The Detroit Tigers went 78-84 in 2023, a .481 winning percentage — 20th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 661 runs and allowed 740, a run differential of -79. The offence ranked 28th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.23 staff ERA was 17th of 30. Their 85 team wRC+ was 15% below league average — 28th of 30 in MLB. Riley Greene led the position players at 2.4 WAR, and Tarik Skubal the rotation at a 2.80 ERA.
The 2023 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the AL Central, 9 games back. They were as far as 10 games back on August 7. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 18-10, their worst June at 9-18. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from April 13 to April 18 and a 9-game losing streak from June 2 to June 11. They were 37-44 at home and 41-40 on the road, 21-20 in one-run games and 31-54 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 10-0 at the White Sox on September 2; the heaviest defeat, 17-4 against the Astros on August 27.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
17
.370
88
135
-47
May
16
11
.593
116
125
-9
June
9
18
.333
105
132
-27
July
12
13
.480
108
120
-12
August
13
15
.464
110
139
-29
Sept/Oct
18
10
.643
134
89
+45
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
37-44
.457
Road
41-40
.506
One-run games
21-20
.512
Extra innings
10-8
.556
Within the division
35-17
.673
Against .500+ clubs
31-54
.365
Decided by 5+ runs
17-27
.386
Last 10
7-3
.700
American League Central standings, 2023
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2023. 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
77
20,946
19,630
10,099
44,650
Night
38
19,743
18,461
11,048
31,974
Day
39
22,119
20,195
10,099
44,650
Weekend
37
23,937
22,644
11,048
41,425
Weekday
40
18,180
16,840
10,099
44,650
On the road
80
26,846
26,964
6,160
48,108
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
15,882
May
15
18,794
Jun
12
19,581
Jul
13
23,468
Aug
17
21,000
Sep
11
18,355
Oct
1
41,425
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, 2023.
Regulation
2:35
144 games
All games
2:38
Extra innings
3:02
18 of them
Longest
3:50
2023-04-14, 11 inn
Shortest
1:50
2023-04-18
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
2:38
2:38
1:50
3:50
Regulation
144
2:35
2:35
1:50
3:16
Extra innings
18
3:02
3:04
2:33
3:50
Home
81
2:40
2:38
1:50
3:50
Road
81
2:37
2:36
2:01
3:22
Day
73
2:36
2:36
1:50
3:13
Night
89
2:40
2:39
2:04
3:50
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:44
May
15
2:32
Jun
12
2:44
Jul
13
2:36
Aug
17
2:42
Sep
11
2:43
Oct
1
2:28
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 155 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 78-84, a .481 win rate, while their -79 run differential implies .449. That is about 5 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
