I'll take any of those for Clay Buchholz, by the way...
Tiger pitching was really all that carried them from August onward. Its really pretty amazing that they even got to the ALCS let alone made it to 6 games. Martinez, Hunter, and Peralta might have been some decent hitters to bring on board for the WS.
Home field advantage is the final Jim Leyland contribution. We hate to see him go but he refused to sign a contract in the last off season so we knew he was thinking about retirement.