American League Central · 2013

Detroit Tigers 2013

93-691st in the AL Central Lost the ALCSComerica ParkAmerican League Central American League

Team WAR: 56.1
Win %: .574
Run diff: +172
wRC+: 116
ERA: 3.65
Home runs: 172

The Detroit Tigers went 93-69 in 2013, a .574 winning percentage — 6th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 796 runs and allowed 624, a run differential of +172. The offence ranked the second best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.65 staff ERA was 10th of 30. Their 116 team wRC+ was 16% above league average — the second best in MLB. Miguel Cabrera led the position players at 9.7 WAR, and Max Scherzer the rotation at a 2.90 ERA.

The 2013 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished first in the AL Central, 1 game clear. They spent 155 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 8.5 games on August 31 and were as far as 2.5 games back on May 20. Their best month was July at 18-8, their worst May at 14-14. The longest runs were a 12-game winning streak from July 26 to August 8 and a 4-game losing streak from April 18 to April 21. They were 51-30 at home and 42-39 on the road, 20-26 in one-run games and 48-40 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-2 at the Astros on May 4; the heaviest defeat, 20-4 at the Red Sox on September 4.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month	W	L	Pct	RS	RA	Diff
March/April	15	10	.600	125	98	+27
May	14	14	.500	148	114	+34
June	14	13	.519	123	113	+10
July	18	8	.692	153	92	+61
August	19	11	.633	150	113	+37
Sept/Oct	13	13	.500	97	94	+3

Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games	W-L	Pct
Home	51-30	.630
Road	42-39	.519
One-run games	20-26	.435
Extra innings	6-13	.316
Within the division	47-29	.618
Against .500+ clubs	48-40	.545
Decided by 5+ runs	33-15	.688
Last 10	5-5	.500

2013 postseason

In October the Detroit Tigers beat the Athletics 3-2 in the ALDS, then lost the ALCS to the Red Sox 4-2.

ALDS vs Athletics3-2 W

Game 1, October 4 W 3-2 at Athletics
Game 2, October 5 L 0-1 at Athletics
Game 3, October 7 L 3-6 vs Athletics
Game 4, October 8 W 8-6 vs Athletics
Game 5, October 10 W 3-0 at Athletics

ALCS vs Red Sox2-4 L

Game 1, October 12 W 1-0 at Red Sox
Game 2, October 13 L 5-6 at Red Sox
Game 3, October 15 L 0-1 vs Red Sox
Game 4, October 16 W 7-3 vs Red Sox
Game 5, October 17 L 3-4 vs Red Sox
Game 6, October 19 L 2-5 at Red Sox

American League Central standings, 2013

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

American League Central, 2013. Games back of the best record in the division.
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RS	RA	Diff	WAR
Detroit Tigers	93	69	.574	—	796	624	+172	56.1
Cleveland Indians	92	70	.568	1	745	662	+83	40.7
Kansas City Royals	86	76	.531	7	648	601	+47	26.3
Minnesota Twins	66	96	.407	27	614	788	-174	20.4
Chicago White Sox	63	99	.389	30	598	723	-125	19.8

2013 Detroit Tigers roster

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.

Catchers 3

Alex AvilaC · 100 G · 1.5 WAR
Brayan PeñaC · 69 G · 0.9 WAR
Bryan HoladayC · 13 G · 0.3 WAR

Infielders 7

Miguel Cabrera3B · 147 G · 9.7 WAR
Jhonny PeraltaSS · 107 G · 3.3 WAR
Prince Fielder1B · 162 G · 3.1 WAR
Omar Infante2B · 117 G · 3.0 WAR
Ramon Santiago2B · 69 G · -0.1 WAR
Danny Worth3B · 2 G · -0.1 WAR
Hernán Pérez2B · 26 G · -0.5 WAR

Outfielders 6

Torii HunterRF · 144 G · 3.1 WAR
Austin JacksonCF · 127 G · 3.0 WAR
Matt TuiasosopoLF · 75 G · 0.8 WAR
Andy DirksLF · 129 G · 0.6 WAR
Don KellyLF · 101 G · 0.2 WAR
Nick CastellanosLF · 8 G · -0.0 WAR

Designated hitters 1

Victor MartinezDH · 159 G · 1.0 WAR

Starting pitchers 5

Max Scherzer32 GS · 5.6 WAR
Aníbal Sánchez29 GS · 5.5 WAR
Justin Verlander34 GS · 4.3 WAR
Doug Fister32 GS · 4.1 WAR
Rick Porcello29 GS · 2.8 WAR

Relief pitchers 14

Drew Smyly63 G · 2.0 WAR
Joaquín Benoit66 G · 1.3 WAR
Bruce Rondón30 G · 0.5 WAR
Al Alburquerque53 G · 0.4 WAR
Darin Downs29 G · 0.4 WAR
Luke Putkonen30 G · 0.2 WAR
Evan Reed16 G · 0.2 WAR
Phil Coke49 G · 0.1 WAR
Octavio Dotel6 G · 0.0 WAR
Jose Ortega11 G · -0.1 WAR
Brayan Villarreal8 G · -0.3 WAR
Jose Alvarez14 G · -0.3 WAR
Jeremy Bonderman18 G · -0.3 WAR
Jose Valverde20 G · -0.5 WAR

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,570 team hits

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.

Batting

23 players, ranked by dbWAR.


Miguel Cabrera	3B	147	652	193	44	137	3	.348	.442	.636	.460	192	9.7
Jhonny Peralta	SS	107	448	124	11	55	3	.303	.358	.457	.360	125	3.3
Prince Fielder	1B	162	712	174	25	106	1	.279	.362	.457	.363	127	3.1
Torii Hunter	RF	144	652	184	17	84	3	.304	.334	.465	.350	118	3.1
Austin Jackson	CF	127	614	150	12	49	8	.272	.337	.417	.337	109	3.0
Omar Infante	2B	117	476	144	10	51	5	.318	.345	.450	.350	118	3.0
Alex Avila	C	100	379	75	11	47	0	.227	.317	.376	.314	94	1.5
Victor Martinez	DH	159	668	182	14	83	0	.301	.355	.430	.344	114	1.0
Brayan Peña	C	69	243	68	4	22	0	.297	.315	.397	.314	94	0.9
Matt Tuiasosopo	LF	75	191	40	7	30	0	.244	.351	.415	.347	116	0.8
Andy Dirks	LF	129	484	112	9	37	7	.256	.323	.363	.309	91	0.6
Bryan Holaday	C	13	33	8	1	2	0	.296	.367	.444	.363	127	0.3
Don Kelly	LF	101	251	48	6	23	2	.222	.309	.343	.295	81	0.2
Doug Fister	P	3	7	2	0	1	0	.400	.400	.400	.357	123	0.1
Max Scherzer	P	1	3	1	0	1	0	.333	.333	.667	.433	174	0.1
Rick Porcello	P	1	3	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.298	83	0.1
Jose Alvarez	P	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.352	120	0.0
Aníbal Sánchez	P	3	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.141	-23	-0.0
Justin Verlander	P	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-117	-0.0
Nick Castellanos	LF	8	18	5	0	0	0	.278	.278	.278	.248	49	-0.0
Ramon Santiago	2B	69	234	46	1	14	0	.224	.298	.288	.271	65	-0.1
Danny Worth	3B	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-117	-0.1
Hernán Pérez	2B	26	71	13	0	5	1	.197	.217	.227	.200	17	-0.5

Pitching

19 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.


Max Scherzer	32	32	214.1	21	3	0	240	2.90	2.74	0.97	10.1	5.6
Aníbal Sánchez	29	29	182.0	14	8	0	202	2.57	2.39	1.15	10.0	5.5
Justin Verlander	34	34	218.1	13	12	0	217	3.46	3.28	1.31	8.9	4.3
Doug Fister	33	32	208.2	14	9	0	159	3.67	3.26	1.31	6.9	4.1
Rick Porcello	32	29	177.0	13	8	0	142	4.32	3.53	1.28	7.2	2.8
Drew Smyly	63	0	76.0	6	0	2	81	2.37	2.31	1.04	9.6	2.0
Joaquín Benoit	66	0	67.0	4	1	24	73	2.01	2.87	1.03	9.8	1.3
Bruce Rondón	30	0	28.2	1	2	1	30	3.45	3.01	1.36	9.4	0.5
Al Alburquerque	53	0	49.0	4	3	0	70	4.59	3.72	1.49	12.9	0.4
Darin Downs	29	0	35.1	0	2	0	37	4.84	3.53	1.33	9.4	0.4
Luke Putkonen	30	0	29.2	1	3	0	28	3.03	3.82	1.31	8.5	0.2
Evan Reed	16	0	23.1	0	1	0	17	4.24	3.86	1.54	6.6	0.2
Phil Coke	49	0	38.1	0	5	1	30	5.40	4.14	1.67	7.0	0.1
Octavio Dotel	6	0	4.2	0	0	0	4	13.50	3.91	3.00	7.7	0.0
Jose Ortega	11	0	11.2	0	2	0	10	3.86	5.36	1.37	7.7	-0.1
Brayan Villarreal	8	0	4.1	0	2	0	6	20.77	9.51	3.92	12.5	-0.3
Jose Alvarez	14	6	38.2	1	5	0	31	5.82	5.19	1.50	7.2	-0.3
Jeremy Bonderman	18	7	55.0	2	4	0	32	5.40	5.12	1.55	5.2	-0.3
Jose Valverde	20	0	19.1	0	1	9	19	5.59	6.36	1.24	8.8	-0.5

Attendance

Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2013.

Average: 38,067
Median: 39,212
Total: 3,083,397
Best: 45,051
Quietest: 28,781
On the road: 28,025

By situation

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	38,067	39,212	28,781	45,051
Night	48	37,314	37,710	29,878	44,061
Day	33	39,161	40,491	28,781	45,051
Weekend	40	40,847	41,532	33,469	45,051
Weekday	41	35,354	35,635	28,781	41,880
On the road	81	28,025	25,919	12,401	46,782

Through the season

Average home crowd by month.
Month	Games	Average
Apr	13	34,502
May	13	37,546
Jun	16	37,245
Jul	11	41,127
Aug	17	39,003
Sep	11	39,582

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 160 completed games, 2013.

Regulation: 3:00
All games: 3:06
Extra innings: 3:51
Longest: 4:03
Shortest: 2:07

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	160	3:06	3:05	2:06	4:50
Regulation	141	3:00	3:00	2:06	4:03
Extra innings	19	3:51	3:40	3:08	4:50
Home	79	3:02	3:00	2:07	4:03
Road	81	3:10	3:06	2:06	4:50
Day	61	3:05	3:06	2:06	4:28
Night	99	3:07	3:04	2:07	4:50

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
Month	Games	Average
Apr	13	3:03
May	13	3:05
Jun	16	3:08
Jul	11	2:51
Aug	15	2:58
Sep	11	3:06

By season

Regulation games only, in minutes. 180 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 93-69, a .574 win rate, while their +172 run differential implies .610. That is about 6 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.