The Detroit Tigers went 95-67 in 2006, a .586 winning percentage — 4th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 822 runs and allowed 675, a run differential of +147. The offence ranked 8th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.88 staff ERA was the second best. Their 104 team wRC+ was 4% above league average — 9th of 30 in MLB. Carlos Guillén led the position players at 5.5 WAR, and Jeremy Bonderman the rotation at a 4.08 ERA.
The 2006 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL Central, 1 game back. They spent 147 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 10 games on August 7 and were as far as 3.5 games back on May 9. Their best month was June at 20-7, their worst Sept/Oct at 12-16. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from May 20 to May 27 and a 5-game losing streak from August 8 to August 13. They were 46-35 at home and 49-32 on the road, 24-20 in one-run games and 40-40 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 18-1 against the Twins on April 29; the heaviest defeat, 12-1 at the Twins on September 10.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
9
.640
133
83
+50
May
19
9
.679
130
116
+14
June
20
7
.741
157
96
+61
July
15
10
.600
129
123
+6
August
13
16
.448
116
113
+3
Sept/Oct
12
16
.429
157
144
+13
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
46-35
.568
Road
49-32
.605
One-run games
24-20
.545
Extra innings
4-8
.333
Within the division
45-30
.600
Against .500+ clubs
40-40
.500
Decided by 5+ runs
30-18
.625
Last 10
4-6
.400
2006 postseason
In October the Detroit Tigers beat the Yankees 3-1 in the ALDS, beat the Athletics 4-0 in the ALCS, then lost the World Series to the Cardinals 4-1.
ALDS vs Yankees3-1 W
Game 1, October 3 L 4-8 at Yankees
Game 2, October 5 W 4-3 at Yankees
Game 3, October 6 W 6-0 vs Yankees
Game 4, October 7 W 8-3 vs Yankees
ALCS vs Athletics4-0 W
Game 1, October 10 W 5-1 at Athletics
Game 2, October 11 W 8-5 at Athletics
Game 3, October 13 W 3-0 vs Athletics
Game 4, October 14 W 6-3 vs Athletics
World Series vs Cardinals1-4 L
Game 1, October 21 L 2-7 vs Cardinals
Game 2, October 22 W 3-1 vs Cardinals
Game 3, October 24 L 0-5 at Cardinals
Game 4, October 26 L 4-5 at Cardinals
Game 5, October 27 L 2-4 at Cardinals
American League Central standings, 2006
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2006. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
32,049
35,624
9,597
44,179
Night
52
32,268
35,982
9,597
43,128
Day
29
31,655
32,948
12,601
44,179
Weekend
39
36,295
38,442
14,303
43,128
Weekday
42
28,105
26,982
9,597
44,179
On the road
81
29,189
29,623
9,746
54,771
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
23,355
May
16
26,355
Jun
14
32,069
Jul
10
38,830
Aug
14
38,980
Sep
16
32,348
Oct
1
40,155
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2006.
Regulation
2:43
150 games
All games
2:46
Extra innings
3:30
12 of them
Longest
4:37
2006-10-01, 12 inn
Shortest
2:01
2006-04-30
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
2:46
2:42
2:01
4:37
Regulation
150
2:43
2:40
2:01
3:48
Extra innings
12
3:30
3:28
2:42
4:37
Home
81
2:47
2:42
2:01
4:37
Road
81
2:45
2:42
2:08
3:48
Day
58
2:45
2:42
2:01
4:37
Night
104
2:47
2:42
2:02
4:04
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:31
May
16
2:37
Jun
14
2:58
Jul
10
2:49
Aug
14
2:43
Sep
16
2:53
Oct
1
4:37
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 163 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Detroit Tigers are 95-67, a .586 win rate, while their +147 run differential implies .589. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
