# 2010 Detroit Tigers season

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.
Austin Jackson made the Tigers' opening day roster, and was American League Rookie of the Month for April. 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.
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 and finishing second in the AL MVP race (earning 5 of 28 first-place votes). 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.
Until 2015, this was the last season in which the Tigers failed to make the playoffs.

## 2009-10 offseason activities
### Personnel changes

* On October 9, first base coach Andy Van Slyke announced he is leaving the team.
* On November 9, the Tigers hired Tom Brookens as their new first base coach. Brookens played on the 1984 World Series championship team and was most recently the manager of the team's Class-AA affiliate at Erie.

### Releases

* On November 6, the Tigers removed Marcus Thames and Matt Treanor from their 40-man roster, allowing them to become free agents.
* On November 16, the Tigers released Jarrod Washburn and Aubrey Huff to free agency.
* On December 1, the Tigers released Plácido Polanco to free agency.
* On December 8, Fernando Rodney and Brandon Lyon turned down arbitration and became free agents.

### Trades

* On December 7, the Tigers traded Clay Rapada to Texas for a player to be named later or cash considerations.
* On December 9, the Tigers completed a 3 team deal. They gave Curtis Granderson to the Yankees and Edwin Jackson to the Diamondbacks and received Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth from Arizona and Austin Jackson and Phil Coke from New York.
* On December 21, the Tigers traded Dusty Ryan to San Diego for cash considerations or a player to be named later.
* On March 30, the Tigers traded Nate Robertson and cash considerations to Florida for Jay Voss and cash considerations.

### Signings

* On November 20, the Tigers purchased the contracts of Scott Sizemore, Audy Ciriaco, Ryan Strieby, and Brennan Boesch.
* On December 7, the Tigers signed Brad Thomas.
* Also on December 7, the Tigers re-signed Adam Everett to a one-year deal.
* On December 16, the Tigers re-signed Ramón Santiago to a two-year deal.
* On January 13, the Tigers re-signed Joel Zumaya, avoiding arbitration.
* On January 19, the Tigers signed José Valverde to a two-year deal.
* Also on January 19, the Tigers re-signed Gerald Laird, Zach Miner and Bobby Seay.
* On February 4, it was announced that Justin Verlander and the Tigers have reached a deal for an $80 million, 5-year contract extension.
* On February 22, the Tigers signed Johnny Damon to a one-year deal.

### Roster
## Transactions

* On June 1, the Tigers traded Dontrelle Willis and cash considerations to Arizona for Billy Buckner.
* On June 6, the Tigers designated Adam Everett for assignment.
* On July 28, the Tigers acquired Jhonny Peralta from the Indians in exchange for minor league pitcher Giovanni Soto and cash considerations.

## Tributes to Ernie Harwell

On May 4, Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell died at age 92. Two days later, Harwell's body lied in repose at Comerica Park, with over 10,000 fans filing past the casket. 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.

## 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." 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

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Minnesota Twins | 94 | 68 | .580 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Chicago White Sox | 88 | 74 | .543 | 6 | 45‍–‍36 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Detroit Tigers | 81 | 81 | .500 | 13 | 52‍–‍29 | 29‍–‍52 |
| Cleveland Indians | 69 | 93 | .426 | 25 | 38‍–‍43 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Kansas City Royals | 67 | 95 | .414 | 27 | 38‍–‍43 | 29‍–‍52 |

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Winners :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 96 | 66 | .593 |
| Minnesota Twins | 94 | 68 | .580 |
| Texas Rangers | 90 | 72 | .556 |
vteWild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| New York Yankees | 95 | 67 | .586 | — |
| Boston Red Sox | 89 | 73 | .549 | 6 |
| Chicago White Sox | 88 | 74 | .543 | 7 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 85 | 77 | .525 | 10 |
| Detroit Tigers | 81 | 81 | .500 | 14 |
| Oakland Athletics | 81 | 81 | .500 | 14 |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 80 | 82 | .494 | 15 |
| Cleveland Indians | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26 |
| Kansas City Royals | 67 | 95 | .414 | 28 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 66 | 96 | .407 | 29 |
| Seattle Mariners | 61 | 101 | .377 | 34 |

### Record vs. opponents

| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | – | 9–9 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 3–5 | 5–13 | 3–7 | 3–6 | 7–11 | 6–4 | 3–15 | 7–11 |
| Boston | 9–9 | – | 1–6 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 9–1 | 3–2 | 9–9 | 4–5 | 7–3 | 7–11 | 4–6 | 12–6 | 13–5 |
| Chicago | 3–4 | 6–1 | – | 9–9 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 7–2 | 5–13 | 2–4 | 4–5 | 9–1 | 3–4 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 15–3 |
| Cleveland | 3–3 | 4–4 | 9–9 | – | 9–9 | 10–8 | 5–4 | 6–12 | 2–6 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 2–7 | 2–4 | 6–4 | 5–13 |
| Detroit | 5–5 | 3–3 | 10–8 | 9–9 | – | 10–8 | 6–4 | 9–9 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 1–6 | 3–6 | 4–4 | 11–7 |
| Kansas City | 4–2 | 3-4 | 9–10 | 8–10 | 8–10 | – | 3-7 | 5–13 | 3–5 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 2–7 | 3–3 | 8–10 |
| Los Angeles | 0–6 | 1–9 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–6 | 7–3 | – | 2–5 | 4–4 | 11–8 | 15–4 | 4–5 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 11–7 |
| Minnesota | 5–3 | 2–3 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 5–2 | – | 2–4 | 6–3 | 6-4 | 3–5 | 7–3 | 3–6 | 8–10 |
| New York | 13–5 | 9–9 | 4–2 | 6-2 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 4–4 | 4–2 | – | 9–1 | 6–4 | 8–10 | 4–4 | 8–10 | 11–7 |
| Oakland | 7–3 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 8–11 | 3–6 | 1–9 | – | 13–6 | 4–5 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 8–10 |
| Seattle | 6–3 | 3–7 | 1–9 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 4–15 | 4–6 | 4–6 | 6–13 | – | 2–7 | 7–12 | 2–3 | 9–9 |
| Tampa Bay | 11–7 | 11–7 | 4–3 | 7–2 | 6–1 | 4–4 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 10–8 | 5–4 | 7–2 | – | 4–2 | 10–8 | 7–11 |
| Texas | 4–6 | 6–4 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 10-9 | 3-7 | 4-4 | 10-9 | 12–7 | 2–4 | – | 3–7 | 14–4 |
| Toronto | 15–3 | 6–12 | 5–3 | 4–6 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 3–6 | 6–3 | 10–8 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 8–10 | 7–3 | – | 7–11 |
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## Game log

Legend :
| Tigers win | Tigers loss | Game postponed |
2010 Game Log :
April (14–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ RoyalsW 8–4Zumaya (1–0)Tejeda (0–1)40,0521–0
2April 7@ RoyalsL 3–2 (11)Farnsworth (1–0)Valverde (0–1)10,5741–1
3April 8@ RoyalsW 7–3Bonine (1–0)Mendoza (0–1)10,9092–1
4April 9IndiansW 5–2Porcello (1–0)Huff (0–1)Valverde (1)45,0103–1
5April 10IndiansW 4–2Bonderman (1–0)Talbot (0–1)Perry (1)35,3324–1
6April 11IndiansW 9–8Coke (1–0)Perez (0–1)26,0815–1
7April 12RoyalsL 10–5Hochevar (1–0)Scherzer (0–1)17,0585–2
8April 13RoyalsW 6–5Zumaya (2–0)Hughes (0–1)Valverde (2)18,4146–2
9April 14RoyalsL 7–3Davies (1–0)Perry (0–1)Soria (2)19,2626–3
10April 16@ MarinersL 11–3Hernández (1–0)Bonderman (1–1)39,9996–4
11April 17@ MarinersL 4–2League (2–0)Verlander (0–1)Aardsma (5)31,6476–5
12April 18@ MarinersW 4–2Scherzer (1–1)Snell (0–2)Valverde (3)30,4197–5
13April 19@ AngelsL 2–0Piñeiro (2–1)Willis (0–1)Rodney (4)36,0067–6
14April 20@ AngelsL 6–5Kazmir (1–1)Porcello (1–1)Rodney (5)35,2667–7
15April 21@ AngelsW 4–3Coke (2–0)Fuentes (0–1)Valverde (4)35,2798–7
16April 22@ AngelsW 5–4Verlander (1–1)Saunders (1–3)Valverde (5)37,3389–7
17April 23@ RangersL 5–4Feliz (1–0)Ni (0–1)26,4459–8
18April 24@ RangersW 8–4Bonine (2–0)Feldman (1–2)45,75210–8
19April 25@ RangersL 8–4Lewis (3–0)Porcello (1–2)31,21110–9
20April 26@ RangersW 8–6Coke (3–0)Feliz (1–1)Valverde (6)16,38111–9
21April 27TwinsL 2–0Liriano (3–0)Verlander (1–2)Rauch (7)22,00811–10
22April 28TwinsW 11–6Thomas (1–0)Mahay (0–1)19,90012–10
23April 29TwinsW 3–0Willis (1–1)Pavano (3–2)Valverde (7)25,59513–10
24April 30AngelsW 10–6Porcello (2–2)Piñeiro (2–3)31,72514–10 :
May (12–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1AngelsW 3–2Perry (1–1)Shields (0–1)31,04215–10
26May 2AngelsW 5–1Verlander (2–2)Weaver (3–1)25,60316–10
27May 3@ TwinsL 10–4Baker (3–2)Scherzer (1–2)38,72816–11
28May 4@ TwinsL 4–3Blackburn (2–1)Perry (1–2)39,02016–12
29May 5@ TwinsL 5–4Slowey (4–2)Porcello (2–3)Rauch (8)39,03716–13
–May 7@ IndiansPostponed (rain) – rescheduled for July 17
30May 8@ IndiansW 6–4Verlander (3–2)Wood (0–1)Valverde (8)18,42817–13
31May 9@ IndiansL 7–4Talbot (4–2)Scherzer (1–3)Perez (5)16,98017–14
32May 10YankeesW 5–4Bonine (3–0)Mitre (0–1)Valverde (9)34,36518–14
–May 11YankeesPostponed (rain) – rescheduled for May 12
33May 12YankeesW 2–0Porcello (3–3)Vázquez (1–4)Valverde (10)27,37619–14
34May 12YankeesL 8–0Hughes (5–0)Bonderman (1–2)28,51419–15
35May 13YankeesW 6–0Verlander (4–2)Sabathia (4–2)31,13020–15
36May 14Red SoxL 7–2Buchholz (4–3)Scherzer (1–4)31,73220–16
37May 15Red SoxW 7–6 (12)Valverde (1–1)Delcarmen (1–2)40,74221–16
38May 16Red SoxW 5–1Galarraga (1–0)Lackey (4–2)35,45422–16
–May 17White SoxPostponed (rain) – rescheduled for August 3
39May 18White SoxL 6–2García (3–2)Porcello (3–4)28,15522–17
40May 19@ AthleticsW 5–1Verlander (5–2)Braden (4–4)19,28423–17
41May 20@ AthleticsW 5–2Bonderman (2–2)Ross (1–2)Valverde (11)24,14624–17
42May 21@ DodgersL 4–1Billingsley (5–2)Willis (1–2)Broxton (9)44,28224–18
43May 22@ DodgersL 6–4Ely (3–1)Galarraga (1–1)Broxton (10)45,11724–19
44May 23@ DodgersW 6–2Porcello (4–4)Kuroda (5–2)46,05325–19
45May 25@ MarinersL 5–3Kelley (3–0)Verlander (5–3)Aardsma (10)20,92025–20
46May 26@ MarinersL 5–4League (4–4)Perry (1–3)Aardsma (11)22,42225–21
47May 28AthleticsL 5–4Ziegler (2–2)Perry (1–4)Bailey (10)40,21025–22
48May 29AthleticsL 6–0Anderson (2–1)Porcello (4–5)39,75025–23
49May 30AthleticsW 10–2Scherzer (2–4)Braden (4–5)Zumaya (1)32,51026–23
50May 31AthleticsL 4–1Cahill (4–2)Verlander (5–4)Bailey (11)23,64126–24 :
June (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1IndiansL 3–2Westbrook (3–3)Bonderman (2–3)Wood (3)19,44626–25
52June 2IndiansW 3–0Galarraga (2–1)Carmona (4–4)17,73827–25
53June 3IndiansW 12–6Thomas (2–0)Ambriz (0–1)28,16928–25
54June 4@ RoyalsL 7–3Chen (2–0)Scherzer (2–5)21,93028–26
55June 5@ RoyalsW 4–2Verlander (6–4)Hochevar (5–4)Valverde (12)24,38329–26
56June 6@ RoyalsL 7–2Bannister (6–3)Bonderman (2–4)22,24029–27
57June 8@ White SoxW 7–2Thomas (3–0)Thornton (2–3)20,77630–27
58June 9@ White SoxL 15–3García (6–3)Porcello (4–6)21,95930–28
59June 10@ White SoxL 3–0Danks (5–5)Scherzer (2–6)Jenks (10)26,00430–29
60June 11PiratesW 6–2Verlander (7–4)Ohlendorf (0–4)33,23631–29
61June 12PiratesW 4–3 (10)Coke (4–0)Donnelly (2–1)34,50132–29
62June 13PiratesW 4–3Thomas (4–0)López (1–1)Valverde (13)31,24333–29
63June 15NationalsW 7–4Scherzer (3–6)Lannan (2–4)Valverde (14)24,82134–29
64June 16NationalsW 8–3Verlander (8–4)Hernández (5–4)24,76735–29
65June 17NationalsW 8–3Bonderman (3–4)Atilano (5–4)33,63036–29
66June 18DiamondbacksW 7–5Coke (5–0)Qualls (1–4)Valverde (15)37,43837–29
67June 19DiamondbacksL 6–5Jackson (4–6)Porcello (4–7)Heilman (1)40,68137–30
68June 20DiamondbacksW 3–1Scherzer (4–6)Kennedy (3–5)Valverde (16)41,41738–30
69June 22@ MetsL 14–6Nieve (2–3)Verlander (8–5)32,36338–31
70June 23@ MetsL 5–0Dickey (6–0)Bonderman (3–5)35,04538–32
71June 24@ MetsW 6–5Galarraga (3–1)Takahashi (6–3)Valverde (17)31,31939–32
72June 25@ BravesL 3–1Medlen (5–1)Oliver (0–1)Wagner (15)36,63439–33
73June 26@ BravesL 4–3Kawakami (1–9)Zumaya (2–1)Moylan (1)39,18439–34
74June 27@ BravesW 10–4Verlander (9–5)Hanson (7–5)26,03440–34
75June 28@ TwinsW 7–5Bonderman (4–5)Liriano (6–6)Valverde (18)40,68141–34
76June 29@ TwinsL 11–4Blackburn (7–5)Galarraga (3–2)40,59341–35
77June 30@ TwinsL 5–1Slowey (8–5)Oliver (0–2)40,67141–36 :
July (11–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 2MarinersW 7–1Scherzer (5–6)Fister (3–4)32,51242–36
79July 3MarinersW 6–1Verlander (10–5)Vargas (6–4)32,43043–36
80July 4MarinersL 8–1Lee (8–3)Bonderman (4–6)24,89943–37
81July 5OriolesW 12–9Bonine (4–0)Hendrickson (1–4)25,43244–37
82July 6OriolesW 7–5 (11)Perry (2–4)Hernandez (3–7)22,53245–37
83July 7OriolesW 4–2Scherzer (6–6)Bergesen (3–6)22,83746–37
84July 9TwinsW 7–3Verlander (11–5)Liriano (6–7)42,54947–37
85July 10TwinsW 7–4Bonderman (5–6)Blackburn (7–7)Valverde (19)41,46148–37
86July 11TwinsL 6–3Pavano (10–6)Oliver (0–3)Rauch (20)39,68948–38
87July 16@ IndiansL 8–2Westbrook (6–5)Scherzer (6–7)22,29548–39
88July 17@ IndiansL 4–3Carmona (9–7)Coke (5–1)Perez (8)20,09048–40
89July 17@ IndiansL 2–1 (11)Perez (2–0)Weinhardt (0–1)20,09248–41
90July 18@ IndiansL 7–2Gómez (1–0)Oliver (0–4)19,10248–42
91July 19RangersL 8–6 (14)Harrison (2–1)González (0–1)Feliz (25)26,62648–43
92July 20RangersL 8–0Hunter (7–0)Galarraga (3–3)27,57648–44
93July 21RangersW 4–1Scherzer (7–7)Lewis (9–6)28,70449–44
94July 22Blue JaysW 5–2Verlander (12–5)Romero (7–7)Valverde (20)34,47650–44
–July 23Blue JaysPostponed (rain) – rescheduled for July 25
95July 24Blue JaysL 3–2Marcum (9–4)Porcello (4–8)Gregg (22)39,39150–45
96July 25Blue JaysL 5–3Downs (4–5)Valverde (1–2)Gregg (23)38,52650–46
97July 25Blue JaysW 6–5Coke (6–1)Frasor (3–3)Valverde (21)37,09351–46
98July 26@ RaysL 5–0Garza (11–5)Scherzer (7–8)17,00951–47
99July 27@ RaysL 3–2Shields (9–9)Verlander (12–6)Soriano (27)19,84351–48
100July 28@ RaysL 7–4Niemann (9–3)Bonine (4–1)Soriano (28)16,20951–49
101July 29@ RaysL 4–2Price (14–5)Porcello (4–9)Wheeler (2)26,71651–50
102July 30@ Red SoxW 6–5Weinhardt (1–1)Lester (11–6)37,83252–50
103July 31@ Red SoxL 5–4Okajima (4–3)Coke (6–2)37,39552–51 :
August (13–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Red SoxL 4–3Papelbon (4–4)Thomas (4–1)37,47952–52
105August 3White SoxL 12–2Buehrle (10–8)Porcello (4–10)26,14152–53
106August 3White SoxW 7–1Bonderman (6–6)Torres (0–1)24,82653–53
107August 4White SoxL 4–1Jackson (7–10)Galarraga (3–4)Jenks (23)31,77053–54
108August 5White SoxL 6–4 (11)Santos (1–0)Valverde (1–3)34,15653–55
109August 6AngelsL 4–2Weaver (11–7)Verlander (12–7)Fuentes (21)35,10653–56
110August 7AngelsL 10–1Kazmir (8–9)Bonderman (6–7)38,78353–57
111August 8AngelsW 9–4Porcello (5–10)Bell (1–3)32,03754–57
112August 9RaysL 6–3Price (15–5)Galarraga (3–5)Soriano (32)29,93254–58
113August 10RaysL 8–0Hellickson (2–0)Scherzer (7–9)26,11454–59
114August 11RaysW 3–2Verlander (13–7)Garza (11–7)Valverde (22)28,81555–59
115August 13@ White SoxL 8–4Buehrle (11–9)Bonderman (6–8)34,83455–60
116August 14@ White SoxW 3–2Coke (7–2)Putz (5–4)36,54856–60
117August 15@ White SoxW 13–8Thomas (5–1)Putz (5–5)36,28757–60
118August 16@ YankeesW 3–1Scherzer (8–9)Vázquez (9–9)Valverde (23)46,09858–60
119August 17@ YankeesL 6–2Sabathia (16–5)Verlander (13–8)46,90658–61
120August 18@ YankeesL 9–5Moseley (3–2)Bonderman (6–9)46,47958–62
121August 19@ YankeesL 11–5Hughes (15–5)Porcello (5–11)48,14358–63
122August 20IndiansW 6–0Galarraga (4–5)Masterson (4–12)33,93659–63
123August 21IndiansW 5–2Scherzer (9–9)Tomlin (1–3)Valverde (24)38,08860–63
124August 22IndiansW 8–1Verlander (14–8)Gómez (3–2)35,10461–63
125August 23RoyalsW 12–3Bonderman (7–9)Chen (8–7)30,55262–63
126August 24RoyalsW 9–1Porcello (6–11)Davies (6–8)29,04363–63
127August 25RoyalsL 4–3 (12)Humber (1–0)Fígaro (0–1)Soria (36)31,23163–64
128August 26@ Blue JaysW 7–1Scherzer (10–9)Romero (10–8)16,08864–64
129August 27@ Blue JaysL 3–2 (11)Camp (4–2)Coke (7–3)20,29864–65
130August 28@ Blue JaysL 5–4Morrow (10–6)Fígaro (0–2)Gregg (30)27,11964–66
131August 29@ Blue JaysW 10–4Porcello (7–11)Rzepczynski (1–3)26,62465–66
132August 31@ TwinsL 4–3Guerrier (3–7)Coke (7–4)Capps (33)40,18665–67 :
September (15–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1@ TwinsL 2–1 (10)Rauch (3–1)Perry (2–5)39,43865–68
134September 2@ TwinsW 10–9 (13)Valverde (2–3)Blackburn (8–9)39,55166–68
135September 3@ RoyalsW 9–5 (11)Perry (3–5)Chavez (5–5)17,83567–68
136September 4@ RoyalsW 6–4Porcello (8–11)Hughes (1–2)Valverde (25)21,48368–68
137September 5@ RoyalsL 2–1Davies (7–9)Thomas (5–2)Soria (37)19,06168–69
138September 6White SoxL 5–4 (10)Sale (1–1)Valverde (2–4)32,92468–70
139September 7White SoxW 9–1Verlander (15–8)García (11–6)24,90569–70
140September 8White SoxW 5–1Bonderman (8–9)Danks (13–10)25,99570–70
141September 9White SoxW 6–3Porcello (9–11)Floyd (10–12)Perry (2)29,99571–70
142September 10OriolesL 6–3Hernandez (6–8)Coke (7–5)Uehara (8)28,57571–71
143September 11OriolesL 5–3Guthrie (10–13)Scherzer (10–10)Uehara (9)28,13971–72
144September 12OriolesW 6–2Verlander (16–8)Gonzalez (0–3)24,17072–72
145September 14@ RangersL 11–4Nippert (4–4)Weinhardt (1–2)24,45272–73
146September 15@ RangersL 11–7Lewis (11–12)Galarraga (4–6)34,96472–74
147September 17@ White SoxW 9–2Scherzer (11–10)Jackson (9–12)28,56373–74
148September 18@ White SoxW 6–3Verlander (17–8)Santos (2–1)27,82874–74
149September 19@ White SoxW 9–7 (11)Weinhardt (2–2)Santos (2–2)Schlereth (1)24,41775–74
150September 20RoyalsW 7–5Thomas (6–2)Greinke (9–13)Coke (2)24,38276–74
151September 21RoyalsL 9–6Chen (11–7)Galarraga (4–7)Soria (40)26,17876–75
152September 22RoyalsW 4–2Scherzer (12–10)Davies (8–11)24,67877–75
153September 24TwinsW 10–1Verlander (18–8)Liriano (14–9)30,08378–75
154September 25TwinsW 11–10 (13)Schlereth (1–0)Neshek (0–1)34,12979–75
155September 26TwinsW 5–1Porcello (10–11)Duensing (10–3)32,02180–75
156September 27@ IndiansL 6–3Carrasco (2–1)Galarraga (4–8)Perez (22)10,16180–76
–September 28@ IndiansPostponed (rain) – rescheduled for September 29
157September 29@ IndiansL 4–0Talbot (10–13)Scherzer (12–11)80–77
158September 29@ IndiansL 4–3Tomlin (6–4)Verlander (18–9)Perez (23)12,22780–78
–September 30@ OriolesPostponed (rain) – rescheduled for October 1 :
October (1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1@ OriolesL 10–6Tillman (2–5)Bonderman (8–10)80–79
160October 1@ OriolesL 2–1Guthrie (11–14)Porcello (10–12)Uehara (12)20,87080–80
161October 2@ OriolesL 2–1Matusz (10–12)Galarraga (4–9)Uehara (13)35,33280–81
162October 3@ OriolesW 4–2Schlereth (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
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Austin Jackson | 151 | 618 | 103 | 181 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 41 | 27 | 47 | .293 | .400 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 150 | 548 | 111 | 180 | 45 | 1 | 38 | 126 | 3 | 89 | .328 | .622 |
| Johnny Damon | 145 | 539 | 81 | 146 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 11 | 69 | .271 | .401 |
| Brandon Inge | 144 | 514 | 47 | 127 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 70 | 4 | 54 | .247 | .397 |
| Brennan Boesch | 133 | 464 | 49 | 119 | 26 | 3 | 14 | 67 | 7 | 40 | .256 | .416 |
| Ryan Raburn | 113 | 371 | 54 | 104 | 25 | 1 | 15 | 62 | 2 | 27 | .280 | .474 |
| Magglio Ordóñez | 84 | 323 | 56 | 98 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 59 | 1 | 40 | .303 | .474 |
| Ramón Santiago | 112 | 320 | 38 | 84 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 30 | .263 | .325 |
| Alex Avila | 104 | 294 | 28 | 67 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 36 | .228 | .340 |
| Gerald Laird | 89 | 270 | 22 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 18 | .207 | .304 |
| Carlos Guillén | 68 | 253 | 26 | 69 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 21 | .273 | .419 |
| Don Kelly | 119 | 238 | 30 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 8 | .244 | .374 |
| Jhonny Peralta | 57 | 217 | 23 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 21 | .253 | .396 |
| Will Rhymes | 54 | 191 | 30 | 58 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 14 | .304 | .414 |
| Scott Sizemore | 48 | 143 | 19 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 15 | .224 | .336 |
| Danny Worth | 39 | 106 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | .255 | .358 |
| Casper Wells | 36 | 93 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 6 | .323 | .538 |
| Adam Everett | 31 | 81 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .185 | .247 |
| Jeff Frazier | 9 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .217 | .261 |
| Jeff Larish | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 |
| Max St. Pierre | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .333 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5643 | 751 | 1515 | 308 | 32 | 152 | 717 | 69 | 546 | .268 | .415 |
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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 |
| Justin Verlander | 18 | 9 | 3.37 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 224.1 | 190 | 89 | 84 | 71 | 219 |
| Max Scherzer | 12 | 11 | 3.50 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 195.2 | 174 | 84 | 76 | 70 | 184 |
| Jeremy Bonderman | 8 | 10 | 5.53 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 171.0 | 187 | 113 | 105 | 60 | 112 |
| Rick Porcello | 10 | 12 | 4.92 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 162.2 | 188 | 96 | 89 | 38 | 84 |
| Armando Galarraga | 4 | 9 | 4.49 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 144.1 | 143 | 75 | 72 | 51 | 74 |
| Brad Thomas | 6 | 2 | 3.89 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 69.1 | 77 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 30 |
| Eddie Bonine | 4 | 1 | 4.63 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 68.0 | 84 | 37 | 35 | 22 | 26 |
| Phil Coke | 7 | 5 | 3.76 | 74 | 1 | 2 | 64.2 | 67 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 53 |
| José Valverde | 2 | 4 | 3.00 | 60 | 0 | 26 | 63.0 | 41 | 24 | 21 | 32 | 63 |
| Ryan Perry | 3 | 5 | 3.59 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 62.2 | 55 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 45 |
| Dontrelle Willis | 1 | 2 | 4.98 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 43.1 | 48 | 24 | 24 | 29 | 33 |
| Joel Zumaya | 2 | 1 | 2.58 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 38.1 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 34 |
| Robbie Weinhardt | 2 | 2 | 6.14 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 29.1 | 40 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 21 |
| Enrique González | 0 | 1 | 3.81 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 13 |
| Fu-Te Ni | 0 | 1 | 6.65 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 22 |
| Andy Oliver | 0 | 4 | 7.36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22.0 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 18 |
| Daniel Schlereth | 2 | 0 | 2.89 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 18.2 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| Alfredo Fígaro | 0 | 2 | 6.75 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 14.2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 5 |
| Casey Fien | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Sborz | 0 | 0 | 67.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 81 | 81 | 4.30 | 162 | 162 | 32 | 1444.1 | 1445 | 743 | 690 | 537 | 1056 |
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## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| 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 |