American League Central · 2018
Detroit Tigers 2018
- Team WAR
- 13.3 7.5 bat / 5.8 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 4.1 WAR, and Matthew Boyd the rotation at a 4.39 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
30 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Nick Castellanos | RF | 157 | 678 | 185 | 23 | 89 | 2 | .298 | .354 | .500 | .367 | 136 | 4.1 |
| 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 | 1.8 |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 124 | 464 | 116 | 5 | 48 | 15 | .269 | .310 | .389 | .308 | 94 | 1.6 |
| 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 | 0.7 |
| John Hicks | 1B | 81 | 312 | 75 | 9 | 32 | 0 | .260 | .312 | .403 | .314 | 98 | 0.6 |
| 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 | 0.2 |
| James Adduci | 1B | 56 | 185 | 47 | 3 | 21 | 1 | .267 | .290 | .386 | .294 | 85 | 0.1 |
| Harold Castro | 2B | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .264 | 63 | 0.0 |
| Warwick Saupold | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Drew VerHagen | 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 |
| 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 |
| Daniel Norris | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Dawel Lugo | 2B | 27 | 101 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .213 | .267 | .309 | .258 | 60 | -0.0 |
| Michael Fulmer | P | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | DH | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .088 | -60 | -0.1 |
| Pete Kozma | SS | 23 | 73 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .217 | .236 | .348 | .253 | 55 | -0.2 |
| Mikie Mahtook | LF | 66 | 250 | 45 | 9 | 29 | 4 | .202 | .276 | .359 | .279 | 74 | -0.2 |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 125 | 467 | 89 | 11 | 34 | 13 | .207 | .266 | .364 | .278 | 73 | -0.3 |
| Ronny Rodríguez | SS | 61 | 206 | 42 | 5 | 20 | 2 | .220 | .256 | .335 | .259 | 60 | -0.4 |
| Dixon Machado | 2B | 64 | 233 | 44 | 1 | 21 | 1 | .206 | .263 | .290 | .248 | 52 | -0.5 |
| James McCann | C | 117 | 457 | 94 | 8 | 39 | 0 | .220 | .267 | .314 | .258 | 60 | -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 | -1.6 |
Pitching
24 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Matthew Boyd | 31 | 31 | 170.1 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 159 | 4.39 | 4.45 | 1.16 | 8.4 | 1.4 |
| Joe Jiménez | 68 | 0 | 62.2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 78 | 4.31 | 2.91 | 1.20 | 11.2 | 1.3 |
| Michael Fulmer | 24 | 24 | 132.1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 110 | 4.69 | 4.52 | 1.31 | 7.5 | 1.0 |
| Blaine Hardy | 30 | 13 | 86.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 66 | 3.56 | 3.97 | 1.17 | 6.9 | 0.9 |
| Mike Fiers | 31 | 30 | 172.0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 139 | 3.56 | 4.75 | 1.18 | 7.3 | 0.8 |
| 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 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | 25 | 25 | 131.1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 111 | 4.52 | 4.88 | 1.26 | 7.6 | 0.4 |
| Artie Lewicki | 13 | 3 | 38.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 4.89 | 4.12 | 1.60 | 7.0 | 0.3 |
| Alex Wilson | 59 | 0 | 61.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 3.36 | 4.28 | 1.05 | 6.3 | 0.3 |
| 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 | 0.2 |
| 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 |
| Francisco Liriano | 27 | 26 | 133.2 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 110 | 4.58 | 5.11 | 1.50 | 7.4 | 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 |
| 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 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2018.
- Average
- 23,212 80 home dates
- Median
- 22,738
- Total
- 1,856,970
- Best
- 42,516 2018-03-30
- Quietest
- 14,858 2018-04-01
- On the road
- 26,158 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.