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.
The 2015 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL Central, 20.5 games back. They spent 22 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 16 and were as far as 21 games back on September 3. Their best month was March/April at 15-8, their worst August at 10-17. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from April 6 to April 12 and an 8-game losing streak from May 28 to June 5. They were 38-43 at home and 36-44 on the road, 26-22 in one-run games and 51-59 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-1 against the Twins on May 14; the heaviest defeat, 15-1 at the Blue Jays on August 29.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
8
.652
108
98
+10
May
13
16
.448
106
117
-11
June
11
13
.458
117
120
-3
July
11
16
.407
131
161
-30
August
10
17
.370
105
144
-39
Sept/Oct
14
17
.452
122
163
-41
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
38-43
.469
Road
36-44
.450
One-run games
26-22
.542
Extra innings
9-8
.529
Within the division
41-34
.547
Against .500+ clubs
51-59
.464
Decided by 5+ runs
19-31
.380
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League Central standings, 2015
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2015. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
3:09
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
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.
