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Detroit Tigers Team Notes Over 3 Million Views!!! Thankyou!

MOST RCAA, ACTIVE PLAYERS
Runs Created Above Average
RCAA RCAA
1 Albert Pujols 798 Cardinals/Angels
2 Alex Rodriguez 755 Mariners/Rangers/Yankees
3 Miguel Cabrera 553 Marlins/Tigers
4 Jason Giambi 548 A's/Yankees/A's/Rockies/Indians
5 Bobby Abreu 500 Astros/Phillies/Yankees/Angels/Dodgers/Mets
6 David Ortiz 485 Twins/Red Sox
7 Derek Jeter 381 Yankees
8 Matt Holliday 338 Rockies/A's/Cardinals
T9 Joey Votto 331 Reds
T9 David Wright 331 Mets
 
MOST CAREER HITS, AMERICAN LEAGUE

1 Ty Cobb 4189 Tigers/A's
2 Tris Speaker 3514 Red Sox/Indians/Senators/A's
3 Carl Yastrzemski 3419 Red Sox
4 Derek Jeter 3379 Yankees
5 Paul Molitor 3319 Brewers/Blue Jays/Twins
6 Eddie Collins 3312 A's/White Sox/A's
7 Cal Ripken 3184 Orioles
8 George Brett 3154 Royals
9 Robin Yount 3142 Brewers
10 Rod Carew 3053 Twins/Angels
11 Wade Boggs 3010 Red Sox/Yankees/Rays
12 Al Kaline 3007 Tigers
13 Sam Rice 2987 Senators/Indians
14 Alex Rodriguez 2939 Mariners/Rangers/Yankees
15 Harold Baines 2866 White Sox/Rangers/A's/Orioles/White Sox/Orioles/Indians/Orioles/White Sox
 
When the Tigers were 27-12, they scored 4.82 runs per game. They have averaged 3.67 runs while going 7-17 since.
 
Eugenio Suarez:
7-for-18 (.389), 7R, 6 RBI, 3 HR, 4BB

Other 3 SS used by #Tigers:
38-for-192 ABs (.198), 23R, 12 RBI, 1 HR, 13 BB

Suarez is the first Tiger with 2 XBH's in the same inning since Magglio's 2 Homeruns same inning.

Last year through 63 games, the Tigers were 36-27. This year the Tigers are 34-29.

Tigers had scored 11 runs all week entering today -- then 10 today.

Cabrera since 2010
Batting Average .336 First
Runs 472 First
RBI 562 First
Home Runs 168 First
 
Improved command leads to confident Coke.
DETROIT -- Lost amid a 29-pitch ninth inning and bases-loaded walk that led to Tigers closer Joe Nathan's exit with two outs Friday night was the out that finally finished the inning. It was Phil Coke's strikeout of Twins leadoff man Danny Santana, and it was the fourth strikeout in as many outings for Coke, who is showing signs of finally coming around with his power lefty arsenal after his struggles put his status in Detroit's bullpen into question.

Coke's fastball has been clocked at 95-96 mph for the past couple weeks, but he has recently commanded it better. He threw a first-pitch strike with a 94-mph fastball to Santana, then missed with another fastball before recording the strikeout with back-to-back 78 mph breaking balls.

The strikeout pulled Coke out of a bases-loaded jam he inherited from Nathan, partly thanks to a leadoff error from Eugenio Suarez. It left Coke 5-for-5 in stranding baserunners over the past six days.

Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said the recent difference has been command as well as velocity.

"I think his confidence is a difference as well," Ausmus said. "He's feeling better about his pitches. He's able to make better pitches."

The recent results have shifted Coke's role somewhat. His stretch began when Ausmus brought him in to face David Ortiz last Sunday, reprising a lefty specialist role Coke struggled to fill last season under former manager Jim Leyland.
Tigers official site

Yawn.
 
In need of some pop, Tigers stick with J.D.
DETROIT -- Marcus Thames defined his Tigers tenure as a spot outfield starter for whenever former manager Jim Leyland wanted some pop. J.D. Martinez doesn't have the same degree of power bat, but for the time being, he's seeing a similar role for current manager Brad Ausmus.

With Ausmus searching for run production, Martinez started on Saturday for the third consecutive game and the fourth time in five games this week, his best stretch of playing time since he started three games in Oakland at the end of May. Saturday's start came at the expense of Rajai Davis, who was out of the lineup for a second straight game.

Davis' speed makes him a catalyst in the lineup. Martinez's line-drive power makes him more likely to provide an extra-base hit. Though he hasn't shown as much of the home run power that earned him a call from Triple-A Toledo with 10 April home runs, his seven doubles and three homers account for half of his hits on the year.

"He's swung the bat pretty well," Ausmus said before Saturday's game. "He's gotten some hits. He's dangerous. We've had a little trouble scoring runs. He's got the ability to drive in runs."

For Davis, it marked the first time since April 30-May 2 that he was out of the starting lineup for back-to-back games. He appeared in Friday's loss as a pinch-runner, though he did not stay in the game for the ninth inning, costing Ausmus a bat off the bench when lefty closer Glen Perkins faced Don Kelly in the ninth inning with a 2-0 lead.

Ausmus said Saturday that Davis is fully healthy.

Divided playing time is more like the role Davis was expected to fill when he signed with the Tigers in the offseason. Andy Dirks' back injury in Spring Training shifted Davis into more of an everyday role.

With Dirks potentially closing in on a Minor League rehab assignment by the end of next week, his return could leave the Tigers with some decisions to make, both with Martinez's status on the roster and Davis' playing time against right-handed pitchers.
Tigers official site
 
Quick hits;

? Ausmus said assistant hitting coach Darnell Coles has been working with a group of Tigers hitters on bunting in recent days. The list includes Andrew Romine, who struggled to put down sacrifice bunts when he was the regular shortstop but put down a well-placed drag bunt for a single on Friday night.

? One American League talent evaluator who has watched Joe Nathan since the last homestand indicated he has lost all semblance of his fastball command, and it's affecting his other pitches. He believes Nathan can get his command back, though he might need to improvise with other pitches to give himself a better chance.
 
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