Going into today, Tigers starters have a 5.96 ERA, which is good for 29th in MLB.

Ouch.

- Our pitchers lead the MLB in walks
- We've hit in to more double plays than any other team
- Our pitchers have hit more batters than any other team
- We've allowed more runs than any other team

The Tigers are...

--10 to 1 to win the World Series

--5 to 1 to win th AL pennant

--6 to 5 to win the AL Central (same as Cleveland)


Source: Bodog

OUR BULLPEN ERA IS BETTER THAN THE FOLLOWING TEAMS....

- Cleveland
- Boston
- Seattle

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/aggregate?sort=ERA&split=128&group=9&season=2008&seasonType=2&statType=pitching&type=reg

talk about a strange stat...who would've guessed that?

The Tigers now are fourth in the MLB in runs.

They're 29th in runs against.

^^LOL. 19 run games never hurt...

UPDATE: Other Bullpens the Tigers are better than (based on ERA)

- Yankees
- Mariners
- Angels
- Red Sox
- Indians

...I swear, how is that not increidble??

Not to mention, we have drawn the 2nd most walks in the league, we couldn't buy a walk the last 2 years...the patience we've shown has been outstanding

If Todd Jones finishes the year with 30+ saves, he will move into the top ten all time.

Also, while perusing the list (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/SV_career.shtml), I noticed that early in his career, Kenny Rogers had 28 saves for the Rangers...

Also, there are only 114 players with 100 or more career saves.

Correction, Troy Percival will likely save enough games to stay ahead of Todd, so he'll come in at 11th if he gets thirty plus. If he can get to 41, he'll pass Rollie Fingers and be in the top 10. regardless of what Percival does.

Hitting:
7th in RBIs
10th in Hits
6th in HRs
5th in BB
18th in SB
10th in Avg

Pitching:
28th in ERA
29th in BB
24th in SOs
28th in Runs against

Hitting:
7th in RBIs
10th in Hits
6th in HRs
5th in BB
18th in SB
10th in Avg

Pitching:
28th in ERA
29th in BB
24th in SOs
28th in Runs against


Hey man, all that matters is this stat...

3 GB

MLB pace of play
Team Average Game Time Games
Padres 2:41:39 43
Braves 2:44:53 42
Twins 2:45:09 41
Athletics 2:46:19 42
Phillies 2:46:51 42
Mariners 2:46:53 43
Angels 2:47:00 47
Nationals 2:47:04 44
Pirates 2:47:28 39
White Sox 2:47:57 43
Cubs 2:48:27 40
Cardinals 2:49:20 42
Reds 2:49:29 42
Blue Jays 2:49:29 41
Royals 2:49:56 43
Astros 2:51:00 46
Orioles 2:51:22 41
Rays 2:51:45 41
Marlins 2:52:35 40
D-backs 2:53:03 43
Rockies 2:53:09 41
Giants 2:54:26 42
Rangers 2:55:38 41
Indians 2:56:27 42
Brewers 2:58:07 36
Mets 2:58:31 39
Dodgers 2:58:49 43
Tigers 2:59:33 43
Yankees 3:03:33 44
Red Sox 3:06:14 46


*Courtesy of STATS Inc. through Tuesday


This is what a hell of a lot of pitching changes will do for you.

I guess they are going to make coaches run out to the mound to help speed things up now.

Before they scored 4 runs in the 9th inning a few games ago, the Tigers had only scored 5 runs in the 9th inning, total, all year.

Before they scored 4 runs in the 9th inning a few games ago, the Tigers had only scored 5 runs in the 9th inning, total, all year.


Explains why we're 11 below, and 8 out.

Casey Fossum's current ERA, after 2 games is 135.00

Casey Fossum's current ERA, after 2 games is 135.00

Aghh... I was about 1/2 a second from starting a Casey Fossum ERA watch thread.

he'll be DFA'ed anyday now, so don't bother...

Current Tiger team MLB ranks:

Avg - 4th
Runs/RBI - 8th
HR - 11th
SB - 26th
OBP - 6th
SLG - 7th

ERA - 24th
BB - 25th
K - 30th (last)
WHIP - 25th

The bullpen ERA is 4.49, which is 27th in MLB

The starters ERA is 4.51, which is 19th

Opponents are hitting .266 off Tiger relievers (26th)

They are hitting .264 off Tiger starters (15th)

The Tigers now have 25 come from behind wins, #1 in MLB

SUCK IT, BUBBLES