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This Almanac of Detroit Tigers History Spans Over 100 Years...
...... almost as long as Kenny Rogers has been around!
...Now in Almanac form... a year-by-year, blow-by-blow recap of the Big Cats!
You can start at the top, with the most recent glory year(s) of the new century... You can start at the bottom, and find out about how our lads did in the era of the Model T, Teddy Roosevelt and Ty Cobb... or start in the middle and mess us all up! We don't care!!! .. there's lots of good stuff in here- click the almanac decade link and learn more about:  The fabulous '60s with our buddies Stormin' Norman, Rocky and Tricky Dick... and check out our link to the fabulous 1968 team!
The not-so-fabulous '50s- Kid Kaline, and Bunning. The outrageous '80s- World Series Winners and one more championship before the downfall... into the abyss of the '90s Hey Kids! CHECK IT OUT BY DECADE - FOLLOW THE LINKS!
| Year | Avg Finish | W | L | Pct | GB | Championships | Attendance | |
| 2000s | Fourth | 569 | 726 | 439 | 184 | 1 American League | 16,816,286 | |
| 1990s | Fourth | 702 | 852 | 452 | 200½ | None | 14,868,191 | |
| 1980s | Third | 839 | 727 | 536 | 76½ | 1 AL East- 1 W Series | 18,977,619 | |
| 1970s | Fourth | 789 | 820 | 490 | 190½ | 1 AL East | 15,183,512 | |
| 1960s | Third | 882 | 729 | 547 | 115 | 1 World Series | 12,824,760 | |
| 1950s | Fifth | 738 | 802 | 479 | 241½ | None | 11,900,977 | |
| 1940s | Third | 834 | 705 | 542 | 127 | 3 AL- 2 World Series | 11,872,421 | |
| 1930s | Fourth | 818 | 716 | 533 | 193½ | 2 AL- 1 World Series | 7,339,785 | |
| 1920s | Fifth | 760 | 778 | 491 | 226 | None | 7,678,933 | |
| 1910s | Fourth | 790 | 704 | 529 | 173½ | None | 4,491,563 | |
| 1900s | Third | 683 | 632 | 519 | 78 | 3 American League | 2,442,413 | |
| TOTAL | Fourth | 8404 | 8191 | 506 | 1806 | 11 AL, 5 WS, 2 AL East | 124,396,460 | |
| AVG | Fourth | 79 | 76 | 510 | 17 | | 1,162,584 |
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