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201393–69 (0.574)Made Playoffs
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GM: Dave Dombrowski

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2013, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$153M
Surplus $M
-7
Win %
0.574
TAB
+15.2
WAB
+6.1
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
54.1
Dead money %
10%
Depth Players
11.0
Dead WAR
-2.7

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2013 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

LAlex Avila98
BBrayan Peña64
RBryan Holaday14
BVictor Martinez3

1B

LPrince Fielder151
RMatt Tuiasosopo13
BVictor Martinez11
LDon Kelly4
BBrayan Peña1

2B

ROmar Infante118
BRamon Santiago33
RHernán Pérez25
LDon Kelly3

3B

RMiguel Cabrera145
BRamon Santiago27
LDon Kelly22
RJose Iglesias⇄16
RDanny Worth2
RHernán Pérez2
RMatt Tuiasosopo1

SS

RJhonny Peralta106
RJose Iglesias⇄30
BRamon Santiago27
RHernán Pérez2

LF

LAndy Dirks116
RMatt Tuiasosopo63
LDon Kelly38
RNick Castellanos9
RAvisaíl García⇄3
RJhonny Peralta3

CF

RAustin Jackson129
LDon Kelly25
LAndy Dirks4

RF

RTorii Hunter143
LDon Kelly22
LAndy Dirks15

DH

BVictor Martinez139
LPrince Fielder11
LDon Kelly6
LAndy Dirks3
RHernán Pérez3
RBryan Holaday1
RMatt Tuiasosopo1
RDanny Worth1
RNick Castellanos1
RMiguel Cabrera1

Starters

RMax Scherzer6.0 WAR
RAnibal Sanchez5.9 WAR
RJustin Verlander4.8 WAR
RDoug Fister4.2 WAR
RRick Porcello2.9 WAR
LJose Alvarez-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJoaquin Benoit24 sv
LDrew Smyly21 h
RAl Alburquerque10 h
RJose Veras⇄9 h
RBruce Rondon5 h
LPhil Coke4 h
LDarin Downs4 h
RLuke Putkonen1 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 2012)

PlayerfWAR
Torii Hunter3.0
Victor Martinez0.8
Jose Iglesias0.5
Brayan Peña0.5
Bruce Rondón0.4
Matt Tuiasosopo0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2012)

Player2012 fWAR
Quintin Berry1.0
Duane Below0.2
Thad Weber0.0
Matt Young0.0
Clete Thomas-0.0
Brad Eldred-0.1

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Tigers. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2013; everyone else is shown as a 2013 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Max Scherzer 2013 +6.0 +119.7 6.7 +113.0 $1.1M 2.50× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $3.0M AAV
Aníbal Sánchez 2013 +5.9 +117.3 8.8 +108.5 $1.5M 2.50× –
Miguel Cabrera 2013 +8.6 +98.2 21.0 +77.2 $2.4M 1.43× –
Doug Fister 2013 +4.2 +73.2 4.0 +69.2 $1.0M 2.19× –
Justin Verlander 2013 +4.8 +83.7 20.0 +63.7 $4.2M 2.19× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $13.0M AAV
Rick Porcello 2013 +2.9 +45.8 5.1 +40.7 $1.7M 1.96× –
Austin Jackson 2013 +3.2 +41.3 3.5 +37.8 $1.1M 1.60× –
Jhonny Peralta 2013 +3.6 +38.0 6.0 +32.0 $1.7M 1.32× –
Drew Smyly 2013 +1.8 +27.8 0.5 +27.3 $0.3M 1.95× –
Torii Hunter 2013 +3.0 +38.8 12.0 +26.8 $4.0M 1.60× –
Omar Infante 2013 +2.9 +25.0 4.0 +21.0 $1.4M 1.07× –
Joaquín Benoit 2013 +1.4 +15.1 5.5 +9.6 $3.9M 1.34× –
Andy Dirks 2013 +1.0 +7.0 0.5 +6.5 $0.5M 0.83× –
Alex Avila 2013 +1.4 +6.0 3.0 +3.0 $2.1M 0.52× –
Bruce Rondón 2013 +0.4 +2.1 0.3 +1.8 $0.7M 0.67× –
Jose Iglesias↔ 2013 +0.5 +2.5 0.9 +1.6 $1.7M 0.61× –
Matt Tuiasosopo 2013 +0.3 +1.9 0.5 +1.4 $1.9M 0.83× –
Brayan Peña 2013 +0.5 +1.9 0.9 +1.0 $1.9M 0.52× –
Darin Downs 2013 +0.2 +1.1 0.5 +0.6 $2.4M 0.67× –
Al Alburquerque 2013 +0.2 +1.0 0.5 +0.5 $2.8M 0.67× –
Jose Veras↔ 2013 +0.1 +0.9 0.7 +0.2 $8.0M 1.34× –
Prince Fielder 2013 +2.7 +22.8 23.0 -0.2 $8.6M 1.07× –
Ramon Santiago 2013 +0.4 +1.6 2.1 -0.5 $5.9M 0.56× –
Don Kelly 2013 +0.0 +0.2 0.9 -0.7 $29.2M 0.83× –
Bryan Holaday 2013 -0.1 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 – 0.52× –
Jose Alvarez 2013 -0.2 -0.8 0.1 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Jose Ortega 2013 -0.2 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 – 0.67× –
Nick Castellanos 2013 -0.1 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 – 0.83× Free Agent · 2026–2026 · $0.8M AAV
Danny Worth 2013 -0.2 -1.1 0.1 -1.2 – 0.58× –
Brayan Villarreal↔ 2013 -0.3 -1.5 0.4 -1.9 – 0.67× –
Hernán Pérez 2013 -0.4 -1.9 0.2 -2.0 – 0.56× –
Phil Coke 2013 -0.0 -0.1 1.9 -2.0 – 0.67× –
Avisaíl García↔ 2013 -0.4 -2.4 0.2 -2.6 – 0.83× –
Octavio Dotel 2013 +0.0 +0.0 3.5 -3.5 $2980.0M 0.67× –
Jose Valverde 2013 -0.6 -6.1 2.0 -8.1 – 1.34× –
Victor Martinez 2013 +0.8 +4.4 13.0 -8.6 $16.4M 0.69× –
Luke Putkonen 2013 +0.0 +0.3 0.3 -0.0 $6.1M 0.67× –
Evan Reed 2013 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Jeremy Bonderman↔ 2013 -0.2 -1.1 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+54.1+760.4153.0+608.4—

Trades

Every graded 2013 deal involving the Tigers — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 5 total.

2013 · DET / TEX
DET · Dave Dombrowski +$172.8M
Ian Kinsler
TEX · Jon Daniels −$172.8M
Prince Fielder
DET came out ahead by $172.8M
2013 · HOU / DET
HOU · Jeff Luhnow +$1.6M
Danry Vasquez, David Paulino
DET · Dave Dombrowski −$1.6M
José Veras
HOU came out ahead by $1.6M
2013 · TBR / DET
TBR · Andrew Friedman +$6.4M
Curt Casali
DET · Dave Dombrowski −$6.4M
cash / PTBNL
TBR came out ahead by $6.4M
2013 · CHW / DET / BOS
CHW · Kenny Williams +$31.2M
Avisaíl García, J. B. Wendelken, Frankie Montas, Cleuluis Rondon
DET · Dave Dombrowski −$8.0M
Jose Iglesias
BOS · Ben Cherington −$23.2M
Jake Peavy, Brayan Villarreal
CHW came out ahead by $31.2M 3-team
2013 · DET / WSN
DET · Dave Dombrowski +$9.6M
Steve Lombardozzi, Ian Krol, Robbie Ray
WSN · Michael Rizzo −$9.6M
Doug Fister
DET came out ahead by $9.6M

Current & Historical Payroll

2013 payroll
$152.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 2013, 2013–2019. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2013201420152016201720182019
Prince Fielder297.068$23.0MFREE AGENT
Miguel Cabrera309.101$21.0M$22.0M$22.0M$28.0M$28.0M$30.0M$30.0M
Justin Verlander307.001$20.0M$20.0M$28.0M$28.0M$23.8MFREE AGENT
Victor Martinez349.114$13.0M$12.0M$14.0M$18.0M$18.0M$18.0MFREE AGENT
Torii Hunter3713.132$12.0M$14.0MFREE AGENT
Aníbal Sánchez296.099$8.8M$15.8M$16.8M$16.8M$16.8MFREE AGENT
Jhonny Peralta318.118$6.0MFREE AGENT
Joaquín Benoit3515.040$5.5MFREE AGENT
Omar Infante3115.020$4.0MFREE AGENT
Octavio Dotel3913.113$3.5MFREE AGENT
Ramon Santiago338.095$2.1MFREE AGENT
Jose Valverde3510.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Brayan Peña318.081$875kFREE AGENT
Jeremy Bonderman3010.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc2013201420152016201720182019
Max Scherzer284.079$6.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
Rick Porcello243.170$5.1MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Doug Fister293.058$4.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Austin Jackson263.000$3.5MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Alex Avila263.061$3.0MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Phil Coke304.028$1.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Don Kelly333.138$900kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Veras325.128$690kFREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (17)

PlayerAgeSvc2013201420152016201720182019
Jose Iglesias232.000$869kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Tuiasosopo272.079$525kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andy Dirks271.139$505kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Al Alburquerque272.000$500kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Drew Smyly240.149$498kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Darin Downs282.044$494kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Brayan Villarreal261.084$440kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luke Putkonen272.018$295kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bruce Rondón220.000$278kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Avisaíl García220.034$204kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hernán Pérez220.002$166kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bryan Holaday250.049$155kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Alvarez240.000$145kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jose Ortega240.049$107kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Danny Worth272.049$80kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Castellanos210.000$80kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Evan Reed271.082—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2013 acquisition stacked onto Tigers's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0).
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