American League Central · 2016
Detroit Tigers
- Team WAR
- 35.7 23.6 bat / 12.1 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 5.2 WAR, and Justin Verlander the rotation at a 3.04 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,453 team hits
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 158 | 679 | 188 | 38 | 108 | 0 | .316 | .393 | .563 | .403 | 154 | 5.2 |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 153 | 679 | 178 | 28 | 83 | 14 | .288 | .348 | .484 | .360 | 125 | 4.7 |
| J.D. Martinez | RF | 120 | 517 | 141 | 22 | 68 | 1 | .307 | .373 | .535 | .388 | 144 | 3.7 |
| 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 | 2.5 |
| Justin Upton | LF | 153 | 626 | 140 | 31 | 87 | 9 | .246 | .310 | .465 | .334 | 108 | 1.9 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 154 | 610 | 160 | 27 | 86 | 0 | .289 | .351 | .476 | .354 | 122 | 1.8 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 135 | 513 | 119 | 4 | 32 | 7 | .255 | .306 | .336 | .285 | 75 | 0.8 |
| James McCann | C | 103 | 373 | 76 | 12 | 48 | 0 | .221 | .272 | .358 | .276 | 69 | 0.6 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C | 88 | 292 | 42 | 12 | 38 | 0 | .171 | .284 | .346 | .281 | 72 | 0.4 |
| 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 |
| Andrew Romine | 3B | 66 | 194 | 41 | 2 | 16 | 8 | .236 | .304 | .322 | .281 | 72 | 0.2 |
| John Hicks | 1B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | .632 | 308 | 0.1 |
| Anthony Gose | CF | 27 | 101 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .209 | .287 | .341 | .280 | 72 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Norris | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .232 | 40 | -0.0 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | P | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 31 | -0.0 |
| Dixon Machado | SS | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .308 | .100 | .228 | 37 | -0.0 |
| Justin Verlander | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .175 | 1 | -0.0 |
| Shane Greene | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Michael Fulmer | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| JaCoby Jones | 3B | 10 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .321 | .230 | 38 | -0.1 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | P | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Casey McGehee | 3B | 27 | 96 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .228 | .260 | .239 | .225 | 35 | -0.4 |
| Mike Aviles | RF | 59 | 181 | 35 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .210 | .258 | .269 | .238 | 43 | -0.8 |
Pitching
23 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Justin Verlander | 34 | 34 | 227.2 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 254 | 3.04 | 3.48 | 1.00 | 10.0 | 4.1 |
| Michael Fulmer | 26 | 26 | 159.0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 132 | 3.06 | 3.76 | 1.12 | 7.5 | 2.4 |
| Shane Greene | 50 | 3 | 60.1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 59 | 5.82 | 3.13 | 1.33 | 8.8 | 1.0 |
| 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 | 0.9 |
| Alex Wilson | 62 | 0 | 73.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2.96 | 3.60 | 1.22 | 6.0 | 0.8 |
| Kyle Ryan | 56 | 0 | 55.2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 3.07 | 3.33 | 1.13 | 5.7 | 0.8 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | 19 | 18 | 105.1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 66 | 4.87 | 4.42 | 1.37 | 5.6 | 0.8 |
| Francisco Rodríguez | 61 | 0 | 58.1 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 52 | 3.24 | 3.83 | 1.13 | 8.0 | 0.5 |
| Bruce Rondón | 37 | 0 | 36.1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 2.97 | 3.70 | 0.96 | 11.1 | 0.4 |
| Matthew Boyd | 20 | 18 | 97.1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 4.53 | 4.75 | 1.29 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| 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 |
| Logan Kensing | 3 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.93 | 4.00 | 2.14 | 1.9 | 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 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 24 | 22 | 119.0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 56 | 5.07 | 5.15 | 1.73 | 4.2 | -0.1 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | 35 | 26 | 153.1 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 135 | 5.87 | 5.06 | 1.46 | 7.9 | -0.2 |
| 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 | -0.6 |
Record versus run differential
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.