American League Central · 2022
Detroit Tigers
- Team WAR
- 11.1 2.6 bat / 8.4 pitch
- Win %
- .407 pyth .389
- Run diff
- -156 3.44 / 4.40 per g
- wRC+
- 78
- ERA
- 4.04 FIP 4.14
- Home runs
- 115
The Detroit Tigers went 66-96 in 2022, a .407 winning percentage — 25th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 557 runs and allowed 713, a run differential of -156. The offence ranked the worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.04 staff ERA was 19th of 30. Their 78 team wRC+ was 22% below league average — the worst in MLB. Eric Haase led the position players at 2.0 WAR, and Tarik Skubal the rotation at a 3.52 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,270 team hits
Batting
23 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Eric Haase | C | 108 | 351 | 82 | 14 | 44 | 0 | .254 | .305 | .443 | .324 | 108 | 2.0 |
| Javier Báez | SS | 144 | 590 | 132 | 17 | 67 | 9 | .238 | .278 | .393 | .292 | 86 | 1.7 |
| Riley Greene | CF | 93 | 418 | 95 | 5 | 42 | 1 | .253 | .321 | .362 | .304 | 95 | 1.2 |
| Harold Castro | 1B | 118 | 443 | 114 | 7 | 47 | 0 | .271 | .300 | .381 | .297 | 90 | 0.6 |
| Kerry Carpenter | DH | 30 | 113 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .252 | .310 | .485 | .343 | 122 | 0.5 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 124 | 467 | 93 | 13 | 50 | 0 | .217 | .272 | .361 | .279 | 77 | 0.4 |
| Willi Castro | RF | 109 | 392 | 88 | 8 | 31 | 9 | .241 | .284 | .367 | .287 | 82 | 0.3 |
| Tucker Barnhart | C | 94 | 308 | 62 | 1 | 16 | 0 | .221 | .287 | .267 | .255 | 60 | 0.2 |
| Austin Meadows | RF | 36 | 147 | 32 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .250 | .347 | .328 | .310 | 99 | 0.2 |
| Dustin Garneau | C | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .364 | .400 | .341 | 121 | 0.1 |
| Daz Cameron | RF | 20 | 70 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .219 | .286 | .344 | .281 | 78 | 0.0 |
| Robbie Grossman | LF | 128 | 477 | 86 | 7 | 45 | 6 | .209 | .310 | .311 | .286 | 82 | -0.0 |
| Brendon Davis | RF | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .225 | 39 | -0.0 |
| Derek Hill | CF | 28 | 92 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .229 | .270 | .289 | .250 | 57 | -0.1 |
| Victor Reyes | RF | 90 | 336 | 80 | 3 | 34 | 2 | .254 | .289 | .362 | .285 | 81 | -0.1 |
| Josh Lester | DH | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Zack Short | SS | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .154 | .000 | .109 | -43 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Kreidler | SS | 26 | 84 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .178 | .244 | .233 | .220 | 35 | -0.3 |
| Akil Baddoo | LF | 68 | 225 | 41 | 2 | 9 | 9 | .204 | .289 | .269 | .258 | 62 | -0.5 |
| Kody Clemens | 3B | 50 | 127 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 1 | .145 | .197 | .308 | .222 | 37 | -0.6 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 2B | 131 | 510 | 97 | 11 | 38 | 5 | .202 | .239 | .322 | .247 | 54 | -0.8 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 1B | 110 | 404 | 73 | 8 | 28 | 0 | .203 | .285 | .319 | .274 | 74 | -0.8 |
| Miguel Cabrera | DH | 112 | 433 | 101 | 5 | 43 | 1 | .254 | .305 | .317 | .276 | 75 | -1.1 |
Pitching
31 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Tarik Skubal | 21 | 21 | 117.2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 117 | 3.52 | 2.96 | 1.16 | 8.9 | 2.6 |
| Joe Jiménez | 62 | 0 | 56.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 77 | 3.49 | 2.00 | 1.09 | 12.2 | 1.6 |
| Jason Foley | 60 | 0 | 60.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3.88 | 2.76 | 1.38 | 6.4 | 1.2 |
| Andrew Chafin | 64 | 0 | 57.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 67 | 2.83 | 3.06 | 1.17 | 10.5 | 0.9 |
| Alex Lange | 71 | 0 | 63.1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 82 | 3.41 | 3.25 | 1.23 | 11.7 | 0.9 |
| Matt Manning | 13 | 12 | 63.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 3.43 | 3.78 | 1.17 | 6.9 | 0.8 |
| Will Vest | 59 | 2 | 63.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 4.00 | 3.54 | 1.33 | 9.0 | 0.7 |
| Michael Fulmer | 67 | 0 | 63.2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 61 | 3.39 | 3.57 | 1.37 | 8.6 | 0.6 |
| Gregory Soto | 64 | 0 | 60.1 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 60 | 3.28 | 3.59 | 1.38 | 9.0 | 0.6 |
| Joey Wentz | 7 | 7 | 32.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3.03 | 3.54 | 1.10 | 7.4 | 0.5 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | 17 | 17 | 91.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 72 | 4.05 | 4.43 | 1.33 | 7.1 | 0.5 |
| José Cisnero | 28 | 0 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1.08 | 3.67 | 1.36 | 8.3 | 0.2 |
| Wily Peralta | 28 | 1 | 38.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2.58 | 4.08 | 1.51 | 7.5 | 0.2 |
| Alex Faedo | 12 | 12 | 53.2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 5.53 | 4.62 | 1.64 | 7.4 | 0.2 |
| Luis F. Castillo | 3 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0.93 | 0.55 | 9.8 | 0.1 |
| Drew Carlton | 5 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.08 | 3.00 | 0.46 | 7.3 | 0.1 |
| Kody Clemens | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 3.26 | 1.86 | 1.3 | 0.1 |
| Casey Mize | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5.40 | 4.21 | 1.50 | 3.6 | 0.1 |
| Rony García | 16 | 8 | 51.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 4.41 | 4.52 | 1.04 | 8.5 | 0.1 |
| Miguel Díaz | 3 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.45 | 3.11 | 0.82 | 7.4 | 0.1 |
| Tucker Barnhart | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3.11 | 3.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Harold Castro | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 4.11 | 1.75 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| Bryan Garcia | 4 | 4 | 20.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3.54 | 5.28 | 1.18 | 7.5 | -0.1 |
| Beau Brieske | 15 | 15 | 81.2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 54 | 4.19 | 4.97 | 1.20 | 6.0 | -0.1 |
| Angel De Jesus | 8 | 0 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.13 | 5.48 | 1.03 | 5.0 | -0.2 |
| Jacob Barnes | 23 | 0 | 22.1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5.64 | 5.26 | 1.43 | 4.8 | -0.2 |
| Drew Hutchison | 28 | 18 | 105.1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 68 | 4.53 | 4.93 | 1.48 | 5.8 | -0.3 |
| Tyler Alexander | 27 | 17 | 101.0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 61 | 4.81 | 4.99 | 1.32 | 5.4 | -0.3 |
| Garrett Hill | 17 | 8 | 60.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 4.03 | 5.15 | 1.36 | 6.0 | -0.4 |
| Michael Pineda | 11 | 11 | 46.2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 5.79 | 6.13 | 1.41 | 5.0 | -0.7 |
| Elvin Rodríguez | 7 | 5 | 29.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 10.62 | 8.30 | 1.92 | 7.6 | -1.2 |
Record versus run differential
Detroit Tigers are 66-96, a .407 win rate, while their -156 run differential implies .389. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.