American League Central · 2017
Detroit Tigers
- Team WAR
- 22.7 16.2 bat / 6.5 pitch
- Win %
- .395 pyth .411
- Run diff
- -159 4.54 / 5.52 per g
- wRC+
- 94
- ERA
- 5.26 FIP 4.67
- Home runs
- 182
The Detroit Tigers went 64-98 in 2017, a .395 winning percentage — the worst record in baseball. They scored 735 runs and allowed 894, a run differential of -159. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.26 staff ERA was the worst. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 25th of 30 in MLB. Justin Upton led the position players at 4.3 WAR, and Justin Verlander the rotation at a 3.36 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,425 team hits
Batting
25 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Justin Upton | LF | 152 | 635 | 152 | 35 | 109 | 14 | .273 | .361 | .540 | .383 | 134 | 4.3 |
| Nick Castellanos | 3B | 157 | 665 | 167 | 26 | 101 | 4 | .272 | .320 | .490 | .345 | 109 | 3.1 |
| Alex Avila | C | 108 | 376 | 82 | 14 | 49 | 0 | .264 | .387 | .447 | .366 | 123 | 2.8 |
| James McCann | C | 105 | 391 | 89 | 13 | 49 | 1 | .253 | .318 | .415 | .319 | 92 | 1.8 |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 139 | 613 | 130 | 22 | 52 | 14 | .236 | .313 | .412 | .316 | 90 | 1.8 |
| Mikie Mahtook | CF | 104 | 379 | 96 | 12 | 38 | 6 | .276 | .330 | .457 | .339 | 105 | 1.7 |
| Alex Presley | RF | 70 | 264 | 77 | 3 | 20 | 5 | .314 | .354 | .416 | .337 | 103 | 0.9 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 38 | 142 | 36 | 3 | 16 | 0 | .283 | .359 | .425 | .346 | 109 | 0.7 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 128 | 489 | 118 | 6 | 54 | 7 | .255 | .288 | .369 | .287 | 71 | 0.6 |
| John Hicks | 1B | 59 | 190 | 46 | 6 | 22 | 2 | .266 | .326 | .439 | .332 | 100 | 0.5 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 130 | 529 | 117 | 16 | 60 | 0 | .249 | .329 | .399 | .316 | 90 | 0.2 |
| James Adduci | RF | 25 | 93 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .241 | .323 | .398 | .318 | 91 | 0.1 |
| Matthew Boyd | P | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .291 | 74 | 0.0 |
| Dixon Machado | SS | 64 | 181 | 43 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .259 | .302 | .319 | .275 | 63 | -0.0 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Bryan Holaday | C | 11 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .310 | .238 | 39 | -0.1 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | P | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -21 | -0.1 |
| Justin Verlander | P | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -21 | -0.1 |
| Matthew den Dekker | LF | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .198 | 13 | -0.1 |
| Efren Navarro | 1B | 21 | 69 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .230 | .319 | .377 | .303 | 81 | -0.1 |
| Michael Fulmer | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Collins | CF | 48 | 169 | 29 | 5 | 14 | 0 | .193 | .278 | .333 | .273 | 62 | -0.4 |
| Andrew Romine | 1B | 108 | 348 | 74 | 4 | 25 | 6 | .233 | .289 | .336 | .277 | 65 | -0.4 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 107 | 435 | 100 | 10 | 47 | 0 | .255 | .324 | .372 | .306 | 83 | -0.5 |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 50 | 154 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 6 | .170 | .240 | .270 | .231 | 34 | -0.6 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Justin Verlander | 33 | 33 | 206.0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 219 | 3.36 | 3.84 | 1.17 | 9.6 | 3.1 |
| Michael Fulmer | 25 | 25 | 164.2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 114 | 3.83 | 3.67 | 1.15 | 6.2 | 2.8 |
| Matthew Boyd | 26 | 25 | 135.0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 110 | 5.27 | 4.51 | 1.56 | 7.3 | 1.1 |
| Justin Wilson | 65 | 0 | 58.0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 80 | 3.41 | 3.38 | 1.29 | 12.4 | 0.9 |
| Daniel Norris | 22 | 18 | 101.2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 86 | 5.31 | 4.39 | 1.61 | 7.6 | 0.9 |
| Shane Greene | 71 | 0 | 67.2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 73 | 2.66 | 3.84 | 1.24 | 9.7 | 0.7 |
| Alex Wilson | 66 | 0 | 60.0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 4.50 | 4.17 | 1.37 | 6.3 | 0.4 |
| Bruce Rondón | 21 | 0 | 15.2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10.91 | 3.29 | 1.98 | 12.6 | 0.3 |
| Daniel Stumpf | 55 | 0 | 37.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3.82 | 4.49 | 1.38 | 7.9 | 0.1 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | 29 | 29 | 160.0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 103 | 6.08 | 5.18 | 1.55 | 5.8 | 0.1 |
| Buck Farmer | 11 | 11 | 48.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 6.75 | 5.05 | 1.56 | 9.2 | 0.1 |
| Artie Lewicki | 4 | 1 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.10 | 4.42 | 2.23 | 5.2 | 0.1 |
| William Cuevas | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 108.00 | 6.16 | 9.00 | 27.0 | -0.0 |
| Arcenio Leon | 6 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12.15 | 5.26 | 1.95 | 2.7 | -0.0 |
| Jairo Labourt | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.50 | 5.32 | 1.83 | 6.0 | -0.0 |
| Andrew Romine | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.16 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Victor Alcántara | 6 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8.59 | 6.02 | 2.18 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
| Kyle Ryan | 8 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.94 | 6.51 | 2.82 | 1.6 | -0.1 |
| Jeff Ferrell | 11 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.75 | 6.26 | 2.36 | 5.8 | -0.1 |
| Blaine Hardy | 35 | 0 | 33.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5.94 | 5.38 | 1.77 | 7.6 | -0.2 |
| Joe Jiménez | 24 | 0 | 19.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 12.32 | 5.84 | 2.11 | 8.1 | -0.2 |
| Zac Reininger | 10 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.45 | 7.09 | 1.97 | 4.7 | -0.2 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | 28 | 17 | 105.1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 104 | 6.41 | 5.33 | 1.59 | 8.9 | -0.3 |
| Edward Mujica | 5 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9.95 | 9.16 | 1.74 | 9.9 | -0.3 |
| Myles Jaye | 5 | 2 | 12.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12.08 | 7.66 | 2.21 | 2.8 | -0.4 |
| Warwick Saupold | 45 | 0 | 62.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 4.88 | 5.39 | 1.52 | 6.3 | -0.4 |
| Chad Bell | 28 | 4 | 62.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 6.93 | 5.47 | 1.80 | 8.2 | -0.4 |
| Drew VerHagen | 24 | 2 | 34.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 5.77 | 6.27 | 1.49 | 6.6 | -0.5 |
| Francisco Rodríguez | 28 | 0 | 25.1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 7.82 | 7.38 | 1.66 | 8.2 | -0.7 |
Record versus run differential
Detroit Tigers are 64-98, a .395 win rate, while their -159 run differential implies .411. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.