High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1901 Detroit Tigers season was the Tigers` first in Major League Baseball. The team was a charter member of the American League, which was originally formed as the minor-league Western League, of which it had also been a charter member. The Tigers finished in third place with a record or 74-61, eight-and-a-half games behind the Chicago White Stockings. Most of Detroit`s home games were played at Bennett Park, with Sunday games played at Burns Park due to Detroit`s blue laws.