# 2021 Detroit Tigers season

The 2021 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 121st season and its 22nd at Comerica Park. This was the Tigers' first season under new manager A. J. Hinch following the sudden retirement of Ron Gardenhire on September 19, 2020. The Tigers' season began at home on April 1 against the Cleveland Indians. They sought to make the playoffs for the first time since 2014. On June 8, Comerica Park was allowed to return to operating at full seating capacity for the first time since 2019. The 2020 season was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, and April and May games this year were limited to 8,000 fans.
The Tigers finished the season with a 77–85 record (third place in the AL Central division), and failed to make the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season. After beginning the season 9–24, the Tigers played over .500 the rest of the year (68–61).

## Roster moves
### Coaching staff

* On October 30, the Tigers hired A. J. Hinch as the team's new manager. Hinch most recently held the same position for the Houston Astros but was suspended for the 2020 season due to a sign stealing scandal that occurred in 2017 and 2018, later leading to his dismissal.
* On November 6, the Tigers named Chris Fetter as pitching coach, and promoted Juan Nieves (previously pitching coach for the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens) to assistant pitching coach for the MLB team. They also announced they would retain base coach Ramón Santiago and quality control coach Josh Paul from the 2020 staff.
* On November 7, the Tigers named George Lombard as bench coach, Scott Coolbaugh as hitting coach and Chip Hale as third base coach.
* On December 8, the Tigers named José Cruz Jr. assistant hitting coach.
* On June 12, 2021, the Tigers named Mike Hessman as assistant hitting coach, replacing José Cruz Jr. who accepted a position as head coach for Rice University.
* On July 16, 2021, the Tigers named Kimera Bartee first base coach, replacing third base coach Chip Hale who accepted a position as head coach at the University of Arizona. Current first base coach Ramon Santiago was moved to third base.

### Releases

* On October 27, the Tigers outrighted four players from their 40-man roster: outfielder Jorge Bonifacio and pitchers Darío Agrazal, Dereck Rodríguez and Nick Ramirez. All cleared waivers without being claimed by another team. Rodríguez signed a minor-league contract with the Colorado Rockies on November 9, 2020. Ramirez elected to pursue free agency, and was signed to a minor-league contract by the San Diego Padres on December 21, 2020. The remaining two became minor-league free agents.
* On October 28, the following Tigers players declared free agency: catcher Austin Romine, infielders Jonathan Schoop and C. J. Cron, and pitchers Jordan Zimmermann, Iván Nova and Sandy Báez. On January 23, Romine signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the Chicago Cubs. On January 26, Nova signed a minor-league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. On February 15, Cron signed a minor-league contract with the Colorado Rockies organization. On February 18, Zimmermann signed a minor-league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers organization.
* On November 19, the Tigers released outfielder/first baseman Brandon Dixon, who announced his intention to play in Nippon Professional Baseball. Dixon cleared waivers on November 21.
* On December 7, pitcher Anthony Castro was claimed off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays.
* On December 23, catcher Eric Haase was designated for assignment. He was out-righted on January 6, 2021.
* On January 5, outfielder Troy Stokes Jr. was designated for assignment. On January 12, he was claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates and was again designated for assignment two weeks later. He cleared waivers and was outrighted to the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians.
* On January 29, infielder Sergio Alcántara was designated for assignment. On February 5, he was claimed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs.
* On February 5, outfielder Travis Demeritte was designated for assignment. On February 12, he was claimed off waivers by the Atlanta Braves.
* On February 12, pitcher John Schreiber was designated for assignment. On February 18, he was claimed off waivers by the Boston Red Sox.
* On March 26, infielder Greg Garcia was granted his release by the Tigers after exercising an opt-out clause in his contract. On April 22, Garcia signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.
* On June 15, pitcher Beau Burrows and catcher Wilson Ramos were designated for assignment. On June 20, Ramos was released. On June 22, Burrows was claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Twins. On July 6, Ramos signed a minor-league contract with the Cleveland Indians.
* On July 16, outfielder Nomar Mazara was designated for assignment. Mazara was released on July 21. On December 21, Mazara signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres with an invitation to spring training.
* On August 14, pitcher Buck Farmer was designated for assignment. He was released on August 17. On August 21, Farmer signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers.
* On August 27, pitcher Erasmo Ramírez was designated for assignment. He was released the next day. On March 13, 2022, Ramírez signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals with an invitation to spring training.

### Signings

* On November 20, the Tigers purchased the minor-league contracts of pitchers Joey Wentz, Matt Manning, Alex Lange and Alex Faedo, adding them to the 40-man roster.
* On December 10, the Tigers claimed outfielder Akil Baddoo from the Minnesota Twins organization in the Rule 5 draft.
* On December 14, the Tigers signed pitcher Ian Krol to a minor-league contract, with an invitation to spring training.
* On December 23, the Tigers signed catcher Dustin Garneau to a minor-league contract, with an invitation to spring training. Garneau was released from his minor-league contract on July 15. He was then signed by the Colorado Rockies to a minor-league contract on July 22. He was traded back to the Tigers and added to the active roster on August 18.
* On December 23, the Tigers signed pitcher José Ureña to a one-year, $3.25 million contract.
* On January 4, the Tigers signed pitcher Locke St. John to a minor-league contract.
* On January 5, the Tigers signed outfielder Robbie Grossman to a two-year, $10 million contract.
* On January 7, the Tigers signed pitcher Miguel Del Pozo to a minor-league contract.
* On January 12, the Tigers signed pitcher Michael Fulmer to a one-year, $3.1 million contract, avoiding arbitration.
* On January 15, the Tigers agreed to one-year contracts with all remaining arbitration-eligible players, including infielders Jeimer Candelario and Niko Goodrum, outfielder JaCoby Jones, and pitchers Joe Jiménez, Buck Farmer, Matthew Boyd, Daniel Norris and José Cisnero.
* On January 15, the Tigers signed international shortstops Cristian Santana to a $2.975 million contract and Abel Bastidas to a $1.175 million contract. The Tigers also signed outfielders Carlos Pelegrin and Elian Riera, pitchers Joel Baez, Rayner Castillo, and Keni Salgado, and shortstops Jensy De Leon, Yimmy Diaz and Justin Rodriguez.
* On January 16, the Tigers signed pitchers Robbie Ross Jr. and Andrew Moore, first baseman Aderlin Rodríguez and infielder Yariel Gonzalez to minor-league contracts.
* On January 19, the Tigers signed pitcher Erasmo Ramírez to a minor-league contract, with an invitation to spring training.
* On January 29, the Tigers signed catcher Wilson Ramos to a one-year, $2 million contract.
* On February 1, the Tigers signed pitcher Derek Holland to a minor-league contract, with an invitation to spring training.
* On February 5, the Tigers re-signed second baseman Jonathan Schoop to a one-year, $4.5 million contract. On August 7, the Tigers signed Schoop to a two-year, $15 million contract extension for 2022 and 2023, with a clause allowing an opt-out after 2022.
* On February 9, the Tigers signed infielder Greg Garcia to a minor-league contract, with an invitation to spring training.
* On February 10, the Tigers signed first baseman Renato Núñez to a minor-league contract, with an invitation to spring training.
* On February 12, the Tigers signed outfielder Nomar Mazara to a one-year contract worth $1.75 million plus incentives.
* On February 19, the Tigers signed pitcher Julio Teherán to a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training. On March 22, Teherán opted out of his minor-league deal. On March 24, Teherán was selected to the 40-man roster and signed to a one-year $3 million contract, plus a $1 million bonus if he starts 20 major league games.
* On February 28, the Tigers signed pitcher Drew Hutchison to a minor-league contract.
* On August 2, the Tigers claimed pitcher Nivaldo Rodríguez off waivers from the Houston Astros.

### Trades

* On July 30, the Tigers traded pitcher Daniel Norris to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for minor-league pitching prospect Reese Olson.
* On August 18, the Tigers acquired catcher Dustin Garneau from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for cash considerations.

## Season standings
### American League Central

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 13 | 40‍–‍41 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Detroit Tigers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 16 | 42‍–‍39 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Kansas City Royals | 74 | 88 | .457 | 19 | 39‍–‍42 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Minnesota Twins | 73 | 89 | .451 | 20 | 38‍–‍43 | 35‍–‍46 |

### Record against opponents

2021 American League recordvte
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021 :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 6–13 | 0–7 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 1–18 | 4–3 | 5–14 | 7–13 |
| Boston | 13–6 | — | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 16–4 |
| Chicago | 7–0 | 4–3 | — | 10–9 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 13–6 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 14–6 |
| Cleveland | 5–2 | 2–4 | 9–10 | — | 12–7 | 1–6 | 14–5 | 5–1 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 9–11 |
| Detroit | 5–2 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 7–12 | — | 5–2 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 11–9 |
| Houston | 3–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 2–5 | — | 3–4 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
| Kansas City | 3–4 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 5–14 | 11–8 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 12–8 |
| Los Angeles | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 6–1 | 6–13 | 4–2 | — | 5–2 | 4–3 | 4–15 | 8–11 | 1–6 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 11–9 |
| Minnesota | 4–2 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | — | 1–6 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 10–10 |
| New York | 11–8 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | — | 4–3 | 5–2 | 8–11 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 12–8 |
| Oakland | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 8–11 | 5–2 | 15–4 | 5–1 | 3–4 | — | 4–15 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 11–9 |
| Seattle | 4–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 15–4 | — | 6–1 | 13–6 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
| Tampa Bay | 18–1 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 1–6 | — | 3–4 | 11–8 | 15–5 |
| Texas | 3–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 5–14 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 9–10 | 6–13 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 7–13 |
| Toronto | 14–5 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 4–2 | — | 14–6 |
Updated with the results of all games through October 3, 2021.

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 100 | 62 | .617 |
| Houston Astros | 95 | 67 | .586 |
| Chicago White Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Boston Red Sox | 92 | 70 | .568 | — |
| New York Yankees | 92 | 70 | .568 | — |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 91 | 71 | .562 | 1 |
| Seattle Mariners | 90 | 72 | .556 | 2 |
| Oakland Athletics | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6 |
| Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 12 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 77 | 85 | .475 | 15 |
| Detroit Tigers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 15 |
| Kansas City Royals | 74 | 88 | .457 | 18 |
| Minnesota Twins | 73 | 89 | .451 | 19 |
| Texas Rangers | 60 | 102 | .370 | 32 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 52 | 110 | .321 | 40 |

## Season highlights
### Individual accomplishments
#### Hitting

* On April 1, Miguel Cabrera became the second Tigers player to record 350 home runs and 2,000 hits with the team, following Al Kaline.
* On April 4, Akil Baddoo hit a home run on the first pitch he faced as a major league player, off Aaron Civale of the Cleveland Indians. Baddoo became the ninth player in franchise history to homer in his first major league at-bat, and only the second player to do so on the first pitch, following George Vico who accomplished the feat on April 20, 1948.
* On April 5, Akil Baddoo hit his first career grand slam against Randy Dobnak of the Minnesota Twins. He became the first player in franchise history to hit a home run in his first two career games and the first player in MLB history to do so from the ninth spot in the batting order.
* On April 6, Akil Baddoo hit his first career walk-off hit, an RBI single off of Minnesota Twins' closer Hansel Robles. He became the first Tigers player with a walk-off hit within his first three major league games since Gabe Alvarez singled off Cubs reliever Dave Stevens on June 24, 1998. Baddoo is the first MLB player since at least 1900 with two homers, including a grand slam, and a walk-off hit in his first three games.
* On April 13, Akil Baddoo recorded his fourth home run of the season. He became the first player in franchise history to post four homers and 10 RBIs within his first eight games, and the first major league player to do so since Kyle Lewis in 2019. He also became the first Tigers player, and one of six players in MLB history, to drive in a run in at least six of his first eight career games since Don Ross in 1931.
* On June 1, Miguel Cabrera recorded his 400th career double with the Tigers, becoming the eighth player in franchise history to reach the milestone.
* Also on June 1, Jonathan Schoop and Eric Haase became the first Tigers teammates with multiple home runs in the same game since September 2017.
* On July 27, opposing catchers (Mitch Garver of the Minnesota Twins and Eric Haase of the Tigers) hit grand slams in the same game for the first time in major league history.
* On August 2, Eric Haase was named American League Rookie of the Month for July. He became the first Tiger to win the award since Brennan Boesch in 2010. In July, Haase posted a .265 average and a .627 slugging percentage, with nine home runs and 29 RBI.
* On August 22, Miguel Cabrera recorded his 500th career home run, becoming the 28th player in MLB history to reach the milestone, and the first player to do so as a Tiger.
* On August 27, Víctor Reyes hit a pinch-hit inside-the-park home run, becoming the first MLB player to do so since Tyler Saladino on May 14, 2018, and the first Tigers player to do since Ben Oglivie on June 2, 1976.
* On September 7 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Miguel Cabrera passed Ichiro Suzuki to become the all-time MLB leader with 369 career hits in interleague play. Cabrera had two more hits in that game, then went 4-for-4 against the Pirates the next night, increasing his interleague hit total to 375.
* Over a three-game stretch from September 7 to 10, Cabrera had a hit in nine consecutive plate appearances before making an out. This marks the longest streak by a Tiger since Walt Dropo tied a major league record with hits in 12 straight plate appearances in 1952, and the longest streak by any major league player age 38 or older since Ty Cobb in 1925.
* On September 20, Miguel Cabrera recorded his 1,800th career RBI, becoming the 20th player in MLB history to reach the milestone.

#### Pitching

* On May 18, Spencer Turnbull pitched the eighth no-hitter in Tigers history against the Seattle Mariners. Turnbull became the sixth Tigers pitcher to throw a no-hitter and the first since Justin Verlander on May 7, 2011.
* On June 12, the Tigers used two position players (Jake Rogers and Harold Castro) as pitchers for the first time in over 100 years in a 15–2 loss to the Chicago White Sox. The last time two position players pitched in the same game for the Tigers was September 2, 1918, when Ty Cobb and Bobby Veach both took the mound.
* On July 3, Tarik Skubal became the first Tiger rookie in franchise history to strike out 100 batters before the All-Star break.

### Team accomplishments

* On May 28–30, the Tigers swept the Yankees in Detroit for the first time since May 12–14, 2000.
* On June 30, the Tigers swept a doubleheader in Cleveland against the Indians for the first time since September 14, 1977.
* On July 28, the Tigers scored 17 runs in a game without a home run for the first time since 1961, defeating the Minnesota Twins 17–14. This also marked the first time in MLB history since 1900 that a team allowed seven home runs in a game, went homerless, and still won the game. All nine players who batted for the Tigers had a hit, run and RBI, marking the first time this has been accomplished since the California Angels in 1978.
* On August 7, the Tigers defeated the Indians in Cleveland, 2–1, marking the first time the team won a road game in Cleveland when scoring two runs or fewer since September 14, 1977.

## Game log

2021 Game Log: 77–85 (Home: 42–39; Away: 35–46) :
April: 8–19 (Home: 4–9; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 1Indians3–2Boyd (1–0)Bieber (0–1)Soto (1)8,0001–0W1
2April 3Indians5–2Teherán (1–0)Plesac (0–1)Garcia (1)8,0002–0W2
3April 4Indians3–9Civale (1–0)Norris (0–1)—8,0002–1L1
4April 5Twins6–15Shoemaker (1–0)Ureña (0–1)Dobnak (1)7,2322–2L2
5April 6Twins4–3 (10)Soto (1–0)Robles (0–1)—7,3063–2W1
6April 7Twins2–3Maeda (1–0)Boyd (1–1)Colomé (2)7,5683–3L1
7April 9@ Indians1–4Plesac (1–1)Holland (0–1)Clase (1)7,7753–4L2
8April 10@ Indians3–11Civale (2–0)Skubal (0–1)—7,5703–5L3
9April 11@ Indians2–5Allen (1–1)Ureña (0–2)Clase (2)6,8593–6L4
10April 12@ Astros6–2Mize (1–0)Greinke (1–1)—15,7794–6W1
11April 13@ Astros8–2Boyd (2–1)Odorizzi (0–1)—17,0805–6W2
12April 14@ Astros6–4Fulmer (1–0)McCullers Jr. (1–1)Garcia (2)14,7206–6W3
13April 15@ Athletics4–8Manaea (1–1)Skubal (0–2)—3,0046–7L1
14April 16@ Athletics0–3Montas (2–1)Ureña (0–3)Trivino (2)4,5386–8L2
15April 17@ Athletics0–7Irvin (1–2)Mize (1–1)—6,9316–9L3
16April 18@ Athletics2–3Trivino (1–0)Soto (1–1)—6,9176–10L4
—April 20PiratesPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to April 21.
17April 21Pirates2–3 (7)Anderson (2–2)Fulmer (1–1)Rodríguez (2)7,3566–11L5
18April 21Pirates5–2 (7)Turnbull (1–0)Yajure (0–1)Soto (2)7,4617–11W1
19April 22Pirates2–4Howard (2–1)Cisnero (0–1)Rodríguez (3)7,3147–12L1
20April 23Royals2–6Minor (2–1)Mize (1–2)—8,0007–13L2
21April 24Royals1–2Singer (1–2)Boyd (2–2)Staumont (1)8,0007–14L3
22April 25Royals0–4Duffy (3–1)Skubal (0–3)—8,0007–15L4
23April 26Royals2–3Keller (2–2)Turnbull (1–1)Staumont (2)7,2887–16L5
24April 27@ White Sox5–2Ureña (1–3)Giolito (2–2)Soto (3)9,4458–16W1
—April 28@ White SoxPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to April 29.
25April 29@ White Sox1–3 (7)Rodón (4–0)Mize (1–3)Hendriks (5)7,6288–17L1
26April 29@ White Sox0–11 (7)Cease (1–0)Boyd (2–3)—7,6288–18L2
27April 30@ Yankees0–10Cole (4–1)Skubal (0–4)—9,5238–19L3 :
May: 14–13 (Home: 9–6; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWin74-79SaveAttendanceRecordStreak
28May 1@ Yankees4–6Taillon (1–2)Turnbull (1–2)Chapman (5)10,0158–20L4
29May 2@ Yankees0–2Kluber (2–2)Ureña (1–4)Chapman (6)10,0218–21L5
30May 4@ Red Sox7–11Pivetta (4–0)Fulmer (1–2)Barnes (7)4,6778–22L6
31May 5@ Red Sox6–5 (10)Soto (2–1)Whitlock (0–1)Fulmer (1)4,6619–22W1
32May 6@ Red Sox9–12Andriese (1–1)Lange (0–1)Ottavino (1)4,7349–23L1
33May 7Twins3–7Shoemaker (2–3)Skubal (0–5)—7,3779–24L2
34May 8Twins7–3Fulmer (2–2)Duffey (0–2)—8,00010–24W1
—May 9TwinsPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to July 16.
35May 11Royals8–7Soto (3–1)Barlow (1–1)—7,31211–24W2
36May 12Royals4–2Mize (2–3)Duffy (4–3)Soto (4)7,13312–24W3
37May 13Royals4–3Turnbull (2–2)Lynch (0–2)Fulmer (2)7,36913–24W4
38May 14Cubs2–4Arrieta (4–3)Skubal (0–6)Kimbrel (7)8,00013–25L1
39May 15Cubs9–8 (10)Fulmer (3–2)Kimbrel (0–2)—8,00014–25W1
40May 16Cubs1–5Hendricks (3–4)Boyd (2–4)—8,00014–26L1
41May 17@ Mariners4–1Mize (3–3)Kikuchi (1–3)Fulmer (3)7,20115–26W1
42May 18@ Mariners5–0Turnbull (3–2)Dunn (1–2)—8,88316–26W2
43May 19@ Mariners6–2Skubal (1–6)Gilbert (0–2)—8,46217–26W3
44May 21@ Royals7–5Ureña (2–4)Zuber (0–1)Fulmer (4)17,08018–26W4
45May 22@ Royals5–7Singer (2–3)Boyd (2–5)—14,22618–27L1
46May 23@ Royals2–3Zimmer (3–0)Fulmer (3–3)—15,54018–28L2
47May 24Indians5–6Mejía (1–0)Garcia (0–1)Clase (8)7,83218–29L3
48May 25Indians1–4Civale (7–1)Skubal (1–7)Karinchak (6)8,00018–30L4
49May 26Indians1–0Fulmer (4–3)Quantrill (0–1)Soto (5)7,52519–30W1
50May 27Indians2–5Bieber (5–3)Boyd (2–6)—8,00019–31L1
51May 28Yankees3–2 (10)Garcia (1–1)Wilson (1–1)—8,00020–31W1
52May 29Yankees6–1Turnbull (4–2)García (0–2)—8,00021–31W2
53May 30Yankees6–2Skubal (2–7)King (0–2)—8,00022–31W3
54May 31@ Brewers2–3 (10)Boxberger (2–1)Cisnero (0–2)—23,91722–32L1 :
June: 14–13 (Home: 6–6; Away: 8–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
55June 1@ Brewers10–7Holland (1–1)Lauer (1–2)—12,05823–32W1
56June 3@ White Sox1–4Lynn (7–1)Mize (3–4)Hendriks (14)12,84523–33L1
57June 4@ White Sox8–9Hendriks (2–1)Cisnero (0–3)—21,63723–34L2
58June 5@ White Sox4–3Skubal (3–7)Giolito (5–5)Cisnero (1)21,71924–34W1
59June 6@ White Sox0–3Cease (4–2)Ureña (2–5)Hendriks (15)20,06824–35L1
60June 8Mariners5–3Boyd (3–6)Gonzales (1–4)Cisnero (2)9,08125–35W1
61June 9Mariners6–9 (11)Chargois (1–0)Norris (0–2)—9,16225–36L1
62June 10Mariners8–3Jiménez (1–0)Sheffield (5–5)—9,29026–36W1
63June 11White Sox4–5 (10)Hendriks (3–1)Cisnero (0–4)Bummer (2)14,16326–37L1
64June 12White Sox2–15Cease (5–2)Ureña (2–6)—15,91326–38L2
65June 13White Sox1–4Rodón (6–2)Alexander (0–1)Hendriks (17)14,09326–39L3
66June 14@ Royals10–3Jiménez (2–0)Keller (6–6)—11,91027–39W1
67June 15@ Royals4–3Mize (4–4)Minor (5–4)Soto (6)15,94728–39W2
68June 16@ Royals6–5Skubal (4–7)Holland (2–2)Fulmer (5)11,32729–39W3
69June 17@ Angels5–7Ohtani (3–1)Manning (0–1)Iglesias (12)30,70929–40L1
70June 18@ Angels3–11Cobb (5–2)Ureña (2–7)—22,73429–41L2
71June 19@ Angels3–8Sandoval (2–2)Peralta (0–1)—23,17529–42L3
72June 20@ Angels5–3 (10)Cisnero (1–4)Iglesias (4–3)Fulmer (6)21,62630–42W1
73June 22Cardinals8–2Funkhouser (1–0)Oviedo (0–3)—13,49231–42W2
74June 23Cardinals6–2Manning (1–1)Gant (4–6)—13,26332–42W3
75June 24Astros3–12García (6–4)Ureña (2–8)—12,65632–43L1
—June 25AstrosPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to June 26.
76June 26Astros3–1 (7)Mize (5–4)Valdez (4–1)Cisnero (3)12,42233–43W1
77June 26Astros2–3 (7)McCullers Jr. (5–1)Fulmer (4–4)Pressly (12)13,95033–44L1
78June 27Astros2–1 (10)Soto (4–1)Taylor (0–2)—13,53234–44W1
79June 28@ Indians5–13Morgan (1–2)Manning (1–2)—13,12834–45L1
—June 29@ IndiansPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to June 30.
80June 30@ Indians9–4 (7)Funkhouser (2–0)Shaw (2–3)—11,62735–45W1
81June 30@ Indians7–1 (7)Peralta (1–1)Allen (1–5)—11,62736–45W2 :
July: 14–12 (Home: 10–3; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
82July 2White Sox2–8Lynn (8–3)Mize (5–5)—18,18536–46L1
83July 3White Sox11–5Skubal (5–7)Keuchel (6–3)—17,23037–46W1
84July 4White Sox6–5Alexander (1–1)Giolito (6–6)Cisnero (4)15,34238–46W2
85July 5@ Rangers7–3Peralta (2–1)Allard (2–5)—34,48439–46W3
86July 6@ Rangers5–10King (7–5)Norris (0–3)—24,36739–47L1
87July 7@ Rangers5–3Funkhouser (3–0)Gibson (6–1)Soto (7)33,04340–47W1
88July 8@ Twins3–5Happ (5–4)Skubal (5–8)Rogers (8)18,19240–48L1
89July 9@ Twins2–4Alcalá (2–3)Manning (1–3)Robles (9)21,72540–49L2
90July 10@ Twins4–9Coulombe (1–0)Jiménez (2–1)—21,03040–50L3
91July 11@ Twins9–12 (10)Duffey (1–2)Holland (1–2)—20,74440–51L4
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—July 16TwinsPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to July 17.
—July 16TwinsPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to August 30.
92July 17Twins1–0 (7)Norris (1–3)Barnes (0–1)Soto (8)13,74741–51W1
93July 17Twins5–4 (8)Jiménez (3–1)Rogers (2–4)—31,62442–51W2
94July 18Twins7–0Peralta (3–1)Happ (5–5)—15,85443–51W3
95July 19Rangers14–0Jiménez (4–1)Gibson (6–2)—13,70444–51W4
96July 20Rangers4–1Skubal (6–8)Dunning (3–7)Soto (9)13,33345–51W5
97July 21Rangers4–2Manning (2–3)Lyles (5–7)Soto (10)21,13246–51W6
98July 22Rangers7–5Funkhouser (4–0)Foltynewicz (2–10)Soto (11)16,03347–51W7
99July 23@ Royals3–5Bubic (3–4)Peralta (3–2)Holland (7)24,91247–52L1
100July 24@ Royals8–9Brentz (3–2)Funkhouser (4–1)Davis (2)24,61647–53L2
101July 25@ Royals1–6Lynch (1–2)Skubal (6–9)—12,70347–54L3
102July 26@ Twins5–6 (10)Thielbar (3–0)Soto (4–2)—17,71347–55L4
103July 27@ Twins6–5 (11)Cisnero (2–4)Alcalá (2–5)Norris (1)17,64348–55W1
104July 28@ Twins17–14Holland (2–2)Happ (5–6)—17,81749–55W2
105July 29Orioles6–2Mize (6–5)Wells (1–1)—15,83350–55W3
106July 30Orioles3–4Harvey (6–10)Skubal (6–10)Sulser (4)18,86150–56L1
107July 31Orioles2–5Means (5–3)Manning (2–4)Sulser (5)25,13250–57L2 :
August: 12–14 (Home: 5–10; Away: 7–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
108August 1Orioles6–2Ramírez (1–0)Watkins (2–2)—17,13451–57W1
109August 3Red Sox4–2Funkhouser (5–1)Richards (6–7)Soto (12)15,72452–57W2
110August 4Red Sox1–4Rodríguez (8–6)Mize (6–6)Barnes (24)16,63352–58L1
111August 5Red Sox8–1Skubal (7–10)Pérez (7–8)—19,14453–58W1
112August 6@ Indians1–6Quantrill (3–2)Manning (2–5)Clase (15)24,48553–59L1
113August 7@ Indians2–1Alexander (2–1)Morgan (1–4)Soto (13)24,56054–59W1
114August 8@ Indians5–7Shaw (5–5)Ramírez (1–1)Clase (16)19,89954–60L1
115August 10@ Orioles9–4Funkhouser (6–1)Akin (0–6)—7,12455–60W1
116August 11@ Orioles5–2Skubal (8–10)Harvey (6–11)Soto (14)8,99056–60W2
117August 12@ Orioles6–4Manning (3–5)Means (5–4)Fulmer (7)8,38257–60W3
118August 13Indians4–7Plesac (7–4)Alexander (2–2)—22,10757–61L1
119August 14Indians6–4Fulmer (5–4)Shaw (5–6)Soto (15)32,84558–61W1
120August 15Indians0–11McKenzie (2–5)Hutchison (0–1)—25,68458–62L1
121August 17Angels2–8Mayers (3–4)Soto (4–3)—24,71458–63L2
122August 18Angels1–3Ohtani (8–1)Skubal (8–11)Iglesias (27)27,28458–64L3
123August 19Angels10–13Mayers (4–4)Fulmer (5–5)Warren (1)20,84758–65L4
124August 20@ Blue Jays4–1 (10)Soto (5–3)Richards (5–2)—14,64959–65W1
125August 21@ Blue Jays0–3Ryu (12–6)Peralta (3–3)Romano (11)14,88759–66L1
126August 22@ Blue Jays5–3 (11)Soto (6–3)Snead (0–1)Jiménez (1)14,86560–66W1
127August 24@ Cardinals4–3Mize (7–6)Flaherty (9–2)Fulmer (8)28,18561–66W2
128August 25@ Cardinals2–3 (10)McFarland (3–0)Fulmer (5–6)—24,30461–67L1
129August 27Blue Jays2–1Cisnero (3–4)Mayza (4–2)Soto (16)17,25962–67W1
130August 28Blue Jays2–3 (10)Romano (6–1)Funkhouser (6–2)—18,78362–68L1
131August 29Blue Jays1–2Berríos (9–7)Boyd (3–7)Mayza (1)15,92662–69L2
132August 30Twins2–3Ober (2–2)Mize (7–7)Colomé (10)13,42562–70L3
133August 31Athletics3–9Guerra (3–1)Skubal (8–12)—13,85362–71L4 :
September: 14–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
134September 1Athletics8–6Jiménez (5–1)Puk (0–2)Soto (17)12,59363–71W1
135September 2Athletics6–8Montas (11–9)Manning (3–6)Romo (2)11,62363–72L1
136September 3@ Reds15–5Holland (3–2)Gutiérrez (9–6)—19,43064–72W1
137September 4@ Reds4–7Mahle (11–5)Boyd (3–8)Givens (5)26,96264–73L1
138September 5@ Reds4–1Ureña (3–8)Castillo (7–15)Soto (18)23,08365–73W1
139September 6@ Pirates3–6Shreve (3–1)Funkhouser (6–3)Bednar (3)11,14165–74L1
140September 7@ Pirates2–3Howard (3–4)Lange (0–2)Stratton (3)8,32965–75L2
141September 8@ Pirates5–1Hutchison (1–1)Keller (4–11)—8,38266–75W1
142September 10Rays10–4Cisnero (4–4)Fairbanks (3–6)—18,32167–75W2
143September 11Rays2–7Enns (1–0)Mize (7–8)—18,84267–76L1
144September 12Rays8–7 (10)Funkhouser (7–3)Feyereisen (4–4)—13,39668–76W1
145September 14Brewers1–0 (11)Garcia (2–1)Strickland (3–2)—12,43369–76W2
146September 15Brewers4–1Manning (4–6)Woodruff (9–9)Fulmer (9)11,32170–76W3
147September 16@ Rays2–5Enns (2–0)Alexander (2–3)—10,20670–77L1
148September 17@ Rays4–7 (10)Kittredge (9–3)Garcia (2–2)—16,45170–78L2
149September 18@ Rays4–3Ureña (4–8)Yarbrough (8–6)Fulmer (10)22,92171–78W1
150September 19@ Rays2–0Peralta (4–3)McClanahan (9–6)Funkhouser (1)17,94872–78W2
151September 20White Sox4–3Hutchison (2–1)Kimbrel (4–5)Lange (1)12,88473–78W3
152September 21White Sox5–3Garcia (3–2)Fry (0–1)Fulmer (11)10,58574–78W4
—September 22White SoxPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to September 27.
153September 24Royals1–3Tapia (4–0)Lange (0–3)Barlow (15)24,87774–79L1
154September 25Royals5–1Hutchison (3–1)Tapia (4–1)Fulmer (12)16,42475–79W1
155September 26Royals1–2Bubic (6–6)Peralta (4–4)Barlow (16)23,78875–80L1
156September 27White Sox7–8Keuchel (9–9)Manning (4–7)Hendriks (37)11,04475–81L2
157September 28@ Twins2–3Thielbar (7–0)Alexander (2–4)Colomé (17)16,32975–82L3
158September 29@ Twins2–5Pineda (9–8)Mize (7–9)—17,25475–83L4
159September 30@ Twins10–7Lange (1–3)Garza Jr. (1–4)Fulmer (13)21,18676–83W1 :
October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
160October 1@ White Sox1–8Lynn (11–6)Peralta (4–5)—30,72976–84L1
161October 2@ White Sox4–5Bummer (5–5)Funkhouser (7–4)Hendriks (38)36,32076–85L2
162October 3@ White Sox5–2Jiménez (6–1)López (4–4)—30,72277–85W1 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Tigers team member :

## Roster
### 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
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Jonathan Schoop | 156 | 623 | 85 | 173 | 30 | 1 | 22 | 84 | 2 | 37 | .278 | .435 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 149 | 557 | 75 | 151 | 42 | 3 | 16 | 67 | 0 | 65 | .271 | .443 |
| Robbie Grossman | 156 | 557 | 88 | 133 | 23 | 3 | 23 | 67 | 20 | 98 | .239 | .415 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 130 | 472 | 48 | 121 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 75 | 0 | 40 | .256 | .386 |
| Akil Baddoo | 124 | 413 | 60 | 107 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 18 | 45 | .259 | .436 |
| Willi Castro | 125 | 413 | 56 | 91 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 9 | 23 | .220 | .351 |
| Eric Haase | 98 | 351 | 48 | 81 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 61 | 2 | 26 | .231 | .459 |
| Harold Castro | 106 | 315 | 35 | 89 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 14 | .283 | .359 |
| Niko Goodrum | 90 | 290 | 39 | 62 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 14 | 29 | .214 | .359 |
| Victor Reyes | 76 | 209 | 26 | 54 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 8 | .258 | .416 |
| Nomar Mazara | 50 | 165 | 12 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 15 | .212 | .321 |
| Zack Short | 61 | 156 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 22 | .141 | .282 |
| Derek Hill | 49 | 139 | 19 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 10 | .259 | .388 |
| Wilson Ramos | 35 | 120 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .392 |
| Jake Rogers | 38 | 113 | 17 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 11 | .239 | .496 |
| Daz Cameron | 35 | 103 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 10 | .194 | .359 |
| JaCoby Jones | 36 | 100 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | .170 | .250 |
| Isaac Paredes | 23 | 72 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | .208 | .319 |
| Grayson Greiner | 31 | 72 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | .236 | .333 |
| Dustin Garneau | 20 | 62 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | .210 | .581 |
| Renato Núñez | 14 | 53 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .189 | .472 |
| Jacob Robson | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .071 | .071 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5376 | 697 | 1299 | 236 | 37 | 179 | 675 | 88 | 490 | .242 | .399 |
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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; 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 |
| Casey Mize | 7 | 9 | 3.71 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 150.1 | 130 | 64 | 62 | 41 | 118 |
| Tarik Skubal | 8 | 12 | 4.34 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 149.1 | 141 | 76 | 72 | 47 | 164 |
| Tyler Alexander | 2 | 4 | 3.81 | 41 | 15 | 0 | 106.1 | 106 | 47 | 45 | 28 | 87 |
| José Ureña | 4 | 8 | 5.81 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 100.2 | 119 | 70 | 65 | 42 | 67 |
| Wily Peralta | 4 | 5 | 3.07 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 93.2 | 87 | 41 | 32 | 38 | 58 |
| Matt Manning | 4 | 7 | 5.80 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 85.1 | 96 | 59 | 55 | 33 | 57 |
| Matthew Boyd | 3 | 8 | 3.89 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 78.2 | 77 | 37 | 34 | 23 | 67 |
| Michael Fulmer | 5 | 6 | 2.97 | 52 | 4 | 14 | 69.2 | 69 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 73 |
| Kyle Funkhouser | 7 | 4 | 3.42 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 68.1 | 58 | 32 | 26 | 38 | 63 |
| Gregory Soto | 6 | 3 | 3.39 | 62 | 0 | 18 | 63.2 | 46 | 30 | 24 | 40 | 76 |
| José Cisnero | 4 | 4 | 3.65 | 67 | 0 | 4 | 61.2 | 51 | 34 | 25 | 31 | 62 |
| Spencer Turnbull | 4 | 2 | 2.88 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 50.0 | 37 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 44 |
| Derek Holland | 3 | 2 | 5.07 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 49.2 | 58 | 29 | 28 | 20 | 51 |
| Joe Jiménez | 6 | 1 | 5.96 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 45.1 | 34 | 33 | 30 | 35 | 57 |
| Bryan Garcia | 3 | 2 | 7.55 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 39.1 | 48 | 38 | 33 | 25 | 32 |
| Daniel Norris | 1 | 3 | 5.89 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 36.2 | 38 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 40 |
| Alex Lange | 1 | 3 | 4.04 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 35.2 | 37 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 39 |
| Buck Farmer | 0 | 0 | 6.37 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 35.1 | 40 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 37 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 1 | 1 | 5.74 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 26.2 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 20 |
| Drew Hutchison | 3 | 1 | 2.11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 21.1 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 10 |
| Ian Krol | 0 | 0 | 4.34 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 18 |
| Jason Foley | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Miguel Del Pozo | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Julio Teherán | 1 | 0 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Drew Carlton | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Rony García | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Harold Castro | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Beau Burrows | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Jake Rogers | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 77 | 85 | 4.32 | 162 | 162 | 42 | 1419.2 | 1370 | 756 | 681 | 571 | 1259 |
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## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Toledo Mud Hens | Triple-A East | Tom Prince |
| AA | Erie SeaWolves | Double-A | Arnie Beyeler |
| High-A | West Michigan Whitecaps | High-A Central | Brayan Peña |
| A | Lakeland Flying Tigers | Low-A Southeast | Andrew Graham |
| Rookie | FCL Tigers East | Florida Complex League | Gary Cathcart |
| Rookie | FCL Tigers West | Florida Complex League | Ryan Minor |
| Rookie | DSL Tigers 1 | Dominican Summer League | Ramon Zapata |
| Rookie | DSL Tigers 2 | Dominican Summer League | Marcos Yepez |