The Detroit Tigers were one of the charter members of the American League and were established in 1896, they have won the World Series four times and won 10 AL Pennants and always been a baseball betting favorite.

Outfielder Ty Cobb was acquired by the Tigers, in 1905. With the final 6 as player-manager, he played for the Tigers for 22 seasons.

For Tigers, Cobb won three AL pennants. They lost seven games to St. Louis Cardinals at World Series in 1934. In 1935, Tigers beat Cubs in six games for first World Series.

In 1984, the storied franchise enjoyed arguably their greatest season when they won a league high 104 games. In 16 years for their first World Series, they won in the AL Championship, advanced to the World Series where they defeat the Padres, 4 games to 1.

With a record of 43-119, in 2003, the Tigers set the AL record for losses in a year. The pitching staff had an ERA of 5.30 and the batters averaged an anemic .240 as poor pitching and hitting contributed to the poor record.

The Tigers had become synonymous with losing, the 2003 record-setting season took place in a time period. They were written off as playoff contenders early in the season and had not had a winning season since 1993.

After a typical slow start, the Tigers manager Jim Leyland’s tirade in which he berated his team for its lack of effort in 2006. For wild card in playoffs, the Tigers won 95 games. After defeating the Oakland Athletics and then lost in five games to the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series in 1984.

Since their trip to the World Series in 2006, the Tigers have not enjoyed any playoff success and are a completely different franchise from the perennial loser that was always predicted to finish last in their division.

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