Kammala jumla mai zuwa: The Tigers sun haɓaka tsammanin bayan pennant, amma sun yi rikici a cikin yanayi huɗu masu zuwa, wanda ya haɗa da ƙarshen ƙarshe a 2008 (a karo na shida da na ƙarshe Leyland ya jagoranci ƙungiyar ƙarshe). Leyland zai kai nasarar 1,500 a ranar 15 ga Afrilu, 2011 tare da nasara a kan Oakland Athletics, ya zama manajan na 19 don yin hakan. A wannan shekarar, zai jagoranci Tigers zuwa wani rikodin kakar wasa ta 95 <unk> 67 (haɓaka na nasara 14), yana cin nasarar Rukunin Central League na Amurka. Sun ci gaba da kayar da Yankees na New York a Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Amurka kafin su yi rashin nasara ga Texas Rangers a Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Amurka.
Gasar Zakarun Amurka.