2022 Detroit Tigers season – Under manager A. J. Hinch, the team compiled a 66–96 record. The team's statistical leaders included Harold Castro with a .271 batting average and Javier Baez with 17 home runs and 67 RBIs. Alex Lange led the pitching staff with a 7-4 record and Andrew Chafin with a 2.83 earned run average.[2]
January 4 - Final U.S. domestic automobile sales data for 2021 showed that Toyota topped General Motors for the first time
January 11 - Ford Maverick won truck of the year award. Ford Bronco won SUV of the year award. Honda Civic won car of the year award.
January 11 - Nicklas Lidstrom named vice president of hockey operations for the Detroit Red Wings
January 14 - The State of Michigan announced an unprecedented $20 billion surplus resulting from $5.8 billion in anticipated surplus state revenues and $15 billion in unspent federal stimulus and infrastructure funds
January 15 - University of Michigan president Mark Schlissel fired for cause following an investigation of his relationship with a subordinate.
January 19 - University of Michigan announced a $490 million settlement with students who asserted they were sexually assaulted by former football team doctor, Robert Anderson
January 25 - General Motors announced a new $7 billion investment in four Michigan manufacturing facilities, including $4 billion to convert an Orion Township factory for construction of electric pickup trucks and $2.6 billion for a new battery factory in Lansing.
January 26 - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's State of the State address asserted the state had made great progress in 2021 despite the coronavirus
February
February - Truckers protesting against vaccine mandates on the Canadian side close the Ambassador Bridge, exacerbating supply-chain issues for the automobile industry
February 1 - Merger launched between Beaumont Health and Spectrum Health
February 1 - General motors announced distribution of $10,250 profit-sharing checks for workers
February 3 - Ford announced $7,377 average profit-sharing payments to UAW workers
February 6 - University of Michigan's offensive coordinator Josh Gattis hired by Miami
February 13 - Former Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford led the Los Angeles Rams to victory in the Super Bowl
February 16 - Former Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith sentenced to 21 months in federal prison in scheme to divert campaign funds from 2012 to 2019.
February 16 - Jim Harbaugh signed contract extension to remain Michigan's football coach through 2026.
February 17 - The historic white wooden clubhouse building at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills was destroyed by fire.
February 20 - Michigan men's basketball coach Juwan Howard took a swing at a Wisconsin assistant coach after a game in Madison. He was suspended for the balance of the regular season.
February 27 - Over 1,000 attend a rally in Detroit's Hart Plaza in support of peace for Ukraine following Russian invasion.
March
March 1 - Oakland County Judge Kwame Rowe ruled that Ethan Crumbley should stay in jail through his trial in the Oxford school shooting.
March 2 - Ford announced division of the company into three automotive business units, including the new Ford Blue (traditional internal combustion vehicles) and Ford Modele (electric vehicles).
March 5 - Detroit Pistons drafted Chet Holmgren in NBA draft.
March - Trial in Grand Rapids of four militia members charged with conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
April 8 - On opening day in Detroit, Javier Baez drove in the winning run in the ninth inning to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 5-4.[8]
May
June
July
July 29 - Former President Donald Trump endorses Tudor Dixon ahead of the Republican gubernatorial primary election.[9]
August
August 23 - A federal jury in Grand Rapids found Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. guilty of kidnapping conspiracy and conspiracy to possess weapons of mass destruction in the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot.[10]
August 28 - A shooting spree occurs in Detroit, leaving three people dead and a fourth person injured.[11]
September
October
November
November 8 - A number of general elections were held, including:
Proposal 3, known as the "Right to Reproductive Freedom Initiative", passed with 2,477,707 votes (56.66%). The proposal added a right of access to abortion to the Constitution of Michigan.
2022 Michigan Senate election: Democrats won control of the Michigan Senate for the first time since the 1980s, with 20 Democrats and 18 Republicans in the chamber.[13]
