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American League Central · 2019

Detroit Tigers

Team WAR
7.7
3.8 bat / 4.0 pitch
Win %
.292
pyth .304
Run diff
-333
3.61 / 5.68 per g
wRC+
79
ERA
5.36
FIP 4.93
Home runs
165

The Detroit Tigers went 47-114 in 2019, a .292 winning percentage — the worst record in baseball. They scored 582 runs and allowed 915, a run differential of -333. The offence ranked the worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.36 staff ERA was 28th of 30. Their 79 team wRC+ was 21% below league average — the second worst in MLB. Nick Castellanos led the position players at 3.1 WAR, and Spencer Turnbull the rotation at a 4.61 ERA.

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

1,401 team hits
Nick Castellanos178Nick Castellanos — 178 hits (12.7%)Miguel Cabrera139Miguel Cabrera — 139 hits (9.9%)Niko Goodrum105Niko Goodrum — 105 hits (7.5%)Harold Castro103Harold Castro — 103 hits (7.4%)Brandon Dixon97Brandon Dixon — 97 hits (6.9%)Christin Stewart86Christin Stewart — 86 hits (6.1%)Victor Reyes84Victor Reyes — 84 hits (6.0%)JaCoby Jones70JaCoby Jones — 70 hits (5.0%)Jordy Mercer69Jordy Mercer — 69 hits (4.9%)Candelario68Jeimer Candelario — 68 hits (4.9%)Dawel Lugo67Dawel Lugo — 67 hits (4.8%)John Hicks67John Hicks — 67 hits (4.8%)Ronny Rodríguez61Ronny Rodríguez — 61 hits (4.4%)Gordon Beckham48Gordon Beckham — 48 hits (3.4%)Greiner42Grayson Greiner — 42 hits (3.0%)Demeritte38Travis Demeritte — 38 hits (2.7%)Josh Harrison24Josh Harrison — 24 hits (1.7%)Willi Castro23Willi Castro — 23 hits (1.6%)14Jake Rogers — 14 hits (1.0%)10Dustin Peterson — 10 hits (0.7%)Bobby Wilson — 4 hits (0.3%)Gregory Soto — 2 hits (0.1%)Matthew Boyd — 1 hits (0.1%)Daniel Norris — 1 hits (0.1%)
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.

Batting

29 players, ranked by dbWAR.

Nick CastellanosRF15166417827732.289.337.525.3601213.1
Niko GoodrumSS112472105124512.248.322.421.318941.3
JaCoby JonesCF863337011267.235.310.430.314911.0
Victor ReyesCF68292843259.304.336.431.3271000.9
Jordy MercerSS73271699220.270.310.438.316930.9
Harold Castro2B943691035384.291.305.384.294780.3
Miguel CabreraDH13654913912590.282.346.398.321960.2
Gregory SotoP1220001.0001.0001.000.8724590.1
Brandon Dixon1B1114209715525.248.290.435.305860.1
Matthew BoydP121000.500.500.500.4361720.0
Ronny Rodríguez2B842946114433.221.252.438.285720.0
Jeimer Candelario3B93386688323.203.306.337.28673-0.0
Willi CastroSS3011023180.230.284.340.27263-0.0
Nick RamirezP110000.000.000.000.000-116-0.0
Gordon Beckham2B75240486153.215.271.372.27667-0.0
Jordan ZimmermannP120000.000.000.000.000-116-0.0
Ryan CarpenterP120000.000.000.000.000-116-0.0
Daniel NorrisP361000.167.167.167.145-20-0.1
Dustin PetersonLF134710061.227.277.318.26156-0.1
Dawel Lugo3B74288676260.245.271.381.27465-0.1
Spencer TurnbullP380000.000.000.000.000-116-0.2
Christin StewartLF1044168610400.233.305.388.29679-0.2
Grayson GreinerC58224425190.202.251.308.24445-0.3
Travis DemeritteRF48186383103.225.286.343.27566-0.3
Jake RogersC3512814480.125.222.259.21928-0.4
Mikie MahtookCF7250000.000.080.000.057-78-0.4
John HicksC933336713351.210.240.379.26156-0.4
Bobby WilsonC15474020.091.130.114.114-40-0.5
Josh Harrison2B3514724184.175.218.263.21023-0.8

Pitching

31 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Spencer Turnbull3030148.131701464.613.991.448.92.2
Matthew Boyd3232185.191202384.564.321.2311.62.1
Daniel Norris3229144.131301254.494.611.337.81.1
Buck Farmer73167.2660733.723.881.279.70.8
Shane Greene65062.20323642.303.791.019.20.8
Jordan Zimmermann2323112.01130826.914.791.526.60.7
Tyler Alexander13853.2140474.864.151.407.90.6
Matt Moore2210.000090.001.710.408.10.4
Nick Ramirez46079.2540744.074.511.398.40.4
David McKay25026.1000345.474.161.4111.60.2
Joe Jiménez66059.2479824.374.661.3212.40.2
José Cisnero35035.1040404.334.661.5310.20.1
Drew VerHagen22458.0430515.904.871.607.90.1
John Schreiber13013.0200196.234.441.5413.20.1
Eduardo Jiménez8010.200085.914.341.596.80.1
Sandy Báez101.000009.003.212.000.00.0
Bryan Garcia706.2000712.155.312.109.4-0.0
Daniel Stumpf48029.0110284.345.081.728.7-0.0
Matt Hall16023.1010277.715.191.8410.4-0.1
Carlos Torres406.000087.505.881.6712.0-0.1
Brandon Dixon202.000019.0011.710.504.5-0.1
Gregory Soto33757.2050455.775.401.867.0-0.2
Tyson Ross7735.1150256.115.991.676.4-0.2
José Manuel Fernández403.2000217.1810.583.004.9-0.2
Victor Alcántara46042.2320244.855.721.415.1-0.3
Blaine Hardy39044.1110294.475.721.155.9-0.3
Austin Adams15016.2000147.026.991.867.6-0.4
Reed Garrett13015.1000108.227.192.415.9-0.4
Ryan Carpenter9940.2160259.306.931.825.5-0.6
Zac Reininger25128.0030178.688.822.145.5-1.1
Edwin Jackson181367.23100529.587.652.026.9-1.7
Record versus run differential

Detroit Tigers are 47-114, a .292 win rate, while their -333 run differential implies .304. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.