2017 Detroit Tigers season

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2017  Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers logo.svg
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Comerica Park
City Detroit, Michigan
Record64–98 (.395)
Divisional place5th
Owners Christopher Ilitch; Ilitch family trust
General managers Al Avila
Managers Brad Ausmus
Television Fox Sports Detroit
(Mario Impemba, Rod Allen, Kirk Gibson)
Radio Detroit Tigers Radio Network
(Dan Dickerson, Jim Price)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2017 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 117th season. This was the team's fourth and final year under manager Brad Ausmus. This was the first season without owner Mike Ilitch, who bought the team in 1992 and died on February 10, 2017. [1] The Tigers 2017 uniform features a "Mr. I" patch to honor him, the grounds crew wrote "Mr. I" in the outfield of Comerica Park, and he was also honored during a ceremony at the Tigers home opener on April 7. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

On September 12, the Tigers were eliminated from playoff contention for the third consecutive season. [5] On September 22, the Tigers announced manager Brad Ausmus will not return in 2018. [6] The team finished last in the AL Central, last in the league and tied with the San Francisco Giants for the worst record in MLB at 64–98, the team's lowest win total since 2003. Because the Tigers held a tiebreaker over the Giants, they received the first pick in the 2018 MLB draft. Incidentally, both teams had competed in the 2012 World Series five years earlier, which the Tigers lost.

This was ace pitcher Justin Verlander's last season with the Tigers. He had been with the team since 2005. He was traded to the Houston Astros on August 31. Verlander was the last remaining member of the 2006 American League Champion team.

Roster moves

Coaching staff

Signings

Releases

Trades

Spring training

The Tigers ended spring training with a 14–21 win–loss record, excluding two tie games that did not count toward the standings. Their .400 winning percentage was the joint-worst (along with Toronto) among American League teams in pre-season. [29]

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 102600.630—49–3253–28
Minnesota Twins 85770.5251741–4044–37
Kansas City Royals 80820.4942243–3837–44
Chicago White Sox 67950.4143539–4228–53
Detroit Tigers 64980.3953834–4730–51

Record against opponents

2017 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2017
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETHOUKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore —10–94–31–63–41–53–32–42–57–124–34–28–116–112–78–12
Boston 9–10—6–14–33–43–42–42–45–28–113–43–311–85–113–616–4
Chicago 3–41–6—6–1310–94–210–93–47–123–41–53–43–34–33–36–14
Cleveland 6–13–413–6—13–65–112–76–012–75–23–44–24–36–14–26–14
Detroit 4–34–39–106–13—3–48–113–48–113–31–51–62–51–53–38–12
Houston 5–14–32–41–54–3—3–412–75–15–212–714–53–412–74–315–5
Kansas City 3–34–29–107–1211–84–3—6–18–112–53–35–24–31–63–39–11
Los Angeles 4–24–24–30–64–37–121–6—2–54–212–712–73–48–114–311–9
Minnesota 5–22–512–77–1211–81–511–85–2—2–43–33–42–44–34–313–7
New York 12–711–84–32–53–32–55–22–44–2—2–55–212–73–39–1015–5
Oakland 3–44–35–14–35–17–123–37–123–35–2—7–122–510–92–57–13
Seattle 2–43–34–32–46–15–142–57–124–32–512–7—5–111–81–612–8
Tampa Bay 11–88–113–33–45–24–33–44–34–27–125–21–5—2–49–1011–9
Texas 1–61–53–41–65–17–126–111–83–43–39–108–114–2—3–414–6
Toronto 7–126–133–32–43–33–43–33–43–410–95–26–110–94–3—9–11
Division Leaders		 W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 102600.630
Houston Astros 101610.623
Boston Red Sox 93690.574
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 91710.562+6
Minnesota Twins 85770.525—
Kansas City Royals 80820.4945
Los Angeles Angels 80820.4945
Tampa Bay Rays 80820.4945
Seattle Mariners 78840.4817
Texas Rangers 78840.4817
Toronto Blue Jays 76860.4699
Baltimore Orioles 75870.46310
Oakland Athletics 75870.46310
Chicago White Sox 67950.41418
Detroit Tigers 64980.39521

Season highlights

Team accomplishments

Individual accomplishments

Hitting

  • On April 4, JaCoby Jones became the first Tigers rookie to hit a home run on Opening Day since Kirk Gibson in 1980, and the first Tiger to record his first Major League home run on Opening Day since John Sullivan in 1965. [36]
  • On April 11, James McCann hit his third home run of the season, becoming the first Tigers catcher in franchise history to hit three home runs in the first seven games of the season. [37]
  • On April 19, Nicholas Castellanos hit two triples in the game, becoming the first Tigers player to do so since Austin Jackson in 2012. [38]
  • On May 18, J. D. Martinez became the first Major League player since 1999 to record eight or more hits and eight or more walks in his first 24 plate appearances in a season. [39]
  • On June 2, Miguel Cabrera recorded his 1,000th career extra-base hit, becoming the 39th player in Major League history to reach the milestone. [40]
  • On July 7, Víctor Martínez recorded his 2,000th career hit, becoming the ninth active player to reach the milestone. [41]
  • On July 18, Nicholas Castellanos hit a single, triple and two home runs in the game, becoming the fourth Tigers player to do since 1913, and the first Tigers player to do so since Dmitri Young in 2003. [42]
  • On July 20, Miguel Cabrera recorded his 1,600th career RBI, becoming the 36th player in Major League history to reach the milestone. [43]
  • On August 6, Nicholas Castellanos recorded his 500th career hit. [44]
  • On September 29, Nicholas Castellanos recorded his 100th RBI of the season. He became the sixth player in Tigers history to record 10 or more triples, 25 or more home runs and 100 or more RBIs in a season, and the first player to do so since Al Kaline in 1956. [45]

Pitching

Defensive

All-Stars

The Tigers sent two players to the 2017 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Starting pitcher Michael Fulmer was named to the All-Star Game, but did not participate due to pitching on Sunday, so his teammate outfielder Justin Upton took his place on the American League roster. [53] [54]

Game log

2017 Game Log: 64–98 (Home: 34–47; Away: 30–51)
April: 12–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
—April 3@ White Sox Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to April 4.
1April 4@ White Sox 6–3 Verlander (1–0) Quintana (0–1) Rodríguez (1)36,5341–0W1
—April 5@ White Sox Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to May 26.
2April 6@ White Sox 2–11 Shields (1–0) Boyd (0–1)—10,8421–1L1
3April 7 Red Sox 6–5 Rodríguez (1–0) Hembree (0–1)—45,0132–1W1
4April 8 Red Sox 4–1 Zimmermann (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1) J. Wilson (1)32,6223–1W2
5April 9 Red Sox 5–7 Barnes (1–0) Rondón (0–1) Kimbrel (2)33,6623–2L1
6April 10 Red Sox 2–1 J. Wilson (1–0) Sale (0–1) Rodríguez (2)24,6724–2W1
7April 11 Twins 2–1 Boyd (1–1) Santiago (1–1) Rodríguez (3)21,2375–2W2
8April 12 Twins 5–3 Fulmer (1–0) Gibson (0–1) A. Wilson (1)23,7386–2W3
9April 13 Twins 5–11 Hughes (2–0) Zimmermann (1–1) Haley (1)22,5736–3L1
10April 14@ Indians 7–6 Norris (1–0) Bauer (0–2) Rodríguez (4)25,4237–3W1
11April 15@ Indians 6–13 Kluber (1–1) Verlander (1–1)—26,6917–4L1
12April 16@ Indians 4–1 Boyd (2–1) Carrasco (1–1) Rodríguez (5)17,7398–4W1
13April 18@ Rays 1–5 Andriese (1–0) Fulmer (1–1)—16,2658–5L1
14April 19@ Rays 7–8 Pruitt (1–0) Rodríguez (1–1)—12,2818–6L2
15April 20@ Rays 1–8 Ramírez (2–0) Norris (1–1)—13,2678–7L3
16April 21@ Twins 3–6 Santiago (2–1) Verlander (1–2) Kintzler (4)22,6478–8L4
17April 22@ Twins 5–4 Hardy (1–0) Tonkin (0–1) Rodríguez (6)25,7199–8W1
18April 23@ Twins 13–4 Fulmer (2–1) Gibson (0–3)—26,71310–8W2
19April 25 Mariners 19–9 Zimmermann (2–1) Hernández (2–2)—22,72811–8W3
20April 26 Mariners 0–8 Paxton (3–0) Norris (1–2)—23,32711–9L1
21April 27 Mariners 1–2 Zych (1–0) Rodríguez (1–2) Díaz (3)25,32511–10L2
22April 28 White Sox 3–7 Swarzak (2–0) A. Wilson (0–1)—26,04911–11L3
23April 29 White Sox 4–6 (10) Robertson (1–0) J. Wilson (1–1)—36,21711–12L4
24April 30 White Sox 7–3 Zimmermann (3–1) González (3–1)—26,04512–12W1
May: 13–16 (Home: 5–4; Away: 8–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
25May 1 Indians 7–1 Norris (2–2) Bauer (2–3)—22,04513–12W2
26May 2 Indians 5–2 Verlander (2–2) Kluber (3–2) Rodríguez (7)21,79914–12W3
27May 3 Indians 2–3 Carrasco (3–2) Boyd (2–2) Allen (7)22,66314–13L1
—May 4 Indians Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to July 1.
28May 5@ Athletics 7–2 Fulmer (3–1) Triggs (4–2)—17,51915–13W1
29May 6@ Athletics 5–6 Montas (1–0) Rodríguez (1–3)—16,65115–14L1
30May 7@ Athletics 6–8 Casilla (1–1) Rodríguez (1–4)—23,22715–15L2
31May 9@ Diamondbacks 7–3 Verlander (3–2) Ray (2–3)—20,44516–15W1
32May 10@ Diamondbacks 1–7 Godley (1–0) Boyd (2–3)—18,89716–16L1
33May 11@ Angels 7–1 Fulmer (4–1) Ramírez (3–3)—30,20717–16W1
34May 12@ Angels 0–7 Shoemaker (2–2) Zimmermann (3–2)—44,31117–17L1
35May 13@ Angels 4–3 A. Wilson (1–1) Norris (2–1) J. Wilson (2)40,25118–17W1
36May 14@ Angels 1–4 Meyer (2–1) Verlander (3–3) Norris (7)36,21518–18L1
37May 16 Orioles 11–13 (13) Bleier (1–1) Rodríguez (1–5)—25,10918–19L2
38May 17 Orioles 5–4 Fulmer (5–1) Jiménez (1–2) J. Wilson (3)29,72219–19W1
39May 18 Orioles 6–5 Zimmermann (4–2) Bundy (5–2) A. Wilson (2)32,45520–19W2
40May 19 Rangers 3–5 Martinez (1–2) Norris (2–3) Bush (5)33,12220–20L1
41May 20 Rangers 9–3 Verlander (4–3) Griffin (4–1)—35,16621–20W1
42May 21 Rangers 2–5 Darvish (5–2) Boyd (2–4) Kela (1)24,08021–21L1
43May 22@ Astros 0–1 Devenski (3–2) Fulmer (5–2) Giles (12)22,14621–22L2
44May 23@ Astros 2–6 McCullers (5–1) Zimmermann (4–3)—23,17921–23L3
45May 24@ Astros 6–3 Greene (1–0) Devenski (3–3)—26,48122–23W1
46May 25@ Astros 6–7 Gregerson (2–1) A. Wilson (1–2) Giles (13)25,04622–24L1
—May 26@ White Sox Postponed (rain). Rescheduled to May 27.
47May 26@ White Sox 2–8 Pelfrey (2–4) Boyd (2–5)—17,84222–25L2
48May 27@ White Sox 0–3 Danish (1–0) Fulmer (5–3) Robertson (6)26,32722–26L3
49May 27@ White Sox 4–3 Farmer (1–0) Holland (4–4)—26,32723–26W1
50May 28@ White Sox 3–7 González (4–5) Zimmermann (4–4) Robertson (7)27,57823–27L1
51May 29@ Royals 10–7 Rodríguez (2–5) Soria (2–2) J. Wilson (4)28,41924–27W1
52May 30@ Royals 0–1 Skoglund (1–0) Verlander (4–4) Herrera (12)21,86424–28L1
53May 31@ Royals 6–5 Saupold (1–0) Kennedy (0–5) J. Wilson (5)24,34725–28W1
June: 10–15 (Home: 8–7; Away: 2–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
54June 2 White Sox 15–5 Fulmer (6–3) Holland (4–5)—28,61926–28W2
55June 3 White Sox 10–1 Zimmermann (5–4) González (4–6)—33,18827–28W3
56June 4 White Sox 7–4 J. Wilson (2–1) Robertson (3–2)—30,20828–28W4
57June 6 Angels 3–5 Chavez (5–6) D. Norris (2–4) B. Norris (11)24,17528–29L1
58June 7 Angels 4–0 Farmer (2–0) Meyer (2–3)—24,95829–29W1
59June 8 Angels 4–11 Ramírez (6–4) Fulmer (6–4)—34,81029–30L1
60June 9@ Red Sox 3–5 Barnes (4–2) A. Wilson (1–3) Kimbrel (18)36,85329–31L2
61June 10@ Red Sox 3–11 Sale (8–2) Saupold (1–1)—37,16229–32L3
62June 11@ Red Sox 8–3 Norris (3–4) Pomeranz (6–4)—35,45730–32W1
63June 13 Diamondbacks 6–7 Bradley (2–1) J. Wilson (2–2) Rodney (17)25,11930–33L1
64June 14 Diamondbacks 1–2 Walker (5–3) Zimmermann (5–5) Rodney (18)26,13430–34L2
65June 15 Rays 5–3 J. Wilson (3–2) Hunter (0–2)—24,05631–34W1
66June 16 Rays 13–4 Norris (4–4) Ramírez (3–2)—29,67432–34W2
67June 17 Rays 2–3 Archer (5–4) Fulmer (6–5) Colomé (19)33,47832–35L1
68June 18 Rays 1–9 Faria (3–0) Farmer (2–1)—36,44232–36L2
69June 19@ Mariners 2–6 Pazos (2–1) A. Wilson (1–4)—21,51732–37L3
70June 20@ Mariners 4–5 (10) Cishek (1–1) J. Wilson (3–3)—15,06332–38L4
71June 21@ Mariners 5–7 Zych (3–2) Greene (1–1) Díaz (12)18,52632–39L5
72June 22@ Mariners 6–9 Moore (1–0) Norris (4–5) Cishek (1)18,73632–40L6
73June 23@ Padres 0–1 Perdomo (2–4) Fulmer (6–6) Maurer (14)25,47732–41L7
74June 24@ Padres 3–7 Yates (2–1) Greene (1–2)—31,74932–42L8
75June 25@ Padres 7–5 Rondón (1–1) Maurer (0–4) J. Wilson (6)29,59533–42W1
76June 27 Royals 5–3 Verlander (5–4) Strahm (2–5) J. Wilson (7)29,48834–42W2
77June 28 Royals 2–8 Kennedy (2–6) Norris (4–6)—29,61434–43L1
78June 29 Royals 7–3 Fulmer (7–6) Junis (2–2)—33,68135–43W1
—June 30 Indians Postponed (rain). Rescheduled to September 1.
July: 12–14 (Home: 7–8; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
79July 1 Indians 7–4 Greene (2–2) Shaw (2–3) J. Wilson (8)28,71936–43W2
80July 1 Indians 1–4 Carrasco (9–3) Zimmermann (5–6) Miller (2)27,01636–44L1
81July 2 Indians 8–11 Clevinger (4–3) Verlander (5–5) Allen (16)30,42936–45L2
82July 4 Giants 5–3 Fulmer (8–6) Cain (3–8) J. Wilson (9)32,51437–45W1
83July 5 Giants 4–5 Blach (6–5) Norris (4–7) Dyson (3)26,63137–46L1
84July 6 Giants 6–2 Sánchez (1–0) Stratton (0–2)—27,21038–46W1
85July 7@ Indians 2–11 Carrasco (10–3) Zimmermann (5–7)—32,30738–47L1
86July 8@ Indians 0–4 Clevinger (5–3) Verlander (5–6)—34,72638–48L2
87July 9@ Indians 5–3 Fulmer (9–6) Goody (1–1) J. Wilson (10)24,51939–48W1
88July 14 Blue Jays 2–7 Sanchez (1–2) Verlander (5–7)—37,87939–49L1
89July 15 Blue Jays 11–1 Fulmer (10–6) Liriano (5–5)—40,05640–49W1
90July 16 Blue Jays 6–5 (11) Saupold (2–1) Beliveau (1–1)—37,17341–49W2
91July 17@ Royals 10–2 Zimmermann (6–7) Vargas (12–4)—26,35942–49W3
92July 18@ Royals 9–3 Boyd (3–5) Wood (1–3)—22,90843–49W4
93July 19@ Royals 3–4 McCarthy (1–0) J. Wilson (3–4)—30,10543–50L1
94July 20@ Royals 4–16 Duffy (6–6) Fulmer (10–7)—29,01843–51L2
95July 21@ Twins 6–3 Sánchez (2–0) Santana (11–7) J. Wilson (11)22,36944–51W1
96July 22@ Twins 5–6 Gibson (6–8) Zimmermann (6–8) Kintzler (27)33,70044–52L1
97July 23@ Twins 9–6 Boyd (4–5) Hildenberger (1–1) J. Wilson (12)28,37345–52W1
98July 24 Royals 3–5 (12) Junis (3–2) VerHagen (0–1) Herrera (20)26,41545–53L1
99July 25 Royals 1–3 Duffy (7–6) Fulmer (10–8) Herrera (21)27,25945–54L2
100July 26 Royals 2–16 Kennedy (4–6) Sánchez (2–1)—29,07345–55L3
101July 28 Astros 5–6 Peacock (9–1) Rondón (1–2) Giles (22)30,35845–56L4
102July 29 Astros 5–3 Boyd (5–5) Martes (3–1) J. Wilson (13)33,76646–56W1
103July 30 Astros 13–1 Verlander (6–7) McCullers (7–3)—31,97047–56W2
104July 31@ Yankees 3–7 Severino (8–4) Fulmer (10–9) Chapman (13)39,90447–57L1
August: 11–17 (Home: 4–7; Away: 7–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
105August 1@ Yankees 4–3 Sánchez (3–1) Sabathia (9–4) Greene (1)43,23848–57W1
106August 2@ Yankees 2–0 Zimmermann (7–8) Tanaka (8–10) Greene (2)43,37949–57W2
107August 3@ Orioles 7–5 Saupold (3–1) Tillman (1–7) Greene (3)17,15750–57W3
108August 4@ Orioles 5–2 Verlander (7–7) Givens (7–1) Rondón (1)22,88251–57W4
109August 5@ Orioles 2–5 Brach (3–2) Jiménez (0–1) Britton (9)33,91151–58L1
110August 6@ Orioles 3–12 Jiménez (5–7) Sánchez (3–2)—30,14451–59L2
111August 7@ Pirates 0–3 Williams (5–4) Zimmermann (7–9) Nicasio (2)21,65151–60L3
112August 8@ Pirates 3–6 Kuhl (5–7) Boyd (5–6) Rivero (10)25,11251–61L4
113August 9 Pirates 10–0 Verlander (8–7) Nova (10–9)—28,90252–61W1
114August 10 Pirates 5–7 Cole (10–8) VerHagen (0–2) Rivero (11)33,49052–62L1
115August 11 Twins 4–9 Pressly (2–2) Sánchez (3–3)—29,73352–63L2
116August 12 Twins 12–11 Greene (3–2) Belisle (0–2)—33,00653–63W1
117August 13 Twins 4–6 Duffey (2–3) Rondón (1–3) Hildenberger (1)30,58253–64L1
118August 14@ Rangers 2–6 Pérez (7–10) Fulmer (10–10)—21,04153–65L2
119August 15@ Rangers 4–10 Griffin (6–3) Verlander (8–8)—20,63653–66L3
120August 16@ Rangers 6–12 Hamels (8–1) Bell (0–1)—22,71353–67L4
121August 18 Dodgers 5–8 Hill (9–4) Zimmermann (7–10)—32,80153–68L5
122August 19 Dodgers 0–3 Stripling (3–4) Fulmer (10–11) Jansen (33)37,18253–69L6
123August 20 Dodgers 6–1 Verlander (9–8) Maeda (11–5)—30,90154–69W1
124August 22 Yankees 4–13 Tanaka (9–10) Boyd (5–7)—27,81854–70L1
125August 23 Yankees 2–10 Severino (11–5) Zimmermann (7–11)—29,69554–71L2
126August 24 Yankees 10–6 A. Wilson (2–4) Betances (3–5) Greene (4)32,62255–71W1
127August 25@ White Sox 2–3 Minaya (2–1) Jiménez (0–2)—23,17155–72L1
128August 26@ White Sox 6–3 Farmer (3–1) Rodon (2–5) Greene (5)29,48956–72W1
129August 27@ White Sox 1–7 Giolito (1–1) Boyd (5–8)—22,53256–73L1
130August 28@ Rockies 4–3 Zimmermann (8–11) Senzatela (10–5) Greene (6)30,75457–73W1
131August 29@ Rockies 3–7 Neshek (5–3) Fulmer (10–12)—30,72157–74L1
132August 30@ Rockies 6–2 Verlander (10–8) Bettis (0–2)—29,28158–74W1
September/October: 6–24 (Home: 3–15; Away: 3–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
133September 1 Indians 2–3 Allen (2–6) Greene (3–3) Smith (1)26,09358–75L1
134September 1 Indians 0–10 Clevinger (8–5) Farmer (3–2)—24,34258–76L2
135September 2 Indians 2–5 Kluber (14–4) Zimmermann (8–12) Allen (23)25,27258–77L3
136September 3 Indians 1–11 Tomlin (8–9) Bell (0–2)—25,24458–78L4
137September 4 Royals 6–7 Junis (7–2) Lewicki (0–1) Alexander (3)24,80458–79L5
138September 5 Royals 13–2 Jaye (1–0) Vargas (14–10)—22,54759–79W1
139September 6 Royals 2–13 Hammel (8–10) Boyd (5–9)—23,75559–80L1
140September 8@ Blue Jays 5–4 Farmer (4–2) Stroman (11–7) Greene (7)31,96160–80W1
141September 9@ Blue Jays 4–5 Anderson (3–3) Saupold (3–2) Tepera (2)44,21860–81L1
142September 10@ Blue Jays 2–8 Happ (8–10) Sánchez (3–4) Santos (1)39,79760–82L2
143September 11@ Indians 0–11 Carrasco (15–6) Jaye (1–1)—18,52160–83L3
144September 12@ Indians 0–2 Kluber (16–4) Boyd (5–10)—24,65460–84L4
145September 13@ Indians 3–5 Clevinger (10–5) Farmer (4–3) Allen (27)29,34660–85L5
146September 14 White Sox 7–17 Shields (4–6) Bell (0–3)—26,74360–86L6
147September 15 White Sox 3–2 Greene (4–3) Alburquerque (0–2)—25,29861–86W1
148September 16 White Sox 4–10 López (2–3) Jaye (1–2)—29,84661–87L1
149September 17 White Sox 12–0 Boyd (6–10) Covey (0–6)—25,66362–87W1
150September 18 Athletics 3–8 Hendriks (4–2) Farmer (4–4)—23,89562–88L1
151September 19 Athletics 8–9 Casilla (4–5) A. Wilson (2–5) Treinen (9)23,46062–89L2
152September 20 Athletics 2–3 Mengden (2–1) Sánchez (3–5) Hendriks (1)26,91362–90L3
153September 21 Twins 1–12 Gee (3–2) Zimmermann (8–13)—25,43762–91L4
154September 22 Twins 3–7 Gibson (12–10) Norris (4–8)—25,39062–92L5
155September 23 Twins 4–10 Santana (16–8) Stumpf (0–1)—26,80062–93L6
156September 24 Twins 4–10 Berríos (13–8) Farmer (4–5)—23,88262–94L7
157September 26@ Royals 1–2 Vargas (18–10) Sánchez (3–6) Minor (3)20,61362–95L8
158September 27@ Royals 4–7 Alexander (5–4) VerHagen (0–3) Minor (4)21,31962–96L9
159September 28@ Royals 4–1 Norris (5–8) Duffy (9–10) Greene (8)21,65063–96W1
160September 29@ Twins 3–6 Berríos (14–8) Boyd (6–11) Belisle (9)34,58063–97L1
161September 30@ Twins 3–2 Farmer (5–5) Slegers (0–1) Greene (9)35,51564–97W1
162October 1@ Twins 1–5 Colón (5–6) Sánchez (3–7) Moya (1)28,14864–98L1
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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
Jim Adduci 2983142062110.2411
Alex Avila+7721930601101132.2740
Miguel Cabrera 130469501172201660.2490
Jeimer Candelario+2794163170213.3300
Nicholas Castellanos 15761473167361026101.2724
Tyler Collins 49150182941514.1930
Matt den Dekker 47110000.1430
John Hicks 601732546100622.2662
Bryan Holaday 1329172002.2410
José Iglesias 13046356118331654.2557
JaCoby Jones 56141142431313.1706
Ian Kinsler 139551901302532252.23614
Dixon Machado 73166174351111.2591
Mikie Mahtook 10934850961561238.2766
J. D. Martinez+5720038611321639.3052
Víctor Martínez 107392381001601047.2550
James McCann 10635239891421349.2531
Efren Navarro 23619141122.2300
Alex Presley 712453077103320.3145
Andrew Romine 1243184574172425.2336
Justin Upton+125459811283702894.27910
Pitcher totals16222030001.1360
Team Totals1625556735143528935187699.25865

+Totals with Tigers only.

Pitching

Starters and other pitchers

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
Chad Bell 036.93284062+1⁄349483157
Matthew Boyd 6115.2726250135847953110
Buck Farmer 556.75111104838362049
Michael Fulmer 10123.8325250164+2⁄3807040114
Myles Jaye 1212.0852012+2⁄31817104
Artie Lewicki 016.1041010+1⁄38746
Daniel Norris 585.3122180101+2⁄364604486
Aníbal Sánchez 376.4128170105+1⁄3817529104
Justin Verlander+1083.8228280172767367176
Jordan Zimmermann 8136.082929016011110844103

+Totals with Tigers only.

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
Victor Alcántara 008.596007+1⁄37745
William Cuevas 00108.001001⁄34401
Jeff Ferrell 006.7511009+1⁄37756
Shane Greene 432.66710967+2⁄321203473
Blaine Hardy 105.94350033+1⁄324221328
Joe Jiménez 0212.322400192826917
Jairo Labourt 004.5060063374
Arcenio León 0012.156006+2⁄39962
Edward Mujica 009.955006+1⁄37707
Zac Reininger 007.4510009+2⁄38835
Francisco Rodríguez 257.82280725+1⁄323221123
Andrew Romine 000.0020010010
Bruce Rondón 1310.91210115+2⁄319191022
Kyle Ryan 007.948005+2⁄35571
Warwick Saupold 324.88450062+2⁄336343144
Daniel Stumpf 013.82550037+2⁄316161533
Drew VerHagen 035.77242034+1⁄32222925
Alex Wilson 254.5066026634301542
Justin Wilson+342.684201340+1⁄312121655
Team Pitching Totals64985.36162162321420+1⁄38948465381202

+Totals with Tigers only.

Farm system

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

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