American League Central · 2016
Detroit Tigers 2016
- Team WAR
- 36.6 22.3 bat / 14.3 pitch
- Win %
- .534 pyth .518
- Run diff
- +29 4.66 / 4.48 per g
- wRC+
- 108
- ERA
- 4.24 FIP 4.16
- Home runs
- 210
The Detroit Tigers went 86-75 in 2016, a .534 winning percentage — 11th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 750 runs and allowed 721, a run differential of +29. The offence ranked 11th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.24 staff ERA was 19th of 30. Their 108 team wRC+ was 8% above league average — 4th of 30 in MLB. Miguel Cabrera led the position players at 5.0 WAR, and Justin Verlander the rotation at a 3.04 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 158 | 679 | 188 | 38 | 108 | 0 | .316 | .393 | .563 | .403 | 154 | 5.0 |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 153 | 679 | 178 | 28 | 83 | 14 | .288 | .348 | .484 | .360 | 125 | 4.8 |
| J.D. Martinez | RF | 120 | 517 | 141 | 22 | 68 | 1 | .307 | .373 | .535 | .388 | 144 | 3.5 |
| Nick Castellanos | 3B | 110 | 447 | 117 | 18 | 58 | 1 | .285 | .331 | .496 | .354 | 121 | 2.8 |
| Cameron Maybin | CF | 93 | 391 | 110 | 4 | 43 | 15 | .315 | .383 | .418 | .354 | 121 | 2.6 |
| Justin Upton | LF | 153 | 626 | 140 | 31 | 87 | 9 | .246 | .310 | .465 | .334 | 108 | 1.7 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 154 | 610 | 160 | 27 | 86 | 0 | .289 | .351 | .476 | .354 | 122 | 1.7 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 135 | 513 | 119 | 4 | 32 | 7 | .255 | .306 | .336 | .285 | 75 | 0.8 |
| Steven Moya | RF | 30 | 100 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 0 | .255 | .290 | .500 | .336 | 109 | 0.3 |
| Tyler Collins | CF | 49 | 151 | 32 | 4 | 15 | 1 | .235 | .305 | .382 | .302 | 86 | 0.2 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C | 88 | 292 | 42 | 12 | 38 | 0 | .171 | .284 | .346 | .281 | 72 | 0.2 |
| Andrew Romine | 3B | 66 | 194 | 41 | 2 | 16 | 8 | .236 | .304 | .322 | .281 | 72 | 0.2 |
| James McCann | C | 103 | 373 | 76 | 12 | 48 | 0 | .221 | .272 | .358 | .276 | 69 | 0.1 |
| John Hicks | 1B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | .632 | 308 | 0.1 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | P | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 31 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Norris | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .232 | 40 | 0.0 |
| Anthony Gose | CF | 27 | 101 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .209 | .287 | .341 | .280 | 72 | 0.0 |
| Justin Verlander | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .175 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Michael Fulmer | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Shane Greene | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Dixon Machado | SS | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .308 | .100 | .228 | 37 | -0.0 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | P | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| JaCoby Jones | 3B | 10 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .321 | .230 | 38 | -0.1 |
| Casey McGehee | 3B | 27 | 96 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .228 | .260 | .239 | .225 | 35 | -0.5 |
| Mike Aviles | RF | 59 | 181 | 35 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .210 | .258 | .269 | .238 | 43 | -1.0 |
Pitching
23 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Justin Verlander | 34 | 34 | 227.2 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 254 | 3.04 | 3.48 | 1.00 | 10.0 | 4.6 |
| Michael Fulmer | 26 | 26 | 159.0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 132 | 3.06 | 3.76 | 1.12 | 7.5 | 2.7 |
| Shane Greene | 50 | 3 | 60.1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 59 | 5.82 | 3.13 | 1.33 | 8.8 | 1.1 |
| Justin Wilson | 66 | 0 | 58.2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 65 | 4.14 | 3.18 | 1.33 | 10.0 | 1.0 |
| Daniel Norris | 14 | 13 | 69.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 3.38 | 3.93 | 1.40 | 9.2 | 1.0 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | 19 | 18 | 105.1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 66 | 4.87 | 4.42 | 1.37 | 5.6 | 0.9 |
| Alex Wilson | 62 | 0 | 73.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2.96 | 3.60 | 1.22 | 6.0 | 0.9 |
| Kyle Ryan | 56 | 0 | 55.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 3.07 | 3.33 | 1.13 | 5.7 | 0.9 |
| Francisco Rodríguez | 61 | 0 | 58.1 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 52 | 3.24 | 3.83 | 1.13 | 8.0 | 0.6 |
| Matthew Boyd | 20 | 18 | 97.1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 4.53 | 4.75 | 1.29 | 7.6 | 0.5 |
| Bruce Rondón | 37 | 0 | 36.1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 2.97 | 3.70 | 0.96 | 11.1 | 0.4 |
| Warwick Saupold | 6 | 0 | 9.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7.45 | 2.32 | 2.07 | 9.3 | 0.3 |
| Blaine Hardy | 21 | 0 | 25.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3.51 | 4.00 | 1.44 | 7.0 | 0.2 |
| Dustin Molleken | 4 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.32 | 3.03 | 2.04 | 8.6 | 0.2 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | 35 | 26 | 153.1 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 135 | 5.87 | 5.06 | 1.46 | 7.9 | 0.0 |
| Logan Kensing | 3 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.93 | 4.00 | 2.14 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 24 | 22 | 119.0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 56 | 5.07 | 5.15 | 1.73 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Romine | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.15 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Joe Mantiply | 5 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16.88 | 8.77 | 3.38 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Bobby Parnell | 6 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.75 | 6.90 | 2.25 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Drew VerHagen | 19 | 0 | 19.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7.11 | 5.41 | 1.84 | 4.7 | -0.2 |
| Buck Farmer | 14 | 1 | 29.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4.60 | 5.23 | 1.53 | 8.3 | -0.2 |
| Mark Lowe | 54 | 0 | 49.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 7.11 | 5.66 | 1.58 | 8.9 | -0.5 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2016.
- Average
- 31,173 80 home dates
- Median
- 31,174
- Total
- 2,493,859
- Best
- 45,049 2016-04-08
- Quietest
- 21,671 2016-04-25
- On the road
- 28,314 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 80 | 31,173 | 31,174 | 21,671 | 45,049 |
| Night | 47 | 30,106 | 29,771 | 21,671 | 41,053 |
| Day | 33 | 32,693 | 32,419 | 26,200 | 45,049 |
| Weekend | 38 | 33,719 | 32,974 | 25,086 | 45,049 |
| Weekday | 42 | 28,870 | 28,438 | 21,671 | 36,036 |
| On the road | 81 | 28,314 | 28,742 | 8,766 | 51,220 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 11 | 28,290 |
| May | 12 | 30,299 |
| Jun | 16 | 32,439 |
| Jul | 9 | 34,248 |
| Aug | 19 | 32,023 |
| Sep | 13 | 29,492 |
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 159 completed games, 2016.
- Regulation
- 3:03 150 games
- All games
- 3:06
- Extra innings
- 3:57 9 of them
- Longest
- 4:29 2016-06-20, 12 inn
- Shortest
- 2:22 2016-07-17
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 159 | 3:06 | 3:05 | 2:19 | 4:51 |
| Regulation | 150 | 3:03 | 3:04 | 2:19 | 3:51 |
| Extra innings | 9 | 3:57 | 3:53 | 3:07 | 4:51 |
| Home | 79 | 3:02 | 3:01 | 2:22 | 4:29 |
| Road | 80 | 3:09 | 3:09 | 2:19 | 4:51 |
| Day | 61 | 3:08 | 3:09 | 2:22 | 3:56 |
| Night | 98 | 3:05 | 3:04 | 2:19 | 4:51 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 11 | 3:01 |
| May | 12 | 3:01 |
| Jun | 16 | 3:06 |
| Jul | 9 | 2:53 |
| Aug | 19 | 2:59 |
| Sep | 12 | 3:12 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 183 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 86-75, a .534 win rate, while their +29 run differential implies .518. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.