American League Central · 2021
Detroit Tigers
- Team WAR
- 18.4 13.5 bat / 4.9 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 3.8 WAR, and Spencer Turnbull the rotation at a 2.88 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,306 team hits
Batting
31 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 149 | 626 | 151 | 16 | 67 | 0 | .271 | .351 | .443 | .348 | 126 | 3.8 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 155 | 671 | 133 | 23 | 67 | 20 | .239 | .357 | .415 | .342 | 122 | 2.8 |
| Akil Baddoo | CF | 118 | 461 | 107 | 13 | 55 | 18 | .259 | .330 | .436 | .332 | 114 | 2.1 |
| Eric Haase | C | 98 | 381 | 81 | 22 | 61 | 2 | .231 | .286 | .459 | .318 | 104 | 1.6 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 1B | 156 | 674 | 173 | 22 | 84 | 2 | .278 | .320 | .435 | .325 | 110 | 1.5 |
| Jake Rogers | C | 37 | 127 | 27 | 6 | 17 | 1 | .239 | .306 | .496 | .342 | 121 | 1.0 |
| Niko Goodrum | SS | 90 | 325 | 62 | 9 | 33 | 14 | .214 | .292 | .359 | .289 | 83 | 0.6 |
| Dustin Garneau | C | 19 | 68 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 0 | .210 | .250 | .581 | .336 | 117 | 0.5 |
| Harold Castro | SS | 103 | 339 | 89 | 3 | 37 | 1 | .283 | .310 | .359 | .292 | 86 | 0.4 |
| Derek Hill | CF | 45 | 150 | 36 | 3 | 14 | 6 | .259 | .313 | .388 | .308 | 97 | 0.4 |
| Grayson Greiner | C | 28 | 82 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .236 | .321 | .333 | .297 | 89 | 0.3 |
| Victor Reyes | RF | 70 | 220 | 54 | 5 | 22 | 5 | .258 | .284 | .416 | .300 | 91 | 0.3 |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 43 | 163 | 31 | 8 | 20 | 0 | .205 | .248 | .397 | .276 | 74 | 0.1 |
| Daz Cameron | RF | 33 | 115 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 6 | .194 | .278 | .359 | .283 | 79 | 0.1 |
| Matthew Boyd | P | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .400 | 163 | 0.1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 2B | 22 | 85 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .208 | .306 | .319 | .278 | 76 | 0.0 |
| 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 |
| José Ureña | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.0 |
| Drew Hutchison | 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 |
| Matt Manning | 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 |
| Willi Castro | 2B | 123 | 450 | 91 | 9 | 38 | 9 | .220 | .273 | .351 | .273 | 72 | -0.1 |
| Tarik Skubal | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.1 |
| Renato Núñez | 1B | 14 | 55 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .189 | .218 | .472 | .287 | 82 | -0.1 |
| Miguel Cabrera | DH | 130 | 526 | 121 | 15 | 75 | 0 | .256 | .316 | .386 | .307 | 96 | -0.1 |
| Jacob Robson | LF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124 | -0.2 |
| Zack Short | SS | 57 | 184 | 22 | 6 | 20 | 2 | .141 | .239 | .282 | .233 | 43 | -0.4 |
| Nomar Mazara | RF | 50 | 181 | 35 | 3 | 19 | 0 | .212 | .276 | .321 | .266 | 67 | -0.4 |
| 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 | 1.2 |
| Michael Fulmer | 52 | 4 | 69.2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 73 | 2.97 | 3.46 | 1.28 | 9.4 | 1.0 |
| Matthew Boyd | 15 | 15 | 78.2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 67 | 3.89 | 4.10 | 1.27 | 7.7 | 0.9 |
| Casey Mize | 30 | 30 | 150.1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 118 | 3.71 | 4.71 | 1.14 | 7.1 | 0.8 |
| Tyler Alexander | 41 | 15 | 106.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 3.81 | 4.39 | 1.26 | 7.4 | 0.6 |
| Matt Manning | 18 | 18 | 85.1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 57 | 5.80 | 4.62 | 1.51 | 6.0 | 0.5 |
| Derek Holland | 39 | 1 | 49.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 5.07 | 3.96 | 1.57 | 9.2 | 0.4 |
| 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 | 0.3 |
| Wily Peralta | 19 | 18 | 93.2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 58 | 3.07 | 4.94 | 1.33 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| Ian Krol | 18 | 0 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4.34 | 3.92 | 1.66 | 8.7 | 0.2 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 17 | 0 | 26.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5.74 | 4.30 | 1.09 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Alex Lange | 36 | 0 | 35.2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 4.04 | 4.40 | 1.49 | 9.8 | 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 |
| Tarik Skubal | 31 | 29 | 149.1 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 164 | 4.34 | 5.09 | 1.26 | 9.9 | 0.1 |
| José Ureña | 26 | 18 | 100.2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 67 | 5.81 | 5.02 | 1.60 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| 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 | -0.7 |
| Bryan Garcia | 39 | 0 | 39.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 7.55 | 6.91 | 1.86 | 7.3 | -1.0 |
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.