2015 Detroit Tigers season

2015 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkComerica Park
CityDetroit, Michigan
Record74–87 (.460)
Divisional place5th
OwnersMike Ilitch
General managersAl Avila
Dave Dombrowski (released August 4)
ManagersBrad Ausmus
TelevisionFox Sports Detroit
(Mario Impemba, Rod Allen, Jack Morris, Kirk Gibson)
RadioDetroit Tigers Radio Network
(Dan Dickerson, Jim Price)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2015 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 115th season, and their 16th season at Comerica Park. This season saw the release of president and general manager Dave Dombrowski, who had been with the team since 2002. In a season plagued by injuries to star players Justin Verlander, Víctor Martínez, Miguel Cabrera, José Iglesias, and Aníbal Sánchez, the Tigers finished in last place in their division with a 74–87 record, had their first losing season since 2008, and failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2010.

Roster moves

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Front office

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  • On August 4, the Tigers released team president and general manager Dave Dombrowski and promoted assistant general manager Al Avila to the role of executive vice president of baseball operations and general manager take his place.[1]

Coaching staff

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Signings

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  • On October 31, the Tigers picked up the $7 million contract option for relief pitcher Joakim Soria.[4]
  • On November 14, the Tigers signed designated hitter Víctor Martínez to a four-year, $68 million contract extension.[5]
  • On November 14, the Tigers signed relief pitcher Joel Hanrahan to a minor league contract.[6]
  • On November 17, the Tigers picked up the $5.4 million contract option for catcher Alex Avila.[7]
  • On November 20, the Tigers claimed relief pitcher Josh Zeid off waivers from the Houston Astros.[8]
  • On November 21, the Tigers signed outfielder Xavier Avery to a minor league contract.[9]
  • On January 5, the Tigers signed first baseman Jordan Lennerton to a minor league contract.[10]
  • On January 6, the Tigers signed relief pitcher Tom Gorzelanny to a one-year, $1 million contract, and designated relief pitcher Luke Putkonen for assignment.[11]
  • On January 12, the Tigers signed infielder Josh Wilson to a minor league contract.[12]
  • On January 14, the Tigers signed relief pitcher Daniel Schlereth to a minor league contract.[13]
  • On January 16, the Tigers avoided arbitration when they reached one-year deals with pitchers David Price and Alfredo Simón, and outfielder J. D. Martinez. Price received a $19.75 million salary for 2015, setting a record for the largest one-year deal for an arbitration-eligible player.[14]
  • On January 24, the Tigers avoided arbitration with pitcher Al Alburquerque, agreeing on a one-year contract worth $1.725 million.[15]
  • On February 21, the Tigers signed outfielder Casper Wells to a minor league contract.[16]
  • On February 24, the Tigers re-signed relief pitcher Joba Chamberlain to a one-year, $1 million contract.[17]
  • On February 27, the Tigers signed relief pitcher Ryan Perry to a minor league contract.[18]
  • On April 23, the Tigers re-signed relief pitcher Luke Putkonen to a minor league contract.[19]

Releases

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Trades

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Season highlights

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Individual accomplishments

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Hitting

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Pitching

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  • On April 14, Shane Greene became the first Tigers pitcher to pitch eight innings or more without an earned run in consecutive starts to begin the season since Bob Sykes in 1978.[56]
  • On April 19, Shane Greene became the first Tigers pitcher to pitch at least seven innings and allow one run or fewer in each of his first three starts since Jack Morris in 1984.[57]
  • On April 25, Alfredo Simón became the first Tigers pitcher to win his first four starts in a season since Frank Tanana in 1988.[58]
  • On June 12, David Price became the first Tigers pitcher to pitch a complete game shutout in 93 pitches or fewer since Armando Galarraga's near-perfect game on June 2, 2010. Price became just the fifth Tigers pitcher in the last 15 years to throw back-to-back complete games, following Rick Porcello, Justin Verlander, Mark Redman and Steve Sparks.[59]
  • On June 12, David Price became just the second Tigers pitcher since 1983 to induce four double plays in a game, and the first since Jeremy Bonderman in 2007.[59]
  • On August 20, Alfredo Simón recorded his first career complete game shutout in the Tigers 4–0 win over the Texas Rangers. He allowed only one hit in the game, a double to Rougned Odor in the fifth inning, while walking two and striking out five.[60]
  • On August 23, Blaine Hardy's homerless streak of 84+2⁄3 innings ended after allowing a home run to Mike Napoli. This was the longest active homerless innings streak in the major leagues. The last time Hardy had allowed a home run was to Jason Castro on June 27, 2014. Hardy holds the franchise record for the most appearances by a left-hander without allowing a home run, at 87, and was two appearances away from tying Bernie Boland's record for 89 homerless games. Boland's streak lasted from 1915 to 1920, and covered 198+2⁄3 innings.[61]
  • On August 26, Justin Verlander came within three outs of his third career no-hitter against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, before allowing a double to Chris Iannetta. This was his seventh career complete game shutout, and second career complete game one-hitter. This marked the seventh time in the last five seasons Verlander carried a no-hit bid into at least the seventh inning, two more than any other pitcher in baseball.[62][63]

Defensive

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Team accomplishments

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  • The Tigers opened the regular season with consecutive shutout wins for the first time in franchise history. They became the 14th team in the last 100 years to do so, and the first American League team to do so since the 1977 California Angels.[68]
  • The Tigers extended their shutout streak by six innings, before allowing an unearned run. The Tigers set a modern-day American League record for shutout innings to begin a season at 24 innings, surpassing the previous record of 22 innings set by the 1947 Chicago White Sox. The Tigers' 24-inning scoreless streak to begin the season is the third-longest streak in Major League history.[69][70]
  • The Tigers went 32 innings to start the season before allowing an earned run, tying the modern day Major League record set by the 1963 St. Louis Cardinals.[71]
  • The Tigers became the third team in Major League history to score at least 30 runs in their first four games while allowing five or fewer, the other teams being the 2007 New York Mets and the 1888 Brooklyn Bridegrooms.[72]
  • On April 12, the Tigers recorded their sixth consecutive game with at least 10 hits, setting a franchise record. This is the longest streak in the Major Leagues since the 1999 Cleveland Indians had at least 10 hits in 10 consecutive games.[73]
  • The Tigers' 6–0 record to begin the season is their best start since 1985, and is tied for the second-best start to a season in franchise history.[74]
  • The Tigers went 30+2⁄3 innings without allowing a walk, from the eighth inning on April 12 against the Cleveland Indians until the second inning on April 17 against the Chicago White Sox. This was their longest stretch without allowing a walk since 1914.[75]
  • On August 19, the Tigers compiled at least 19 hits in consecutive games for the fourth time in franchise history, and the first time since June 30, 1935.[76]
  • On September 22, the Tigers came within two outs of a combined no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox, before allowing a triple to Tyler Saladino.[77]

All-Stars

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The Tigers sent four players to the 2015 All-Star Game. First baseman Miguel Cabrera was voted in as the starter at first base in the fan voting, while shortstop José Iglesias, outfielder J. D. Martinez and pitcher David Price were selected as reserves in the player voting. Cabrera did not participate in the All-Star game due to a left calf strain.[78] The Tigers had a chance to send a fifth player to the All-Star Game this season, as outfielder Yoenis Céspedes was one of the five finalists for the AL in the All-Star Final Vote, but he was beaten out by Mike Moustakas of the Kansas City Royals.[79][80]

Price became the winning pitcher of the game, marking the second consecutive All-Star game that featured a Tiger as the winning pitcher, following Max Scherzer who won in 2014.[81]

Standings

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American League Central

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AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Kansas City Royals 95 67 .586 — 51‍–‍30 44‍–‍37
Minnesota Twins 83 79 .512 12 46‍–‍35 37‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians 81 80 .503 13½ 39‍–‍41 42‍–‍39
Chicago White Sox 76 86 .469 19 40‍–‍41 36‍–‍45
Detroit Tigers 74 87 .460 20½ 38‍–‍43 36‍–‍44


Record against opponents

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2015 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2015
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore — 11–8 3–3 5–1 4–3 3–4 3–4 2–4 0–7 10–9 6–1 3–3 10–9 1–6 8–11 12–8
Boston 8–11 — 3–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 4–3 2–5 2–5 8–11 5–1 4–3 9–10 2–5 10–9 13–7
Chicago 3–3 4–3 — 10–9 9–10 5–1 7–12 4–3 6–13 2–5 5–2 4–3 1–5 3–3 4–3 9–11
Cleveland 1–5 4–2 9–10 — 7–11 5–2 9–10 4–2 7–12 5–2 3–4 4–3 5–2 3–3 3–4 12–8
Detroit 3–4 2–4 10–9 11–7 — 3–4 9–10 1–6 11–8 2–5 2–4 4–3 3–3 2–5 2–4 9–11
Houston 4–3 4–2 1–5 2–5 4–3 — 4–2 10–9 3–3 4–3 10–9 12–7 2–5 6–13 4–3 16–4
Kansas City 4–3 3–4 12–7 10–9 10–9 2–4 — 6–1 12–7 2–4 5–1 4–2 6–1 3–4 3–4 13–7
Los Angeles 4–2 5–2 3–4 2–4 6–1 9–10 1–6 — 5–2 2–4 11–8 12–7 3–3 12–7 2–5 8–12
Minnesota 7–0 5–2 13–6 12–7 8–11 3–3 7–12 2–5 — 1–5 4–3 4–3 4–2 3–3 2–5 8–12
New York 9–10 11–8 5–2 2–5 5–2 3–4 4–2 4–2 5–1 — 3–4 5–1 12–7 2–5 6–13 11–9
Oakland 1–6 1–5 2–5 4–3 4–2 9–10 1–5 8–11 3–4 4–3 — 6–13 3–4 10–9 1–5 11–9
Seattle 3–3 3–4 3–4 3–4 3–4 7–12 2–4 7–12 3–4 1–5 13–6 — 4–3 12–7 4–2 8–12
Tampa Bay 9–10 10–9 5–1 2–5 3–3 5–2 1–6 3–3 2–4 7–12 4–3 3–4 — 2–5 10–9 14–6
Texas 6–1 5–2 3–3 3–3 5–2 13–6 4–3 7–12 3–3 5–2 9–10 7–12 5–2 — 2–4 11–9
Toronto 11–8 9–10 3–4 4–3 4–2 3–4 4–3 5–2 5–2 13–6 5–1 2–4 9–10 4–2 — 12–8


Game log

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Legend
Tigers win Tigers loss Game postponed
2015 Game Log (74–87)
April (15–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 6 Twins W 4–0 Price (1–0) Hughes (0–1) Nathan (1) 45,030 1–0
2 April 8 Twins W 11–0 Sánchez (1–0) Nolasco (0–1) — 28,280 2–0
3 April 9 Twins W 7–1 Greene (1–0) Gibson (0–1) — 26,782 3–0
4 April 10 @ Indians W 8–4 Simón (1–0) McAllister (0–1) Soria (1) 35,789 4–0
5 April 11 @ Indians W 9–6 Krol (1–0) Allen (0–1) — 23,161 5–0
6 April 12 @ Indians W 8–5 Lobstein (1–0) House (0–1) Soria (2) 19,555 6–0
7 April 13 @ Pirates L 4–5 Cole (1–0) Sánchez (1–1) — 39,933 6–1
8 April 14 @ Pirates W 2–0 Greene (2–0) Burnett (0–1) Soria (3) 31,755 7–1
9 April 15 @ Pirates W 1–0 Simón (2–0) Liriano (0–1) Soria (4) 19,509 8–1
10 April 17 White Sox W 2–1 Soria (1–0) Duke (1–1) — 33,084 9–1
11 April 18 White Sox L 3–12 Sale (2–0) Sánchez (1–2) — 39,877 9–2
12 April 19 White Sox W 9–1 Greene (3–0) Quintana (1–1) — 30,357 10–2
13 April 20 Yankees W 2–1 Simón (3–0) Sabathia (0–3) Soria (5) 27,540 11–2
14 April 21 Yankees L 2–5 Eovaldi (1–0) Lobstein (1–1) Miller (5) 27,031 11–3
15 April 22 Yankees L 4–13 Warren (1–1) Price (1–1) — 27,389 11–4
16 April 23 Yankees L 1–2 Betances (3–0) Gorzelanny (0–1) Miller (6) 27,754 11–5
17 April 24 Indians L 1–13 Salazar (2–0) Greene (3–1) — 28,192 11–6
18 April 25 Indians W 4–1 Simón (4–0) House (0–3) Soria (6) 35,473 12–6
19 April 26 Indians W 8–6 Lobstein (2–1) Carrasco (2–2) Soria (7) 30,698 13–6
20 April 27 @ Twins W 5–4 Price (2–1) Milone (2–1) Soria (8) 18,054 14–6
21 April 28 @ Twins L 2–3 Pelfrey (2–0) Sánchez (1–3) Perkins (6) 18,169 14–7
22 April 29 @ Twins W 10–7 Gorzelanny (1–1) Fien (1–2) Soria (9) 19,447 15–7
23 April 30 @ Royals L 1–8 Duffy (2–0) Simón (4–1) — 28,405 15–8
May (13–16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
24 May 1 @ Royals L 1–4 Young (2–0) Lobstein (2–2) Davis (5) 38,186 15–9
25 May 2 @ Royals W 2–1 Price (3–1) Vólquez (2–3) — 38,692 16–9
26 May 3 @ Royals W 6–4 Sánchez (2–3) Guthrie (1–2) Soria (10) 38,326 17–9
27 May 5 @ White Sox L 2–5 Samardzija (2–2) Greene (3–2) Robertson (4) 16,351 17–10
28 May 6 @ White Sox L 6–7 Putnam (1–1) Chamberlain (0–1) Robertson (5) 18,268 17–11
29 May 7 @ White Sox W 4–1 Lobstein (3–2) Quintana (1–3) Soria (11) 20,081 18–11
30 May 8 Royals W 6–5 Soria (2–0) Pino (0–1) — 39,434 19–11
31 May 9 Royals L 2–6 Guthrie (2–2) Sánchez (2–4) — 41,456 19–12
32 May 10 Royals L 1–2 (10) Frasor (1–0) Nesbitt (0–1) Holland (6) 29,852 19–13
33 May 12 Twins W 2–1 (10) Nesbitt (1–1) Pressly (1–1) — 26,177 20–13
34 May 13 Twins L 2–6 Nolasco (3–1) Lobstein (3–3) — 27,163 20–14
35 May 14 Twins W 13–1 Sánchez (3–4) Pelfrey (3–1) — 31,785 21–14
36 May 15 @ Cardinals W 10–4 Greene (4–2) Martínez (3–2) — 45,601 22–14
37 May 16 @ Cardinals W 4–3 (10) Hardy (1–0) Belisle (1–1) Soria (12) 45,313 23–14
38 May 17 @ Cardinals L 1–2 Lynn (3–3) Simón (4–2) Rosenthal (13) 43,654 23–15
39 May 18 Brewers L 2–3 Jeffress (1–0) Lobstein (3–4) Rodríguez (8) 26,016 23–16
40 May 19 Brewers L 1–8 Nelson (2–4) Sánchez (3–5) — 26,984 23–17
41 May 20 Brewers W 5–2 Hardy (2–0) Broxton (1–1) Soria (13) 27,716 24–17
42 May 21 Astros W 6–5 (11) Wilson (1–0) Sipp (2–1) — 33,193 25–17
43 May 22 Astros W 6–2 Simón (5–2) McHugh (5–2) — 37,276 26–17
44 May 23 Astros L 2–3 McCullers (1–0) Lobstein (3–5) Gregerson (11) 40,153 26–18
45 May 24 Astros L 8–10 Thatcher (1–1) Wilson (1–1) Gregerson (12) 36,449 26–19
46 May 25 @ Athletics L 0–4 Hahn (2–4) Greene (4–3) — 25,380 26–20
47 May 26 @ Athletics W 1–0 Price (4–1) Chavez (1–5) Soria (14) 22,758 27–20
48 May 27 @ Athletics W 3–2 Ryan (1–0) Otero (2–3) Soria (15) 20,387 28–20
49 May 28 @ Angels L 2–12 Wilson (3–3) Farmer (0–1) — 32,261 28–21
50 May 29 @ Angels L 0–2 Santiago (4–3) Sánchez (3–6) Street (15) 41,901 28–22
51 May 30 @ Angels L 6–8 Weaver (4–4) Greene (4–4) Street (16) 40,369 28–23
52 May 31 @ Angels L 2–4 Smith (2–2) Price (4–2) Street (17) 37,143 28–24
June (11–13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
53 June 2 Athletics L 3–5 Graveman (3–2) Simón (5–3) Clippard (8) 28,362 28–25
54 June 3 Athletics L 1–6 Gray (7–2) Sánchez (3–7) — 30,718 28–26
55 June 4 Athletics L 5–7 Hahn (3–5) Greene (4–5) Clippard (9) 37,411 28–27
56 June 5 @ White Sox L 3–4 (11) Petricka (1–1) Wilson (1–2) — 24,761 28–28
57 June 6 @ White Sox W 7–1 Price (5–2) Danks (3–5) — 28,368 29–28
58 June 7 @ White Sox W 6–4 Simón (6–3) Samardzija (4–4) Soria (16) 29,059 30–28
59 June 9 Cubs W 6–0 Sánchez (4–7) Lester (4–5) — 33,301 31–28
60 June 10 Cubs L 3–12 Arrieta (6–4) Greene (4–6) — 33,397 31–29
61 June 12 Indians W 4–0 Price (6–2) Salazar (6–2) — 35,379 32–29
62 June 13 Indians L 4–5 Carrasco (8–5) Hardy (2–1) Allen (14) 41,620 32–30
63 June 14 Indians W 8–1 Simón (7–3) Kluber (3–8) — 36,994 33–30
64 June 15 Reds W 6–0 Sánchez (5–7) Villarreal (0–1) — 29,884 34–30
65 June 16 Reds L 2–5 Lorenzen (2–2) Ryan (1–1) Chapman (14) 33,774 34–31
66 June 17 @ Reds L 4–8 (13) Badenhop (1–2) Krol (1–1) — 32,546 34–32
— June 18 @ Reds Postponed (rain). Rescheduled to August 24.
67 June 19 @ Yankees L 2–7 Warren (5–4) Verlander (0–1) — 44,588 34–33
68 June 20 @ Yankees L 3–14 Eovaldi (6–2) Simón (7–4) Mitchell (1) 48,092 34–34
69 June 21 @ Yankees W 12–4 Sánchez (6–7) Tanaka (4–3) — 38,691 35–34
70 June 22 @ Indians W 8–5 Hardy (3–1) Bauer (6–4) — 15,746 36–34
71 June 23 @ Indians W 7–3 Price (7–2) Salazar (6–3) — 19,156 37–34
72 June 24 @ Indians L 2–8 Carrasco (9–6) Farmer (0–2) — 20,780 37–35
73 June 25 White Sox L 7–8 (10) Duke (3–2) Chamberlain (0–2) Robertson (15) 40,355 37–36
74 June 26 White Sox W 5–4 Rondón (1–0) Duke (3–3) Soria (17) 38,455 38–36
— June 27 White Sox Postponed (rain). Rescheduled to September 21.
75 June 28 White Sox W 5–4 Soria (3–0) Putnam (1–3) — 39,455 39–36
76 June 30 Pirates L 4–5 (14) Guerra (1–0) Gorzelanny (1–2) — 33,899 39–37
July (11–16)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
77 July 1 Pirates L 3–9 Burnett (7–3) Simón (7–5) — 31,351 39–38
78 July 2 Pirates L 4–8 Liriano (5–6) Ryan (1–2) Melancon (25) 34,680 39–39
79 July 3 Blue Jays W 8–6 Sánchez (7–7) Hutchison (8–2) Soria (18) 39,367 40–39
80 July 4 Blue Jays W 8–3 Price (8–2) Dickey (3–9) — 37,214 41–39
81 July 5 Blue Jays L 5–10 Estrada (6–4) Verlander (0–2) Osuna (3) 35,102 41–40
82 July 6 @ Mariners W 12–5 Simón (8–5) Guaipe (0–1) — 22,580 42–40
83 July 7 @ Mariners L 6–7 (11) Furbush (1–1) Krol (1–2) — 21,782 42–41
84 July 8 @ Mariners W 5–4 Sánchez (8–7) Guaipe (0–2) Soria (19) 26,488 43–41
85 July 9 @ Twins W 4–2 Price (9–2) Pelfrey (5–6) Soria (20) 29,724 44–41
86 July 10 @ Twins L 6–8 May (6–7) Soria (3–1) — 31,545 44–42
87 July 11 @ Twins L 5–9 Hughes (8–6) Simón (8–6) — 32,365 44–43
88 July 12 @ Twins L 1–7 Gibson (8–6) Greene (4–7) — 27,936 44–44
89 July 17 Orioles W 7–3 Sánchez (9–7) Jiménez (7–5) — 36,378 45–44
90 July 18 Orioles L 0–3 Tillman (7–7) Price (9–3) Britton (24) 40,033 45–45
91 July 19 Orioles L 3–9 González (8–6) Verlander (0–3) — 39,978 45–46
92 July 20 Mariners W 5–4 Alburquerque (1–0) Lowe (0–1) Soria (21) 34,353 46–46
93 July 21 Mariners L 9–11 Beimel (1–1) Feliz (1–3) Smith (8) 34,088 46–47
94 July 22 Mariners W 9–4 Sánchez (10–7) Montgomery (4–4) Soria (22) 36,670 47–47
95 July 23 Mariners L 2–3 (12) Rodney (3–4) Krol (1–3) Wilhelmsen (1) 44,025 47–48
96 July 24 @ Red Sox L 1–2 (11) Masterson (4–2) Hardy (3–2) — 37,650 47–49
97 July 25 @ Red Sox W 5–1 Simón (9–6) Wright (3–4) — 37,256 48–49
98 July 26 @ Red Sox L 1–11 Rodríguez (6–3) Greene (4–8) — 35,582 48–50
99 July 27 @ Rays L 2–5 Karns (6–5) Sánchez (10–8) Boxberger (25) 13,348 48–51
100 July 28 @ Rays L 2–10 Odorizzi (6–6) Price (9–4) — 16,326 48–52
101 July 29 @ Rays W 2–1 Verlander (1–3) Archer (9–8) Soria (23) 28,057 49–52
102 July 30 @ Orioles W 9–8 Simón (10–6) González (9–7) Wilson (1) 30,136 50–52
103 July 31 @ Orioles L 7–8 Givens (1–0) Valdez (0–1) Britton (27) 36,985 50–53
August (10–17)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
104 August 1 @ Orioles L 2–6 Gausman (2–2) Sánchez (10–9) — 45,968 50–54
105 August 2 @ Orioles W 6–1 Norris (2–1) Jiménez (8–7) — 33,381 51–54
106 August 4 Royals L 1–5 Duffy (5–5) Verlander (1–4) — 35,039 51–55
107 August 5 Royals W 2–1 Boyd (1–2) Cueto (0–1) Wilson (2) 34,628 52–55
108 August 6 Royals W 8–6 Wilson (2–3) Madson (1–2) — 38,919 53–55
109 August 7 Red Sox L 2–7 Kelly (4–6) Norris (2–2) Uehara (25) 38,132 53–56
110 August 8 Red Sox W 7–6 Hardy (4–2) Tazawa (2–5) Rondón (1) 42,098 54–56
111 August 9 Red Sox L 2–7 Owens (1–1) Verlander (1–5) — 38,766 54–57
112 August 10 @ Royals L 0–4 Cueto (1–1) Boyd (1–3) — 36,672 54–58
113 August 11 @ Royals L 1–6 Ventura (7–7) Sánchez (10–10) Hochevar (1) 34,068 54–59
114 August 12 @ Royals W 7–4 Feliz (2–3) Vólquez (11–7) Rondón (2) 30,732 55–59
115 August 14 @ Houston L 1–5 Keuchel (14–6) Simón (10–7) — 33,212 55–60
116 August 15 @ Houston W 4–2 (11) Alburquerque (2–0) Neshek (3–3) Feliz (7) 29,482 56–60
117 August 16 @ Houston L 5–6 Harris (5–2) Gorzelanny (1–2) — 29,969 56–61
118 August 18 @ Cubs W 10–8 Alburquerque (3–0) Strop (1–6) — 39,684 57–61
119 August 19 @ Cubs W 15–8 Feliz (3–3) Lester (8–9) — 40,310 58–61
120 August 20 Rangers W 4–0 Simón (11–7) Pérez (1–3) — 33,727 59–61
121 August 21 Rangers L 0–2 Lewis (14–5) Verlander (1–6) Tolleson (24) 34,718 59–62
122 August 22 Rangers L 3–5 Gallardo (10–9) Wolf (0–1) — 39,082 59–63
123 August 23 Rangers L 2–4 Hamels (1–1) Boyd (1–4) Tolleson (25) 39,317 59–64
124 August 24 @ Reds L 5–12 Balester (1–0) Alburquerque (3–1) — 30,150 59–65
125 August 25 Angels L 7–8 Weaver (6–9) Simón (11–8) Street (30) 33,649 59–66
126 August 26 Angels W 5–0 Verlander (2–6) Santiago (7–8) — 31,938 60–66
127 August 27 Angels L 0–2 Shoemaker (6–9) Wolf (0–2) Street (31) 36,198 60–67
128 August 28 @ Blue Jays L 3–5 Dickey (9–10) Boyd (1–5) Osuna (16) 46,518 60–68
129 August 29 @ Blue Jays L 1–15 Hutchison (13–2) Farmer (0–3) — 46,444 60–69
130 August 30 @ Blue Jays L 2–9 Buehrle (14–6) Simón (11–9) — 46,625 60–70
September (13–15)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
131 September 1 @ Royals W 6–5 Verlander (3–6) Cueto (2–4) Rondón (3) 30,665 61–70
132 September 2 @ Royals L 1–12 Ventura (10–7) Wolf (0–3) — 26,789 61–71
133 September 3 @ Royals L 7–15 Young (10–6) Ryan (1–3) — 29,409 61–72
134 September 4 Indians L 1–8 Tomlin (4–1) Lobstein (3–6) — 26,378 61–73
135 September 5 Indians W 6–0 Simón (12–9) Salazar (12–8) — 28,949 62–73
136 September 6 Indians L 0–4 Anderson (3–3) Verlander (3–7) — 28,964 62–74
137 September 7 Rays W 5–4 Alburquerque (4–1) Gomes (2–5) Rondón (4) 27,958 63–74
138 September 8 Rays W 8–7 (13) Ryan (2–3) Bellatti (2–1) — 26,526 64–74
139 September 9 Rays L 0–8 Odorizzi (7–8) Lobstein (3–7) — 25,932 64–75
140 September 10 @ Indians L 5–7 Allen (2–4) Hardy (4–3) — 11,166 64–76
— September 11 @ Indians Postponed (rain). Rescheduled to September 13.
— September 12 @ Indians Cancelled (rain) due to the Indians being eliminated from playoff contention.
141 September 13 @ Indians L 2–7 Anderson (4–3) Verlander (3–8) — 14,487 64–77
142 September 13 @ Indians W 9–2 VerHagen (1–0) Bauer (11–12) — 14,487 65–77
143 September 14 @ Twins L 1–7 Duffey (3–1) Lobstein (3–8) — 17,833 65–78
144 September 15 @ Twins W 5–4 Simón (13–9) Hughes (10–9) Rondón (5) 22,963 66–78
145 September 16 @ Twins W 7–4 (12) Krol (2–3) Duensing (4–1) — 22,509 67–78
146 September 18 Royals W 5–4 (12) VerHagen (2–0) Holland (3–2) — 32,926 68–78
147 September 19 Royals W 6–5 (11) Gorzelanny (2–2) Almonte (0–1) — 36,007 69–78
148 September 20 Royals L 3–10 Medlen (5–1) Simón (13–10) Duffy (1) 32,788 69–79
149 September 21 White Sox L 0–2 Samardzija (10–13) Ryan (2–4) — 34,175 69–80
150 September 21 White Sox L 2–3 Johnson (3–0) Wolf (0–4) Robertson (31) 28,499 69–81
151 September 22 White Sox W 2–1 (10) Hardy (5–3) Duke (3–6) — 27,829 70–81
152 September 23 White Sox W 7–4 Verlander (4–8) Montas (0–1) Feliz (8) 31,889 71–81
153 September 25 Twins W 6–4 Wilson (3–3) Perkins (2–5) Feliz (9) 31,153 72–81
154 September 26 Twins L 2–6 Duffey (5–1) Simón (13–11) — 32,753 72–82
155 September 27 Twins L 1–7 Santana (7–4) Wolf (0–5) — 33,517 72–83
156 September 28 @ Rangers W 7–4 Verlander (5–8) Lewis (17–9) Feliz (10) 27,847 73–83
157 September 29 @ Rangers L 6–7 Hamels (6–1) Farmer (0–4) Tolleson (34) 28,729 73–84
158 September 30 @ Rangers L 2–6 Gallardo (13–11) Boyd (1–6) — 28,633 73–85
October (1–2)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
159 October 2 @ White Sox L 1–2 Sale (13–11) Simón (13–12) Robertson (34) 18,030 73–86
160 October 3 @ White Sox L 3–4 Jones (2–2) Feliz (3–4) — 17,772 73–87
161 October 4 @ White Sox W 6–0 Norris (3–2) Montas (0–2) — 19,800 74–87

Roster

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2015 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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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
Alex Avila 67 178 21 34 5 0 4 13 .191 0
Miguel Cabrera 119 429 64 145 28 1 18 76 .338 1
Nick Castellanos 154 549 42 140 33 6 15 73 .255 0
Yoenis Céspedes+ 102 403 62 118 28 2 18 61 .293 3
Tyler Collins 60 192 18 51 11 3 4 25 .266 2
Rajai Davis 112 341 55 88 16 11 8 30 .258 18
Daniel Fields 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333 0
Anthony Gose 140 485 73 123 24 8 5 26 .254 23
Bryan Holaday 24 64 3 18 5 0 2 13 .281 0
José Iglesias 120 416 44 125 17 3 2 23 .300 11
Ian Kinsler 154 624 94 185 35 7 11 73 .296 10
Marc Krauss 12 33 1 5 0 0 1 2 .152 0
Dixon Machado 24 68 6 16 3 0 0 5 .235 1
Jefry Marté 33 80 9 17 4 0 4 11 .213 0
J. D. Martinez 158 596 93 168 33 2 38 102 .282 3
Víctor Martínez 120 440 39 108 20 0 11 64 .245 0
James McCann 114 401 32 106 18 5 7 41 .264 0
Steven Moya 9 22 1 4 0 1 0 0 .182 0
Hernán Pérez+ 22 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 .061 1
Andrew Romine 109 184 25 47 5 0 2 15 .255 10
Josh Wilson 21 38 4 12 3 0 0 5 .316 0
Pitcher Totals 161 26 1 2 0 0 1 2 .077 0
Team Totals 161 5605 689 1515 289 49 151 660 .270 83

+Totals with Tigers only.

Pitching

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Starters

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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

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Matt Boyd+ 1 4 6.57 11 10 0 50+2⁄3 39 37 19 36
Buck Farmer 0 4 7.36 14 5 0 40+1⁄3 35 33 17 24
Shane Greene 4 8 6.88 18 16 0 83+2⁄3 67 64 27 50
Kyle Lobstein 3 8 5.94 13 11 0 63+2⁄3 43 42 23 32
Daniel Norris+ 2 1 3.68 8 8 0 36+2⁄3 20 15 7 27
David Price+ 9 4 2.53 21 21 0 146 50 41 29 138
Kyle Ryan 2 4 4.47 16 6 0 56+1⁄3 29 28 20 30
Aníbal Sánchez 10 10 4.99 25 25 0 157 89 87 49 138
Alfredo Simón 13 12 5.05 31 31 0 187 112 105 68 117
Justin Verlander 5 8 3.38 20 20 0 133+1⁄3 56 50 32 113
Randy Wolf 0 5 6.23 8 7 0 34+2⁄3 28 24 15 28

+Totals with Tigers only.

Bullpen

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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

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Al Alburquerque 4 1 4.21 67 0 0 62 29 29 33 58
Joba Chamberlain+ 0 2 4.09 30 0 0 22 15 10 5 15
Neftalí Feliz 2 2 7.62 30 0 4 28+1⁄3 24 24 9 23
Jeff Ferrell 0 0 6.35 9 0 0 11+1⁄3 8 8 4 6
Tom Gorzelanny 2 2 5.95 48 0 0 39+1⁄3 28 26 23 36
Blaine Hardy 5 3 3.08 70 0 0 61+1⁄3 23 21 22 55
Guido Knudson 0 0 18.00 4 0 0 5 10 10 3 6
Ian Krol 2 3 5.79 33 0 0 28 19 18 17 26
Joe Nathan 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 1
Ángel Nesbitt 1 1 5.40 24 0 0 21+2⁄3 14 13 8 14
Bruce Rondón 1 0 5.81 35 0 5 31 22 20 19 36
Joakim Soria+ 3 1 2.85 43 0 23 41 13 13 11 16
José Valdez 0 1 4.00 7 0 0 9 4 4 4 4
Drew VerHagen 2 0 2.05 20 0 0 26+1⁄3 6 6 14 13
Alex Wilson 3 3 2.19 59 1 2 70 19 17 11 38
Josh Wilson 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Team Pitching Totals 74 87 4.64 161 161 35 1447 803 746 489 1100

+Totals with Tigers only.

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Larry Parrish
AA Erie SeaWolves Eastern League Lance Parrish
A Lakeland Flying Tigers Florida State League Dave Huppert
A West Michigan Whitecaps Midwest League Andrew Graham
A-Short Season Connecticut Tigers New York–Penn League Mike Rabelo
Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Basilio Cabrera

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Michigan[82]

References

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  2. ^ Trammell Returns to Tigers as Special Assistant Archived 2014-11-03 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, November 2, 2014
  3. ^ Newhan hired as Tigers' assistant hitting coach Archived 2014-11-11 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, November 10, 2014
  4. ^ Tigers Pick Up Soria's '15 Option Archived 2014-11-04 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com. October 31, 2014
  5. ^ Four-year, $68M deal official, V-Mart eyes Series ring Archived 2014-11-15 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, November 14, 2014
  6. ^ Tigers bring back Hanrahan with Minor League deal Archived 2014-11-20 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, November 14, 2014
  7. ^ Tigers pick up 2015 option on Avila Archived 2014-11-19 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, November 17, 2014
  8. ^ Tigers claim Zeid from Astros, designate Carrera Archived 2014-11-23 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, November 20, 2014
  9. ^ Tigers add outfielder Avery on Minors deal Archived 2014-11-24 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, November 21, 2014
  10. ^ Lennerton returns to Tigers on Minor League deal Archived 2015-01-08 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, January 5, 2015
  11. ^ Tigers ink Gorzelanny to one-year deal Archived 2015-01-06 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, January 6, 2015
  12. ^ Tigers sign infielder Josh Wilson to minor league deal freep.com, January 12, 2015
  13. ^ Daniel Schlereth returns to Tigers on minor-league deal freep.com, January 14, 2015
  14. ^ Price, Tigers reach record compromise Archived 2015-01-18 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, January 16, 2015
  15. ^ Tigers agree to terms with Alburquerque Archived 2015-01-28 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, January 25, 2015
  16. ^ Tigers bring Wells back on Minor League deal MLB.com, February 21, 2015
  17. ^ Chamberlain returns to Tigers' bullpen on one-year deal Archived 2015-02-24 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, February 24, 2015
  18. ^ Tigers sign former first-round pick Perry to Minors deal Archived 2015-03-02 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, February 27, 2015
  19. ^ Detroit Tigers bring back right-handed reliever Luke Putkonen on a minor league deal MLive.com, April 23, 2015
  20. ^ a b Andy Dirks claimed off waivers by Toronto Blue Jays; Baltimore Orioles claim reliever Patrick McCoy MLive.com, October 31, 2014
  21. ^ Don Kelly, Evan Reed decline minor league assignments, leave Detroit Tigers for free agency MLive.com, November 6, 2014
  22. ^ Carrera outrighted by Tigers, becomes free agent Archived 2014-11-28 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, November 25, 2014
  23. ^ Blue Jays sign ex-Tigers outfielder Ezequiel Carrera to minor league deal with invite to spring training MLive.com, December 3, 2014
  24. ^ Torii signs one-year contract to come 'home' to Twins Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, December 3, 2014
  25. ^ Braves sign reliever Johnson to one-year deal Archived 2014-12-17 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, December 3, 2014
  26. ^ Scherzer has 7-year, $210M deal with Nats Archived 2015-01-22 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, January 21, 2015
  27. ^ Reliever Smith claimed on waivers by A's Archived 2015-02-27 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, February 26, 2015
  28. ^ Hanrahan to undergo second Tommy John surgery Archived 2015-03-06 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, March 4, 2015
  29. ^ Tigers acquire hopeful starting center fielder Gose for Travis MLB.com, November 10, 2014
  30. ^ Gregorius goes to Yanks, Ray to Arizona, Greene to Tigers Archived 2014-12-10 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, December 5, 2014
  31. ^ a b In separate deals, Tigers land Cespedes, Simon Archived 2014-12-15 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, December 11, 2014
  32. ^ Tigers move quick, get three pitchers for Price Archived 2015-08-02 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, July 30, 2015
  33. ^ Tigers net Pirates prospect for Soria Archived 2015-08-02 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, July 30, 2015
  34. ^ Tigers get two pitchers from Mets for Cespedes Archived 2015-08-03 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, July 31, 2015
  35. ^ Tigers fill rotation vacancy with veteran Wolf MLB.com, August 20, 2015
  36. ^ Tigers' bats stay hot in 11-0 win over the Twins freep.com, April 8, 2015
  37. ^ Tigers shut out Twins again behind Sanchez Archived 2015-04-10 at the Wayback Machine foxnews.com, April 8, 2015
  38. ^ Miggy's three-game stretch best by a Tiger since '52 Archived 2015-04-16 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, April 13, 2015
  39. ^ McCann's first career HR of inside-the-park variety Archived 2015-05-01 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, April 29, 2015
  40. ^ Miggy passes Big Cat with 400th homer Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, May 16, 2015
  41. ^ Miggy fifth-youngest to reach 1,400 RBIs Archived 2015-05-24 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, May 21, 2015
  42. ^ McCann's first two homers as a Tiger had superhero feel detroitnews.com, May 22, 2015
  43. ^ J.D. Martinez tallies 3 homers, 6 RBIs against Yanks ESPN.com, June 21, 2015
  44. ^ J.D. blasts three HRs as Tigers rout Yanks Archived 2015-06-22 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, June 21, 2015
  45. ^ McCann making most out of round-trippers Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, June 28, 2015
  46. ^ Tigers can't rally twice in 14-inning loss Archived 2015-07-04 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, July 1, 2015
  47. ^ Miggy homers for Venezuelan RBI record Archived 2015-08-20 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, August 16, 2015
  48. ^ Norris homers in 1st MLB AB, later exits hurt Archived 2015-08-22 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, August 19, 2015
  49. ^ Rookie Daniel Norris becomes first Tigers pitcher in live-ball era to homer in first at-bat Archived 2015-08-22 at the Wayback Machine theoaklandpress.com, August 19, 2015
  50. ^ Castellanos helps power Tigers past Cubs Archived 2015-08-22 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, August 19, 2015
  51. ^ Tigers run into trouble in loss to Indians detroitnews.com, September 10, 2015
  52. ^ V-Mart focused on improving, not 200th HR Archived 2015-09-25 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, September 23, 2015
  53. ^ J.D. joins 100-RBI club, but laments misplay Archived 2015-10-01 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, September 30, 2015
  54. ^ With season's end, Miggy wins batting title Archived 2015-10-05 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, October 4, 2015
  55. ^ Top hitters honored with Silver Slugger Awards Archived 2015-11-16 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, November 12, 2015
  56. ^ Efficient Greene makes history in dominating Pirates Archived 2015-04-16 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, April 15, 2015
  57. ^ Greene pounds the zone, improves to 3-0 Archived 2015-04-21 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, April 19, 2015
  58. ^ Simon, V-Mart team to tackle Tribe, end skid Archived 2015-04-27 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, April 25, 2015
  59. ^ a b A better Price hard to find Archived 2015-06-15 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, June 13, 2015
  60. ^ Simon blanks Rangers with 1-hitter MLB.com, August 21, 2015
  61. ^ Hardy's outstanding homerless stretch ends MLB.com, August 23, 2015
  62. ^ Justin Verlander comes up three outs short of no-hitter, finishes with one-hit shutout MLive.com, August 26, 2015
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  66. ^ Kinsler wins Fielding Bible Award Archived 2015-11-04 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, October 30, 2015
  67. ^ Cespedes takes home AL Gold Glove in left Archived 2015-11-14 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, November 10, 2015
  68. ^ Tigers zeroing in on history with consecutive shutouts Archived 2015-04-12 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, April 8, 2015
  69. ^ Tigers set AL record for scoreless innings Archived 2015-04-13 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, April 9, 2015
  70. ^ Detroit Tigers set American League record for shutout innings to begin a season MLive.com, April 9, 2015
  71. ^ Tigers allow first earned run to end record streak Archived 2015-04-15 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, April 10, 2015
  72. ^ Tigers notes: Iglesias gets day off, says he's 100% freep.com, April 11, 2015
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  74. ^ Detroit 8, Cleveland 5: Tigers sweep Tribe, still unbeaten freep.com, April 12, 2015
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  76. ^ Norris steals spotlight with HR in Tigers' 15-8 win over Cubs freep.com, April 17, 2015
  77. ^ Tigers lose no-no bid in 9th, prevail in 10 Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, September 22, 2015
  78. ^ Iglesias, J.D. Martinez, Price join Miggy as All-Stars Archived 2015-07-07 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, July 6, 2015
  79. ^ Give Cespedes your Final Vote Archived 2015-07-07 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, July 6, 2015
  80. ^ Show Me the Final Vote: Moose, Martinez win Archived 2015-11-22 at the Wayback Machine MLB.com, July 10, 2015
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