2020 Detroit Tigers season

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2020 Detroit Tigers
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Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 23–35 (.397)
Divisional place 5th
Other information
Owner(s) Christopher Ilitch; Ilitch family trust
General manager(s) Al Avila
Manager(s) Ron Gardenhire (until September 19)
Lloyd McClendon (as of September 19)
Local television Fox Sports Detroit
(Matt Shepard, Kirk Gibson, Jack Morris)
Local radio Detroit Tigers Radio Network
(Dan Dickerson, Jim Price)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2020 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 120th season. This was the team's third and final year under manager Ron Gardenhire, and their 21st at Comerica Park.[1][2] The start of season was delayed by four months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Tigers finished the season with a 23–35 record, ranking last in their division and third-worst in the major leagues, and missed the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. For the second straight season, the Tigers pitching staff compiled the MLB's worst team ERA (6.37).[3]

The Tigers franchise experienced a major loss on April 6 when Hall of Famer Al Kaline died at the age of 85. Nicknamed "Mr. Tiger," Kaline had been affiliated with the team for 67 years in various roles: first as a player, then as a broadcaster, and most recently, as an executive.[4] The Tigers wore a No. 6 patch this season to honor him.[5]

On September 19, manager Ron Gardenhire announced his retirement from baseball effective immediately, due to recent health concerns including stress, a bout with prostate cancer, and a stomach virus due to food poisoning. Bench coach Lloyd McClendon was named interim manager for the remainder of the season.[6]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

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On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[7] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[8]

On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps at their regular season home stadiums on July 1 in order to resume spring training, which included only inter-squad games, and prepare for a July 23 or 24 Opening Day.[9] In an effort to slow the spread of the virus, teams only played their own division and the opposite league's corresponding geographical division, e.g. the Tigers only played American League Central (40 games total) and National League Central (20 games total) opponents.[10] Games were played behind closed doors, with artificial crowd noise played over loud speakers.[11]

On June 24, two members of the Tigers organization (later identified as pitcher Daniel Norris and a coach) tested positive for COVID-19.[12][13] Norris was later cleared to join the Opening Day roster.[12]

The Tigers' August 3–6 series against the St. Louis Cardinals was postponed several times after 17 of the latter's members tested positive for COVID-19. Two of the games were eventually canceled outright.[14]

Roster moves

Coaching staff

Releases

Signings

  • On December 8, the Tigers signed outfielder Jorge Bonifacio to a minor-league contract, with an invitation to spring training.[35]
  • On December 12, the Tigers claimed pitcher Rony García from the New York Yankees organization in the Rule 5 draft.[36]
  • On December 13, the Tigers signed catcher Austin Romine to a one-year, $4.15 million contract.[37]
  • On December 18, the Tigers signed pitcher Shao-Ching Chiang to a minor-league contract.[38]
  • On December 20, the Tigers signed pitcher Zack Godley to a minor-league contract.[39]
  • On December 21, the Tigers signed first baseman C. J. Cron and second baseman Jonathan Schoop to one-year, $6.1 million contracts.[40]
  • On January 4, the Tigers signed pitcher Alex Wilson to a minor-league contract, with an invitation to spring training.[41]
  • On January 6, the Tigers signed pitcher Michael Fulmer to a one-year, $2.8 million contract, avoiding arbitration.[42]
  • On January 10, the Tigers avoided arbitration when they reached one-year deals with pitchers Matthew Boyd ($5.3 million), Buck Farmer ($1.15 million) and Daniel Norris ($2.962 million), and outfielder JaCoby Jones ($1.575 million).[43]
  • On January 13, the Tigers signed pitcher Iván Nova to a one-year, $1.5 million contract.[44]
  • On January 22, the Tigers signed pitcher Hector Santiago to a minor-league contract, with an invitation to spring training.[45]
  • On January 30, the Tigers signed shortstop Jordy Mercer to a minor-league contract, with an invitation to spring training.[46]
  • On February 12, the Tigers signed outfielder Cameron Maybin to a one-year, $1.5 million contract which could increase to $2.8 million with bonuses.[47]
  • On August 31, the Tigers claimed pitcher Dereck Rodríguez off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.[48]

Trades

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 36 24 0.600 24–7 12–17
Cleveland Indians 35 25 0.583 1 18–12 17–13
Chicago White Sox 35 25 0.583 1 18–12 17–13
Kansas City Royals 26 34 0.433 10 15–15 11–19
Detroit Tigers 23 35 0.397 12 12–15 11–20


Record against opponents

2020 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-head

Team CWS CLE DET KC MIN NL
Chicago 2–8 9–1 9–1 5–5 10–10
Cleveland 8–2 7–3 5–5 3–7 12–8
Detroit 1–9 3–7 4–6 4–6 11–7
Kansas City 1–9 5–5 6–4 5–5 9–11
Minnesota 5–5 7–3 6–4 5–5 13–7

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders W L Pct.
Baltimore Orioles 0 0 nan
Chicago White Sox 0 0 nan
Houston Astros 0 0 nan


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)
W L Pct. GB
Boston Red Sox 0 0 nan
Cleveland Indians 0 0 nan
Detroit Tigers 0 0 nan
Kansas City Royals 0 0 nan
Los Angeles Angels 0 0 nan
Minnesota Twins 0 0 nan
New York Yankees 0 0 nan
Oakland Athletics 0 0 nan
Seattle Mariners 0 0 nan
Tampa Bay Rays 0 0 nan
Texas Rangers 0 0 nan
Toronto Blue Jays 0 0 nan


Season highlights

Individual accomplishments

Pitching

Hitting

Team accomplishments

Hitting

  • On August 8 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Tigers hit four home runs in the first inning for the first time since 1974, and the first time the Tigers hit four home runs in any inning since 2013. This was the first time an MLB team accomplished this since the Kansas City Royals in 2018. The Tigers hit three consecutive home runs in an inning for the first time since 2017.[61]

Other

  • On August 21, the Tigers ended a franchise-record 20-game losing streak against the Cleveland Indians, winning 10–5. Only one MLB team has had a longer losing streak against another team, that being the Kansas City Royals who lost 23 straight to the Baltimore Orioles between May 10, 1969 and August 2, 1970.[62]

Game log

2020 Game Log: 23–35 (Home 12–16, Road 11–19)
July: 5–3 (Home 3–2, Road 2–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak
1 July 24 @ Reds 1–7 Gray (1–0) Boyd (0–1) 0–1 L1
2 July 25 @ Reds 6–4 Farmer (1–0) Iglesias (0–1) Jiménez (1) 1–1 W1
3 July 26 @ Reds 3–2 Cisnero (1–0) Lorenzen (0–1) Jiménez (2) 2–1 W2
4 July 27 Royals 6–14 Griffin (1–0) Funkhouser (0–1) 2–2 L1
5 July 28 Royals 4–3 Alexander (1–0) Zuber (0–1) Jiménez (3) 3–2 W1
6 July 29 Royals 5–4 Garcia (1–0) Kennedy (0–1) Jiménez (4) 4–2 W2
7 July 30 Royals 3–5 Holland (1–0) Cisnero (1–1) Rosenthal (1) 4–3 L1
8 July 31 Reds 7–2 Turnbull (1–0) Castillo (0–1) 5–3 W1
August: 11–13 (Home 6–8, Road 5–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak
August 1 Reds Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to August 2.
9 August 2 Reds 3–4 (7) Iglesias (1–1) Jiménez (0–1) 5–4 L1
10 August 2 Reds 0–4 (7) Bauer (1–0) Norris (0–1) 5–5 L2
August 3 Cardinals Postponed (Cardinals' COVID-19 outbreak). Rescheduled to September 28.
August 4 Cardinals Postponed (Cardinals' COVID-19 outbreak). Rescheduled to September 28.
August 5 @ Cardinals Postponed (Cardinals' COVID-19 outbreak). Rescheduled to September 10.
August 6 @ Cardinals Postponed (Cardinals' COVID-19 outbreak). Rescheduled to September 10.
11 August 7 @ Pirates 17–13 (11) Garcia (2–0) Neverauskas (0–2) 6–5 W1
12 August 8 @ Pirates 11–5 Nova (1–0) Holland (0–1) 7–5 W2
13 August 9 @ Pirates 2–1 Turnbull (2–0) Rodríguez (0–1) Jiménez (5) 8–5 W3
14 August 10 White Sox 5–1 Norris (1–1) Keuchel (2–2) 9–5 W4
15 August 11 White Sox 4–8 Foster (2–0) Alexander (1–1) 9–6 L1
16 August 12 White Sox 5–7 Cease (3–1) Boyd (0–2) Colomé (5) 9–7 L2
17 August 14 Indians 5–10 Civale (2–2) Nova (1–1) 9–8 L3
18 August 15 Indians 1–3 Bieber (4–0) Turnbull (2–1) Hand (5) 9–9 L4
19 August 16 Indians 5–8 Pérez (1–0) Schreiber (0–1) 9–10 L5
20 August 17 @ White Sox 2–7 Heuer (1–0) Boyd (0–3) 9–11 L6
21 August 18 @ White Sox 4–10 Cease (4–1) Skubal (0–1) 9–12 L7
22 August 19 @ White Sox 3–5 Marshall (1–1) Soto (0–1) Colomé (6) 9–13 L8
23 August 20 @ White Sox 0–9 Giolito (2–2) Turnbull (2–2) 9–14 L9
24 August 21 @ Indians 10–5 García (1–0) Plutko (1–2) 10–14 W1
25 August 22 @ Indians 1–6 McKenzie (1–0) Boyd (0–4) 10–15 L1
26 August 23 @ Indians 7–4 Norris (2–1) Carrasco (2–3) 11–15 W1
27 August 24 Cubs 3–9 Mills (3–2) Mize (0–1) 11–16 L1
28 August 25 Cubs 7–1 Turnbull (3–2) Chatwood (2–2) 12–16 W1
29 August 26 Cubs 7–6 Jiménez (1–1) Tepera (0–1) 13–16 W2
August 27 Twins Postponed (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting); Rescheduled to August 28.
August 28 Twins Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to August 29.
August 28 Twins Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to September 4 at Target Field.
30 August 29 Twins 8–2 (7) Boyd (1–4) Dobnak (5–2) 14–16 W3
31 August 29 Twins 4–2 (7) Skubal (1–1) Duffey (1–1) Soto (1) 15–16 W4
32 August 30 Twins 3–2 Alexander (2–1) Maeda (4–1) Soto (2) 16–16 W5
September: 7–19 (Home 3–6, Road 4–13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak
33 September 1 @ Brewers 12–1 Norris (3–1) Lindblom (1–3) 17–16 W6
34 September 2 @ Brewers 5–8 Yardley (2–0) Jiménez (1–2) Hader (9) 17–17 L1
35 September 4 @ Twins 0–2 (7) Dobnak (6–2) Boyd (1–5) Rogers (8) 17–18 L2
36 September 4 @ Twins [a] 2–3 (8) Romo (1–1) Jiménez (1–3) May (2) 17–19 L3
37 September 5 @ Twins 3–4 Alcalá (2–1) Cisnero (1–2) 17–20 L4
38 September 6 @ Twins 10–8 Funkhouser (1–1) Romo (1–2) Garcia (1) 18–20 W1
39 September 7 @ Twins 2–6 Pineda (1–0) Fulmer (0–1) 18–21 L1
40 September 8 Brewers 8–3 Turnbull (4–2) Houser (1–4) 19–21 W1
41 September 9 Brewers 0–19 Burnes (3–0) Boyd (1–6) 19–22 L1
42 September 10 @ Cardinals 2–12 (7) Flaherty (3–1) Skubal (1–2) 19–23 L2
43 September 10 @ Cardinals 6–3 (7) Cisnero (2–2) Gallegos (1–2) Garcia (2) 20–23 W1
44 September 11 @ White Sox 3–4 Marshall (2–1) Cisnero (2–3) Colomé (10) 20–24 L1
45 September 12 @ White Sox 0–14 López (1–2) Fulmer (0–2) 20–25 L2
46 September 13 @ White Sox 2–5 Cordero (1–2) Turnbull (4–3) Colomé (11) 20–26 L3
47 September 15 Royals 6–0 Boyd (2–6) Junis (0–2) 21–26 W1
48 September 16 Royals 0–4 Singer (3–4) Skubal (1–3) 21–27 L1
49 September 17 Indians 3–10 Bieber (8–1) Mize (0–2) 21–28 L2
50 September 18 Indians 0–1 Plesac (4–2) Alexander (2–2) Hand (13) 21–29 L3
51 September 19 Indians 5–2 Cisnero (3–3) Maton (2–3) Garcia (3) 22–29 W1
52 September 20 Indians 4–7 Carrasco (3–4) Boyd (2–7) 22–30 L1
53 September 22 @ Twins 4–5 (10) Rogers (2–4) Garcia (2–1) 22–31 L2
54 September 23 @ Twins 6–7 Maeda (6–1) Mize (0–3) Romo (5) 22–32 L3
55 September 24 @ Royals 7–8 Hahn (1–0) Alexander (2–3) Newberry (1) 22–33 L4
56 September 25 @ Royals 2–3 Keller (5–3) Turnbull (4–4) Hahn (2) 22–34 L5
57 September 26 @ Royals 4–3 Boyd (3–7) Hernández (0–1) Garcia (4) 23–34 W1
58 September 27 @ Royals 1–3 Singer (4–5) Skubal (1–4) Hahn (3) 23–35 L1
59 September 28 Cardinals Cancelled
60 September 28 Cardinals Cancelled
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement
Bold = Tigers team member

Notes:

  • a The Tigers were designated the home team for the makeup game from August 28.[63]

Roster

2020 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other Batters

Manager

Coaches

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
Sergio Alcántara 10 21 2 3 0 1 1 1 .143 0
Jorge Bonifacio 30 86 8 19 3 0 2 17 .221 0
Miguel Cabrera 57 204 28 51 4 0 10 35 .250 1
Daz Cameron 17 57 4 11 2 1 0 3 .193 1
Jeimer Candelario 52 185 30 55 11 3 7 29 .297 1
Harold Castro 22 49 6 17 4 0 0 3 .347 0
Willi Castro 36 129 21 45 4 2 6 24 .349 0
C. J. Cron 13 42 9 8 3 0 4 8 .190 0
Travis Demeritte 18 29 5 5 1 0 0 4 .172 0
Brandon Dixon 5 13 0 1 1 0 0 2 .077 0
Niko Goodrum 43 158 15 29 7 1 5 20 .184 7
Grayson Greiner 18 51 8 6 2 0 3 8 .118 0
Eric Haase 7 17 1 3 0 0 0 2 .176 0
Derek Hill 15 11 3 1 0 0 0 2 .091 0
JaCoby Jones 30 97 19 26 9 0 5 14 .268 1
Dawel Lugo 9 10 3 2 0 0 0 1 .200 0
Cameron Maybin+ 14 41 5 10 4 0 1 2 .244 0
Jordy Mercer+ 3 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 .222 0
Isaac Paredes 34 100 7 22 4 0 1 6 .220 0
Víctor Reyes 57 202 30 56 7 2 4 14 .277 8
Austin Romine 37 130 12 31 5 0 2 17 .238 0
Jonathan Schoop 44 162 26 45 4 2 8 23 .278 0
Christin Stewart 36 90 6 15 3 0 3 9 .167 0

+Totals with Tigers only.

Pitching

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

Starters

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Tyler Alexander 2 3 3.96 14 2 0 36⅓ 16 16 9 34
Matthew Boyd 3 7 6.71 12 12 0 60⅓ 46 45 22 60
Michael Fulmer 0 2 8.78 10 10 0 27⅔ 27 27 12 20
Rony García 1 0 8.14 15 2 0 21 20 19 9 14
Casey Mize 0 3 6.99 7 7 0 28⅓ 25 22 13 26
Daniel Norris 3 1 3.25 14 1 0 27⅔ 10 10 7 28
Iván Nova 1 1 8.53 4 4 0 19 18 18 9 9
Tarik Skubal 1 4 5.63 8 7 0 32 21 20 11 37
Spencer Turnbull 4 4 3.97 11 11 0 56⅔ 25 25 29 21
Jordan Zimmermann 0 0 7.94 3 2 0 5⅔ 6 5 2 6

Bullpen

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Beau Burrows 0 0 5.40 5 0 0 6⅔ 4 4 1 3
Anthony Castro 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 1
José Cisnero 3 3 3.03 29 0 0 29⅔ 10 10 10 34
Buck Farmer 1 0 3.80 23 0 0 21⅓ 9 9 5 14
Carson Fulmer 0 0 6.75 7 0 0 6⅔ 5 5 3 7
Kyle Funkhouser 1 1 7.27 13 0 0 17⅓ 14 14 11 12
Bryan Garcia 2 1 1.66 26 0 4 21⅔ 6 4 10 12
Joe Jiménez 1 3 7.15 25 0 5 22⅔ 19 18 6 22
David McKay 1 0 54.00 1 0 0 2 2 1 0
Nick Ramirez 0 0 5.91 5 0 0 10⅔ 7 7 4 11
John Schreiber 0 1 6.32 15 0 0 15⅔ 11 11 4 14
Gregory Soto 0 1 4.30 27 0 2 23 11 11 13 29

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Tom Prince
AA Erie SeaWolves Eastern League Arnie Beyeler
A-Advanced Lakeland Flying Tigers Florida State League Andrew Graham
A West Michigan Whitecaps Midwest League Brayan Peña
A-Short Season Norwich Sea Unicorns New York–Penn League Gary Cathcart
Rookie GCL Tigers East Gulf Coast League Francisco Contreras
Rookie GCL Tigers West Gulf Coast League Ryan Minor
Rookie DSL Tigers 1 Dominican Summer League Ramon Zapata
Rookie DSL Tigers 2 Dominican Summer League Marcos Yepez

See also

References

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