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
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 |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 86 | 333 | 70 | 11 | 26 | 7 | .235 | .310 | .430 | .314 | 91 | 1.0 |
| Victor Reyes | CF | 68 | 292 | 84 | 3 | 25 | 9 | .304 | .336 | .431 | .327 | 100 | 0.9 |
| Jordy Mercer | SS | 73 | 271 | 69 | 9 | 22 | 0 | .270 | .310 | .438 | .316 | 93 | 0.9 |
| Harold Castro | 2B | 94 | 369 | 103 | 5 | 38 | 4 | .291 | .305 | .384 | .294 | 78 | 0.3 |
| Miguel Cabrera | DH | 136 | 549 | 139 | 12 | 59 | 0 | .282 | .346 | .398 | .321 | 96 | 0.2 |
| Gregory Soto | P | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .872 | 459 | 0.1 |
| Brandon Dixon | 1B | 111 | 420 | 97 | 15 | 52 | 5 | .248 | .290 | .435 | .305 | 86 | 0.1 |
| Matthew Boyd | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .436 | 172 | 0.0 |
| Ronny Rodríguez | 2B | 84 | 294 | 61 | 14 | 43 | 3 | .221 | .252 | .438 | .285 | 72 | 0.0 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 93 | 386 | 68 | 8 | 32 | 3 | .203 | .306 | .337 | .286 | 73 | -0.0 |
| Willi Castro | SS | 30 | 110 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .230 | .284 | .340 | .272 | 63 | -0.0 |
| Nick Ramirez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Gordon Beckham | 2B | 75 | 240 | 48 | 6 | 15 | 3 | .215 | .271 | .372 | .276 | 67 | -0.0 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Ryan Carpenter | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Daniel Norris | P | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .145 | -20 | -0.1 |
| Dustin Peterson | LF | 13 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .227 | .277 | .318 | .261 | 56 | -0.1 |
| Dawel Lugo | 3B | 74 | 288 | 67 | 6 | 26 | 0 | .245 | .271 | .381 | .274 | 65 | -0.1 |
| Spencer Turnbull | P | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.2 |
| Christin Stewart | LF | 104 | 416 | 86 | 10 | 40 | 0 | .233 | .305 | .388 | .296 | 79 | -0.2 |
| Grayson Greiner | C | 58 | 224 | 42 | 5 | 19 | 0 | .202 | .251 | .308 | .244 | 45 | -0.3 |
| Travis Demeritte | RF | 48 | 186 | 38 | 3 | 10 | 3 | .225 | .286 | .343 | .275 | 66 | -0.3 |
| Jake Rogers | C | 35 | 128 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .259 | .219 | 28 | -0.4 |
| Mikie Mahtook | CF | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .080 | .000 | .057 | -78 | -0.4 |
| John Hicks | C | 93 | 333 | 67 | 13 | 35 | 1 | .210 | .240 | .379 | .261 | 56 | -0.4 |
| Bobby Wilson | C | 15 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .091 | .130 | .114 | .114 | -40 | -0.5 |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 35 | 147 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 4 | .175 | .218 | .263 | .210 | 23 | -0.8 |
Pitching
31 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Spencer Turnbull | 30 | 30 | 148.1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 146 | 4.61 | 3.99 | 1.44 | 8.9 | 2.2 |
| Matthew Boyd | 32 | 32 | 185.1 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 238 | 4.56 | 4.32 | 1.23 | 11.6 | 2.1 |
| Daniel Norris | 32 | 29 | 144.1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 125 | 4.49 | 4.61 | 1.33 | 7.8 | 1.1 |
| Buck Farmer | 73 | 1 | 67.2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 3.72 | 3.88 | 1.27 | 9.7 | 0.8 |
| Shane Greene | 65 | 0 | 62.2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 64 | 2.30 | 3.79 | 1.01 | 9.2 | 0.8 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | 23 | 23 | 112.0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 82 | 6.91 | 4.79 | 1.52 | 6.6 | 0.7 |
| Tyler Alexander | 13 | 8 | 53.2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 4.86 | 4.15 | 1.40 | 7.9 | 0.6 |
| Matt Moore | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.00 | 1.71 | 0.40 | 8.1 | 0.4 |
| Nick Ramirez | 46 | 0 | 79.2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 74 | 4.07 | 4.51 | 1.39 | 8.4 | 0.4 |
| David McKay | 25 | 0 | 26.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5.47 | 4.16 | 1.41 | 11.6 | 0.2 |
| Joe Jiménez | 66 | 0 | 59.2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 82 | 4.37 | 4.66 | 1.32 | 12.4 | 0.2 |
| José Cisnero | 35 | 0 | 35.1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 4.33 | 4.66 | 1.53 | 10.2 | 0.1 |
| Drew VerHagen | 22 | 4 | 58.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 5.90 | 4.87 | 1.60 | 7.9 | 0.1 |
| 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 |
| Bryan Garcia | 7 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12.15 | 5.31 | 2.10 | 9.4 | -0.0 |
| Daniel Stumpf | 48 | 0 | 29.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 4.34 | 5.08 | 1.72 | 8.7 | -0.0 |
| Matt Hall | 16 | 0 | 23.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7.71 | 5.19 | 1.84 | 10.4 | -0.1 |
| Carlos Torres | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7.50 | 5.88 | 1.67 | 12.0 | -0.1 |
| Brandon Dixon | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 11.71 | 0.50 | 4.5 | -0.1 |
| Gregory Soto | 33 | 7 | 57.2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 5.77 | 5.40 | 1.86 | 7.0 | -0.2 |
| Tyson Ross | 7 | 7 | 35.1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 6.11 | 5.99 | 1.67 | 6.4 | -0.2 |
| 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 | -0.4 |
| Reed Garrett | 13 | 0 | 15.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8.22 | 7.19 | 2.41 | 5.9 | -0.4 |
| 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 | -1.7 |
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.