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On May 4, [[Frick Award]] winning Tigers broadcaster [[Ernie Harwell]] passed away at age 92. In his honor, the Tigers will wear patches and fly a flag in the center field of Comerica Park both bearing his initials for the remainder of the season. |
On May 4, [[Frick Award]] winning Tigers broadcaster [[Ernie Harwell]] passed away at age 92. In his honor, the Tigers will wear patches and fly a flag in the center field of Comerica Park both bearing his initials for the remainder of the season. |
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Ernie Harwell was a great announcer and even better man accourding to a recent survey conducted. |
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==Regular season trades== |
==Regular season trades== |
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Revision as of 01:25, 3 June 2010
| 2010 Detroit Tigers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Slogan: "Always a Tiger" | ||
| Division | Central Division | |
| Ballpark | Comerica Park | |
| City | Detroit, Michigan | |
| Owners | Mike Ilitch | |
| Managers | Jim Leyland | |
| Television | Fox Sports Detroit (Mario Impemba, Rod Allen) | |
| Radio | Detroit Tigers Radio Network (Dan Dickerson, Jim Price) | |
| Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 2010 Detroit Tigers season is the team's 110th season. Spring training began on March 2.[1] The regular season started on April 5 at Kansas City, and the home opener was on April 9 vs the Indians.[2]
2009-10 Offseason activities
Personnel changes
- On October 9, first base coach Andy Van Slyke announced he is leaving the team.[3]
- On November 9, the Tigers hired Tom Brookens as their new first base coach. Brookens played on the 1984 World Series championship team and was most recently the manager of the team's Class-AA affiliate at Erie.[4]
Releases
- On November 6, the Tigers removed Marcus Thames and Matt Treanor from their 40 man roster, allowing them to become free agents.[5]
- On November 16, the Tigers released Jarrod Washburn and Aubrey Huff to free agency.[6]
- On December 1, the Tigers released Placido Polanco to free agency.[7]
- On December 8, Fernando Rodney and Brandon Lyon turned down arbitration and became free agents.[8]
Trades
- On December 7, the Tigers traded Clay Rapada to Texas for a player to be named later or cash considerations.[9]
- On December 9, the Tigers completed a 3 team deal. They gave Curtis Granderson to the Yankees and Edwin Jackson to the Diamondbacks and received Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth from Arizona and Austin Jackson and Phil Coke from New York.[10]
- On December 21, the Tigers traded Dusty Ryan to San Diego for cash considerations or a player to be named later. [11]
- On March 30, the Tigers traded Nate Robertson and cash considerations to Florida for Jay Voss and cash considerations. [12]
Signings
- On November 20, the Tigers purchased the contracts of Scott Sizemore, Audy Ciriaco, Ryan Strieby, and Brennan Boesch.[13]
- On December 7, the Tigers signed Brad Thomas.[9]
- Also on December 7, the Tigers re-signed Adam Everett to a 1-year deal.[14]
- On December 16, the Tigers re-signed Ramón Santiago to a two year deal. [15]
- On January 13, the Tigers re-signed Joel Zumaya, avoiding arbitration. [16]
- On January 19, the Tigers signed José Valverde to a two year deal. [17]
- Also on January 19, the Tigers re-signed Gerald Laird, Zach Miner and Bobby Seay. [18]
- On February 4, it was announced that Justin Verlander and the Tigers have reached a deal for a $80 million, 5 year contract extension. [19]
- On February 22, the Tigers signed Johnny Damon to a one year deal. [20]
Current roster
Tributes to Ernie Harwell
On May 4, Frick Award winning Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell passed away at age 92. In his honor, the Tigers will wear patches and fly a flag in the center field of Comerica Park both bearing his initials for the remainder of the season. Ernie Harwell was a great announcer and even better man accourding to a recent survey conducted.
Regular season trades
On June 1, the Tigers traded Dontrelle Willis and cash considerations to Arizona for Billy Buckner. [21]
Standings
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Twins | 94 | 68 | .580 | — | 53–28 | 41–40 |
| Chicago White Sox | 88 | 74 | .543 | 6 | 45–36 | 43–38 |
| Detroit Tigers | 81 | 81 | .500 | 13 | 52–29 | 29–52 |
| Cleveland Indians | 69 | 93 | .426 | 25 | 38–43 | 31–50 |
| Kansas City Royals | 67 | 95 | .414 | 27 | 38–43 | 29–52 |
Game log
Legend Tigers win Tigers loss Game postponed
2010 Game Log April (14–10)# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 @ Royals W 8–4 Zumaya (1–0) Tejeda (0–1) 40,052 1–0 2 April 7 @ Royals L 3–2 (11) Farnsworth (1–0) Valverde (0–1) 10,574 1–1 3 April 8 @ Royals W 7–3 Bonine (1–0) Mendoza (0–1) 10,909 2–1 4 April 9 Indians W 5–2 Porcello (1–0) Huff (0–1) Valverde (1) 45,010 3–1 5 April 10 Indians W 4–2 Bonderman (1–0) Talbot (0–1) Perry (1) 35,332 4–1 6 April 11 Indians W 9–8 Coke (1–0) Perez (0–1) 26,081 5–1 7 April 12 Royals L 10–5 Hochevar (1–0) Scherzer (0–1) 17,058 5–2 8 April 13 Royals W 6–5 Zumaya (2–0) Hughes (0–1) Valverde (2) 18,414 6–2 9 April 14 Royals L 7–3 Davies (1–0) Perry (0–1) Soria (2) 19,262 6–3 10 April 16 @ Mariners L 11–3 Hernández (1–0) Bonderman (1–1) 39,999 6–4 11 April 17 @ Mariners L 4–2 League (2–0) Verlander (0–1) Aardsma (5) 31,647 6–5 12 April 18 @ Mariners W 4–2 Scherzer (1–1) Snell (0–2) Valverde (3) 30,419 7–5 13 April 19 @ Angels L 2–0 Piñeiro (2–1) Willis (0–1) Rodney (4) 36,006 7–6 14 April 20 @ Angels L 6–5 Kazmir (1–1) Porcello (1–1) Rodney (5) 35,266 7–7 15 April 21 @ Angels W 4–3 Coke (2–0) Fuentes (0–1) Valverde (4) 35,279 8–7 16 April 22 @ Angels W 5–4 Verlander (1–1) Saunders (1–3) Valverde (5) 37,338 9–7 17 April 23 @ Rangers L 5–4 Feliz (1–0) Ni (0–1) 26,445 9–8 18 April 24 @ Rangers W 8–4 Bonine (2–0) Feldman (1–2) 45,752 10–8 19 April 25 @ Rangers L 8–4 Lewis (3–0) Porcello (1–2) 31,211 10–9 20 April 26 @ Rangers W 8–6 Coke (3–0) Feliz (1–1) Valverde (6) 16,381 11–9 21 April 27 Twins L 2–0 Liriano (3–0) Verlander (1–2) Rauch (7) 22,008 11–10 22 April 28 Twins W 11–6 Thomas (1–0) Mahay (0–1) 19,900 12–10 23 April 29 Twins W 3–0 Willis (1–1) Pavano (3–2) Valverde (7) 25,595 13–10 24 April 30 Angels W 10–6 Porcello (2–2) Piñeiro (2–3) 31,725 14–10 May (12–14)# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 25 May 1 Angels W 3–2 Perry (1–1) Shields (0–1) 31,042 15–10 26 May 2 Angels W 5–1 Verlander (2–2) Weaver (3–1) 25,603 16–10 27 May 3 @ Twins L 10–4 Baker (3–2) Scherzer (1–2) 38,728 16–11 28 May 4 @ Twins L 4–3 Blackburn (2–1) Perry (1–2) 39,020 16–12 29 May 5 @ Twins L 5–4 Slowey (4–2) Porcello (2–3) Rauch (8) 39,037 16–13 – May 7 @ Indians Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for July 17 30 May 8 @ Indians W 6–4 Verlander (3–2) Wood (0–1) Valverde (8) 18,428 17–13 31 May 9 @ Indians L 7–4 Talbot (4–2) Scherzer (1–3) Perez (5) 16,980 17–14 32 May 10 Yankees W 5–4 Bonine (3–0) Mitre (0–1) Valverde (9) 34,365 18–14 – May 11 Yankees Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for May 12 33 May 12 Yankees W 2–0 Porcello (3–3) Vázquez (1–4) Valverde (10) 27,376 19–14 34 May 12 Yankees L 8–0 Hughes (5–0) Bonderman (1–2) 28,514 19–15 35 May 13 Yankees W 6–0 Verlander (4–2) Sabathia (4–2) 31,130 20–15 36 May 14 Red Sox L 7–2 Buchholz (4–3) Scherzer (1–4) 31,732 20–16 37 May 15 Red Sox W 7–6 (12) Valverde (1–1) Delcarmen (1–2) 40,742 21–16 38 May 16 Red Sox W 5–1 Galarraga (1–0) Lackey (4–2) 35,454 22–16 – May 17 White Sox Postponed (rain) – rescheduled for August 3 39 May 18 White Sox L 6–2 García (3–2) Porcello (3–4) 28,155 22–17 40 May 19 @ Athletics W 5–1 Verlander (5–2) Braden (4–4) 19,284 23–17 41 May 20 @ Athletics W 5–2 Bonderman (2–2) Ross (1–2) Valverde (11) 24,146 24–17 42 May 21 @ Dodgers L 4–1 Billingsley (5–2) Willis (1–2) Broxton (9) 44,282 24–18 43 May 22 @ Dodgers L 6–4 Ely (3–1) Galarraga (1–1) Broxton (10) 45,117 24–19 44 May 23 @ Dodgers W 6–2 Porcello (4–4) Kuroda (5–2) 46,053 25–19 45 May 25 @ Mariners L 5–3 Kelley (3–0) Verlander (5–3) Aardsma (10) 20,920 25–20 46 May 26 @ Mariners L 5–4 League (4–4) Perry (1–3) Aardsma (11) 22,422 25–21 47 May 28 Athletics L 5–4 Ziegler (2–2) Perry (1–4) Bailey (10) 40,210 25–22 48 May 29 Athletics L 6–0 Anderson (2–1) Porcello (4–5) 39,750 25–23 49 May 30 Athletics W 10–2 Scherzer (2–4) Braden (4–5) Zumaya (1) 32,510 26–23 50 May 31 Athletics L 4–1 Cahill (4–2) Verlander (5–4) Bailey (11) 23,641 26–24 June (1–1)# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 51 June 1 Indians L 3–2 Westbrook (3–3) Bonderman (2–3) Wood (3) 19,446 26–25 52 June 2 Indians W 3–0 Galarraga (2–1) Carmona (4–4) 17,738 27–25 53 June 3 Indians 54 June 4 @ Royals 55 June 5 @ Royals 56 June 6 @ Royals 57 June 8 @ White Sox 58 June 9 @ White Sox 59 June 10 @ White Sox 60 June 11 Pirates 61 June 12 Pirates 62 June 13 Pirates 63 June 15 Nationals 64 June 16 Nationals 65 June 17 Nationals 66 June 18 Diamondbacks 67 June 19 Diamondbacks 68 June 20 Diamondbacks 69 June 22 @ Mets 70 June 23 @ Mets 71 June 24 @ Mets 72 June 25 @ Braves 73 June 26 @ Braves 74 June 27 @ Braves 75 June 28 @ Twins 76 June 29 @ Twins 77 June 30 @ Twins July# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 2 Mariners 79 July 3 Mariners 80 July 4 Mariners 81 July 5 Orioles 82 July 6 Orioles 83 July 7 Orioles 84 July 9 Twins 85 July 10 Twins 86 July 11 Twins 87 July 16 @ Indians 88 July 17 @ Indians 89 July 17 @ Indians 90 July 18 @ Indians 91 July 19 Rangers 92 July 20 Rangers 93 July 21 Rangers 94 July 22 Blue Jays 95 July 23 Blue Jays 96 July 24 Blue Jays 97 July 25 Blue Jays 98 July 26 @ Rays 99 July 27 @ Rays 100 July 28 @ Rays 101 July 29 @ Rays 102 July 30 @ Red Sox 103 July 31 @ Red Sox August# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 @ Red Sox 105 August 3 White Sox 106 August 3 White Sox 107 August 4 White Sox 108 August 5 White Sox 109 August 6 Angels 110 August 7 Angels 111 August 8 Angels 112 August 9 Rays 113 August 10 Rays 114 August 11 Rays 115 August 13 @ White Sox 116 August 14 @ White Sox 117 August 15 @ White Sox 118 August 16 @ Yankees 119 August 17 @ Yankees 120 August 18 @ Yankees 121 August 19 @ Yankees 122 August 20 Indians 123 August 21 Indians 124 August 22 Indians 125 August 23 Royals 126 August 24 Royals 127 August 25 Royals 128 August 26 @ Blue Jays 129 August 27 @ Blue Jays 130 August 28 @ Blue Jays 131 August 29 @ Blue Jays 132 August 31 @ Twins September# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 @ Twins 134 September 2 @ Twins 135 September 3 @ Royals 136 September 4 @ Royals 137 September 5 @ Royals 138 September 6 White Sox 139 September 7 White Sox 140 September 8 White Sox 141 September 9 White Sox 142 September 10 Orioles 143 September 11 Orioles 144 September 12 Orioles 145 September 14 @ Rangers 146 September 15 @ Rangers 147 September 17 @ White Sox 148 September 18 @ White Sox 149 September 19 @ White Sox 150 September 20 Royals 151 September 21 Royals 152 September 22 Royals 153 September 24 Twins 154 September 25 Twins 155 September 26 Twins 156 September 27 @ Indians 157 September 28 @ Indians 158 September 29 @ Indians 159 September 30 @ Orioles External links
References
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- ^ "2010 Tigers Schedule". Detroit Tigers. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ Beck, Jason (October 9, 2009). "Five coaches invited back for 2010 - First-base coach Van Slyke will not return to Tigers". MLB.com. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ Beck, Jason (November 9, 2009). "Tigers name Brookens first-base coach - Former infielder has been managing in Minor Leagues". MLB.com. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ Beck, Jason (November 6, 2009). "Tigers part ways with Treanor, Thames - Pair likely to become free agents after removal from roster". MLB.com. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ Beck, Jason (November 16, 2009). "Tigers won't pursue Washburn, Huff - Club expects to lose both midseason pickups to free agency". MLB.com. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ Beck, Jason (December 1, 2009). "Tigers offer arbitration to Rodney, Lyon - Polanco unlikely to re-sign; promotion set for Sizemore". MLB.com. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
- ^ Beck, Jason (December 8, 2009). "Lyon, Rodney turn down arbitration - Immediate free agents expected to be highly sought". MLB.com. Retrieved February 1, 2010.
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