The Detroit Tigers went 88-74 in 2007, a .543 winning percentage — 10th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 887 runs and allowed 797, a run differential of +90. The offence ranked the third best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.52 staff ERA was 17th of 30. Their 109 team wRC+ was 9% above league average — the third best in MLB. Magglio Ordonez led the position players at 6.9 WAR, and Justin Verlander the rotation at a 3.66 ERA.
The 2007 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL Central, 8 games back. They spent 59 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 2 games on June 24 and were as far as 8 games back on September 24. Their best month was June at 16-10, their worst August at 11-18. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from April 29 to May 8 and a 5-game losing streak from July 31 to August 5. They were 45-36 at home and 43-38 on the road, 27-19 in one-run games and 35-35 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-0 against the Yankees on August 27; the heaviest defeat, 16-4 at the Twins on May 13.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
11
.560
127
118
+9
May
16
12
.571
170
142
+28
June
16
10
.615
174
126
+48
July
15
12
.556
142
143
-1
August
11
18
.379
135
157
-22
Sept/Oct
16
11
.593
139
111
+28
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
43-38
.531
One-run games
27-19
.587
Extra innings
8-10
.444
Within the division
36-36
.500
Against .500+ clubs
35-35
.500
Decided by 5+ runs
26-21
.553
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League Central standings, 2007
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2007. 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
37,619
39,778
21,263
44,297
Night
52
37,179
39,912
21,263
44,250
Day
29
38,409
39,778
24,881
44,297
Weekend
39
41,086
41,078
31,147
44,250
Weekday
42
34,399
35,535
21,263
44,297
On the road
81
30,850
30,567
11,196
55,071
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
32,583
May
14
34,594
Jun
11
39,552
Jul
10
42,231
Aug
18
40,825
Sep
16
36,225
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 161 completed games, 2007.
Regulation
2:57
143 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
3:27
18 of them
Longest
4:28
2007-07-07, 13 inn
Shortest
1:59
2007-08-21
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
161
3:00
2:59
1:59
4:28
Regulation
143
2:57
2:57
1:59
3:44
Extra innings
18
3:27
3:28
2:14
4:28
Home
80
2:58
2:58
1:59
4:28
Road
81
3:02
3:01
2:08
3:44
Day
55
3:00
3:03
2:08
3:37
Night
106
3:00
2:58
1:59
4:28
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:07
May
14
2:48
Jun
11
2:56
Jul
10
3:10
Aug
18
3:02
Sep
15
2:50
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 177 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 88-74, a .543 win rate, while their +90 run differential implies .549. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
