American League Central · 2023
Detroit Tigers 2023
- Team WAR
- 26.2 8.2 bat / 18.0 pitch
- Win %
- .481 pyth .449
- Run diff
- -79 4.08 / 4.57 per g
- wRC+
- 85
- ERA
- 4.23 FIP 4.16
- Home runs
- 164
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.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
20 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Riley Greene | CF | 99 | 416 | 109 | 11 | 37 | 7 | .288 | .349 | .447 | .347 | 115 | 2.4 |
| Kerry Carpenter | RF | 118 | 459 | 116 | 20 | 64 | 6 | .278 | .340 | .471 | .348 | 116 | 2.0 |
| Andy Ibáñez | 2B | 112 | 383 | 94 | 11 | 41 | 1 | .264 | .312 | .433 | .322 | 98 | 1.3 |
| Jake Rogers | C | 102 | 365 | 73 | 21 | 49 | 1 | .221 | .286 | .444 | .313 | 92 | 1.3 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 1B | 159 | 684 | 141 | 31 | 94 | 3 | .233 | .313 | .446 | .327 | 102 | 1.2 |
| Matt Vierling | RF | 132 | 530 | 125 | 10 | 44 | 6 | .261 | .329 | .388 | .317 | 95 | 1.2 |
| Zach McKinstry | 3B | 145 | 518 | 107 | 9 | 35 | 16 | .231 | .302 | .351 | .291 | 78 | 0.6 |
| Parker Meadows | CF | 36 | 145 | 29 | 3 | 13 | 8 | .232 | .331 | .368 | .311 | 91 | 0.5 |
| Akil Baddoo | LF | 108 | 357 | 68 | 11 | 34 | 14 | .218 | .310 | .372 | .301 | 84 | 0.5 |
| Zack Short | 2B | 91 | 253 | 45 | 7 | 33 | 5 | .204 | .292 | .339 | .283 | 72 | 0.4 |
| Andre Lipcius | 3B | 13 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .286 | .342 | .400 | .327 | 102 | 0.1 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 35 | 83 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 2 | .237 | .280 | .408 | .297 | 81 | -0.0 |
| Austin Meadows | LF | 6 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .286 | .228 | 36 | -0.1 |
| Tyler Nevin | 3B | 41 | 111 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .200 | .306 | .316 | .284 | 73 | -0.2 |
| Javier Báez | SS | 136 | 547 | 113 | 9 | 59 | 12 | .222 | .267 | .325 | .262 | 58 | -0.2 |
| Ryan Kreidler | 2B | 10 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .098 | -51 | -0.2 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 2B | 55 | 151 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .213 | .278 | .272 | .251 | 51 | -0.4 |
| Nick Maton | 3B | 92 | 293 | 43 | 8 | 32 | 1 | .173 | .288 | .305 | .270 | 64 | -0.4 |
| Miguel Cabrera | DH | 98 | 370 | 86 | 4 | 34 | 0 | .257 | .322 | .353 | .301 | 84 | -0.6 |
| Eric Haase | C | 88 | 293 | 55 | 4 | 26 | 4 | .201 | .247 | .281 | .234 | 40 | -1.1 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Tarik Skubal | 15 | 15 | 80.1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 102 | 2.80 | 2.00 | 0.90 | 11.4 | 3.2 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | 26 | 26 | 152.2 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 143 | 3.30 | 3.66 | 1.15 | 8.4 | 3.1 |
| Jason Foley | 70 | 0 | 69.0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 55 | 2.61 | 2.73 | 1.16 | 7.2 | 1.7 |
| Reese Olson | 21 | 18 | 103.2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 103 | 3.99 | 4.01 | 1.12 | 8.9 | 1.6 |
| Michael Lorenzen | 29 | 25 | 153.0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 111 | 4.18 | 4.46 | 1.21 | 6.5 | 1.6 |
| Tyler Holton | 59 | 1 | 85.1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 74 | 2.11 | 3.56 | 0.87 | 7.8 | 1.3 |
| Will Vest | 48 | 4 | 48.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 2.98 | 2.55 | 1.10 | 10.4 | 1.3 |
| Matthew Boyd | 15 | 15 | 71.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 5.45 | 4.35 | 1.32 | 9.3 | 0.9 |
| Matt Manning | 15 | 15 | 78.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 3.58 | 4.81 | 1.04 | 5.8 | 0.6 |
| Sawyer Gipson-Long | 4 | 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2.70 | 3.16 | 1.10 | 11.7 | 0.5 |
| Brendan White | 33 | 2 | 40.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 5.09 | 3.85 | 1.35 | 9.7 | 0.5 |
| Miguel Díaz | 12 | 3 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.64 | 2.04 | 0.93 | 10.3 | 0.5 |
| Alex Lange | 67 | 0 | 66.0 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 79 | 3.68 | 4.36 | 1.33 | 10.8 | 0.4 |
| Tyler Alexander | 25 | 1 | 44.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 4.50 | 4.10 | 1.11 | 9.0 | 0.4 |
| Alex Faedo | 15 | 12 | 64.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 58 | 4.45 | 4.85 | 1.05 | 8.1 | 0.4 |
| Beau Brieske | 25 | 1 | 35.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 3.60 | 4.00 | 1.37 | 8.0 | 0.4 |
| Chasen Shreve | 50 | 0 | 44.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 4.63 | 4.28 | 1.34 | 9.1 | 0.3 |
| José Cisnero | 63 | 0 | 59.1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 70 | 5.31 | 4.60 | 1.48 | 10.6 | 0.2 |
| Trey Wingenter | 17 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5.82 | 3.96 | 1.35 | 11.6 | 0.2 |
| Braden Bristo | 3 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2.57 | 3.54 | 1.29 | 6.4 | 0.1 |
| Zack Short | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 3.92 | 2.17 | 1.5 | 0.1 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.76 | 0.75 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| Brenan Hanifee | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.40 | 4.66 | 1.60 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Spencer Turnbull | 7 | 7 | 31.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 7.26 | 5.55 | 1.68 | 7.0 | -0.0 |
| Zach Logue | 3 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7.36 | 5.53 | 1.36 | 8.2 | -0.1 |
| Zach McKinstry | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 16.26 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Mason Englert | 31 | 1 | 56.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 5.46 | 5.59 | 1.50 | 6.6 | -0.4 |
| Garrett Hill | 9 | 0 | 15.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9.19 | 7.66 | 2.11 | 8.0 | -0.5 |
| Joey Wentz | 25 | 19 | 105.2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 98 | 6.90 | 5.81 | 1.68 | 8.3 | -0.6 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 77 home dates, 2023.
- Average
- 20,946 77 home dates
- Median
- 19,630
- Total
- 1,612,876
- Best
- 44,650 2023-04-06
- Quietest
- 10,099 2023-04-18
- On the road
- 26,846 what they drew away
By situation
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.
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.