2015 Detroit Tigers season

2015 Detroit Tigers
2015 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Comerica Park
City	Detroit, Michigan
Record	74–87 (.460)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Mike Ilitch
General managers	Al Avila; Dave Dombrowski (released August 4)
Managers	Brad Ausmus
Television	Fox Sports Detroit; (Mario Impemba, Rod Allen, Jack Morris, Kirk Gibson)
Radio	Detroit Tigers Radio Network; (Dan Dickerson, Jim Price)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference

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

Front office

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

On November 2, the Tigers announced that former shortstop and Manager Alan Trammell will return to the organization as a special assistant to General Manager Dave Dombrowski.^[2]
On November 10, the Tigers announced the hiring of David Newhan as assistant hitting coach.^[3]

Signings

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

On October 31, outfielder Andy Dirks was claimed off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays, and relief pitcher Pat McCoy was claimed off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles.^[20]
Also on October 31, utility man Don Kelly and relief pitcher Evan Reed were outrighted to the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens.^[20] They both declined their minor league assignments, and elected to become free agents.^[21]
On November 20, center fielder Ezequiel Carrera was outrighted to Triple-A Toledo. He declined his minor league assignment, and elected to become a free agent on November 25.^[22] On December 3, Carerra signed a minor-league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays.^[23]
On December 3, free agent outfielder Torii Hunter left the Tigers and signed a one-year contract with the Minnesota Twins.^[24]
Also on December 3, free agent relief pitcher Jim Johnson left the Tigers and signed a one-year contract with the Atlanta Braves.^[25]
On January 21, free agent pitcher Max Scherzer left the Tigers and signed a seven-year, $210 million contract with the Washington Nationals.^[26]
On February 24, relief pitcher Chad Smith was designated for assignment by the Tigers and claimed off waivers by the Oakland Athletics two days later.^[27]
On March 4, the Tigers released relief pitcher Joel Hanrahan.^[28]

Trades

On November 12, the Tigers traded second baseman Devon Travis to the Toronto Blue Jays for outfielder Anthony Gose.^[29]
On December 5, the Tigers traded pitcher Robbie Ray and infielder Domingo Leyba to the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three team trade that brought Shane Greene to the Detroit Tigers, and Didi Gregorius to the New York Yankees.^[30]
On December 11, the Tigers traded starting pitcher Rick Porcello to the Boston Red Sox for outfielder Yoenis Céspedes, and pitchers Alex Wilson and Gabe Speier.^[31]
Also on December 11, the Tigers traded shortstop Eugenio Suárez and pitcher Jonathon Crawford to the Cincinnati Reds for pitcher Alfredo Simón.^[31]
On July 30, the Tigers traded starting pitcher David Price to the Toronto Blue Jays for pitchers Daniel Norris, Matt Boyd and Jairo Labourt.^[32]
Also on July 30, the Tigers traded relief pitcher Joakim Soria to the Pittsburgh Pirates for shortstop JaCoby Jones.^[33]
On July 31, the Tigers traded outfielder Yoenis Céspedes to the New York Mets for pitchers Michael Fulmer and Luis Cessa.^[34]
On August 20, the Tigers acquired pitcher Randy Wolf from the Toronto Blue Jays for cash considerations.^[35]

Season highlights

Individual accomplishments

Hitting

On April 8, Anthony Gose fell a home run shy of the cycle, hitting a single, double, and triple, to help the Tigers defeat the Minnesota Twins, 11–0.^[36]
On April 8, Alex Avila became the first Tigers catcher to score four runs in a game since Brad Ausmus in 2000.^[37]
Miguel Cabrera went 11-for-13 over a three-game series against the Cleveland Indians, this was the best three-game stretch by a Tigers hitter since Walt Dropo went 13-for-14 in 1952.^[38]
On April 29, James McCann became the first Tigers player to hit an inside-the-park home run since Austin Jackson on August 10, 2012.^[39]
On May 16, Miguel Cabrera hit his 400th career home run, against Tyler Lyons of the St. Louis Cardinals.^[40]
On May 21, Miguel Cabrera recorded his 1,400th career RBI, becoming the fifth-youngest in MLB history to reach the milestone.^[41]
On May 21, James McCann became the first MLB player to hit an inside-the-park home run and a walk-off home run for his first two career home runs since Tim Raines in 1981.^[42]
On June 21, J. D. Martinez became the first Tigers player to hit three home runs and have six RBIs in a game since Carlos Peña on May 19, 2003. Martinez became the fifth player in Major League history to hit three home runs and drive in six runs on the road against the New York Yankees since RBIs became an official stat in 1920, and the first player to do so since Bo Jackson in 1990.^[43]^[44]
On June 28, James McCann became the first MLB player to hit an inside-the-park home run and two walk-off home runs for his first three career home runs since Tony Piet in 1932.^[45]
On June 30, J. D. Martinez hit his 11th home run in the month of June, tied for third most in franchise history, and the most since Mickey Tettleton in 1993.^[46]
On August 16, Miguel Cabrera recorded his 1,426th career RBI to surpass Andrés Galarraga for the most RBIs by a Venezuelan-born player.^[47]
On August 19, Daniel Norris became the first Tigers pitcher to hit a home run in his first career plate appearance, the first pitcher to do so since Tommy Milone in 2011, the first American League pitcher since Esteban Yan in 2000, and the 19th pitcher overall to do so. He also became the first Tigers pitcher to homer since Jason Johnson did so on June 8, 2005, the first Tigers player of any kind to hit a home run in his first career plate appearance since Reggie Sanders in 1974, and the first American League pitcher to hit a regular-season home run at Wrigley Field.^[48]^[49]
On August 19, Nick Castellanos became the first Tigers player to have four extra base hits in a game since Iván Rodríguez on April 5, 2006.^[50]
On September 10, Ian Kinsler recorded his 1,500th career hit, a single off of Bryan Shaw of the Cleveland Indians.^[51]
On September 23, Víctor Martínez hit his 200th career home run, against Frankie Montas of the Chicago White Sox, becoming the sixth Venezuelan to reach the milestone.^[52]
On September 29, J. D. Martinez recorded his 100th RBI of the season, becoming the first Tigers outfielder to do so since Magglio Ordóñez recorded 103 in 2008.^[53]
Miguel Cabrera led the major leagues with a .338 batting average to win his fourth AL batting title in the last five years.^[54]
Miguel Cabrera and J. D. Martinez won Silver Slugger Awards, their sixth and first respectively.^[55]

Pitching

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

James McCann set the modern major league record for the number of consecutive games played at catcher to start a career without an error, at 102 games, surpassing the previous record of 93 set by Frankie Pytlak from 1932 to 1934.^[64]
James McCann finished the season with no errors in 112 games to lead all MLB catchers in fielding percentage. He became the sixth catcher in major league history to catch at least 100 games in a season without committing an error, following Chris Iannetta and Chris Snyder in 2008, Mike Matheny in 2003, Charles Johnson in 1997 and Buddy Rosar in 1946.^[65]
Ian Kinsler won the Fielding Bible Award for second base. His 19 defensive runs saved were six better than any other Major League second baseman, while his 6.3 ultimate zone rating was the best in the American League.^[66]
Yoenis Céspedes won the American League Rawlings Gold Glove Award in left field. In 99 games for the Tigers, Céspedes had nine assists, 11 defensive runs saved and a 15 ultimate zone rating.^[67]

Team accomplishments

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

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

American League Central

v t e AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	95	67	0.586	—	51–30	44–37
Minnesota Twins	83	79	0.512	12	46–35	37–44
Cleveland Indians	81	80	0.503	13½	39–41	42–39
Chicago White Sox	76	86	0.469	19	40–41	36–45
Detroit Tigers	74	87	0.460	20½	38–43	36–44

Record against opponents

2015 American League record v t e 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

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

2015 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

7 Brad Ausmus

Coaches

17 Mick Billmeyer (bullpen)
25 Dave Clark (third base)
51 Jeff Jones (pitching)
8 Wally Joyner (hitting)
22 Gene Lamont (bench)
59 David Newhan (assistant hitting)
15 Omar Vizquel (first base)
88 Matt Martin (defense coordinator)

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
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

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

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

+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

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

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]

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