2019 was a season to forget for most of the Detroit Tigers. Matthew Boyd, on the other hand, had the best season of his career. Yesterday, he was named the ‘Tiger of the Year‘ by Detroit’s chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
The 28-year-old left-handed pitcher pitched 185.1 innings over 32 starts and finished the season with a 4.56 ERA and a 9-12 record. His most impressive statistic was the number of strikeouts he recorded. He averaged 11.6 strikeouts per nine innings and had 238 on the season.
Boyd’s stats don’t really reflect how great of a season he had.