American League Central · 2015
Detroit Tigers 2015
- Team WAR
- 32.8 26.1 bat / 6.7 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 4.8 WAR, and David Price the rotation at a 2.45 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
26 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 119 | 511 | 145 | 18 | 76 | 1 | .338 | .440 | .534 | .419 | 177 | 4.8 |
| J.D. Martinez | RF | 158 | 657 | 168 | 38 | 102 | 3 | .282 | .344 | .535 | .377 | 146 | 4.7 |
| 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 | 3.9 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 118 | 454 | 125 | 2 | 23 | 11 | .300 | .347 | .370 | .318 | 103 | 2.1 |
| Anthony Gose | CF | 131 | 535 | 123 | 5 | 26 | 23 | .254 | .321 | .367 | .308 | 96 | 1.6 |
| Nick Castellanos | 3B | 152 | 595 | 140 | 15 | 73 | 0 | .255 | .303 | .419 | .314 | 101 | 1.5 |
| Rajai Davis | CF | 111 | 370 | 88 | 8 | 30 | 18 | .258 | .306 | .440 | .324 | 108 | 1.3 |
| James McCann | C | 111 | 425 | 106 | 7 | 41 | 0 | .264 | .297 | .387 | .300 | 91 | 1.1 |
| Tyler Collins | LF | 58 | 207 | 51 | 4 | 25 | 2 | .266 | .316 | .417 | .322 | 107 | 0.5 |
| Alex Avila | C | 62 | 219 | 34 | 4 | 13 | 0 | .191 | .339 | .287 | .299 | 90 | 0.4 |
| 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 |
| Jefry Marte | 1B | 30 | 90 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .212 | .284 | .412 | .308 | 96 | 0.2 |
| Dixon Machado | SS | 24 | 78 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .235 | .307 | .279 | .270 | 69 | 0.1 |
| Andrew Romine | SS | 72 | 203 | 47 | 2 | 15 | 10 | .255 | .307 | .315 | .278 | 75 | 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 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | P | 2 | 4 | 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 |
| Alfredo Simon | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.1 |
| Steven Moya | RF | 9 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .280 | .273 | .256 | 59 | -0.1 |
| David Price | P | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -127 | -0.1 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 120 | 485 | 108 | 11 | 64 | 0 | .245 | .301 | .366 | .289 | 83 | -1.2 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| David Price | 32 | 32 | 220.1 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 225 | 2.45 | 2.78 | 1.08 | 9.2 | 5.6 |
| Justin Verlander | 20 | 20 | 133.1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 113 | 3.37 | 3.49 | 1.09 | 7.6 | 2.2 |
| 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 | 0.3 |
| Alfredo Simon | 31 | 31 | 187.0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 117 | 5.05 | 4.77 | 1.44 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| Neftalí Feliz | 48 | 0 | 48.0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 6.38 | 4.05 | 1.56 | 7.3 | 0.2 |
| Daniel Norris | 13 | 13 | 60.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 3.75 | 4.63 | 1.20 | 6.8 | 0.2 |
| Kyle Lobstein | 13 | 11 | 63.2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 5.94 | 4.64 | 1.59 | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| Bruce Rondón | 35 | 0 | 31.0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 5.81 | 4.10 | 1.61 | 10.5 | 0.1 |
| Joe Nathan | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | -2.87 | 0.00 | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| Randy Wolf | 8 | 7 | 34.2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 6.23 | 4.78 | 1.76 | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| Drew VerHagen | 20 | 0 | 26.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.05 | 4.35 | 1.22 | 4.4 | 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 | -0.3 |
| Jeff Ferrell | 9 | 0 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.35 | 6.57 | 1.41 | 4.8 | -0.3 |
| Shane Greene | 18 | 16 | 83.2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 50 | 6.88 | 5.14 | 1.55 | 5.4 | -0.3 |
| Joba Chamberlain | 36 | 0 | 27.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4.88 | 5.37 | 1.70 | 7.5 | -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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2015.
- Average
- 33,655 81 home dates
- Median
- 33,727
- Total
- 2,726,048
- Best
- 45,030 2015-04-06
- Quietest
- 25,932 2015-09-09
- On the road
- 29,720 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 33,655 | 33,727 | 25,932 | 45,030 |
| Night | 47 | 32,344 | 32,926 | 25,932 | 42,098 |
| Day | 34 | 35,468 | 35,836 | 26,782 | 45,030 |
| Weekend | 38 | 35,732 | 36,414 | 26,378 | 42,098 |
| Weekday | 43 | 31,819 | 31,889 | 25,932 | 45,030 |
| On the road | 79 | 29,720 | 29,482 | 11,166 | 48,092 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 13 | 31,345 |
| May | 13 | 32,590 |
| Jun | 14 | 35,215 |
| Jul | 12 | 36,620 |
| Aug | 13 | 36,632 |
| Sep | 16 | 30,390 |
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, 2015.
- Regulation
- 3:04 144 games
- All games
- 3:09
- Extra innings
- 3:58 17 of them
- Longest
- 5:30 2015-06-30, 14 inn
- Shortest
- 2:12 2015-09-21
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 161 | 3:09 | 3:05 | 2:12 | 5:30 |
| Regulation | 144 | 3:04 | 3:01 | 2:12 | 4:16 |
| Extra innings | 17 | 3:58 | 3:53 | 2:55 | 5:30 |
| Home | 81 | 3:08 | 3:01 | 2:12 | 5:30 |
| Road | 80 | 3:11 | 3:10 | 2:13 | 4:56 |
| Day | 59 | 3:07 | 3:01 | 2:12 | 4:33 |
| Night | 102 | 3:11 | 3:07 | 2:13 | 5:30 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 13 | 2:55 |
| May | 13 | 3:04 |
| Jun | 14 | 3:10 |
| Jul | 12 | 3:21 |
| Aug | 13 | 3:03 |
| Sep | 16 | 3:13 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 184 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.
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.