American League Central · 2018
Detroit Tigers
- Team WAR
- 13.0 8.6 bat / 4.4 pitch
- Win %
- .395 pyth .395
- Run diff
- -166 3.89 / 4.91 per g
- wRC+
- 88
- ERA
- 4.51 FIP 4.59
- Home runs
- 137
The Detroit Tigers went 64-98 in 2018, a .395 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 630 runs and allowed 796, a run differential of -166. The offence ranked 26th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.51 staff ERA was 23rd of 30. Their 88 team wRC+ was 12% below league average — 27th of 30 in MLB. Nick Castellanos led the position players at 4.0 WAR, and Joe Jiménez the rotation at a 4.31 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,331 team hits
Batting
30 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Nick Castellanos | RF | 157 | 678 | 185 | 23 | 89 | 2 | .298 | .354 | .500 | .367 | 136 | 4.0 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 143 | 619 | 121 | 19 | 54 | 3 | .224 | .317 | .393 | .315 | 99 | 2.1 |
| Niko Goodrum | 2B | 128 | 492 | 109 | 16 | 53 | 12 | .245 | .315 | .432 | .326 | 107 | 1.9 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 124 | 464 | 116 | 5 | 48 | 15 | .269 | .310 | .389 | .308 | 94 | 1.8 |
| Leonys Martin | CF | 83 | 353 | 81 | 11 | 33 | 7 | .255 | .323 | .425 | .327 | 108 | 1.5 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1B | 38 | 157 | 40 | 3 | 22 | 0 | .299 | .395 | .448 | .364 | 134 | 0.8 |
| John Hicks | 1B | 81 | 312 | 75 | 9 | 32 | 0 | .260 | .312 | .403 | .314 | 98 | 0.5 |
| Christin Stewart | LF | 17 | 72 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .267 | .375 | .417 | .353 | 126 | 0.3 |
| Grayson Greiner | C | 30 | 116 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | .219 | .328 | .281 | .283 | 77 | 0.3 |
| James McCann | C | 117 | 457 | 94 | 8 | 39 | 0 | .220 | .267 | .314 | .258 | 60 | 0.1 |
| Harold Castro | 2B | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .264 | 63 | 0.0 |
| Drew VerHagen | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Warwick Saupold | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Francisco Liriano | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Spencer Turnbull | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Daniel Norris | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Matthew Boyd | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 125 | 467 | 89 | 11 | 34 | 13 | .207 | .266 | .364 | .278 | 73 | -0.1 |
| Dawel Lugo | 2B | 27 | 101 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .213 | .267 | .309 | .258 | 60 | -0.1 |
| Pete Kozma | SS | 23 | 73 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .217 | .236 | .348 | .253 | 55 | -0.1 |
| James Adduci | 1B | 56 | 185 | 47 | 3 | 21 | 1 | .267 | .290 | .386 | .294 | 85 | -0.1 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | 1B | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .088 | -60 | -0.1 |
| Michael Fulmer | P | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.2 |
| Ronny Rodríguez | SS | 61 | 206 | 42 | 5 | 20 | 2 | .220 | .256 | .335 | .259 | 60 | -0.2 |
| Mikie Mahtook | LF | 66 | 250 | 45 | 9 | 29 | 4 | .202 | .276 | .359 | .279 | 74 | -0.2 |
| Dixon Machado | 2B | 64 | 233 | 44 | 1 | 21 | 1 | .206 | .263 | .290 | .248 | 52 | -0.5 |
| Mike Gerber | LF | 16 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .095 | .170 | .119 | .143 | -21 | -0.6 |
| Victor Reyes | LF | 85 | 219 | 47 | 1 | 12 | 9 | .222 | .239 | .288 | .232 | 41 | -0.9 |
| Victor Martinez | DH | 133 | 508 | 117 | 9 | 54 | 0 | .251 | .297 | .353 | .283 | 77 | -1.3 |
Pitching
24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Joe Jiménez | 68 | 0 | 62.2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 78 | 4.31 | 2.91 | 1.20 | 11.2 | 1.2 |
| Matthew Boyd | 31 | 31 | 170.1 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 159 | 4.39 | 4.45 | 1.16 | 8.4 | 1.2 |
| Blaine Hardy | 30 | 13 | 86.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 66 | 3.56 | 3.97 | 1.17 | 6.9 | 0.8 |
| Michael Fulmer | 24 | 24 | 132.1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 110 | 4.69 | 4.52 | 1.31 | 7.5 | 0.8 |
| Mike Fiers | 31 | 30 | 172.0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 139 | 3.56 | 4.75 | 1.18 | 7.3 | 0.6 |
| Drew VerHagen | 41 | 1 | 56.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 4.63 | 3.83 | 1.15 | 8.5 | 0.5 |
| Spencer Turnbull | 4 | 3 | 16.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6.06 | 2.85 | 1.29 | 8.3 | 0.4 |
| Artie Lewicki | 13 | 3 | 38.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 4.89 | 4.12 | 1.60 | 7.0 | 0.3 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | 25 | 25 | 131.1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 111 | 4.52 | 4.88 | 1.26 | 7.6 | 0.2 |
| Alex Wilson | 59 | 0 | 61.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 3.36 | 4.28 | 1.05 | 6.3 | 0.2 |
| Daniel Stumpf | 56 | 0 | 38.1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 4.93 | 4.18 | 1.57 | 8.7 | 0.2 |
| Daniel Norris | 11 | 8 | 44.1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 5.68 | 4.63 | 1.47 | 10.4 | 0.1 |
| Buck Farmer | 66 | 1 | 69.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 4.15 | 4.46 | 1.56 | 7.4 | 0.1 |
| Chad Bell | 3 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8.59 | 3.84 | 2.18 | 8.6 | 0.1 |
| Victor Alcántara | 27 | 0 | 30.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2.40 | 4.53 | 1.03 | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| Louis Coleman | 51 | 0 | 51.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 3.51 | 4.58 | 1.31 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
| Shane Greene | 66 | 0 | 63.1 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 65 | 5.12 | 4.61 | 1.37 | 9.2 | -0.0 |
| Matt Hall | 5 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14.63 | 5.04 | 2.75 | 5.6 | -0.0 |
| Francisco Liriano | 27 | 26 | 133.2 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 110 | 4.58 | 5.11 | 1.50 | 7.4 | -0.1 |
| Sandy Báez | 9 | 0 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.02 | 5.88 | 1.47 | 6.3 | -0.2 |
| Zac Reininger | 18 | 0 | 21.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7.59 | 5.79 | 1.73 | 7.6 | -0.3 |
| Warwick Saupold | 31 | 0 | 34.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4.46 | 5.81 | 1.57 | 4.2 | -0.5 |
| Johnny Barbato | 7 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12.15 | 11.11 | 2.40 | 2.7 | -0.5 |
| Ryan Carpenter | 6 | 5 | 22.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7.25 | 7.41 | 1.70 | 6.0 | -0.6 |
Record versus run differential
Detroit Tigers are 64-98, a .395 win rate, while their -166 run differential implies .395. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.