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American League Central · 2020

Detroit Tigers 2020

23-355th in the AL CentralComerica ParkAmerican League CentralAmerican League
Team WAR
4.5
3.9 bat / 0.6 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 1.6 WAR, and Spencer Turnbull the rotation at a 3.97 ERA.

The 2020 season

Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.

They finished 5th in the AL Central, 12 games back. They spent 2 of 66 days in first place and were as far as 12 games back on September 24. Their best month was August at 11-13, their worst Sept/Oct at 7-19. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from August 25 to September 1 and a 9-game losing streak from August 11 to August 20. They were 12-16 at home and 11-19 on the road, 7-9 in one-run games and 14-27 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 12-1 at the Brewers on September 1; the heaviest defeat, 19-0 against the Brewers on September 9.

Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
MonthWLPctRSRADiff
July53.6253541-6
August1113.458117132-15
Sept/Oct719.26997145-48
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
GamesW-LPct
Home12-16.429
Road11-19.367
One-run games7-9.438
Extra innings1-2.333
Within the division12-28.300
Against .500+ clubs14-27.341
Decided by 5+ runs8-12.400
Last 102-8.200

American League Central standings, 2020

Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.

American League Central, 2020. Games back of the best record in the division.
TeamWLPctGBRSRADiffWAR
Minnesota Twins3624.600—269215+5415.4
Chicago White Sox3525.5831306246+6016.1
Cleveland Indians3525.5831248209+3915.0
Kansas City Royals2634.43310248272-2410.3
Detroit Tigers2335.39712249318-694.5

2020 Detroit Tigers roster

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.

Catchers 3

Infielders 9

Outfielders 8

Designated hitters 1

Starting pitchers 7

Relief pitchers 16

Where the offence comes from

Roster contribution by share of the team total.

451 team hits
Victor Reyes56Victor Reyes — 56 hits (12.4%)Jeimer Candelario55Jeimer Candelario — 55 hits (12.2%)Miguel Cabrera51Miguel Cabrera — 51 hits (11.3%)Willi Castro45Willi Castro — 45 hits (10.0%)Jonathan Schoop45Jonathan Schoop — 45 hits (10.0%)Austin Romine31Austin Romine — 31 hits (6.9%)Niko Goodrum29Niko Goodrum — 29 hits (6.4%)JaCoby Jones26JaCoby Jones — 26 hits (5.8%)Isaac Paredes22Isaac Paredes — 22 hits (4.9%)Jorge Bonifacio19Jorge Bonifacio — 19 hits (4.2%)Harold Castro17Harold Castro — 17 hits (3.8%)Stewart15Christin Stewart — 15 hits (3.3%)Daz Cameron11Daz Cameron — 11 hits (2.4%)C.J. Cron8C.J. Cron — 8 hits (1.8%)6Grayson Greiner — 6 hits (1.3%)5Travis Demeritte — 5 hits (1.1%)3Sergio Alcántara — 3 hits (0.7%)3Eric Haase — 3 hits (0.7%)2Dawel Lugo — 2 hits (0.4%)Derek Hill — 1 hits (0.2%)Brandon Dixon — 1 hits (0.2%)
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

21 players, ranked by dbWAR.

Willi CastroSS36140456240.349.381.550.3951521.6
Jeimer Candelario1B52206557291.297.369.503.3761391.5
Jonathan Schoop2B44177458230.278.324.475.3411150.9
JaCoby JonesCF30108265141.268.333.515.3601280.8
Victor ReyesCF55213564148.277.315.391.309920.5
Harold CastroLF205417030.347.407.429.3721360.4
C.J. Cron1B13528480.190.346.548.3781400.3
Miguel CabreraDH572315110351.250.329.417.3241030.3
Sergio Alcántara2B8233110.143.217.381.25656-0.0
Dawel Lugo3B8112010.200.273.200.22635-0.1
Austin RomineC37135312170.238.259.323.25454-0.1
Niko GoodrumSS43179295207.184.263.335.26461-0.1
Jorge BonifacioLF2994192170.221.277.326.26764-0.1
Isaac Paredes3B3210822160.220.278.290.25756-0.1
Eric HaaseC6193020.176.211.176.1782-0.1
Travis DemeritteRF16335040.172.273.207.23340-0.2
Derek HillCF9121000.091.167.091.134-29-0.2
Brandon Dixon1B5141020.077.143.154.140-24-0.2
Grayson GreinerC16556380.118.182.333.22132-0.2
Daz CameronRF175911031.193.220.263.21427-0.4
Christin StewartLF349915390.167.224.300.23139-0.6

Pitching

23 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.

Spencer Turnbull111156.2440513.973.491.348.11.3
José Cisnero29029.2330343.032.651.1110.30.8
Daniel Norris14127.2310283.252.871.169.10.7
Bryan Garcia26021.2214121.663.611.295.00.3
Gregory Soto27023.0012294.303.761.2611.30.3
Jordan Zimmermann325.200067.942.132.299.50.2
John Schreiber15015.2010146.324.021.478.00.2
Buck Farmer23021.1100143.804.411.175.90.1
Carson Fulmer10010.1000114.354.351.269.60.1
Tyler Alexander14236.1230343.965.261.328.4-0.1
Tarik Skubal8732.0140375.635.751.2210.4-0.1
Anthony Castro101.0000118.0017.192.009.0-0.1
Nick Ramirez5010.2000115.916.191.139.3-0.1
Matthew Boyd121260.1370606.715.781.489.0-0.2
David McKay100.1000054.0051.196.000.0-0.2
Iván Nova4419.011098.536.401.634.3-0.2
Kyle Funkhouser13017.1110127.275.961.906.2-0.2
Travis Demeritte101.0000036.0029.194.000.0-0.3
Casey Mize7728.1030266.996.471.488.3-0.3
Beau Burrows506.200035.409.041.354.0-0.3
Michael Fulmer101027.2020208.786.912.066.5-0.4
Joe Jiménez25022.2135227.156.721.378.7-0.4
Rony García15221.0100148.147.481.626.0-0.6

Attendance

28 home dates played behind closed doors, 2020.

Average
0
no crowd admitted
Median
0
Total
0
On the road
0
what they drew away

By situation

Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
SplitGamesAvgMedLowHigh
All home280000
Night180000
Day100000
Weekend130000
Weekday150000
On the road300000

By season

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Every home game this season was played with no crowd admitted. The zero is the season, not a missing number — which is why it is shown rather than left out. 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 58 completed games, 2020.

Regulation
2:57
55 games
All games
2:59
Extra innings
3:44
3 of them
Longest
3:33
2020-09-18, 9 inn
Shortest
2:11
2020-08-29

By situation

Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
SplitGamesAvgMedFastestLongest
All582:593:001:454:33
Regulation552:573:001:453:43
Extra innings33:443:432:574:33
Home282:552:582:113:33
Road303:033:021:454:33
Day222:502:511:453:43
Night363:053:022:254:33

Through the season

Average completed game by month.
MonthGamesAverage
Jul52:45
Aug142:52
Sep93:05

By season

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Regulation games only, in minutes. 177 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 23-35, a .397 win rate, while their -69 run differential implies .390. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.