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.
The 2019 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the AL Central, 53.5 games back. They spent 5 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 0.5 games on April 7 and were as far as 53.5 games back on September 28. Their best month was March/April at 13-14, their worst June at 5-20. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from April 2 to April 7 and a 10-game losing streak from May 13 to May 23. They were 22-59 at home and 25-55 on the road, 14-22 in one-run games and 19-65 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 9-1 at the Angels on July 31; the heaviest defeat, 17-3 against the Athletics on May 16.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
14
.481
94
115
-21
May
9
19
.321
98
169
-71
June
5
20
.200
82
142
-60
July
5
20
.200
102
157
-55
August
8
21
.276
112
173
-61
Sept/Oct
7
20
.259
94
159
-65
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
22-59
.272
Road
25-55
.313
One-run games
14-22
.389
Extra innings
6-10
.375
Within the division
22-53
.293
Against .500+ clubs
19-65
.226
Decided by 5+ runs
6-40
.130
Last 10
2-8
.200
American League Central standings, 2019
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2019. 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
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
Average home crowd by month.
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
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
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
Average completed game by month.
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.
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.
