2012 Detroit Tigers Starters
(88-74) Won ALDS vs. Athletics (3-2), Won ALCS vs. Yankees (4-0), Lost World Series vs. Giants (0-4)
Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Justin Verlander Apr 5 @BOS 8.0 28 0 0 2 7 1 0 105 66 39 .63
Doug Fister Apr 7 @BOS 3.2 14 0 0 3 3 1 0 51 29 22 .57
Max Scherzer Apr 8 @BOS 2.2 20 7 7 8 3 2 0 80 51 29 .64
Rick Porcello Apr 10 @TAM 7.0 28 2 2 7 4 1 0 92 59 33 .64
Justin Verlander Apr 11 @TAM 8.1 30 L 4 4 4 7 2 0 104 70 34 .67
Drew Smyly Apr 12 @TAM 4.0 20 1 1 4 4 3 1 90 49 41 .54
Max Scherzer Apr 13 CWS 6.0 24 L 3 3 5 11 1 1 100 65 35 .65
Adam Wilk Apr 14 CWS 5.0 19 L 2 2 3 4 1 2 62 40 22 .65
Rick Porcello Apr 15 CWS 7.2 27 W 1 1 5 4 0 1 99 70 29 .71
Justin Verlander Apr 16 KCR 9.0 37 W 2 2 7 9 2 0 131 85 46 .65
Drew Smyly Apr 17 KCR 6.0 24 0 1 7 4 1 0 101 66 35 .65
Max Scherzer Apr 18 KCR 6.0 25 W 3 3 7 3 1 1 94 64 30 .68
Adam Wilk Apr 19 @TEX 4.0 21 L 2 3 10 2 1 1 72 47 25 .65
Rick Porcello Apr 21 @TEX 1.0 15 L 8 9 10 1 1 1 51 38 13 .75
Justin Verlander Apr 21 (2) @TEX 6.0 24 W 0 1 4 8 3 0 115 77 38 .67
Drew Smyly Apr 22 @TEX 6.0 24 1 1 5 7 2 1 100 65 35 .65
Max Scherzer Apr 24 @SEA 5.0 26 L 5 5 10 6 2 0 103 63 40 .61
Adam Wilk Apr 25 @SEA 2.0 15 L 6 6 8 1 1 1 60 36 24 .60
Rick Porcello Apr 26 @SEA 6.2 28 L 5 5 7 3 2 2 105 62 43 .59
Justin Verlander Apr 27 NYY 6.0 26 4 5 7 4 0 2 102 65 37 .64
Drew Smyly Apr 28 NYY 6.0 22 W 1 1 2 7 2 1 93 57 36 .61
Max Scherzer Apr 29 NYY 4.2 28 L 3 3 7 4 7 1 117 62 55 .53
Rick Porcello May 1 @KCR 8.0 30 W 3 3 7 3 0 0 98 70 28 .71
Justin Verlander May 2 @KCR 8.0 31 2 2 6 7 1 0 123 81 42 .66
Drew Smyly May 4 @CWS 6.0 23 2 2 7 7 0 0 99 62 37 .63
Max Scherzer May 5 @CWS 7.0 24 1 1 4 9 0 1 97 68 29 .70
Rick Porcello May 6 @CWS 6.1 26 W 1 1 4 5 2 1 103 70 33 .68
Doug Fister May 7 SEA 7.0 25 0 0 4 3 0 0 73 51 22 .70
Justin Verlander May 8 SEA 6.0 26 W 3 3 7 6 2 0 110 66 44 .60
Drew Smyly May 9 SEA 6.0 22 1 1 2 5 2 0 93 58 35 .62
Max Scherzer May 10 OAK 6.1 25 W 2 2 5 9 2 1 106 66 40 .62
Rick Porcello May 11 OAK 5.0 27 L 4 4 9 4 3 1 100 62 38 .62
Doug Fister May 12 OAK 6.0 25 L 1 1 5 8 2 0 105 69 36 .66
Justin Verlander May 13 OAK 7.0 24 W 1 1 2 8 1 1 104 68 36 .65
Drew Smyly May 14 CWS 5.0 21 4 4 5 4 1 2 69 45 24 .65
Max Scherzer May 15 CWS 4.0 22 5 6 8 3 3 1 99 62 37 .63
Rick Porcello May 16 @MIN 4.0 20 2 6 6 3 0 1 100 65 35 .65
Doug Fister May 17 @MIN 6.0 29 L 3 4 9 5 2 2 109 69 40 .63
Justin Verlander May 18 @PIT 9.0 30 W 0 0 1 12 2 0 109 76 33 .70
Drew Smyly May 19 @PIT 4.2 23 L 4 4 7 6 2 2 92 62 30 .67
Max Scherzer May 20 @PIT 7.0 26 W 2 2 4 15 1 2 115 80 35 .70
Rick Porcello May 22 CLE 5.1 27 L 4 5 8 6 3 0 100 61 39 .61
Doug Fister May 23 CLE 6.2 27 2 2 5 3 2 1 107 66 41 .62
Justin Verlander May 24 CLE 8.0 30 L 2 2 6 7 1 1 117 79 38 .68
Drew Smyly May 25 MIN 5.0 23 W 3 4 6 2 2 0 93 57 36 .61
Max Scherzer May 26 MIN 5.1 21 W 3 3 6 9 0 2 80 52 28 .65
Rick Porcello May 27 MIN 6.0 29 3 3 9 2 3 0 106 63 43 .59
Doug Fister May 28 BOS 5.0 26 L 6 6 11 2 1 1 89 58 31 .65
Justin Verlander May 29 BOS 6.0 29 L 5 5 10 7 1 0 105 75 30 .71
Drew Smyly May 30 BOS 6.0 25 4 4 8 4 0 2 86 59 27 .69
Max Scherzer May 31 BOS 6.0 27 W 3 3 7 6 2 1 115 74 41 .64
Casey Crosby Jun 1 @NYY 3.1 18 L 6 6 4 3 4 1 75 40 35 .53
Rick Porcello Jun 2 @NYY 6.0 25 1 1 6 3 1 0 99 67 32 .68
Justin Verlander Jun 3 @NYY 6.1 30 L 3 5 9 4 4 2 114 66 48 .58
Drew Smyly Jun 5 @CLE 6.0 25 L 4 4 6 5 2 0 94 65 29 .69
Max Scherzer Jun 6 @CLE 4.1 24 L 5 8 7 2 3 2 92 57 35 .62
Casey Crosby Jun 7 @CLE 5.1 22 W 3 3 5 2 3 0 91 54 37 .59
Rick Porcello Jun 8 CIN 5.0 24 4 4 9 1 2 1 83 49 34 .59
Justin Verlander Jun 9 CIN 6.0 26 2 2 6 9 3 0 127 85 42 .67
Drew Smyly Jun 10 CIN 3.0 14 3 3 4 3 1 1 55 35 20 .64
Max Scherzer Jun 12 CHC 6.0 27 3 3 5 8 5 0 116 64 52 .55
Rick Porcello Jun 13 CHC 5.0 24 W 4 4 9 5 1 0 76 47 29 .62
Justin Verlander Jun 14 CHC 8.0 27 W 2 2 5 8 0 0 103 73 30 .71
Casey Crosby Jun 15 @COL 3.2 19 4 4 6 4 4 1 75 47 28 .63
Doug Fister Jun 16 @COL 6.0 22 W 0 0 3 6 1 0 82 54 28 .66
Max Scherzer Jun 17 @COL 8.0 31 W 0 0 7 12 0 0 122 89 33 .73
Justin Verlander Jun 19 @STL 7.0 31 W 1 3 5 3 4 0 108 70 38 .65
Rick Porcello Jun 20 @STL 7.0 29 L 2 2 10 2 1 0 86 55 31 .64
Jacob Turner Jun 21 @STL 5.0 23 1 1 4 3 5 0 94 53 41 .56
Doug Fister Jun 22 PIT 6.0 25 L 2 4 8 7 1 0 91 61 30 .67
Max Scherzer Jun 23 PIT 6.0 21 L 3 3 3 7 1 1 100 67 33 .67
Justin Verlander Jun 24 PIT 9.0 32 W 2 2 5 7 1 1 117 78 39 .67
Rick Porcello Jun 25 TEX 6.0 27 W 1 1 6 7 3 0 96 58 38 .60
Drew Smyly Jun 26 TEX 4.2 22 L 6 6 8 3 2 1 97 58 39 .60
Doug Fister Jun 27 TEX 4.1 24 L 8 9 9 5 1 3 96 66 30 .69
Max Scherzer Jun 28 TAM 6.0 24 W 2 2 4 7 2 0 111 64 47 .58
Justin Verlander Jun 29 TAM 6.0 25 L 4 4 6 8 1 3 120 74 46 .62
Rick Porcello Jun 30 TAM 7.0 25 W 0 0 4 4 0 0 87 57 30 .66
Drew Smyly Jul 1 TAM 5.0 19 W 3 3 3 4 1 0 92 57 35 .62
Doug Fister Jul 2 @MIN 4.0 21 L 6 6 8 4 1 0 85 58 27 .68
Duane Below Jul 3 @MIN 2.2 14 1 5 5 3 0 1 60 42 18 .70
Justin Verlander Jul 4 @MIN 9.0 30 W 1 1 4 7 1 1 113 74 39 .65
Rick Porcello Jul 5 @MIN 3.2 22 3 3 12 0 1 0 79 54 25 .68
Drew Smyly Jul 6 @KCR 6.0 24 W 2 2 6 10 0 0 106 71 35 .67
Doug Fister Jul 7 @KCR 6.0 29 W 4 4 8 2 3 1 95 61 34 .64
Max Scherzer Jul 8 @KCR 7.0 27 W 1 1 5 7 1 1 109 76 33 .70
Doug Fister Jul 13 BAL 7.0 24 W 1 1 3 8 0 0 94 65 29 .69
Max Scherzer Jul 14 BAL 5.0 25 4 4 9 4 2 1 94 61 33 .65
Justin Verlander Jul 15 BAL 8.0 29 W 0 0 3 8 2 0 117 74 43 .63
Rick Porcello Jul 16 @LAA 5.2 27 5 5 8 5 3 0 89 59 30 .66
Jacob Turner Jul 17 @LAA 2.0 15 L 7 7 6 1 2 3 52 31 21 .60
Doug Fister Jul 18 @LAA 8.0 26 W 1 1 2 10 2 1 108 66 42 .61
Max Scherzer Jul 19 @LAA 7.0 27 W 1 1 3 9 4 1 109 70 39 .64
Justin Verlander Jul 20 @CWS 8.0 28 W 2 2 4 6 2 1 121 79 42 .65
Rick Porcello Jul 21 @CWS 8.0 28 W 1 1 5 4 0 0 94 64 30 .68
Jacob Turner Jul 22 @CWS 5.1 23 W 3 3 7 3 0 1 81 57 24 .70
Doug Fister Jul 24 CLE 7.0 27 L 3 3 9 4 1 0 102 73 29 .72
Max Scherzer Jul 25 CLE 7.0 27 W 2 2 3 8 4 1 105 64 41 .61
Justin Verlander Jul 26 CLE 7.0 31 L 4 5 8 4 2 2 106 74 32 .70
Rick Porcello Jul 27 TOR 6.0 26 L 5 5 6 1 2 0 89 58 31 .65
Anibal Sanchez Jul 28 TOR 6.0 29 L 5 5 8 3 3 3 96 65 31 .68
Doug Fister Jul 29 TOR 8.0 33 W 1 1 7 9 2 0 109 71 38 .65
Max Scherzer Jul 30 BOS 6.1 28 L 5 5 7 9 2 1 101 69 32 .68
Justin Verlander Jul 31 BOS 5.0 24 L 3 4 6 6 4 0 107 64 43 .60
Rick Porcello Aug 1 BOS 5.2 25 W 4 4 8 6 2 0 88 55 33 .63
Anibal Sanchez Aug 3 @CLE 6.0 27 W 1 2 8 5 2 0 105 65 40 .62
Doug Fister Aug 4 @CLE 9.0 31 W 1 1 4 6 0 0 107 73 34 .68
Max Scherzer Aug 5 @CLE 5.0 24 4 4 10 9 1 1 105 67 38 .64
Justin Verlander Aug 6 @NYY 8.0 35 W 0 2 9 14 1 0 132 96 36 .73
Rick Porcello Aug 7 @NYY 6.2 26 W 3 3 8 3 0 1 101 64 37 .63
Anibal Sanchez Aug 8 @NYY 3.0 20 L 7 7 7 2 2 1 65 40 25 .62
Doug Fister Aug 9 @NYY 6.1 27 2 2 8 4 1 0 109 67 42 .61
Max Scherzer Aug 10 TEX 6.0 27 W 2 2 8 8 2 1 112 70 42 .63
Justin Verlander Aug 11 TEX 7.0 28 1 1 7 8 0 0 118 86 32 .73
Rick Porcello Aug 12 TEX 6.0 27 L 4 6 9 1 0 1 90 60 30 .67
Anibal Sanchez Aug 13 MIN 5.1 27 L 5 5 12 3 1 1 102 70 32 .69
Doug Fister Aug 14 MIN 8.0 33 W 0 4 5 7 2 1 120 82 38 .68
Max Scherzer Aug 15 MIN 7.0 26 W 0 0 4 10 2 0 117 75 42 .64
Justin Verlander Aug 17 @BAL 6.0 28 3 3 6 6 4 1 116 72 44 .62
Rick Porcello Aug 18 @BAL 6.0 25 L 3 3 7 6 1 1 97 65 32 .67
Doug Fister Aug 19 @BAL 3.2 22 L 7 7 8 6 3 1 82 51 31 .62
Max Scherzer Aug 21 @TOR 7.0 27 W 1 1 5 8 2 1 112 68 44 .61
Anibal Sanchez Aug 22 @TOR 6.2 27 W 1 2 5 6 2 0 101 63 38 .62
Justin Verlander Aug 23 @TOR 9.0 33 2 2 4 12 2 1 115 76 39 .66
Rick Porcello Aug 24 @LAA 6.0 26 L 2 2 7 6 1 0 101 66 35 .65
Drew Smyly Aug 25 @LAA 6.0 25 1 3 4 6 2 1 99 62 37 .63
Max Scherzer Aug 26 @LAA 7.0 26 W 1 1 4 9 2 0 120 83 37 .69
Justin Verlander Aug 28 KCR 5.2 32 8 8 12 6 3 0 120 80 40 .67
Anibal Sanchez Aug 29 KCR 7.0 27 L 1 1 7 1 0 0 119 77 42 .65
Rick Porcello Aug 30 KCR 5.0 23 L 2 2 8 4 2 1 99 62 37 .63
Doug Fister Aug 31 @CWS 5.0 27 2 3 4 2 4 1 101 55 46 .54
Max Scherzer Sep 1 @CWS 8.0 29 W 0 0 4 9 1 0 113 80 33 .71
Justin Verlander Sep 2 @CWS 8.0 30 W 1 1 4 11 2 1 124 80 44 .65
Anibal Sanchez Sep 3 @CLE 6.0 25 0 2 8 2 1 0 104 68 36 .65
Rick Porcello Sep 4 @CLE 5.2 27 L 3 3 8 2 2 0 93 57 36 .61
Doug Fister Sep 5 @CLE 7.0 25 W 1 1 4 6 1 0 109 70 39 .64
Max Scherzer Sep 7 LAA 8.0 29 2 2 5 9 0 0 110 79 31 .72
Justin Verlander Sep 8 LAA 6.0 29 L 6 6 9 3 2 1 97 60 37 .62
Anibal Sanchez Sep 9 LAA 7.0 28 L 3 3 7 6 0 2 98 67 31 .68
Rick Porcello Sep 10 CWS 5.1 24 L 3 4 5 4 1 2 90 60 30 .67
Doug Fister Sep 11 CWS 7.0 25 W 2 2 2 6 2 2 99 64 35 .65
Max Scherzer Sep 12 CWS 6.0 21 W 1 1 4 7 0 1 115 77 38 .67
Justin Verlander Sep 14 CLE 7.0 28 W 0 0 6 6 1 0 110 77 33 .70
Anibal Sanchez Sep 15 CLE 6.2 23 W 2 2 3 7 0 0 95 62 33 .65
Rick Porcello Sep 16 CLE 4.2 26 2 4 8 2 3 0 90 53 37 .59
Doug Fister Sep 17 CWS 4.0 22 L 4 5 8 2 2 0 93 54 39 .58
Max Scherzer Sep 18 @OAK 2.0 10 1 1 2 4 2 0 44 25 19 .57
Justin Verlander Sep 19 @OAK 6.0 25 W 0 0 5 5 3 0 122 78 44 .64
Anibal Sanchez Sep 20 @OAK 5.2 25 L 5 6 6 8 2 1 106 70 36 .66
Doug Fister Sep 22 @MIN 9.0 33 W 0 0 7 7 0 0 117 76 41 .65
Max Scherzer Sep 23 @MIN 5.0 22 L 3 3 6 4 1 0 86 56 30 .65
Drew Smyly Sep 23 (2) @MIN 4.1 19 0 1 3 2 2 0 78 45 33 .58
Justin Verlander Sep 24 @KCR 8.0 32 W 2 2 9 8 0 1 114 89 25 .78
Anibal Sanchez Sep 25 @KCR 9.0 31 W 0 0 3 10 1 0 105 77 28 .73
Rick Porcello Sep 26 @KCR 4.0 19 4 4 7 3 0 1 61 42 19 .69
Doug Fister Sep 27 @KCR 7.2 29 2 3 5 10 0 0 99 70 29 .71
Drew Smyly Sep 28 MIN 5.1 19 0 0 2 5 1 0 93 60 33 .65
Justin Verlander Sep 29 MIN 7.0 28 W 0 1 4 8 2 0 117 76 41 .65
Anibal Sanchez Sep 30 MIN 6.1 27 1 1 7 4 1 0 102 64 38 .63
Rick Porcello Oct 1 KCR 5.0 21 W 1 1 4 3 3 1 88 56 32 .64
Doug Fister Oct 2 KCR 4.1 22 L 3 3 7 2 2 1 79 47 32 .59
Max Scherzer Oct 3 KCR 4.0 17 0 0 3 3 2 0 75 53 22 .71
Justin Verlander Oct 6 @OAK 7.0 28 W 1 1 3 11 4 1 121 79 42 .65
Doug Fister Oct 7 @OAK 7.0 29 2 2 6 8 2 0 107 68 39 .64
Anibal Sanchez Oct 9 OAK 6.1 24 L 2 2 5 3 2 1 101 62 39 .61
Max Scherzer Oct 10 OAK 5.1 20 0 1 3 8 1 0 91 63 28 .69
Justin Verlander Oct 11 OAK 9.0 31 W 0 0 4 11 1 0 122 83 39 .68
Doug Fister Oct 13 NYY 6.1 29 0 0 6 5 4 0 106 63 43 .59
Anibal Sanchez Oct 14 NYY 7.0 27 W 0 0 3 7 3 0 110 67 43 .61
Justin Verlander Oct 16 @NYY 8.1 28 W 1 1 3 3 0 1 132 86 46 .65
Max Scherzer Oct 18 @NYY 5.2 22 W 1 1 2 10 2 0 98 69 29 .70
Justin Verlander Oct 24 SFG 4.0 19 L 5 5 6 4 1 2 98 64 34 .65
Doug Fister Oct 25 SFG 6.0 23 L 1 1 4 3 1 0 114 76 38 .67
Anibal Sanchez Oct 27 @SFG 7.0 28 L 2 2 6 8 1 0 117 74 43 .63
Max Scherzer Oct 28 @SFG 6.1 26 3 3 7 8 1 1 90 59 31 .66