American League Central · 2020
Detroit Tigers
- Team WAR
- 2.8 3.0 bat / -0.2 pitch
- Win %
- .397 pyth .390
- Run diff
- -69 4.29 / 5.48 per g
- wRC+
- 90
- ERA
- 5.59 FIP 5.16
- Home runs
- 61
The Detroit Tigers went 23-35 in 2020, a .397 winning percentage — 28th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 249 runs and allowed 318, a run differential of -69. The offence ranked 23rd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.59 staff ERA was the second worst. Their 90 team wRC+ was 10% below league average — 24th of 30 in MLB. Willi Castro led the position players at 1.4 WAR, and Spencer Turnbull the rotation at a 3.97 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
451 team hits
Batting
21 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Willi Castro | SS | 36 | 140 | 45 | 6 | 24 | 0 | .349 | .381 | .550 | .395 | 152 | 1.4 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 1B | 52 | 206 | 55 | 7 | 29 | 1 | .297 | .369 | .503 | .376 | 139 | 1.2 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 2B | 44 | 177 | 45 | 8 | 23 | 0 | .278 | .324 | .475 | .341 | 115 | 0.9 |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 30 | 108 | 26 | 5 | 14 | 1 | .268 | .333 | .515 | .360 | 128 | 0.7 |
| Victor Reyes | CF | 55 | 213 | 56 | 4 | 14 | 8 | .277 | .315 | .391 | .309 | 92 | 0.4 |
| Harold Castro | LF | 20 | 54 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .347 | .407 | .429 | .372 | 136 | 0.4 |
| C.J. Cron | 1B | 13 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .190 | .346 | .548 | .378 | 140 | 0.3 |
| Miguel Cabrera | DH | 57 | 231 | 51 | 10 | 35 | 1 | .250 | .329 | .417 | .324 | 103 | 0.1 |
| Niko Goodrum | SS | 43 | 179 | 29 | 5 | 20 | 7 | .184 | .263 | .335 | .264 | 61 | -0.0 |
| Sergio Alcántara | 2B | 8 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .143 | .217 | .381 | .256 | 56 | -0.0 |
| Dawel Lugo | 3B | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .226 | 35 | -0.1 |
| Austin Romine | C | 37 | 135 | 31 | 2 | 17 | 0 | .238 | .259 | .323 | .254 | 54 | -0.1 |
| Eric Haase | C | 6 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .176 | .211 | .176 | .178 | 2 | -0.1 |
| Derek Hill | CF | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .134 | -29 | -0.1 |
| Grayson Greiner | C | 16 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .118 | .182 | .333 | .221 | 32 | -0.2 |
| Travis Demeritte | RF | 16 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .172 | .273 | .207 | .233 | 40 | -0.2 |
| Brandon Dixon | 1B | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .077 | .143 | .154 | .140 | -24 | -0.2 |
| Isaac Paredes | 3B | 32 | 108 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .220 | .278 | .290 | .257 | 56 | -0.2 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | LF | 29 | 94 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 0 | .221 | .277 | .326 | .267 | 64 | -0.2 |
| Daz Cameron | RF | 17 | 59 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .193 | .220 | .263 | .214 | 27 | -0.4 |
| Christin Stewart | LF | 34 | 99 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .167 | .224 | .300 | .231 | 39 | -0.6 |
Pitching
23 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Spencer Turnbull | 11 | 11 | 56.2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 3.97 | 3.49 | 1.34 | 8.1 | 1.1 |
| José Cisnero | 29 | 0 | 29.2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 3.03 | 2.65 | 1.11 | 10.3 | 0.7 |
| Daniel Norris | 14 | 1 | 27.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3.25 | 2.87 | 1.16 | 9.1 | 0.6 |
| Bryan Garcia | 26 | 0 | 21.2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1.66 | 3.61 | 1.29 | 5.0 | 0.3 |
| Gregory Soto | 27 | 0 | 23.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 4.30 | 3.76 | 1.26 | 11.3 | 0.3 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | 3 | 2 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7.94 | 2.13 | 2.29 | 9.5 | 0.2 |
| John Schreiber | 15 | 0 | 15.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6.32 | 4.02 | 1.47 | 8.0 | 0.1 |
| Buck Farmer | 23 | 0 | 21.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3.80 | 4.41 | 1.17 | 5.9 | 0.1 |
| Carson Fulmer | 10 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.35 | 4.35 | 1.26 | 9.6 | 0.1 |
| Tyler Alexander | 14 | 2 | 36.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 3.96 | 5.26 | 1.32 | 8.4 | -0.1 |
| Anthony Castro | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 17.19 | 2.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Nick Ramirez | 5 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5.91 | 6.19 | 1.13 | 9.3 | -0.1 |
| Tarik Skubal | 8 | 7 | 32.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 5.63 | 5.75 | 1.22 | 10.4 | -0.2 |
| David McKay | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 51.19 | 6.00 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Kyle Funkhouser | 13 | 0 | 17.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7.27 | 5.96 | 1.90 | 6.2 | -0.2 |
| Iván Nova | 4 | 4 | 19.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8.53 | 6.40 | 1.63 | 4.3 | -0.2 |
| Travis Demeritte | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 29.19 | 4.00 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Matthew Boyd | 12 | 12 | 60.1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 60 | 6.71 | 5.78 | 1.48 | 9.0 | -0.3 |
| Beau Burrows | 5 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.40 | 9.04 | 1.35 | 4.0 | -0.3 |
| Casey Mize | 7 | 7 | 28.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 6.99 | 6.47 | 1.48 | 8.3 | -0.3 |
| Joe Jiménez | 25 | 0 | 22.2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 7.15 | 6.72 | 1.37 | 8.7 | -0.4 |
| Michael Fulmer | 10 | 10 | 27.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 8.78 | 6.91 | 2.06 | 6.5 | -0.5 |
| Rony García | 15 | 2 | 21.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8.14 | 7.48 | 1.62 | 6.0 | -0.6 |
Record versus run differential
Detroit Tigers are 23-35, a .397 win rate, while their -69 run differential implies .390. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.