1998 Detroit Tigers
65 - 97
1997 / 1999 (Organization)
5th place in the AL Central (24 GB)
Home Record:
Away Record: 		32 - 49 (.395)
33 - 48 (.407)		 -11.6 wins
-4.4 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 722 / 829 ( -107 )
Allowed/Expected: 863 / 820 ( -43 )
Pyth Record: 67 - 95 (-2)
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Tiger Stadium
Attendance: 1,409,391 Avg Att: 17,400 (0.61)
Att Rank: 11 / 14 Lg Avg: 28,397
       
Park Factor: 1.01    
HR Factor: 1.12 R/L HR: 1.17 / 1.06
Notes:


Top Prospects (as of March 1st)

Filters
Positions
# Pos
Age
 
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
   Acquired Via M D Y
1
RP
23.1
17.2
122.9
75.3
 
0.5
0.3
0.1
1.9
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
18
1994
2
LF
24.2
14.6
104.4
32.4
 
0.5
0.7
1.2
4.3
0.6
 
Returned to Original Tm after Draft
3
21
1997
3
CF
26.1
9.0
81.8
22.2
 
0.2
-0.1
-0.1
2.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
2
1994
4
CF
22.8
8.8
67.4
5.2
 
-0.2
1.9
1.6
1.3
0.6
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
1
1995
5
RF
22.3
8.7
109.5
14.7
 
1.1
1.9
1.9
-0.4
2.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
12
27
1992
6
RP
21.3
5.0
58.2
26.3
 
-0.4
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
11
1
1997
7
1B
24.3
2.2
51.6
3.9
 
0.4
0.2
0.2
2.5
1.7
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
4
1996
8
3B
26.4
1.9
29.3
-5.3
 
0.1
0.6
3.0
0.8
 
Draft (Minor League)
12
9
1996
9
RP
24.0
1.2
5.1
1.4
 
0.9
0.3
-0.0
 
Draft (Rule 5)
12
15
1997
10
RP
23.0
0.8
13.0
1.0
 
-0.2
0.6
0.7
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
2
18
1992
11
RF
23.0
0.5
0.8
0.2
 
0.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
4
1996
12
RP
25.9
0.4
3.2
0.5
 
0.4
 
Trade
7
18
1997
13
C
21.8
0.4
12.7
-1.3
 
0.3
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
1
20
1997
14
SP
22.9
0.0
6.5
-0.2
 
0.5
-0.0
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
4
1996
15
2B
21.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
 
0.0
 
Trade
8
27
1996
16
1B
23.1
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
 
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1993
17
RP
26.1
-0.1
0.5
-0.2
 
0.1
-0.2
 
Free Agency
11
26
1996
18
C
18.2
-0.1
0.1
-0.1
 
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1997
19
RP
25.3
-0.1
0.3
-1.2
 
0.0
 
Trade
12
11
1996
20
RP
20.3
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
 
-0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
4
1996
21
SS
23.1
-0.2
0.0
-0.1
 
-0.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
2
3
1993
22
1B
23.9
-0.3
0.5
-0.7
 
 
Draft (Minor League)
12
9
1996
23
RP
23.9
-0.4
0.0
-0.6
 
-0.3
-0.1
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
4
1996
24
RP
21.9
-0.5
18.2
3.2
 
1.1
-0.2
0.2
-0.0
-0.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1997
25
C
22.8
-0.5
2.5
-2.1
 
-0.4
0.3
-0.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
2
1994
26
C
25.5
-0.7
6.8
-2.4
 
-0.1
0.2
0.0
-0.2
-0.4
 
Free Agency
7
26
1997
27
SP
21.7
-0.8
17.7
-3.0
 
1.4
-1.2
 
Free Agency (Amateur)
6
11
1995
28
LF
24.4
-0.8
1.2
-1.7
 
-0.1
 
Trade
11
19
1997
29
SP
24.7
-1.1
4.6
-2.8
 
-1.0
0.2
-0.3
0.3
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
1
1995
30
C
26.0
-1.2
42.4
-16.4
 
0.7
0.5
-0.7
-0.1
-0.6
 
Trade
11
11
1997
31
RP
18.8
-1.5
2.2
-3.9
 
-0.5
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
3
1997
32
RP
21.4
-2.1
9.1
-6.9
 
-0.4
-0.5
-0.2
 
Draft (Amateur)
6
1
1995
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James