 Below is a chronology of highlights during the 2011 Detroit Tigers regular season.After a remarkable September where the team went 20–6, and winning 38 of their last 54 games over the season's final two months, the Tigers finished the regular season with a 95-67 record—winning the AL Central by an astounding 15 games—and clinching the #3 seed in the American League playoffs.It would be Detroit's first postseason appearance since 2006.