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 the said season. It was also the second straight season where any team finishes with fewer than 50 wins, after the 2018 Orioles who, coincidentally, also finished with 47 wins. They only played 161 games due to a late season rainout in Chicago which was not made up due to both teams missing the playoffs.[2]

2019 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record47–114 (.292)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Christopher Ilitch; Ilitch family trust
General manager(s)Al Avila
Manager(s)Ron Gardenhire
Local televisionFox Sports Detroit
(Matt Shepard, Kirk Gibson, Jack Morris)
Local radioDetroit Tigers Radio Network
(Dan Dickerson, Jim Price)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Despite the Tigers winning 7 of their first 10 games, the team lost 111 of the next 151 games. The stretch included 8 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]

Announcer changes

Beginning this season, Fox Sports Detroit television announcers Mario Impemba and Rod Allen, who had been together since 2003, no longer were 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 during those games.[9]

Roster moves

Releases

Signings

Trades

Season standings

American League Central

American League Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 10161 0.623 46–35 55–26
Cleveland Indians 9369 0.574 8 49–32 44–37
Chicago White Sox 7289 0.447 28½ 39–41 33–48
Kansas City Royals 59103 0.364 42 31–50 28–53
Detroit Tigers 47114 0.292 53½ 22–59 25–55

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders W L Pct.
Houston Astros 10755 0.660
New York Yankees 10359 0.636
Minnesota Twins 10161 0.623


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)
W L Pct. GB
Oakland Athletics 9765 0.599 +1
Tampa Bay Rays 9666 0.593
Cleveland Indians 9369 0.574 3
Boston Red Sox 8478 0.519 12
Texas Rangers 7884 0.481 18
Chicago White Sox 7289 0.447 23½
Los Angeles Angels 7290 0.444 24
Seattle Mariners 6894 0.420 28
Toronto Blue Jays 6795 0.414 29
Kansas City Royals 59103 0.364 37
Baltimore Orioles 54108 0.333 42
Detroit Tigers 47114 0.292 48½

Record against opponents

2019 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore 7–123–33–43–42–43–34–30–62–171–63–47–121–68–117–13
Boston 12–75–23–35–22–45–14–33–35–144–34–37–124–311–810–10
Chicago 3–32–511–812–64–39–102–56–134–31–52–42–44–34–36–14
Cleveland 4–33–38–1118–13–412–76–010–94–31–55–11–64–36–18–12
Detroit 4–32–56–121–181–610–93–35–143–31–61–62–40–63–45–15
Houston 4–24–23–44–36–15–114–53–44–311–818–13–413–64–211–9
Kansas City 3–31–510–97–129–101–52–45–142–52–52–53–42–51–69–11
Los Angeles 3–43–45–20–63–35–144–21–52–56–1310–93–49–106–112–8
Minnesota 6–03–313–69–1014–54–314–55–12–43–45–25–26–14–38–12
New York 17–214–53–43–43–33–45–25–24–22–46–112–73–311–812–8
Oakland 6–13–45–15–16–18–115–213–64–34–210–94–313–60–611–9
Seattle 4–33–44–21–56–11–185–29–102–51–69–102–48–114–29–11
Tampa Bay 12–712–74–26–14–24–34–34–32–57–123–44–23–313–614–6
Texas 6–13–43–43–46–06–135–210–91–63–36–1311–83–33–39–11
Toronto 11–88–113–41–64–32–46–11–63–48–116–02–46–133–33–17

Updated with the results of all games through September 29, 2019.

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.[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

Game log

2019 Game Log: 47–114 (Home: 22–59; Away: 25–55)
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 3–5 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]

Roster

2019 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

  • 98 Jeremy Carrell (bullpen catcher)
  • 99 Tim Remes (bullpen catcher)

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

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Gordon Beckham 832232948132615.2153
Miguel Cabrera 136493411392101259.2820
Jeimer Candelario 943353368172832.2033
Nicholas Castellanos+ 100403571103731137.2732
Harold Castro 9735430103104538.2914
Willi Castro 3010010236118.2300
Travis Demeritte 48169243872310.2253
Brandon Dixon 11739141972041552.2485
Niko Goodrum 112423611052751245.24812
Grayson Greiner 58208184251519.2020
Josh Harrison 3613710247118.1754
John Hicks 9531929671501335.2101
JaCoby Jones 8829839701931126.2357
Dawel Lugo 772732867114626.2450
Mikie Mahtook 923000000.0000
Jordy Mercer 742562469160922.2700
Dustin Peterson 17443104006.2271
Víctor Reyes 692762984165325.3049
Ronny Rodríguez 8427629611231443.2213
Jake Rogers 3511211143048.1250
Christin Stewart 10436932862511040.2330

+Totals with Tigers only.

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; K = Strikeouts

Starters

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Tyler Alexander144.86138053⅔3029747
Matthew Boyd9124.5632320185⅓1019450238
Ryan Carpenter169.3099040⅔46421325
Buck Farmer663.72731067⅔32282473
Edwin Jackson+258.47108039⅓40371933
Matt Moore000.00220100019
Daniel Norris3134.4932290144⅓757238125
Zac Reininger038.6825102828271617
Tyson Ross156.1177035⅓28241825
Gregory Soto055.77337057⅔39373345
Spencer Turnbull3174.6130300148⅓867659146
Drew VerHagen435.9022405840382351
Jordan Zimmermann1136.912323011289862582

+Totals with Tigers only.

Bullpen

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Austin Adams005.1413001488109
Victor Alcántara324.85460042⅔25231524
Sandy Báez009.0010011100
José Cisnero044.33350035⅓21171940
José Fernández0017.184003⅔8752
Bryan Garcia0012.157006⅔9957
Reed Garrett008.22130015⅓15141310
Shane Greene+021.1838022381151243
Matt Hall017.71160023⅓20201527
Blaine Hardy114.47390044⅓24221329
Eduardo Jiménez005.9180010⅔7758
Joe Jiménez474.37660959⅔33292382
David McKay005.59180019⅓1212929
Nick Ramirez544.07460079⅔45363574
Trevor Rosenthal007.0010009871112
John Schreiber206.2313001399419
Daniel Stumpf114.3448002918141528
Carlos Torres007.5040065518

+Totals with Tigers only.

Farm system

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

Notes

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