2010 Detroit Tigers season

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2010  Detroit Tigers
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Comerica Park
City Detroit, Michigan
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Mike Ilitch
General managers Dave Dombrowski
Managers Jim Leyland
Television Fox Sports Detroit
(Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
Radio Detroit Tigers Radio Network
(Dan Dickerson, Jim Price)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2010 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 110th season. This year saw the passing of legendary Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell, and nearly saw the first perfect game thrown by a Tigers pitcher. The Tigers spent most of the season in 2nd or 3rd place. The third-place Tigers finished 13 games behind the AL Central Champion Minnesota Twins, with an 81–81 record and failed to make the playoffs.

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Austin Jackson made the Tigers' opening day roster, and was American League Rookie of the Month for April. [1] 2010 also saw the debuts of several rookies from the Tiger farm system, including Brennan Boesch, Scott Sizemore, Danny Worth, Casper Wells and Will Rhymes. Boesch was called up on April 23, 2010, and was named the AL Rookie of the Month for May and June. [2] [3]

The Tigers sent three players to the 2010 All-Star game. Miguel Cabrera and José Valverde were selected as reserves, and starter Justin Verlander was added to the team when another AL starter who was selected was unable to pitch due to scheduling. At the All-Star break, the Tigers were a half-game out of first place in the AL Central, behind the Chicago White Sox. But a slow start and injuries to key players Magglio Ordóñez, Carlos Guillén and Brandon Inge shortly after the break sent the Tigers into a tailspin. Closer Valverde would also suffer a series of nagging injuries down the stretch. The Tigers finished the season with an 81-81 record, good for third place, 13 games back of the division-winning Minnesota Twins. While playing outstanding baseball at home, the Tigers were just 29-52 on the road. Only the Seattle Mariners had fewer road wins than the Tigers among American League teams.

Among the season highlights were Miguel Cabrera hitting .328 with 38 home runs and an AL-best 126 RBI, earning the American League Silver Slugger Award at first base [4] and finishing second in the AL MVP race (earning 5 of 28 first-place votes). [5] Austin Jackson (.293 average, 103 runs, 181 hits, 27 stolen bases) finished second in the AL Rookie-of-the-Year voting. Justin Verlander enjoyed another strong season (18-9 record, 3.37 ERA, 219 strikeouts). After a slow start and a brief trip to the minors, Max Scherzer showed promise with a 12-11 record, 3.50 ERA and 181 strikeouts.

On July 26, the Tigers were on the losing end of Matt Garza's no-hitter in Tampa. [6]

Until 2015, this was the last season in which the Tigers failed to make the playoffs.

2009-10 Offseason activities

Personnel changes

Releases

Trades

Signings

Roster

2010 Detroit Tigers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Transactions

Tributes to Ernie Harwell

Ernie Harwell commemorative patch worn in 2010. Ernieharwellpatch.jpg
Ernie Harwell commemorative patch worn in 2010.

On May 4, Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell died at age 92. [28] Two days later, Harwell's body lied in repose at Comerica Park, with over 10,000 fans filing past the casket. [29] In his honor, the Tigers wore patches (shown at right) and flew a flag in the center field of Comerica Park both bearing his initials for the remainder of the season. [30]

The near-perfect game

In the June 2 game against Cleveland, Armando Galarraga had a perfect game going with two outs in the top of the ninth when first base umpire Jim Joyce made a controversial call, ruling a batter safe at first when video replay showed he was out. Joyce later said "I took a perfect game away from that kid, I thought he beat the throw. I was convinced he beat the throw, until I saw the replay." [31] After the game, Galarraga told reporters Joyce apologized to him directly and gave him a hug. Despite large fan support for overturning the call, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig let the call stand, but said he would look into expanding replay beyond home run calls for the future.

It would have been the first perfect game thrown by a Tigers pitcher. Two previous Tigers, Tommy Bridges (1932) and Milt Wilcox (1983), had also come within one out of throwing perfect games before having them broken up by the 27th batter.

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9468.580—53‍–‍2841‍–‍40
Chicago White Sox 8874.543645‍–‍3643‍–‍38
Detroit Tigers 8181.5001352‍–‍2929‍–‍52
Cleveland Indians 6993.4262538‍–‍4331‍–‍50
Kansas City Royals 6795.4142738‍–‍4329‍–‍52

American League Wild Card

Division Winners
Team W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 9666.593
Minnesota Twins 9468.580
Texas Rangers 9072.556
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 9567.586—
Boston Red Sox 8973.5496
Chicago White Sox 8874.5437
Toronto Blue Jays 8577.52510
Detroit Tigers 8181.50014
Oakland Athletics 8181.50014
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8082.49415
Cleveland Indians 6993.42626
Kansas City Royals 6795.41428
Baltimore Orioles 6696.40729
Seattle Mariners 61101.37734

Record vs. opponents

TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore –9–94–33–35–52–46–03–55–133–73–67–116–43–157–11
Boston 9–9–1–64–43–34–39–13–29–94–57–37–114–612–613–5
Chicago 3–46–1–9–98–1010–87–25–132–44–59–13–44–53–515–3
Cleveland 3–34–49–9–9–910–85–46–122–63–63–42–72–46–45–13
Detroit 5–53–310–89–9–10–86–49–94–43–33–51–63–64–411–7
Kansas City 4–23-49–108–108–10–3-75–133–53–65–44–42–73–38–10
Los Angeles 0–61–92–74–54–67–3–2–54–411–815–44–59–106–311–7
Minnesota 5–32–313–512–69–913–55–2–2–46–36-43–57–33–68–10
New York 13–59–94–26-24–45–34–44–2–9–16–48–104–48–1011–7
Oakland 7–35–45–46–33–36–38–113–61–9–13–64–59–103–48–10
Seattle 6–33–71–94–35–34–54–154–64–66–13–2–77–122–39–9
Tampa Bay 11–711–74–37–26–14–45–45–310–85–47–2–4–210–87–11
Texas 4–66–45–44–26–37–210-93-74-410-912–72–4–3–714–4
Toronto 15–36–125–34–64–43–33–66–310–84–33–28–107–3–7–11
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Game log

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2010 Game Log
April (14–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Royals W 8–4 Zumaya (1–0) Tejeda (0–1)40,0521–0
2April 7@ Royals L 3–2 (11) Farnsworth (1–0) Valverde (0–1)10,5741–1
3April 8@ Royals W 7–3 Bonine (1–0) Mendoza (0–1)10,9092–1
4April 9 Indians W 5–2 Porcello (1–0) Huff (0–1) Valverde (1)45,0103–1
5April 10 Indians W 4–2 Bonderman (1–0) Talbot (0–1) Perry (1)35,3324–1
6April 11 Indians W 9–8 Coke (1–0) Perez (0–1)26,0815–1
7April 12 Royals L 10–5 Hochevar (1–0) Scherzer (0–1)17,0585–2
8April 13 Royals W 6–5 Zumaya (2–0) Hughes (0–1) Valverde (2)18,4146–2
9April 14 Royals L 7–3 Davies (1–0) Perry (0–1) Soria (2)19,2626–3
10April 16@ Mariners L 11–3 Hernández (1–0) Bonderman (1–1)39,9996–4
11April 17@ Mariners L 4–2 League (2–0) Verlander (0–1) Aardsma (5)31,6476–5
12April 18@ Mariners W 4–2 Scherzer (1–1) Snell (0–2) Valverde (3)30,4197–5
13April 19@ Angels L 2–0 Piñeiro (2–1) Willis (0–1) Rodney (4)36,0067–6
14April 20@ Angels L 6–5 Kazmir (1–1) Porcello (1–1) Rodney (5)35,2667–7
15April 21@ Angels W 4–3 Coke (2–0) Fuentes (0–1) Valverde (4)35,2798–7
16April 22@ Angels W 5–4 Verlander (1–1) Saunders (1–3) Valverde (5)37,3389–7
17April 23@ Rangers L 5–4 Feliz (1–0) Ni (0–1)26,4459–8
18April 24@ Rangers W 8–4 Bonine (2–0) Feldman (1–2)45,75210–8
19April 25@ Rangers L 8–4 Lewis (3–0) Porcello (1–2)31,21110–9
20April 26@ Rangers W 8–6 Coke (3–0) Feliz (1–1) Valverde (6)16,38111–9
21April 27 Twins L 2–0 Liriano (3–0) Verlander (1–2) Rauch (7)22,00811–10
22April 28 Twins W 11–6 Thomas (1–0) Mahay (0–1)19,90012–10
23April 29 Twins W 3–0 Willis (1–1) Pavano (3–2) Valverde (7)25,59513–10
24April 30 Angels W 10–6 Porcello (2–2) Piñeiro (2–3)31,72514–10
May (12–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1 Angels W 3–2 Perry (1–1) Shields (0–1)31,04215–10
26May 2 Angels W 5–1 Verlander (2–2) Weaver (3–1)25,60316–10
27May 3@ Twins L 10–4 Baker (3–2) Scherzer (1–2)38,72816–11
28May 4@ Twins L 4–3 Blackburn (2–1) Perry (1–2)39,02016–12
29May 5@ Twins L 5–4 Slowey (4–2) Porcello (2–3) Rauch (8)39,03716–13
–May 7@ Indians Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for July 17
30May 8@ Indians W 6–4 Verlander (3–2) Wood (0–1) Valverde (8)18,42817–13
31May 9@ Indians L 7–4 Talbot (4–2) Scherzer (1–3) Perez (5)16,98017–14
32May 10 Yankees W 5–4 Bonine (3–0) Mitre (0–1) Valverde (9)34,36518–14
–May 11 Yankees Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for May 12
33May 12 Yankees W 2–0 Porcello (3–3) Vázquez (1–4) Valverde (10)27,37619–14
34May 12 Yankees L 8–0 Hughes (5–0) Bonderman (1–2)28,51419–15
35May 13 Yankees W 6–0 Verlander (4–2) Sabathia (4–2)31,13020–15
36May 14 Red Sox L 7–2 Buchholz (4–3) Scherzer (1–4)31,73220–16
37May 15 Red Sox W 7–6 (12) Valverde (1–1) Delcarmen (1–2)40,74221–16
38May 16 Red Sox W 5–1 Galarraga (1–0) Lackey (4–2)35,45422–16
–May 17 White Sox Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for August 3
39May 18 White Sox L 6–2 García (3–2) Porcello (3–4)28,15522–17
40May 19@ Athletics W 5–1 Verlander (5–2) Braden (4–4)19,28423–17
41May 20@ Athletics W 5–2 Bonderman (2–2) Ross (1–2) Valverde (11)24,14624–17
42May 21@ Dodgers L 4–1 Billingsley (5–2) Willis (1–2) Broxton (9)44,28224–18
43May 22@ Dodgers L 6–4 Ely (3–1) Galarraga (1–1) Broxton (10)45,11724–19
44May 23@ Dodgers W 6–2 Porcello (4–4) Kuroda (5–2)46,05325–19
45May 25@ Mariners L 5–3 Kelley (3–0) Verlander (5–3) Aardsma (10)20,92025–20
46May 26@ Mariners L 5–4 League (4–4) Perry (1–3) Aardsma (11)22,42225–21
47May 28 Athletics L 5–4 Ziegler (2–2) Perry (1–4) Bailey (10)40,21025–22
48May 29 Athletics L 6–0 Anderson (2–1) Porcello (4–5)39,75025–23
49May 30 Athletics W 10–2 Scherzer (2–4) Braden (4–5) Zumaya (1)32,51026–23
50May 31 Athletics L 4–1 Cahill (4–2) Verlander (5–4) Bailey (11)23,64126–24
June (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1 Indians L 3–2 Westbrook (3–3) Bonderman (2–3) Wood (3)19,44626–25
52June 2 Indians W 3–0 Galarraga (2–1) Carmona (4–4)17,73827–25
53June 3 Indians W 12–6 Thomas (2–0) Ambriz (0–1)28,16928–25
54June 4@ Royals L 7–3 Chen (2–0) Scherzer (2–5)21,93028–26
55June 5@ Royals W 4–2 Verlander (6–4) Hochevar (5–4) Valverde (12)24,38329–26
56June 6@ Royals L 7–2 Bannister (6–3) Bonderman (2–4)22,24029–27
57June 8@ White Sox W 7–2 Thomas (3–0) Thornton (2–3)20,77630–27
58June 9@ White Sox L 15–3 García (6–3) Porcello (4–6)21,95930–28
59June 10@ White Sox L 3–0 Danks (5–5) Scherzer (2–6) Jenks (10)26,00430–29
60June 11 Pirates W 6–2 Verlander (7–4) Ohlendorf (0–4)33,23631–29
61June 12 Pirates W 4–3 (10) Coke (4–0) Donnelly (2–1)34,50132–29
62June 13 Pirates W 4–3 Thomas (4–0) López (1–1) Valverde (13)31,24333–29
63June 15 Nationals W 7–4 Scherzer (3–6) Lannan (2–4) Valverde (14)24,82134–29
64June 16 Nationals W 8–3 Verlander (8–4) Hernández (5–4)24,76735–29
65June 17 Nationals W 8–3 Bonderman (3–4) Atilano (5–4)33,63036–29
66June 18 Diamondbacks W 7–5 Coke (5–0) Qualls (1–4) Valverde (15)37,43837–29
67June 19 Diamondbacks L 6–5 Jackson (4–6) Porcello (4–7) Heilman (1)40,68137–30
68June 20 Diamondbacks W 3–1 Scherzer (4–6) Kennedy (3–5) Valverde (16)41,41738–30
69June 22@ Mets L 14–6 Nieve (2–3) Verlander (8–5)32,36338–31
70June 23@ Mets L 5–0 Dickey (6–0) Bonderman (3–5)35,04538–32
71June 24@ Mets W 6–5 Galarraga (3–1) Takahashi (6–3) Valverde (17)31,31939–32
72June 25@ Braves L 3–1 Medlen (5–1) Oliver (0–1) Wagner (15)36,63439–33
73June 26@ Braves L 4–3 Kawakami (1–9) Zumaya (2–1) Moylan (1)39,18439–34
74June 27@ Braves W 10–4 Verlander (9–5) Hanson (7–5)26,03440–34
75June 28@ Twins W 7–5 Bonderman (4–5) Liriano (6–6) Valverde (18)40,68141–34
76June 29@ Twins L 11–4 Blackburn (7–5) Galarraga (3–2)40,59341–35
77June 30@ Twins L 5–1 Slowey (8–5) Oliver (0–2)40,67141–36
July (11–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 2 Mariners W 7–1 Scherzer (5–6) Fister (3–4)32,51242–36
79July 3 Mariners W 6–1 Verlander (10–5) Vargas (6–4)32,43043–36
80July 4 Mariners L 8–1 Lee (8–3) Bonderman (4–6)24,89943–37
81July 5 Orioles W 12–9 Bonine (4–0) Hendrickson (1–4)25,43244–37
82July 6 Orioles W 7–5 (11) Perry (2–4) Hernandez (3–7)22,53245–37
83July 7 Orioles W 4–2 Scherzer (6–6) Bergesen (3–6)22,83746–37
84July 9 Twins W 7–3 Verlander (11–5) Liriano (6–7)42,54947–37
85July 10 Twins W 7–4 Bonderman (5–6) Blackburn (7–7) Valverde (19)41,46148–37
86July 11 Twins L 6–3 Pavano (10–6) Oliver (0–3) Rauch (20)39,68948–38
87July 16@ Indians L 8–2 Westbrook (6–5) Scherzer (6–7)22,29548–39
88July 17@ Indians L 4–3 Carmona (9–7) Coke (5–1) Perez (8)20,09048–40
89July 17@ Indians L 2–1 (11) Perez (2–0) Weinhardt (0–1)20,09248–41
90July 18@ Indians L 7–2 Gómez (1–0) Oliver (0–4)19,10248–42
91July 19 Rangers L 8–6 (14) Harrison (2–1) González (0–1) Feliz (25)26,62648–43
92July 20 Rangers L 8–0 Hunter (7–0) Galarraga (3–3)27,57648–44
93July 21 Rangers W 4–1 Scherzer (7–7) Lewis (9–6)28,70449–44
94July 22 Blue Jays W 5–2 Verlander (12–5) Romero (7–7) Valverde (20)34,47650–44
–July 23 Blue Jays Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for July 25
95July 24 Blue Jays L 3–2 Marcum (9–4) Porcello (4–8) Gregg (22)39,39150–45
96July 25 Blue Jays L 5–3 Downs (4–5) Valverde (1–2) Gregg (23)38,52650–46
97July 25 Blue Jays W 6–5 Coke (6–1) Frasor (3–3) Valverde (21)37,09351–46
98July 26@ Rays L 5–0 Garza (11–5) Scherzer (7–8)17,00951–47
99July 27@ Rays L 3–2 Shields (9–9) Verlander (12–6) Soriano (27)19,84351–48
100July 28@ Rays L 7–4 Niemann (9–3) Bonine (4–1) Soriano (28)16,20951–49
101July 29@ Rays L 4–2 Price (14–5) Porcello (4–9) Wheeler (2)26,71651–50
102July 30@ Red Sox W 6–5 Weinhardt (1–1) Lester (11–6)37,83252–50
103July 31@ Red Sox L 5–4 Okajima (4–3) Coke (6–2)37,39552–51
August (13–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Red Sox L 4–3 Papelbon (4–4) Thomas (4–1)37,47952–52
105August 3 White Sox L 12–2 Buehrle (10–8) Porcello (4–10)26,14152–53
106August 3 White Sox W 7–1 Bonderman (6–6) Torres (0–1)24,82653–53
107August 4 White Sox L 4–1 Jackson (7–10) Galarraga (3–4) Jenks (23)31,77053–54
108August 5 White Sox L 6–4 (11) Santos (1–0) Valverde (1–3)34,15653–55
109August 6 Angels L 4–2 Weaver (11–7) Verlander (12–7) Fuentes (21)35,10653–56
110August 7 Angels L 10–1 Kazmir (8–9) Bonderman (6–7)38,78353–57
111August 8 Angels W 9–4 Porcello (5–10) Bell (1–3)32,03754–57
112August 9 Rays L 6–3 Price (15–5) Galarraga (3–5) Soriano (32)29,93254–58
113August 10 Rays L 8–0 Hellickson (2–0) Scherzer (7–9)26,11454–59
114August 11 Rays W 3–2 Verlander (13–7) Garza (11–7) Valverde (22)28,81555–59
115August 13@ White Sox L 8–4 Buehrle (11–9) Bonderman (6–8)34,83455–60
116August 14@ White Sox W 3–2 Coke (7–2) Putz (5–4)36,54856–60
117August 15@ White Sox W 13–8 Thomas (5–1) Putz (5–5)36,28757–60
118August 16@ Yankees W 3–1 Scherzer (8–9) Vázquez (9–9) Valverde (23)46,09858–60
119August 17@ Yankees L 6–2 Sabathia (16–5) Verlander (13–8)46,90658–61
120August 18@ Yankees L 9–5 Moseley (3–2) Bonderman (6–9)46,47958–62
121August 19@ Yankees L 11–5 Hughes (15–5) Porcello (5–11)48,14358–63
122August 20 Indians W 6–0 Galarraga (4–5) Masterson (4–12)33,93659–63
123August 21 Indians W 5–2 Scherzer (9–9) Tomlin (1–3) Valverde (24)38,08860–63
124August 22 Indians W 8–1 Verlander (14–8) Gómez (3–2)35,10461–63
125August 23 Royals W 12–3 Bonderman (7–9) Chen (8–7)30,55262–63
126August 24 Royals W 9–1 Porcello (6–11) Davies (6–8)29,04363–63
127August 25 Royals L 4–3 (12) Humber (1–0) Fígaro (0–1) Soria (36)31,23163–64
128August 26@ Blue Jays W 7–1 Scherzer (10–9) Romero (10–8)16,08864–64
129August 27@ Blue Jays L 3–2 (11) Camp (4–2) Coke (7–3)20,29864–65
130August 28@ Blue Jays L 5–4 Morrow (10–6) Fígaro (0–2) Gregg (30)27,11964–66
131August 29@ Blue Jays W 10–4 Porcello (7–11) Rzepczynski (1–3)26,62465–66
132August 31@ Twins L 4–3 Guerrier (3–7) Coke (7–4) Capps (33)40,18665–67
September (15–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1@ Twins L 2–1 (10) Rauch (3–1) Perry (2–5)39,43865–68
134September 2@ Twins W 10–9 (13) Valverde (2–3) Blackburn (8–9)39,55166–68
135September 3@ Royals W 9–5 (11) Perry (3–5) Chavez (5–5)17,83567–68
136September 4@ Royals W 6–4 Porcello (8–11) Hughes (1–2) Valverde (25)21,48368–68
137September 5@ Royals L 2–1 Davies (7–9) Thomas (5–2) Soria (37)19,06168–69
138September 6 White Sox L 5–4 (10) Sale (1–1) Valverde (2–4)32,92468–70
139September 7 White Sox W 9–1 Verlander (15–8) García (11–6)24,90569–70
140September 8 White Sox W 5–1 Bonderman (8–9) Danks (13–10)25,99570–70
141September 9 White Sox W 6–3 Porcello (9–11) Floyd (10–12) Perry (2)29,99571–70
142September 10 Orioles L 6–3 Hernandez (6–8) Coke (7–5) Uehara (8)28,57571–71
143September 11 Orioles L 5–3 Guthrie (10–13) Scherzer (10–10) Uehara (9)28,13971–72
144September 12 Orioles W 6–2 Verlander (16–8) Gonzalez (0–3)24,17072–72
145September 14@ Rangers L 11–4 Nippert (4–4) Weinhardt (1–2)24,45272–73
146September 15@ Rangers L 11–7 Lewis (11–12) Galarraga (4–6)34,96472–74
147September 17@ White Sox W 9–2 Scherzer (11–10) Jackson (9–12)28,56373–74
148September 18@ White Sox W 6–3 Verlander (17–8) Santos (2–1)27,82874–74
149September 19@ White Sox W 9–7 (11) Weinhardt (2–2) Santos (2–2) Schlereth (1)24,41775–74
150September 20 Royals W 7–5 Thomas (6–2) Greinke (9–13) Coke (2)24,38276–74
151September 21 Royals L 9–6 Chen (11–7) Galarraga (4–7) Soria (40)26,17876–75
152September 22 Royals W 4–2 Scherzer (12–10) Davies (8–11)24,67877–75
153September 24 Twins W 10–1 Verlander (18–8) Liriano (14–9)30,08378–75
154September 25 Twins W 11–10 (13) Schlereth (1–0) Neshek (0–1)34,12979–75
155September 26 Twins W 5–1 Porcello (10–11) Duensing (10–3)32,02180–75
156September 27@ Indians L 6–3 Carrasco (2–1) Galarraga (4–8) Perez (22)10,16180–76
–September 28@ Indians Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for September 29
157September 29@ Indians L 4–0 Talbot (10–13) Scherzer (12–11)80–77
158September 29@ Indians L 4–3 Tomlin (6–4) Verlander (18–9) Perez (23)12,22780–78
–September 30@ Orioles Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for October 1
October (1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1@ Orioles L 10–6 Tillman (2–5) Bonderman (8–10)80–79
160October 1@ Orioles L 2–1 Guthrie (11–14) Porcello (10–12) Uehara (12)20,87080–80
161October 2@ Orioles L 2–1 Matusz (10–12) Galarraga (4–9) Uehara (13)35,33280–81
162October 3@ Orioles W 4–2 Schlereth (2–0) Bergesen (8–12) Valverde (26)23,91481–81

Player stats

Batting

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Austin Jackson 15161810318134104412747.293.400
Miguel Cabrera 15054811118045138126389.328.622
Johnny Damon 145539811463658511169.271.401
Brandon Inge 144514471272851370454.247.397
Brennan Boesch 133464491192631467740.256.416
Ryan Raburn 113371541042511562227.280.474
Magglio Ordóñez 8432356981711259140.303.474
Ramón Santiago 112320388491322230.263.325
Alex Avila 1042942867120731236.228.340
Gerald Laird 892702256110525318.207.304
Carlos Guillén 682532669171634121.273.419
Don Kelly 11923830584092738.244.374
Jhonny Peralta 57217235570838021.253.396
Will Rhymes 541913058123119014.304.414
Scott Sizemore 48143193270314015.224.336
Danny Worth 391061027502816.255.358
Casper Wells 369314306141706.323.538
Adam Everett 3181615500424.185.247
Jeff Frazier 92335100101.217.261
Jeff Larish 31002000100.200.200
Max St. Pierre 6912100000.222.333
Pitcher Totals1621800000000.000.000
Team Totals162564375115153083215271769546.268.415

Source:

Pitching

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Justin Verlander 1893.3733330224.1190898471219
Max Scherzer 12113.5031310195.2174847670184
Jeremy Bonderman 8105.5330290171.018711310560112
Rick Porcello 10124.9227270162.218896893884
Armando Galarraga 494.4925240144.114375725174
Brad Thomas 623.89492069.17731302930
Eddie Bonine 414.63471068.08437352226
Phil Coke 753.76741264.26729272653
José Valverde 243.006002663.04124213263
Ryan Perry 353.59600262.25526252345
Dontrelle Willis 124.9898043.14824242933
Joel Zumaya 212.58310138.13213111134
Robbie Weinhardt 226.14280029.1402320821
Enrique González 013.81180026.02111111713
Fu-Te Ni 016.65220023.02719171922
Andy Oliver 047.3655022.02622181318
Daniel Schlereth 202.89180118.220761019
Alfredo Fígaro 026.7581014.218121185
Casey Fien 0010.132002.243300
Jay Sborz 0067.501000.235501
Team Totals81814.30162162321444.114457436905371056

Source:

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Larry Parrish
AA Erie SeaWolves Eastern League Phil Nevin
A Lakeland Flying Tigers Florida State League Andy Barkett
A West Michigan Whitecaps Midwest League Joe DePastino
A-Short Season Connecticut Tigers New York–Penn League Howard Bushong
Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Basilio Cabrera

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