2016 Detroit Tigers season

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2016  Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers logo.svg
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Comerica Park
City Detroit, Michigan
Record86–75 (.534)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Mike Ilitch
General managers Al Avila
Managers Brad Ausmus
Television Fox Sports Detroit
(Mario Impemba, Rod Allen, Kirk Gibson, Jack Morris) [1]
Radio Detroit Tigers Radio Network
(Dan Dickerson, Jim Price)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2016 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 116th season. The Tigers opened the season on the road against the Miami Marlins on April 5, and their home opener was on April 8 against the New York Yankees. [2] The Tigers finished the season in second place in the American League Central division, with an 86–75 record. They had a chance for a Wild Card berth until the final day of the regular season, but their 1–0 loss to the Atlanta Braves and wins by the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays kept the team out of the playoffs for the second consecutive season. As of 2023, this is the last time the Tigers have finished above .500.

Contents

Roster moves

Coaching staff

Signings

Jordan Zimermann.jpg
Justin Upton Braves vs Rangers Sept 2014.jpg
Jordan Zimmermann (left) and Justin Upton (right) were two of Detroit's free agent acquisitions.

Releases

Trades

Detroit acquired Francisco Rodriguez from Milwaukee in an off-season trade. Francisco Rodriguez on August 4, 2013.jpg
Detroit acquired Francisco Rodríguez from Milwaukee in an off–season trade.

Standings

American League Central

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 94670.584—53–2841–39
Detroit Tigers 86750.534845–3541–40
Kansas City Royals 81810.50013½47–3434–47
Chicago White Sox 78840.48116½45–3633–48
Minnesota Twins 591030.36435½30–5129–52

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders		 W L Pct.
Texas Rangers 95670.586
Cleveland Indians 94670.584
Boston Red Sox 93690.574


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Toronto Blue Jays 89730.549—
Baltimore Orioles 89730.549—
Detroit Tigers 86750.5342½
Seattle Mariners 86760.5313
New York Yankees 84780.5195
Houston Astros 84780.5195
Kansas City Royals 81810.5008
Chicago White Sox 78840.48111
Los Angeles Angels 74880.45715
Oakland Athletics 69930.42620
Tampa Bay Rays 68940.42021
Minnesota Twins 591030.36430

Record vs. opponents

2016 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid - 2016
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETHOUKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore —8–114–35–15–21–64–24–25–110–93–41–613–63–49–1014–6
Boston 11–8—3–44–22–55–22–44–34–311–85–14–312–73–39–1014–6
Chicago 3–44–3—8–117–123–35–142–512–73–35–24–34–34–25–19–11
Cleveland 1–52–411–8—14–43–414–56–110–92–54–23–45–12–54–313–7
Detroit 2–55–212–74–14—4–27–122–415–43–34–34–36–12–43–413–7
Houston 6–12–53–34–32–4—3–413–65–22–413–611–83–34–152–511–9
Kansas City 2–44–214–55–1412–74–3—1–515–42–51–63–45–21–62–410–10
Los Angeles 2–43–45–21–64–26–135–1—2–41–612–78–113–49–104–39–11
Minnesota 1–53–47–129–104–152–54–154–2—2–52–44–23–45–21–68–12
New York 9–108–113–35–23–34–25–26–15–2—4–33–311–83–47–128–12
Oakland 4–31–52–52–43–46–136–17–124–23–4—7–125–29–103–37–13
Seattle 6–13–43–44–33–48–114–311–82–43–312–7—4–27–123–313–7
Tampa Bay 6–137–123–41–51–63–32–54–34–38–112–52–4—4–211–810–10
Texas 4–33–32–45–24–215–46–110–92–54–310–912–72–4—3–413–7
Toronto 10–910–91–53–44–35–24–23–46–112–73–33–38–114–3—13–7

Season highlights

Team accomplishments

Individual accomplishments

Hitting

  • On April 5, Justin Verlander became the first Tigers pitcher to record a hit on Opening Day since Mickey Lolich in 1971, and the first American League pitcher to do since Milwaukee's Bill Parsons and Oakland's Ken Holtzman both singled on April 15, 1972. [36]
  • On April 6, Víctor Martínez became the first player in modern Major League history to hit a pinch-hit home run in his team's first two regular-season games of the season, and the first player to do so since at least 1914. [37]
  • On April 13, Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit his 100th career home run, with a grand slam off Arquimedes Caminero of the Pittsburgh Pirates. [38]
  • On April 20, Víctor Martínez recorded his 1,000th career RBI, becoming just the fifth Venezuelan-born player in MLB history to reach the milestone. [39]
  • On June 12, Miguel Cabrera recorded his 2,400th career hit, becoming the fifth-youngest player in Major League history to reach the milestone, at 33 years, 55 days old. [40]
  • On June 16, Víctor Martínez hit three home runs in a single game, and became the first Tigers player to hit a home run from each side of the plate in the same game since Carlos Guillén in 2009. [41]
  • On July 3, Ian Kinsler hit his 200th career home run off Danny Farquhar of the Tampa Bay Rays. Kinsler became the third active Major League player, and the 40th overall, with 200 home runs, 1,000 runs scored, 1,600 hits and 200 stolen bases. [42]
  • On July 18, Justin Upton hit his 200th career home run off Ricky Nolasco of the Minnesota Twins. [43]
  • On July 22, Miguel Cabrera recorded his 1,500th career RBI, becoming the 56th player to reach the milestone. [44]
  • On September 5, Miguel Cabrera hit his 30th home run of the season and his 300th home run as a Detroit Tiger. He joins Al Kaline (399), Norm Cash (373) and Hank Greenberg (306) as the only four players to hit 300+ home runs in a Tiger uniform. [45]
  • On September 12, Ian Kinsler recorded his seventh lead-off home run of the season, tying the Tigers' franchise record set by Curtis Granderson. [46] Kinsler broke the tie on September 30 with his eighth leadoff homer of the season. This home run also gave Kinsler 28 for the season, tying the franchise record for second basemen set by Lou Whitaker in 1989. [47]
  • On September 18, Miguel Cabrera recorded his 2,500th career hit. Cabrera became the 100th player in Major League history to reach the milestone, just the eighth player to do so by his age-33 season, and the youngest since Hank Aaron did so in 1967. [48]
  • Miguel Cabrera won his 7th career Silver Slugger Award. [49]

Pitching

  • On April 20, Jordan Zimmermann became the first pitcher in Tigers history to begin a season with three consecutive outings of six or more scoreless innings. His 19+1⁄3 consecutive shutout innings mark the longest streak to begin a Tigers tenure since Doug Bair threw 19+1⁄3 consecutive scoreless innings after a midseason trade from St. Louis in 1983. [50]
  • Jordan Zimmermann became the sixth pitcher to finish April with five-plus wins, zero losses and a sub-1.00 ERA. He joins Fernando Valenzuela (1981), Randy Johnson (2000), Cliff Lee (2008), Zack Greinke (2009), and Ubaldo Jiménez (2010). Zimmermann's 0.55 ERA is the third-best mark for April in Tigers history. He allowed just two earned runs in 33 innings pitched. The only two Detroit pitchers with better ERAs in April were Bernie Boland with a 0.30 ERA in 1915 and John Hiller with a 0.36 ERA in 1974. [51] Zimmermann became the first Detroit pitcher to win each of his first five starts to a season since Frank Tanana in 1988. Zimmermann was named the American League Pitcher of the Month for April. [52]
  • On May 8, Justin Verlander recorded his 1,981st strikeout, surpassing Jack Morris for the second-most strikeouts among Tigers pitchers. Verlander only trails Mickey Lolich who had 2,679 strikeouts as a Tiger from 1963 to 1975. [53]
  • On May 18, Justin Verlander recorded his 2,000th career strikeout, becoming just the second Tigers pitcher to reach the milestone, following Mickey Lolich. [54]
  • On May 24, Francisco Rodríguez recorded his 400th career save, becoming just the sixth pitcher in MLB history to reach the milestone. [55]
  • On June 6, Michael Fulmer became the first pitcher in Tigers history to pitch three consecutive scoreless outings of six innings or more while allowing three or fewer hits. [56]
  • On June 12, Michael Fulmer became just the second pitcher in Major League history to pitch four consecutive scoreless outings of six innings or more while allowing three or fewer hits, following Jake Arrieta. Fulmer extended his scoreless streak to 28+1⁄3 innings, the second-longest streak in franchise history by a rookie, trailing only John Hiller's 28+2⁄3 scoreless innings in 1967. [57]
  • On June 17, Michael Fulmer's consecutive scoreless innings streak ended at 33+1⁄3 innings, a new Tigers rookie record. This was the longest consecutive scoreless innings streak by a rookie pitcher in baseball since Orel Hershiser threw 32 scoreless innings in 1984, and was just short of the all-time rookie record of 35 consecutive scoreless innings set by Fernando Valenzuela in 1981. [58]
  • Justin Verlander was named the American League Pitcher of the Month for July. Verlander was 4–0 with a 1.69 ERA and a 0.89 WHIP in six July starts, holding opposing hitters to a .171 average and striking out 48 batters in 42+2⁄3 innings. [59]
  • On September 5, Francisco Rodríguez recorded his 425th career save, passing John Franco for fourth place on the all-time saves list. [60]
  • Justin Verlander fanned 254 batters in 2016, leading the American League in strikeouts for the fourth time in his career. [61]
  • Michael Fulmer was awarded the AL Rookie of the Year Award. [62]

Defensive

  • On May 31, James McCann committed a throwing error, ending his Major League record of 139 games to start a career at catcher without committing an error. [63]
  • On November 8, Ian Kinsler was named the AL Gold Glove Award winner at second base. It was Kinsler's first career Gold Glove Award, and the first Gold Glove won by a Tiger infielder since fellow second baseman Plácido Polanco earned the honor in 2009. [64]

Other

  • With a game time temperature of 31 °F (−1 °C), the April 9 game in Detroit against the Yankees was the coldest ever at Comerica Park. [65]

Game log

Legend
Tigers winTigers lossGame postponed
2016 Game Log: 86–75 (Home: 45–35); Away: (41–40)
April: 13–10 (Home: 5–6; Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 5@ Marlins 8–7 (11) VerHagen (1–0) Breslow (0–1) Greene (1)36,9111–0W1
2April 6@ Marlins 7–3 Sánchez (1–0) Fernández (0–1) Rodríguez (1)17,8832–0W2
3April 8 Yankees 4–0 Zimmermann (1–0) Severino (0–1)—45,0493–0W3
4April 9 Yankees 4–8 Sabathia (1–0) Pelfrey (0–1)—32,4193–1L1
—April 10 Yankees Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to June 2.
5April 11 Pirates 4–7 Niese (1–0) Verlander (0–1) Melancon (3)26,2713–2L2
6April 12 Pirates 8–2 Sánchez (2–0) Nicasio (1–1)—26,4894–2W1
7April 13@ Pirates 7–3 Greene (1–0) Caminero (0–2)—21,1755–2W2
8April 14@ Pirates 7–4 Zimmermann (2–0) Cole (0–2) Rodríguez (2)18,7516–2W3
9April 15@ Astros 0–1 Keuchel (2–1) Pelfrey (0–2) Gregerson (3)30,0926–3L1
10April 16@ Astros 5–3 Verlander (1–1) McHugh (1–2) Rodríguez (3)30,0137–3W1
11April 17@ Astros 4–5 Fiers (1–1) Sánchez (2–1) Gregerson (4)30,6577–4L1
12April 19@ Royals 6–8 Ventura (1–0) Greene (1–1) Davis (6)26,8897–5L2
13April 20@ Royals 3–2 Zimmermann (3–0) Kennedy (2–1) Rodríguez (4)28,9288–5W1
14April 21@ Royals 0–4 Vólquez (3–0) Pelfrey (0–3)—30,7638–6L1
15April 22 Indians 1–2 Tomlin (2–0) Verlander (1–2) Allen (5)25,0868–7L2
16April 23 Indians 1–10 Kluber (1–3) Sánchez (2–2)—31,1638–8L3
17April 24 Indians 3–6 Bauer (1–0) Greene (1–2) Allen (6)31,9478–9L4
18April 25 Athletics 7–3 Zimmermann (4–0) Graveman (1–2)—21,6719–9W1
19April 26 Athletics 1–5 Hill (3–2) Pelfrey (0–4)—22,2569–10L1
20April 27 Athletics 9–4 Verlander (2–2) Gray (3–2—22,63610–10W1
21April 28 Athletics 7–3 Sánchez (3–2) Bassitt (0–2) Rodríguez (5)26,20011–10W2
22April 29@ Twins 9–2 Fulmer (1–0) Hughes (1–4)—23,04912–10W3
23April 30@ Twins 4–1 Zimmermann (5–0) Duffey (0–1) Rodríguez (6)31,10913–10W4
May: 11–17 (Home: 7–5; Away: 4–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
24May 1@ Twins 6–5 Lowe (1–0) Pressly (1–2) Rodríguez (7)24,74914–10W5
25May 3@ Indians 3–7 Tomlin (4–0) Verlander (2–3)—11,02214–11L1
26May 4@ Indians 0–4 Kluber (2–3) Sánchez (3–3)—8,76614–12L2
27May 5@ Indians 4–9 Bauer (2–0) Fulmer (1–1)—10,35014–13L3
28May 6 Rangers 1–5 Hamels (4–0) Zimmermann (5–1)—28,52214–14L4
29May 7 Rangers 5–10 Ranaudo (1–0) Ryan (0–1) Tolleson (10)35,55114–15L5
30May 8 Rangers 3–8 Wilhelmsen (2–2) Lowe (1–1)—35,40614–16L6
31May 9@ Nationals 4–5 Kelley (1–0) Lowe (1–2)—27,15314–17L7
32May 10@ Nationals 5–4 Fulmer (2–1) Ross (3–2) Rodríguez (8)24,47615–17W1
33May 11@ Nationals 2–3 Scherzer (4–2) Zimmermann (5–2)—35,69515–18L1
34May 12@ Orioles 5–7 Worley (2–0) J. Wilson (0–1) Britton (9)14,91815–19L2
35May 13@ Orioles 0–1 Tillman (5–1) Verlander (2–4) Britton (10)30,48815–20L3
36May 14@ Orioles 3–9 Wright (2–3) Sánchez (3–4) Brach (1)32,17415–21L4
37May 15@ Orioles 6–5 Saupold (1–0) O'Day (2–1) Rodríguez (9)37,89016–21W1
38May 16 Twins 10–8 Zimmermann (6–2) Dean (0–1) Rodríguez (10)25,92517–21W2
39May 17 Twins 7–2 Ryan (1–1) Tonkin (1–2)—27,65218–21W3
40May 18 Twins 6–3 Verlander (3–4) Nolasco (1–2) Rodríguez (11)29,03519–21W4
41May 20 Rays 5–7 Andriese (3–0) Sánchez (3–5) Colomé (11)30,30419–22L1
42May 21 Rays 5–4 Fulmer (3–1) Smyly (2–5) Rodríguez (12)32,31620–22W1
43May 22 Rays 9–4 Zimmermann (7–2) Archer (3–5)—34,75821–22W2
44May 23 Phillies 5–4 J. Wilson (1–1) Murray (0–1) Rodríguez (13)26,40022–22W3
45May 24 Phillies 3–1 Verlander (4–4) Hellickson (4–3) Rodríguez (14)26,53123–22W4
46May 25 Phillies 5–8 Nola (4–3) Sánchez (3–6) Gómez (17)31,18723–23L1
47May 27@ Athletics 4–1 Fulmer (4–1) Manaea (1–3)—22,49824–23W1
48May 28@ Athletics 3–12 Hahn (2–2) Saupold (1–1)—24,15424–24L1
49May 29@ Athletics 2–4 Hill (8–3) Pelfrey (0–5) Doolittle (3)L2 20,52224–25L2
50May 30@ Angels 1–5 Chacín (1–1) Verlander (4–5)—38,54124–26L3
51May 31@ Angels 9–11 Street (2–0) Lowe (1–3)—35,12524–27L4
June: 17–11 (Home: 11–5; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
52June 1@ Angels 3–0 Fulmer (5–1) Shoemaker (3–6) Rodríguez (15)35,05325–27W1
53June 2 Yankees 4–5 Betances (2–2) Boyd (0–1) Chapman (8)28,21325–28L1
54June 3 White Sox 10–3 Zimmermann (8–2) Rodon (2–5)—31,18426–28W1
55June 4 White Sox 7–4 Pelfrey (1–5) Sale (9–2) Rodríguez (16)32,91627–28W2
56June 5 White Sox 5–2 Verlander (5–5) Quintana (5–6) Rodríguez (17)29,08628–28W3
57June 6 Blue Jays 11–0 Fulmer (6–1) Happ (6–3)—29,77129–28W4
58June 7 Blue Jays 3–2 (10) J. Wilson (2–1) Biagini (3–2)—30,74530–28W5
59June 8 Blue Jays 2–7 Dickey (4–6) Zimmermann (8–3)—36,03630–29L1
60June 10@ Yankees 0–4 Sabathia (4–4) Pelfrey (1–6)—40,01130–30L2
61June 11@ Yankees 6–1 Verlander (6–5) Tanaka (3–2) Rodríguez (18)38,05031–30W1
62June 12@ Yankees 4–1 Fulmer (7–1) Pineda (3–7) Rodríguez (19)47,47432–30W2
63June 13@ White Sox 9–10 (12) Duke (1–0) Sánchez (3–7)—16,31432–31L1
64June 14@ White Sox 11–8 Zimmermann (9–3) González (1–2)—17,40333–31W1
65June 15@ White Sox 3–5 Sale (11–2) Pelfrey (1–7) Robertson (16)20,29233–32L1
66June 16@ Royals 10–4 Verlander (7–5) Hochevar (1–1)—33,56834–32W1
67June 17@ Royals 3–10 Ventura (6–4) Fulmer (7–2)—37,74634–33L1
68June 18@ Royals 5–16 Vólquez (7–6) Boyd (0–2)—38,48034–34L2
69June 19@ Royals 1–2 (13) Wang (4–0) Ryan (1–2)—34,65934–35L3
70June 20 Mariners 8–7 (12) Sánchez (4–7) Nuño (0–1)—27,67035–35W1
71June 21 Mariners 4–2 Rondón (1–0) Paxton (1–3) Rodríguez (20)30,15036–35W2
72June 22 Mariners 5–1 Ryan (2–2) Iwakuma (6–6)—31,49737–35W3
73June 23 Mariners 5–4 (10) Ryan (3–2) Cishek (2–4)—35,76738–35W4
74June 24 Indians 5–7 Salazar (9–3) Zimmermann (9–4)—37,88638–36L1
75June 25 Indians 0–6 Carrasco (3–2) Sánchez (4–8)—39,02838–37L2
76June 26 Indians 3–9 Tomlin (9–1) Verlander (7–6)—36,50238–38L3
77June 28 Marlins 7–5 Pelfrey (2–7) Conley (4–5) Rodríguez (21)30,80839–38W1
78June 29 Marlins 10–3 Norris (1–0) Koehler (6–7)—31,76040–38W2
79June 30@ Rays 10–7 Sánchez (5–8) Ramírez (7–7) Rodríguez (22)10,72941–38W3
July: 16–10 (Home: 6–3; Away: 10–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
80July 1@ Rays 10–2 Fulmer (8–2) Smyly (2–9)—13,53742–38W4
81July 2@ Rays 3–2 Verlander (8–6) Snell (1–3) Rodríguez (23)17,86143–38W5
82July 3@ Rays 5–1 Rondón (2–0) Andriese (6–2)—13,12644–38W6
83July 4@ Indians 3–5 Manship (1–1) Rondón (2–1) Allen (18)34,16344–39L1
84July 5@ Indians 1–12 Carrasco (5–2) Sánchez (5–9)—19,44844–40L2
85July 6@ Indians 12–2 Fulmer (9–2) Tomlin (9–2)—24,09845–40W1
86July 7@ Blue Jays 4–5 Grilli (2–0) J. Wilson (2–2) Osuna (18)46,28345–41L1
87July 8@ Blue Jays 0–6 Happ (12–3) Pelfrey (2–8)—43,22845–42L2
88July 9@ Blue Jays 3–2 Rondón (3–1) Grilli (2–1) Rodríguez (24)47,68446–42W1
89July 10@ Blue Jays 1–6 Dickey (7–9) Sánchez (5–10)—47,74746–43L1
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90July 15 Royals 4–2 Verlander (9–6) Hochevar (1–2) Rodríguez (25)37,44747–43W1
91July 16 Royals 4–8 Duffy (5–1) Pelfrey (2–9)—39,59447–44L1
92July 17 Royals 4–2 Rodríguez (1–0) Soria (3–4)—37,36348–44W1
93July 18 Twins 1–0 Boyd (1–2) Nolasco (4–8) Rodríguez (26)29,29049–44W2
94July 19 Twins 2–6 Milone (3–2) Sánchez (5–11)—32,03049–45L1
95July 20 Twins 1–4 Pressly (3–5) Rodríguez (1–1) Kintzler (6)35,02049–46L2
96July 21@ White Sox 2–1 (7) Pelfrey (3–9) Shields (2–5) Greene (2)24,93850–46W1
97July 22@ White Sox 7–5 Ryan (4–2) Fulmer (0–1) Rodríguez (27)22,61151–46W2
98July 24@ White Sox 3–4 Robertson (1–2) J. Wilson (2–3)—32,52751–47L1
99July 24@ White Sox 4–5 Robertson (2–2) Rondón (3–2)—30,28151–48L2
100July 25@ Red Sox 4–2 Verlander (10–6) Pomeranz (0–1) Rodríguez (28)37,47952–48W1
101July 26@ Red Sox 9–8 A. Wilson (1–0) Ross (1–2) Rodríguez (29)38,37853–48W2
102July 27@ Red Sox 4–3 Rondón (4–2) Ziegler (0–1) J. Wilson (1)37,84254–48W3
103July 29 Astros 14–6 Boyd (2–2) McHugh (7–7)—31,77155–48W4
104July 30 Astros 3–2 Verlander (11–6) Harris (1–2)—34,67356–48W5
105July 31 Astros 11–0 Pelfrey (4–9) Keuchel (6–11)—31,04557–48W6
August: 15–13 (Home: 10–9; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
106August 2 White Sox 11–5 Sánchez (6–11) Shields (3–6)—30,31658–48W7
107August 3 White Sox 2–1 Greene (2–2) Sale (14–5) Rodríguez (30)32,52659–48W8
108August 4 White Sox 3–6 Quintana (9–8) Zimmermann (9–5) Robertson (26)33,02359–49L1
109August 5 Mets 4–3 Verlander (12–6) Syndergaard (9–6) Rodríguez (31)33,03260–49W1
110August 6 Mets 6–5 Boyd (3–2) Verrett (3–7) Rodríguez (32)41,05361–49W2
111August 7 Mets 1–3 Reed (3–2) Rodríguez (1–2) Familia (39)32,07461–50L1
112August 8@ Mariners 0–3 Iwakuma (13–7) Fulmer (9–3) Diaz (5)20,00261–51L2
113August 9@ Mariners 5–6 (15) Miranda (1–0) Rodríguez (1–3)—19,71361–52L3
114August 10@ Mariners 1–3 Caminero (1–0)J. Wilson (2–4) Vincent (2)28,74261–53L4
115August 12@ Rangers 5–8 Darvish (3–3) Sánchez (6–12) Dyson (26)31,19061–54L5
116August 13@ Rangers 2–0 Boyd (4–2) Hamels (12–4) Rodríguez (33)37,79262–54W1
117August 14@ Rangers 7–0 Fulmer (10–3) Griffin (5–2)—35,45863–54W2
118August 15 Royals 1–3 Kennedy (7–9) Norris (1–1) Herrera (5)29,80363–55L1
119August 16 Royals 1–6 Duffy (10–1) Verlander (12–7)—28,66363–56L2
120August 17 Royals 1–4 Strahm (1–0) Greene (2–3) Herrera (6)28,79063–57L3
121August 18 Red Sox 4–3 J. Wilson (3–4) Tazawa (2–2) Rodríguez (34)34,64964–57W1
122August 19 Red Sox 2–10 Porcello (17–3) Fulmer (10–4)—36,10864–58L1
123August 20 Red Sox 2–3 Pomeranz (2–2) Norris (1–2) Kimbrel (22)37,88664–59L2
124August 21 Red Sox 10–5 Verlander (13–7) Owens (0–1)—31,03265–59W1
125August 23@ Twins 8–3 Sánchez (7–12) Gibson (5–8)—24,37966–59W2
126August 24@ Twins 9–4 Boyd (5–2) Duffey (8–10)—24,30967–59W3
127August 25@ Twins 8–5 Norris (2–2) Berríos (2–4) Rodríguez (35)26,43768–59W4
128August 26 Angels 4–2 Verlander (14–7) Nolasco (4–12) Rodríguez (36)31,35769–59W5
129August 27 Angels 2–3 Chacín (4–6) Fulmer (10–5) Salas (5)33,11569–60L1
130August 28 Angels 0–5 Skaggs (2–3) Sánchez (7–13)—28,22069–61L2
131August 29 White Sox 4–3 J. Wilson (4–4) Jones (5–3) Rodríguez (37)27,20170–61W1
132August 30 White Sox 8–4 Rondón (5–2) Albers (2–6)—27,12171–61W2
133August 31 White Sox 4–3 Rodríguez (2–3) Robertson (4–3)—32,46572–61W3
September: 14–12 (Home: 6–7; Away: 8–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
134September 2@ Royals 7–6 Rodríguez (3–3) Davis (1–1)—25,00873–61W4
135September 3@ Royals 2–5 Ventura (10–9) Fulmer (10–6) Davis (22)39,75773–62L1
136September 4@ Royals 6–5 Greene (3–3) Soria (4–7) Rodríguez (38)34,61674–62W1
137September 5@ White Sox 5–3 (11) A. Wilson (2–0) Beck (1–1) Rodríguez (39)18,65375–62W2
138September 6@ White Sox 0–2 González (3–6) Boyd (5–3) Robertson (34)15,15575–63L1
139September 7@ White Sox 4–7 Beck (2–1) Greene (3–4) Robertson (35)13,07875–64L2
140September 9 Orioles 4–3 A. Wilson (3–0) Brach (8–3) Rodríguez (40)32,14076–64W1
141September 10 Orioles 3–11 Jiménez (7–11) Zimmermann (9–6)—36,63476–65L1
142September 11 Orioles 1–3 Tillman (16–5) Verlander (14–8) Britton (41)33,06976–66L2
143September 12 Twins 4–2 Greene (4–4) Wimmers (1–2) Rodríguez (41)28,09377–66W1
144September 13 Twins 1–8 Gibson (6–9) Boyd (5–4)—26,39377–67L1
145September 14 Twins 9–6 Greene (5–4) Pressly (6–7) Rodríguez (42)27,95378–67W1
146September 15 Twins 1–5 Santiago (12–8) Pelfrey (4–10)—26,93278–68L1
147September 16@ Indians 4–11 Kluber (17–9) Fulmer (10–7)—29,13778–69L2
148September 17@ Indians 0–1 (10) Miller (8–1) J. Wilson (4–5)—26,65478–70L3
149September 18@ Indians 9–5 Norris (3–2) Bauer (11–8) Rodríguez (43)21,38279–70W1
150September 20@ Twins 8–1 Boyd (6–4) Santiago (12–9)—23,39580–70W2
—September 21@ Twins Postponed (rain). Rescheduled to September 22.
151September 22@ Twins 9–2 A. Wilson (4–0) Wimmers (1–3)—18,37481–70W3
152September 22@ Twins 4–2 Verlander (15–8) Santana (7–11) Rodríguez (44)21,59982–70W4
153September 23 Royals 8–3 Fulmer (11–7) Duffy (12–3)—29,48083–70W5
154September 24 Royals 4–7 Davis (2–1) Rodríguez (3–4) Herrera (12)31,72183–71L1
155September 25 Royals 9–12 Gee (8–9) Boyd (6–5) Davis (26)33,37583–72L2
156September 26 Indians 4–7 Miller (10–1) Farmer (0–1) Allen (30)24,98483–73L3
157September 27 Indians 12–0 Verlander (16–8) Clevinger (2–3)—25,69684–73W1
158September 28 Indians 6–3 (5) Hardy (1–0) Colón (1–3)—26,93485–73W2
—September 29 Indians Cancelled (rain). Due to the Tigers being eliminated from playoff contention.
159September 30@ Braves 6–2 Norris (4–2) Wisler (7–13)—41,50086–73W3
October: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
160October 1@ Braves 3–5 Blair (2–7) Zimmermann (9–7) Johnson (19)40,12486–74L1
161October 2@ Braves 0–1 Teherán (7–10) Verlander (16–9) Johnson (20)51,22086–75L2

Roster

2016 Detroit Tigers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Mike Avilés+6816717355116.2102
Erick Aybar+29807205018.2500
Miguel Cabrera 1585959218831138108.3160
Nick Castellanos 110411541172541858.2851
Tyler Collins 56136143223415.2351
Anthony Gose 309111192227.2090
John Hicks 12111000.5000
José Iglesias 13746757119260432.2557
JaCoby Jones 1328363002.2140
Ian Kinsler 1536181171782942883.28814
Dixon Machado 810110000.1000
J. D. Martinez 120460691413522268.3071
Víctor Martínez 154553651602202786.2890
Cameron Maybin 9434965110145443.31515
James McCann 1053443176911248.2210
Casey McGehee 30924211001.2280
Steven Moya 319492442511.2550
Alex Presley+35010000.2000
Andrew Romine 108174214152216.2368
Jarrod Saltalamacchia 922463042511238.1710
Justin Upton 153570811402823187.2469
Bobby Wilson+513020002.1540
Pitcher Totals16121120000.0950
Team Totals1615526750147625230211719.26758

+Totals with Tigers only.

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Starters

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBK
Matt Boyd 654.532018097+1⁄351492982
Michael Fulmer 1173.0626260159575442132
Daniel Norris 423.381413069+1⁄330262271
Mike Pelfrey 4105.072422011976674656
Aníbal Sánchez 7135.8735260153+1⁄310810053135
Justin Verlander 1693.0434340227+2⁄3817757254
Jordan Zimmermann 974.8719180105+1⁄363572666

Bullpen

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBK
Buck Farmer 014.60141029+1⁄315152027
Shane Greene 545.82503260+1⁄339392259
Blaine Hardy 103.51210025+2⁄311101220
Logan Kensing 001.933004+2⁄31121
Mark Lowe 137.11540049+1⁄341392149
Joe Mantiply 0016.885002+2⁄35522
Dustin Molleken 004.324008+1⁄34458
Bobby Parnell 006.756005+1⁄34454
Francisco Rodríguez 343.246104458+1⁄324212152
Andrew Romine 000.001002⁄30020
Bruce Rondón 522.97370036+1⁄312121245
Kyle Ryan 423.07560055+2⁄321191535
Warwick Saupold 117.456009+2⁄388310
Drew VerHagen 107.111900191515710
Alex Wilson 402.9662007326242149
Justin Wilson 454.14660058+2⁄329271765
Team Pitching Totals86754.241611614714287216724621232

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Lloyd McClendon
AA Erie SeaWolves Eastern League Lance Parrish
A-Advanced Lakeland Flying Tigers Florida State League Dave Huppert
A West Michigan Whitecaps Midwest League Andrew Graham
A-Short Season Connecticut Tigers New York–Penn League Mike Rabelo
Rookie GCL Tigers East Gulf Coast League Rafael Gil
Rookie GCL Tigers West Gulf Coast League Rafael Martínez

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