2019 Detroit Tigers season

The 2019 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 119th season. This was the team's second year under manager Ron Gardenhire. They finished the season 47–114, their worst since 2003 when they went 43–119.^[1] It was their first 100-loss season for the team since said season. It was also the second straight season where any team finished with fewer than 50 wins, after the 2018 Orioles who themselves finished with only 47 wins. The Tigers only played 161 games in 2019 due to a late-season rainout in Chicago which was not made up due to both teams missing the playoffs.^[2]

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After the Tigers won 7 of their first 10 games, the team lost 111 of the next 151 games. The stretch included eight different losing streaks of 5+ games, including a season-long nine-game losing streak from May 13–23. They were officially eliminated from playoff contention on August 24.^[3]

On September 25, the Tigers secured the first overall pick in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.^[4] With a loss in their final home game to the Minnesota Twins on September 26, the Tigers tied the 1939 St. Louis Browns for the most home losses (59) during a season in the modern era.^[5]

As with the 2018 Orioles, the 47-win record would not be threatened until 2023, when the Oakland Athletics finished 50–112. The 47-win record was eventually beaten by the 2024 White Sox who finished 41-121 with 41 wins, 6 wins fewer then the Tigers and Orioles.

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Announcer changes

Beginning this season, Fox Sports Detroit television announcers Mario Impemba and Rod Allen, who had been together since 2003, were no longer in the broadcast booth. Their contracts were not renewed due to an alleged physical altercation that occurred after the game on September 4, 2018.^[6] On January 14, 2019, veteran sportscaster Matt Shepard was named play-by-play man, former Tigers teammates Kirk Gibson and Jack Morris were named color commentators, and Dan Petry was hired as a second studio analyst.^[7] Gibson was also named special assistant to the general manager on January 28.^[8] Shepard sat out 17 games, with Morris, Gibson, Petry and field reporter/studio analyst and former Tiger Craig Monroe sharing his duties instead.^[9]

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Roster moves

Releases

On October 3, infielder Dixon Machado elected free agency.^[10] On December 3, he first signed a minor league contract with the Miami Marlins with an invitation to spring training.^[11] Machado ended up signing a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs on March 30 after being released by the Marlins at the end of spring training.^[12]
On October 24, outfielder Jim Adduci elected free agency after being dropped from the 40-man roster.^[13] On December 19, he signed a minor-league contract with the Chicago Cubs.^[14]
On October 25, pitcher Artie Lewicki was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[15]
On October 29, catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia elected free agency. On January 28, 2019, he announced his retirement.^[16]
On November 5, shortstop José Iglesias elected free agency.^[17] On February 23, Iglesias signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds with an invitation to spring training.^[18]
On November 14, pitcher Warwick Saupold signed a one-year contract with the Hanwha Eagles of the KBO.^[19]
On November 18, pitcher Jacob Turner signed a one-year contract with the Kia Tigers of the KBO.^[20]
On November 30, the Tigers announced they would not tender contracts to catcher James McCann and relief pitcher Alex Wilson, making them free agents.^[21] On December 19, McCann signed a one-year $2.5 million contract with the Chicago White Sox.^[22] On February 9, Wilson first signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians but opted out of that contract to sign a major league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers on March 22.^[23]^[24]
On December 10, outfielder Mike Gerber was claimed off waivers by the San Francisco Giants.^[25]
On February 4, pitcher Francisco Liriano signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[26]
On August 9, the Tigers released infielder Josh Harrison and pitcher Sandy Báez.^[27] The Tigers re-signed Báez to a minor league contract on August 13.^[28] Harrison signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies on November 26.^[29]
On August 11, pitcher Trevor Rosenthal elected free agency after clearing waivers.^[30] He signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees on August 21.^[31]^[32]

Signings

On September 6, the Tigers claimed outfielder Dustin Peterson off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.^[33]
On November 2, the Tigers claimed relief pitcher José Fernández off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays and utility player Brandon Dixon from the Cincinnati Reds.^[34]
On December 4, the Tigers signed pitcher Matt Moore to a one-year, $2.5 million contract.^[35]
On December 4, the Tigers signed catcher Bobby Wilson to a minor league deal.^[36] He was released on March 22 and re-signed on March 24. His contract was selected on June 14.^[37]
On December 10, the Tigers signed pitcher Tyson Ross to a one-year, $5.75 million contract.^[38]
On December 13, the Tigers selected pitcher Reed Garrett in the Rule 5 draft.^[39] He was returned to the Texas Rangers on May 19.
On December 14, the Tigers signed shortstop Jordy Mercer to a one-year, $5.25 million contract.^[40]
On January 10, the Tigers agreed to a one-year, $4 million contract with relief pitcher Shane Greene, avoiding arbitration.^[41]
On January 11, the Tigers avoided arbitration when they reached one-year deals with right fielder Nicholas Castellanos, and pitchers Matthew Boyd, Blaine Hardy and Daniel Norris.^[42]
On January 22, Gordon Beckham signed a minor league contract. On March 23, 2019, the Tigers added him to their 25-man roster.^[43]
On February 15, the Tigers signed pitcher Michael Fulmer to a one-year, $2.8 million contract following a salary arbitration hearing.^[44]^[45]
On February 23, the Tigers signed infielder Josh Harrison to a one-year, $2 million contract.^[46]
On May 26, the Tigers claimed pitcher Austin Adams off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.^[47]
On June 5, the Tigers signed their first-round pick in the 2019 MLB draft, outfielder Riley Greene, to a $6.18 million contract.^[48]^[49]
On June 29, the Tigers signed pitcher Trevor Rosenthal to a minor league contract.^[50]
On August 6, the Tigers claimed pitcher David McKay off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.^[51]

Trades

On July 31, the Tigers traded outfielder Nick Castellanos to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for pitchers Alex Lange and Paul Richan.^[52]
Also on July 31, the Tigers traded relief pitcher Shane Greene to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for pitcher Joey Wentz and outfielder Travis Demeritte.^[53]

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Season standings

American League Central

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	101	61	.623	—	46‍–‍35	55‍–‍26
Cleveland Indians	93	69	.574	8	49‍–‍32	44‍–‍37
Chicago White Sox	72	89	.447	28½	39‍–‍41	33‍–‍48
Kansas City Royals	59	103	.364	42	31‍–‍50	28‍–‍53
Detroit Tigers	47	114	.292	53½	22‍–‍59	25‍–‍55

American League Wild Card

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Team	W	L	Pct.
Houston Astros	107	55	.660
New York Yankees	103	59	.636
Minnesota Twins	101	61	.623

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Wild Card teams
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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Oakland Athletics	97	65	.599	+1
Tampa Bay Rays	96	66	.593	—
Cleveland Indians	93	69	.574	3
Boston Red Sox	84	78	.519	12
Texas Rangers	78	84	.481	18
Chicago White Sox	72	89	.447	23½
Los Angeles Angels	72	90	.444	24
Seattle Mariners	68	94	.420	28
Toronto Blue Jays	67	95	.414	29
Kansas City Royals	59	103	.364	37
Baltimore Orioles	54	108	.333	42
Detroit Tigers	47	114	.292	48½

Record against opponents

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2019 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2019 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	7–12	3–3	3–4	3–4	2–4	3–3	4–3	0–6	2–17	1–6	3–4	7–12	1–6	8–11	7–13
Boston	12–7	—	5–2	3–3	5–2	2–4	5–1	4–3	3–3	5–14	4–3	4–3	7–12	4–3	11–8	10–10
Chicago	3–3	2–5	—	11–8	12–6	4–3	9–10	2–5	6–13	4–3	1–5	2–4	2–4	4–3	4–3	6–14
Cleveland	4–3	3–3	8–11	—	18–1	3–4	12–7	6–0	10–9	4–3	1–5	5–1	1–6	4–3	6–1	8–12
Detroit	4–3	2–5	6–12	1–18	—	1–6	10–9	3–3	5–14	3–3	1–6	1–6	2–4	0–6	3–4	5–15
Houston	4–2	4–2	3–4	4–3	6–1	—	5–1	14–5	3–4	4–3	11–8	18–1	3–4	13–6	4–2	11–9
Kansas City	3–3	1–5	10–9	7–12	9–10	1–5	—	2–4	5–14	2–5	2–5	2–5	3–4	2–5	1–6	9–11
Los Angeles	3–4	3–4	5–2	0–6	3–3	5–14	4–2	—	1–5	2–5	6–13	10–9	3–4	9–10	6–1	12–8
Minnesota	6–0	3–3	13–6	9–10	14–5	4–3	14–5	5–1	—	2–4	3–4	5–2	5–2	6–1	4–3	8–12
New York	17–2	14–5	3–4	3–4	3–3	3–4	5–2	5–2	4–2	—	2–4	6–1	12–7	3–3	11–8	12–8
Oakland	6–1	3–4	5–1	5–1	6–1	8–11	5–2	13–6	4–3	4–2	—	10–9	4–3	13–6	0–6	11–9
Seattle	4–3	3–4	4–2	1–5	6–1	1–18	5–2	9–10	2–5	1–6	9–10	—	2–4	8–11	4–2	9–11
Tampa Bay	12–7	12–7	4–2	6–1	4–2	4–3	4–3	4–3	2–5	7–12	3–4	4–2	—	3–3	13–6	14–6
Texas	6–1	3–4	3–4	3–4	6–0	6–13	5–2	10–9	1–6	3–3	6–13	11–8	3–3	—	3–3	9–11
Toronto	11–8	8–11	3–4	1–6	4–3	2–4	6–1	1–6	3–4	8–11	6–0	2–4	6–13	3–3	—	3–17

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Season highlights

Team accomplishments

On April 3, the Tigers became the third team since 1900 to win at least four of its first seven games when scoring a combined 12-or-fewer runs, joining the 1913 Philadelphia Phillies and the 1971 New York Mets.^[54]
On April 4 against the Kansas City Royals, the Tigers won the game while recording more walks (7) than hits (6). The Tigers scored twice in the seventh inning without recording one hit, as they drew four consecutive walks, followed by a sacrifice fly.^[55]
On August 21 against the Houston Astros, the Tigers closed as +435 underdogs at Caesars Sportsbook, making their 2–1 victory over the Astros the largest upset in MLB in the past 15 seasons. In a statistical oddity, opposing pitcher Justin Verlander never threw a pitch with a runner on base, as the Tigers' only two hits were solo home runs.^[56]^[57]

Individual accomplishments

Pitching

On March 28 against the Toronto Blue Jays, Jordan Zimmermann took a perfect game into the seventh inning, before allowing a two-out infield single to Teoscar Hernández.^[58]^[59]
On March 31 against the Toronto Blue Jays, Matt Moore took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, before a one-out single by Richard Ureña ruined the no-hit bid.^[60]
On April 3 against the New York Yankees, Matthew Boyd recorded a career-high 13 strikeouts. Boyd posted 10 strikeouts in his first start, becoming the first Tigers pitcher since 1908 to start the season with consecutive double-digit strikeout games. Boyd also set a record for the most strikeouts by a visiting pitcher at the current Yankee Stadium. His 13 strikeouts were the most by a Tigers pitcher since Max Scherzer recorded 14 in August 2014.^[54]^[61]^[62]
On April 4 against the Kansas City Royals, Spencer Turnbull recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts. With Boyd's 13 strikeouts the day before, this marked the first time that Tigers pitchers had double-digit strikeouts in consecutive games since Rick Porcello and Aníbal Sánchez in 2014.^[63]
On April 7 against the Kansas City Royals, Shane Greene became the first pitcher in Major League history to earn seven saves in his team's first 10 games since saves became an official MLB statistic in 1969.^[64]
On April 10 against the Cleveland Indians, Shane Greene extended his saves record, becoming the first pitcher in Major League history to earn eight saves in his team's first 12 games since 1969.^[65]
On July 4 against the Chicago White Sox, Matthew Boyd became the first pitcher in the live-ball era to record 13 strikeouts and zero walks in six innings or fewer in a game.^[66]

Hitting

On April 6 against the Kansas City Royals, Christin Stewart became the first Tigers rookie player to hit a grand slam since Brennan Boesch in 2010.^[67]
On May 8, Ronny Rodríguez fell a home run shy of the cycle, hitting a single, double, and triple, to help the Tigers defeat the Los Angeles Angels, 10–3.^[68]
On May 31, Niko Goodrum fell a triple shy of the cycle, going 5-for-5, with two singles, a double and two home runs, to help the Tigers defeat the Atlanta Braves, 8–2. He became the first Tigers player to go 5-for-5 with two home runs and three extra-base hits in a game since Dmitri Young in 2003.^[69] He also was the first player to have five hits while playing for the first time in his home state since Ohio-born Pete Susko did so for the Washington Senators at Cleveland in 1934.^[70]^[71]

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Game log

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2019 Game Log: 47–114 (Home: 22–59; Away: 25–55)

March/April: 13–14 (Home: 6–5; Away: 7–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	March 28	@ Blue Jays	2–0 (10)	Alcántara (1–0)	Hudson (0–1)	Greene (1)	45,048	1–0	W1
2	March 29	@ Blue Jays	0–6	Shoemaker (1–0)	Boyd (0–1)	—	18,054	1–1	L1
3	March 30	@ Blue Jays	0–3	Sanchez (1–0)	Turnbull (0–1)	Giles (1)	25,429	1–2	L2
4	March 31	@ Blue Jays	4–3 (11)	Stumpf (1–0)	Pannone (0–1)	Greene (2)	16,098	2–2	W1
5	April 1	@ Yankees	1–3	Germán (1–0)	Ross (0–1)	Chapman (1)	32,036	2–3	L1
6	April 2	@ Yankees	3–1	Jiménez (1–0)	Chapman (0–1)	Greene (3)	32,018	3–3	W1
7	April 3	@ Yankees	2–1	Farmer (1–0)	Green (0–1)	Greene (4)	33,038	4–3	W2
8	April 4	Royals	5–4	Hardy (1–0)	Zimmer (0–1)	Greene (5)	42,641	5–3	W3
9	April 6	Royals	7–4	Alcántara (2–0)	McCarthy (0–1)	Greene (6)	22,111	6–3	W4
10	April 7	Royals	3–1	Ross (1–1)	Keller (1–1)	Greene (7)	15,058	7–3	W5
11	April 9	Indians	2–8	Kluber (1–2)	Zimmermann (0–1)	—	12,114	7–4	L1
12	April 10	Indians	4–1	Boyd (1–1)	Bauer (1–1)	Greene (8)	11,128	8–4	W1
13	April 11	Indians	0–4	Bieber (1–0)	Turnbull (0–2)	—	13,910	8–5	L1
—	April 12	@ Twins	Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to May 11.
14	April 13	@ Twins	3–4	Pineda (2–0)	Ross (1–2)	Parker (3)	16,484	8–6	L2
15	April 14	@ Twins	4–6	Berríos (2–1)	Zimmermann (0–2)	Hildenberger (1)	14,774	8–7	L3
16	April 16	Pirates	3–5 (10)	Kela (1–0)	Greene (0–1)	Kingham (1)	13,251	8–8	L4
17	April 17	Pirates	2–3 (10)	Burdi (2–1)	Farmer (1–1)	Vázquez (5)	12,994	8–9	L5
18	April 18	White Sox	9–7	VerHagen (1–0)	Fulmer (0–1)	Greene (9)	14,320	9–9	W1
19	April 19	White Sox	3–7	Rodón (3–2)	Zimmermann (0–3)	—	14,568	9–10	L1
—	April 20	White Sox	Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to August 6.
20	April 21	White Sox	4–3	Norris (1–0)	López (1–3)	Greene (10)	15,686	10–10	W1
—	April 22	@ Red Sox	Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to April 23.
21	April 23	@ Red Sox	7–4	Boyd (2–1)	Brewer (0–2)	—	30,015	11–10	W2
22	April 23	@ Red Sox	4–2	Turnbull (1–2)	Velázquez (0–2)	Greene (11)	30,578	12–10	W3
23	April 24	@ Red Sox	4–11	Rodríguez (2–2)	Ross (1–3)	—	31,763	12–11	L1
24	April 25	@ Red Sox	3–7	Porcello (1–3)	Zimmermann (0–4)	—	34,165	12–12	L2
25	April 26	@ White Sox	11–12	Colomé (1–0)	Jiménez (1–1)	—	18,016	12–13	L3
—	April 27	@ White Sox	Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to July 3.
26	April 28	@ White Sox	1–4	López (2–3)	Boyd (2–2)	Colomé (5)	14,539	12–14	L4
27	April 30	@ Phillies	3–1	Turnbull (2–2)	Velasquez (1–1)	Greene (12)	31,759	13–14	W1

May: 9–18 (Home: 3–12; Away: 6–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
28	May 1	@ Phillies	3–7	Domínguez (2–0)	Farmer (1–2)	—	28,103	13–15	L1
29	May 3	Royals	4–3	Boyd (3–2)	López (0–3)	Greene (13)	14,020	14–15	W1
30	May 4	Royals	3–15	Bailey (3–3)	Ross (1–4)	—	19,500	14–16	L1
31	May 5	Royals	5–2 (10)	Farmer (2–2)	Kennedy (0–1)	—	16,369	15–16	W1
32	May 7	Angels	2–5	Canning (1–0)	Norris (1–1)	Robles (3)	14,169	15–17	L1
33	May 8	Angels	10–3	Boyd (4–2)	Skaggs (3–3)	—	13,224	16–17	W1
34	May 9	Angels	0–13	Peña (2–1)	Carpenter (0–1)	—	16,404	16–18	L1
35	May 10	@ Twins	0–6	Odorizzi (5–2)	Ross (1–5)	—	26,789	16–19	L2
36	May 11	@ Twins	5–3	Jiménez (2–1)	Hildenberger (2–2)	Greene (14)	28,840	17–19	W1
37	May 11	@ Twins	3–8	Stewart (1–1)	Soto (0–1)	—	20,724	17–20	L1
38	May 12	@ Twins	5–3	Norris (2–1)	Pérez (5–1)	Greene (15)	27,373	18–20	W1
39	May 13	Astros	1–8	Peacock (4–2)	Boyd (4–3)	—	15,086	18–21	L1
40	May 14	Astros	4–11	Miley (4–2)	Carpenter (0–2)	—	14,261	18–22	L2
41	May 15	Astros	1–5	Verlander (7–1)	Soto (0–2)	—	15,940	18–23	L3
42	May 16	Athletics	3–17	Bassitt (2–1)	Turnbull (2–3)	—	18,527	18–24	L4
43	May 17	Athletics	2–7	Montas (5–2)	Norris (2–2)	—	18,746	18–25	L5
44	May 18	Athletics	1–4	Mengden (1–1)	Boyd (4–4)	Treinen (7)	22,913	18–26	L6
—	May 19	Athletics	Suspended (inclement weather). Continuation scheduled for September 6 in Oakland.^[a]
45	May 21	Marlins	4–5 (11)	Anderson (1–1)	Jiménez (2–2)	—	15,565	18–27	L7
46	May 22	Marlins	3–6	Ureña (2–6)	Farmer (2–3)	Romo (8)	14,506	18–28	L8
47	May 23	Marlins	2–5	Kinley (1–0)	Greene (0–2)	Romo (9)	17,214	18–29	L9
48	May 24	@ Mets	9–8	Farmer (3–3)	Gagnon (3–1)	Greene (16)	27,082	19–29	W1
49	May 25	@ Mets	4–5 (13)	Santiago (1–0)	Farmer (3–4)	—	40,691	19–30	L1
50	May 26	@ Mets	3–4	Wheeler (4–3)	Turnbull (2–4)	Díaz (13)	31,414	19–31	L2
51	May 27	@ Orioles	3–5	Straily (2–4)	Norris (2–3)	Armstrong (1)	18,004	19–32	L3
52	May 28	@ Orioles	3–0	Boyd (5–4)	Bundy (2–6)	Greene (17)	8,106	20–32	W1
53	May 29	@ Orioles	4–2	Ramirez (1–0)	Kline (1–2)	Greene (18)	10,614	21–32	W2
54	May 31	@ Braves	8–2	Turnbull (3–4)	Foltynewicz (1–4)	—	35,524	22–32	W3

June: 5–20 (Home: 3–12; Away: 2–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
55	June 1	@ Braves	5–10	Soroka (6–1)	Norris (2–4)	Jackson (8)	37,108	22–33	L1
56	June 2	@ Braves	4–7	Toussaint (3–0)	Jiménez (2–3)	—	28,978	22–34	L2
57	June 4	Rays	9–6	Carpenter (1–2)	Snell (3–5)	Greene (19)	15,420	23–34	W1
58	June 5	Rays	0–4	Morton (7–0)	Turnbull (3–5)	—	14,272	23–35	L1
59	June 6	Rays	1–6	Beeks (5–0)	Norris (2–5)	—	21,442	23–36	L2
60	June 7	Twins	3–6	Harper (1–0)	Jiménez (2–4)	Parker (9)	21,551	23–37	L3
61	June 8	Twins	9–3	Ramirez (2–0)	Gibson (6–3)	—	26,818	24–37	W1
62	June 9	Twins	2–12	Odorizzi (9–2)	Carpenter (1–3)	—	20,127	24–38	L1
63	June 11	@ Royals	2–3	Barlow (2–2)	Alcántara (2–1)	Kennedy (5)	20,776	24–39	L2
64	June 12	@ Royals	3–2	Ramirez (3–0)	Diekman (0–3)	Greene (20)	19,870	25–39	W1
65	June 13	@ Royals^[b]	3–7	Bailey (5–6)	Boyd (5–5)	Kennedy (6)	25,454	25–40	L1
66	June 14	Indians	4–13	Plutko (3–1)	Carpenter (1–4)	—	22,362	25–41	L2
67	June 15	Indians	2–4	Bieber (6–2)	Ramirez (3–1)	Hand (20)	25,523	25–42	L3
68	June 16	Indians	0–8	Bauer (5–6)	Turnbull (3–6)	—	26,705	25–43	L4
69	June 18	@ Pirates	5–4	Farmer (4–4)	Crick (2–3)	Greene (21)	18,301	26–43	W1
70	June 19	@ Pirates	7–8	Rodríguez (2–3)	Ramirez (3–2)	Vázquez (17)	18,088	26–44	L1
71	June 21	@ Indians	6–7	Cimber (3–2)	Jiménez (2–5)	Hand (21)	30,717	26–45	L2
72	June 22	@ Indians	0–2	Civale (1–0)	Turnbull (3–7)	Hand (22)	30,103	26–46	L3
73	June 23	@ Indians	3–8	Plesac (3–2)	Norris (2–6)	—	25,790	26–47	L4
74	June 25	Rangers	3–5	Chavez (3–2)	Zimmermann (0–5)	—	18,952	26–48	L5
75	June 26	Rangers	1–4	Minor (8–4)	Boyd (5–6)	—	19,732	26–49	L6
76	June 27	Rangers	1–3	Jurado (5–3)	Turnbull (3–8)	Kelley (11)	22,925	26–50	L7
77	June 28	Nationals	1–3	Sánchez (4–6)	Norris (2–7)	Rodney (1)	20,877	26–51	L8
78	June 29	Nationals	7–5	Alcántara (3–1)	Rainey (1–3)	Greene (22)	27,716	27–51	W1
79	June 30	Nationals	1–2	Scherzer (8–5)	Jiménez (2–6)	Doolittle (18)	21,052	27–52	L1

July: 5–20 (Home: 1–7; Away: 4–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
—	July 2	@ White Sox	Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to September 27.
80	July 3	@ White Sox	5–7	Cease (1–0)	Norris (2–8)	Colomé (19)	26,023	27–53	L2
81	July 3	@ White Sox	6–9 (12)	Ruiz (1–1)	Ramirez (3–3)	—	23,161	27–54	L3
82	July 4	@ White Sox	11–5	Boyd (6–6)	López (4–8)	—	25,617	28–54	W1
83	July 5	Red Sox	6–9	Rodríguez (9–4)	Carpenter (1–5)	—	27,181	28–55	L1
84	July 6	Red Sox	6–10	Porcello (6–7)	Zimmermann (0–6)	—	28,114	28–56	L2
85	July 7	Red Sox	3–6	Price (7–2)	Soto (0–3)	Hembree (2)	23,187	28–57	L3
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86	July 12	@ Royals	5–8	Newberry (1–0)	Hardy (1–1)	Kennedy (12)	25,059	28–58	L4
87	July 13	@ Royals	1–4	Keller (5–9)	Boyd (6–7)	Kennedy (13)	27,551	28–59	L5
88	July 14	@ Royals	12–8	Ramirez (4–3)	Flynn (2–1)	—	13,763	29–59	W1
89	July 15	@ Indians	6–8	Wittgren (4–0)	Alcántara (3–2)	Hand (25)	15,735	29–60	L1
90	July 16	@ Indians	0–8	Goody (1–0)	Carpenter (1–6)	—	16,769	29–61	L2
91	July 17	@ Indians	2–7	Clevinger (3–2)	Turnbull (3–9)	Wittgren (2)	18,894	29–62	L3
92	July 18	@ Indians	3–6	Bauer (9–7)	Boyd (6–8)	Hand (26)	17,500	29–63	L4
93	July 19	Blue Jays	1–12	Stroman (6–10)	Zimmermann (0–7)	—	26,498	29–64	L5
94	July 20	Blue Jays	5–7	Font (3–2)	Soto (0–4)	Giles (14)	28,784	29–65	L6
95	July 21	Blue Jays	4–3 (10)	Ramirez (5–3)	Mayza (0–1)	—	22,562	30–65	W1
96	July 23	Phillies	2–3 (15)	Álvarez (1–2)	Stumpf (1–1)	—	23,607	30–66	L1
97	July 24	Phillies	0–4	Velasquez (3–5)	Zimmermann (0–8)	—	33,735	30–67	L2
98	July 25	@ Mariners	2–10	LeBlanc (6–3)	VerHagen (1–1)	—	18,544	30–68	L3
99	July 26	@ Mariners	2–3	Elías (3–2)	Cisnero (0–1)	—	26,702	30–69	L4
100	July 27	@ Mariners	1–8	Gonzales (12–8)	Alexander (0–1)	—	27,140	30–70	L5
101	July 28	@ Mariners	2–3 (10)	Elías (4–2)	Cisnero (0–2)	—	20,024	30–71	L6
102	July 29	@ Angels	7–2	Zimmermann (1–8)	Barría (4–4)	—	35,457	31–71	W1
103	July 30	@ Angels	1–6	Canning (4–6)	VerHagen (1–2)	—	33,907	31–72	L1
104	July 31	@ Angels	9–1	Norris (3–8)	Suárez (2–2)	—	37,511	32–72	W1

August: 8–21 (Home: 5–11; Away: 3–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
105	August 2	@ Rangers	4–5	Lynn (14–6)	Alexander (0–2)	Leclerc (6)	26,884	32–73	L1
106	August 3	@ Rangers	4–5 (10)	Leclerc (2–3)	Ramirez (5–4)	—	30,292	32–74	L2
107	August 4	@ Rangers	4–9	Montero (1–0)	Cisnero (0–3)	—	18,531	32–75	L3
108	August 5	White Sox	4–7	Giolito (12–5)	Soto (0–5)	—	16,942	32–76	L4
109	August 6	White Sox	3–5	Cease (2–4)	Norris (3–9)	Colomé (22)	18,455	32–77	L5
110	August 6	White Sox	10–6	VerHagen (2–2)	Santiago (1–1)	—	16,367	33–77	W1
111	August 7	White Sox	1–8	Nova (7–9)	Alexander (0–3)	—	17,444	33–78	L1
112	August 8	Royals	10–8	Jiménez (3–6)	Lovelady (0–2)	—	17,197	34–78	W1
113	August 9	Royals	5–2	Jackson (2–5)	Keller (7–12)	Jiménez (1)	21,475	35–78	W2
114	August 10	Royals	0–7	Montgomery (2–5)	Turnbull (3–10)	—	26,028	35–79	L1
115	August 11	Royals	2–10	Junis (8–10)	Norris (3–10)	—	19,790	35–80	L2
116	August 13	Mariners	6–11	Grotz (1–0)	Boyd (6–9)	—	16,195	35–81	L3
117	August 14	Mariners	3–2	Jackson (3–5)	Gonzales (12–10)	Jiménez (2)	17,132	36–81	W1
118	August 15	Mariners	2–7	Milone (2–7)	Turnbull (3–11)	—	19,440	36–82	L1
119	August 16	@ Rays	2–0	VerHagen (3–2)	Morton (13–5)	Jiménez (3)	13,717	37–82	W1
120	August 17	@ Rays	0–1 (13)	Poche (3–4)	Hall (0–1)	—	17,228	37–83	L1
121	August 18	@ Rays	4–5	Alvarado (1–5)	Jiménez (3–7)	—	16,634	37–84	L2
122	August 19	@ Astros	4–5	Miley (12–4)	Jackson (3–6)	Osuna (28)	40,499	37–85	L3
123	August 20	@ Astros	3–6	Peacock (7–6)	Turnbull (3–12)	Osuna (29)	30,143	37–86	L4
124	August 21	@ Astros	2–1	Farmer (5–4)	Verlander (15–5)	Jiménez (4)	29,567	38–86	W1
125	August 22	@ Astros	3–6	Cole (15–5)	Zimmermann (1–9)	Osuna (30)	27,220	38–87	L1
126	August 23	@ Twins	9–6	VerHagen (4–2)	Berríos (10–7)	—	31,238	39–87	W1
127	August 24	@ Twins	5–8	Gibson (12–6)	Jackson (3–7)	Rogers (20)	39,429	39–88	L1
128	August 25	@ Twins	4–7	Pérez (9–5)	Boyd (6–10)	—	32,892	39–89	L2
129	August 27	Indians	1–10	Plutko (6–3)	Turnbull (3–13)	—	15,715	39–90	L3
130	August 28	Indians	2–4	Civale (2–3)	Farmer (5–5)	Hand (32)	15,834	39–91	L4
131	August 29	Indians	0–2	Clevinger (10–2)	Norris (3–11)	Hand (33)	16,855	39–92	L5
132	August 30	Twins	5–13	Gibson (13–6)	Jackson (3–8)	—	17,273	39–93	L6
133	August 31	Twins	10–7	Boyd (7–10)	Pérez (9–6)	—	16,713	40–93	W1

September: 7–21 (Home: 4–12; Away: 3–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
134	September 1	Twins	3–8	Pineda (11–5)	Turnbull (3–14)	—	13,776	40–94	L1
135	September 2	Twins	3–4	Littell (3–0)	Farmer (5–6)	Rogers (22)	14,614	40–95	L2
136	September 3	@ Royals	5–6	Kennedy (2–2)	Reininger (0–1)	—	12,644	40–96	L3
137	September 4	@ Royals	4–5	Junis (9–12)	Jackson (3–9)	Kennedy (26)	15,308	40–97	L4
138	September 5	@ Royals	6–4	Boyd (8–10)	Sparkman (3–11)	Jiménez (5)	14,736	41–97	W1
139	September 6	@ Athletics ^[a]	3–7	Fiers (4–3)	Reininger (0–2)	—	15,680	41–98	L1
140	September 6	@ Athletics	5–4 (11)	Schreiber (1–0)	Blackburn (0–2)	Jiménez (6)	16,080	42–98	W1
141	September 7	@ Athletics	2–10	Bassitt (10–5)	Zimmermann (1–10)	—	32,626	42–99	L1
142	September 8	@ Athletics	1–3	Manaea (1–0)	Norris (3–12)	Hendriks (19)	24,550	42–100	L2
143	September 10	Yankees	12–11	Jiménez (4–7)	Adams (1–1)	—	16,733	43–100	W1
—	September 11	Yankees	Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to September 12.
144	September 12	Yankees	4–10	Green (4–4)	Boyd (8–11)	—	—	43–101	L1
145	September 12	Yankees	4–6	Germán (18–4)	Turnbull (3–15)	Chapman (37)	17,807	43–102	L2
146	September 13	Orioles	2–6	Brooks (5–8)	Zimmermann (1–11)	—	14,722	43–103	L3
147	September 14	Orioles	8–4 (12)	Schreiber (2–0)	Fry (1–9)	—	17,760	44–103	W1
148	September 15	Orioles	2–8	Wojciechowski (3–8)	Jackson (3–10)	—	15,688	44–104	L1
149	September 16	Orioles	5–2	Alexander (1–3)	Means (10–11)	Jiménez (7)	14,142	45–104	W1
150	September 17	@ Indians	2–7	Plutko (7–4)	Reininger (0–3)	—	19,108	45–105	L1
151	September 18	@ Indians	1–2 (10)	Cimber (6–3)	Cisnero (0–4)	—	15,828	45–106	L2
152	September 19	@ Indians	0–7	Clevinger (12–3)	Norris (3–13)	—	19,432	45–107	L3
153	September 20	White Sox	1–10	Cease (4–7)	Zimmermann (1–12)	—	15,265	45–108	L4
154	September 21	White Sox	3–5	Nova (11–12)	Alexander (1–4)	Colomé (29)	16,891	45–109	L5
155	September 22	White Sox	6–3	Boyd (9–11)	López (9–15)	Jiménez (8)	16,157	46–109	W1
156	September 24	Twins	2–4	Odorizzi (15–7)	Turnbull (3–16)	Rogers (29)	16,174	46–110	L1
157	September 25	Twins	1–5	Dobnak (2–1)	VerHagen (4–3)	—	16,242	46–111	L2
158	September 26	Twins	4–10	Smeltzer (2–2)	Zimmermann (1–13)	—	17,557	46–112	L3
—	September 27	@ White Sox	Postponed (rain). Rescheduled to September 28.
—	September 27	@ White Sox	Cancelled (rain). Due to both teams being eliminated from playoff contention.
159	September 28	@ White Sox	1–7	López (10–15)	Boyd (9–12)	—	—	46–113	L4
160	September 28	@ White Sox	4–3	Farmer (6–6)	Colomé (4–5)	Jiménez (9)	25,552	47–113	W1
161	September 29	@ White Sox	3–5	Cordero (1–1)	Turnbull (3–17)	Herrera (1)	19,534	47–114	L1

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Tigers team member

Notes:

^a The May 19 game in Detroit against Oakland was suspended due to rain in the bottom of seventh inning with the score 5–3 in favor of the Athletics. It was completed on September 6 prior to the regularly scheduled game that evening in Oakland. The Tigers were designated the "home" team for the makeup date.^[72]
^b The game was played at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.^[73]

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2019 Detroit Tigers

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Pitchers

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Infielders

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Manager

15 Ron Gardenhire

Coaches

4 Rick Anderson (pitching)
98 Jeremy Carrell (bullpen catcher)
25 Dave Clark (third base)
59 Phil Clark (assistant hitting)
43 Steve Liddle (bench)
20 Lloyd McClendon (hitting)
53 Jeff Pico (bullpen)
99 Tim Remes (bullpen catcher)
39 Ramón Santiago (first base)
52 Joe Vavra (quality control)

Player stats

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

More information Player, G ...

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Gordon Beckham	83	223	29	48	13	2	6	15	.215	3
Miguel Cabrera	136	493	41	139	21	0	12	59	.282	0
Jeimer Candelario	94	335	33	68	17	2	8	32	.203	3
Nicholas Castellanos+	100	403	57	110	37	3	11	37	.273	2
Harold Castro	97	354	30	103	10	4	5	38	.291	4
Willi Castro	30	100	10	23	6	1	1	8	.230	0
Travis Demeritte	48	169	24	38	7	2	3	10	.225	3
Brandon Dixon	117	391	41	97	20	4	15	52	.248	5
Niko Goodrum	112	423	61	105	27	5	12	45	.248	12
Grayson Greiner	58	208	18	42	5	1	5	19	.202	0
Josh Harrison	36	137	10	24	7	1	1	8	.175	4
John Hicks	95	319	29	67	15	0	13	35	.210	1
JaCoby Jones	88	298	39	70	19	3	11	26	.235	7
Dawel Lugo	77	273	28	67	11	4	6	26	.245	0
Mikie Mahtook	9	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jordy Mercer	74	256	24	69	16	0	9	22	.270	0
Dustin Peterson	17	44	3	10	4	0	0	6	.227	1
Víctor Reyes	69	276	29	84	16	5	3	25	.304	9
Ronny Rodríguez	84	276	29	61	12	3	14	43	.221	3
Jake Rogers	35	112	11	14	3	0	4	8	.125	0
Christin Stewart	104	369	32	86	25	1	10	40	.233	0
Bobby Wilson	15	44	2	4	1	0	0	2	.091	0
Pitcher Totals	161	23	2	4	0	0	0	0	.174	0
Team Totals	161	5549	582	1333	292	41	149	556	.240	57

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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

More information Player, W ...

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Tyler Alexander	1	4	4.86	13	8	53+2⁄3	30	29	7	47
Matthew Boyd	9	12	4.56	32	32	185+1⁄3	101	94	50	238
Ryan Carpenter	1	6	9.30	9	9	40+2⁄3	46	42	13	25
Edwin Jackson+	2	5	8.47	10	8	39+1⁄3	40	37	19	33
Matt Moore	0	0	0.00	2	2	10	0	0	1	9
Daniel Norris	3	13	4.49	32	29	144+1⁄3	75	72	38	125
Tyson Ross	1	5	6.11	7	7	35+1⁄3	28	24	18	25
Gregory Soto	0	5	5.77	33	7	57+2⁄3	39	37	33	45
Spencer Turnbull	3	17	4.61	30	30	148+1⁄3	86	76	59	146
Drew VerHagen	4	3	5.90	22	4	58	40	38	23	51
Jordan Zimmermann	1	13	6.91	23	23	112	89	86	25	82

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Bullpen

More information Player, W ...

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Austin Adams	0	0	5.14	13	0	0	14	8	8	10	9
Victor Alcántara	3	2	4.85	46	0	0	42+2⁄3	25	23	15	24
Sandy Báez	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
José Cisnero	0	4	4.33	35	0	0	35+1⁄3	21	17	19	40
Brandon Dixon	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	1
Buck Farmer	6	6	3.72	73	1	0	67+2⁄3	32	28	24	73
José Fernández	0	0	17.18	4	0	0	3+2⁄3	8	7	5	2
Bryan Garcia	0	0	12.15	7	0	0	6+2⁄3	9	9	5	7
Reed Garrett	0	0	8.22	13	0	0	15+1⁄3	15	14	13	10
Shane Greene+	0	2	1.18	38	0	22	38	11	5	12	43
Matt Hall	0	1	7.71	16	0	0	23+1⁄3	20	20	15	27
Blaine Hardy	1	1	4.47	39	0	0	44+1⁄3	24	22	13	29
Eduardo Jiménez	0	0	5.91	8	0	0	10+2⁄3	7	7	5	8
Joe Jiménez	4	7	4.37	66	0	9	59+2⁄3	33	29	23	82
David McKay	0	0	5.59	18	0	0	19+1⁄3	12	12	9	29
Nick Ramirez	5	4	4.07	46	0	0	79+2⁄3	45	36	35	74
Zac Reininger	0	3	8.68	25	1	0	28	28	27	16	17
Trevor Rosenthal	0	0	7.00	10	0	0	9	8	7	11	12
John Schreiber	2	0	6.23	13	0	0	13	9	9	4	19
Daniel Stumpf	1	1	4.34	48	0	0	29	18	14	15	28
Carlos Torres	0	0	7.50	4	0	0	6	5	5	1	8
Team Pitching Totals	47	114	5.24	161	161	31	1433	915	835	536	1368

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Farm system

More information Level, Team ...

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	Doug Mientkiewicz
AA	Erie SeaWolves	Eastern League	Mike Rabelo
A-Advanced	Lakeland Flying Tigers	Florida State League	Andrew Graham
A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midwest League	Lance Parrish
A-Short Season	Connecticut Tigers	New York–Penn League	Brayan Peña
Rookie	GCL Tigers East	Gulf Coast League	Luis Lopez
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	Marcos Yepez

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