanova	101	304	74	.243	5	24
1B	Tony Clark	159	580	160	.276	32	117
2B	Damion Easley	151	527	139	.264	22	72
3B	Travis Fryman	154	595	163	.274	22	102
SS	Deivi Cruz	147	436	105	.241	2	40
LF	Bobby Higginson	146	546	163	.299	27	101
CF	Brian Hunter	162	658	177	.269	4	45
RF	Melvin Nieves	116	359	82	.228	20	64
DH	Bob Hamelin	110	318	86	.270	18	52

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Phil Nevin	93	251	59	.235	9	35
Curtis Pride	79	162	34	.210	2	19
Brian Johnson	45	139	33	.237	2	18
Matt Walbeck	47	137	38	.277	3	10
Bubba Trammell	44	123	28	.228	4	13
Jody Reed	52	112	22	.196	0	8
Orlando Miller	50	111	26	.234	2	10
Juan Encarnación	11	33	7	.212	1	5
Frank Catalanotto	13	26	8	.308	0	3
Jimmy Hurst	13	17	3	.176	1	1
Vince Coleman	6	14	1	.071	0	0
Marcus Jensen	8	11	2	.182	0	1
Kimera Bartee	12	5	1	.200	0	0
Joe Hall	2	4	2	.500	0	3

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Justin Thompson	32	223.1	15	11	3.02	151
Brian Moehler	31	175.1	11	12	4.67	97
Willie Blair	29	175.0	16	8	4.17	90
Omar Olivares	19	115.0	5	6	4.70	74
Felipe Lira	20	92.0	5	7	5.77	64
Scott Sanders	14	74.1	3	8	5.33	58
Greg Keagle	11	45.1	3	5	6.55	33
Tim Pugh	2	9.0	1	1	5.00	4

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Todd Jones	68	70.0	5	4	31	3.09	70
Mike Myers	88	53.2	0	4	2	5.70	50
Dan Miceli	71	82.2	3	2	3	5.01	79
Doug Brocail	61	78.0	3	4	2	3.23	60
A. J. Sager	38	84.0	3	4	3	4.18	53
José Bautista	21	40.1	2	2	0	6.69	19
Kevin Jarvis	17	41.2	0	3	0	5.40	27
John Cummings	19	24.2	2	0	0	5.47	8
Eddie Gaillard	16	20.1	1	0	1	5.31	12
Roberto Duran	13	10.2	0	0	0	7.59	11
Fernando Hernández	2	1.1	0	0	0	40.50	2

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	Glenn Ezell andGene Roof
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	Dave Anderson
A	Lakeland Tigers	Florida State League	Mark Meleski
A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midwest League	Bruce Fields
A-Short Season	Jamestown Jammers	New York–Penn League	Dwight Lowry andMatt Martin
Rookie	GCL Tigers	Gulf Coast League	Kevin Bradshaw

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