Tigers Reach 90 Wins

A lot of fans focus on post-season victories in evaluating the success of a franchise.  While I realize that the post-season is important, I think it's largely a crap shoot as  any team can win a short series.  I believe the regular season tells us more about how good a team really is and I've long considered 90 wins to be the bench mark of a strong regular season.  It will also get a team into the playoffs most years.  The Tigers reached 90 wins with a 6-3 victor over the Royals today.  It's the 19th time in franchise history the Tigers have won that many games.

The other 90-win seasons are shown in the table below.  Their best decades have been the 1960's (four 90 win seasons), 1980s (three) and 1900s (three).  They failed to win 90 games in a season in the 1990s, and 1920s. 

Table 1: Tigers 90-Win Seasons 

Year	W	L
2011	90	65
2006	95	67
1987	98	64
1984	104	58
1983	92	70
1971	91	71
1969	90	72
1968	103	59
1967	91	71
1961	101	61
1950	95	59
1946	92	62
1940	90	64
1935	93	58
1934	101	53
1915	100	54
1909	98	54
1908	90	63
1907	92	58