1997 Lakeland Tigers (A+)

+ Florida State League

Parent Organization:	Detroit Tigers
Nickname:	Tigers
W-L Record:	81-57 .587
Rank:	2nd in Florida State League West
Run Differential:	650-569 + 81
Manager(s):	Mark Meleski
Location:	Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark:	Joker Marchant Stadium
Attendance:	21,198 14/14
Playoffs:	Lost in Semi-Finals
Years Active:	1977-2016

Coaching Staff

#1 Draft Picks

Phil Nevin (#1)

Organization Affiliates

MLB:	Detroit Tigers (MLB-AL)	79-83
AAA:	Toledo Mud Hens (IL)	68-73
AA:	Jacksonville Suns (Sou)	66-73
A+:	Lakeland Tigers (FSL)	81-57
A:	West Michigan Whitecaps (Midw)	92-39
A-:	Jamestown Jammers (NYPL)	25-49
Rk:	Gulf Coast Tigers (GCL)	31-29

Organizational Player Roster
Detroit Tigers Affiliate History

Florida State League West Standings
Team	W	L	WPct	GBL
St. Petersburg	81	56	.591	--
Lakeland	81	57	.587	0.5
Fort Myers	81	58	.583	1.0
Tampa	70	66	.515	10.5
Clearwater	70	68	.507	11.5
Charlotte	68	71	.489	14.0
Sarasota	63	76	.453	19.0
Dunedin	57	82	.410	25.0

Full League Standings

Batting Statistics

Batting Statistics

#	Player	Pos	Hi Lvl	Age	Diff	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	secA	Babip	K/BB	AB/HR	TB	PA
-	Gabe Kapler	OF	MLB	21	-1.9	137	519	87	153	40	6	19	87	8	6	54	68	5	4	0	10	8	.295	.361	.505	866	.210	.318	.303	1.26	27.3	262	588
-	Alejandro Freire	1B	MLB	22	-0.9	130	477	85	154	30	2	24	92	13	4	50	84	12	1	0	7	10	.323	.396	.545	941	.222	.346	.346	1.68	19.9	260	546
-	Santiago Perez	SS	MLB	21	-1.9	111	445	66	122	20	12	4	46	21	9	20	98	2	1	8	5	6	.274	.305	.400	705	.126	.198	.339	4.90	111.3	178	480
-	Juan Hernaiz	OF	AA	22	-0.9	118	438	58	122	13	6	12	56	29	13	22	107	3	1	1	1	0	.279	.317	.418	735	.139	.226	.344	4.86	36.5	183	465
-	Jose Macias	2B	MLB	23	0.1	122	424	54	113	18	2	2	21	10	14	52	33	2	1	8	2	10	.267	.348	.333	681	.066	.179	.284	0.63	212.0	141	488
-	Jayson Bass	OF	AAA	23	0.1	108	376	58	97	18	4	13	53	17	7	41	130	2	5	0	4	4	.258	.331	.431	762	.173	.309	.354	3.17	28.9	162	423
-	Ryan Balfe	3B	AAA	21	-1.9	86	312	40	84	13	2	13	48	1	1	24	75	3	3	1	6	7	.269	.322	.449	771	.179	.256	.309	3.13	24.0	140	346
-	Javier Cardona	C	MLB	21	-1.9	85	284	28	82	15	0	7	38	1	3	25	51	1	1	2	2	8	.289	.346	.415	761	.127	.208	.329	2.04	40.6	118	314
-	Steve Lackey	SS-3B	AA	22	-0.9	71	247	24	55	14	0	0	22	5	4	10	58	1	0	6	2	3	.223	.254	.279	533	.057	.101	.288	5.80	--	69	266
-	David Lindstrom	C	AAA	22	-0.9	76	213	25	44	8	0	3	14	1	0	24	25	3	0	5	2	9	.207	.293	.286	579	.080	.197	.219	1.04	71.0	61	247
-	Decomba Conner	OF	AA	23	0.1	56	201	35	64	7	4	7	29	9	2	21	47	0	1	3	1	1	.318	.381	.498	879	.179	.318	.385	2.24	28.7	100	226
-	Carlos Villalobos	3B	AAA	23	0.1	39	147	19	37	5	0	1	15	0	1	11	25	2	0	1	0	3	.252	.313	.306	619	.054	.122	.298	2.27	147.0	45	161
-	Jerry Salzano	3B-OF	AAA	22	-0.9	40	135	20	30	4	1	2	8	1	1	22	27	2	2	1	0	1	.222	.340	.311	651	.089	.252	.264	1.23	67.5	42	160
-	Brian Fuller	C	A+	24	1.1	45	129	13	28	2	1	2	18	0	0	7	26	3	0	3	2	5	.217	.270	.295	565	.078	.132	.252	3.71	64.5	38	144
-	Kurt Airoso	OF	AAA	22	-0.9	22	62	12	12	1	2	0	7	0	0	11	23	1	0	1	0	2	.194	.324	.274	598	.081	.258	.308	2.09	--	17	75
-	Glen Barker	OF	MLB	26	3.1	13	57	9	18	4	0	1	11	7	1	4	17	0	0	3	0	0	.316	.361	.439	800	.123	.298	.436	4.25	57.0	25	64
-	Sean Freeman		AA	25	2.1	13	53	3	12	0	0	1	5	0	0	3	12	0	0	0	0	2	.226	.268	.283	551	.057	.113	.275	4.00	53.0	15	56
-	Scott Bream	3B-2B	AAA	26	3.1	11	37	5	8	1	1	0	6	0	0	3	11	0	0	1	1	1	.216	.268	.297	565	.081	.162	.296	3.67	--	11	42
-	Orlando Miller	SS	MLB	28	5.1	5	21	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	.190	.227	.333	560	.143	.190	.235	4.00	--	7	22
-	Rayner Bautista	SS-2B	AAA	18	-4.9	6	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	334	.000	.000	.200	--	--	2	12
-	Matt Walbeck	C	MLB	27	4.1	4	10	4	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.643	.600	1243	.100	.400	.556	0.25	--	6	14
-	Phil Nevin	3B-1B	MLB	26	3.1	3	9	3	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.556	.667	1.000	1667	.444	.778	.667	0.67	9.0	9	12
Batting Totals						1301	4608	650	1251	216	44	112	583	123	67	412	926	42	21	44	45	82	.271	.328	.410	738	.139	.240	.315	2.25	41.1	1891	5109

Pitching Statistics

Pitching Statistics

#	Player	Hi Lvl	Age	Diff	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K/BB
-	Brian Powell	MLB	23	0.1	13	9	2.51	27	27	8	2	0	0	183.1	153	70	51	9	35	122	5	0	0	1.03	7.52	0.44	1.72	6.00	3.49
-	Victor Santos	MLB	20	-2.9	10	5	3.23	26	26	4	2	0	0	145.0	136	74	52	10	59	108	12	1	0	1.34	8.44	0.62	3.66	6.70	1.83
-	Justin Jensen	AA	23	0.1	7	10	4.15	25	25	1	0	0	0	143.1	143	78	66	10	68	112	9	0	0	1.48	9.00	0.63	4.28	7.05	1.65
-	David Melendez	AA	21	-1.9	8	4	1.76	15	15	2	1	0	0	102.1	70	28	20	5	32	79	3	3	0	1.00	6.18	0.44	2.82	6.97	2.47
-	Ben Bailey	A+	22	-0.9	4	4	3.87	15	14	1	1	0	0	93.0	102	49	40	5	24	61	5	1	0	1.35	9.87	0.48	2.32	5.90	2.54
-	Dave Darwin	AAA	23	0.1	10	1	2.49	12	12	1	0	0	0	82.2	70	23	23	2	18	41	1	1	0	1.06	7.59	0.22	1.95	4.45	2.28
-	Keith Kimsey	AA	24	1.1	2	5	5.06	26	12	0	0	8	1	80.1	92	57	45	5	42	42	6	2	0	1.68	10.35	0.56	4.73	4.73	1.00
-	Keilan Smith	AA	23	0.1	9	2	2.57	40	3	0	0	24	7	77.0	65	23	22	2	27	46	7	0	0	1.19	7.60	0.23	3.16	5.38	1.70
-	Leonardo Patino	A+	23	0.1	6	4	2.63	40	3	0	0	23	8	72.0	61	25	21	3	20	75	3	3	0	1.13	7.63	0.38	2.50	9.38	3.75
-	Peter Durkovic	AA	23	0.1	6	4	2.45	40	0	0	0	25	10	65.2	50	21	18	4	14	53	2	0	0	0.97	6.82	0.55	1.91	7.23	3.79
-	Matt Oakley	A+	23	0.1	1	2	5.93	27	0	0	0	8	0	43.2	54	35	29	2	26	34	3	0	0	1.82	11.05	0.41	5.32	6.95	1.31
-	Chris Bauer	A+	23	0.1	3	2	4.63	19	0	0	0	7	2	35.0	43	31	18	2	11	19	3	2	0	1.54	11.06	0.51	2.83	4.89	1.73
-	Chad Schroeder	AA	23	0.1	0	3	4.70	12	1	0	0	5	0	22.2	25	14	12	1	8	8	1	0	0	1.43	9.78	0.39	3.13	3.13	1.00
-	Eric Dinyar	A+	23	0.1	0	0	5.63	15	0	0	0	8	1	16.0	9	10	10	1	22	12	0	0	0	1.94	5.06	0.56	12.38	6.75	0.55
-	Mark Zamarripa	AA	22	-0.9	2	1	8.25	11	0	0	0	8	1	12.1	16	12	11	0	11	9	1	0	0	2.25	12.00	0.00	8.25	6.75	0.82
-	Aaron Alvord	A+	20	-2.9	0	0	3.00	5	0	0	0	2	0	9.1	9	3	3	0	2	4	0	0	0	1.22	9.00	0.00	2.00	4.00	2.00
-	Dave Malenfant	A+	22	-0.9	0	0	15.00	6	0	0	0	2	0	6.0	18	12	10	1	7	3	1	0	0	4.17	27.00	1.50	10.50	4.50	0.43
-	Derek Dace	AAA	22	-0.9	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	0	1	0	2.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.50	9.00	4.50	4.50	0.00	0.00
-	Trad Sobik	A+	21	-1.9	0	1	27.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	4	3	3	0	3	1	1	0	0	7.00	36.00	0.00	27.00	9.00	0.33
Batting Totals					81	57	3.43	365	138	17	6	121	30	1193	1122	569	455	63	430	829	63	13	0	1.30	8.46	0.48	3.24	6.25	1.93

Fielding Statistics
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Javier Cardona	C	80		498	75	12	7	.979	0.00
David Lindstrom	C	53		250	49	7	2	.977	0.00
Brian Fuller	C	18		75	11	0	0	1.000	0.00
Matt Walbeck	C	3		14	0	1	0	.933	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Alejandro Freire	1B	124		1114	76	17	87	.986	0.00
David Lindstrom	1B	19		132	10	2	6	.986	0.00
Phil Nevin	1B	1		9	1	0	2	1.000	0.00
Jerry Salzano	1B	1		9	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Carlos Villalobos	1B	1		12	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jose Macias	2B	120		255	349	7	65	.989	0.00
Steve Lackey	2B	18		45	44	5	8	.947	0.00
Scott Bream	2B	4		11	14	0	2	1.000	0.00
Rayner Bautista	2B	3		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ryan Balfe	3B	75		44	161	21	14	.907	0.00
Carlos Villalobos	3B	28		22	58	11	6	.879	0.00
Steve Lackey	3B	26		13	44	11	4	.838	0.00
Jerry Salzano	3B	11		10	16	3	0	.897	0.00
Scott Bream	3B	5		1	13	3	0	.824	0.00
Phil Nevin	3B	1		0	3	1	0	.750	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Santiago Perez	SS	109		148	322	34	50	.933	0.00
Steve Lackey	SS	28		32	82	7	13	.942	0.00
Rayner Bautista	SS	3		4	7	2	2	.846	0.00
Orlando Miller	SS	3		3	11	1	1	.933	0.00
Scott Bream	SS	1		1	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gabe Kapler	OF	137		252	14	6	3	.978	0.00
Juan Hernaiz	OF	104		197	3	5	1	.976	0.00
Jayson Bass	OF	86		146	7	6	0	.962	0.00
Decomba Conner	OF	56		133	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kurt Airoso	OF	16		21	1	1	0	.957	0.00
Glen Barker	OF	13		34	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jerry Salzano	OF	6		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Peter Durkovic	P	40		8	10	0	2	1.000	0.00
Leonardo Patino	P	40		3	9	1	0	.923	0.00
Keilan Smith	P	40		4	11	0	1	1.000	0.00
Matt Oakley	P	27		3	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Brian Powell	P	27		24	26	2	1	.962	0.00
Keith Kimsey	P	26		7	13	0	2	1.000	0.00
Victor Santos	P	26		8	26	1	2	.971	0.00
Justin Jensen	P	25		3	17	4	1	.833	0.00
Chris Bauer	P	19		3	7	2	0	.833	0.00
Ben Bailey	P	15		4	10	1	0	.933	0.00
Eric Dinyar	P	15		1	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
David Melendez	P	15		6	18	1	1	.960	0.00
Dave Darwin	P	12		9	13	1	3	.957	0.00
Chad Schroeder	P	12		2	1	1	0	.750	0.00
Mark Zamarripa	P	11		0	4	1	0	.800	0.00