American League Central · 2021
Detroit Tigers 2021
- Team WAR
- 20.0 13.8 bat / 6.2 pitch
- Win %
- .475 pyth .463
- Run diff
- -59 4.30 / 4.67 per g
- wRC+
- 97
- ERA
- 4.33 FIP 4.63
- Home runs
- 181
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.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
31 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 149 | 626 | 151 | 16 | 67 | 0 | .271 | .351 | .443 | .348 | 126 | 4.0 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 155 | 671 | 133 | 23 | 67 | 20 | .239 | .357 | .415 | .342 | 122 | 3.0 |
| Akil Baddoo | CF | 118 | 461 | 107 | 13 | 55 | 18 | .259 | .330 | .436 | .332 | 114 | 2.3 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 1B | 156 | 674 | 173 | 22 | 84 | 2 | .278 | .320 | .435 | .325 | 110 | 1.7 |
| Eric Haase | C | 98 | 381 | 81 | 22 | 61 | 2 | .231 | .286 | .459 | .318 | 104 | 1.3 |
| Jake Rogers | C | 37 | 127 | 27 | 6 | 17 | 1 | .239 | .306 | .496 | .342 | 121 | 0.9 |
| Niko Goodrum | SS | 90 | 325 | 62 | 9 | 33 | 14 | .214 | .292 | .359 | .289 | 83 | 0.6 |
| Harold Castro | SS | 103 | 339 | 89 | 3 | 37 | 1 | .283 | .310 | .359 | .292 | 86 | 0.5 |
| Derek Hill | CF | 45 | 150 | 36 | 3 | 14 | 6 | .259 | .313 | .388 | .308 | 97 | 0.4 |
| Dustin Garneau | C | 19 | 68 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 0 | .210 | .250 | .581 | .336 | 117 | 0.4 |
| Victor Reyes | RF | 70 | 220 | 54 | 5 | 22 | 5 | .258 | .284 | .416 | .300 | 91 | 0.3 |
| Grayson Greiner | C | 28 | 82 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .236 | .321 | .333 | .297 | 89 | 0.3 |
| Daz Cameron | RF | 33 | 115 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 6 | .194 | .278 | .359 | .283 | 79 | 0.2 |
| Willi Castro | 2B | 123 | 450 | 91 | 9 | 38 | 9 | .220 | .273 | .351 | .273 | 72 | 0.2 |
| Matthew Boyd | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .400 | 163 | 0.1 |
| Wily Peralta | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .362 | 136 | 0.0 |
| Casey Mize | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .242 | 49 | 0.0 |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 43 | 163 | 31 | 8 | 20 | 0 | .205 | .248 | .397 | .276 | 74 | 0.0 |
| Drew Hutchison | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Matt Manning | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| José Ureña | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Rony García | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Tyler Alexander | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Tarik Skubal | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Isaac Paredes | 2B | 22 | 85 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .208 | .306 | .319 | .278 | 76 | -0.1 |
| Renato Núñez | 1B | 14 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .189 | .218 | .472 | .287 | 82 | -0.1 |
| Jacob Robson | LF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.1 |
| Miguel Cabrera | DH | 130 | 526 | 121 | 15 | 75 | 0 | .256 | .316 | .386 | .307 | 96 | -0.4 |
| Nomar Mazara | RF | 50 | 181 | 35 | 3 | 19 | 0 | .212 | .276 | .321 | .266 | 67 | -0.4 |
| Zack Short | SS | 57 | 184 | 22 | 6 | 20 | 2 | .141 | .239 | .282 | .233 | 43 | -0.6 |
| JaCoby Jones | CF | 34 | 105 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 2 | .170 | .210 | .250 | .205 | 23 | -0.7 |
Pitching
28 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Spencer Turnbull | 9 | 9 | 50.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 2.88 | 2.95 | 0.98 | 7.9 | 1.3 |
| Matthew Boyd | 15 | 15 | 78.2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 67 | 3.89 | 4.10 | 1.27 | 7.7 | 1.1 |
| Michael Fulmer | 52 | 4 | 69.2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 73 | 2.97 | 3.46 | 1.28 | 9.4 | 1.1 |
| Casey Mize | 30 | 30 | 150.1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 118 | 3.71 | 4.71 | 1.14 | 7.1 | 1.0 |
| Tyler Alexander | 41 | 15 | 106.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 3.81 | 4.39 | 1.26 | 7.4 | 0.7 |
| Matt Manning | 18 | 18 | 85.1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 57 | 5.80 | 4.62 | 1.51 | 6.0 | 0.6 |
| Derek Holland | 39 | 1 | 49.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 5.07 | 3.96 | 1.57 | 9.2 | 0.5 |
| Gregory Soto | 62 | 0 | 63.2 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 76 | 3.39 | 4.14 | 1.35 | 10.7 | 0.4 |
| José Cisnero | 67 | 0 | 61.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 62 | 3.65 | 4.13 | 1.33 | 9.0 | 0.4 |
| Kyle Funkhouser | 57 | 2 | 68.1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 3.42 | 4.27 | 1.40 | 8.3 | 0.4 |
| Wily Peralta | 19 | 18 | 93.2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 58 | 3.07 | 4.94 | 1.33 | 5.6 | 0.3 |
| Tarik Skubal | 31 | 29 | 149.1 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 164 | 4.34 | 5.09 | 1.26 | 9.9 | 0.3 |
| Ian Krol | 18 | 0 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4.34 | 3.92 | 1.66 | 8.7 | 0.2 |
| Alex Lange | 36 | 0 | 35.2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 4.04 | 4.40 | 1.49 | 9.8 | 0.1 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 17 | 0 | 26.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5.74 | 4.30 | 1.09 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Miguel Del Pozo | 5 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.38 | 2.80 | 1.88 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Drew Hutchison | 9 | 2 | 21.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2.11 | 4.39 | 1.45 | 4.2 | 0.1 |
| José Ureña | 26 | 18 | 100.2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 67 | 5.81 | 5.02 | 1.60 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Jake Rogers | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 6.17 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Harold Castro | 3 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.55 | 1.13 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Julio Teheran | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.80 | 6.37 | 1.40 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
| Daniel Norris | 56 | 0 | 57.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 58 | 6.16 | 4.87 | 1.49 | 9.2 | -0.1 |
| Jason Foley | 11 | 0 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.61 | 5.59 | 1.26 | 5.2 | -0.1 |
| Rony García | 2 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.45 | 7.26 | 0.82 | 4.9 | -0.1 |
| Drew Carlton | 4 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.91 | 9.44 | 2.73 | 2.5 | -0.2 |
| Joe Jiménez | 52 | 0 | 45.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 5.96 | 5.22 | 1.52 | 11.3 | -0.3 |
| Buck Farmer | 36 | 0 | 35.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6.37 | 6.59 | 1.73 | 9.4 | -0.8 |
| Bryan Garcia | 39 | 0 | 39.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 7.55 | 6.91 | 1.86 | 7.3 | -1.0 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2021.
- Average
- 13,613 81 home dates
- Median
- 13,263
- Total
- 1,102,621
- Best
- 32,845 2021-08-14
- Quietest
- 7,133 2021-05-12
- On the road
- 16,360 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.