The Detroit Tigers went 76-86 in 2026, a .469 winning percentage — 22nd of 30 record in baseball. They scored 723 runs and allowed 652, a run differential of +71. The offence ranked 14th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.83 staff ERA was 9th of 30. Their 103 team wRC+ was 3% above league average — 8th of 30 in MLB. Kevin McGonigle led the position players at 5.8 WAR, and Tarik Skubal the rotation at a 2.72 ERA.
The 2026 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the AL Central, 9 games back. They spent 12 of 186 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on March 27 and were as far as 11.5 games back on May 29. Their best month was July at 15-9, their worst May at 6-22. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from April 10 to April 16 and an 8-game losing streak from May 16 to May 24. They were 42-39 at home and 34-47 on the road, 17-27 in one-run games and 31-48 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-0 against the Orioles on July 28; the heaviest defeat, 15-2 at the Twins on September 1.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
16
.500
142
133
+9
May
6
22
.214
81
129
-48
June
15
11
.577
137
91
+46
July
15
9
.625
126
83
+43
August
11
16
.407
111
106
+5
Sept/Oct
13
12
.520
126
110
+16
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
42-39
.519
Road
34-47
.420
One-run games
17-27
.386
Extra innings
5-9
.357
Within the division
18-34
.346
Against .500+ clubs
31-48
.392
Decided by 5+ runs
28-15
.651
Last 10
4-6
.400
American League Central standings, 2026
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League Central, 2026. 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
81
28,677
28,736
15,034
45,008
Night
47
26,981
25,608
16,655
41,353
Day
34
31,022
31,898
15,034
45,008
Weekend
39
33,490
33,373
20,285
45,008
Weekday
42
24,208
23,290
15,034
35,548
On the road
80
28,567
30,535
8,237
48,350
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
24,896
May
16
26,177
Jun
16
30,252
Jul
13
31,050
Aug
12
32,389
Sep
12
27,410
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, 2026.
Regulation
2:41
148 games
All games
2:42
Extra innings
3:01
14 of them
Longest
3:33
2026-07-29, 12 inn
Shortest
2:02
2026-08-26
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
2:42
2:41
2:02
4:09
Regulation
148
2:41
2:41
2:02
3:20
Extra innings
14
3:01
2:48
2:29
4:09
Home
81
2:41
2:40
2:02
3:33
Road
81
2:44
2:42
2:02
4:09
Day
64
2:42
2:41
2:02
3:33
Night
98
2:43
2:41
2:02
4:09
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:37
May
16
2:40
Jun
16
2:45
Jul
13
2:41
Aug
12
2:38
Sep
12
2:43
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 161 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 76-86, a .469 win rate, while their +71 run differential implies .547. That is about 13 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
