At the beginning of the season, the Tigers were asked a lot — to a bit of an annoying degree — what their team identity was. The Tigers' offense doesn't take an exceptional amount of walks or collect a ton of extra-base hits. Obscure extra bases taken metric explains the secret to Tigers' successThe Dodgers are second in baseball in XBT%, trailing the Tigers by 7%. The 1975 Oakland Athletics finished their season with a 55 XBT%, and the 2025 Tigers are tied with the 1970 Yankees at 54%. The Tigers' 2024 season turned around right after that Mariners series when they beat the Yankees in the Little League Classic.