The Detroit Tigers went 81-81 in 2010, a .500 winning percentage — 16th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 751 runs and allowed 743, a run differential of +8. The offence ranked 11th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.34 staff ERA was 25th of 30. Their 108 team wRC+ was 8% above league average — 7th of 30 in MLB. Miguel Cabrera led the position players at 6.8 WAR, and Justin Verlander the rotation at a 3.37 ERA.
The 2010 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL Central, 13 games back. They spent 15 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on July 7 and were as far as 16 games back on September 16. Their best month was March/April at 14-10, their worst July at 11-15. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from June 11 to June 18 and a 7-game losing streak from July 11 to July 20. They were 52-29 at home and 29-52 on the road, 16-26 in one-run games and 38-45 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-3 against the Royals on August 23; the heaviest defeat, 15-3 at the White Sox on June 9.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
10
.583
120
113
+7
May
12
14
.462
101
107
-6
June
15
12
.556
126
131
-5
July
11
15
.423
106
121
-15
August
13
16
.448
139
134
+5
Sept/Oct
16
14
.533
159
137
+22
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
52-29
.642
Road
29-52
.358
One-run games
16-26
.381
Extra innings
7-8
.467
Within the division
38-34
.528
Against .500+ clubs
38-45
.458
Decided by 5+ runs
22-21
.512
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League Central standings, 2010
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2010. 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
30,386
30,552
17,058
45,010
Night
46
30,283
29,563
17,738
42,549
Day
35
30,520
31,130
17,058
45,010
Weekend
39
34,678
34,501
24,170
45,010
Weekday
42
26,400
26,160
17,058
34,476
On the road
79
29,702
28,563
10,161
48,143
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
26,039
May
14
32,159
Jun
12
30,591
Jul
16
32,358
Aug
16
31,227
Sep
13
28,167
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, 2010.
Regulation
2:48
147 games
All games
2:54
Extra innings
3:48
15 of them
Longest
4:53
2010-07-19, 14 inn
Shortest
1:44
2010-06-02
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
2:54
2:50
1:44
4:53
Regulation
147
2:48
2:47
1:44
3:49
Extra innings
15
3:48
3:33
2:50
4:53
Home
81
2:52
2:48
1:44
4:53
Road
81
2:55
2:53
2:00
4:47
Day
63
2:51
2:47
2:12
3:52
Night
99
2:55
2:51
1:44
4:53
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:56
May
14
2:55
Jun
12
2:44
Jul
16
2:59
Aug
16
2:51
Sep
13
2:46
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 168 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 81-81, a .500 win rate, while their +8 run differential implies .505. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
