The Detroit Tigers went 86-76 in 2024, a .531 winning percentage — 12th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 682 runs and allowed 642, a run differential of +40. The offence ranked 19th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.62 staff ERA was 4th of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 23rd of 30 in MLB. Riley Greene led the position players at 3.9 WAR, and Tarik Skubal the rotation at a 2.39 ERA.
The 2024 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished tied for 2nd in the AL Central, 6.5 games back. They spent 9 of 187 days in first place, led by as many as 1.5 games on April 1 and were as far as 16 games back on June 29. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 17-8, their worst June at 10-17. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from August 23 to August 28 and a 5-game losing streak from May 19 to May 23. They were 43-38 at home and 43-38 on the road, 31-24 in one-run games and 47-50 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-1 against the Mariners on August 13; the heaviest defeat, 10-0 against the Brewers on June 7.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
17
13
.567
123
116
+7
May
11
16
.407
120
126
-6
June
10
17
.370
98
121
-23
July
14
11
.560
118
107
+11
August
17
11
.607
119
94
+25
Sept/Oct
17
8
.680
104
78
+26
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
43-38
.531
Road
43-38
.531
One-run games
31-24
.564
Extra innings
10-9
.526
Within the division
28-24
.538
Against .500+ clubs
47-50
.485
Decided by 5+ runs
25-22
.532
Last 10
7-3
.700
American League Central standings, 2024
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2024. 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
78
23,824
22,539
2,532
44,711
Night
39
22,909
20,645
2,532
44,435
Day
39
24,739
22,975
10,259
44,711
Weekend
42
28,176
27,150
2,532
44,711
Weekday
36
18,747
18,378
10,259
32,463
On the road
80
27,497
28,052
9,957
45,017
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
16,173
May
13
20,859
Jun
12
23,835
Jul
12
26,719
Aug
15
22,961
Sep
13
29,023
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 160 completed games, 2024.
Regulation
2:31
141 games
All games
2:34
Extra innings
3:00
19 of them
Longest
3:19
2024-05-26, 9 inn
Shortest
1:59
2024-09-24
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
160
2:34
2:32
1:59
3:45
Regulation
141
2:31
2:30
1:59
3:19
Extra innings
19
3:00
2:58
2:09
3:45
Home
81
2:33
2:30
1:59
3:19
Road
79
2:35
2:34
2:03
3:45
Day
74
2:35
2:32
1:59
3:25
Night
86
2:33
2:32
2:01
3:45
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
2:35
May
13
2:30
Jun
12
2:36
Jul
12
2:41
Aug
15
2:31
Sep
13
2:26
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 151 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 86-76, a .531 win rate, while their +40 run differential implies .528. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
