The Detroit Tigers went 77-85 in 2021, a .475 winning percentage — 20th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 697 runs and allowed 756, a run differential of -59. The offence ranked 23rd of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.33 staff ERA was 18th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 19th of 30 in MLB. Jeimer Candelario led the position players at 4.0 WAR, and Spencer Turnbull the rotation at a 2.88 ERA.
The 2021 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the AL Central, 16 games back. They spent 4 of 186 days in first place and were as far as 17 games back on October 2. Their best month was July at 14-12, their worst March/April at 8-19. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from July 17 to July 22 and a 6-game losing streak from April 29 to May 4. They were 42-39 at home and 35-46 on the road, 23-23 in one-run games and 39-36 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-0 against the Rangers on July 19; the heaviest defeat, 15-2 against the White Sox on June 12.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
8
19
.296
75
133
-58
May
14
13
.519
119
116
+3
June
14
13
.519
130
144
-14
July
14
12
.538
147
132
+15
August
12
14
.462
95
110
-15
Sept/Oct
15
14
.517
131
121
+10
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
42-39
.519
Road
35-46
.432
One-run games
23-23
.500
Extra innings
12-8
.600
Within the division
30-46
.395
Against .500+ clubs
39-36
.520
Decided by 5+ runs
15-21
.417
Last 10
3-7
.300
American League Central standings, 2021
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2021. 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
81
13,613
13,263
7,133
32,845
Night
40
15,313
13,902
7,133
32,845
Day
41
11,954
11,044
7,232
25,684
Weekend
40
15,221
14,753
7,377
32,845
Weekday
41
12,043
11,321
7,133
27,282
On the road
79
16,360
15,947
3,004
36,320
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
7,656
May
15
7,770
Jun
12
12,585
Jul
13
18,155
Aug
15
20,093
Sep
13
15,241
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 162 completed games, 2021.
Regulation
3:02
142 games
All games
3:06
Extra innings
3:37
20 of them
Longest
4:06
2021-05-15, 10 inn
Shortest
1:55
2021-04-21
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
162
3:06
3:05
1:50
4:13
Regulation
142
3:02
3:02
1:50
4:13
Extra innings
20
3:37
3:41
2:56
4:09
Home
81
3:05
3:06
1:55
4:06
Road
81
3:07
3:05
1:50
4:13
Day
69
3:08
3:06
1:55
4:13
Night
93
3:05
3:05
1:50
4:00
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
2:55
May
15
3:11
Jun
12
3:11
Jul
13
2:52
Aug
15
3:07
Sep
13
3:16
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 182 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 77-85, a .475 win rate, while their -59 run differential implies .463. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
