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.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL Central, 8 games back. They spent 5 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 8 and were as far as 8.5 games back on May 13. Their best month was July at 16-10, their worst May at 11-17. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from July 25 to August 3 and a 7-game losing streak from May 3 to May 9. They were 45-35 at home and 41-40 on the road, 26-17 in one-run games and 37-52 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-0 against the Indians on September 27; the heaviest defeat, 16-5 at the Royals on June 18.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
10
.565
109
93
+16
May
11
17
.393
121
156
-35
June
17
11
.607
154
135
+19
July
16
10
.615
119
101
+18
August
15
13
.536
114
108
+6
Sept/Oct
14
14
.500
133
128
+5
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-35
.563
Road
41-40
.506
One-run games
26-17
.605
Extra innings
5-4
.556
Within the division
38-37
.507
Against .500+ clubs
37-52
.416
Decided by 5+ runs
23-20
.535
Last 10
5-5
.500
American League Central standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2016. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
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.
