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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Division</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_League_East" title="American League East">East</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ballpark</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Stadium_(Detroit)" title="Tiger Stadium (Detroit)">Tiger Stadium</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owners</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Monaghan" title="Tom Monaghan">Tom Monaghan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">General managers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Lajoie" title="Bill Lajoie">Bill Lajoie</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">Managers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sparky_Anderson" title="Sparky Anderson">Sparky Anderson</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Television</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/WDIV-TV" title="WDIV-TV">WDIV-TV</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/George_Kell" title="George Kell">George Kell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al_Kaline" title="Al Kaline">Al Kaline</a>) <br /><a href="/wiki/Pro-Am_Sports_System" title="Pro-Am Sports System">PASS</a><br />(Larry Osterman, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Northrup_(baseball)" title="Jim Northrup (baseball)">Jim Northrup</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Radio</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/WJR" title="WJR">WJR</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Ernie_Harwell" title="Ernie Harwell">Ernie Harwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Carey_(broadcaster)" title="Paul Carey (broadcaster)">Paul Carey</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1985_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1985 Detroit Tigers season">1985</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_seasons" title="List of Detroit Tigers seasons">Seasons</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1987_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1987 Detroit Tigers season">1987</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>' <a href="/wiki/1986_in_baseball" title="1986 in baseball">1986 season</a></b> was a season in American <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a>. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the <a href="/wiki/American_League_East" title="American League East">American League East</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Offseason">Offseason</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Offseason"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>November 13, 1985: Bárbaro Garbey was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Collins.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 12, 1985: Darnell Coles was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Detroit Tigers for Rich Monteleone.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>January 16, 1986: Dave Engle was traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Detroit Tigers for Chris Pittaro and Alejandro Sánchez.<sup id="cite_ref-baseball-reference.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball-reference.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_standings">Season standings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=3" 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href="/wiki/Winning_percentage" title="Winning percentage">Pct.</a> </th> <th width="8%"><a href="/wiki/Games_behind" title="Games behind">GB</a> </th> <th width="10%"><a href="/wiki/Home_(sports)" title="Home (sports)">Home</a> </th> <th width="10%"><a href="/wiki/Road_(sports)" title="Road (sports)">Road</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1986_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1986 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a> </td> <td>95</td> <td>66 </td> <td>.590 </td> <td>— </td> <td>51‍–‍30 </td> <td>44‍–‍36 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1986_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1986 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </td> <td>90</td> <td>72 </td> <td>.556 </td> <td>5½ </td> <td>41‍–‍39 </td> <td>49‍–‍33 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Detroit Tigers</a> </td> <td>87</td> <td>75 </td> <td>.537 </td> <td>8½ </td> <td>49‍–‍32 </td> <td>38‍–‍43 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1986_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1986 Toronto Blue Jays season">Toronto Blue Jays</a> </td> <td>86</td> <td>76 </td> <td>.531 </td> <td>9½ </td> <td>42‍–‍39 </td> <td>44‍–‍37 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1986_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1986 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland Indians</a> </td> <td>84</td> <td>78 </td> <td>.519 </td> <td>11½ </td> <td>45‍–‍35 </td> <td>39‍–‍43 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1986_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1986 Milwaukee Brewers season">Milwaukee Brewers</a> </td> <td>77</td> <td>84 </td> <td>.478 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>41‍–‍39 </td> <td>36‍–‍45 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1986_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1986 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore Orioles</a> </td> <td>73</td> <td>89 </td> <td>.451 </td> <td>22½ </td> <td>37‍–‍42 </td> <td>36‍–‍47 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Record_vs._opponents">Record vs. opponents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Record vs. opponents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="15"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1045256916">.mw-parser-output .navbar-header{text-align:center;position:relative;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .navbar-header .navbar{position:absolute;right:0;top:0;margin:0 5px}</style><div class="navbar-header">1986 American League record<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1986_AL_Record_vs._opponents" title="Template:1986 AL Record vs. opponents"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a 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href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1986-schedule-scores.shtml">[5]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1986-schedule-scores.shtml">[6]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/1986-schedule-scores.shtml">[7]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1986-schedule-scores.shtml">[8]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/1986-schedule-scores.shtml">[9]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1986-schedule-scores.shtml">[10]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1986-schedule-scores.shtml">[11]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/1986-schedule-scores.shtml">[12]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TEX/1986-schedule-scores.shtml">[13]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/1986-schedule-scores.shtml">[14]</a> </small> </th></tr> <tr> <th width="100">Team </th> <th style="background:black;color:#F87217;width=35">BAL </th> <th style="background:#ba313c;color:#0d2b56;width=35">BOS </th> <th style="background:#CE2029;color:#333366;width=35">CAL </th> <th style="background:black;color:white;width=35">CWS </th> <th style="background:#990000;color:#023456;width=35">CLE </th> <th style="background:#036;color:#bd5d29;width=35">DET </th> <th style="background:#27408B;color:#74B4FA;width=35">KC </th> <th style="background:#0a2351;color:#c9b074;width=35">MIL </th> <th style="background:#072764;color:#c6011f;width=35">MIN </th> <th style="background:#1c2841;color:white;width=35">NYY </th> <th style="background:#003831;color:#FFD800;width=35">OAK </th> <th style="background:#005c5c;color:#9ECEEE;width=35">SEA </th> <th style="background:red;color:#003366;width=35">TEX </th> <th style="background:#005ac0;color:white;width=35">TOR </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1986 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore</a> </td> <td>—</td> <td>4–9</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>9–3</td> <td>4–9</td> <td>1–12</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>6–7</td> <td>8–4</td> <td>5–8</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>8–5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1986 Boston Red Sox season">Boston</a> </td> <td>9–4</td> <td>—</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>10–3</td> <td>7–6</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>10–2</td> <td>5–8</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>8–4</td> <td>8–4</td> <td>7–6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_California_Angels_season" title="1986 California Angels season">California</a> </td> <td>6–6</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>—</td> <td>7–6</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>8–5</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>7–6</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>10–3</td> <td>8–5</td> <td>8–5</td> <td>6–6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1986 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago</a> </td> <td>3–9</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>6–7</td> <td>—</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>7–6</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>6–7</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>7–6</td> <td>8–5</td> <td>2–11</td> <td>6–6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1986 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland</a> </td> <td>9–4</td> <td>3–10</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>—</td> <td>4–9</td> <td>8–4</td> <td>8–5</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>5–8</td> <td>10–2</td> <td>9–3</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>3–10–1 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Detroit</a> </td> <td>12–1</td> <td>6–7</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>9–4</td> <td>—</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>8–5</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>6–7</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>4–9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1986 Kansas City Royals season">Kansas City</a> </td> <td>6–6</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>5–8</td> <td>6–7</td> <td>4–8</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>—</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>6–7</td> <td>4–8</td> <td>8–5</td> <td>5–8</td> <td>8–5</td> <td>5–7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1986 Milwaukee Brewers season">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td>7–6</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>5–8</td> <td>5–8</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>—</td> <td>4–8</td> <td>8–5</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>4–8</td> <td>7–6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1986 Minnesota Twins season">Minnesota</a> </td> <td>4–8</td> <td>2–10</td> <td>6–7</td> <td>7–6</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>7–6</td> <td>8–4</td> <td>—</td> <td>4–8</td> <td>6–7</td> <td>6–7</td> <td>6–7</td> <td>4–8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1986 New York Yankees season">New York</a> </td> <td>8–5</td> <td>8–5</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>8–5</td> <td>7–6</td> <td>8–4</td> <td>5–8</td> <td>8–4</td> <td>—</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>8–4</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>7–6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1986 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland</a> </td> <td>7–5</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>3–10</td> <td>6–7</td> <td>2–10</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>5–8</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>7–6</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>—</td> <td>10–3</td> <td>3–10</td> <td>8–4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_Seattle_Mariners_season" title="1986 Seattle Mariners season">Seattle</a> </td> <td>6–6</td> <td>4–8</td> <td>5–8</td> <td>5–8</td> <td>3–9</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>8–5</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>7–6</td> <td>4–8</td> <td>3–10</td> <td>—</td> <td>4–9</td> <td>6–6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_Texas_Rangers_season" title="1986 Texas Rangers season">Texas</a> </td> <td>7–5</td> <td>4–8</td> <td>5–8</td> <td>11–2</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>5–8</td> <td>8–4</td> <td>7–6</td> <td>5–7</td> <td>10–3</td> <td>9–4</td> <td>—</td> <td>5–7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1986_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1986 Toronto Blue Jays season">Toronto</a> </td> <td>5–8</td> <td>6–7</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>10–3–1</td> <td>9–4</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>6–7</td> <td>8–4</td> <td>6–7</td> <td>4–8</td> <td>6–6</td> <td>7–5</td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_transactions">Notable transactions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable transactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>April 25, 1986: Brian Harper was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 10, 1986: Ken Hill was traded by the Detroit Tigers with a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Heath. The Detroit Tigers sent Mike Laga (September 2, 1986) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 10, 1986: Dave Engel was released by the Detroit Tigers.<sup id="cite_ref-baseball-reference.com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baseball-reference.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roster">Roster</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Roster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="10" style="background-color: #003366; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;">1986 Detroit Tigers </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="10" style="background-color: #bd5d29; color: white; text-align: center;"><b>Roster</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>Pitchers</b> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">39</span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Campbell_(baseball)" title="Bill Campbell (baseball)">Bill Campbell</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">43</span> <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Cary" title="Chuck Cary">Chuck Cary</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">21</span> <a href="/wiki/Willie_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Willie Hernández">Willie Hernández</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">45</span> <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Kelly_(baseball)" title="Bryan Kelly (baseball)">Bryan Kelly</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">25</span> <a href="/wiki/Eric_King_(baseball)" title="Eric King (baseball)">Eric King</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">40</span> <a href="/wiki/Dave_LaPoint" title="Dave LaPoint">Dave LaPoint</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">36</span> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lazorko" title="Jack Lazorko">Jack Lazorko</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">47</span> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Morris" title="Jack Morris">Jack Morris</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">49</span> <a href="/wiki/Randy_O%27Neal" title="Randy O'Neal">Randy O'Neal</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">27</span> <a href="/wiki/John_Pacella" title="John Pacella">John Pacella</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">46</span> <a href="/wiki/Dan_Petry" title="Dan Petry">Dan Petry</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">17</span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Scherrer" title="Bill Scherrer">Bill Scherrer</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">20</span> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Slaton" title="Jim Slaton">Jim Slaton</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">26</span> <a href="/wiki/Frank_Tanana" title="Frank Tanana">Frank Tanana</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">35</span> <a href="/wiki/Walt_Terrell" title="Walt Terrell">Walt Terrell</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">30</span> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Thurmond" title="Mark Thurmond">Mark Thurmond</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Catchers</b> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 8</span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Heath_(baseball)" title="Mike Heath (baseball)">Mike Heath</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">12</span> <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Lowry" title="Dwight Lowry">Dwight Lowry</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">33</span> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Nokes" title="Matt Nokes">Matt Nokes</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">13</span> <a href="/wiki/Lance_Parrish" title="Lance Parrish">Lance Parrish</a></li></ul> <p><b>Infielders</b> </p> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 9</span> <a href="/wiki/Doug_Baker_(baseball)" title="Doug Baker (baseball)">Doug Baker</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">14</span> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bergman" title="Dave Bergman">Dave Bergman</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">16</span> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brookens" title="Tom Brookens">Tom Brookens</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">19</span> <a href="/wiki/Darnell_Coles" title="Darnell Coles">Darnell Coles</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">10</span> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Engle" title="Dave Engle">Dave Engle</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">41</span> <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Evans" title="Darrell Evans">Darrell Evans</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 4</span> <a href="/wiki/Mike_Laga" title="Mike Laga">Mike Laga</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">18</span> <a href="/wiki/Scotti_Madison" title="Scotti Madison">Scotti Madison</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">27</span> <a href="/wiki/Harry_Spilman" title="Harry Spilman">Harry Spilman</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 3</span> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Trammell" title="Alan Trammell">Alan Trammell</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"> 1</span> <a href="/wiki/Lou_Whitaker" title="Lou Whitaker">Lou Whitaker</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Outfielders</b> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">29</span> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Collins" title="Dave Collins">Dave Collins</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">37</span> <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Fields" title="Bruce Fields">Bruce Fields</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">23</span> <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Gibson" title="Kirk Gibson">Kirk Gibson</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">30</span> <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Grubb" title="Johnny Grubb">Johnny Grubb</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">32</span> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Harper" title="Brian Harper">Brian Harper</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">31</span> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Herndon" title="Larry Herndon">Larry Herndon</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">34</span> <a href="/wiki/Chet_Lemon" title="Chet Lemon">Chet Lemon</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">15</span> <a href="/wiki/Pat_Sheridan" title="Pat Sheridan">Pat Sheridan</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">38</span> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Tolman" title="Tim Tolman">Tim Tolman</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Manager</b> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">11</span> <a href="/wiki/Sparky_Anderson" title="Sparky Anderson">Sparky Anderson</a></li></ul> <p><b>Coaches</b> </p> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">50</span> <a href="/wiki/Billy_Consolo" title="Billy Consolo">Billy Consolo</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">51</span> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Grammas" title="Alex Grammas">Alex Grammas</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">56</span> <a href="/wiki/Billy_Muffett" title="Billy Muffett">Billy Muffett</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">28</span> <a href="/wiki/Vada_Pinson" title="Vada Pinson">Vada Pinson</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">53</span> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Tracewski" title="Dick Tracewski">Dick Tracewski</a></li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_stats">Player stats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Player stats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Batting">Batting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Batting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: Pos= Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%">Pos </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%">Player </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">G </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">AB </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">H </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">Avg. </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">HR </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">RBI </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>C</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lance_Parrish" title="Lance Parrish">Lance Parrish</a></td> <td>91</td> <td>327</td> <td>84</td> <td>.257</td> <td>22</td> <td>62 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1B</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Evans" title="Darrell Evans">Darrell Evans</a></td> <td>151</td> <td>507</td> <td>122</td> <td>.241</td> <td>29</td> <td>85 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>2B</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lou_Whitaker" title="Lou Whitaker">Lou Whitaker</a></td> <td>144</td> <td>584</td> <td>157</td> <td>.269</td> <td>20</td> <td>73 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>SS</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Trammell" title="Alan Trammell">Alan Trammell</a></td> <td>151</td> <td>574</td> <td>159</td> <td>.277</td> <td>21</td> <td>75 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>3B</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darnell_Coles" title="Darnell Coles">Darnell Coles</a></td> <td>142</td> <td>521</td> <td>142</td> <td>.273</td> <td>20</td> <td>86 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>LF</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larry_Herndon" title="Larry Herndon">Larry Herndon</a></td> <td>106</td> <td>283</td> <td>70</td> <td>.247</td> <td>8</td> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>CF</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chet_Lemon" title="Chet Lemon">Chet Lemon</a></td> <td>126</td> <td>403</td> <td>101</td> <td>.251</td> <td>12</td> <td>53 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>RF</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Gibson" title="Kirk Gibson">Kirk Gibson</a></td> <td>119</td> <td>441</td> <td>118</td> <td>.268</td> <td>28</td> <td>86 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>DH</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Grubb" title="Johnny Grubb">Johnny Grubb</a></td> <td>81</td> <td>210</td> <td>70</td> <td>.333</td> <td>13</td> <td>51 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_batters">Other batters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Other batters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: G = Games played; AB = at bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%">Player </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">G </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">AB </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">H </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">Avg. </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">HR </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">RBI </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Collins" title="Dave Collins">Dave Collins</a></td> <td>124</td> <td>419</td> <td>113</td> <td>.270</td> <td>1</td> <td>27 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Brookens" title="Tom Brookens">Tom Brookens</a></td> <td>98</td> <td>281</td> <td>76</td> <td>.270</td> <td>3</td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Pat_Sheridan" title="Pat Sheridan">Pat Sheridan</a></td> <td>98</td> <td>236</td> <td>56</td> <td>.237</td> <td>6</td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Lowry" title="Dwight Lowry">Dwight Lowry</a></td> <td>56</td> <td>150</td> <td>46</td> <td>.307</td> <td>3</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bergman" title="Dave Bergman">Dave Bergman</a></td> <td>65</td> <td>130</td> <td>30</td> <td>.231</td> <td>1</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Heath_(baseball)" title="Mike Heath (baseball)">Mike Heath</a></td> <td>30</td> <td>98</td> <td>26</td> <td>.265</td> <td>4</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_Engle" title="Dave Engle">Dave Engle</a></td> <td>35</td> <td>86</td> <td>22</td> <td>.256</td> <td>0</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Spilman" title="Harry Spilman">Harry Spilman</a></td> <td>24</td> <td>49</td> <td>12</td> <td>.245</td> <td>3</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Laga" title="Mike Laga">Mike Laga</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>45</td> <td>9</td> <td>.200</td> <td>3</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Fields" title="Bruce Fields">Bruce Fields</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>43</td> <td>12</td> <td>.279</td> <td>0</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Harper" title="Brian Harper">Brian Harper</a></td> <td>19</td> <td>36</td> <td>5</td> <td>.139</td> <td>0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Tim_Tolman" title="Tim Tolman">Tim Tolman</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>34</td> <td>6</td> <td>.176</td> <td>0</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Doug_Baker_(baseball)" title="Doug Baker (baseball)">Doug Baker</a></td> <td>13</td> <td>24</td> <td>3</td> <td>.125</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Nokes" title="Matt Nokes">Matt Nokes</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>24</td> <td>8</td> <td>.333</td> <td>1</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Scotti_Madison" title="Scotti Madison">Scotti Madison</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0</td> <td>1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pitching">Pitching</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Pitching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Starting_pitchers">Starting pitchers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Starting pitchers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note; G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%">Player </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">G </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">IP </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">W </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">L </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">ERA </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">SO </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Morris" title="Jack Morris">Jack Morris</a></td> <td>35</td> <td>267.0</td> <td>21</td> <td>8</td> <td>3.27</td> <td>223 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Walt_Terrell" title="Walt Terrell">Walt Terrell</a></td> <td>34</td> <td>217.1</td> <td>15</td> <td>12</td> <td>4.56</td> <td>93 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Tanana" title="Frank Tanana">Frank Tanana</a></td> <td>32</td> <td>188.1</td> <td>12</td> <td>9</td> <td>4.16</td> <td>119 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Petry" title="Dan Petry">Dan Petry</a></td> <td>20</td> <td>116.0</td> <td>5</td> <td>10</td> <td>4.66</td> <td>56 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_pitchers">Other pitchers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Other pitchers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note; G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%">Player </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">G </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">IP </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">W </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">L </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">ERA </th> <th bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%">SO </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_King_(baseball)" title="Eric King (baseball)">Eric King</a></td> <td>33</td> <td>138.1</td> <td>11</td> <td>4</td> <td>3.51</td> <td>79 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Randy_O%27Neal" title="Randy O'Neal">Randy O'Neal</a></td> <td>37</td> <td>122.2</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>4.33</td> <td>68 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Dave_LaPoint" title="Dave LaPoint">Dave LaPoint</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>67.2</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>5.72</td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Kelly_(baseball)" title="Bryan Kelly (baseball)">Bryan Kelly</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>20.0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>4.50</td> <td>18 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relief_pitchers">Relief pitchers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Relief pitchers"><span>edit</span></a><span 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title="1986 San Francisco Giants season">San Francisco</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1986_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="1986 Major League Baseball draft">1986 MLB draft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1986 All-Star Game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_World_Series" title="1986 World Series">1986 World Series</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Detroit_Tigers" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;background-color: #0C2C56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF6600, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF6600; !important;;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Detroit_Tigers" title="Template:Detroit Tigers"><abbr title="View this template" style="color: #FFFFFF !important">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Detroit_Tigers" title="Template talk:Detroit Tigers"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color: #FFFFFF 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!important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers"><span style="color:#0C2C56">Franchise</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Detroit_Tigers" title="History of the Detroit Tigers">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_seasons" title="List of Detroit Tigers seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_team_records" title="List of Detroit Tigers team records">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_no-hitters" title="List of Detroit Tigers no-hitters">No-hitters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers_award_winners_and_league_leaders" title="Detroit Tigers award winners and league leaders">Award winners and league leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers_all-time_roster" title="Detroit Tigers all-time roster">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_first-round_draft_picks" title="List of Detroit Tigers first-round draft picks">First-round draft picks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_managers" title="List of Detroit Tigers managers">Managers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_coaches" title="List of Detroit Tigers coaches">Coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_owners_and_executives" title="List of Detroit Tigers owners and executives">Owners and executives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_Opening_Day_starting_pitchers" title="List of Detroit Tigers Opening Day starting pitchers">Opening Day starting pitchers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">Ballparks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bennett_Park_(Detroit)" title="Bennett Park (Detroit)">Bennett Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Stadium_(Detroit)" title="Tiger Stadium (Detroit)">Tiger Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comerica_Park" title="Comerica Park">Comerica Park</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Spring training:</i> <a href="/wiki/Ban_Johnson_Park" title="Ban Johnson Park">Whittington Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plant_Field" title="Plant Field">Plant Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosse_Field" title="Bosse Field">Bosse Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henley_Field" title="Henley Field">Henley Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joker_Marchant_Stadium" title="Joker Marchant Stadium">Joker Marchant Stadium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/T206_Ty_Cobb" title="T206 Ty Cobb">T206 Ty Cobb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li%27l_Rastus" title="Li'l Rastus">Li'l Rastus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paws_(Detroit_Tigers)" title="Paws (Detroit Tigers)">Paws</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Rock_City" title="Detroit Rock City">Detroit Rock City</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mark_Fidrych" title="Mark Fidrych">The Bird</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bird:_The_Life_and_Legacy_of_Mark_Fidrych" title="The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Mark Fidrych">The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Mark Fidrych</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_in_a_Million:_The_Ron_LeFlore_Story" title="One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story">One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Magnum,_P.I." title="Magnum, P.I.">Magnum, P.I.</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Magnum_P.I._(2018_TV_series)" title="Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series)">reboot</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Town" title="Tiger Town">Tiger Town</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cobb_(film)" title="Cobb (film)">Cobb</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/For_Love_of_the_Game_(film)" title="For Love of the Game (film)">For Love of the Game</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Life_and_Times_of_Hank_Greenberg" title="The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg">The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bless_You_Boys" title="Bless You Boys">Bless You Boys</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Charley_Marcuse" title="Charley Marcuse">The Singing Hot Dog Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Roar_(song)" title="Roar (song)">Roar (song)</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ball_Park_Franks" title="Ball Park Franks">Ball Park Franks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1910_Chalmers_Award" title="1910 Chalmers Award">1910 Chalmers Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_suspension_of_Ty_Cobb" title="1912 suspension of Ty Cobb">1912 suspension of Ty Cobb</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers_replacement_players_(May_18,_1912)" title="Detroit Tigers replacement players (May 18, 1912)">replacement players</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night" title="Disco Demolition Night">Disco Demolition Night</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_American_League_Central_tie-breaker_game" title="2009 American League Central tie-breaker game">2009 AL Central tie-breaker game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armando_Galarraga%27s_near-perfect_game" title="Armando Galarraga's near-perfect game">28-out perfect game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_in_Omaha" title="MLB in Omaha">MLB in Omaha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tigers%E2%80%93White_Sox_rivalry" title="Tigers–White Sox rivalry">Chicago White Sox</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Detroit Tigers minor league affiliates"><span style="color:#0C2C56">Minor league affiliates</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers_minor_league_players" title="Detroit Tigers minor league players">Player overview</a></li> <li>Triple-A: <a href="/wiki/Toledo_Mud_Hens" title="Toledo Mud Hens">Toledo Mud Hens</a></li> <li>Double-A: <a href="/wiki/Erie_SeaWolves" title="Erie SeaWolves">Erie SeaWolves</a></li> <li>High-A: <a href="/wiki/West_Michigan_Whitecaps" title="West Michigan Whitecaps">West Michigan Whitecaps</a></li> <li>Single-A: <a href="/wiki/Lakeland_Flying_Tigers" title="Lakeland Flying Tigers">Lakeland Flying Tigers</a></li> <li>Rookie: <a href="/wiki/Florida_Complex_League_Tigers" title="Florida Complex League Tigers">FCL Tigers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Tigers" title="Dominican Summer League Tigers">DSL Tigers 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Tigers" title="Dominican Summer League Tigers">DSL Tigers 2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Owner: <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Ilitch" title="Christopher Ilitch">Christopher Ilitch</a></li> <li>President of baseball operations: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Harris_(baseball)" title="Scott Harris (baseball)">Scott Harris</a></li> <li>General Manager: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Greenberg_(sports_executive)" title="Jeff Greenberg (sports executive)">Jeff Greenberg</a></li> <li>Manager: <a href="/wiki/A._J._Hinch" title="A. J. Hinch">A. J. Hinch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">World Series<br />championships (4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1935_World_Series" title="1935 World Series">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_World_Series" title="1945 World Series">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_World_Series" title="1968 World Series">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_World_Series" title="1984 World Series">1984</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">American League pennants (11)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>American League: <a href="/wiki/1907_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1907 Detroit Tigers season">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1908 Detroit Tigers season">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1909 Detroit Tigers season">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1934 Detroit Tigers season">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1935 Detroit Tigers season">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1940 Detroit Tigers season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1945 Detroit Tigers season">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1968 Detroit Tigers season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1984 American League Championship Series">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2006 American League Championship Series">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2012 American League Championship Series">2012</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">Division titles (7)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>East: <a href="/wiki/1972_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1972 Detroit Tigers season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1984 Detroit Tigers season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1987 Detroit Tigers season">1987</a></li> <li>Central: <a href="/wiki/2011_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2011 Detroit Tigers season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2012 Detroit Tigers season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2013 Detroit Tigers season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2014 Detroit Tigers season">2014</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">Wild card berths (2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2006 Detroit Tigers season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2024 Detroit Tigers season">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_broadcasters" title="List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters"><span style="color:#0C2C56">Broadcasters</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>TV: <a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Detroit" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Detroit">Bally Sports Detroit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Shepard_(sportscaster)" title="Matt Shepard (sportscaster)">Matt Shepard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Gibson" title="Kirk Gibson">Kirk Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Morris" title="Jack Morris">Jack Morris</a></li></ul></li> <li>Radio: <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers_Radio_Network" title="Detroit Tigers Radio Network">Detroit Tigers Radio Network</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WXYT-FM" title="WXYT-FM">WXYT-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Dickerson" title="Dan Dickerson">Dan Dickerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Price_(catcher)" title="Jim Price (catcher)">Jim Price</a></li></ul></li> <li>History: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_broadcasters" title="List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters">List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;background-color: #0C2C56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF6600, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF6600; !important;;"><div id="Seasons_(123)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Seasons (123)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1900s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><span style="visibility:hidden">· 1900 </span><a href="/wiki/1901_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1901 Detroit Tigers season">1901</a> · <a href="/wiki/1902_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1902 Detroit Tigers season">1902</a> · <a href="/wiki/1903_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1903 Detroit Tigers season">1903</a> · <a href="/wiki/1904_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1904 Detroit Tigers season">1904</a> · <a href="/wiki/1905_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1905 Detroit Tigers season">1905</a> · <a href="/wiki/1906_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1906 Detroit Tigers season">1906</a> · <b><a href="/wiki/1907_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1907 Detroit Tigers season">1907</a></b> · <b><a href="/wiki/1908_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1908 Detroit Tigers season">1908</a></b> · <b><a href="/wiki/1909_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1909 Detroit Tigers season">1909</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1910_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1910 Detroit Tigers season">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1911 Detroit Tigers season">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1912 Detroit Tigers season">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1913 Detroit Tigers season">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1914 Detroit Tigers season">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1915 Detroit Tigers season">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1916 Detroit Tigers season">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1917 Detroit Tigers season">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1918 Detroit Tigers season">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1919 Detroit Tigers season">1919</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1920 Detroit Tigers season">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1921 Detroit Tigers season">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1922 Detroit Tigers season">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1923 Detroit Tigers season">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1924 Detroit Tigers season">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1925 Detroit Tigers season">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1926 Detroit Tigers season">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1927 Detroit Tigers season">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1928 Detroit Tigers season">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1929 Detroit Tigers season">1929</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1930 Detroit Tigers season">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1931 Detroit Tigers season">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1932 Detroit Tigers season">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1933 Detroit Tigers season">1933</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1934_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1934 Detroit Tigers season">1934</a></b></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1935_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1935 Detroit Tigers season">1935</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1936 Detroit Tigers season">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1937 Detroit Tigers season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1938 Detroit Tigers season">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1939 Detroit Tigers season">1939</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1940_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1940 Detroit Tigers season">1940</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1941 Detroit Tigers season">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1942 Detroit Tigers season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1943 Detroit Tigers season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1944 Detroit Tigers season">1944</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1945_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1945 Detroit Tigers season">1945</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1946 Detroit Tigers season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1947 Detroit Tigers season">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1948 Detroit Tigers season">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1949 Detroit Tigers season">1949</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1950 Detroit Tigers season">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1951 Detroit Tigers season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1952 Detroit Tigers season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1953 Detroit Tigers season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1954 Detroit Tigers season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1955 Detroit Tigers season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1956 Detroit Tigers season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1957 Detroit Tigers season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1958 Detroit Tigers season">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1959 Detroit Tigers season">1959</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1960 Detroit Tigers season">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1961 Detroit Tigers season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1962 Detroit Tigers season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1963 Detroit Tigers season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1964 Detroit Tigers season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1965 Detroit Tigers season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1966 Detroit Tigers season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1967 Detroit Tigers season">1967</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1968_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1968 Detroit Tigers season">1968</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1969 Detroit Tigers season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1970 Detroit Tigers season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1971 Detroit Tigers season">1971</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1972_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1972 Detroit Tigers season">1972</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1973 Detroit Tigers season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1974 Detroit Tigers season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1975 Detroit Tigers season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1976 Detroit Tigers season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1977 Detroit Tigers season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1978 Detroit Tigers season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1979 Detroit Tigers season">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1980 Detroit Tigers season">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1981 Detroit Tigers season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1982 Detroit Tigers season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1983 Detroit Tigers season">1983</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1984_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1984 Detroit Tigers season">1984</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1985 Detroit Tigers season">1985</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1986</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1987_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1987 Detroit Tigers season">1987</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1988 Detroit Tigers season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1989 Detroit Tigers season">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1990 Detroit Tigers season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1991 Detroit Tigers season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1992 Detroit Tigers season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1993 Detroit Tigers season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1994 Detroit Tigers season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1995 Detroit Tigers season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1996 Detroit Tigers season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1997 Detroit Tigers season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1998 Detroit Tigers season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1999 Detroit Tigers season">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2000 Detroit Tigers season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2001 Detroit Tigers season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2002 Detroit Tigers season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2003 Detroit Tigers season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2004 Detroit Tigers season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2005 Detroit Tigers season">2005</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/2006_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2006 Detroit Tigers season">2006</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2007 Detroit Tigers season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2008 Detroit Tigers season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2009 Detroit Tigers season">2009</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; 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