The Detroit Tigers were charter members of the American League (along with Chicago and Cleveland) in 1901.
Since then, Tigers have won 10 American League Championships and 4 World Series (1935, 1945, 1968, 1984), while producing 12 Hall of Famers, 9 AL MVPs and 3 Cy Young Award Winners.
The Tigers have drawn over 120 million fans to home games in their history and are the only American League team to have drawn over 1 million fans each year since 1964.
The 2009 Detroit Tigers team boasts: