The Detroit Tigers went 88-74 in 2012, a .543 winning percentage — 11th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 726 runs and allowed 670, a run differential of +56. The offence ranked 11th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.73 staff ERA was 9th of 30. Their 109 team wRC+ was 9% above league average — 5th of 30 in MLB. Miguel Cabrera led the position players at 7.7 WAR, and Justin Verlander the rotation at a 2.64 ERA.
The 2012 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL Central, 3 games clear. They spent 33 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 3 games on September 30 and were as far as 6 games back on May 24. Their best month was July at 16-10, their worst May at 13-16. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from July 4 to July 13 and a 5-game losing streak from April 22 to April 27. They were 50-31 at home and 38-43 on the road, 21-27 in one-run games and 40-34 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-0 against the Red Sox on April 7; the heaviest defeat, 13-0 against the Angels on July 17.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
11
.500
94
104
-10
May
13
16
.448
130
126
+4
June
14
13
.519
117
120
-3
July
16
10
.615
122
106
+16
August
16
11
.593
133
108
+25
Sept/Oct
18
13
.581
130
106
+24
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
50-31
.617
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
21-27
.438
Extra innings
4-5
.444
Within the division
43-29
.597
Against .500+ clubs
40-34
.541
Decided by 5+ runs
16-14
.533
Last 10
8-2
.800
2012 postseason
In October the Detroit Tigers beat the Athletics 3-2 in the ALDS, beat the Yankees 4-0 in the ALCS, then lost the World Series to the Giants 4-0.
ALDS vs Athletics3-2 W
Game 1, October 6 W 3-1 vs Athletics
Game 2, October 7 W 5-4 vs Athletics
Game 3, October 9 L 0-2 at Athletics
Game 4, October 10 L 3-4 at Athletics
Game 5, October 11 W 6-0 at Athletics
ALCS vs Yankees4-0 W
Game 1, October 13 W 6-4 at Yankees
Game 2, October 14 W 3-0 at Yankees
Game 3, October 16 W 2-1 vs Yankees
Game 4, October 18 W 8-1 vs Yankees
World Series vs Giants0-4 L
Game 1, October 24 L 3-8 at Giants
Game 2, October 25 L 0-2 at Giants
Game 3, October 27 L 0-2 vs Giants
Game 4, October 28 L 3-4 vs Giants
American League Central standings, 2012
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2012. 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
37,383
39,356
22,574
45,027
Night
45
36,833
37,406
27,729
44,593
Day
36
38,070
40,023
22,574
45,027
Weekend
38
40,347
40,950
30,788
44,710
Weekday
43
34,763
33,955
22,574
45,027
On the road
81
30,539
33,962
11,513
48,303
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
33,410
May
10
37,530
Jun
12
39,582
Jul
14
38,678
Aug
17
40,308
Sep
15
34,447
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, 2012.
Regulation
2:57
152 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
3:49
9 of them
Longest
4:45
2012-04-08, 11 inn
Shortest
2:11
2012-07-21
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
2:06
4:45
Regulation
152
2:57
2:57
2:06
3:44
Extra innings
9
3:49
3:38
3:03
4:45
Home
81
2:59
2:57
2:11
4:45
Road
80
3:01
3:00
2:06
4:43
Day
64
3:00
3:00
2:11
4:45
Night
97
2:59
2:58
2:06
4:06
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:11
May
10
2:51
Jun
12
3:01
Jul
14
2:54
Aug
17
3:04
Sep
15
2:51
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 +56 run differential implies .537. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
