1998 Detroit Tigers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Detroit Tigers
season = 1998
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Central Division
y2 = 1996
Uniform
ballpark = Tiger Stadium
y4 = 1912
city = Detroit, Michigan
y5 = 1901
owners = Mike Ilitch
managers = Buddy Bell, Larry Parrish
television = WKBD
(Ernie Harwell, Al Kaline)
FSN Detroit
(Kirk Gibson, Josh Lewin)
radio = WJR
(Frank Beckmann)|The by|1998 Detroit Tigers finished in fifth place in the American League Central Division with a record of 65-97 (.401), 24 games behind the Cleveland Indians. 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.

Offseason

*November 11, 1997: Melvin Nieves was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Cincinnati Reds for Paul Bako and Donne Wall. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nieveme01.shtml]
*November 18, 1997: Travis Fryman was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Gabe Alvarez, Joe Randa, and Matt Drews (minors). [http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/frymatr01.shtml]
*December 16, 1997: Billy Ripken was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ripkebi01.shtml]
*December 22, 1997: Joe Oliver was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/olivejo01.shtml]

Regular season

eason standings