American League Central · 2017
Detroit Tigers 2017
- Team WAR
- 24.6 14.0 bat / 10.7 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.
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 | 2.8 |
| Alex Avila | C | 108 | 376 | 82 | 14 | 49 | 0 | .264 | .387 | .447 | .366 | 123 | 2.5 |
| Mikie Mahtook | CF | 104 | 379 | 96 | 12 | 38 | 6 | .276 | .330 | .457 | .339 | 105 | 1.6 |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 139 | 613 | 130 | 22 | 52 | 14 | .236 | .313 | .412 | .316 | 90 | 1.5 |
| James McCann | C | 105 | 391 | 89 | 13 | 49 | 1 | .253 | .318 | .415 | .319 | 92 | 1.4 |
| Alex Presley | RF | 70 | 264 | 77 | 3 | 20 | 5 | .314 | .354 | .416 | .337 | 103 | 0.9 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 128 | 489 | 118 | 6 | 54 | 7 | .255 | .288 | .369 | .287 | 71 | 0.6 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 38 | 142 | 36 | 3 | 16 | 0 | .283 | .359 | .425 | .346 | 109 | 0.6 |
| John Hicks | 1B | 59 | 190 | 46 | 6 | 22 | 2 | .266 | .326 | .439 | .332 | 100 | 0.6 |
| 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 |
| Justin Verlander | P | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -21 | -0.0 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | P | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -21 | -0.0 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Michael Fulmer | P | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -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 |
| Bryan Holaday | C | 11 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .241 | .241 | .310 | .238 | 39 | -0.1 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 130 | 529 | 117 | 16 | 60 | 0 | .249 | .329 | .399 | .316 | 90 | -0.1 |
| Dixon Machado | SS | 64 | 181 | 43 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .259 | .302 | .319 | .275 | 63 | -0.2 |
| Tyler Collins | CF | 48 | 169 | 29 | 5 | 14 | 0 | .193 | .278 | .333 | .273 | 62 | -0.5 |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 50 | 154 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 6 | .170 | .240 | .270 | .231 | 34 | -0.6 |
| Andrew Romine | 1B | 108 | 348 | 74 | 4 | 25 | 6 | .233 | .289 | .336 | .277 | 65 | -0.6 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 107 | 435 | 100 | 10 | 47 | 0 | .255 | .324 | .372 | .306 | 83 | -0.8 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Justin Verlander | 33 | 33 | 206.0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 219 | 3.36 | 3.84 | 1.17 | 9.6 | 3.9 |
| Michael Fulmer | 25 | 25 | 164.2 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 114 | 3.83 | 3.67 | 1.15 | 6.2 | 3.4 |
| Matthew Boyd | 26 | 25 | 135.0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 110 | 5.27 | 4.51 | 1.56 | 7.3 | 1.5 |
| Daniel Norris | 22 | 18 | 101.2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 86 | 5.31 | 4.39 | 1.61 | 7.6 | 1.2 |
| Justin Wilson | 65 | 0 | 58.0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 80 | 3.41 | 3.38 | 1.29 | 12.4 | 1.1 |
| Shane Greene | 71 | 0 | 67.2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 73 | 2.66 | 3.84 | 1.24 | 9.7 | 0.9 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | 29 | 29 | 160.0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 103 | 6.08 | 5.18 | 1.55 | 5.8 | 0.6 |
| Alex Wilson | 66 | 0 | 60.0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 4.50 | 4.17 | 1.37 | 6.3 | 0.6 |
| Bruce Rondón | 21 | 0 | 15.2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10.91 | 3.29 | 1.98 | 12.6 | 0.3 |
| Buck Farmer | 11 | 11 | 48.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 49 | 6.75 | 5.05 | 1.56 | 9.2 | 0.3 |
| Daniel Stumpf | 55 | 0 | 37.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3.82 | 4.49 | 1.38 | 7.9 | 0.2 |
| 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 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | 28 | 17 | 105.1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 104 | 6.41 | 5.33 | 1.59 | 8.9 | -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 | -0.1 |
| 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 |
| Chad Bell | 28 | 4 | 62.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 6.93 | 5.47 | 1.80 | 8.2 | -0.3 |
| Warwick Saupold | 45 | 0 | 62.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 4.88 | 5.39 | 1.52 | 6.3 | -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 |
| 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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2017.
- Average
- 28,662 81 home dates
- Median
- 27,259
- Total
- 2,321,599
- Best
- 45,013 2017-04-07
- Quietest
- 21,237 2017-04-11
- On the road
- 26,725 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 28,662 | 27,259 | 21,237 | 45,013 |
| Night | 46 | 27,480 | 26,514 | 21,799 | 40,036 |
| Day | 35 | 30,214 | 30,582 | 21,237 | 45,013 |
| Weekend | 40 | 30,825 | 30,394 | 23,882 | 45,013 |
| Weekday | 41 | 26,551 | 25,437 | 21,237 | 34,810 |
| On the road | 80 | 26,725 | 25,598 | 10,842 | 44,311 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 13 | 27,939 |
| May | 9 | 27,351 |
| Jun | 15 | 29,576 |
| Jul | 15 | 31,095 |
| Aug | 11 | 31,525 |
| Sep | 18 | 25,299 |
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 162 completed games, 2017.
- Regulation
- 3:13 157 games
- All games
- 3:15
- Extra innings
- 4:10 5 of them
- Longest
- 5:19 2017-05-16, 13 inn
- Shortest
- 2:23 2017-07-04
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:15 | 3:14 | 2:23 | 5:19 |
| Regulation | 157 | 3:13 | 3:14 | 2:23 | 4:19 |
| Extra innings | 5 | 4:10 | 3:57 | 3:36 | 5:19 |
| Home | 81 | 3:17 | 3:15 | 2:23 | 5:19 |
| Road | 81 | 3:12 | 3:14 | 2:31 | 4:19 |
| Day | 57 | 3:14 | 3:13 | 2:23 | 4:19 |
| Night | 105 | 3:15 | 3:14 | 2:31 | 5:19 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 13 | 3:17 |
| May | 9 | 3:26 |
| Jun | 15 | 3:12 |
| Jul | 15 | 3:15 |
| Aug | 11 | 3:16 |
| Sep | 18 | 3:18 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 193 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 64-98, a .395 win rate, while their -159 run differential implies .411. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.