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Record: 79-83   .488.... 3rd in American League East
Stadium: Tiger Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,365,157
Payroll: $16,304,500
Top Draft Pick: Matt Anderson (#1)   MLB
Manager - Buddy Bell

Affiliates - AAA Toledo Mud Hens AA Jacksonville Suns A+ Lakeland Tigers A West Michigan Whitecaps A- Jamestown Jammers Rk Gulf Coast Tigers

Team Leaders

HR: Clark [32]
RBI: Clark [117]
2B: Easley [37]
SB: Hunter [74]
W: Blair [16]
SV: Jones [31]
SO: Thompson [151]

Oldest Player: Vince Coleman [36]
Youngest Player: Juan Encarnacion [21]
Longest Tenure: Travis Fryman [8]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Frank Catalanotto (Sep 3) Deivi Cruz (Apr 11) Juan Encarnacion (Sep 2) Jimmy Hurst (Sep 10) Bubba Trammell (Apr 1)
Pitchers: Roberto Duran (Jul 6) Eddie Gaillard (Aug 11) Fernando Hernandez (Apr 3)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Kurt Airoso	IF	22	Lakeland	A+
	IF		West Michigan	A
	IF		Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Rich Almanzar	2B	21	Jacksonville	AA
Julio Alvarez	OF	18	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Nelson Alvarez	1B	19	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Ramon Aybar	2B	21	Jamestown	A-
Ryan Balfe	OF	21	Lakeland	A+
	OF		Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Glen Barker	CF	26	Toledo	AAA
	CF		Jacksonville	AA
	CF		Lakeland	A+
Kimera Bartee	CF	25	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	CF		Toledo	AAA
Jayson Bass	OF	23	Lakeland	A+
Jose Bautista	P	33	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Rayner Bautista	IF	19	Lakeland	A+
	IF		Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Willie Blair	P	31	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Matt Boone	OF	18	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Scott Bream	SS	26	Toledo	AAA
	SS		Jacksonville	AA
	SS		Lakeland	A+
Doug Brocail	P	30	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Julio Bruno	3B	24	Jacksonville	AA
Rene Capellan	SS	19	West Michigan	A
Javier Cardona	C	22	Lakeland	A+
Raul Casanova	C	25	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	C		Toledo	AAA
Frank Catalanotto	LF-2B	23	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	LF-2B		Toledo	AAA
Jesus Cedeno	OF	21	West Michigan	A
Tony Clark	1B	25	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Vince Coleman	LF-CF	37	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Decomba Conner	OF	24	Jacksonville	AA
	OF		Lakeland	A+
Dean Crow	P	25	Toledo	AAA
Deivi Cruz	SS	21	Detroit Tigers	MLB
John Cummings	P	28	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Glenn Dishman	P	26	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Brian Dubose	OF	26	West Michigan	A
Roberto Duran	P	24	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Damion Easley	2B	27	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Juan Encarnacion	RF-CF	21	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	RF-CF		Jacksonville	AA
Robert Fick	1B-RF	23	West Michigan	A
Sean Freeman	1B		Lakeland	A+
Alejandro Freire	IF	23	Lakeland	A+
Travis Fryman	3B-SS	28	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Brian Fuller	C		Lakeland	A+
Eddie Gaillard	P	27	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Luis Garcia	SS	22	Jacksonville	AA
Ryan Grimmett	OF	22	Jamestown	A-
Dave Hajek	3B-2B	29	Toledo	AAA
Joe Hall	LF-RF	31	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	LF-RF		Toledo	AAA
Bob Hamelin	1B	29	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	1B		Toledo	AAA
Shawn Hare	LF-RF	30	Toledo	AAA
Andy Hasburn			Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Justin Hazelton	OF	19	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Juan Hernaiz	OF	22	Lakeland	A+
Fernando Hernandez	P	26	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	P		Toledo	AAA
Brennan Hervey	1B		Jamestown	A-
Bobby Higginson	LF-RF	27	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Ray Holbert	SS-2B	27	Toledo	AAA
Brian Hunter	CF-LF	26	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Jimmy Hurst	RF	25	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	RF		Toledo	AAA
	RF		Jacksonville	AA
Tim Hyers	1B-OF	25	Toledo	AAA
Jesse Ibarra	1B	25	Jacksonville	AA
Mandy Jacomino	OF	23	Jamestown	A-
Kevin Jarvis	P	28	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Marcus Jensen	C	24	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	C		Toledo	AAA
Brian Johnson	C	29	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	C		Toledo	AAA
Earl Johnson	OF	25	Jacksonville	AA
Todd Jones	P	29	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Gabe Kapler	CF-RF	22	Lakeland	A+
Greg Keagle	P	26	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Brad Komminsk	OF-CF	36	Toledo	AAA
Steve Lackey	SS	23	Jacksonville	AA
	SS		Lakeland	A+
Jacques Landry	OF	24	West Michigan	A
Balmes Lara	OF	19	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Dan Lauterhahn	2B	21	Jamestown	A-
Chris Lemonis	2B-SS	24	West Michigan	A
Kevin Lidle	P	25	Jacksonville	AA
Jeremiah Lignitz	C	20	Jamestown	A-
Rodney Linares	IF	20	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
David Lindstrom	C	23	Lakeland	A+
Felipe Lira	P	25	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Jose Macias	3B-CF	23	Lakeland	A+
Scott Makarewicz	C	30	Toledo	AAA
Del Marine	3B	25	Jacksonville	AA
Jesus Marquez	OF	24	Jacksonville	AA
Antonio Mckinney	OF	19	Jamestown	A-
	OF		Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Jorge Meran	C	23	Jamestown	A-
Dan Miceli	P	27	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Orlando Miller	SS	28	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	SS		Toledo	AAA
	SS		Jacksonville	AA
	SS		Lakeland	A+
Derek Mitchell	IF	22	West Michigan	A
Tony Mitchell	OF	26	Toledo	AAA
Brian Moehler	P	25	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Juan Mora	OF	19	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Mike Myers	P	28	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Phil Nevin	3B-1B	26	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	3B-1B		Toledo	AAA
	3B-1B		Lakeland	A+
Melvin Nieves	RF-LF	25	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Omar Olivares	P	30	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Richard Ozarowski	SS	22	West Michigan	A
	SS		Jamestown	A-
Chris Parker			Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Clark Parker	2B	22	Jamestown	A-
Bernie Pedersoli	C		Jamestown	A-
Darrell Pender	OF		Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Fray Peniche	1B	20	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Santiago Perez	SS-CF	21	Lakeland	A+
Curtis Pride	LF-RF	28	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Tim Pugh	P	30	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Jody Reed	2B-SS	35	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Deurys Reyes	OF	18	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Brian Rios	3B	23	Jamestown	A-
Mike Rivera	C	21	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Dave Roberts	CF-LF	25	Jacksonville	AA
Adam Rodriguez	C	26	Toledo	AAA
	C		Jacksonville	AA
Steve Rodriguez	2B-SS	26	Toledo	AAA
T.J. Runnells	2B	19	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
A.J. Sager	P	32	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Jerry Salzano	3B	22	Lakeland	A+
Scott Sanders	P	28	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Pedro Santana	IF	21	West Michigan	A
Jeremy Sassanella	C	18	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Jacob Schaffer	SS	22	Jamestown	A-
	SS		Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Heath Schesser	SS	21	Jamestown	A-
Tom Schmidt	3B	24	Jacksonville	AA
Ira Smith	OF-2B	30	Toledo	AAA
	OF-2B		Jacksonville	AA
Scott Sollmann	OF	22	West Michigan	A
Franklin Sosa			West Michigan	A
Maxim St. Pierre	C	17	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Alex Steele	OF	21	Jamestown	A-
Chad Stevenson	C	21	West Michigan	A
Justin Thompson	P	24	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Bubba Trammell	RF-LF	25	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	RF-LF		Toledo	AAA
Carlos Villalobos	3B	23	Lakeland	A+
Chris Wakeland	RF	23	West Michigan	A
Matt Walbeck	C	27	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	C		Toledo	AAA
	C		Lakeland	A+
Keith Whitner	OF		Jamestown	A-
Alexis Zapata	OF	20	West Michigan	A

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
John Alkire	22	Jamestown	A-
Aaron Alvord	20	Lakeland	A+
	20	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Ben Bailey	23	Lakeland	A+
Brian Barnes	30	Toledo	AAA
Chris Bauer	23	Lakeland	A+
	23	West Michigan	A
Jose Bautista	33	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Matthew Beck	22	Jamestown	A-
Justin Bettencourt	23	Lakeland	A+
Willie Blair	31	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	31	Toledo	AAA
	31	West Michigan	A
Dave Borkowski	20	West Michigan	A
Doug Brocail	30	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Clay Bruner	20	West Michigan	A
Jose Castillo	20	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Francisco Cordero	22	West Michigan	A
Bryan Corey	23	Jacksonville	AA
Dean Crow	25	Toledo	AAA
John Cummings	28	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	28	Toledo	AAA
Derek Dace	22	Toledo	AAA
	22	Lakeland	A+
	22	West Michigan	A
Dave Darwin	23	Lakeland	A+
	23	West Michigan	A
Michael Diebolt	22	Jamestown	A-
Eric Dinyar	24	Lakeland	A+
	24	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Glenn Dishman	26	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	26	Toledo	AAA
Matt Drews	23	Toledo	AAA
	23	Jacksonville	AA
Mike Drumright	23	Toledo	AAA
	23	Jacksonville	AA
Roberto Duran	24	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	24	Jacksonville	AA
Peter Durkovic	24	Lakeland	A+
Ramon Fermin	24	Toledo	AAA
John Foran	23	West Michigan	A
Eddie Gaillard	27	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	27	Toledo	AAA
Kevin Gallaher	29	Toledo	AAA
	29	Jacksonville	AA
Apostol Garcia	21	West Michigan	A
Scott Gentile	26	Jacksonville	AA
Gary Goldsmith	26	Toledo	AAA
	26	Jacksonville	AA
Joel Greene	21	Jamestown	A-
Rick Greene	26	Toledo	AAA
Seth Greisinger	22	Jacksonville	AA
John Guilmet	22	Jamestown	A-
Dave Hajek	29	Toledo	AAA
Denny Harriger	28	Toledo	AAA
Fernando Hernandez	26	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	26	Toledo	AAA
Jason Howard	22	Jamestown	A-
Kevin Jarvis	28	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	28	Toledo	AAA
Craig Johnson	21	Jamestown	A-
Bruce Johnston	20	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Todd Jones	29	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Greg Keagle	26	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	26	Toledo	AAA
Kris Keller	19	Jamestown	A-
Keith Kimsey	25	Lakeland	A+
Felipe Lira	25	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Shane Loux	18	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Dave Malenfant	22	Lakeland	A+
	22	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Kenny Marrero	27	Jacksonville	AA
Romulo Martinez	20	West Michigan	A
Richard Mear	21	Jamestown	A-
David Melendez	21	Jacksonville	AA
	21	Lakeland	A+
Hector Mercado	23	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Dan Miceli	27	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Kevin Mobley	22	Jamestown	A-
Brian Moehler	25	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Mike Myers	28	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Matt Oakley	24	Lakeland	A+
Omar Olivares	30	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Leonardo Patino	23	Lakeland	A+
Fray Peniche	20	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Mark Persails	21	Jamestown	A-
Brian Powell	23	Lakeland	A+
Tim Pugh	30	Detroit Tigers	MLB
	30	Toledo	AAA
Craig Quintal	22	West Michigan	A
Jose Ramirez	22	Jamestown	A-
Aaron Reed	19	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Brandon Reed	22	Jacksonville	AA
Homero Rivera	20	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Raul Rivera		Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Rick Roberts	18	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Willis Roberts	22	Jacksonville	AA
Greg Romo	22	West Michigan	A
Rafael Rosario	20	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Reynaldo Rosario	20	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
John Rosengren	25	Toledo	AAA
A.J. Sager	32	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Scott Sanders	28	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Juan Santamaria	20	Jamestown	A-
Alfredo Santana	19	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Marino Santana	25	Jacksonville	AA
Victor Santos	20	Lakeland	A+
Chad Schroeder	24	Jacksonville	AA
	24	Lakeland	A+
	24	West Michigan	A
Keilan Smith	23	Lakeland	A+
Bill Snyder	22	Jamestown	A-
Trad Sobik	21	Lakeland	A+
Russ Spear	20	West Michigan	A
Justin Thompson	24	Detroit Tigers	MLB
Alan Webb	18	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk
Mark Zamarripa	23	Lakeland	A+
	23	West Michigan	A
	23	Gulf Coast Tigers	Rk