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.
The 2017 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL Central, 38 games back. They spent 16 of 181 days in first place, led by as many as 1.5 games on April 17 and were as far as 38 games back on September 29. Their best month was March/April at 12-12, their worst Sept/Oct at 6-24. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from May 31 to June 4 and a 9-game losing streak from September 18 to September 27. They were 34-47 at home and 30-51 on the road, 17-23 in one-run games and 28-40 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-1 against the Astros on July 30; the heaviest defeat, 16-2 against the Royals on July 26.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
12
.500
118
133
-15
May
13
16
.448
127
133
-6
June
10
15
.400
126
127
-1
July
12
14
.462
135
141
-6
August
11
17
.393
122
163
-41
Sept/Oct
6
24
.200
107
197
-90
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
34-47
.420
Road
30-51
.370
One-run games
17-23
.425
Extra innings
1-4
.200
Within the division
31-45
.408
Against .500+ clubs
28-40
.412
Decided by 5+ runs
18-34
.346
Last 10
2-8
.200
American League Central standings, 2017
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2017. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
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.
