Baseball is a game of numbers and stats, and right now, for Detroit, they look pretty damn good:

Every Detroit fan everywhere knows what 35-5 means — the Tigers’ record after 40 games of their 1984 World Series-winning season.

That start was so good Detroit had to play just a little above .500 ball the rest of the season to cruise home in first place. In fact, the Tigers closed 69-53.

Detroit enters its Friday interleague game at Pittsburgh with a 54-25 record. If the Tigers win Friday, they will be dead even with the 1984 team’s record after 80 games.