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Year: 1999 Record: 69-92 Win Percentage: .429 Win Percentage Change: +.028 Run Differential: -135 Pythagorean Record: 68-93 AL Finish: 11th of 14 Manager: Larry Parrish á Best Transaction: Traded Bryce Florie to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Maroth Florie was a fringe big leaguer at best and was a mop-up guy in the bullpen. Maroth is best known for losing 21 games in 2003, but he threw nearly 900 innings while with the Tigers, and that has to count ...

Year: 1995 Record: 60-84 (late start due to 1994 strike) Win Percentage: .417 Win Percentage 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.á Henneman was lights-out for the Tigers during the first half of the 1995 season.á He had a 1.53 ERA on Aug. 10 when this deal went down. He was on pace for several career-bests, but ...

Year: 2001 Record: 66-96 Win Percentage: .407 Win Percentage Change: -.081 from year before Run Differential: -152 Pythagorean Record: 67-95 AL Finish: 11th of 14 Manager: Phil Garner á Best Transaction: Letting Juan Gonzalez walk Sure, this one wasnÆt up to the Tigers, but boy, did it work out. Randy Smith wanted to keep Gonzalez in Detroit. GonzoÆs first year in Detroit was a disaster, but Smith literally sold the farm to get the guy. It was widely reported that Smith ...

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 the January before the 1904 season and it appears to have played out in the Tigers favor. Lush was a weak hitting utility guy and Killian put together a pretty ...

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 outfield spots. This worked out just fine à for one season. Gonzalez slugged more than 20 homers but was out of town within a year. We all know how that ...

Year: 1931 Record: 61-93 Win Percentage: .396 Win Percentage Change: -.091 Run Differential: -185 Pythagorean Record: 60-94 AL Finish: Seventh of eight Manager: Bucky Harris á Best Transaction There were only a handful of deals made by the Tigers in 1931, and I canÆt make any of them sound ôgood.ö This isnÆt me being lazy. Take a look for yourself. á Worst Transaction: Sold Waite Hoyt to the Philadelphia Athletics DonÆt get me wrong hereùHoytÆs best years were well behind him by the ...

Year: 1902 Record: 52-83 Win Percentage: .385 Win Percentage Change: -.163 Run Differential: -91 Pythagorean Record: 58-77 AL Finish: Seventh of eight Manager: Frank Dwyer Best Transaction: Picked up Wild Bill Donovan Donovan was in his mid-20s when he came to the Tigers and had won 42 games over his previous two seasons in Brooklyn. He would go on to win 141 games in a Tigers uniform, including a 25-4 mark in 1907 as he helped lead ...

Year: 1920 Record: 61-93 Win Percentage: .396 Win Percentage Change: -.175 from season before Run Differential: -181 Pythagorean Record: 60-94 AL Finish: Seventh of eight Manager: Hughie Jennings á Best Transaction There weren't many transactions back in the day. As a matter of fact, the Tigers made three transactions before, during, and directly after the 1920 season. The best move they made was trading Babe Ellison (never appeared in the major leagues again) for Bert Cole. Cole was a league-average ...

Year: 1989 Record: 59-103 Win Percentage: .364 Win Percentage Change: -.179 Run Differential: -199 Pythagorean Record: 61-101 AL Finish: 14th of 14 Manager: Sparky Anderson á Best Transaction: The re-signing of Dave Bergman Seriously. No slight disrespect intended here for Bergman, but if re-signing a guy like Bergman is your best transaction, then you are in serious trouble. The Tigers didnÆt make a meaningful trade, free agent signing, or draft pick in 1989. Bergman played for the Tigers from 1984 to ...

ááááááááááááá 1953 Detroit Tigers Statistics: Year: 1953 Record: 60-94 Win Percentage: .390 Win Percentage Change: +65 Run Differential: -228 Pythagorean Record: 57-97 AL Finish: 6th of 8 teams Manager: Fred Hutchinson á Best Transaction:á On June 19, 1953 (just three months after my dad was born), the Tigers began their relationship with a man that is still involved with the club, Al Kaline.á Kaline was signed as a free agent on that day and made his big league debut that same ...