2018 Detroit Tigers season

The 2018 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 118th season. It was the team's first year under a mostly new coaching staff led by new Manager Ron Gardenhire. It was the fourth consecutive season they missed the playoffs, finishing with the same record as the previous season, 64–98, but good for third place in the American League Central division.

2018 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Comerica Park
City	Detroit, Michigan
Record	64–98 (.395)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Christopher Ilitch; Ilitch family trust
General managers	Al Avila
Managers	Ron Gardenhire
Television	Fox Sports Detroit (Mario Impemba, Matt Shepard, Rod Allen, Kirk Gibson)
Radio	Detroit Tigers Radio Network (Dan Dickerson, Jim Price)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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It was the last season for television announcers Mario Impemba and Rod Allen, who had been together since 2003. Their contracts were not renewed due to an alleged physical altercation after the game on September 4.^[1]

Uniform changes

Starting this season, the Tigers changed the classic curved Old English D logo on their home uniforms to match that of the sharp cornered hat logo, which is now larger.^[2]

Roster moves

Coaching staff

• On October 20, the Tigers announced Ron Gardenhire was named the successor to Brad Ausmus as the Tigers' manager, and signed to a three-year contract.^[3]
• On November 2, the Tigers named Chris Bosio as pitching coach, Ramón Santiago as first-base coach, Phil Clark as assistant hitting coach, Rick Anderson as bullpen coach, Steve Liddle as bench coach, and Joe Vavra as quality control coach.^[4] Also on November 2, the Tigers announced Lloyd McClendon would return as hitting coach and Dave Clark would return as third-base coach.^[4]
• On June 27, 2018, the Tigers terminated pitching coach Chris Bosio's contract due to "insensitive comments that violated Club policy and his Uniform Employee Contract." Bullpen coach Rick Anderson was then promoted to pitching coach.^[5]

Releases

• On November 2, utility player Andrew Romine was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners.^[6] Also on November 2, the Tigers announced they declined the team option on pitcher Aníbal Sánchez, making him a free agent.^[7] On March 16, Sánchez signed a minor-league contract with the Atlanta Braves.^[8]
• On December 1, the Tigers announced they would not tender a contract to relief pitcher Bruce Rondón, making him a free agent.^[9] On February 1, Rondón signed a minor-league contract with the Chicago White Sox.^[10]
• On December 28, free agent pitcher Kyle Ryan left the Tigers and signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs.^[11]
• On May 15, pitcher Chad Bell was claimed off waivers by the Atlanta Braves.^[12]
• On May 22, the Tigers released pitcher Jairo Labourt. On May 29, Labourt signed a minor-league contract with the Chicago White Sox.^[13]

Signings

• On November 25, the Tigers agreed to a one-year, $795,000 deal with relief pitcher Blaine Hardy, avoiding arbitration.^[14]
• On December 5, the Tigers signed outfielder Leonys Martín to a one-year, $1.75 million contract.^[15]
• On December 8, the Tigers signed pitcher Mike Fiers to a one-year, $6 million contract.^[16]
• On December 14, the Tigers selected outfielder Víctor Reyes in the Rule 5 draft.^[17]
• On January 9, the Tigers signed catcher Brayan Peña to a minor league contract.^[18] Peña retired as a player on June 18, 2018, and went on to manage the Tigers' rookie league team in the Gulf Coast League.^[19]
• On January 11, the Tigers claimed pitcher Johnny Barbato off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[20] Also on January 11, the Tigers signed catcher James McCann to a one-year, $2.375 million contract, avoiding arbitration.^[21]
• On January 17, the Tigers avoided arbitration when they reached one-year deals with right fielder Nicholas Castellanos, shortstop José Iglesias, and pitchers Shane Greene and Alex Wilson.^[22]
• On February 23, the Tigers signed pitcher Francisco Liriano to a one-year, $4 million contract.^[23]
• On August 10, the Tigers signed relief pitcher Zach McAllister to a major league contract.^[24] He pitched in just three games for the Tigers before being designated for assignment and electing free agency on August 22.

Trades

• On December 13, the Tigers traded second baseman Ian Kinsler to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for 18-year old pitching prospect Wilkel Hernandez and minor league outfielder Troy Montgomery.^[25][26]
• On July 31, the Tigers traded outfielder Leonys Martín and pitching prospect Kyle Dowdy to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for shortstop Willi Castro.^[27]
• On August 6, the Tigers traded pitcher Mike Fiers to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for two players to be named later or cash considerations.^[28] On August 18, the Athletics sent pitcher Nolan Blackwood to the Tigers as one of the players to be named later.^[29] On September 19, 2018, the Athletics sent pitcher Logan Shore to the Tigers to complete the trade.^[30]

Number retirements

• The Tigers retired Jack Morris' #47 on August 12 and Alan Trammell's #3 on August 26, both members of the 1984 World Champion team. They were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on the weekend of July 27–29.^[31]

Season standings

American League Central

v t e AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	91	71	0.562	—	49–32	42–39
Minnesota Twins	78	84	0.481	13	49–32	29–52
Detroit Tigers	64	98	0.395	27	38–43	26–55
Chicago White Sox	62	100	0.383	29	30–51	32–49
Kansas City Royals	58	104	0.358	33	32–49	26–55

American League Wild Card

v t e Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Boston Red Sox	108	54	0.667
Houston Astros	103	59	0.636
Cleveland Indians	91	71	0.562

v t e Wild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	100	62	0.617	+3
Oakland Athletics	97	65	0.599	—
Tampa Bay Rays	90	72	0.556	7
Seattle Mariners	89	73	0.549	8
Los Angeles Angels	80	82	0.494	17
Minnesota Twins	78	84	0.481	19
Toronto Blue Jays	73	89	0.451	24
Texas Rangers	67	95	0.414	30
Detroit Tigers	64	98	0.395	33
Chicago White Sox	62	100	0.383	35
Kansas City Royals	58	104	0.358	39
Baltimore Orioles	47	115	0.290	50

Record against opponents

2018 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2018
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	3–16	3–4	2–5	2–4	1–6	2–4	1–5	1–6	7–12	1–5	1–6	8–11	3–4	5–14	7–13
Boston	16–3	—	3–4	3–4	4–2	3–4	5–1	6–0	4–3	10–9	2–4	4–3	11–8	6–1	15–4	16–4
Chicago	4–3	4–3	—	5–14	7–12	0–7	11–8	2–5	7–12	2–4	2–5	2–4	4–2	4–3	2–4	6–14
Cleveland	5–2	4–3	14–5	—	13–6	3–4	12–7	3–3	10–9	2–5	2–4	2–5	2–4	4–2	3–4	12–8
Detroit	4–2	2–4	12–7	6–13	—	1–5	8–11	3–4	7–12	3–4	0–7	3–4	2–4	3–4	4–3	6–14
Houston	6–1	4–3	7–0	4–3	5–1	—	5–1	13–6	4–2	2–5	12–7	9–10	3–4	12–7	4–2	13–7
Kansas City	4–2	1–5	8–11	7–12	11–8	1–5	—	1–6	10–9	2–5	2–5	1–5	0–7	2–5	2–5	6–14
Los Angeles	5–1	0–6	5–2	3–3	4–3	6–13	6–1	—	4–3	1–5	10–9	8–11	1–6	13–6	4–3	10–10
Minnesota	6–1	3–4	12–7	9–10	12–7	2–4	9–10	3–4	—	2–5	2–5	1–5	3–4	2–4	4–2	8–12
New York	12–7	9–10	4–2	5–2	4–3	5–2	5–2	5–1	5–2	—	3–3	5–1	10–9	4–3	13–6	11–9
Oakland	5–1	4–2	5–2	4–2	7–0	7–12	5–2	9–10	5–2	3–3	—	9–10	2–5	13–6	7–0	12–8
Seattle	6–1	3–4	4–2	5–2	4–3	10–9	5–1	11–8	5–1	1–5	10–9	—	6–1	10–9	3–4	6–14
Tampa Bay	11–8	8–11	2–4	4–2	4–2	4–3	7–0	6–1	4–3	9–10	5–2	1–6	—	5–1	13–6	7–13
Texas	4–3	1–6	3–4	2–4	4–3	7–12	5–2	6–13	4–2	3–4	6–13	9–10	1–5	—	3–3	9–11
Toronto	14–5	4–15	4–2	4–3	3–4	2–4	5–2	3–4	2–4	6–13	0–7	4–3	6–13	3–3	—	13–7

Season highlights

Team accomplishments

• On April 8, the Tigers won a game with two or fewer hits for the first time since July 11, 2004 against the Minnesota Twins.^[32]
• On May 28, the Tigers established a franchise record by hitting at least one double in 44 consecutive games, breaking the previous team record set in 1924. JaCoby Jones hit the record-breaking double in the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Angels.^[33] The streak was extended to 53 consecutive games before ending on June 6 against the Boston Red Sox. This was the third-longest streak in Major League history since at least 1908.^[34]
• On July 15, the Tigers faced starter Justin Verlander for the first time since he was traded to the Houston Astros from the Tigers on August 31, 2017. Detroit won the game 6–3, while tagging Verlander for four home runs. It was only the third time in Verlander's career that he gave up four home runs in a game.^[35]

Individual accomplishments

Pitching

• On April 21 against the Kansas City Royals, Mike Fiers became just the second Tigers player since 1908 to give up 10 or more hits in fewer than six innings, strike out nobody and earn a victory, and the first Tigers player to do since Dan Petry in 1984.^[36]
• On April 22 against the Kansas City Royals, Francisco Liriano took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, before a home run by Whit Merrifield ruined the no-hit bid.^[37]
• On May 20 against the Seattle Mariners, Francisco Liriano took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, before a one-out single by Mitch Haniger ruined the no-hit bid.^[38]
• On August 3 against the Oakland Athletics, Blaine Hardy took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, before an infield single by Jed Lowrie ruined the no-hit bid.^[39]
• On August 31 against the New York Yankees, Jordan Zimmermann took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, before a two-run home run by Brett Gardner ruined the no-hit bid.^[40]
• On September 9 against the St. Louis Cardinals, Michael Fulmer took a perfect game into the sixth inning, before allowing a walk to Yairo Muñoz to start the inning.^[41]

Hitting

• On April 25, Jeimer Candelario fell a triple shy of the cycle, hitting a single, double, and home run, to help the Tigers defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 13–10.^[42]
• On August 13 against the Chicago White Sox, Nicholas Castellanos went 5-for-5 with 5 RBIs. He became the first Tigers player with five hits in a game since Ian Kinsler in 2015, and the first with 10 total bases in a game since Justin Upton in 2017.^[43]
• On September 20 against the Kansas City Royals, Christin Stewart hit his first two major league home runs in his first two at-bats, and had six RBIs in the game. It was the first time a Tiger player hit his first two major league home runs in the same game since Brent Clevlen in 2006, the first time a Tiger rookie had a six-RBI game since Ryan Raburn had a seven-RBI game in 2007, and the first time since 1908 that a Tiger player had a six-RBI game within his first 11 career contests.^[44]

Defense

• JaCoby Jones' Defensive Runs Saved rating of 24 (meaning 24 better than league average) was the best among all major league outfielders, and he finished second to Mookie Betts in Ultimate Zone Rating.^[45]

Game log

2018 Game Log: 64–98 (Home: 38–43; Away: 26–55)
March/April: 11–16 (Home: 6–8; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak — March 29 Pirates Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to March 30. 1 March 30 Pirates 10–13 (13) Brault (1–0) Wilson (0–1) — 42,516 0–1 L1 — March 31 Pirates Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to April 1. 2 April 1 Pirates 0–1 Williams (1–0) Fulmer (0–1) Rivero (1) 14,858 0–2 L2 3 April 1 Pirates 6–8 Kuhl (1–0) Farmer (0–1) Rivero (2) 18,438 0–3 L3 4 April 2 Royals 6–1 Liriano (1–0) Hammel (0–1) — 15,476 1–3 W1 5 April 3 Royals 0–1 Junis (1–0) Boyd (0–1) Herrera (1) 15,083 1–4 L1 — April 4 Royals Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to April 20. 6 April 5 @ White Sox 9–7 (10) Jiménez (1–0) Infante (0–1) Greene (1) 33,318 2–4 W1 7 April 7 @ White Sox 6–1 Fulmer (1–1) Giolito (0–1) — 16,625 3–4 W2 8 April 8 @ White Sox 1–0 Fiers (1–0) López (0–1) Greene (2) 11,131 4–4 W3 9 April 9 @ Indians 0–2 Kluber (1–1) Liriano (1–1) Miller (1) 9,843 4–5 L1 10 April 10 @ Indians 1–2 Miller (1–0) Wilson (0–2) Allen (3) 10,078 4–6 L2 11 April 11 @ Indians 1–5 Carrasco (3–0) Norris (0–1) — 10,872 4–7 L3 12 April 12 @ Indians 3–9 Bauer (1–1) Fulmer (1–2) — 12,901 4–8 L4 13 April 13 Yankees 6–8 Montgomery (1–0) Fiers (1–1) Chapman (2) 21,363 4–9 L5 — April 14 Yankees Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to April 15. — April 15 Yankees Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to June 4. — April 15 Yankees Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to June 4. 14 April 17 Orioles 4–2 Liriano (2–1) Cashner (1–2) Greene (3) 15,530 5–9 W1 15 April 18 Orioles 6–5 Greene (1–0) Araújo (1–2) — 15,178 6–9 W2 16 April 19 Orioles 13–8 Zimmermann (1–0) Cobb (0–2) — 15,916 7–9 W3 17 April 20 Royals 3–2 (10) Jiménez (2–0) Keller (0–1) — 15,406 8–9 W4 18 April 20 Royals 2–3 Junis (3–1) Greene (1–1) Herrera (3) 17,194 8–10 L1 19 April 21 Royals 12–4 Fiers (2–1) Duffy (0–3) Saupold (1) 19,302 9–10 W1 20 April 22 Royals 5–8 McCarthy (1–0) VerHagen (0–1) Herrera (4) 19,034 9–11 L1 — April 24 @ Pirates Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to April 25. 21 April 25 @ Pirates 13–10 Stumpf (1–0) Taillon (2–2) Greene (4) 9,396 10–11 W1 22 April 25 @ Pirates 3–8 Kuhl (3–1) Boyd (0–2) — 9,396 10–12 L1 23 April 26 @ Pirates 0–1 Vázquez (1–0) Wilson (0–3) — 12,049 10–13 L2 24 April 27 @ Orioles 0–6 Tillman (1–4) Fiers (2–2) — 14,223 10–14 L3 25 April 28 @ Orioles 9–5 Liriano (3–1) Cashner (1–4) — 20,896 11–14 W1 26 April 29 @ Orioles 3–5 Gausman (2–2) Norris (0–2) O'Day (2) 28,089 11–15 L1 27 April 30 Rays 2–3 Faria (2–1) Greene (1–2) Alvarado (1) 19,398 11–16 L2
May: 15–14 (Home: 11–4; Away: 4–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 28 May 1 Rays 2–1 Boyd (1–2) Archer (2–2) Greene (5) 17,255 12–16 W1 29 May 2 Rays 3–2 (12) Saupold (1–0) Andriese (0–1) — 20,866 13–16 W2 30 May 3 @ Royals 6–10 McCarthy (3–0) Bell (0–1) — 28,866 13–17 L1 31 May 4 @ Royals 2–4 Boyer (1–0) Stumpf (1–1) Herrera (6) 24,648 13–18 L2 32 May 5 @ Royals 3–2 Zimmermann (2–0) Hammel (0–4) Greene (6) 20,708 14–18 W1 33 May 6 @ Royals 2–4 Junis (4–2) Boyd (1–3) Herrera (7) 18,424 14–19 L1 34 May 7 @ Rangers 6–7 Leclerc (1–0) Stumpf (1–2) Kela (7) 20,057 14–20 L2 35 May 8 @ Rangers 7–4 Fiers (3–2) Minor (3–2) Greene (7) 18,634 15–20 W1 36 May 9 @ Rangers 4–5 (10) Kela (3–2) Saupold (1–1) — 30,387 15–21 L1 — May 11 Mariners Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to May 12. 37 May 12 Mariners 4–3 Boyd (2–3) Gonzales (3–3) Greene (8) 25,506 16–21 W1 38 May 12 Mariners 5–9 Hernández (5–3) Fulmer (1–3) — 25,506 16–22 L1 39 May 13 Mariners 5–4 Greene (2–2) Nicasio (1–2) — 24,718 17–22 W1 40 May 14 Indians 6–3 Fiers (4–2) Carrasco (5–2) — 17,775 18–22 W2 41 May 15 Indians 9–8 Coleman (1–0) Miller (1–2) Greene (9) 20,997 19–22 W3 42 May 16 Indians 0–6 Bauer (3–3) Carpenter (0–1) — 24,771 19–23 L1 43 May 17 @ Mariners 3–2 Saupold (2–1) Vincent (1–1) Greene (10) 15,169 20–23 W1 44 May 18 @ Mariners 4–5 Altavilla (3–2) Farmer (0–2) Díaz (15) 34,932 20–24 L1 45 May 19 @ Mariners 2–7 Paxton (3–1) Fiers (4–3) — 35,739 20–25 L2 46 May 20 @ Mariners 2–3 (11) Vincent (2–1) Farmer (0–3) — 34,252 20–26 L3 47 May 21 @ Twins 2–4 Berríos (5–4) Stumpf (1–3) Rodney (10) 17,161 20–27 L4 48 May 22 @ Twins 0–6 Lynn (2–4) Boyd (2–4) — 25,559 20–28 L5 49 May 23 @ Twins 4–1 Fulmer (2–3) Gibson (1–3) Greene (11) 23,891 21–28 W1 50 May 25 White Sox 5–4 Farmer (1–3) Rondón (2–3) Greene (12) 24,648 22–28 W2 51 May 26 White Sox 4–8 Santiago (1–2) Liriano (3–2) — 27,032 22–29 L1 52 May 27 White Sox 3–2 Hardy (1–0) Shields (1–5) Greene (13) 23,419 23–29 W1 53 May 28 Angels 9–3 Boyd (3–4) Skaggs (3–4) — 20,857 24–29 W2 54 May 29 Angels 2–9 Tropeano (3–3) Fulmer (2–4) — 17,397 24–30 L1 55 May 30 Angels 6–1 Coleman (2–0) Bedrosian (1–1) — 19,494 25–30 W1 56 May 31 Angels 6–2 Saupold (3–1) Heaney (2–4) — 24,696 26–30 W2
June: 10–18 (Home: 6–9; Away: 4–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 57 June 1 Blue Jays 5–2 Hardy (2-0) García (2-4) Greene (14) 22,192 27–30 W3 58 June 2 Blue Jays 7–4 Coleman (3–0) Oh (1–1) Jiménez (1) 34,674 28–30 W4 59 June 3 Blue Jays 4–8 Sanchez (3–5) Fulmer (2–5) — 24,658 28–31 L1 60 June 4 Yankees 4–7 Severino (9–1) VerHagen (0–2) Chapman (14) 28,016 28–32 L2 61 June 4 Yankees 4–2 Fiers (5–3) Germán (0–4) Greene (15) 24,165 29–32 W1 62 June 5 @ Red Sox 0–6 Wright (2–0) Lewicki (0–1) — 34,762 29–33 L1 63 June 6 @ Red Sox 1–7 Rodríguez (7–1) Hardy (2-1) — 35,182 29–34 L2 64 June 7 @ Red Sox 7–2 Boyd (4–4) Beeks (0–1) — 36,556 30–34 W1 65 June 8 Indians 1–4 Bauer (5–4) Greene (2–3) Allen (12) 21,766 30–35 L1 66 June 9 Indians 4–2 (12) Saupold (4–1) Allen (2–3) — 27,038 31–35 W1 67 June 10 Indians 2–9 Kluber (10–2) Lewicki (0–2) — 22,862 31–36 L1 68 June 12 Twins 4–6 Pressly (1–1) Coleman (3–1) Rodney (14) 20,340 31–37 L2 69 June 13 Twins 5–2 Jiménez (3–0) Reed (1–5) Greene (16) 19,206 32–37 W1 70 June 14 Twins 3–1 Fulmer (3–5) Lynn (4–5) Greene (17) 27,573 33–37 W2 71 June 15 @ White Sox 4–3 Farmer (2–3) Minaya (0–1) Greene (18) 22,813 34–37 W3 72 June 16 @ White Sox 7–5 Farmer (3–3) Fry (0–1) Greene (19) 23,195 35–37 W4 73 June 17 @ White Sox 3–1 Hardy (3-1) Shields (2–8) Jiménez (2) 26,746 36–37 W5 74 June 19 @ Reds 5–9 Romano (4–7) Boyd (4–5) — 31,085 36–38 L1 75 June 20 @ Reds 3–5 Mahle (6–6) Fulmer (3–6) Iglesias (11) 19,177 36–39 L2 76 June 22 @ Indians 0–10 Bieber (2–0) Fiers (5–4) — 30,926 36–40 L3 77 June 23 @ Indians 1–4 Bauer (7–5) Liriano (3–3) Allen (16) 34,435 36–41 L4 78 June 24 @ Indians 2–12 Plutko (4–1) Boyd (4–6) — 31,208 36–42 L5 79 June 25 Athletics 4–5 Trivino (6–1) Greene (2–4) Treinen (18) 19,127 36–43 L6 80 June 26 Athletics 7–9 Buchter (2–0) Greene (2–5) Treinen (19) 22,809 36–44 L7 81 June 27 Athletics 0–3 Bassitt (1–3) Fiers (5–5) Trivino (2) 23,961 36–45 L8 82 June 28 Athletics 2–4 Manaea (8–6) Fulmer (3–7) Treinen (20) 28,866 36–46 L9 83 June 29 @ Blue Jays 2–3 Stroman (1–5) Liriano (3–4) Clippard (5) 24,068 36–47 L10 84 June 30 @ Blue Jays 3–4 Oh (4–2) Jiménez (3–1) — 27,066 36–48 L11
July: 10–14 (Home: 5–6; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 85 July 1 @ Blue Jays 9–1 Zimmermann (3–0) Happ (10–4) — 37,445 37–48 W1 86 July 2 @ Blue Jays 3–2 (10) Jiménez (4–1) Oh (4–3) Hardy (1) 29,575 38–48 W2 87 July 3 @ Cubs 3–5 Wilson (3–2) Stumpf (1–4) Strop (2) 38,424 38–49 L1 88 July 4 @ Cubs 2–5 Quintana (7–6) Liriano (3–5) Morrow (19) 40,510 38–50 L2 89 July 5 Rangers 5–7 Gallardo (3–0) Boyd (4–7) Kela (21) 21,248 38–51 L3 90 July 6 Rangers 3–1 Zimmermann (4–0) Colón (5–6) Jiménez (3) 27,316 39–51 W1 91 July 7 Rangers 7–2 Fiers (6–5) Hamels (4–8) — 29,174 40–51 W2 92 July 8 Rangers 0–3 Bibens-Dirkx (2–2) Fulmer (3–8) Kela (22) 22,047 40–52 L1 93 July 9 @ Rays 9–10 (10) Andriese (2–3) Hardy (3–2) — 14,229 40–53 L2 94 July 10 @ Rays 2–5 Alvarado (1–3) Boyd (4–8) Romo (10) 13,478 40–54 L3 95 July 11 @ Rays 2–4 Yarbrough (8–4) Zimmermann (4–1) Romo (11) 13,922 40–55 L4 96 July 13 @ Astros 0–3 Keuchel (7–8) Fiers (6–6) Rondón (8) 38,843 40–56 L5 97 July 14 @ Astros 1–9 Cole (10–2) Fulmer (3–9) — 40,405 40–57 L6 98 July 15 @ Astros 6–3 VerHagen (1–2) Verlander (9–5) — 39,455 41–57 W1 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game 99 July 20 Red Sox 0–1 Price (11–6) Boyd (4–9) Kimbrel (31) 33,817 41–58 L1 100 July 21 Red Sox 5–0 Fiers (7–6) Johnson (1–3) — 31,682 42–58 W1 101 July 22 Red Sox 1–9 Sale (11–4) Hardy (3–3) — 25,012 42–59 L1 102 July 23 @ Royals 5–4 Wilson (1–3) Maurer (0–4) Greene (20) 18,370 43–59 W1 103 July 24 @ Royals 4–5 Smith (1–1) Zimmermann (4–2) Peralta (5) 29,957 43–60 L1 104 July 25 @ Royals 8–4 Boyd (5–9) Duffy (6–9) — 17,382 44–60 W1 105 July 27 Indians 3–8 Allen (3–4) Jiménez (4–2) — 26,962 44–61 L1 106 July 28 Indians 2–1 Hardy (4–3) Clevinger (7–7) Greene (21) 29,097 45–61 W1 107 July 29 Indians 1–8 Kluber (13–6) Zimmermann (4–3) — 26,498 45–62 L1 108 July 31 Reds 2–1 Boyd (6–9) Bailey (1–8) Greene (22) 24,929 46–62 W1
August: 8–19 (Home: 6–7; Away: 2–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 109 August 1 Reds 7–4 VerHagen (2–2) Romano (6–9) Greene (23) 24,952 47–62 W2 110 August 3 @ Athletics 0–1 (13) Pagan (3–0) Farmer (3–4) — 14,766 47–63 L1 111 August 4 @ Athletics 1–2 Jackson (3–2) Zimmermann (4–4) Treinen (28) 33,668 47–64 L2 112 August 5 @ Athletics 0–6 Cahill (4–2) Liriano (3–6) — 19,559 47–65 L3 113 August 6 @ Angels 2–6 Tropeano (5–6) Boyd (6–10) — 34,073 47–66 L4 114 August 7 @ Angels 5–11 Heaney (7–7) Turner (0–1) — 35,824 47–67 L5 115 August 8 @ Angels 0–6 Barría (7–7) Hardy (4–4) — 38,832 47–68 L6 116 August 10 Twins 5–3 Zimmermann (5–4) Santana (0–1) Greene (24) 24,849 48–68 W1 117 August 11 Twins 3–4 Gibson (6–9) Liriano (3–7) Hildenberger (1) 26,991 48–69 L1 118 August 12 Twins 4–2 Boyd (7–10) Stewart (0–1) Greene (25) 30,105 49–69 W1 119 August 13 White Sox 9–5 Coleman (4–1) Gómez (0–1) — 20,964 50–69 W2 120 August 14 White Sox 3–6 Giolito (8–9) Hardy (4–5) Cedeño (1) 20,661 50–70 L1 121 August 15 White Sox 5–6 Rodón (4–3) Zimmermann (5–5) Avilán (2) 23,784 50–71 L2 122 August 16 @ Twins 8–15 May (1–0) Liriano (3–8) — 25,108 50–72 L3 123 August 17 @ Twins 4–5 Gibson (7–9) Boyd (7–11) Rogers (1) 26,605 50–73 L4 124 August 18 @ Twins 7–5 Carpenter (1–1) Duffey (1–2) Greene (26) 31,904 51–73 W1 125 August 19 @ Twins 4–5 Hildenberger (3–3) Wilson (1–4) — 27,917 51–74 L1 126 August 21 Cubs 2–1 Zimmermann (6–5) Hendricks (9–10) Greene (27) 26,638 52–74 W1 127 August 22 Cubs 2–8 Lester (14–5) Liriano (3–9) — 28,286 52–75 L1 128 August 23 White Sox 7–2 Boyd (8–11) Shields (5–15) — 22,247 53–75 W1 129 August 24 White Sox 3–6 Vieira (1–0) Jiménez (4–3) — 23,191 53–76 L1 130 August 25 White Sox 1–6 Giolito (10–9) Carpenter (1–2) — 26,183 53–77 L2 131 August 26 White Sox 2–7 Kopech (1–0) Zimmermann (6–6) Fry (3) 34,036 53–78 L3 132 August 28 @ Royals 2–6 Junis (7–12) Boyd (8–12) — 16,888 53–79 L4 133 August 29 @ Royals 2–9 Duffy (8–11) Fulmer (3–10) — 17,091 53–80 L5 134 August 30 @ Yankees 8–7 Wilson (2–4) Betances (4–4) Greene (28) 37,195 54–80 W1 135 August 31 @ Yankees 5–7 Britton (2–0) Jiménez (4–4) Robertson (5) 41,026 54–81 L1
September: 10–17 (Home: 4–9; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 136 September 1 @ Yankees 1–2 Tanaka (10–5) Norris (0–3) Betances (2) 42,816 54–82 L2 137 September 2 @ Yankees 11–7 Boyd (9–12) Lynn (8–10) — 43,721 55–82 W1 138 September 3 @ White Sox 2–4 Fry (2–2) Greene (2–6) — 15,540 55–83 L1 139 September 4 @ White Sox 8–3 Liriano (4–9) Giolito (10–10) — 13,012 56–83 W1 140 September 5 @ White Sox 10–2 Zimmermann (7–6) Kopech (1–1) — 16,036 57–83 W2 141 September 7 Cardinals 5–3 Greene (3–6) Hicks (3–4) — 21,268 58–83 W3 142 September 8 Cardinals 4–3 Greene (4–6) Norris (3–5) — 30,268 59–83 W4 143 September 9 Cardinals 2–5 Gant (7–5) Fulmer (3–11) Martínez (2) 22,212 59–84 L1 144 September 10 Astros 2–3 Verlander (15–9) Liriano (4–10) Osuna (16) 19,711 59–85 L2 145 September 11 Astros 4–5 Harris (4–3) Zimmermann (7–7) Osuna (17) 19,432 59–86 L3 146 September 12 Astros 4–5 Cole (14–5) Norris (0–4) Pressly (1) 22,666 59–87 L4 147 September 14 @ Indians 5–4 VerHagen (3–2) Cimber (3–7) Greene (29) 26,952 60–87 W1 148 September 15 @ Indians 0–15 Clevinger (12–8) Fulmer (3–12) — 26,532 60–88 L1 149 September 16 @ Indians 6–4 Liriano (5–10) Bieber (10–4) Greene (30) 24,862 61–88 W1 150 September 17 Twins 1–6 Stewart (2–1) Zimmermann (7–8) — 19,004 61–89 L1 151 September 18 Twins 3–5 Odorizzi (7–10) Norris (0–5) Hildenberger (7) 19,740 61–90 L2 152 September 19 Twins 2–8 Gonsalves (1–2) Turnbull (0–1) — 19,296 61–91 L3 153 September 20 Royals 11–8 Reininger (1–0) López (2–4) — 20,282 62–91 W1 154 September 21 Royals 3–4 Kennedy (3–8) Liriano (5–11) Peralta (12) 22,001 62–92 L1 155 September 22 Royals 5–4 Jiménez (5–4) Hammel (3–14) Greene (31) 24,815 63–92 W1 156 September 23 Royals 2–3 Keller (9–6) VerHagen (3–3) Peralta (13) 24,230 63–93 L1 157 September 25 @ Twins 4–2 Alcántara (1–0) Hildenberger (4–6) Greene (32) 23,849 64–93 W1 158 September 26 @ Twins 4–11 Duffey (2–2) Boyd (9–13) — 21,316 64–94 L1 159 September 27 @ Twins 3–9 Gonsalves (2–2) Liriano (5–12) — 22,342 64–95 L2 160 September 28 @ Brewers 5–6 Soria (2–1) Alcántara (1–1) Jeffress (14) 44,770 64–96 L3 161 September 29 @ Brewers 5–6 Soria (3–1) Stumpf (1–5) Jeffress (15) 45,520 64–97 L4 162 September 30 @ Brewers 0–11 González (10–11) Turnbull (0–2) — 41,848 64–98 L5
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Tigers team member

Roster

2018 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 58 Victor Alcántara 62 Sandy Báez 51 Johnny Barbato 64 Chad Bell 48 Matthew Boyd 31 Ryan Carpenter 19 Louis Coleman 45 Buck Farmer 50 Mike Fiers 32 Michael Fulmer 61 Shane Greene 64 Matt Hall 36 Blaine Hardy 77 Joe Jiménez 57 Artie Lewicki 38 Francisco Liriano 29 Zach McAllister 44 Daniel Norris 26 Zac Reininger 53 Warwick Saupold 29,58 Josh Smoker 68 Daniel Stumpf 56 Spencer Turnbull 50 Jacob Turner 54 Drew VerHagen 30 Alex Wilson 27 Jordan Zimmermann		Catchers 17 Grayson Greiner 34 James McCann Infielders 37 Jim Adduci 24 Miguel Cabrera 46 Jeimer Candelario 70 Harold Castro 28 Niko Goodrum 55 John Hicks  1 José Iglesias 33 Pete Kozma 18 Dawel Lugo 49 Dixon Machado 41 Víctor Martínez 60 Ronny Rodríguez 12 Jarrod Saltalamacchia Outfielders  9 Nicholas Castellanos 13 Mike Gerber 21 JaCoby Jones  8 Mikie Mahtook 12 Leonys Martín 22 Víctor Reyes 14 Christin Stewart		Manager 15 Ron Gardenhire Coaches  4 Rick Anderson (bullpen, pitching) (BUP: BOS-June 26, PC: June 27-) 29 Chris Bosio (pitching) (BOS-June 26) 25 Dave Clark (third base) 59 Phil Clark (assistant hitting) 43 Steve Liddle (bench) 20 Lloyd McClendon (hitting) 98 John Murrian (bullpen catcher) 99 Sam Palace (bullpen catcher) 83 A. J. Sager (bullpen) (June 27-) 39 Ramón Santiago (first base) 52 Joe Vavra (quality control)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Nick Castellanos	157	620	88	185	46	5	23	89	2	49	.298	.500
Jeimer Candelario	144	539	78	121	28	3	19	54	3	66	.224	.393
Víctor Martínez	133	467	32	117	21	0	9	54	0	32	.251	.353
Niko Goodrum	131	444	55	109	29	3	16	53	12	42	.245	.432
José Iglesias	125	432	43	116	31	3	5	48	15	19	.269	.389
JaCoby Jones	129	429	54	89	22	6	11	34	13	24	.207	.364
James McCann	118	427	31	94	16	0	8	39	0	26	.220	.314
Leonys Martín	78	303	45	76	15	3	9	29	7	29	.251	.409
John Hicks	81	288	35	75	12	1	9	32	0	22	.260	.403
Mikie Mahtook	67	223	24	45	4	2	9	29	4	21	.202	.359
Dixon Machado	67	214	20	44	13	1	1	21	1	14	.206	.290
Victor Reyes	100	212	35	47	5	3	1	12	9	5	.222	.288
Ronny Rodríguez	62	191	17	42	7	0	5	20	2	10	.220	.335
Jim Adduci	59	176	19	47	8	2	3	21	1	6	.267	.386
Miguel Cabrera	38	134	17	40	11	0	3	22	0	22	.299	.448
Grayson Greiner	30	96	9	21	6	0	0	12	0	17	.219	.281
Dawel Lugo	27	94	10	20	4	1	1	8	0	7	.213	.309
Pete Kozma	27	69	7	15	4	1	1	8	0	2	.217	.348
Christin Stewart	17	60	7	16	1	1	2	10	0	10	.267	.417
Mike Gerber	18	42	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	4	.095	.119
Harold Castro	6	10	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.300	.300
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Team Totals	162	5494	630	1326	284	35	135	597	70	428	.241	.380

Source:[1]

Pitching

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

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Matthew Boyd	9	13	4.39	31	31	0	170.1	146	87	83	51	159
Francisco Liriano	5	12	4.58	27	26	0	133.2	127	84	68	73	110
Michael Fulmer	3	12	4.69	24	24	0	132.1	128	75	69	46	110
Jordan Zimmerman	7	8	4.52	25	25	0	131.1	140	76	66	26	111
Mike Fiers	7	6	3.48	21	21	0	119.0	121	49	46	26	87
Blaine Hardy	4	5	3.56	30	13	1	86.0	79	37	34	22	66
Buck Farmer	3	4	4.15	66	1	0	69.1	67	34	32	41	57
Shane Greene	4	6	5.12	66	0	32	63.1	68	39	36	19	65
Joe Jiménez	5	4	4.31	68	0	3	62.2	53	34	30	22	78
Alex Wilson	2	4	3.36	59	0	0	61.2	50	24	23	15	43
Drew VerHagen	3	3	4.63	41	1	0	56.1	46	29	29	19	53
Louis Coleman	4	1	3.51	51	0	0	51.1	43	21	20	24	41
Daniel Norris	0	5	5.68	11	8	0	44.1	46	28	28	19	51
Artie Lewicki	0	2	4.89	13	3	0	38.2	48	24	21	14	30
Daniel Stumpf	1	5	4.93	56	0	0	38.1	44	23	21	16	37
Warwick Saupold	4	1	4.46	31	0	1	34.1	41	17	17	13	16
Victor Alcántara	1	1	2.40	27	0	0	30.0	25	8	8	6	21
Ryan Carpenter	1	2	7.25	6	5	0	22.1	34	19	18	4	15
Zac Reininger	1	0	7.59	18	0	0	21.1	28	18	18	9	18
Spencer Turnbull	0	2	6.06	4	3	0	16.1	17	11	11	4	15
Sandy Báez	0	0	5.02	9	0	0	14.1	12	12	8	9	10
Matt Hall	0	0	14.63	5	0	0	8.0	19	16	13	3	5
Chad Bell	0	1	8.59	3	0	0	7.1	14	7	7	2	7
Johnny Barbato	0	0	12.15	7	0	0	6.2	11	9	9	5	2
Zach McAllister	0	0	21.60	3	0	0	3.1	10	8	8	0	5
Josh Smoker	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	2	2
Jacob Turner	0	1	45.00	1	1	0	1.0	6	7	5	1	1
Team Totals	64	98	4.58	162	162	37	1425.1	1423	796	726	491	1215

Source:[2]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

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