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2012 Detroit Tigers  (2011)  (2013) 106-56, 1st in AL Central Division Scored 906 runs, Allowed 704 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 101-61 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .686 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 95-67   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 88-74 Manager(s): Mike Mashanic Defeated Baltimore Orioles in Divisional Series, 3 games to 2. Defeated Oakland A's in Championship Series, 3 games to 0. Lost to Washington Nationals in World Series, 4 games to 2.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos	Batting Splits     Pitching Splits
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 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  Miguel Cabrera       29  157  606  125  208  47   0  38  121   2   0   66   92  .343  .407  .609  144   9.1  4e14       17  
 1B *Prince Fielder       28  160  596  100  196  44   0  25  109   1   0   64   83  .329  .407  .529  129   8.3  4e11       -4  
 OF  Austin Jackson       25  156  532   78  147  35   7  14   77  17   3   74  142  .276  .362  .447   88   5.7  1(0)e1    -47  
 2B  Jeff Keppinger       32  117  377   61  145  13   5  10   66   2   0   27   29  .385  .427  .525   76   7.9  4e10      146  
 2B  Mike Aviles          31  137  490   76  143  34   0  20   62  15   2   20   54  .292  .318  .484   75   5.6  3e23      139  
 OF *Gerardo Parra        25  112  385   73  115  21   0  13   41  23   5   32   64  .299  .352  .455   65   6.1  1(-3)e7    79  
 OF *Andy Dirks           26   95  311   52  105  26   3   7   47   2   1   13   52  .338  .369  .508   57   7.4  3(+1)e7    20  
 C  *Alex Avila           25  111  347   46   93  25   7   9   49   0   0   46   96  .268  .356  .458   55   5.5  2(0)e1     78  
 SS  Joaquin Arias        27   96  281   51   95  15   3   7   40   3   0   11   32  .338  .382  .488   50   6.9  3e18      177  
 SS  Jhonny Peralta       30  128  426   50  101  24   3  12   51   2   0   29   80  .237  .287  .392   44   3.5  4e8       -10  
 C   Kelly Shoppach       32   61  177   29   49  11   6  14   42   0   0   12   72  .277  .328  .644   37   7.7  3(-2)e6   239  
 OF *Quintin Berry        27  107  283   47   71  12   4   2   31  21   1   23   76  .251  .322  .343   35   4.2  2(+1)e4   -20  
 OF  J.D. Martinez        24   99  292   35   71   9   2   8   43   0   0   27   68  .243  .306  .370   30   3.5  4(0)e3     -9  
 OF *Brennan Boesch       27   90  309   30   65   6   0  10   25   9   2   12   83  .210  .244  .327   23   2.5  5(0)e3    -88  
 OF  Russ Canzler         26   34   82   16   31   5   0   7   19   0   0    5   24  .378  .404  .695   22  11.1  4(+1)e10  403  
 C   Dave Ross            35   37  117   17   35   2   0   6   21   0   0    9   34  .299  .344  .470   18   5.5  3(-2)e1    44  
 3B *Lonnie Chisenhall    23   25   83   16   29   1   0   5    8   1   0    6   12  .349  .400  .542   17   8.6  3e34      201  
 OF  Avisail Garcia       21   17   45    4    9   1   0   0    8   0   0    1   17  .200  .217  .222    1   1.3  3(-2)e8  -252  
 OF  Ryan Raburn          31    3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000  .333  .000    0   1.2  3(-2)e6  -147  
 SS  Jose Iglesias        22    2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  2e14     -391  
 UT  Danny Worth          26    6    8    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    3  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -586  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           974                   44

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Justin Verlander     29  19   5  .792  33  33   4   0   0   0   1  236.2  171   80   78  28   74  217  2.97   77   2.9  -29  
  P  James Shields        30  15   6  .714  32  32   2   0   0   0   0  206.0  221  105   98  35   61  206  4.28  117   5.1   41  
  P  Max Scherzer         27  15   9  .625  28  28   0   0   0   0   0  174.2  189  101   97  32   76  194  5.00  116   6.0   42  
  P  Doug Fister          28  11   7  .611  27  27   0   0   0   0   0  160.2  161   89   76  28   54  138  4.26   90   5.0   33  
  P  Rick Porcello        23   9  10  .474  29  29   0   0   0   0   0  158.1  195   98   90  17   48   95  5.12  103   5.8  -51  
  P  Ernesto Frieri       26   7   2  .778  63   0   0  24  14   2   0   57.2   36   15   15   2   35   86  2.34   17   2.7  -60  
  P  Joaquin Benoit       34   6   2  .750  61   0   0  18   6   2   0   65.1   56   29   26  15   12   81  3.58   28   3.9  -39  
  P  Brayan Villarreal    25   5   1  .833  52   0   0  19   1   3   0   50.2   44   20   19   5   25   55  3.37   23   4.0   76  
  P  Jerome Williams      30   5   3  .625  30  13   0   9   1   1   0  113.0  131   65   57  12   28   72  4.54   64   5.0   -8  
  P  Jose Valverde        32   5   3  .625  63   0   0  41  24   4   0   54.0   57   19   17   2   22   35  2.83   29   4.9   -9  
  P *Duane Below          26   4   7  .364  35   0   0   8   0   2   0   41.0   51   24   22   5   19   30  4.83   27   5.9   68  
  P *Drew Smyly           23   2   1  .667  65   0   0  23   3   1   0   81.0   77   35   32  12   31   89  3.56   43   4.8  -28  
  P  Josh Kinney          33   1   0 1.000  21   0   0   5   0   2   0   22.1   18    9    9   2   12   26  3.63   11   4.5   14  
  P *Raul Valdes          34   1   0 1.000  20   0   0   6   2   0   0   25.2   19    5    5   2    5   29  1.75    6   2.4   59  
  P *Darin Downs          27   1   0 1.000   6   0   0   2   1   0   0    5.2    5    5    5   1    2    4  7.94    3   4.9  134  
  P  Al Alburquerque      26   0   0  .000   8   0   0   1   0   1   0    6.2   12    5    5   1    3    6  6.75    6   8.8  508  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      765          7

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Alex Avila 785 92 94 758 36 1 2 .999 38 16 Kelly Shoppach 411 41 58 419 12 2 0 .995 18 7 Dave Ross 263 29 32 278 10 1 0 .997 10 3 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Prince Fielder 1418 159 160 1327 111 7 109 .995 9.13 Miguel Cabrera 38 3 10 28 2 2 3 .938 7.04 Jeff Keppinger 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 Russ Canzler 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Aviles 1044 114 126 212 337 23 78 .960 4.73 Jeff Keppinger 381 44 45 78 98 2 17 .989 4.16 Joaquin Arias 25 3 8 14 7 2 5 .913 7.56 Danny Worth 10 1 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Miguel Cabrera 1293 146 149 58 225 12 13 .959 1.97 Lonnie Chisenhall 114 13 15 5 26 3 3 .912 2.45 Joaquin Arias 30 1 10 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.48 Mike Aviles 11 1 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82 Danny Worth 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jeff Keppinger 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jhonny Peralta 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jhonny Peralta 874 103 113 122 294 5 51 .988 4.28 Joaquin Arias 551 56 80 87 189 7 39 .975 4.51 Mike Aviles 28 3 7 4 12 0 4 1.000 5.14 Danny Worth 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60 Jose Iglesias 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gerardo Parra 692 75 93 105 4 5 0 .956 1.42 J.D. Martinez 467 54 59 56 2 1 0 .983 1.12 Russ Canzler 135 18 19 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 Andy Dirks 81 7 13 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 Quintin Berry 46 4 11 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 Avisail Garcia 38 4 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.18 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Austin Jackson 1313 146 151 397 9 1 1 .998 2.78 Gerardo Parra 78 8 10 29 0 1 0 .967 3.35 Avisail Garcia 44 5 7 22 1 0 0 1.000 4.70 Quintin Berry 24 3 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Quintin Berry 602 64 82 104 3 4 0 .964 1.60 Brennan Boesch 398 47 47 62 1 1 0 .984 1.42 J.D. Martinez 191 23 26 24 1 0 0 1.000 1.18 Andy Dirks 168 18 27 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 Gerardo Parra 61 6 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 Russ Canzler 27 3 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 Avisail Garcia 10 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Ryan Raburn 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

2012 Draft

Round 1 (#14):	Prince Fielder
Round 2 (#38):	Jeff Keppinger
Round 3 (#62):	Ernesto Frieri
Round 4 (#82):	Joaquin Arias
Round 5 (#104):	Kelly Shoppach

Transactions

• 2012 preseason: released rookie Luis Marte
• 2012-01: acquired Raul Valdes as a free agent
• 2012-02: acquired Russ Canzler as a free agent
• 2012-03: acquired Josh Kinney as a free agent
• 2012-20: traded Dave Ross to BOA for Jose Iglesias
• 2012 postseason: released Raul Valdes, Danny Worth

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