Hard to believe the 2007 Major League Baseball season is already half over. Technically it's a little bit past the halfway mark in terms of the 162 game season, but it's the All-Star Break, the unofficial official halfway point. The Tigers have had a roller coaster first half to 2007, and considering the expectations placed on them headed into this year, it's intriguing to compare how they've done in the first half this year compared to the first half last year, when teams, fans and analysts were still trying to figure out when they were going to flame out.
So before looking at individual progress, lets look at the overall numbers.
Overall Record - 2006: 59-29 - 2007: 52-34 - Difference: -6 games
Home Record - 2006: 26-13 - 2007: 25-19 - Difference: -3.5 games
Road Record - 2006: 33-16 - 2007: 27-15 - Difference: -3.5 games
April Record - 2006: 16-9 - 2007: 14-11 - Difference: -2 games
May Record - 2006: 19-9 - 2007: 16-12 - Difference: -3 games
June Record - 2006: 20-7 - 2007: 16-10 - Difference: -3.5 games
July Record (to the Break) - 2006: 4-4 - 2007: 6-1 - Difference: +2.5 games
Division Lead - 2006: 2.0 games up on Chicago - 2007: 1.0 game up on Cleveland - Difference: -1 game
Extra Inning Games - 2006: 3-3 - 2007: 3-6 - Difference: -1.5 games
One-Run Games - 2006: 15-10 - 2007: 17-10 - Difference: +1 game
Blowouts (5+ run difference) - 2006: 17-10 - 2007: 16-7 - Difference: +2 games
Days in First Place - 2006: 59 - 2007: 31
Most Games over .500 - 2006: 31 - 2007: 18
Most Games under .500 - 2006: 0 - 2007: 1
Biggest Lead in Division - 2006: 3.5 games - 2007: 2.0 games
Farthest Behind Leader - 2006: 3.5 games - 2007: 4.5 games
Longest Winning Streak - 2006: 8 - 2007: 8
Longest Losing Streak - 2006: 4 - 2007: 4
Interesting stuff, to say the least. It's obvious that the Tigers were better at this point last year than this year. What's also obvious is WHY. But that's for tomorrow.
Stats courtesy of Baseball Reference
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