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 4.1 WAR, and Matthew Boyd the rotation at a 4.39 ERA.
The 2018 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL Central, 27 games back. They were as far as 27 games back on September 30. Their best month was May at 15-14, their worst August at 8-19. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from June 13 to June 17 and an 11-game losing streak from June 19 to June 30. They were 38-43 at home and 26-55 on the road, 22-30 in one-run games and 21-53 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-4 against the Royals on April 21; the heaviest defeat, 15-0 at the Indians on September 15.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
11
16
.407
124
128
-4
May
15
14
.517
116
129
-13
June
10
18
.357
94
139
-45
July
10
14
.417
83
101
-18
August
8
19
.296
101
151
-50
Sept/Oct
10
17
.370
112
148
-36
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
38-43
.469
Road
26-55
.321
One-run games
22-30
.423
Extra innings
5-5
.500
Within the division
33-43
.434
Against .500+ clubs
21-53
.284
Decided by 5+ runs
13-30
.302
Last 10
3-7
.300
American League Central standings, 2018
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2018. 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
23,212
22,738
14,858
42,516
Night
43
22,762
21,766
15,530
33,817
Day
37
23,735
23,784
14,858
42,516
Weekend
40
25,209
24,767
14,858
42,516
Weekday
40
21,215
20,759
15,083
28,866
On the road
80
26,158
25,758
9,396
45,520
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
42,516
Apr
13
17,090
May
15
20,629
Jun
15
24,484
Jul
11
27,071
Aug
13
25,607
Sep
13
21,917
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, 2018.
Regulation
2:57
152 games
All games
3:00
Extra innings
3:38
10 of them
Longest
5:27
2018-03-30, 13 inn
Shortest
2:05
2018-07-06
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
3:00
2:57
2:05
5:27
Regulation
152
2:57
2:55
2:05
3:51
Extra innings
10
3:38
3:30
2:44
5:27
Home
81
2:59
2:55
2:05
5:27
Road
81
3:01
3:00
2:16
4:03
Day
71
2:58
2:55
2:16
5:27
Night
91
3:01
3:01
2:05
3:55
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
5:27
Apr
13
2:52
May
15
3:01
Jun
15
3:02
Jul
11
2:47
Aug
13
3:00
Sep
13
2:56
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 177 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 -166 run differential implies .395. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
