Detroit Tigers records

1901–2026

Worst starts

Losses to open a season

  1. 13 to start 1920
  2. 11 to start 2002
  3. 9 to start 2003
  4. 8 to start 1952
  5. 7 to start 2008

Best seasons

Highest regular-season win percentage

  1. 1934 101–53
  2. 1915 100–54–2
  3. 1984 104–58
  4. 1909 98–54–6
  5. 1968 103–59–2

Worst seasons

Lowest regular-season win percentage

  1. 2003 43–119
  2. 2019 47–114
  3. 1952 50–104–2
  4. 1996 53–109
  5. 2002 55–106

Best starts

Wins to open a season

  1. 9 to start 1984
  2. 6 to start 1911
  3. 6 to start 1985
  4. 6 to start 2015
  5. 5 to start 1901

Win streaks

Consecutive wins

  1. 14 1909
  2. 14 1934
  3. 12 2011
  4. 12 2013
  5. 11 1910

Losing streaks

Consecutive losses

  1. 19 1975
  2. 13 1920
  3. 12 1989
  4. 12 1996
  5. 12 1996

Biggest wins

Largest margins of victory

  1. 21–0 Cleveland Guardians 1901
  2. 21–2 Sacramento Athletics 1908
  3. 20–1 Cleveland Guardians 1924
  4. 20–2 Cleveland Guardians 1934
  5. 19–1 Baltimore Orioles 1917

Worst losses

Largest margins of defeat

  1. 2–24 Sacramento Athletics 1912
  2. 5–26 Kansas City Royals 2004
  3. 3–23 Boston Red Sox 1953
  4. 2–22 New York Yankees 1939
  5. 0–19 Milwaukee Brewers 2020

Postseason

Seasons that reached the playoffs

  1. 2025 4–4
  2. 2024 4–3
  3. 2014 0–3
  4. 2013 5–6
  5. 2012 7–6 title game
  6. 2011 5–6
  7. 2009 0–1
  8. 2006 8–5 title game

World Series appearances

Seasons that reached the World Series

  1. 2012 lost World Series
  2. 2006 lost World Series
  3. 1984 won World Series
  4. 1968 won World Series
  5. 1945 won World Series
  6. 1940 lost World Series
  7. 1935 won World Series
  8. 1934 lost World Series
  9. 1909 lost World Series
  10. 1908 lost World Series
  11. 1907 lost World Series

Ties

Games that ended level

  1. 3–3 Seattle Mariners 1980
  2. 3–3 New York Yankees 1968
  3. 2–2 Sacramento Athletics 1968
  4. 5–5 Minnesota Twins 1967
  5. 1–1 New York Yankees 1964
  6. 4–4 Sacramento Athletics 1961
  7. 2–2 Minnesota Twins 1956
  8. 0–0 Chicago White Sox 1954
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