The Detroit Tigers went 95-67 in 2011, a .586 winning percentage — 5th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 787 runs and allowed 711, a run differential of +76. The offence ranked 4th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.21 staff ERA was 23rd of 30. Their 113 team wRC+ was 13% above league average — 4th of 30 in MLB. Miguel Cabrera led the position players at 7.4 WAR, and Justin Verlander the rotation at a 2.40 ERA.
The 2011 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL Central, 15 games clear. They spent 83 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 15 games on September 28 and were as far as 8 games back on May 2. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 20-6, their worst March/April at 12-15. The longest runs were a 12-game winning streak from September 2 to September 14 and a 7-game losing streak from April 26 to May 2. They were 50-31 at home and 45-36 on the road, 29-17 in one-run games and 28-23 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 18-2 against the White Sox on September 4; the heaviest defeat, 14-1 against the Red Sox on May 26.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
15
.444
113
134
-21
May
16
11
.593
121
109
+12
June
16
12
.571
144
127
+17
July
13
13
.500
106
120
-14
August
18
10
.643
130
118
+12
Sept/Oct
20
6
.769
173
103
+70
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
50-31
.617
Road
45-36
.556
One-run games
29-17
.630
Extra innings
6-3
.667
Within the division
50-22
.694
Against .500+ clubs
28-23
.549
Decided by 5+ runs
24-18
.571
Last 10
7-3
.700
2011 postseason
In October the Detroit Tigers beat the Yankees 3-2 in the ALDS, then lost the ALCS to the Rangers 4-2.
ALDS vs Yankees3-2 W
Game 1, September 30 L 3-9 at Yankees
Game 2, October 2 W 5-3 at Yankees
Game 3, October 3 W 5-4 vs Yankees
Game 4, October 4 L 1-10 vs Yankees
Game 5, October 6 W 3-2 at Yankees
ALCS vs Rangers2-4 L
Game 1, October 8 L 2-3 at Rangers
Game 2, October 10 L 3-7 at Rangers
Game 3, October 11 W 5-2 vs Rangers
Game 4, October 12 L 3-7 vs Rangers
Game 5, October 13 W 7-5 vs Rangers
Game 6, October 15 L 5-15 at Rangers
American League Central standings, 2011
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2011. 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
32,618
33,572
17,784
44,846
Night
49
31,934
31,975
18,027
44,846
Day
32
33,665
35,756
17,784
44,799
Weekend
38
37,576
38,483
17,784
44,846
Weekday
43
28,236
28,480
18,027
40,589
On the road
81
27,630
26,433
10,925
48,943
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
25,113
May
15
28,282
Jun
16
31,471
Jul
12
36,977
Aug
12
37,325
Sep
14
37,236
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, 2011.
Regulation
2:58
152 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
3:29
9 of them
Longest
3:49
2011-06-29, 9 inn
Shortest
2:17
2011-06-09
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
2:17
4:43
Regulation
152
2:58
2:57
2:17
3:52
Extra innings
9
3:29
3:22
2:53
4:43
Home
80
2:57
2:55
2:17
3:49
Road
81
3:02
3:00
2:25
4:43
Day
60
2:57
2:57
2:19
3:52
Night
101
3:02
3:00
2:17
4:43
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:50
May
14
2:57
Jun
16
2:59
Jul
12
3:02
Aug
12
2:59
Sep
14
2:56
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 178 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 +76 run differential implies .546. That is about 6 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
