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2014 Detroit Tigers season

The 2014 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 114th season. This was the team's first year under a mostly new coaching staff led by rookie Manager Brad Ausmus. On September 28, the last day of the regular season, the Tigers clinched the American League Central title with a 3–0 win over the Minnesota Twins. The Tigers finished one game ahead of the Kansas City Royals, with a 90–72 record. It was their fourth consecutive American League Central title. They became the first AL Central team to win four consecutive titles since the Cleveland Indians won five straight from 1995 to 1999, and the first Tigers team to ever make four consecutive postseason appearances. Despite all of this, the Tigers' season ended on October 5 when they were swept by the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Division Series. This snapped Detroit's streak of three consecutive American League Championship Series appearances.

The Tigers would not return to postseason play until 2024. As of 2025, this season remains their most recent AL Central title.

Roster moves

Coaching staff

  • On October 21, Jim Leyland stepped down from his managerial position after eight years with Detroit. He later confirmed that he joined the Tigers front office as a special assistant to team president/GM/CEO Dave Dombrowski.
  • On November 3, the Tigers announced Brad Ausmus was named Leyland's successor, and signed to a three-year contract with a club option for 2017.
  • On November 3, the Tigers announced bench coach Gene Lamont will return in the same role for the 2014 season.
  • Hitting coach Lloyd McClendon did not return for 2014, as he was named the new manager of the Seattle Mariners on November 5. The Mariners later hired former Tigers bullpen coach Mike Rojas.
  • On November 6, the Tigers announced Jeff Jones would return as pitching coach. They also announced the hiring of Dave Clark as third-base coach and outfield instructor.
  • On November 17, the Tigers announced the hiring of Wally Joyner as hitting coach, Mick Billmeyer as bullpen coach, and Matt Martin was named to the newly created post of defensive coordinator.
  • On November 18, the Tigers announced the hiring of Omar Vizquel as the first-base, infield and baserunning coach.
  • On November 25, the Tigers announced the hiring of Darnell Coles as assistant hitting coach, rounding out their 2014 coaching staff.

Signings

Releases

Trades

Season highlights

Individual accomplishments

Pitching

  • On May 5, Max Scherzer became the first pitcher in franchise history to start a season with seven or more strikeouts in his first seven starts, and the first American League pitcher to do so since Mike Mussina in 2003.
  • On June 12, Max Scherzer ended a drought of 178 career starts without a complete game when he pitched a complete game shutout in a three-hit 4–0 win over the Chicago White Sox. This was the longest stretch any major league starter had gone without a complete game since 1900.
  • On July 1, Rick Porcello became the first Tiger to pitch back-to-back shutouts since Jack Morris in 1986. Following a 6–0 shutout win over the Texas Rangers on June 26, he shut out the Oakland Athletics 3–0 in his next start. In the latter game, Porcello became the first Major League pitcher to throw a shutout without a walk or a strikeout since Jeff Ballard on August 21, 1989, and the first Tiger pitcher to do so since Dizzy Trout in 1944.
  • On July 26, Drew Smyly became the first Detroit Tigers left-hander to strike out at least 11 batters in a game since David Wells on June 4, 1993.
  • On August 14, Max Scherzer recorded a season-high 14 strikeouts in a 5–2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Coincidentally, Max's career high of 15 strikeouts in a game also came at the expense of the Pirates, on May 20, 2012.
  • On August 20, Rick Porcello recorded his third complete game shutout of the season in a three-hit 6–0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Porcello ties Henderson Álvarez for the major league lead in shutouts. Porcello's three complete game shutouts are the most by a Tiger pitcher in a single season since Jeff Weaver threw three in 2002.
  • On August 21, David Price allowed one hit and one unearned run, in a complete game 1–0 loss against his former team, the Tampa Bay Rays. Price is the first pitcher in the major leagues to lose a complete game, one-hitter or better, with no earned runs since Andy Hawkins lost a no-hitter for the New York Yankees on July 1, 1990. It was the first time since 1914 that a pitcher has lost a complete game, one-hit, no walk start without allowing an earned run.
  • On August 24, Max Scherzer became the American League's first 15-game winner this season after the Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins 13–4.
  • On September 28, in the AL Central division-clinching game, David Price struck out eight Minnesota Twins batters to overtake the Cleveland Indians' Corey Kluber for the most strikeouts in the major leagues. Price finished with 271 strikeouts to Kluber's 269.

Hitting

  • On May 13, Víctor Martínez became the second Detroit Tigers player to hit a home run completely out of Oriole Park at Camden Yards and onto Eutaw Street, following Mickey Tettleton in 1992.
  • On June 7, Nick Castellanos had his third consecutive three-hit game, making him the fifth rookie in Tigers history to do so, and the first since Ricky Peters in 1980.
  • On June 14, Eugenio Suárez fell a single shy of the cycle, hitting a solo home run, double, and triple, to help the Tigers defeat the Minnesota Twins, 12–9.
  • On June 30, Rajai Davis hit a walk-off grand slam to defeat the Oakland Athletics 5–4, the day the Tigers celebrated the 30th anniversary of the 1984 World Series winning team. It was the first walk-off grand slam by a Tiger since Carlos Peña on June 27, 2004, the day the Tigers celebrated the 20th anniversary of their 1984 title-winning team. The last Tigers walk-off grand slam before that was 10 years earlier, on June 21, 1994, by Lou Whitaker.
  • Austin Jackson finished the month of July with 15 multi-hit games, the second most in franchise history in the month of July, behind only Ron LeFlore with 16 in 1977.
  • On October 2, during Game 1 of the ALDS against the Baltimore Orioles, Ian Kinsler saw 37 pitches in four plate appearances, tying him with Bobby Abreu for fourth most in a postseason game since the statistic began being kept in 1988. Kinsler broke the record for most pitches seen in a playoff game in four or fewer plate appearances, previously held by Manny Ramirez, seeing 31 in Game 3 of the 2007 ALDS. Kinsler averaged 9.25 pitches per plate appearance, breaking the old mark of 7.75 that was also set by Ramirez in Game 3 of the 2007 ALDS.
  • On October 3, during Game 2 of the ALDS against the Baltimore Orioles, J. D. Martinez became the first player in Tigers history to homer in each of his first two career postseason games, the 16th player in Major League history, and the first overall since Arizona's Paul Goldschmidt in 2011.
  • Designated hitter Víctor Martínez won the American League's Silver Slugger Award at DH, with a .335 batting average (second in the AL to Houston's Jose Altuve), 32 home runs, .974 OPS (which led all of baseball), and his .409 on-base percentage (which led the AL). Martínez was also named a finalist for the American League Most Valuable Player award, finishing second to Mike Trout.

Defense

Team accomplishments

  • On August 2, the Tigers scored at least one run in every inning of the game in an 11–5 win over the Colorado Rockies. They became the first team to accomplish this feat since the New York Yankees did so against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 29, 2006, and the first Tigers team to do so since 1912.
  • On August 10, the Tigers were defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays 6–5 in a 19 inning game that took six hours and 37 minutes. It was the first 19 inning game for the Tigers since April 27, 1984. The game was the second longest Tigers game in duration since a 22-inning, seven-hour game on June 24, 1962. It tied for the fourth longest game innings-wise in franchise history.
  • On August 24, the Tigers tied the franchise record for the most hits in a four-game series with 60 hits against the Minnesota Twins. The last time the Tigers had 60 hits in a four-game series was against the Chicago White Sox in 1956.
  • The Tigers spent 162 calendar days atop of the American League Central, the most days in first place by any team in the majors during the 2014 season.
  • On October 2, during Game 1 of the ALDS against the Baltimore Orioles, Víctor Martínez and J. D. Martinez hit back-to-back home runs in the second inning. During Game 2 of the ALDS, J. D. Martinez and Nick Castellanos hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning. The Tigers became the fourth team in postseason history to hit back-to-back home runs in consecutive postseason games, following the Tampa Bay Rays during the 2008 ALCS, the Florida Marlins during the 2003 NLCS, and the New York Yankees during the 1995 ALDS. Detroit is the first team in history to open the postseason with back-to-back home runs in consecutive games.

All-Stars

The Tigers sent three players to the 2014 All-Star Game. First baseman Miguel Cabrera was voted in as the starter at first base in the fan voting, while designated hitter Víctor Martínez and pitcher Max Scherzer were selected as reserves in the player voting. Martínez did not participate in the All-Star game due to right side soreness, so his teammate, second baseman Ian Kinsler, took his place on the American League roster. The Tigers had a chance to send a fourth player to the All-Star Game this season, as pitcher Rick Porcello was one of the five finalists for the AL in the All-Star Final Vote, but he was beaten out by Chris Sale of the Chicago White Sox.

Scherzer became the winning pitcher of the game, the first Tiger to do so since Jim Bunning in 1957, while Cabrera became the first Tiger to hit a home run in the All Star Game since Lou Whitaker did so in 1986.

Standings

American League Central

Game log

Regular season

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || March 31 || Royals || W 4–3 || Nathan (1–0) || Davis (0–1) || — || 45,068 || 1–0 |- bgcolor=

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 || April 2 || Royals || W 2–1 <small>(10)</small> || Alburquerque (1–0) || Collins (0–1) || — || 26,906 || 2–0 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || April 3 || Royals ||colspan=6| Postponed (rain). Rescheduled to June 19. |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || April 4 || Orioles || W 10–4 || Smyly (1–0) || González (0–1) || — || 23,625 || 3–0 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4 || April 5 || Orioles || W 7–6 || Porcello (1–0) || Norris (0–1) || Nathan (1) || 32,041 || 4–0 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || April 6 || Orioles || L 1–3 || Tillman (1–0) || Verlander (0–1) || Hunter (1) || 34,261 || 4–1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || April 8 || @ Dodgers || L 2–3 <small>(10)</small> || Howell (1–0) || Chamberlain (0–1) || — || 53,231 || 4–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 || April 9 || @ Dodgers || W 7–6 <small>(10)</small> || Nathan (2–0) || Jansen (0–1) || Alburquerque (1) || 42,687 || 5–2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 11 || @ Padres || L 6–0 || Cashner (1–1) || Porcello (1–1) || — || 30,353 || 5–3 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 || April 12 || @ Padres || W 6–2 || Verlander (1–1) || Kennedy (1–2) || — || 42,182 || 6–3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 13 || @ Padres || L 5–1 || Ross (1–2) || Scherzer (0–1) || — || 32,267 || 6–4 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || April 15 || Indians || colspan=6| Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to July 19. |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || April 16 || Indians || L 3–2 || McAllister (2–0) || Sánchez (0–1) || Axford (5) || 23,811 || 6–5 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 12 || April 17 || Indians || W 7–5 || Verlander (2–1) || Salazar (0–2) || Nathan (2) || 25,990 || 7–5 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 18 || Angels || L 6–11 || Weaver (1–2) || Smyly (1–1) || — || 28,435|| 7–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 14 || April 19 || Angels || W 5–2 || Scherzer (1–1) || Wilson (2–2) || — || 36,659|| 8–6 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 15 || April 20 || Angels || W 2–1 || Porcello (2–1) || Santiago (0–3) || Nathan (3) ||28,921 || 9–6 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || April 21 || White Sox || L 1–3 || Danks (2–0) || Sánchez (0–2) || Lindstrom (2) || 24,997 || 9–7 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 17 || April 22 || White Sox || W 8–6 || Verlander (3–1) || Leesman (0–1) || Chamberlain (1) || 24,976 || 10–7 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || April 23 || White Sox || L 4–6 || Rienzo (1–0) || Reed (0–1) || Lindstrom (3) || 23,451 || 10–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 || April 24 || White Sox || W 7–4 || Scherzer (2–1) || Quintana (1–2) || Nathan (4) || 28,514 || 11–8 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 20 || April 25 || @ Twins || W 10–6 || Porcello (3–1) || Correia (0–3) || — || 27,558 || 12–8 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || April 26 || @ Twins || L 3–5 || Hughes (2–1) || Ortega (0–1) || Perkins (6) || 28,122 || 12–9 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || April 27 || @ Twins || colspan=6| Postponed (rain). Rescheduled to August 23. |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 22 || April 29 || @ White Sox || W 4–3 || Chamberlain (1–1) || Belisario (1–3) || Nathan (5) || 17,023 || 13–9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 23 || April 30 || @ White Sox || W 5–1 || Scherzer (3–1) || Noesí (0–2) || — || 15,157 || 14–9 |- bgcolor="

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 24 || May 2 || @ Royals || W 8–2 || Porcello (4–1) || Shields (3–3) || — || 28,021 || 15–9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 25 || May 3 || @ Royals || W 9–2 || Smyly (2–1) || Duffy (1–2) || — || 29,200 || 16–9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 26 || May 4 || @ Royals || W 9–4 || Verlander (4–1) || Vargas (2–1) || — || 22,504 || 17–9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 27 || May 5 || Astros || W 2–0 || Scherzer (4–1) || Cosart (1–3) || Nathan (6) || 26,475 || 18–9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 28 || May 6 || Astros || W 11–4 || Ray (1–0) || Oberholtzer (0–6) || — || 27,939 || 19–9 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 29 || May 7 || Astros || W 3–2 || Porcello (5–1) || Peacock (0–3) || Nathan (7) || 26,207 || 20–9 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || May 8 || Astros || L 2–6 || Keuchel (3–2) || Smyly (2–2) || — || 35,643 || 20–10 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || May 9 || Twins || L 1–2 || Hughes (4–1) || Verlander (4–2) || Perkins (9) || 35,814 || 20–11 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 || May 10 || Twins || W 9–3 || Scherzer (5–1) || Gibson (3–3) || — || 42,312 || 21–11 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 11 || Twins || L 3–4 || Burton (1–1) || Chamberlain (1–2) || Perkins (10) || 40,468 || 21–12 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 34 || May 12 || @ Orioles || W 4–1 || Porcello (6–1) || Norris (2–3) || Nathan (8) || 24,517 || 22–12 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 35 || May 13 || @ Orioles || W 4–1 || Miller (1–0) || Hunter (1–1) || Nathan (9) || 29,950 || 23–12 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 36 || May 14 || @ Orioles || W 7–5 || Verlander (5–2) || Gausman (0–1) || Nathan (10) || 36,727 || 24–12 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 37 || May 16 ||@ Red Sox || W 1–0 || Scherzer (6–1) || Lester (4–5) || Nathan (11) || 37,225 || 25–12 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 38 || May 17 || @ Red Sox || W 6–1 || Porcello (7–1) || Lackey (5–3) || — || 37,608 || 26–12 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 39 || May 18 || @ Red Sox || W 6–2 || Sánchez (1–2) || Peavy (1–2) || — || 35,006 || 27–12 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || May 19 || @ Indians || L 4–5 <small>(10)</small> || Atchison (1–0) || Alburquerque (1–1) || — || 12,709 || 27–13 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 41 || May 20 || @ Indians || L 2–6 || Bauer (1–1) || Verlander (5–3) || — || 13,924 || 27–14 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 42 || May 21 || @ Indians || L 10–11 <small>(13)</small> || Tomlin (3–1) || Coke (0–1) || — || 19,228 || 27–15 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 22 || Rangers || L 2–9 || Darvish (4–2) || Ray (1–1) || — || 40,768 || 27–16 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 44 || May 23 || Rangers || W 7–2 || Sánchez (2–2) || Baker (0–1) || — || 39,835 || 28–16 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 45 || May 24 || Rangers || L 2–12 || Martinez (1–1) || Porcello (7–2) || — || 43,447 || 28–17 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 46 || May 25 || Rangers || L 4–12 || Lewis (4–3) || Verlander (5–4) || — || 42,583 || 28–18 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 47 || May 26 || @ Athletics || L 0–10 || Milone (3–3) || Smyly (2–3) || — || 35,067 || 28–19 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 48 || May 27 || @ Athletics || W 6–5 || Alburquerque (2–1) || Abad (0–2) || Nathan (12) || 21,549 || 29–19 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 49 || May 28 || @ Athletics || L 1–3 || Kazmir (6–2) || Nathan (2–1) || — || 15,590 || 29–20 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 50 || May 29 || @ Athletics || W 5–4 || Porcello (8–2) || Chavez (4–3) || Nathan (13) || 21,860 || 30–20 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 51 || May 30 || @ Mariners || W 6–3 || Verlander (6–4) || Iwakuma (3–2) || Chamberlain (2) || 29,000 || 31–20 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 52 || May 31 || @ Mariners || L 2–3 || Young (5–2) || Smyly (2–4) || Rodney (14) || 37,142 || 31–21 |-

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 53 || June 1 || @ Mariners || L 0–4 || Elías (4–4) || Scherzer (6–2) || — || 31,407 || 31–22 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 54 || June 3 || Blue Jays || L 3–5 || McGowan (3–2) || Nathan (2–2) || Janssen (9) || 33,488 || 31–23 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 55 || June 4 || Blue Jays || L 2–8 || Dickey (6–4) || Porcello (8–3) || — || 32,033 || 31–24 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 56 || June 5 || Blue Jays || L 3–7 || Happ (5–2) || Verlander (6–5) || Janssen (10) || 39,440 || 31–25 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 57 || June 6 || Red Sox || W 6–2 || Smyly (3–4) || De La Rosa (1–1) || — || 39,762 || 32–25 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 58 || June 7 || Red Sox || W 8–6 || Scherzer (7–2) || Lester (6–7) || — || 43,359 || 33–25 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 59 || June 8 || Red Sox || L 3–5 || Lackey (7–4) || Chamberlain (1–3) || Uehara (12) || 33,835 || 33–26 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 60 || June 9 || @ White Sox || L 5–6 || Noesí (2–4) || Porcello (8–4) || Belisario (6) || 18,803 || 33–27 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || June 10 || @ White Sox ||colspan=6| Postponed (rain). Rescheduled to August 30. |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 61 || June 11 || @ White Sox || L 2–8 || Danks (5–5) || Verlander (6–6) || — || 18,424 || 33–28 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 62 || June 12 || @ White Sox || W 4–0 || Scherzer (8–2) || Sale (5–1) || — || 20,626 || 34–28 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 63 || June 13 || Twins || L 0–2 || Gibson (6–5) || Smyly (3–5) || Perkins (17) || 39,811 || 34–29 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 64 || June 14 || Twins || W 12–9 || Sánchez (3–2) || Deduno (2–5) || Krol (1) || 41,498 || 35–29 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 65 || June 15 || Twins || W 4–3 || Nathan (3–2) || Fien (3–3) || — || 41,462 || 36–29 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 66 || June 16 || Royals || L 8–11 || Vargas (7–2) || Verlander (6–7) || — || 31,774 || 36–30 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 67 || June 17 || Royals || L 4–11 || Ventura (5–5) || Scherzer (8–3) || — || 34,328 || 36–31 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || June 18 || Royals || L 1–2 || Guthrie (4–6) || Smyly (3–6) || Holland (21) || 37,209 || 36–32 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 69 || June 19 || Royals || W 2–1 || Sánchez (4–2) || Duffy (4–6) || Nathan (14) || 35,715 || 37–32 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 70 || June 20 || @ Indians || W 6–4 || Porcello (9–4) || Kluber (6–5) || Nathan (15) || 33,545 || 38–32 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 71 || June 21 || @ Indians || W 5–4 <small>(10)</small> ||Nathan (4–2) || Allen (3–2) || Coke (1) || 40,712 || 39–32 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 72 || June 22 || @ Indians || W 10–4 || Scherzer (9–3) || Tomlin (4–5) || — || 26,023 || 40–32 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 73 || June 24 || @ Rangers || W 8–2 || Smyly (4–6) || Lewis (5–5) || — || 35,526 || 41–32 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 74 || June 25 || @ Rangers || W 8–6 || Sánchez (5–2) || Saunders (0–4) || Nathan (16) || 34,254 || 42–32 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 75 || June 26 || @ Rangers || W 6–0 || Porcello (10–4) || Martinez (1–5) || — || 34,989 || 43–32 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 76 || June 27 || @ Astros || L 3–4 <small>(11)</small> || Buchanan (1–1) || Hardy (0–1) || — || 22,386 || 43–33 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 77 || June 28 || @ Astros || W 4–3 || Coke (1–1) || Williams (1–4) || Nathan (17) || 25,788 || 44–33 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 78 || June 29 || @ Astros || L 4–6 || Feldman (4–4) || Smyly (4–7) || Sipp (1) || 22,478 || 44–34 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 79 || June 30 || Athletics || W 5–4 || Hardy (1–1) || Doolittle (1–3) || — || 42,477 || 45–34 |-

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 80 || July 1 || Athletics || W 3–0 || Porcello (11–4) || Mills (1–1) || — || 32,455 || 46–34 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 81 || July 2 || Athletics || W 9–3 || Verlander (7–7) || Chavez (6–5) || — || 35,445 || 47–34 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 82 || July 3 || Rays || W 8–1 || Scherzer (10–3) || Bédard (4–6) || — || 33,908 || 48–34 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 83 || July 4 || Rays || L 3–6 || Cobb (4–6) || Smyly (4–8) || McGee (4) || 40,657 || 48–35 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 84 || July 5 || Rays || L 2–7 || Archer (5–5) || Sánchez (5–3) || — || 38,087 || 48–36 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 85 || July 6 || Rays || L 3–7 || Price (8–7) || Porcello (11–5) || McGee (5) || 31,917 || 48–37 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 86 || July 8 || Dodgers || W 14–5 || Verlander (8–7) || Ryu (9–5) || — || 36,912 || 49–37 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 87 || July 9 || Dodgers || W 4–1 || Scherzer (11–3) || Greinke (11–5) || Nathan (18) || 36,462 || 50–37 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 88 || July 10 || @ Royals || W 16–4 || Smyly (5–8) || Guthrie (5–8) || — || 21,775 || 51–37 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 89 || July 11 || @ Royals || W 2–1 || Sánchez (6–3) || Duffy (5–9) || Nathan (19) || 31,581 || 52–37 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 90 || July 12 || @ Royals || W 5–1 || Porcello (12–5) || Shields (9–5) || — || 33,849 || 53–37 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 91 || July 13 || @ Royals || L 2–5 || Ventura (7–7) || Verlander (8–8) || Holland (25) || 23,424 || 53–38 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 92 || July 18 || Indians || L 3–9 || Bauer (4–4) || Sánchez (6–4) || — || 42,255 || 53–39 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 93 || July 19 || Indians || L 2–6 || Kluber (10–6) || VerHagen (0–1) || — || 38,109 || 53–40 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 94 || July 19 || Indians || L 2–5 || Carrasco (3–3) || Nathan (4–3) || Allen (13) || 42,044 || 53–41 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 95 || July 20 || Indians || W 5–1 || Smyly (6–8) || Tomlin (5–7) || — || 41,736 || 54–41 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 96 || July 21 || @ Diamondbacks || W 4–3 || Verlander (9–8) || Delgado (1–2) || Nathan (20) || 25,907 || 55–41 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 97 || July 22 || @ Diamondbacks || L 4–5 || De La Rosa (2–0) || Coke (1–2) || Reed (24) || 29,515 || 55–42 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 98 || July 23 || @ Diamondbacks || W 11–5 || Sánchez (7–4) || Cahill (1–7) || — || 24,174 || 56–42 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 99 || July 24 || @ Angels || W 6–4 || Scherzer (12–3) || Richards (11–3) || Nathan (21) || 40,146 || 57–42 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 100 || July 25 || @ Angels || L 1–2 || Morin (3–3) || Smyly (6–9) || Street (2) || 42,915 || 57–43 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 101 || July 26 || @ Angels || L 0–4 || Shoemaker (8–3) || Verlander (9–9) || — || 43,569 || 57–44 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 102 || July 27 || @ Angels || L 1–2 || Smith (4–0) || Chamberlain (1–4) || Street (3) || 36,252 || 57–45 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 103 || July 29 || White Sox || L 4–11 || Quintana (6–7) || Sánchez (7–5) || — || 40,032 || 57–46 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 104 || July 30 || White Sox || W 7–2 || Scherzer (13–3) || Noesí (5–8) || — || 37,193 || 58–46 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 105 || July 31 || White Sox || L 4–7 || Belisario (4–7) || Soria (1–4) || Petricka (6) || 41,306 || 58–47 |-

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 106 || August 1 || Rockies || W 4–2 || Verlander (10–9) || Morales (5–6) || Nathan (22) || 39,052 || 59–47 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 107 || August 2 || Rockies || W 11–5 || Porcello (13–5) || Matzek (2–6) || || 42,811 || 60–47 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 108 || August 3 || Rockies || W 4–0 || Sánchez (8–5) || de la Rosa (11–7) || — || 41,487 || 61–47 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 109 || August 4 || @ Yankees || L 1–2 || McCarthy (4–0) || Scherzer (13–4) || Robertson (30) || 41,603 || 61–48 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 110 || August 5 || @ Yankees || W 4–3 <small>(12)</small> || Soria (2–4) || Daley (0–1) || Nathan (23) || 40,078 || 62–48 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 111 || August 6 || @ Yankees || L 1–5 || Warren (2–5) || Verlander (10–10) || — || 40,067 || 62–49 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 112 || August 7 || @ Yankees || L 0–1 || Greene (3–1) || Porcello (13–6) || Robertson (31) || 47,013 || 62–50 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 113 || August 8 || @ Blue Jays || W 5–4 || Alburquerque (3–1) || Janssen (3–1) || Nathan (24) || 36,237 || 63–50 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 114 || August 9 || @ Blue Jays || L 2–3 <small>(10)</small> || Loup (4–3) || Chamberlain (1–5) || — || 45,927 || 63–51 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 115 || August 10 || @ Blue Jays || L 5–6 <small>(19)</small> || Jenkins (1–1) || Porcello (13–7) || — || 46,126 || 63–52 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 116 || August 11 || @ Pirates || L 6–11 || Locke (4–3) || Verlander (10–11) || — || 35,314 || 63–53 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 117 || August 12 || @ Pirates || L 2–4 || Volquez (10–7) || Ray (1–2) || Melancon (22) || 34,919 || 63–54 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 118 || August 13 || Pirates || W 8–4 || Hardy (2–1) || Worley (5–2) || — || 41,043 || 64–54 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 119 || August 14 || Pirates || W 5–2 || Scherzer (14–4) || Liriano (3–9) || — || 41,986 || 65–54 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 120 || August 15 || Mariners || L 2–7 || Paxton (3–0) || Porcello (13–8) || — || 42,385 || 65–55 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 121 || August 16 || Mariners || W 4–2 || Price (12–8) || Hernández (13–4) || Nathan (25) || 43,833 || 66–55 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 122 || August 17 || Mariners || L 1–8 || Young (12–6) || Ray (1–3) || — || 41,181 || 66–56 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 123 || August 19 || @ Rays || W 8–6 <small>(11)</small> || Johnson (5–2) || Balfour (1–5) || Nathan (26) || 14,331 || 67–56 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 124 || August 20 || @ Rays || W 6–0 || Porcello (14–8) || Odorizzi (9–10) || — || 13,575 || 68–56 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 125 || August 21 || @ Rays || L 0–1 || Cobb (9–6) || Price (12–9) || McGee (14) || 19,189 || 68–57 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 126 || August 22 || @ Twins || L 6–20 || Pressly (2–0) || Ray (1–4) || — || 29,394 || 68–58 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || August 23 || @ Twins || L 4–12 || Pino (2–5) || Farmer (0–1) || — || 25,110 || 68–59 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 128 || August 23 || @ Twins || W 8–6 || Verlander (11–11) || May (0–3) || Nathan (27) || 25,578 || 69–59 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 129 || August 24 || @ Twins || W 13–4 || Scherzer (15–4) || Gibson (11–10) || — || 23,983 || 70–59 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 130 || August 26 || Yankees || W 5–2 || Porcello (15–8) || McCarthy (5–3) || Nathan (28) || 40,488 || 71–59 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 131 || August 27 || Yankees || L 4–8 || Greene (4–1) || Price (12–10) || — || 40,876 || 71–60 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 132 || August 28 || Yankees || W 3–2 || Coke (2–2) || Kelley (2–5) || — || 42,647 || 72–60 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 133 || August 29 || @ White Sox || W 7–1 || Verlander (12–11) || Carroll (5–9) || — || 17,071 || 73–60 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 134 || August 30 || @ White Sox || L 3–6 || Sale (11–3) || Scherzer (15–5) || Petricka (10) || 20,556 || 73–61 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 135 || August 30 || @ White Sox || W 8–4 || Ryan (1–0) || Bassitt (0–1) || — || 23,723 || 74–61 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 136 || August 31 || @ White Sox || L 2–6 || Quintana (7–10) || Porcello (15–9) || — || 26,336 || 74–62 |-

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 137 || September 1 || @ Indians || W 12–1 || Price (13–10) || Kluber (13–9) || — || 23,296 || 75–62 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 138 || September 2 || @ Indians || W 4–2 || Coke (3–2) || Allen (5–4) || Nathan (29) || 9,990 || 76–62 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 139 || September 3 || @ Indians || L 0–7 || Salazar (6–6) || Verlander (12–12) || — || 11,739 || 76–63 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 140 || September 4 || @ Indians || W 11–4 <small>(11)</small> || Coke (4–2) || Tomlin (6–9) || — || 11,935 || 77–63 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 141 || September 5 || Giants || L 2–8 || Peavy (4–4) || Porcello (15–10) || — || 31,940 || 77–64 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 142 || September 6 || Giants || L 4–5 || Bumgarner (17–9) || Price (13–11) || Casilla (15) || 35,722 || 77–65 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 143 || September 7 || Giants || W 6–1 || Lobstein (1–0) || Hudson (9–10) || — || 27,523 || 78–65 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 144 || September 8 || Royals || W 9–5 || Verlander (13–12) || Guthrie (10–11) || — || 30,758 || 79–65 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 145 || September 9 || Royals || W 4–2 || Scherzer (16–5) || Vargas (11–8) || Nathan (30) || 32,603 || 80–65 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 146 || September 10 || Royals || L 0–3 || Shields (14–7) || Porcello (15–11) || Davis (3) || 29,751 || 80–66 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 147 || September 12 || Indians || W 7–2 || Price (14–11) || Carrasco (7–5) || — || 38,341 || 81–66 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 148 || September 13 || Indians || W 5–4 || Chamberlain (2–5) || Shaw (5–4) || Nathan (31) || 41,190 || 82–66 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 149 || September 14 || Indians || W 6–4 || Coke (5–2) || Shaw (5–5) || Nathan (32) || 39,395 || 83–66 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 150 || September 15 || @ Twins || W 8–6 || Ryan (2–0) || Fien (5–6) || Soria (18) || 19,700 || 84–66 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 151 || September 16 || @ Twins || L 3–4 || Perkins (4–3) || Nathan (4–4) || — || 22,066 || 84–67 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 152 || September 17 || @ Twins || L 4–8 || Gibson (12–11) || Price (14–12) || — || 22,285 || 84–68 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 153 || September 19 || @ Royals || W 10–1 || Verlander (14–12) || Vargas (11–10) || — || 37,945 || 85–68 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 154 || September 20 || @ Royals || W 3–2 || Scherzer (17–5) || Shields (14–8) || Nathan (33) || 37,074 || 86–68 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 155 || September 21 || @ Royals || L 2–5 || Guthrie (12–11) || Porcello (15–12) || Holland (43) || 37,212 || 86–69 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 156 || September 22 || White Sox || L 0–2 || Bassitt (1–1) || Lobstein (1–1) || Petricka (14) || 30,758 || 86–70 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 157 || September 23 || White Sox || W 4–3 || Nathan (5–4) || Petricka (1–6) || — || 33,213 || 87–70 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 158 || September 24 || White Sox || W 6–1 || Verlander (15–12) || Guerra (2–4) || — || 36,810 || 88–70 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 159 || September 25 || Twins || W 4–2 || Scherzer (18–5) || May (3–6) || Nathan (34) || 33,077 || 89–70 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 160 || September 26 || Twins || L 4–11 || Achter (1–0) || Porcello (15–13) || — || 35,178 || 89–71 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 161 || September 27 || Twins || L 3–12 || Nolasco (6–12) || Lobstein (1–2) || — || 38,805 || 89–72 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 162 || September 28 || Twins || W 3–0 || Price (15–12) || Gibson (13–12) || Nathan (35) || 40,501 || 90–72 |-

Postseason

American League Division Series

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || October 2 || @ Orioles || L 3–12 || Tillman (1–0) || Scherzer (0–1) || — || 47,842 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || October 3 || @ Orioles || L 6–7 || Brach (1–0) || Soria (0–1) || Britton (1) || 48,058 || 0–2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || October 5 || Orioles || L 1–2 || Norris (1–0) || Price (0–1) || Britton (2) || 43,013 || 0–3 |-

Detailed records

Roster

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

+Totals with Tigers only.

Pitching

Starters

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

+Totals with Tigers only.

Bullpen

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

+Totals with Tigers only.

Farm system

References

External links