The Detroit Tigers went 90-72 in 2014, a .556 winning percentage — 5th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 757 runs and allowed 705, a run differential of +52. The offence ranked the second best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.92 staff ERA was 24th of 30. Their 113 team wRC+ was 13% above league average — the second best in MLB. Victor Martinez led the position players at 5.7 WAR, and Max Scherzer the rotation at a 3.15 ERA.
The 2014 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 153 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 7.5 games on July 12 and were as far as 3 games back on August 23. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 16-10, their worst July at 13-13. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from April 29 to May 7 and a 5-game losing streak from May 31 to June 5. They were 45-36 at home and 45-36 on the road, 23-20 in one-run games and 49-39 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 16-4 at the Royals on July 10; the heaviest defeat, 20-6 at the Twins on August 22.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
9
.609
104
95
+9
May
17
12
.586
136
124
+12
June
14
13
.519
126
127
-1
July
13
13
.500
125
107
+18
August
16
15
.516
142
147
-5
Sept/Oct
16
10
.615
124
105
+19
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
45-36
.556
One-run games
23-20
.535
Extra innings
6-6
.500
Within the division
43-33
.566
Against .500+ clubs
49-39
.557
Decided by 5+ runs
27-21
.563
Last 10
6-4
.600
2014 postseason
In October the Detroit Tigers lost the ALDS to the Orioles 3-0.
ALDS vs Orioles0-3 L
Game 1, October 2 L 3-12 at Orioles
Game 2, October 3 L 6-7 at Orioles
Game 3, October 5 L 1-2 vs Orioles
American League Central standings, 2014
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2014. 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
36,015
36,912
23,451
45,068
Night
46
35,066
34,753
23,451
43,833
Day
35
37,262
38,109
23,625
45,068
Weekend
40
38,057
39,787
23,625
43,833
Weekday
41
34,023
33,908
23,451
45,068
On the road
81
28,801
28,122
9,990
53,231
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
45,068
Apr
13
27,891
May
11
36,499
Jun
14
37,585
Jul
15
37,901
Aug
11
41,617
Sep
16
34,723
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, 2014.
Regulation
3:09
150 games
All games
3:14
Extra innings
4:14
12 of them
Longest
4:01
2014-07-31, 9 inn
Shortest
2:13
2014-07-01
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
3:14
3:13
2:13
6:37
Regulation
150
3:09
3:10
2:13
4:10
Extra innings
12
4:14
4:08
2:50
6:37
Home
81
3:09
3:08
2:13
4:01
Road
81
3:19
3:13
2:25
6:37
Day
61
3:15
3:08
2:27
6:37
Night
101
3:13
3:14
2:13
4:42
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
3:01
Apr
13
3:15
May
11
3:08
Jun
14
3:11
Jul
15
3:08
Aug
11
3:01
Sep
16
3:13
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 189 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 90-72, a .556 win rate, while their +52 run differential implies .533. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
