Detroit Tigers yearbooks 1934 - 2009The first year the Detroit Tigers issued a yearbook was in 1934. The cover pictures a batter, and the Detroit Tiger mascot head, and has a value of about $1,000. in excellent - near/mint condition. There was a yearbook issued every year since, with the exception of the following years: 1935 - 1938, 1940 -1954, 1956, 1978, and between the years 1993 through 2001.