The Detroit Tigers went 86-77 in 2009, a .528 winning percentage — 13th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 743 runs and allowed 745, a run differential of -2. The offence ranked 15th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.21 staff ERA was 10th of 30. Their 98 team wRC+ was 2% below league average — 16th of 30 in MLB. Miguel Cabrera led the position players at 4.9 WAR, and Justin Verlander the rotation at a 3.45 ERA.
The 2009 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 164 of 184 days in first place, led by as many as 7 games on September 6 and were as far as 3 games back on May 7. Their best month was May at 17-11, their worst July at 10-14. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from May 15 to May 22 and a 5-game losing streak from September 8 to September 12. They were 51-30 at home and 35-47 on the road, 28-22 in one-run games and 36-39 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-2 against the Rangers on April 10; the heaviest defeat, 11-0 against the Yankees on April 28.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
10
.524
112
105
+7
May
17
11
.607
144
106
+38
June
15
13
.536
112
134
-22
July
10
14
.417
103
96
+7
August
16
13
.552
126
144
-18
Sept/Oct
17
16
.515
146
160
-14
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
51-30
.630
Road
35-47
.427
One-run games
28-22
.560
Extra innings
6-5
.545
Within the division
39-34
.534
Against .500+ clubs
36-39
.480
Decided by 5+ runs
17-23
.425
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League Central standings, 2009
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2009. 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
31,694
32,074
18,905
44,588
Night
49
30,937
31,187
20,422
41,782
Day
32
32,852
32,678
18,905
44,588
Weekend
40
34,227
34,915
18,905
44,588
Weekday
41
29,223
29,104
20,212
42,332
On the road
82
29,622
31,382
10,563
54,088
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
8
27,112
May
14
28,335
Jun
12
34,449
Jul
13
34,595
Aug
17
33,459
Sep
13
28,879
Oct
4
36,562
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, 2009.
Regulation
2:46
151 games
All games
2:51
Extra innings
3:51
11 of them
Longest
3:33
2009-10-01, 9 inn
Shortest
2:18
2009-09-02
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
2:51
2:48
2:02
5:07
Regulation
151
2:46
2:45
2:02
3:34
Extra innings
11
3:51
3:35
2:52
5:07
Home
80
2:47
2:45
2:18
3:33
Road
82
2:54
2:49
2:02
5:07
Day
59
2:50
2:48
2:18
4:37
Night
103
2:51
2:46
2:02
5:07
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
8
2:52
May
14
2:39
Jun
11
2:50
Jul
13
2:43
Aug
17
2:45
Sep
13
2:56
Oct
4
2:48
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 166 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 86-77, a .528 win rate, while their -2 run differential implies .499. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
