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T. MeltonR	7-1 W-L	84.1 IP	1.71 ERA	2.92 SO/BB	0.97 WHIP
N. CameronL	6-8 W-L	129.1 IP	4.45 ERA	2.81 SO/BB	1.29 WHIP

.T. Melton

7-1, 84.1 IP, 1.71 ERA

.N. Cameron

6-8, 129.1 IP, 4.45 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Burch Smith	Shoulder	08-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 28
Jack Flaherty	Forearm	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Wenceel Perez	Orbital	09-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 4
Will Vest	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Parker Meadows	Arm	08-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 20
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-28-2027Expected to be out until at least Mar 1
James Outman	Concussion	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Matt Vierling	Thigh	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Riley Greene	Hamstring	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Kerry Carpenter	Foot	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brant Hurter	Back	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17
Bailey Horn	Elbow	08-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Sep 1, 2027

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 30
James McArthur	Elbow	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Jonathan India	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Beck Way	Back	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Vinnie Pasquantino	Wrist	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

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Tigers DET-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

DETTigers

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HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. McGonigle SS	119	455	80	129	48	12	76	74	.284	.388	.422	.810	21	3	12	1	385
D. Dingler C	114	437	65	113	81	26	29	107	.259	.322	.499	.821	23	2	0	0	352
R. Greene LF	117	422	65	115	54	16	61	133	.273	.366	.450	.816	25	1	3	1	312
S. Torkelson 1B	122	422	53	97	63	20	52	148	.230	.319	.422	.741	21	0	0	1	276
C. Keith 3B	113	322	42	85	31	8	23	66	.264	.317	.410	.727	15	4	5	0	208
G. Torres 2B	66	246	40	66	33	8	42	56	.268	.379	.402	.781	9	0	0	0	189
Z. McKinstry 2B	98	294	32	64	24	4	33	51	.218	.299	.323	.622	13	3	1	5	157
K. Carpenter RF	81	231	27	48	36	13	18	75	.208	.276	.416	.692	5	2	0	0	144
M. Vierling CF	92	266	24	55	31	5	19	49	.207	.255	.335	.590	13	3	4	2	144
H. Lee 2B	78	203	20	54	28	6	10	52	.266	.298	.419	.717	11	1	1	2	117
W. Perez RF	53	161	22	29	17	7	14	29	.180	.246	.348	.594	4	1	3	1	99
J. Outman CF	45	93	14	17	14	5	5	42	.183	.240	.366	.606	0	1	2	1	76
J. Baez SS	36	126	19	35	14	2	4	25	.278	.303	.381	.684	7	0	1	2	73
E. Valencia C	18	52	12	21	17	6	1	14	.404	.426	.865	1.291	6	0	0	0	69
B. Malgeri RF	28	55	9	15	10	3	9	14	.273	.379	.473	.852	2	0	0	0	48
M. Clark CF	14	54	7	14	7	1	4	15	.259	.322	.426	.748	2	2	0	0	34
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
J. Jung DH	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
C. Julks RF	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	1	0	0	0	2
Total	123	4152	560	1008	533	149	434	1059	.243	.319	.408	.727	188	25	36	18	2709

HITTING	G
K. McGonigle SS	119
D. Dingler C	114
R. Greene LF	117
S. Torkelson 1B	122
C. Keith 3B	113
G. Torres 2B	66
Z. McKinstry 2B	98
K. Carpenter RF	81
M. Vierling CF	92
H. Lee 2B	78
W. Perez RF	53
J. Outman CF	45
J. Baez SS	36
E. Valencia C	18
B. Malgeri RF	28
M. Clark CF	14
P. Meadows CF	12
J. Jung DH	3
C. Julks RF	2
Total	123

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	26	20	9-7	1	1	128.2	3.22	99	50	46	13	29	86	.208	0.99	312
T. Melton SP	14	14	7-1	0	0	84.1	1.71	57	18	16	8	25	73	.189	0.97	257
F. Valdez SP	24	24	7-8	0	0	133.0	4.26	135	69	63	13	50	106	.259	1.39	236
K. Jansen RP	36	0	3-4	15	19	32.2	3.86	20	15	14	5	20	37	.174	1.22	168
Z. McKinstry 2B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	0	3	0	.400	5.00	157
D. Anderson RP	42	4	4-4	2	7	71.1	3.91	66	34	31	10	27	82	.243	1.30	149
J. Flaherty SP	19	19	3-8	0	0	86.1	4.59	80	52	44	11	42	102	.240	1.41	124
T. Holton RP	52	3	1-4	2	3	57.0	2.68	56	22	17	6	12	44	.257	1.19	105
K. Finnegan RP	51	0	2-0	2	10	50.2	3.38	49	19	19	8	28	38	.263	1.52	102
E. De Jesus RP	28	0	2-0	1	1	41.0	3.95	37	21	18	3	15	39	.239	1.27	92
T. Madden RP	14	1	1-0	0	0	34.1	2.62	23	10	10	3	12	35	.183	1.02	81
B. Hurter RP	21	0	4-1	0	0	25.1	2.84	15	9	8	1	12	18	.174	1.07	72
J. Waguespack RP	19	0	1-1	0	0	25.0	1.44	12	5	4	3	9	15	.143	0.84	58
W. Vest RP	27	0	3-5	2	7	26.2	6.08	28	22	18	2	10	27	.275	1.43	45
D. Sommers RP	28	0	0-3	0	1	22.0	3.68	22	11	9	2	11	34	.262	1.50	25
B. Smith RP	13	1	0-2	0	0	17.0	3.18	18	8	6	2	7	20	.277	1.47	20
B. Hanifee RP	23	2	0-1	0	0	21.1	5.06	24	12	12	5	7	10	.286	1.45	20
J. Jobe SP	2	2	1-1	0	0	8.2	6.23	10	6	6	2	2	8	.286	1.38	12
B. Brieske RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	9.1	6.75	9	7	7	3	4	8	.257	1.39	12
T. Rainey RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	2	2	.125	1.13	6
J. Verlander SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	3.2	12.27	6	5	5	1	2	1	.353	2.18	-6
Y. Diaz RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	3	.250	2.00	-10
R. Vanasco RP	5	0	0-1	0	1	6.1	15.63	14	12	11	2	6	4	.412	3.16	-15
Total	123	123	60-63	25	50	1090.2	3.52	945	475	427	120	375	1010	.231	1.21	2022

PITCHING	GP
K. Montero SP	26
T. Melton SP	14
F. Valdez SP	24
K. Jansen RP	36
Z. McKinstry 2B	1
D. Anderson RP	42
J. Flaherty SP	19
T. Holton RP	52
K. Finnegan RP	51
E. De Jesus RP	28
T. Madden RP	14
B. Hurter RP	21
J. Waguespack RP	19
W. Vest RP	27
D. Sommers RP	28
B. Smith RP	13
B. Hanifee RP	23
J. Jobe SP	2
B. Brieske RP	8
T. Rainey RP	2
J. Verlander SP	1
Y. Diaz RP	1
R. Vanasco RP	5
Total	123

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	105	410	62	116	42	13	47	81	.283	.356	.444	.800	25	1	32	6	351
J. Caglianone RF	115	413	56	113	58	22	28	116	.274	.325	.494	.819	21	2	6	2	302
C. Jensen C	115	402	54	88	55	16	46	134	.219	.297	.403	.700	24	1	1	0	253
S. Perez DH	114	439	41	94	52	16	18	96	.214	.261	.367	.628	17	1	0	0	236
I. Collins LF	111	350	40	81	35	6	46	89	.231	.329	.357	.686	20	3	6	5	214
M. Massey 2B	103	317	41	84	41	10	16	61	.265	.296	.429	.725	20	1	2	0	207
V. Pasquantino 1B	79	293	34	68	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.345	.663	11	2	4	0	185
N. Loftin 3B	86	262	33	62	35	5	29	47	.237	.322	.378	.700	20	1	2	1	181
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
T. Tolbert SS	56	92	24	28	6	3	9	19	.304	.363	.457	.820	5	0	17	3	102
K. Isbel CF	66	192	19	44	15	4	11	48	.229	.279	.339	.618	7	1	5	0	99
S. Marte RF	59	153	15	37	14	2	9	41	.242	.298	.314	.612	5	0	2	2	71
J. Rojas 3B	30	76	6	17	9	1	3	13	.224	.253	.303	.556	3	0	1	0	36
J. Rave RF	23	51	7	11	2	2	5	13	.216	.286	.451	.737	4	1	2	0	34
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	8	21	2	5	5	1	1	8	.238	.273	.429	.702	1	0	0	0	13
A. Velazquez SS	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.067	.134	0	0	1	0	2
Total	124	4150	510	1007	486	124	379	986	.243	.310	.393	.703	220	16	96	26	2490

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	105
J. Caglianone RF	115
C. Jensen C	115
S. Perez DH	114
I. Collins LF	111
M. Massey 2B	103
V. Pasquantino 1B	79
N. Loftin 3B	86
M. Garcia 3B	69
T. Tolbert SS	56
K. Isbel CF	66
S. Marte RF	59
J. Rojas 3B	30
J. Rave RF	23
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	8
A. Velazquez SS	6
Total	124

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	24	24	5-8	0	0	150.2	3.46	132	62	58	18	41	117	.235	1.15	317
S. Lugo SP	25	25	5-7	0	0	139.1	4.59	146	79	71	16	46	108	.274	1.38	244
N. Cameron SP	23	22	6-8	0	0	129.1	4.45	125	69	64	14	42	118	.251	1.29	236
L. Erceg RP	46	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.02	52	34	29	5	27	31	.308	1.82	123
D. Lynch IV RP	48	2	4-4	1	3	50.0	2.88	37	20	16	4	14	40	.199	1.02	116
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
S. Cruz RP	43	2	2-3	4	5	45.1	4.17	37	22	21	11	18	51	.220	1.21	110
A. Lange RP	46	0	2-7	10	13	47.2	6.23	49	35	33	6	26	51	.266	1.57	104
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	102
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
R. Dobnak SP	8	6	2-1	0	0	41.2	1.73	38	8	8	2	16	25	.242	1.30	87
N. Pearson RP	8	0	1-0	1	2	7.2	0.00	3	0	0	0	2	8	.120	0.65	75
J. Schreiber RP	49	0	0-3	1	4	44.0	3.68	40	21	18	7	21	33	.250	1.39	60
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
C. Kimbrel RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.167	0.86	47
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	36
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
M. Black RP	14	0	0-0	0	0	25.2	3.51	25	10	10	5	16	18	.258	1.60	33
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
J. Cuas RP	10	0	0-0	0	0	11.0	1.64	12	2	2	0	4	13	.279	1.45	21
E. McGee RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	11.81	11	7	7	2	3	6	.423	2.63	2
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	124	124	50-74	30	53	1088.1	4.82	1088	624	583	157	460	917	.261	1.42	2044

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	24
S. Lugo SP	25
N. Cameron SP	23
L. Erceg RP	46
D. Lynch IV RP	48
S. Kolek SP	10
S. Cruz RP	43
A. Lange RP	46
T. Tolbert SS	5
L. Avila SP	21
R. Dobnak SP	8
N. Pearson RP	8
J. Schreiber RP	49
C. Ragans RP	8
C. Kimbrel RP	2
J. Rojas 3B	1
B. Way RP	19
M. Black RP	14
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
J. Cuas RP	10
E. McGee RP	4
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	124

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