145 in the two years before he got there, to be exact. But your point stands that they were horrible in his first two years.
OTOH Theo's Cubs were pretty horrible in his first two years too, winning 127 games compared to 146 the previous two years. Doesn't really mean much, does it?
The Tigers hadn't made the playoffs since 1987 when Dombrowski took over, I think that's a little more to the point.