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Year: 1976
Record: 74-87
Win %: .460
Win % Change: +102
Run Differential: -100
Pythagorean Record: 69-92
AL Finish: 10th of 12
Manager: Ralph Houk
Best Transaction: Drafted Alan Trammell, Dan Petry and Jack Morris. The Tigers didn’t make a lot of moves in 1976, so this ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
Dave Roberts
Year: 2008
Record: 74-88
Win %: .457
Win % Change: -86
Run Differential: -36
Pythagorean Record: 78-84
AL Finish: 12th of 14
Manager: Jim Leyland
Best Transaction: Trading for Miguel Cabrera. Jury is probably still out on this one a bit, but Cabrera sure is good. The Tigers ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
Miguel Cabrera
Dontrelle Willis
Kenny Rogers
Justin Verlander
Nate Robertson
Year: 1928
Record: 68-86
Win %: .442
Win % Change: -94
Run Differential: -60
Pythagorean Record: 72-82
AL Finish: 6th of 8
Manager: George Moriarty
Best Transaction: Traded for Vic Sorrell. Sorrell was never an All-Star, but the righty put together about a decade of solid ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
Carl Hubbell
Heinie Manush
Harry Heilmann
Charlie Gehringer
Year: 2005
Record: 71-91
Win %: .438
Win % Change: -6
Run Differential: -64
Pythagorean Record: 75-87
AL Finish: 11th of 14
Manager: Alan Trammell
Best Transaction: Signing Magglio Ordonez as a free agent. The Tigers made their second major free agent splash in two seasons ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
Kyle Farnsworth
Magglio Ordonez
Placido Polanco
Curtis Granderson
Justin Verlander
Year: 1963
Record: 79-83
Win %: .488
Win % Change: -40
Run Differential: -3
Pythagorean Record: 81-81
AL Finish: 5th of 10
Manager: Bob Scheffing and Chuck Dressen
Best Transaction: Picked up Denny McLain off of waivers. McLain’s story is well know in Tigers lore. He ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
Denny McLain
Al Kaline
Willie Horton
Year: 1918
Record: 55-71
Win %: .437
Win % Change: -73
Run Differential: -81
Pythagorean Record: 54-72
AL Finish: 7th of 8
Manager: Hughie Jennings
Best Transaction: Purchased Marty Kavanagh. This is a stretch, but Kavanagh is the only player the Tigers brought on bored prior ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
Ty Cobb
Harry Heilmann
Year: 1974
Record: 72-90
Win %: .444
Win % Change: -81
Run Differential: -148
Pythagorean Record: 65-97
AL Finish: 11th of 12
Manager: Ralph Houk
Best Transaction: Drafting Mark Fidrych and Lance Parrish. Fidrych is good because of his amazing rookie season, but his ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
Willie Horton
Al Kaline
Alex Rodriguez
Sorry for the delay on the count down. I’m battling the flu right now. Hopefully a day off work on Monday will right my ship and get me back in business. Thanks for hanging in there.
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Detroit Tigers
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Year: 1999 Record: 69-92 Win %: .429 Win
% Change: +28 Run Differential: -135 Pythagorean Record: 68-93
AL Finish: 11th of 14 Manager: Larry Parrish Best Transaction: Traded Bryce Florie to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Maroth. ...
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Year: 1913
Record: 66-87
Win %: .431
Win % Change: -20
Run Differential: -92
Pythagorean Record: 67-86
AL Finish: 6th of 8
Manager: Hughie Jennings
Best Transaction: Drafted Harry Heilmann. Heilmann was a real steal in the Rule 5 draft. Heilmann had run out of time with ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
Harry Heilmann
Sam Crawford
Ty Cobb
Hall of Fame
Year: 1995
Record: 60-84 (late start due to 1994 strike)
Win %: .417
Win % Change: -44
Run Differential: -190
Pythagorean Record: 55-89
AL Finish: 12th of 14
Manager: Sparky Anderson
Best Transaction: Traded Mike Henneman to the Houston Astros for Phil Nevin. Henneman was ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
David Wells
Sparky Anderson
Phil Nevin
Year: 1951
Record: 73-81
Win %: .474
Win % Change: -143 one of the five worst in team history
Run Differential: -56
Pythagorean Record: 71-83
AL Finish: 5th of 8
Manager: Red Rolfe
Best Transaction: Signed Frank Bolling as a free agent. Since this was in the days before the ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
Hal Newhouser
George Kell
Year: 2001
Record: 66-96
Win %: .407
Win % Change: -81 from year before
Run Differential: -152
Pythagorean Record: 67-95
AL Finish: 11th of 14
Manager: Phil Garner
Best Transaction: Letting Juan Gonzalez walk. Sure, this one wasn’t up to the Tigers, but boy did it work ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
Juan Gonzalez
Phil Garner
Brad Ausmus
Doug Brocail
Tony Clark
Year: 1904
Record: 62-90
Win %: .408
Win % Change: -70 from the year before
Run Differential: -122
Pythagorean Record: 61-91
AL Finish: 7th of 8
Manager: Ed Barrow and Bobby Lowe
Best Transaction: Traded Billy Lush to the Cleveland Naps for Ed Killian. This trade took place ...
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Detroit Tigers
Sam Crawford
Year: 1912
Record: 69-84
Win %: .451
Win % Change: -127
Run Differential: -55
Pythagorean Record: 71-82
AL Finish: 6th of 8
Manager: Hughie Jennings
Best Transaction: There are two here and they are huge. In August of 1912 the Tigers purchased two contracts (basically free ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
Ty Cobb
Sam Crawford
The Tigers have cleared Marcus Thames from their 40-man roster, making the veteran a free agent. Thames, who has been with the Tigers since 2004, is coming off his worst season as a Tiger.
This doesn’t make it impossible for Thames to return to Detroit, but it makes sense that the two ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
Marcus Thames
Year: 1998
Record: 65-97
Win %: .401
Win % Change: -87
Run Differential: -141
Pythagorean Record: 68-94
AL Finish: 13th of 14
Manager: Buddy Bell and Larry Parrish
Best Transaction: In December, the Tigers signed Luis Gonzalez as a free agent to fill a hole in the corner ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
Buddy Bell
Luis Gonzalez
Joe Randa
Tony Clark
Damion Easley
Year: 1931
Record: 61-93
Win %: .396
Win % Change: -91
Run Differential: -185
Pythagorean Record: 60-94
AL Finish: 7th of 8
Manager: Bucky Harris
Best Transaction: There were only a handful of deals made by the Tigers in 1931 and I can’t make any of them sounds ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
Bucky Harris
Waite Hoyt
Charlie Gehringer
Roy Halladay
Year: 1902
Record: 52-83
Win %: .385
Win % Change: -163
Run Differential: -91
Pythagorean Record: 58-77
AL Finish: 7th of 8
Manager: Frank Dwyer
Best Transaction: Picked up Wild Bill Donovan. Donovan was in his mid-twenties when he came to the Tigers and had won 42 games over ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
Year: 1920
Record: 61-93
Win %: .396
Win % Change: -175 from season before
Run Differential: -181
Pythagorean Record: 60-94
AL Finish: 7th of 8
Manager: Hughie Jennings
Best Transaction: There were not many transactions back in the day. As a matter of fact, the Tigers made ...
