2017 Detroit Tigers season

2017 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1998)
Location
Comerica Park (since 2000)
Detroit, Michigan (since 1894)
Other information
Owner(s)	Mike Ilitch
General manager(s)	Al Avila
Manager(s)	Brad Ausmus
Local television	Fox Sports Detroit (Mario Impemba, Dan Dickerson, Rod Allen, Jack Morris)
Local radio	Detroit Tigers Radio Network (Dan Dickerson, Mario Impemba, Jim Price, Rod Allen)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2017 Detroit Tigers season is the team's 117th season. This is the team's second year under a mostly new coaching staff led by fourth year manager Brad Ausmus. The Detroit Tigers open the season on the road against the Chicago White Sox on April 3. The Detroit Tigers play their home opener on April 7 against the Boston Red Sox.

Roster moves

Coaching staff

On October 5, the Tigers announced that they would exercise their 2017 option on manager Brad Ausmus.^[1]
On October 8, it was announced hitting coach Wally Joyner would not return for 2017.^[2]
On October 20, the Tigers named Lloyd McClendon hitting coach. McClendon is in his second stint on the Tigers coaching staff, after serving as the Tigers' hitting coach from 2007 to 2013. The Tigers also named longtime hitting coach of the Toledo Mud Hens, Leon Durham, assistant hitting coach, replacing David Newhan.^[3]

Signings

No signings for 2017.

Releases

No releases for 2017.

Trades

On November 3, the Tigers traded outfielder Cameron Maybin to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in exchange for minor league pitcher Victor Alcántara.^[4]

Standings

American League Central

American League Central	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	-nan	—	0–0	0–0
Cleveland Indians	-nan	—	0–0	0–0
Detroit Tigers	-nan	—	0–0	0–0
Kansas City Royals	-nan	—	0–0	0–0
Minnesota Twins	-nan	—	0–0	0–0

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)	Pct.	GB
Boston Red Sox	-nan	—
Cleveland Indians	-nan	—
Detroit Tigers	-nan	—
Kansas City Royals	-nan	—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	-nan	—
Minnesota Twins	-nan	—
New York Yankees	-nan	—
Oakland Athletics	-nan	—
Seattle Mariners	-nan	—
Tampa Bay Rays	-nan	—
Texas Rangers	-nan	—
Toronto Blue Jays	-nan	—

Record vs. opponents

2017 American League Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Boston	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Chicago	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Cleveland	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Detroit	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Houston	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Kansas City	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Los Angeles	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Minnesota	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
New York	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Oakland	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Tampa Bay	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0
Texas	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0
Toronto	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0

Game Log

Regular season

Legend
Tigers win	Tigers loss	Game postponed

2017 Game Log

April

#	Date	Opponent
1	April 3	@ White Sox
2	April 5	@ White Sox
3	April 6	@ White Sox
4	April 7	Red Sox
5	April 8	Red Sox
6	April 9	Red Sox
7	April 10	Red Sox
8	April 11	Twins
9	April 12	Twins
10	April 13	Twins
11	April 14	@ Indians
12	April 15	@ Indians
13	April 16	@ Indians
14	April 18	@ Rays
15	April 19	@ Rays
16	April 20	@ Rays
17	April 21	@ Twins
18	April 22	@ Twins
19	April 23	@ Twins
20	April 25	Mariners
21	April 26	Mariners
22	April 27	Mariners
23	April 28	White Sox
24	April 29	White Sox
25	April 30	White Sox

May

#	Date	Opponent
26	May 1	Indians
27	May 2	Indians
28	May 3	Indians
29	May 4	Indians
30	May 5	@ Athletics
31	May 6	@ Athletics
32	May 7	@ Athletics
33	May 9	@ Diamondbacks
34	May 10	@ Diamondbacks
35	May 11	@ Angels
36	May 12	@ Angels
37	May 13	@ Angels
38	May 14	@ Angels
39	May 16	Orioles
40	May 17	Orioles
41	May 18	Orioles
42	May 19	Rangers
43	May 20	Rangers
44	May 21	Rangers
45	May 22	@ Astros
46	May 23	@ Astros
47	May 24	@ Astros
48	May 25	@ Astros
49	May 26	@ White Sox
50	May 27	@ White Sox
51	May 38	@ White Sox
52	May 29	@ Royals
53	May 30	@ Royals
54	May 31	@ Royals

June

#	Date	Opponent
55	June 2	White Sox
56	June 3	White Sox
57	June 4	White Sox
58	June 6	Angels
59	June 7	Angels
60	June 8	Angels
61	June 9	@ Red Sox
62	June 10	@ Red Sox
63	June 11	@ Red Sox
64	June 13	Diamondbacks
65	June 14	Diamondbacks
66	June 15	Rays
67	June 16	Rays
68	June 17	Rays
69	June 18	Rays
70	June 19	@ Mariners
71	June 20	@ Mariners
72	June 21	@ Mariners
73	June 22	@ Mariners
74	June 23	@ Padres
75	June 24	@ Padres
76	June 25	@ Padres
77	June 26	Royals
78	June 27	Royals
79	June 28	Royals
80	June 30	Indians

July

#	Date	Opponent
81	July 1	Indians
82	July 2	Indians
83	July 4	Giants
84	July 5	Giants
85	July 6	Giants
86	July 7	@ Indians
87	July 8	@ Indians
88	July 9	@ Indians
89	July 14	Blue Jays
90	July 15	Blue Jays
91	July 16	Blue Jays
92	July 17	@ Royals
93	July 18	@ Royals
94	July 19	@ Royals
95	July 20	@ Royals
96	July 21	@ Twins
97	July 22	@ Twins
98	July 23	@ Twins
99	July 24	Royals
100	July 25	Royals
101	July 26	Royals
102	July 28	Astros
103	July 29	Astros
104	July 30	Astros
105	July 31	@ Yankees

August

#	Date	Opponent
106	August 1	@ Yankees
107	August 2	@ Yankees
108	August 3	@ Orioles
109	August 4	@ Orioles
110	August 5	@ Orioles
111	August 6	@ Orioles
112	August 7	@ Pirates
113	August 8	@ Pirates
114	August 9	Pirates
115	August 10	Pirates
116	August 11	Twins
117	August 12	Twins
118	August 13	Twins
119	August 14	@ Rangers
120	August 15	@ Rangers
121	August 16	@ Rangers
122	August 18	Dodgers
123	August 19	Dodgers
124	August 20	Dodgers
125	August 22	Yankees
126	August 23	Yankees
127	August 24	Yankees
128	August 25	@ White Sox
129	August 26	@ White Sox
130	August 27	@ White Sox
131	August 28	@ Rockies
132	August 29	@ Rockies
133	August 30	@ Rockies

September

#	Date	Opponent
134	September 1	Indians
135	September 2	Indians
136	September 3	Indians
137	September 4	Royals
138	September 5	Royals
139	September 6	Royals
140	September 8	@ Blue Jays
141	September 9	@ Blue Jays
142	September 10	@ Blue Jays
143	September 11	@ Indians
144	September 12	@ Indians
145	September 13	@ Indians
146	September 14	White Sox
147	September 15	White Sox
148	September 16	White Sox
149	September 17	White Sox
150	September 18	Athletics
151	September 19	Athletics
152	September 20	Athletics
153	September 21	Twins
154	September 22	Twins
155	September 23	Twins
156	September 24	Twins
157	September 26	@ Royals
158	September 27	@ Royals
159	September 28	@ Royals
160	September 29	@ Twins
161	September 30	@ Twins

October

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
162	October 1	@ Twins

Current roster

Detroit Tigers 2017 spring training roster

40-man roster

Non-roster invitees

Coaches/Other

Pitchers

Catchers

55 John Hicks
34 James McCann

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated hitters

41 Víctor Martínez

Manager

7 Brad Ausmus

Coaches

29 Mick Billmeyer (bullpen/catching)
25 Dave Clark (third base/outfield)
52 Rich Dubee (pitching)
-- Leon Durham (assistant hitting)
22 Gene Lamont (bench)
88 Matt Martin (defense coordinator)
-- Lloyd McClendon (hitting)
98 John Murrian (bullpen catcher)
-- Sam Palace (bullpen catcher)
13 Omar Vizquel (first base/infield/baserunning)

39 active, 0 inactive, 0 non-roster invitees

7- or 10-day disabled list
* Not on active roster
^† Suspended list
Roster, coaches, and NRIs updated November 18, 2016
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References

↑ Beck, Jason (October 5, 2016). "Tigers end speculation, pick up Ausmus' option". MLB.com. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
↑ Beck, Jason (October 8, 2016). "Ausmus' staff returning except hitting coach Joyner". MLB.com. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
↑ "Tigers hire McClendon as hitting coach". MLB.com. October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
↑ Beck, Jason (November 3, 2016). "Tigers trade Maybin to Halos, land Alcantara". MLB.com. Retrieved November 3, 2016.

External links

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Detroit Tigers

Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise

Ballparks

Culture

Lore

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Sparky Anderson Ty Cobb Mickey Cochrane Sam Crawford Charlie Gehringer Hank Greenberg Harry Heilmann Hughie Jennings Al Kaline George Kell Heinie Manush Hal Newhouser

Frick Award recipient	Ernie Harwell

Spink Award recipients	Joe Falls Tom Gage H. G. Salsinger

Minors

Key personnel

Owner: Mike Ilitch
General Manager: Al Avila
Manager: Brad Ausmus

World Series
championships (4)

League pennants (11)

American League: 1907
1908
1909
1934
1935
1940
1945
1968
1984
2006
2012

Division titles (7)

East: 1972
1984
1987
Central: 2011
2012
2013
2014

Wild card berths (1)

2006

Broadcasters

TV: Fox Sports Detroit
Mario Impemba
Rod Allen
Kirk Gibson
Radio: Detroit Tigers Radio Network
WXYT
WXYT-FM
Dan Dickerson
Jim Price
History: List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters

Seasons (117)

1900s	· 1900 1901 · 1902 · 1903 · 1904 · 1905 · 1906 · 1907 · 1908 · 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

2017 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Houston Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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