A year ago, we were still stinging from Game 163 and not certain how the Tigers would respond to a crushing end to the 2009 season. Would they regress to 2008’s disappointment or regroup to erase the memory of the ’09 collapse?
The answer was: they’d be relevant. And that, ladies in gentlemen, is the extent of the analysis in this post. Instead of a deep dive into 2010, let’s look at the year in the form of randomly selected lists:
2010 At A Glance*
- Record: 81-81, 3rd in American League Central, 13 games back of Minnesota
- Days in First: 13, the last on July 10
- Biggest Lead: 1, last on July 7
- Farthest Behind: 15.5 on Sept. 15
- Most Games over .500: 11, last on July 10
- Most Games under .500: 5, last on Aug. 19
- Longest Winning Streak: 7, June 11-18
- Longest Losing Streak: 7, July 11-20
- Most Runs Allowed: 15, June 9
- Most Runs Scored: 13, Aug. 15
- Longest Game (innings): 14, July 19
- Times Shutout by Opponent: 10
- Times Opponent Shutout: 5
Month-by-Month Records
- April: 14-10
- May: 12-14
- June: 15-12
- July: 11-15
- August: 13-16
- September: 15-11
- October: 1-3
Top 11 Stories, Loosely Ranked
- Armando Galarraga’s Near-Perfect Game
- The death of Ernie Harwell
- The death of Sparky Anderson
- Miguel Cabrera’s MVP-caliber Season
- Austin Jackson’s Rookie Year
- The Post-All-Star Game Collapse
- Magglio Ordonez Season-ending Injury
- Max Scherzer’s Rebound
- The Other Rookies: Brennan Boesch, Casper Wells, Danny Worth
- Phil Coke’s Reliability
- Jose Valverde’s Outstanding First-Half
Day-by-Day Records
- Monday: 8-9
- Tuesday: 7-16
- Wednesday: 11-16
- Thursday: 12-4
- Friday: 11-14
- Saturday: 14-13
- Sunday: 18-9
Random Nuggets of Uselessness
- Number of games without an extra-base hit: 11
- Max St. Pierre’s caught-stealing percentage: 0 percent
- The Tigers’ record when Jeff Larish was in the starting lineup: 1-2
- The Tigers’ record in Dontrelle Willis’ starts: 4-4
- Most runners left on base in a game: 18, April 11 versus the Indians
- Offensive production from Tigers designated hitters: 8 home runs, 67 RBI
And with that, I wish you a safe, healthy and happy new year.
*Courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com
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Judging by the day-by-day records (assuming that Thursdays were more often than not getaway days), the Tigers need to play more day games.
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