| Year | Team Name | League | Division | W | L | Pct | Rank | Managers | Stadium | Top Draft Pick | Playoffs | |
| 2013 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | Central | 39 | 29 | .574 | 1 | Jim Leyland | Comerica Park | dnq | |
| 2012 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | Central | 88 | 74 | .543 | 1 | Jim Leyland | Comerica Park | Jake Thompson (#91) | Lost World Series (Giants) |
| 2011 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | Central | 95 | 67 | .586 | 1 | Jim Leyland | Comerica Park | James McCann (#76) | Lost in ALCS (Rangers) |
| 2010 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | Central | 81 | 81 | .500 | 3 | Jim Leyland | Comerica Park | Nick Castellanos (#44) | dnq |
| 2009 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | Central | 86 | 77 | .528 | 2 | Jim Leyland | Comerica Park | Jacob Turner (#9) | dnq |
| 2008 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | Central | 74 | 88 | .457 | 5 | Jim Leyland | Comerica Park | Ryan Perry (#21) | dnq |
| 2007 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | Central | 88 | 74 | .543 | 2 | Jim Leyland | Comerica Park | Rick Porcello (#27) | dnq |
| 2006 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | Central | 95 | 67 | .586 | 2 | Jim Leyland | Comerica Park | Andrew Miller (#6) | Lost World Series (Cardinals) |
| 2005 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | Central | 71 | 91 | .438 | 4 | Alan Trammell | Comerica Park | Cameron Maybin (#10) | dnq |
| 2004 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | Central | 72 | 90 | .444 | 4 | Alan Trammell | Comerica Park | Justin Verlander (#2) | dnq |
| 2003 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | Central | 43 | 119 | .265 | 5 | Alan Trammell | Comerica Park | Kyle Sleeth (#3) | dnq |
| 2002 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | Central | 55 | 106 | .342 | 5 | Luis Pujols Phil Garner | Comerica Park | Scott Moore (#8) | dnq |
| 2001 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | Central | 66 | 96 | .407 | 4 | Phil Garner | Comerica Park | Kenny Baugh (#11) | dnq |
| 2000 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | Central | 79 | 83 | .488 | 3 | Phil Garner | Comerica Park | Matt Wheatland (#8) | dnq |
| 1999 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | Central | 69 | 92 | .429 | 3 | Larry Parrish | Tiger Stadium | Eric Munson (#3) | dnq |
| 1998 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | Central | 65 | 97 | .401 | 5 | Buddy Bell Larry Parrish | Tiger Stadium | Jeff Weaver (#14) | dnq |
| 1997 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 79 | 83 | .488 | 3 | Buddy Bell | Tiger Stadium | Matt Anderson (#1) | dnq |
| 1996 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 53 | 109 | .327 | 5 | Buddy Bell | Tiger Stadium | Seth Greisinger (#6) | dnq |
| 1995 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 60 | 84 | .417 | 4 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | Mike Drumright (#11) | dnq |
| 1994 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 53 | 62 | .461 | 5 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | Cade Gaspar (#18) | dnq |
| 1993 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 85 | 77 | .525 | 4 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | Matt Brunson (#9) | dnq |
| 1992 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 75 | 87 | .463 | 6 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | Rick Greene (#16) | dnq |
| 1991 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 84 | 78 | .519 | 2 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | Justin Thompson (#32) | dnq |
| 1990 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 79 | 83 | .488 | 3 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | Tony Clark (#2) | dnq |
| 1989 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 59 | 103 | .364 | 7 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | Greg Gohr (#21) | dnq |
| 1988 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 88 | 74 | .543 | 2 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | Rico Brogna (#26) | dnq |
| 1987 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 98 | 64 | .605 | 1 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | Bill Henderson (#20) | Lost ALCS (Twins) |
| 1986 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 87 | 75 | .537 | 3 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | Phil Clark (#18) | dnq |
| 1985 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 84 | 77 | .522 | 3 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | Randy Nosek (#26) | dnq |
| 1984 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 104 | 58 | .642 | 1 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | Rob Souza (#52) | Won World Series (Padres) |
| 1983 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 92 | 70 | .568 | 2 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | Wayne Dotson (#15) | dnq |
| 1982 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 83 | 79 | .512 | 4 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | Rich Monteleone (#20) | dnq |
| 1981 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 60 | 49 | .550 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | Ricky Barlow (#17) | dnq | |
| 1980 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 84 | 78 | .519 | 5 | Sparky Anderson | Tiger Stadium | Glenn Wilson (#18) | dnq |
| 1979 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 85 | 76 | .528 | 5 | Sparky Anderson Les Moss Dick Tracewski | Tiger Stadium | Rick Leach (#13) | dnq |
| 1978 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 86 | 76 | .531 | 5 | Ralph Houk | Tiger Stadium | Kirk Gibson (#12) | dnq |
| 1977 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 74 | 88 | .457 | 4 | Ralph Houk | Tiger Stadium | Kevin Richards (#5) | dnq |
| 1976 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 74 | 87 | .460 | 5 | Ralph Houk | Tiger Stadium | Pat Underwood (#2) | dnq |
| 1975 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 57 | 102 | .358 | 6 | Ralph Houk | Tiger Stadium | Les Filkins (#3) | dnq |
| 1974 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 72 | 90 | .444 | 6 | Ralph Houk | Tiger Stadium | Lance Parrish (#16) | dnq |
| 1973 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 85 | 77 | .525 | 3 | Billy Martin Joe Schultz | Tiger Stadium | Charles Bates (#19) | dnq |
| 1972 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 86 | 70 | .551 | 1 | Billy Martin | Tiger Stadium | Jerry Manuel (#20) | Lost ALCS (Athletics) |
| 1971 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 91 | 71 | .562 | 2 | Billy Martin | Tiger Stadium | Tom Veryzer (#11) | dnq |
| 1970 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 79 | 83 | .488 | 4 | Mayo Smith | Tiger Stadium | Terry Mappin (#20) | dnq |
| 1969 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | East | 90 | 72 | .556 | 2 | Mayo Smith | Tiger Stadium | Lenny Baxley (#19) | dnq |
| 1968 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 103 | 59 | .636 | 1 | Mayo Smith | Tiger Stadium | Robert Robinson (#18) | Won World Series (Cardinals) |
| 1967 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 91 | 71 | .562 | 3 | Mayo Smith | Tiger Stadium | Jim Foor (#15) | dnq |
| 1966 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 88 | 74 | .543 | 3 | Frank Skaff Bob Swift Chuck Dressen | Tiger Stadium | Rick Konik (#14) | dnq |
| 1965 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 89 | 73 | .549 | 4 | Chuck Dressen Bob Swift | Tiger Stadium | Gene Lamont (#13) | dnq |
| 1964 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 85 | 77 | .525 | 4 | Chuck Dressen | Tiger Stadium | dnq | |
| 1963 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 79 | 83 | .488 | 5 | Chuck Dressen Bob Scheffing | Tiger Stadium | dnq | |
| 1962 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 85 | 76 | .528 | 4 | Bob Scheffing | Tiger Stadium | dnq | |
| 1961 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 101 | 61 | .623 | 2 | Bob Scheffing | Tiger Stadium | dnq | |
| 1960 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 71 | 83 | .461 | 6 | Jimmy Dykes Joe Gordon Billy Hitchcock | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1959 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 76 | 78 | .494 | 4 | Jimmy Dykes Bill Norman | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1958 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 77 | 77 | .500 | 5 | Bill Norman Jack Tighe | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1957 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 78 | 76 | .506 | 4 | Jack Tighe | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1956 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 82 | 72 | .532 | 5 | Bucky Harris | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1955 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 79 | 75 | .513 | 5 | Bucky Harris | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1954 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 68 | 86 | .442 | 5 | Fred Hutchinson | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1953 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 60 | 94 | .390 | 6 | Fred Hutchinson | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1952 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 50 | 104 | .325 | 8 | Fred Hutchinson Red Rolfe | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1951 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 73 | 81 | .474 | 5 | Red Rolfe | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1950 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 95 | 59 | .617 | 2 | Red Rolfe | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1949 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 87 | 67 | .565 | 4 | Red Rolfe | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1948 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 78 | 76 | .506 | 5 | Steve O'Neill | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1947 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 85 | 69 | .552 | 2 | Steve O'Neill | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1946 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 92 | 62 | .597 | 2 | Steve O'Neill | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1945 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 88 | 65 | .575 | 1 | Steve O'Neill | Briggs Stadium | Won World Series (Cubs) | |
| 1944 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 88 | 66 | .571 | 2 | Steve O'Neill | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1943 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 78 | 76 | .506 | 5 | Steve O'Neill | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1942 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 73 | 81 | .474 | 5 | Del Baker | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1941 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 75 | 79 | .487 | 4 | Del Baker | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1940 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 90 | 64 | .584 | 1 | Del Baker | Briggs Stadium | Lost World Series (Reds) | |
| 1939 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 81 | 73 | .526 | 5 | Del Baker | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1938 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 84 | 70 | .545 | 4 | Mickey Cochrane Del Baker | Briggs Stadium | dnq | |
| 1937 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 89 | 65 | .578 | 2 | Mickey Cochrane Del Baker Cy Perkins | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1936 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 83 | 71 | .539 | 2 | Mickey Cochrane Del Baker | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1935 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 93 | 58 | .616 | 1 | Mickey Cochrane | Navin Field | Won World Series (Cubs) | |
| 1934 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 101 | 53 | .656 | 1 | Mickey Cochrane | Navin Field | Lost World Series (Cardinals) | |
| 1933 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 75 | 79 | .487 | 5 | Bucky Harris Del Baker | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1932 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 76 | 75 | .503 | 5 | Bucky Harris | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1931 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 61 | 93 | .396 | 7 | Bucky Harris | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1930 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 75 | 79 | .487 | 5 | Bucky Harris | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1929 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 70 | 84 | .455 | 6 | Bucky Harris | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1928 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 68 | 86 | .442 | 6 | George Moriarty | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1927 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 82 | 71 | .536 | 4 | George Moriarty | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1926 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 79 | 75 | .513 | 6 | Ty Cobb | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1925 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 81 | 73 | .526 | 4 | Ty Cobb | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1924 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 86 | 68 | .558 | 3 | Ty Cobb | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1923 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 83 | 71 | .539 | 2 | Ty Cobb | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1922 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 79 | 75 | .513 | 3 | Ty Cobb | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1921 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 71 | 82 | .464 | 6 | Ty Cobb | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1920 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 61 | 93 | .396 | 7 | Hughie Jennings | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1919 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 80 | 60 | .571 | 4 | Hughie Jennings | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1918 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 55 | 71 | .437 | 7 | Hughie Jennings | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1917 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 78 | 75 | .510 | 4 | Hughie Jennings | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1916 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 87 | 67 | .565 | 3 | Hughie Jennings | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1915 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 100 | 54 | .649 | 2 | Hughie Jennings | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1914 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 80 | 73 | .523 | 4 | Hughie Jennings | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1913 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 66 | 87 | .431 | 6 | Hughie Jennings | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1912 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 69 | 84 | .451 | 6 | Hughie Jennings | Navin Field | dnq | |
| 1911 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 89 | 65 | .578 | 2 | Hughie Jennings | Bennett Park | dnq | |
| 1910 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 86 | 68 | .558 | 3 | Hughie Jennings | Bennett Park | dnq | |
| 1909 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 98 | 54 | .645 | 1 | Hughie Jennings | Bennett Park | Lost World Series (Pirates) | |
| 1908 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 90 | 63 | .588 | 1 | Hughie Jennings | Bennett Park | Lost World Series (Cubs) | |
| 1907 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 92 | 58 | .613 | 1 | Hughie Jennings | Bennett Park | Lost World Series (Cubs) | |
| 1906 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 71 | 78 | .477 | 6 | Bill Armour | Bennett Park | dnq | |
| 1905 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 79 | 74 | .516 | 3 | Bill Armour | Bennett Park | dnq | |
| 1904 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 62 | 90 | .408 | 7 | Ed Barrow Bobby Lowe | Bennett Park | dnq | |
| 1903 | Detroit | Tigers | MLB-AL | - | 65 | 71 | .478 | 5 | Ed Barrow | Bennett Park | dnq | |