1997 Detroit Tigers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Detroit Tigers
season = 1997
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = East Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Tiger Stadium
y4 = 1912
city = Detroit, Michigan
y5 = 1901
owners = Mike Ilitch
managers = Buddy Bell
television = WKBD
(Ernie Harwell, Al Kaline, Jim Price)
PASS
(Ernie Harwell, Jim Price, Fred McLeod)
radio = WJR
(Frank Beckmann)|

The 1997 Detroit Tigers finished in third place in the American League Eastern Division with a record of 79-83 (.488). 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.

Offseason

*January 9, 1997: Vince Coleman signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colemvi01.shtml Vince Coleman Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Transactions

* April 8, 1997: Bob Hamelin was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hamelbo01.shtml]
*April 16, 1997: Vince Coleman was released by the Detroit Tigers.

Game Log

Player stats

Batting

"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1997.shtml PAGENAME at Baseball Reference]