# 2018 Detroit Tigers season

The 2018 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 118th season. It was the team's first year under a mostly new coaching staff led by new Manager Ron Gardenhire. It was the fourth consecutive season they missed the playoffs, finishing with the same record as the previous season, 64–98, but good for third place in the American League Central division.
It was the last season for television announcers Mario Impemba and Rod Allen, who had been together since 2003. Their contracts were not renewed due to an alleged physical altercation after the game on September 4.

## Uniform changes

Starting this season, the Tigers changed the classic curved Old English D logo on their home uniforms to match that of the sharp cornered hat logo, which is now larger.

## Roster moves
### Coaching staff

* On October 20, the Tigers announced Ron Gardenhire was named the successor to Brad Ausmus as the Tigers' manager, and signed to a three-year contract.
* On November 2, the Tigers named Chris Bosio as pitching coach, Ramón Santiago as first-base coach, Phil Clark as assistant hitting coach, Rick Anderson as bullpen coach, Steve Liddle as bench coach, and Joe Vavra as quality control coach. Also on November 2, the Tigers announced Lloyd McClendon would return as hitting coach and Dave Clark would return as third-base coach.
* On June 27, 2018, the Tigers terminated pitching coach Chris Bosio's contract due to "insensitive comments that violated Club policy and his Uniform Employee Contract." Bullpen coach Rick Anderson was then promoted to pitching coach.

### Releases

* On November 2, utility player Andrew Romine was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners. Also on November 2, the Tigers announced they declined the team option on pitcher Aníbal Sánchez, making him a free agent. On March 16, Sánchez signed a minor-league contract with the Atlanta Braves.
* On December 1, the Tigers announced they would not tender a contract to relief pitcher Bruce Rondón, making him a free agent. On February 1, Rondón signed a minor-league contract with the Chicago White Sox.
* On December 28, free agent pitcher Kyle Ryan left the Tigers and signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs.
* On May 15, pitcher Chad Bell was claimed off waivers by the Atlanta Braves.
* On May 22, the Tigers released pitcher Jairo Labourt. On May 29, Labourt signed a minor-league contract with the Chicago White Sox.

### Signings

* On November 25, the Tigers agreed to a one-year, $795,000 deal with relief pitcher Blaine Hardy, avoiding arbitration.
* On December 5, the Tigers signed outfielder Leonys Martín to a one-year, $1.75 million contract.
* On December 8, the Tigers signed pitcher Mike Fiers to a one-year, $6 million contract.
* On December 14, the Tigers selected outfielder Víctor Reyes in the Rule 5 draft.
* On January 9, the Tigers signed catcher Brayan Peña to a minor league contract. Peña retired as a player on June 18, 2018, and went on to manage the Tigers' rookie league team in the Gulf Coast League.
* On January 11, the Tigers claimed pitcher Johnny Barbato off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Also on January 11, the Tigers signed catcher James McCann to a one-year, $2.375 million contract, avoiding arbitration.
* On January 17, the Tigers avoided arbitration when they reached one-year deals with right fielder Nicholas Castellanos, shortstop José Iglesias, and pitchers Shane Greene and Alex Wilson.
* On February 23, the Tigers signed pitcher Francisco Liriano to a one-year, $4 million contract.
* On August 10, the Tigers signed relief pitcher Zach McAllister to a major league contract. He pitched in just three games for the Tigers before being designated for assignment and electing free agency on August 22.

### Trades

* On December 13, the Tigers traded second baseman Ian Kinsler to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for 18-year old pitching prospect Wilkel Hernandez and minor league outfielder Troy Montgomery.
* On July 31, the Tigers traded outfielder Leonys Martín and pitching prospect Kyle Dowdy to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for shortstop Willi Castro.
* On August 6, the Tigers traded pitcher Mike Fiers to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for two players to be named later or cash considerations. On August 18, the Athletics sent pitcher Nolan Blackwood to the Tigers as one of the players to be named later. On September 19, 2018, the Athletics sent pitcher Logan Shore to the Tigers to complete the trade.

## Number retirements

* The Tigers retired Jack Morris' #47 on August 12 and Alan Trammell's #3 on August 26, both members of the 1984 World Champion team. They were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on the weekend of July 27–29.

## Season standings
### American League Central

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cleveland Indians | 91 | 71 | .562 | — | 49‍–‍32 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Minnesota Twins | 78 | 84 | .481 | 13 | 49‍–‍32 | 29‍–‍52 |
| Detroit Tigers | 64 | 98 | .395 | 27 | 38‍–‍43 | 26‍–‍55 |
| Chicago White Sox | 62 | 100 | .383 | 29 | 30‍–‍51 | 32‍–‍49 |
| Kansas City Royals | 58 | 104 | .358 | 33 | 32‍–‍49 | 26‍–‍55 |

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Boston Red Sox | 108 | 54 | .667 |
| Houston Astros | 103 | 59 | .636 |
| Cleveland Indians | 91 | 71 | .562 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| New York Yankees | 100 | 62 | .617 | +3 |
| Oakland Athletics | 97 | 65 | .599 | — |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 90 | 72 | .556 | 7 |
| Seattle Mariners | 89 | 73 | .549 | 8 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 80 | 82 | .494 | 17 |
| Minnesota Twins | 78 | 84 | .481 | 19 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | .451 | 24 |
| Texas Rangers | 67 | 95 | .414 | 30 |
| Detroit Tigers | 64 | 98 | .395 | 33 |
| Chicago White Sox | 62 | 100 | .383 | 35 |
| Kansas City Royals | 58 | 104 | .358 | 39 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 47 | 115 | .290 | 50 |

### Record against opponents

2018 American League recordvte Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018 :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 3–16 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 7–12 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 5–14 | 7–13 |
| Boston | 16–3 | — | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 6–1 | 15–4 | 16–4 |
| Chicago | 4–3 | 4–3 | — | 5–14 | 7–12 | 0–7 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–14 |
| Cleveland | 5–2 | 4–3 | 14–5 | — | 13–6 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 12–8 |
| Detroit | 4–2 | 2–4 | 12–7 | 6–13 | — | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 0–7 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 6–14 |
| Houston | 6–1 | 4–3 | 7–0 | 4–3 | 5–1 | — | 5–1 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 12–7 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 4–2 | 13–7 |
| Kansas City | 4–2 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 7–12 | 11–8 | 1–5 | — | 1–6 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 0–7 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 6–14 |
| Los Angeles | 5–1 | 0–6 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 6–13 | 6–1 | — | 4–3 | 1–5 | 10–9 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 13–6 | 4–3 | 10–10 |
| Minnesota | 6–1 | 3–4 | 12–7 | 9–10 | 12–7 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | — | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 8–12 |
| New York | 12–7 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 | — | 3–3 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 11–9 |
| Oakland | 5–1 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 7–0 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 9–10 | 5–2 | 3–3 | — | 9–10 | 2–5 | 13–6 | 7–0 | 12–8 |
| Seattle | 6–1 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 5–1 | 11–8 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 10–9 | — | 6–1 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 6–14 |
| Tampa Bay | 11–8 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 7–0 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 5–2 | 1–6 | — | 5–1 | 13–6 | 7–13 |
| Texas | 4–3 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 6–13 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–13 | 9–10 | 1–5 | — | 3–3 | 9–11 |
| Toronto | 14–5 | 4–15 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 0–7 | 4–3 | 6–13 | 3–3 | — | 13–7 |

## Season highlights
### Team accomplishments

* On April 8, the Tigers won a game with two or fewer hits for the first time since July 11, 2004 against the Minnesota Twins.
* On May 28, the Tigers established a franchise record by hitting at least one double in 44 consecutive games, breaking the previous team record set in 1924. JaCoby Jones hit the record-breaking double in the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Angels. The streak was extended to 53 consecutive games before ending on June 6 against the Boston Red Sox. This was the third-longest streak in Major League history since at least 1908.
* On July 15, the Tigers faced starter Justin Verlander for the first time since he was traded to the Houston Astros from the Tigers on August 31, 2017. Detroit won the game 6–3, while tagging Verlander for four home runs. It was only the third time in Verlander's career that he gave up four home runs in a game.

### Individual accomplishments
#### Pitching

* On April 21 against the Kansas City Royals, Mike Fiers became just the second Tigers player since 1908 to give up 10 or more hits in fewer than six innings, strike out nobody and earn a victory, and the first Tigers player to do since Dan Petry in 1984.
* On April 22 against the Kansas City Royals, Francisco Liriano took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, before a home run by Whit Merrifield ruined the no-hit bid.
* On May 20 against the Seattle Mariners, Francisco Liriano took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, before a one-out single by Mitch Haniger ruined the no-hit bid.
* On August 3 against the Oakland Athletics, Blaine Hardy took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, before an infield single by Jed Lowrie ruined the no-hit bid.
* On August 31 against the New York Yankees, Jordan Zimmermann took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, before a two-run home run by Brett Gardner ruined the no-hit bid.
* On September 9 against the St. Louis Cardinals, Michael Fulmer took a perfect game into the sixth inning, before allowing a walk to Yairo Muñoz to start the inning.

#### Hitting

* On April 25, Jeimer Candelario fell a triple shy of the cycle, hitting a single, double, and home run, to help the Tigers defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 13–10.
* On August 13 against the Chicago White Sox, Nicholas Castellanos went 5-for-5 with 5 RBIs. He became the first Tigers player with five hits in a game since Ian Kinsler in 2015, and the first with 10 total bases in a game since Justin Upton in 2017.
* On September 20 against the Kansas City Royals, Christin Stewart hit his first two major league home runs in his first two at-bats, and had six RBIs in the game. It was the first time a Tiger player hit his first two major league home runs in the same game since Brent Clevlen in 2006, the first time a Tiger rookie had a six-RBI game since Ryan Raburn had a seven-RBI game in 2007, and the first time since 1908 that a Tiger player had a six-RBI game within his first 11 career contests.

#### Defense

* JaCoby Jones' Defensive Runs Saved rating of 24 (meaning 24 better than league average) was the best among all major league outfielders, and he finished second to Mookie Betts in Ultimate Zone Rating.

## Game log

2018 Game Log: 64–98 (Home: 38–43; Away: 26–55) :
March/April: 11–16 (Home: 6–8; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
—March 29PiratesPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to March 30.
1March 30Pirates10–13 (13)Brault (1–0)Wilson (0–1)—42,5160–1L1
—March 31PiratesPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to April 1.
2April 1Pirates0–1Williams (1–0)Fulmer (0–1)Rivero (1)14,8580–2L2
3April 1Pirates6–8Kuhl (1–0)Farmer (0–1)Rivero (2)18,4380–3L3
4April 2Royals6–1Liriano (1–0)Hammel (0–1)—15,4761–3W1
5April 3Royals0–1Junis (1–0)Boyd (0–1)Herrera (1)15,0831–4L1
—April 4RoyalsPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to April 20.
6April 5@ White Sox9–7 (10)Jiménez (1–0)Infante (0–1)Greene (1)33,3182–4W1
7April 7@ White Sox6–1Fulmer (1–1)Giolito (0–1)—16,6253–4W2
8April 8@ White Sox1–0Fiers (1–0)López (0–1)Greene (2)11,1314–4W3
9April 9@ Indians0–2Kluber (1–1)Liriano (1–1)Miller (1)9,8434–5L1
10April 10@ Indians1–2Miller (1–0)Wilson (0–2)Allen (3)10,0784–6L2
11April 11@ Indians1–5Carrasco (3–0)Norris (0–1)—10,8724–7L3
12April 12@ Indians3–9Bauer (1–1)Fulmer (1–2)—12,9014–8L4
13April 13Yankees6–8Montgomery (1–0)Fiers (1–1)Chapman (2)21,3634–9L5
—April 14YankeesPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to April 15.
—April 15YankeesPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to June 4.
—April 15YankeesPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to June 4.
14April 17Orioles4–2Liriano (2–1)Cashner (1–2)Greene (3)15,5305–9W1
15April 18Orioles6–5Greene (1–0)Araújo (1–2)—15,1786–9W2
16April 19Orioles13–8Zimmermann (1–0)Cobb (0–2)—15,9167–9W3
17April 20Royals3–2 (10)Jiménez (2–0)Keller (0–1)—15,4068–9W4
18April 20Royals2–3Junis (3–1)Greene (1–1)Herrera (3)17,1948–10L1
19April 21Royals12–4Fiers (2–1)Duffy (0–3)
Saupold (1)19,3029–10W1
20April 22Royals5–8McCarthy (1–0)VerHagen (0–1)Herrera (4)19,0349–11L1
—April 24@ PiratesPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to April 25.
21April 25@ Pirates13–10Stumpf (1–0)Taillon (2–2)Greene (4)9,39610–11W1
22April 25@ Pirates3–8Kuhl (3–1)Boyd (0–2)—9,39610–12L1
23April 26@ Pirates0–1Vázquez (1–0)Wilson (0–3)—12,04910–13L2
24April 27@ Orioles0–6Tillman (1–4)Fiers (2–2)—14,22310–14L3
25April 28@ Orioles9–5Liriano (3–1)Cashner (1–4)—20,89611–14W1
26April 29@ Orioles3–5Gausman (2–2)Norris (0–2)O'Day (2)28,08911–15L1
27April 30Rays2–3Faria (2–1)Greene (1–2)Alvarado (1)19,39811–16L2 :
May: 15–14 (Home: 11–4; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
28May 1Rays2–1Boyd (1–2)Archer (2–2)Greene (5)17,25512–16W1
29May 2Rays3–2 (12)Saupold (1–0)Andriese (0–1)—20,86613–16W2
30May 3@ Royals6–10McCarthy (3–0)Bell (0–1)—28,86613–17L1
31May 4@ Royals2–4Boyer (1–0)Stumpf (1–1)Herrera (6)24,64813–18L2
32May 5@ Royals3–2Zimmermann (2–0)Hammel (0–4)Greene (6)20,70814–18W1
33May 6@ Royals2–4Junis (4–2)Boyd (1–3)Herrera (7)18,42414–19L1
34May 7@ Rangers6–7Leclerc (1–0)Stumpf (1–2)Kela (7)20,05714–20L2
35May 8@ Rangers7–4Fiers (3–2)Minor (3–2)Greene (7)18,63415–20W1
36May 9@ Rangers4–5 (10)Kela (3–2)Saupold (1–1)—30,38715–21L1
—May 11MarinersPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to May 12.
37May 12Mariners4–3Boyd (2–3)Gonzales (3–3)Greene (8)25,50616–21W1
38May 12Mariners5–9Hernández (5–3)Fulmer (1–3)—25,50616–22L1
39May 13Mariners5–4Greene (2–2)Nicasio (1–2)—24,71817–22W1
40May 14Indians6–3Fiers (4–2)Carrasco (5–2)—17,77518–22W2
41May 15Indians9–8Coleman (1–0)Miller (1–2)Greene (9)20,99719–22W3
42May 16Indians0–6Bauer (3–3)Carpenter (0–1)—24,77119–23L1
43May 17@ Mariners3–2Saupold (2–1)Vincent (1–1)Greene (10)15,16920–23W1
44May 18@ Mariners4–5Altavilla (3–2)Farmer (0–2)Díaz (15)34,93220–24L1
45May 19@ Mariners2–7Paxton (3–1)Fiers (4–3)—35,73920–25L2
46May 20@ Mariners2–3 (11)Vincent (2–1)Farmer (0–3)—34,25220–26L3
47May 21@ Twins2–4Berríos (5–4)Stumpf (1–3)Rodney (10)17,16120–27L4
48May 22@ Twins0–6Lynn (2–4)Boyd (2–4)—25,55920–28L5
49May 23@ Twins4–1Fulmer (2–3)Gibson (1–3)Greene (11)23,89121–28W1
50May 25White Sox5–4Farmer (1–3)Rondón (2–3)Greene (12)24,64822–28W2
51May 26White Sox4–8Santiago (1–2)Liriano (3–2)—27,03222–29L1
52May 27White Sox3–2Hardy (1–0)Shields (1–5)Greene (13)23,41923–29W1
53May 28Angels9–3Boyd (3–4)Skaggs (3–4)—20,85724–29W2
54May 29Angels2–9Tropeano (3–3)Fulmer (2–4)—17,39724–30L1
55May 30Angels6–1Coleman (2–0)Bedrosian (1–1)—19,49425–30W1
56May 31Angels6–2Saupold (3–1)Heaney (2–4)—24,69626–30W2 :
June: 10–18 (Home: 6–9; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
57June 1Blue Jays5–2Hardy (2-0)García (2-4)Greene (14)22,19227–30W3
58June 2Blue Jays7–4Coleman (3–0)Oh (1–1)Jiménez (1)34,67428–30W4
59June 3Blue Jays4–8Sanchez (3–5)Fulmer (2–5)—24,65828–31L1
60June 4Yankees4–7Severino (9–1)VerHagen (0–2)Chapman (14)28,01628–32L2
61June 4Yankees4–2Fiers (5–3)Germán (0–4)Greene (15)24,16529–32W1
62June 5@ Red Sox0–6Wright (2–0)Lewicki (0–1)—34,76229–33L1
63June 6@ Red Sox1–7Rodríguez (7–1)Hardy (2-1)—35,18229–34L2
64June 7@ Red Sox7–2Boyd (4–4)Beeks (0–1)—36,55630–34W1
65June 8Indians1–4Bauer (5–4)Greene (2–3)Allen (12)21,76630–35L1
66June 9Indians4–2 (12)Saupold (4–1)Allen (2–3)—27,03831–35W1
67June 10Indians2–9Kluber (10–2)Lewicki (0–2)—22,86231–36L1
68June 12Twins4–6Pressly (1–1)Coleman (3–1)Rodney (14)20,34031–37L2
69June 13Twins5–2Jiménez (3–0)Reed (1–5)Greene (16)19,20632–37W1
70June 14Twins3–1Fulmer (3–5)Lynn (4–5)Greene (17)27,57333–37W2
71June 15@ White Sox4–3Farmer (2–3)Minaya (0–1)Greene (18)22,81334–37W3
72June 16@ White Sox7–5Farmer (3–3)Fry (0–1)Greene (19)23,19535–37W4
73June 17@ White Sox3–1Hardy (3-1)Shields (2–8)Jiménez (2)26,74636–37W5
74June 19@ Reds5–9Romano (4–7)Boyd (4–5)—31,08536–38L1
75June 20@ Reds3–5Mahle (6–6)Fulmer (3–6)Iglesias (11)19,17736–39L2
76June 22@ Indians0–10Bieber (2–0)Fiers (5–4)—30,92636–40L3
77June 23@ Indians1–4Bauer (7–5)Liriano (3–3)Allen (16)34,43536–41L4
78June 24@ Indians2–12Plutko (4–1)Boyd (4–6)—31,20836–42L5
79June 25Athletics4–5Trivino (6–1)Greene (2–4)Treinen (18)19,12736–43L6
80June 26Athletics7–9Buchter (2–0)Greene (2–5)Treinen (19)22,80936–44L7
81June 27Athletics0–3Bassitt (1–3)Fiers (5–5)Trivino (2)23,96136–45L8
82June 28Athletics2–4Manaea (8–6)Fulmer (3–7)Treinen (20)28,86636–46L9
83June 29@ Blue Jays2–3Stroman (1–5)Liriano (3–4)Clippard (5)24,06836–47L10
84June 30@ Blue Jays3–4Oh (4–2)Jiménez (3–1)—27,06636–48L11 :
July: 10–14 (Home: 5–6; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
85July 1@ Blue Jays9–1Zimmermann (3–0)Happ (10–4)—37,44537–48W1
86July 2@ Blue Jays3–2 (10)Jiménez (4–1)Oh (4–3)Hardy (1)29,57538–48W2
87July 3@ Cubs3–5Wilson (3–2)Stumpf (1–4)Strop (2)38,42438–49L1
88July 4@ Cubs2–5Quintana (7–6)Liriano (3–5)Morrow (19)40,51038–50L2
89July 5Rangers5–7Gallardo (3–0)Boyd (4–7)Kela (21)21,24838–51L3
90July 6Rangers3–1Zimmermann (4–0)Colón (5–6)Jiménez (3)27,31639–51W1
91July 7Rangers7–2Fiers (6–5)Hamels (4–8)—29,17440–51W2
92July 8Rangers0–3Bibens-Dirkx (2–2)Fulmer (3–8)Kela (22)22,04740–52L1
93July 9@ Rays9–10 (10)Andriese (2–3)Hardy (3–2)—14,22940–53L2
94July 10@ Rays2–5Alvarado (1–3)Boyd (4–8)Romo (10)13,47840–54L3
95July 11@ Rays2–4Yarbrough (8–4)Zimmermann (4–1)Romo (11)13,92240–55L4
96July 13@ Astros0–3Keuchel (7–8)Fiers (6–6)Rondón (8)38,84340–56L5
97July 14@ Astros1–9Cole (10–2)Fulmer (3–9)—40,40540–57L6
98July 15@ Astros6–3VerHagen (1–2)Verlander (9–5)—39,45541–57W1
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99July 20Red Sox0–1Price (11–6)Boyd (4–9)Kimbrel (31)33,81741–58L1
100July 21Red Sox5–0Fiers (7–6)Johnson (1–3)—31,68242–58W1
101July 22Red Sox1–9Sale (11–4)Hardy (3–3)—25,01242–59L1
102July 23@ Royals5–4Wilson (1–3)Maurer (0–4)Greene (20)18,37043–59W1
103July 24@ Royals4–5Smith (1–1)Zimmermann (4–2)Peralta (5)29,95743–60L1
104July 25@ Royals8–4Boyd (5–9)Duffy (6–9)—17,38244–60W1
105July 27Indians3–8Allen (3–4)Jiménez (4–2)—26,96244–61L1
106July 28Indians2–1Hardy (4–3)Clevinger (7–7)Greene (21)29,09745–61W1
107July 29Indians1–8Kluber (13–6)Zimmermann (4–3)—26,49845–62L1
108July 31Reds2–1Boyd (6–9)Bailey (1–8)Greene (22)24,92946–62W1 :
August: 8–19 (Home: 6–7; Away: 2–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
109August 1Reds7–4VerHagen (2–2)Romano (6–9)Greene (23)24,95247–62W2
110August 3@ Athletics0–1 (13)Pagan (3–0)Farmer (3–4)—14,76647–63L1
111August 4@ Athletics1–2Jackson (3–2)Zimmermann (4–4)Treinen (28)33,66847–64L2
112August 5@ Athletics0–6Cahill (4–2)Liriano (3–6)—19,55947–65L3
113August 6@ Angels2–6Tropeano (5–6)Boyd (6–10)—34,07347–66L4
114August 7@ Angels5–11Heaney (7–7)Turner (0–1)—35,82447–67L5
115August 8@ Angels0–6Barría (7–7)Hardy (4–4)—38,83247–68L6
116August 10Twins5–3Zimmermann (5–4)Santana (0–1)Greene (24)24,84948–68W1
117August 11Twins3–4Gibson (6–9)Liriano (3–7)Hildenberger (1)26,99148–69L1
118August 12Twins4–2Boyd (7–10)Stewart (0–1)Greene (25)30,10549–69W1
119August 13White Sox9–5Coleman (4–1)Gómez (0–1)—20,96450–69W2
120August 14White Sox3–6Giolito (8–9)Hardy (4–5)Cedeño (1)20,66150–70L1
121August 15White Sox5–6Rodón (4–3)Zimmermann (5–5)Avilán (2)23,78450–71L2
122August 16@ Twins8–15May (1–0)Liriano (3–8)—25,10850–72L3
123August 17@ Twins4–5Gibson (7–9)Boyd (7–11)Rogers (1)26,60550–73L4
124August 18@ Twins7–5Carpenter (1–1)Duffey (1–2)Greene (26)31,90451–73W1
125August 19@ Twins4–5Hildenberger (3–3)Wilson (1–4)—27,91751–74L1
126August 21Cubs2–1Zimmermann (6–5)Hendricks (9–10)Greene (27)26,63852–74W1
127August 22Cubs2–8Lester (14–5)Liriano (3–9)—28,28652–75L1
128August 23White Sox7–2Boyd (8–11)Shields (5–15)—22,24753–75W1
129August 24White Sox3–6Vieira (1–0)Jiménez (4–3)—23,19153–76L1
130August 25White Sox1–6Giolito (10–9)Carpenter (1–2)—26,18353–77L2
131August 26White Sox2–7Kopech (1–0)Zimmermann (6–6)Fry (3)34,03653–78L3
132August 28@ Royals2–6Junis (7–12)Boyd (8–12)—16,88853–79L4
133August 29@ Royals2–9Duffy (8–11)Fulmer (3–10)—17,09153–80L5
134August 30@ Yankees8–7Wilson (2–4)Betances (4–4)Greene (28)37,19554–80W1
135August 31@ Yankees5–7Britton (2–0)Jiménez (4–4)Robertson (5)41,02654–81L1 :
September: 10–17 (Home: 4–9; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
136September 1@ Yankees1–2Tanaka (10–5)Norris (0–3)Betances (2)42,81654–82L2
137September 2@ Yankees11–7Boyd (9–12)Lynn (8–10)—43,72155–82W1
138September 3@ White Sox2–4Fry (2–2)Greene (2–6)—15,54055–83L1
139September 4@ White Sox8–3Liriano (4–9)Giolito (10–10)—13,01256–83W1
140September 5@ White Sox10–2Zimmermann (7–6)Kopech (1–1)—16,03657–83W2
141September 7Cardinals5–3Greene (3–6)Hicks (3–4)—21,26858–83W3
142September 8Cardinals4–3Greene (4–6)Norris (3–5)—30,26859–83W4
143September 9Cardinals2–5Gant (7–5)Fulmer (3–11)Martínez (2)22,21259–84L1
144September 10Astros2–3Verlander (15–9)Liriano (4–10)Osuna (16)19,71159–85L2
145September 11Astros4–5Harris (4–3)Zimmermann (7–7)Osuna (17)19,43259–86L3
146September 12Astros4–5Cole (14–5)Norris (0–4)Pressly (1)22,66659–87L4
147September 14@ Indians5–4VerHagen (3–2)Cimber (3–7)Greene (29)26,95260–87W1
148September 15@ Indians0–15Clevinger (12–8)Fulmer (3–12)—26,53260–88L1
149September 16@ Indians6–4Liriano (5–10)Bieber (10–4)Greene (30)24,86261–88W1
150September 17Twins1–6Stewart (2–1)Zimmermann (7–8)—19,00461–89L1
151September 18Twins3–5Odorizzi (7–10)Norris (0–5)Hildenberger (7)19,74061–90L2
152September 19Twins2–8Gonsalves (1–2)Turnbull (0–1)—19,29661–91L3
153September 20Royals11–8Reininger (1–0)López (2–4)—20,28262–91W1
154September 21Royals3–4Kennedy (3–8)Liriano (5–11)Peralta (12)22,00162–92L1
155September 22Royals5–4Jiménez (5–4)Hammel (3–14)Greene (31)24,81563–92W1
156September 23Royals2–3Keller (9–6)VerHagen (3–3)Peralta (13)24,23063–93L1
157September 25@ Twins4–2Alcántara (1–0)Hildenberger (4–6)Greene (32)23,84964–93W1
158September 26@ Twins4–11Duffey (2–2)Boyd (9–13)—21,31664–94L1
159September 27@ Twins3–9Gonsalves (2–2)Liriano (5–12)—22,34264–95L2
160September 28@ Brewers5–6Soria (2–1)Alcántara (1–1)Jeffress (14)44,77064–96L3
161September 29@ Brewers5–6Soria (3–1)Stumpf (1–5)Jeffress (15)45,52064–97L4
162September 30@ Brewers0–11González (10–11)Turnbull (0–2)—41,84864–98L5 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Tigers team member :

## 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; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Nick Castellanos | 157 | 620 | 88 | 185 | 46 | 5 | 23 | 89 | 2 | 49 | .298 | .500 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 144 | 539 | 78 | 121 | 28 | 3 | 19 | 54 | 3 | 66 | .224 | .393 |
| Víctor Martínez | 133 | 467 | 32 | 117 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 54 | 0 | 32 | .251 | .353 |
| Niko Goodrum | 131 | 444 | 55 | 109 | 29 | 3 | 16 | 53 | 12 | 42 | .245 | .432 |
| José Iglesias | 125 | 432 | 43 | 116 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 15 | 19 | .269 | .389 |
| JaCoby Jones | 129 | 429 | 54 | 89 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 13 | 24 | .207 | .364 |
| James McCann | 118 | 427 | 31 | 94 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 0 | 26 | .220 | .314 |
| Leonys Martín | 78 | 303 | 45 | 76 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 7 | 29 | .251 | .409 |
| John Hicks | 81 | 288 | 35 | 75 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 22 | .260 | .403 |
| Mikie Mahtook | 67 | 223 | 24 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 4 | 21 | .202 | .359 |
| Dixon Machado | 67 | 214 | 20 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 14 | .206 | .290 |
| Victor Reyes | 100 | 212 | 35 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | .222 | .288 |
| Ronny Rodríguez | 62 | 191 | 17 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 10 | .220 | .335 |
| Jim Adduci | 59 | 176 | 19 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 6 | .267 | .386 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 38 | 134 | 17 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 22 | .299 | .448 |
| Grayson Greiner | 30 | 96 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 17 | .219 | .281 |
| Dawel Lugo | 27 | 94 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | .213 | .309 |
| Pete Kozma | 27 | 69 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .217 | .348 |
| Christin Stewart | 17 | 60 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | .267 | .417 |
| Mike Gerber | 18 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .095 | .119 |
| Harold Castro | 6 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .300 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5494 | 630 | 1326 | 284 | 35 | 135 | 597 | 70 | 428 | .241 | .380 |
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### 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
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Matthew Boyd | 9 | 13 | 4.39 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 170.1 | 146 | 87 | 83 | 51 | 159 |
| Francisco Liriano | 5 | 12 | 4.58 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 133.2 | 127 | 84 | 68 | 73 | 110 |
| Michael Fulmer | 3 | 12 | 4.69 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 132.1 | 128 | 75 | 69 | 46 | 110 |
| Jordan Zimmerman | 7 | 8 | 4.52 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 131.1 | 140 | 76 | 66 | 26 | 111 |
| Mike Fiers | 7 | 6 | 3.48 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 119.0 | 121 | 49 | 46 | 26 | 87 |
| Blaine Hardy | 4 | 5 | 3.56 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 86.0 | 79 | 37 | 34 | 22 | 66 |
| Buck Farmer | 3 | 4 | 4.15 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 69.1 | 67 | 34 | 32 | 41 | 57 |
| Shane Greene | 4 | 6 | 5.12 | 66 | 0 | 32 | 63.1 | 68 | 39 | 36 | 19 | 65 |
| Joe Jiménez | 5 | 4 | 4.31 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 62.2 | 53 | 34 | 30 | 22 | 78 |
| Alex Wilson | 2 | 4 | 3.36 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 61.2 | 50 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 43 |
| Drew VerHagen | 3 | 3 | 4.63 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 56.1 | 46 | 29 | 29 | 19 | 53 |
| Louis Coleman | 4 | 1 | 3.51 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 51.1 | 43 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 41 |
| Daniel Norris | 0 | 5 | 5.68 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 44.1 | 46 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 51 |
| Artie Lewicki | 0 | 2 | 4.89 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 38.2 | 48 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 30 |
| Daniel Stumpf | 1 | 5 | 4.93 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 38.1 | 44 | 23 | 21 | 16 | 37 |
| Warwick Saupold | 4 | 1 | 4.46 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 34.1 | 41 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 16 |
| Victor Alcántara | 1 | 1 | 2.40 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| Ryan Carpenter | 1 | 2 | 7.25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22.1 | 34 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 15 |
| Zac Reininger | 1 | 0 | 7.59 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 28 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 18 |
| Spencer Turnbull | 0 | 2 | 6.06 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16.1 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| Sandy Báez | 0 | 0 | 5.02 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Matt Hall | 0 | 0 | 14.63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 |
| Chad Bell | 0 | 1 | 8.59 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| Johnny Barbato | 0 | 0 | 12.15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Zach McAllister | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| Josh Smoker | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jacob Turner | 0 | 1 | 45.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 64 | 98 | 4.58 | 162 | 162 | 37 | 1425.1 | 1423 | 796 | 726 | 491 | 1215 |
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## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Toledo Mud Hens | International League | Doug Mientkiewicz |
| AA | Erie SeaWolves | Eastern League | Andrew Graham |
| A-Advanced | Lakeland Flying Tigers | Florida State League | Mike Rabelo |
| A | West Michigan Whitecaps | Midwest League | Lance Parrish |
| 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 | Gary Cathcart |
| Rookie | DSL Tigers 1 | Dominican Summer League | Ramon Zapata |
| Rookie | DSL Tigers 2 | Dominican Summer League | Jesus Garces |