TheDetroit Tigers are a professionalbaseball team based inDetroit, Michigan. The Tigers are members of theAmerican LeagueCentral Division inMajor League Baseball. In baseball, thehead coach of a team is called the manager, or more formally, the field manager. The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.^[1][2] The team initially began in the now defunctWestern League in 1894, and later became one of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901. Since the inception of the team in 1894, it has employed 48 differentmanagers.^[3] The Tigers' current manager isA. J. Hinch, who was named manager on October 30, 2020, following the sudden retirement ofRon Gardenhire.^[4]

The franchise's first manager after the team's arrival in the American League wasGeorge Stallings, who managed the team for one season.Hall of FamerHughie Jennings, who managed the team from 1907 to 1920, led the team to three American League championships. Jennings however was unable to win theWorld Series, losing to theChicago Cubs in1907 and1908 and the Pittsburgh Pirates in1909. The Detroit Tigers did not win their first World Series until1935 under the leadership of player-managerMickey Cochrane.Steve O'Neill later led the Tigers to another World Series victory again in1945. The Tigers would not win another World Series until 1968 World Series when the Tigers, led byMayo Smith, defeated theSt. Louis Cardinals.Sparky Anderson's1984 Detroit Tigers team was the franchise's last World Series victory, and marked the first time in Major League Baseball history that a manager won the World Series in both leagues. In total, the Tigers have won the American League pennant 10 times, and the World Series 4 times.

The longest tenured Tiger manager was Sparky Anderson. Anderson managed the team for 2,579 games from 1979 to 1995. Hughie Jennings,Bucky Harris andJim Leyland are the only other Detroit Tiger managers who have managed the team for more than 1,000 games. Anderson's 1331 wins and 1248 losses also lead all Tiger managers, while Cochrane'swinning percentage of .582 is the highest of any Tiger manager who has managed at least one full-season. Nine Hall of Famers have managed the Tigers:Ed Barrow, Jennings,Ty Cobb, Cochrane,Joe Gordon, Bucky Harris, Alan Trammell, Anderson, and Leyland. Barrow was elected as an executive, Jennings, Anderson, and Leyland were elected as managers; the others were elected as players.

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#[a]	Image	Manager	Seasons	W	L	Win%	Ref
1		Bob Glenalvin	1894
2		Con Strouthers	1895–96
3		George Stallings	1896
4		Bob Allen	1897
5		Frank Graves	1897–98
6		Ollie Beard	1898
7		Tony Mullane	1898
8		George Stallings	1898–1900

Through September 18, 2020

#[a]	Image	Manager	Seasons	W	L	Win%	PA	PW	PL	LC	WS	Ref
1		George Stallings	1901	74	61	.548						[5]
2		Frank Dwyer	1902	52	83	.385						[5]
3		Ed Barrow†	1903–1904	97	117	.453						[5]
4		Bobby Lowe**	1904	30	44	.405						[5]
5		Bill Armour	1905–1906	150	152	.497						[5]
6		Hughie Jennings†	1907–1920	1131	972	.538	3	4	12	3	0	[5][6]
7		Ty Cobb*	1921–1926	479	444	.519						[5]
8		George Moriarty	1927–1928	150	157	.489						[5]
9		Bucky Harris	1929–1933	355	410	.464						[5]
10		Del Baker**	1933	2	0	1.000						[5][7]
11		Mickey Cochrane*	1934–1936	259	166	.609	2	7	6	2	1	[5][8]
–		Del Baker	1936	18	16	.529						[5][7]
–		Mickey Cochrane*	1937	42	33	.560						[5][8]
–		Del Baker	1937	41	23	.641						[5][7]
12		Cy Perkins**	1937	6	9	.400						[5]
–		Mickey Cochrane*	1938	47	51	.480						[5][8]
–		Del Baker	1938–1942	356	316	.530	1	3	4	1	0	[5][7]
13		Steve O'Neill	1943–1948	509	414	.551	1	4	3	1	1	[5][9]
14		Red Rolfe	1949–1952	278	256	.521						[5]
15		Fred Hutchinson	1952–1954	155	235	.397						[5]
–		Bucky Harris	1955–1956	161	147	.523						[5]
16		Jack Tighe	1957–1958	99	104	.488						[5]
17		Bill Norman	1958–1959	58	64	.475						[5]
18		Jimmy Dykes	1959–1960	118	115	.506						[5]
19		Billy Hitchcock**	1960	1	0	1.000						[5]
20		Joe Gordon*	1960	26	31	.456						[5]
21		Bob Scheffing	1961–1963	210	173	.548						[5]
22		Chuck Dressen	1963–1964	140	124	.530						[5]
23		Bob Swift	1965	24	18	.571						[5]
–		Chuck Dressen	1965–1966	81	65	.555						[5]
–		Bob Swift**	1966	32	25	.561						[5]
24		Frank Skaff**	1966	40	39	.506						[5]
25		Mayo Smith	1967–1970	363	285	.560	1	4	3	1	1	[5][10]
26		Billy Martin	1971–1973	248	204	.549	1	2	3	0	0	[5][11]
27		Joe Schultz**	1973	14	14	.500						[5]
28		Ralph Houk	1974–1978	363	443	.450						[5]
29		Les Moss	1979	27	26	.509						[5]
30		Dick Tracewski**	1979	2	0	1.000						[5]
31		Sparky Anderson†	1979–1995	1331	1248	.516	2	8	5	1	1	[5][12]
32		Buddy Bell	1996–1998	184	277	.399						[5]
33		Larry Parrish	1998–1999	82	104	.441						[5]
34		Phil Garner	2000–2002	145	185	.439						[5]
35		Luis Pujols**	2002	55	100	.355						[5]
36		Alan Trammell*	2003–2005	186	300	.383						[5]
37		Jim Leyland†	2006–2013	700	597	.540	4	25	23	2	0	[5][13][14]
38		Brad Ausmus	2014–2017	314	332	.486	1	0	3	0	0	[5]
39		Ron Gardenhire	2018–2020	132	241	.354	0	0	0	0	0	[5][15]
40		Lloyd McClendon**	2020	2	6	.250	0	0	0	0	0	[5][16]
41		A. J. Hinch	2021–present	287	334	.462	1	4	3	0	0	[5][4]

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