The Detroit Tigers went 74-88 in 2008, a .457 winning percentage — 22nd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 821 runs and allowed 857, a run differential of -36. The offence ranked 5th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.93 staff ERA was 27th of 30. Their 106 team wRC+ was 6% above league average — 7th of 30 in MLB. Curtis Granderson led the position players at 4.7 WAR, and Justin Verlander the rotation at a 4.84 ERA.
The 2008 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL Central, 14.5 games back. They were as far as 15 games back on September 22. Their best month was June at 19-8, their worst Sept/Oct at 8-18. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from June 10 to June 15 and a 7-game losing streak from March 31 to April 8. They were 40-41 at home and 34-47 on the road, 16-25 in one-run games and 41-59 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 19-3 against the Twins on May 24; the heaviest defeat, 13-2 against the White Sox on April 6.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
15
.464
142
148
-6
May
10
17
.370
119
131
-12
June
19
8
.704
137
114
+23
July
13
13
.500
152
129
+23
August
11
17
.393
132
163
-31
Sept/Oct
8
18
.308
139
172
-33
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
40-41
.494
Road
34-47
.420
One-run games
16-25
.390
Extra innings
3-9
.250
Within the division
27-45
.375
Against .500+ clubs
41-59
.410
Decided by 5+ runs
22-29
.431
Last 10
3-7
.300
American League Central standings, 2008
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2008. 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
39,539
40,206
30,901
45,280
Night
51
39,102
39,478
30,901
45,280
Day
30
40,282
41,106
32,348
44,934
Weekend
38
41,057
41,163
34,569
45,280
Weekday
43
38,198
38,564
30,901
44,934
On the road
80
29,332
30,121
10,871
50,993
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
44,934
Apr
13
35,838
May
12
40,342
Jun
16
40,828
Jul
9
42,225
Aug
16
40,207
Sep
14
37,939
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, 2008.
Regulation
2:56
150 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
4:00
12 of them
Longest
3:57
2008-07-10, 11 inn
Shortest
2:04
2008-06-12
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
3:00
2:54
2:04
5:33
Regulation
150
2:56
2:52
2:04
3:55
Extra innings
12
4:00
3:49
3:12
5:33
Home
81
2:57
2:53
2:04
3:57
Road
81
3:04
2:55
2:17
5:33
Day
58
2:58
2:54
2:04
4:12
Night
104
3:02
2:57
2:13
5:33
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
3:37
Apr
13
2:54
May
12
2:58
Jun
16
2:50
Jul
9
2:57
Aug
16
2:58
Sep
14
3:02
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 176 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 74-88, a .457 win rate, while their -36 run differential implies .480. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
