American League Central · 2015
Detroit Tigers
- Team WAR
- 34.0 27.4 bat / 6.6 pitch
- Win %
- .460 pyth .430
- Run diff
- -114 4.28 / 4.99 per g
- wRC+
- 114
- ERA
- 4.53 FIP 4.35
- Home runs
- 167
The Detroit Tigers went 74-87 in 2015, a .460 winning percentage — 22nd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 689 runs and allowed 803, a run differential of -114. The offence ranked 16th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.53 staff ERA was 27th of 30. Their 114 team wRC+ was 14% above league average — the second best in MLB. Miguel Cabrera led the position players at 4.9 WAR, and David Price the rotation at a 2.45 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,574 team hits
Batting
26 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 119 | 511 | 145 | 18 | 76 | 1 | .338 | .440 | .534 | .419 | 177 | 4.9 |
| J.D. Martinez | RF | 158 | 657 | 168 | 38 | 102 | 3 | .282 | .344 | .535 | .377 | 146 | 4.6 |
| Yoenis Cespedes | LF | 158 | 676 | 184 | 35 | 105 | 7 | .291 | .328 | .542 | .371 | 142 | 4.6 |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 153 | 675 | 185 | 11 | 73 | 10 | .296 | .342 | .428 | .338 | 118 | 3.8 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 118 | 454 | 125 | 2 | 23 | 11 | .300 | .347 | .370 | .318 | 103 | 2.1 |
| Nick Castellanos | 3B | 152 | 595 | 140 | 15 | 73 | 0 | .255 | .303 | .419 | .314 | 101 | 2.0 |
| James McCann | C | 111 | 425 | 106 | 7 | 41 | 0 | .264 | .297 | .387 | .300 | 91 | 1.8 |
| Anthony Gose | CF | 131 | 535 | 123 | 5 | 26 | 23 | .254 | .321 | .367 | .308 | 96 | 1.7 |
| Rajai Davis | CF | 111 | 370 | 88 | 8 | 30 | 18 | .258 | .306 | .440 | .324 | 108 | 1.3 |
| Alex Avila | C | 62 | 219 | 34 | 4 | 13 | 0 | .191 | .339 | .287 | .299 | 90 | 0.6 |
| Tyler Collins | LF | 58 | 207 | 51 | 4 | 25 | 2 | .266 | .316 | .417 | .322 | 107 | 0.5 |
| Bryan Holaday | C | 24 | 65 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .281 | .292 | .453 | .322 | 107 | 0.4 |
| Josh Wilson | 2B | 16 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .316 | .350 | .395 | .330 | 113 | 0.2 |
| Daniel Norris | P | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .667 | 2.000 | .933 | 549 | 0.2 |
| Andrew Romine | SS | 72 | 203 | 47 | 2 | 15 | 10 | .255 | .307 | .315 | .278 | 75 | 0.1 |
| Jefry Marte | 1B | 30 | 90 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .212 | .284 | .412 | .308 | 96 | 0.1 |
| Dixon Machado | SS | 24 | 78 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .235 | .307 | .279 | .270 | 69 | 0.1 |
| Daniel Fields | LF | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | .425 | 181 | 0.0 |
| Buck Farmer | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .220 | 33 | -0.0 |
| Blaine Hardy | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.0 |
| Steven Moya | RF | 9 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .280 | .273 | .256 | 59 | -0.1 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | P | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.1 |
| Alfredo Simon | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.1 |
| Shane Greene | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.1 |
| David Price | P | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.2 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 120 | 485 | 108 | 11 | 64 | 0 | .245 | .301 | .366 | .289 | 83 | -0.9 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| David Price | 32 | 32 | 220.1 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 225 | 2.45 | 2.78 | 1.08 | 9.2 | 5.4 |
| Justin Verlander | 20 | 20 | 133.1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 113 | 3.37 | 3.49 | 1.09 | 7.6 | 2.1 |
| Blaine Hardy | 70 | 0 | 61.1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 3.08 | 2.89 | 1.35 | 8.1 | 1.1 |
| Alex Wilson | 59 | 1 | 70.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 2.19 | 3.53 | 1.03 | 4.9 | 0.7 |
| Joakim Soria | 72 | 0 | 67.2 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 64 | 2.53 | 3.71 | 1.09 | 8.5 | 0.6 |
| Al Alburquerque | 67 | 0 | 62.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 4.21 | 3.75 | 1.55 | 8.4 | 0.5 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | 25 | 25 | 157.0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 138 | 4.99 | 4.73 | 1.28 | 7.9 | 0.2 |
| Neftalí Feliz | 48 | 0 | 48.0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 6.38 | 4.05 | 1.56 | 7.3 | 0.2 |
| Alfredo Simon | 31 | 31 | 187.0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 117 | 5.05 | 4.77 | 1.44 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| Daniel Norris | 13 | 13 | 60.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 3.75 | 4.63 | 1.20 | 6.8 | 0.2 |
| Bruce Rondón | 35 | 0 | 31.0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 5.81 | 4.10 | 1.61 | 10.5 | 0.1 |
| Kyle Lobstein | 13 | 11 | 63.2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 5.94 | 4.64 | 1.59 | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| Joe Nathan | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | -2.87 | 0.00 | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| Drew VerHagen | 20 | 0 | 26.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.05 | 4.35 | 1.22 | 4.4 | 0.0 |
| Randy Wolf | 8 | 7 | 34.2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 6.23 | 4.78 | 1.76 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| Tom Gorzelanny | 48 | 0 | 39.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 5.95 | 4.53 | 1.73 | 8.2 | -0.1 |
| Angel Nesbitt | 24 | 0 | 21.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5.40 | 4.70 | 1.38 | 5.8 | -0.1 |
| Josh Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 16.13 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| José A. Váldez | 7 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 6.47 | 1.56 | 4.0 | -0.2 |
| Ian Krol | 33 | 0 | 28.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 5.79 | 5.17 | 1.71 | 8.4 | -0.2 |
| Jeff Ferrell | 9 | 0 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.35 | 6.57 | 1.41 | 4.8 | -0.3 |
| Joba Chamberlain | 36 | 0 | 27.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4.88 | 5.37 | 1.70 | 7.5 | -0.3 |
| Shane Greene | 18 | 16 | 83.2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 50 | 6.88 | 5.14 | 1.55 | 5.4 | -0.3 |
| Kyle Ryan | 16 | 6 | 56.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 4.47 | 5.26 | 1.42 | 4.8 | -0.5 |
| Guido Knudson | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18.00 | 15.53 | 3.20 | 10.8 | -0.7 |
| Buck Farmer | 14 | 5 | 40.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 7.36 | 6.65 | 1.74 | 5.4 | -1.0 |
| Matthew Boyd | 13 | 12 | 57.1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 7.53 | 6.59 | 1.59 | 6.8 | -1.2 |
Record versus run differential
Detroit Tigers are 74-87, a .460 win rate, while their -114 run differential implies .430. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.