American League Central · 2019
Detroit Tigers 2019
- Team WAR
- 10.2 2.2 bat / 8.0 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 Matthew Boyd the rotation at a 4.56 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
29 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Nick Castellanos | RF | 151 | 664 | 178 | 27 | 73 | 2 | .289 | .337 | .525 | .360 | 121 | 3.1 |
| Niko Goodrum | SS | 112 | 472 | 105 | 12 | 45 | 12 | .248 | .322 | .421 | .318 | 94 | 1.3 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 73 | 271 | 69 | 9 | 22 | 0 | .270 | .310 | .438 | .316 | 93 | 0.9 |
| Victor Reyes | CF | 68 | 292 | 84 | 3 | 25 | 9 | .304 | .336 | .431 | .327 | 100 | 0.9 |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 86 | 333 | 70 | 11 | 26 | 7 | .235 | .310 | .430 | .314 | 91 | 0.8 |
| Harold Castro | 2B | 94 | 369 | 103 | 5 | 38 | 4 | .291 | .305 | .384 | .294 | 78 | 0.3 |
| Gregory Soto | P | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .872 | 459 | 0.1 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 93 | 386 | 68 | 8 | 32 | 3 | .203 | .306 | .337 | .286 | 73 | 0.1 |
| Matthew Boyd | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .436 | 172 | 0.0 |
| Brandon Dixon | 1B | 111 | 420 | 97 | 15 | 52 | 5 | .248 | .290 | .435 | .305 | 86 | 0.0 |
| Ronny Rodríguez | 2B | 84 | 294 | 61 | 14 | 43 | 3 | .221 | .252 | .438 | .285 | 72 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Norris | P | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .145 | -20 | -0.0 |
| Nick Ramirez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Christin Stewart | LF | 104 | 416 | 86 | 10 | 40 | 0 | .233 | .305 | .388 | .296 | 79 | -0.0 |
| Ryan Carpenter | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Spencer Turnbull | P | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Miguel Cabrera | DH | 136 | 549 | 139 | 12 | 59 | 0 | .282 | .346 | .398 | .321 | 96 | -0.1 |
| Gordon Beckham | 2B | 75 | 240 | 48 | 6 | 15 | 3 | .215 | .271 | .372 | .276 | 67 | -0.2 |
| Dustin Peterson | LF | 13 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .227 | .277 | .318 | .261 | 56 | -0.2 |
| Willi Castro | SS | 30 | 110 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .230 | .284 | .340 | .272 | 63 | -0.2 |
| Dawel Lugo | 3B | 74 | 288 | 67 | 6 | 26 | 0 | .245 | .271 | .381 | .274 | 65 | -0.4 |
| Travis Demeritte | RF | 48 | 186 | 38 | 3 | 10 | 3 | .225 | .286 | .343 | .275 | 66 | -0.4 |
| Mikie Mahtook | CF | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .080 | .000 | .057 | -78 | -0.5 |
| Grayson Greiner | C | 58 | 224 | 42 | 5 | 19 | 0 | .202 | .251 | .308 | .244 | 45 | -0.5 |
| Jake Rogers | C | 35 | 128 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .259 | .219 | 28 | -0.6 |
| Bobby Wilson | C | 15 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .091 | .130 | .114 | .114 | -40 | -0.7 |
| John Hicks | C | 93 | 333 | 67 | 13 | 35 | 1 | .210 | .240 | .379 | .261 | 56 | -0.7 |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 35 | 147 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 4 | .175 | .218 | .263 | .210 | 23 | -0.8 |
Pitching
31 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Matthew Boyd | 32 | 32 | 185.1 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 238 | 4.56 | 4.32 | 1.23 | 11.6 | 2.8 |
| Spencer Turnbull | 30 | 30 | 148.1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 146 | 4.61 | 3.99 | 1.44 | 8.9 | 2.8 |
| Daniel Norris | 32 | 29 | 144.1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 125 | 4.49 | 4.61 | 1.33 | 7.8 | 1.6 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | 23 | 23 | 112.0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 82 | 6.91 | 4.79 | 1.52 | 6.6 | 1.1 |
| Buck Farmer | 73 | 1 | 67.2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 3.72 | 3.88 | 1.27 | 9.7 | 0.9 |
| Shane Greene | 65 | 0 | 62.2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 64 | 2.30 | 3.79 | 1.01 | 9.2 | 0.9 |
| Tyler Alexander | 13 | 8 | 53.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 4.86 | 4.15 | 1.40 | 7.9 | 0.8 |
| Nick Ramirez | 46 | 0 | 79.2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 4.07 | 4.51 | 1.39 | 8.4 | 0.5 |
| Matt Moore | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.00 | 1.71 | 0.40 | 8.1 | 0.4 |
| Joe Jiménez | 66 | 0 | 59.2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 82 | 4.37 | 4.66 | 1.32 | 12.4 | 0.3 |
| David McKay | 25 | 0 | 26.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5.47 | 4.16 | 1.41 | 11.6 | 0.3 |
| Drew VerHagen | 22 | 4 | 58.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 5.90 | 4.87 | 1.60 | 7.9 | 0.2 |
| José Cisnero | 35 | 0 | 35.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 4.33 | 4.66 | 1.53 | 10.2 | 0.2 |
| John Schreiber | 13 | 0 | 13.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6.23 | 4.44 | 1.54 | 13.2 | 0.1 |
| Eduardo Jiménez | 8 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5.91 | 4.34 | 1.59 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Sandy Báez | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3.21 | 2.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Stumpf | 48 | 0 | 29.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4.34 | 5.08 | 1.72 | 8.7 | 0.0 |
| Bryan Garcia | 7 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12.15 | 5.31 | 2.10 | 9.4 | -0.0 |
| Matt Hall | 16 | 0 | 23.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7.71 | 5.19 | 1.84 | 10.4 | -0.0 |
| Carlos Torres | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7.50 | 5.88 | 1.67 | 12.0 | -0.0 |
| Gregory Soto | 33 | 7 | 57.2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 5.77 | 5.40 | 1.86 | 7.0 | -0.1 |
| Tyson Ross | 7 | 7 | 35.1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 6.11 | 5.99 | 1.67 | 6.4 | -0.1 |
| Brandon Dixon | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 11.71 | 0.50 | 4.5 | -0.1 |
| José Manuel Fernández | 4 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.18 | 10.58 | 3.00 | 4.9 | -0.2 |
| Victor Alcántara | 46 | 0 | 42.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4.85 | 5.72 | 1.41 | 5.1 | -0.3 |
| Blaine Hardy | 39 | 0 | 44.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4.47 | 5.72 | 1.15 | 5.9 | -0.3 |
| Austin Adams | 15 | 0 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.02 | 6.99 | 1.86 | 7.6 | -0.3 |
| Reed Garrett | 13 | 0 | 15.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8.22 | 7.19 | 2.41 | 5.9 | -0.3 |
| Ryan Carpenter | 9 | 9 | 40.2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 9.30 | 6.93 | 1.82 | 5.5 | -0.6 |
| Zac Reininger | 25 | 1 | 28.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8.68 | 8.82 | 2.14 | 5.5 | -1.1 |
| Edwin Jackson | 18 | 13 | 67.2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 52 | 9.58 | 7.65 | 2.02 | 6.9 | -1.6 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2019.
- Average
- 18,768 80 home dates
- Median
- 17,037
- Total
- 1,501,430
- Best
- 42,641 2019-04-04
- Quietest
- 11,128 2019-04-10
- On the road
- 24,826 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 80 | 18,768 | 17,037 | 11,128 | 42,641 |
| Night | 43 | 17,847 | 16,367 | 12,994 | 28,784 |
| Day | 37 | 19,838 | 18,455 | 11,128 | 42,641 |
| Weekend | 37 | 20,412 | 20,127 | 13,776 | 28,784 |
| Weekday | 43 | 17,353 | 16,242 | 11,128 | 42,641 |
| On the road | 79 | 24,826 | 25,617 | 8,106 | 45,048 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 11 | 17,071 |
| May | 16 | 16,383 |
| Jun | 15 | 21,698 |
| Jul | 8 | 26,709 |
| Aug | 16 | 18,053 |
| Sep | 15 | 14,902 |
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 161 completed games, 2019.
- Regulation
- 2:59 145 games
- All games
- 3:02
- Extra innings
- 3:26 16 of them
- Longest
- 4:29 2019-07-23, 15 inn
- Shortest
- 2:19 2019-06-26
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 161 | 3:02 | 2:59 | 2:12 | 4:29 |
| Regulation | 145 | 2:59 | 2:58 | 2:12 | 4:02 |
| Extra innings | 16 | 3:26 | 3:25 | 2:25 | 4:29 |
| Home | 81 | 3:03 | 3:02 | 2:19 | 4:29 |
| Road | 80 | 3:00 | 2:58 | 2:12 | 4:11 |
| Day | 69 | 3:00 | 2:58 | 2:14 | 4:11 |
| Night | 92 | 3:03 | 3:01 | 2:12 | 4:29 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 11 | 2:53 |
| May | 16 | 2:54 |
| Jun | 15 | 2:58 |
| Jul | 8 | 3:28 |
| Aug | 16 | 3:06 |
| Sep | 15 | 3:10 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 179 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 47-114, a .292 win rate, while their -333 run differential implies .304. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.