This is a list of seasons completed by the Detroit Tigers. They played in the Western League from their inception in 1894 to the 1900 season; in 1900, the league changed its named to the American League and became a major league in 1901. The Tigers have completed 124 seasons in Major League Baseball, qualifying for the postseason seventeen times and reaching the World Series eleven times (1907–1909, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1968, 1984, 2006, 2012) with four world championships (1935, 1945, 1968, 1984).

Through the efforts of team executive (and future owner) Frank Navin, the Tigers acquired a handful of talent in the first decade of the 20th century that would bear results. In 1905, the Tigers acquired Ty Cobb to join a team that had steadily acquired players of talent such as Sam Crawford, Hughie Jennings and Bill Donovan (the former two and Cobb would each reach the Hall of Fame). Cobb would play 21 years with the Tigers, and they would reach the World Series three times during his era, although they would lose each time. The end of the Cobb era in 1926 opened up a period of rebuilding that bore fruit in 1934 with a quartet of future Hall of Famers in Hank Greenberg, Goose Goslin, Charlie Gehringer, and Mickey Cochrane (they acquired the latter two in a 1934 trade). That year, they went 101–53 (with a winning percentage of .656) and won the pennant. They lost in the ensuing World Series but returned the following year after going 93–58. They lost Greenberg in Game 2 due to injury but persevered over the Chicago Cubs to win their first world championship.

After the death of Navin in 1935, Walter Briggs Sr. (a part-owner since 1919) took over as primary owner, which he would operate until his death in 1952. The Tigers toiled in mediocre play until their next pennant in 1940 while Greenberg won his second MVP award, although the Tigers lost in seven games. World War II meant that Greenberg would be away from 1941 to 1944 due to service, and the Tigers regressed despite the efforts of pitchers such as Hal Newhouser, who won the MVP Award in 1944 and 1945 (the only pitcher to win back-to-back MVP Awards). Greenberg and others would return in 1945 to help the Tigers narrowly win the AL pennant with an 88–65 record. Facing the Cubs, they won in seven games. While the Tigers would do well in the remainder of the decade while adding a future Hall of Famer in George Kell, they would not win another pennant for seventeen years (with the 1950s resulting in seven losing seasons). Briggs Sr was succeeded by his son Jr, but he would sell the team to John Fetzer and Fred Knorr in 1956. Al Kaline made his debut on the roster in 1953 and became a mainstay for the next two decades. The 1960s brought some needed sparkplug players such as Norm Cash, Willie Horton, Mickey Lolich and Denny McLain. The Tigers won 101 games in 1961 but fell short of the pennant by eight games. Six years later, they finished one game short of the Boston Red Sox for the pennant after losing the last game of the year. The following year, they would take hold of the pennant with 103 victories while McLain won the MVP Award and the Cy Young Award. In the final Series played before the division era, the Tigers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in a classic seven-game series that saw them come back from a 3–1 series deficit. A gradual decline over the next decade was followed by the hiring of Sparky Anderson in 1979, for which he led them to the 1984 World Series championship; he retired in 1995. The next decade brought plenty of losing before manager Jim Leyland and rookie pitcher Justin Verlander helped bring them back to prominence. The Tigers would reach the World Series that year but lost in five games; they would win four consecutive division titles from 2011 to 2014 (led by Miguel Cabrera) and reach the World Series in 2012, which they lost in a sweep.

Through 124 seasons of baseball, the Tigers have recorded 72 seasons at .500 or better, 70 of which have been winning campaigns.

Record season-by-season The following table describes a season-by-season listing of the Tigers win–loss record. World Series champions †AL champions *Division champions (1969–present) ^Wild card berth (1995–present) ¤

SeasonLevelLeagueDivisionFinishWinsLossesWin%GBPost-SeasonAwards 1901MLBAL3rd 74 61 .5488½ 1902MLBAL7th 52 83 .38530½ 1903MLBAL5th 65 71 .47825 1904MLBAL7th 62 90 .40832 1905MLBAL3rd 79 74 .51615½ 1906MLBAL6th 71 78 .47721 1907MLBAL *1st 92 58 .613—Lost World Series (Cubs) 4–0 * 1908MLBAL *1st 90 63 .588—Lost World Series (Cubs) 4–1 * 1909MLBAL *1st 98 54 .645—Lost World Series (Pirates) 4–3 *Ty Cobb (TC) 1910MLBAL3rd 86 68 .55818 1911MLBAL2nd 89 65 .57813½ Ty Cobb (MVP) 1912MLBAL6th 69 84 .45136½ 1913MLBAL6th 66 87 .43130 1914MLBAL4th 80 73 .52319½ 1915MLBAL2nd 100 54 .6492½ 1916MLBAL3rd 87 67 .5654 1917MLBAL4th 78 75 .51021½ 1918MLBAL7th 55 71 .43720 1919MLBAL4th 80 60 .5718 1920MLBAL7th 61 93 .39637 1921MLBAL6th 71 82 .46427 1922MLBAL3rd 79 75 .51315 1923MLBAL2nd 83 71 .53916 1924MLBAL3rd 86 68 .5586 1925MLBAL4th 81 73 .52616½ 1926MLBAL6th 79 75 .51312 1927MLBAL4th 82 71 .53627½ 1928MLBAL6th 68 86 .44233 1929MLBAL6th 70 84 .45536 1930MLBAL5th 75 79 .48727 1931MLBAL7th 61 93 .39647 1932MLBAL5th 76 75 .50329½ 1933MLBAL5th 75 79 .48725 1934MLBAL *1st 101 53 .656—Lost World Series (Cardinals) 4–3 *Mickey Cochrane (MVP)1935MLB †AL *1st 93 58 .616—Won World Series (Cubs) 4–2 †Hank Greenberg (MVP) 1936MLBAL2nd 83 71 .53919½ 1937MLBAL2nd 89 65 .57813Charlie Gehringer (MVP) 1938MLBAL4th 84 70 .54516 1939MLBAL5th 81 73 .52626½ 1940MLBAL *1st 90 64 .584—Lost World Series (Reds) 4–3 *Hank Greenberg (MVP) 1941MLBAL4th 75 79 .48726 1942MLBAL5th 73 81 .47430 1943MLBAL5th 78 76 .50620 1944MLBAL2nd 88 66 .5711Hal Newhouser (MVP) 1945MLB †AL *1st 88 65 .575—Won World Series (Cubs) 4–3 †Hal Newhouser (MVP, TC) 1946MLBAL2nd 92 62 .59712 1947MLBAL2nd 85 69 .55212 1948MLBAL5th 78 76 .50618½ 1949MLBAL4th 87 67 .56510 1950MLBAL2nd 95 59 .6173 1951MLBAL5th 73 81 .47425 1952MLBAL8th 50 104 .32545 1953MLBAL6th 60 94 .39040½Harvey Kuenn (ROY) 1954MLBAL5th 68 86 .44243 1955MLBAL5th 79 75 .51317 1956MLBAL5th 82 72 .53215 1957MLBAL4th 78 76 .50620 1958MLBAL5th 77 77 .50015 1959MLBAL4th 76 78 .49418 1960MLBAL6th 71 83 .46126 1961MLBAL2nd 101 61 .6238 1962MLBAL4th 85 76 .52810½ 1963MLBAL5th 79 83 .48825½ 1964MLBAL4th 85 77 .52514 1965MLBAL4th 89 73 .54913 1966MLBAL3rd 88 74 .54310 1967MLBAL3rd 91 71 .5621 1968MLB †AL *1st 103 59 .636—Won World Series (Cardinals) 4–3 †Denny McLain (MVP, CYA)Mickey Lolich (WS MVP) 1969MLBALEast2nd 90 72 .55619Denny McLain (CYA) 1970MLBALEast4th 79 83 .48829 1971MLBALEast2nd 91 71 .56212 1972MLBALEast ^1st 86 70 .551— Lost ALCS (Athletics) 3–2 1973MLBALEast3rd 85 77 .52512 1974MLBALEast6th 72 90 .44419 1975MLBALEast6th 57 102 .35837½ 1976MLBALEast5th 74 87 .46024Mark Fidrych (ROY) 1977MLBALEast4th 74 88 .45726 1978MLBALEast5th 86 76 .53113½Lou Whitaker (ROY) 1979MLBALEast5th 85 76 .52818 1980MLBALEast5th 84 78 .519191981MLBALEast4th 31 26 .5443½3rd 29 23 .5581½ 1982MLBALEast4th 83 79 .51212 1983MLBALEast2nd 92 70 .5686 1984MLB †AL *East ^1st 104 58 .642—Won ALCS (Royals) 3–0Won World Series (Padres) 4–1 †Willie Hernández (MVP, CYA)Sparky Anderson (MOY)Alan Trammell (WS MVP) 1985MLBALEast3rd 84 77 .52215 1986MLBALEast3rd 87 75 .5378½ 1987MLBALEast ^1st 98 64 .605— Lost ALCS (Twins) 4–1Sparky Anderson (MOY) 1988MLBALEast2nd 88 74 .5431 1989MLBALEast7th 59 103 .36430 1990MLBALEast3rd 79 83 .4889 1991MLBALEast2nd 84 78 .5197 1992MLBALEast6th 75 87 .46321 1993MLBALEast4th 85 77 .52510 1994MLBALEast5th 53 62 .46118Playoffs canceled 1995MLBALEast4th 60 84 .41726 1996MLBALEast5th 53 109 .32739 1997MLBALEast3rd 79 83 .48819 1998MLBALCentral5th 65 97 .40124 1999MLBALCentral3rd 69 92 .42927½ 2000MLBALCentral3rd 79 83 .48816 2001MLBALCentral4th 66 96 .40725 2002MLBALCentral5th 55 106 .34239 2003MLBALCentral5th 43 119 .26547 2004MLBALCentral4th 72 90 .44420 2005MLBALCentral4th 71 91 .43828 2006MLBAL *Central2nd ¤ 95 67 .5861 Won ALDS (Yankees) 3–1Won ALCS (Athletics) 4–0Lost World Series (Cardinals) 4–1 *Justin Verlander (ROY)Jim Leyland (MOY) 2007MLBALCentral2nd 88 74 .5438 2008MLBALCentral5th 74 88 .45714½ 2009MLBALCentral2nd 86 77 .5281 2010MLBALCentral3rd 81 81 .500 13 2011MLBALCentral ^1st 95 67 .586 — Won ALDS (Yankees) 3–2Lost ALCS (Rangers) 4–2Justin Verlander (MVP, CYA, TC) 2012MLBAL *Central ^1st 88 74 .543 —Won ALDS (Athletics) 3–2Won ALCS (Yankees) 4–0Lost World Series (Giants) 4–0 *Miguel Cabrera (MVP, TC) 2013MLBALCentral ^1st 93 69 — Won ALDS (Athletics) 3–2Lost ALCS (Red Sox) 4–2Miguel Cabrera (MVP)Max Scherzer (CYA) 2014MLBALCentral ^1st 90 72 — Lost ALDS (Orioles) 3–0 2015MLBALCentral5th7487 20½ 2016MLBALCentral2nd8675 8Michael Fulmer (ROY) 2017MLBALCentral5th6498 38 2018MLBAL Central3rd6498 27 2019MLBAL Central5th47114 53½ 2020MLBAL Central5th2335 12 2021MLBAL Central3rd7785 16 2022MLBAL Central4th669626 2023MLBAL Central2nd78849 2024MLBALCentral3rd ¤86766½Won ALWC (Astros) 2–0Lost ALDS (Guardians) 3–2Tarik Skubal (CYA, TC) 2025MLBALCentral2nd ¤8775 1Won ALWC (Guardians) 2–1Lost ALDS (Mariners) 3–2Tarik Skubal (CYA)TotalsWinsLossesWin%9,6779,566All-time regular season record (1901–2025)6468All-time postseason record 9,736 9,631All-time regular and postseason record

Record by decade The following table describes the Tigers' MLB win–loss record by decade.

Decade Wins Losses Win % 1900s 683 632 1910s 790 704 1920s 760 778 1930s 818 716 1940s 834 705 1950s 738 802 1960s 882 729 1970s 789 820 1980s 839 727 1990s 702 852 2000s 729 891 2010s 782 835 2020s 417 451 All-time 9,763 9,642

Postseason record by year The Tigers have made the postseason eighteen times in their history, with their first being in 1907 and the most recent being in 2025. YearFinishRoundOpponentResultAmerican League ChampionsWorld SeriesChicago CubsLost04American League ChampionsWorld SeriesChicago CubsLost14American League ChampionsWorld SeriesPittsburgh PiratesLost34American League ChampionsWorld SeriesSt. Louis CardinalsLost34World Series ChampionsWorld SeriesChicago CubsWon42American League ChampionsWorld SeriesCincinnati RedsLost34World Series ChampionsWorld SeriesChicago CubsWon43World Series ChampionsWorld SeriesSt. Louis CardinalsWon43American League East ChampionsALCSOakland AthleticsLost23World Series ChampionsALCSKansas City RoyalsWon30World SeriesSan Diego PadresWon41American League East ChampionsALCSMinnesota TwinsLost14American League ChampionsALDSNew York YankeesWon31ALCSOakland AthleticsWon40World SeriesSt. Louis CardinalsLost14American League Central ChampionsALDSNew York YankeesWon32ALCSTexas RangersLost24American League ChampionsALDSOakland AthleticsWon32ALCSNew York YankeesWon40World SeriesSan Francisco GiantsLost04American League Central ChampionsALDSOakland AthleticsWon32ALCSBoston Red SoxLost24American League Central ChampionsALDSBaltimore OriolesLost03American League Wild CardWild Card SeriesHouston AstrosWon20ALDSCleveland GuardiansLost23American League Wild CardWild Card SeriesCleveland GuardiansWon21ALDSSeattle MarinersLost 2318Totals13–146569

Best seasons in Detroit Tigers history