Club History & Eras
12 entries in the Detroit Tigers compendium.
Sam CrawfordWahoo Sam, the Tigers' triple king and dead-ball era slugger.Hank GreenbergHammerin' Hank: two-time MVP and the 58-homer slugger of 1938.Willie HortonWillie the Wonder: four-time All-Star left fielder and 1968 champion.Al KalineMr. Tiger: Al Kaline, Detroit's Hall of Fame right fielder with 3,007 hits and a 22-season career.Lou WhitakerSweet Lou Whitaker played his entire career with the Detroit Tigers, winning a World Series and earning five…Kirk GibsonKirk Gibson: Tigers legend, World Series hero, and two-sport star.Mike IlitchLittle Caesars founder who owned the Tigers from 1992 to 2017.The Cobb Era (1905–1926)Ty Cobb arrives at 18 and the Tigers win three straight pennants (1907–1909), losing three straight World…Division Winners (2011–2014)Four straight AL Central titles from 2011: Verlander's Cy Young and MVP year, then the 2012 pennant.A New Approach (1988–1995)Gibson gone, a 59–103 collapse, then Cecil Fielder's 51 homers: the power-hitting rebuild of 1988–1995.1967 Detroit Tigers Season91–71, tied for second, one game behind Boston: the pennant race that fell a game short before 1968.1938 Detroit Tigers SeasonHank Greenberg's 58-homer chase of Babe Ruth's record in a fourth-place season.
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