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2019 Detroit Tigers season

The 2019 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 119th season. This was the team's second year under manager Ron Gardenhire. They finished the season 47–114, their worst since 2003, when they went 43–119. It was their first 100-loss season for the team since said season. It was also the second straight season where any team finished with fewer than 50 wins, after the previous year's Baltimore Orioles, who finished with only 47 wins. The Tigers only played 161 games in 2019 due to a late-season rainout in Chicago which was not made up due to the White Sox also missing the playoffs.

After the Tigers won seven of their first 10 games, the team lost 111 of the next 151 games. The stretch included eight different losing streaks of five or more games, including a season-long nine-game losing streak from May 13–23. They were officially eliminated from playoff contention on August 24.

On September 25, the Tigers secured the first overall pick in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. With a loss in their final home game to the Minnesota Twins on September 26, the Tigers tied the 1939 St. Louis Browns for the most home losses (59) during a season in the modern era.