By Mike McClary in Monthly Recaps | 1 comment
Top Tigers in May (Minimum 19 games) Jhonny Peralta: .354 avg., 7 HR, 20 RBI, 1.125 OPS Victor Martinez: .337 avg., 3 HR, 19 RBI, .953 OPS Miguel Cabrera: .286 avg., 3 HR, 18 RBI, .880 OPS Cellar Dwellers Ryan Raburn .113 avg., 0 HR, 1 RBI, .270 OPS Brennan Boesch: .186 avg., 3 [...]
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By Mike McClary in Featured,Monthly Recaps | 1 comment
On June 1, the Tigers weren’t exactly reeling but they could not have felt good about the way the month ended. They lost two games to the Mariners in Seattle, then came home to lose three of four to the A’s. After a 14-10 record in April, they stumbled to 12-14 in May. How would [...]
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By Mike McClary in Featured,Monthly Recaps | 0 comments
I’m a firm believer that April in baseball is equivalent to the second quarter of an NBA game: virtually meaningless. There’s plenty of time to correct lineup flaws and overcome a slow start. Just think back to 2008 when the Tigers started 0-7. They still managed to finish the month just a game under .500. [...]
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By Mike McClary in Fungoes,Monthly Recaps | 0 comments
May was a month to forget for Tigers fans. Here’s a quick-and-dirty rundown of (dis)May 2008: Record: 10-17 Hitting Tigers team average in May: .260, seventh in American League, 17th in MLB Team average in 2008: .263, tied for fifth in A.L., 10th in MLB Leading Hitters Magglio Ordonez: .350 avg., .544 slg., .396 on-base [...]
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By Mike McClary in Monthly Recaps | 0 comments
Tigers April Record: 13-15 Individual Batting Leaders (minimum 20 games, my totally subjective criteria) Average: Carlos Guillen, .321 Home Runs: Miguel Cabrera, Magglio Ordonez, 5 RBI: Cabrera/Ordonez, 19 OBP: Guillen, .414 OPS: Guillen, .938 SLG: Guillen, .524 SB: Guillen, Pudge Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield, 3 Individual Pitching Leaders Wins: Five pitchers tied with two each – [...]
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