American League Central · 2023
Detroit Tigers
- Team WAR
- 21.9 8.1 bat / 13.9 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 2.3 WAR, and Tarik Skubal the rotation at a 2.80 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,287 team hits
Batting
20 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Riley Greene | CF | 99 | 416 | 109 | 11 | 37 | 7 | .288 | .349 | .447 | .347 | 115 | 2.3 |
| Kerry Carpenter | RF | 118 | 459 | 116 | 20 | 64 | 6 | .278 | .340 | .471 | .348 | 116 | 1.8 |
| Jake Rogers | C | 102 | 365 | 73 | 21 | 49 | 1 | .221 | .286 | .444 | .313 | 92 | 1.6 |
| Andy Ibáñez | 2B | 112 | 383 | 94 | 11 | 41 | 1 | .264 | .312 | .433 | .322 | 98 | 1.2 |
| 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 | 1.0 |
| Parker Meadows | CF | 36 | 145 | 29 | 3 | 13 | 8 | .232 | .331 | .368 | .311 | 91 | 0.5 |
| Zach McKinstry | 3B | 145 | 518 | 107 | 9 | 35 | 16 | .231 | .302 | .351 | .291 | 78 | 0.4 |
| Akil Baddoo | LF | 108 | 357 | 68 | 11 | 34 | 14 | .218 | .310 | .372 | .301 | 84 | 0.3 |
| Zack Short | 2B | 91 | 253 | 45 | 7 | 33 | 5 | .204 | .292 | .339 | .283 | 72 | 0.2 |
| 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 |
| Javier Báez | SS | 136 | 547 | 113 | 9 | 59 | 12 | .222 | .267 | .325 | .262 | 58 | -0.1 |
| 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 |
| Ryan Kreidler | 3B | 10 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .098 | -51 | -0.3 |
| Nick Maton | 3B | 92 | 293 | 43 | 8 | 32 | 1 | .173 | .288 | .305 | .270 | 64 | -0.3 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 2B | 55 | 151 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .213 | .278 | .272 | .251 | 51 | -0.4 |
| Miguel Cabrera | DH | 98 | 370 | 86 | 4 | 34 | 0 | .257 | .322 | .353 | .301 | 84 | -0.5 |
| Eric Haase | C | 88 | 293 | 55 | 4 | 26 | 4 | .201 | .247 | .281 | .234 | 40 | -0.8 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Tarik Skubal | 15 | 15 | 80.1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 102 | 2.80 | 2.00 | 0.90 | 11.4 | 2.8 |
| Eduardo Rodriguez | 26 | 26 | 152.2 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 143 | 3.30 | 3.66 | 1.15 | 8.4 | 2.6 |
| Jason Foley | 70 | 0 | 69.0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 55 | 2.61 | 2.73 | 1.16 | 7.2 | 1.5 |
| Reese Olson | 21 | 18 | 103.2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 103 | 3.99 | 4.01 | 1.12 | 8.9 | 1.3 |
| Will Vest | 48 | 4 | 48.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 2.98 | 2.55 | 1.10 | 10.4 | 1.2 |
| Michael Lorenzen | 29 | 25 | 153.0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 111 | 4.18 | 4.46 | 1.21 | 6.5 | 1.2 |
| Tyler Holton | 59 | 1 | 85.1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 74 | 2.11 | 3.56 | 0.87 | 7.8 | 1.1 |
| Matthew Boyd | 15 | 15 | 71.0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 73 | 5.45 | 4.35 | 1.32 | 9.3 | 0.7 |
| Sawyer Gipson-Long | 4 | 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2.70 | 3.16 | 1.10 | 11.7 | 0.4 |
| Miguel Díaz | 12 | 3 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.64 | 2.04 | 0.93 | 10.3 | 0.4 |
| Brendan White | 33 | 2 | 40.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 5.09 | 3.85 | 1.35 | 9.7 | 0.4 |
| Matt Manning | 15 | 15 | 78.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 3.58 | 4.81 | 1.04 | 5.8 | 0.4 |
| Tyler Alexander | 25 | 1 | 44.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 4.50 | 4.10 | 1.11 | 9.0 | 0.3 |
| Beau Brieske | 25 | 1 | 35.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 3.60 | 4.00 | 1.37 | 8.0 | 0.3 |
| Alex Lange | 67 | 0 | 66.0 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 79 | 3.68 | 4.36 | 1.33 | 10.8 | 0.3 |
| Chasen Shreve | 50 | 0 | 44.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 4.63 | 4.28 | 1.34 | 9.1 | 0.2 |
| Alex Faedo | 15 | 12 | 64.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 58 | 4.45 | 4.85 | 1.05 | 8.1 | 0.2 |
| Trey Wingenter | 17 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5.82 | 3.96 | 1.35 | 11.6 | 0.2 |
| José Cisnero | 63 | 0 | 59.1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 70 | 5.31 | 4.60 | 1.48 | 10.6 | 0.1 |
| 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 |
| Zach Logue | 3 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7.36 | 5.53 | 1.36 | 8.2 | -0.1 |
| Spencer Turnbull | 7 | 7 | 31.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 7.26 | 5.55 | 1.68 | 7.0 | -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 | -0.5 |
| 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 | -0.8 |
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.