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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ballpark</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bennett_Park_(Detroit)" title="Bennett Park (Detroit)">Bennett Park</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit, Michigan">Detroit, Michigan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owners</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_H._Yawkey" class="mw-redirect" title="William H. Yawkey">William H. Yawkey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Navin" title="Frank Navin">Frank Navin</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">Managers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hughie_Jennings" title="Hughie Jennings">Hughie Jennings</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1908_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1908 Detroit Tigers season">1908</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_seasons" title="List of Detroit Tigers seasons">Seasons</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1910_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1910 Detroit Tigers season">1910</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1909 <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a></b> won the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> <a href="/wiki/Pennant_(sports)" title="Pennant (sports)">pennant</a> with a record of 98–54, but lost to the <a href="/wiki/1909_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season" title="1909 Pittsburgh Pirates season">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1909_World_Series" title="1909 World Series">1909 World Series</a>, 4 games to 3. The season was their ninth since they were charter members of the American League in 1901. It was the third consecutive season in which they won the pennant but lost the World Series. Center fielder <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a> won the <a href="/wiki/Triple_crown_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple crown (baseball)">Triple Crown</a> and pitcher <a href="/wiki/George_Mullin_(baseball)" title="George Mullin (baseball)">George Mullin</a> led the league in wins (29) and winning percentage (.784). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_players">The players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: The players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tleft" style="width:150px;max-width:2008px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1909_Detroit_Tigers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/1909_Detroit_Tigers.jpg/2000px-1909_Detroit_Tigers.jpg" decoding="async" width="2000" height="405" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/1909_Detroit_Tigers.jpg/3000px-1909_Detroit_Tigers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/1909_Detroit_Tigers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3654" data-file-height="740" /></a></span></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Catchers:_Boss_Schmidt_and_Oscar_Stanage">Catchers: <a href="/wiki/Boss_Schmidt" title="Boss Schmidt">Boss Schmidt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Stanage" title="Oscar Stanage">Oscar Stanage</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Catchers: Boss Schmidt and Oscar Stanage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BossSchmidt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/BossSchmidt.jpg/105px-BossSchmidt.jpg" decoding="async" width="105" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/BossSchmidt.jpg/158px-BossSchmidt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/BossSchmidt.jpg/210px-BossSchmidt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="473" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Boss Schmidt</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">Catching</a> duties were split between <a href="/wiki/Boss_Schmidt" title="Boss Schmidt">Boss Schmidt</a> (81 games) and <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Stanage" title="Oscar Stanage">Oscar Stanage</a> (77 games). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Boss_Schmidt" title="Boss Schmidt">Schmidt</a> hit .265 in 1908, but his <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> dropped to .209 in 1909. As a young man, Schmidt worked in the coal mines and was a skilled brawler who fought an exhibition match with the heavyweight champion, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Johnson_(boxer)" title="Jack Johnson (boxer)">Jack Johnson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-blschmidt_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blschmidt-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schmidt also beat <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a> in at least two fights.<sup id="cite_ref-blschmidt_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blschmidt-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the second fight, Schmidt knocked Cobb unconscious but admired Cobb's resiliency, and the two became friends until Schmidt's death in 1932. Schmidt never wore shinguards and could force nails into the floor with his bare fists.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Stanage" title="Oscar Stanage">Stanage</a> played for the Tigers from 1909 to 1920, catching 1,074 games for Detroit—second only to <a href="/wiki/Bill_Freehan" title="Bill Freehan">Bill Freehan</a> in team history. Stanage was a weak hitter but one of the best defensive catchers of the <a href="/wiki/Dead-ball_era" title="Dead-ball era">dead-ball era</a>. Known for his strong throwing arm, Stanage threw out more baserunners than any other catcher in the 1910s. Stanage still holds the American League record for most <a href="/wiki/Assist_(baseball)" title="Assist (baseball)">assists</a> by a catcher, with 212 in 1911, and his career average of 1.29 assists per game is the fifth best in major league history. Stanage was not as skilled with the glove; his 41 <a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">errors</a> in 1911 was the most by a catcher for the 20th Century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Infield:_Rossman,_Schaefer,_Bush,_Moriarty,_Delahanty_and_O'Leary"><span id="Infield:_Rossman.2C_Schaefer.2C_Bush.2C_Moriarty.2C_Delahanty_and_O.27Leary"></span>Infield: Rossman, Schaefer, Bush, Moriarty, Delahanty and O'Leary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Infield: Rossman, Schaefer, Bush, Moriarty, Delahanty and O'Leary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Moriarty_baseball_card.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/George_Moriarty_baseball_card.jpg/100px-George_Moriarty_baseball_card.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/George_Moriarty_baseball_card.jpg/150px-George_Moriarty_baseball_card.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/George_Moriarty_baseball_card.jpg/200px-George_Moriarty_baseball_card.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1673" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>George Moriarty</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GermanySchaefer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/GermanySchaefer.jpg/115px-GermanySchaefer.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/GermanySchaefer.jpg/173px-GermanySchaefer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/GermanySchaefer.jpg/230px-GermanySchaefer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="516" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Germany Schaefer</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charley_O%27Leary_baseball_card.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Charley_O%27Leary_baseball_card.jpg/90px-Charley_O%27Leary_baseball_card.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Charley_O%27Leary_baseball_card.jpg/135px-Charley_O%27Leary_baseball_card.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Charley_O%27Leary_baseball_card.jpg/180px-Charley_O%27Leary_baseball_card.jpg 2x" data-file-width="835" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Charley O'Leary</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">First baseman</a> <a href="/wiki/Claude_Rossman" title="Claude Rossman">Claude Rossman</a> played for the Tigers from 1907 to 1909. In 1908, Rossman had the best year of his career with 33 <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">doubles</a> (2nd in the AL), 219 <a href="/wiki/Total_bases" title="Total bases">total bases</a> (3rd in the AL), and 48 <a href="/wiki/Extra_base_hits" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra base hits">extra base hits</a> (3rd in the AL). On August 20, 1909, the Tigers traded him to the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> for <a href="/wiki/Tom_Jones_(baseball)" title="Tom Jones (baseball)">Tom Jones</a>. Rossman had a peculiar emotional quirk where he sometimes froze and could not throw the ball when he became excited. Runners would lead off first to draw a throw from the pitcher, then run to second when Rossman froze.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was 28 when he played his last major league game and died at age 46 in a New York hospital for the insane where he had been a patient for several years. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Second_baseman" title="Second baseman">Second baseman</a> <a href="/wiki/Germany_Schaefer" title="Germany Schaefer">Germany Schaefer</a> was traded by the Tigers to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Senators (1901–60)">Washington Senators</a> during the 1909 season for <a href="/wiki/Jim_Delahanty" title="Jim Delahanty">Jim Delahanty</a>. Schaefer is remembered more for his antics than for his performance on the field, including trying to steal first base (from second base) and, coming to bat in the rain with a raincoat and boots (to persuade the umpire to call the games). Schaefer was a pioneer of baseball clowning, and his <a href="/wiki/Vaudeville" title="Vaudeville">vaudeville</a> act with teammate <a href="/wiki/Charley_O%27Leary" title="Charley O'Leary">Charley O'Leary</a> was inspiration for the <a href="/wiki/MGM" class="mw-redirect" title="MGM">MGM</a> <a href="/wiki/Musical_film" title="Musical film">musical film</a> "<i><a href="/wiki/Take_Me_Out_to_the_Ball_Game_(film)" title="Take Me Out to the Ball Game (film)">Take Me Out to the Ball Game</a></i>" starring <a href="/wiki/Gene_Kelly" title="Gene Kelly">Gene Kelly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1919, a little over a year after Schaefer played his last game, he died at age 42 of <a href="/wiki/Tuberculosis" title="Tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a> at the sanitarium in <a href="/wiki/Saranac_Lake,_New_York" title="Saranac Lake, New York">Saranac Lake, New York</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jim_Delahanty" title="Jim Delahanty">Jim Delahanty</a> took over at second base from Schaefer in 1909. He played all seven games of the <a href="/wiki/1909_World_Series" title="1909 World Series">1909 World Series</a>, batting .346 with 4 <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">runs batted in</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Donie_Bush" title="Donie Bush">Donie Bush</a> was Detroit's starting <a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">shortstop</a> for thirteen seasons from 1909 to 1921. As a rookie in 1909, he led the American League in <a href="/wiki/Base_on_ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Base on ball">walks</a> (88), <a href="/wiki/Sacrifice_hit" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacrifice hit">sacrifice hits</a> (52), and <a href="/wiki/Assist_(baseball)" title="Assist (baseball)">assists</a> by a shortstop (567), finished second in the AL in runs scored (114), was third in the AL in <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on-base percentage</a> (.380), and set a major league record for stolen bases by a rookie (53) that stood for 89 years. His 52 sacrifice hits is the fourth highest single season total in major league history. He also led the AL in walks in five times and walked more than any other major league player from 1910 to 1919. Bush was also the surprise hitting star for Detroit in the World Series, hitting .318 with a .438 on-base percentage, picking up 7 hits, 5 bases on balls, 3 sacrifice hits, twice being hit by a pitch, scoring 5 runs and collecting 3 runs batted in. Bush played all seven game of the World Series at shortstop, collecting 9 <a href="/wiki/Putout" title="Putout">putouts</a>, 18 assists, and 3 <a href="/wiki/Double_play" title="Double play">double plays</a> (but also committing 5 <a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">errors</a>). </p><p><a href="/wiki/George_Moriarty" title="George Moriarty">George Moriarty</a> hit .273 and stole 34 bases as the team's <a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">third baseman</a>. He later became one of the AL's most highly regarded umpires, officiating in the World Series in <a href="/wiki/1921_World_Series" title="1921 World Series">1921</a>, <a href="/wiki/1925_World_Series" title="1925 World Series">1925</a>, <a href="/wiki/1930_World_Series" title="1930 World Series">1930</a>, <a href="/wiki/1933_World_Series" title="1933 World Series">1933</a> and <a href="/wiki/1935_World_Series" title="1935 World Series">1935</a>. Once while Moriarty was umpiring, <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a> stepped out of the batter's box and asked Moriarty to spell his last name. When he had spelled it out, Ruth reportedly replied, "Just as I thought; only one I." </p><p><a href="/wiki/Charley_O%27Leary" title="Charley O'Leary">Charley O'Leary</a> was Detroit's starting shortstop from 1904 to 1907 and became a backup shortstop and utility infielder from 1908 to 1912. In 1908, he shared <a href="/wiki/Third_baseman" title="Third baseman">third baseman</a> duties with Moriarty and hit .202. On September 30, 1934, O'Leary pinch hit for the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Browns" title="St. Louis Browns">St. Louis Browns</a> at age 51 and became one of the oldest players to collect a <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hit</a> and score a <a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">run</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Outfield:_McIntyre,_Cobb,_Crawford_and_Jones"><span id="Outfield:_McIntyre.2C_Cobb.2C_Crawford_and_Jones"></span>Outfield: McIntyre, Cobb, Crawford and Jones</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Outfield: McIntyre, Cobb, Crawford and Jones"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cobbstealing3rd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Cobbstealing3rd.jpg/150px-Cobbstealing3rd.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Cobbstealing3rd.jpg/225px-Cobbstealing3rd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Cobbstealing3rd.jpg/300px-Cobbstealing3rd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2783" data-file-height="2227" /></a><figcaption>Cobb stealing third in 1909</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1909, Ty Cobb won the <a href="/wiki/Triple_crown_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple crown (baseball)">Triple Crown</a> with a .377 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a>‚ nine <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> (all inside the park)‚ and 107 runs batted in. (He not only led the AL in all three Triple Crown categories; he led all major league players in all three categories.) Cobb also led the major leagues with 216 hits and 76 stolen bases. Adding the stolen base title, Cobb was the only player ever to win a quadruple crown. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Right_fielder" title="Right fielder">Right fielder</a> <a href="/wiki/Sam_Crawford" title="Sam Crawford">Sam Crawford</a>, known as "Wahoo Sam", was one of the greatest sluggers of the <a href="/wiki/Dead-ball_era" title="Dead-ball era">dead-ball era</a> and still holds the major league records for <a href="/wiki/Triple_(baseball)" title="Triple (baseball)">triples</a> in a career (309) and for <a href="/wiki/Inside-the-park_home_run" title="Inside-the-park home run">inside-the-park home runs</a> in a season (12) and a career (51). He finished his career with 2,961 <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hits</a> and a .309 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a>. Crawford was among the AL leaders in hits, runs batted in, <a href="/wiki/Extra_base_hit" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra base hit">extra base hits</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slugging_percentage" title="Slugging percentage">slugging percentage</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Total_bases" title="Total bases">total bases</a> every year for twelve consecutive years from 1905 to 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1909, Crawford hit .314 (4th in the AL) with a .452 slugging percentage (2nd in the AL), 97 runs batted in (2nd in the AL), 35 doubles (1st in the AL), 14 triples (2nd in the AL), 266 total bases (2nd in the AL), six <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> (3rd in the AL), 55 extra base hits (1st in the American League), and 30 <a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">stolen bases</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Left_fielder" title="Left fielder">Left fielder</a> <a href="/wiki/Matty_McIntyre" title="Matty McIntyre">Matty McIntyre</a> played for Detroit from 1904 to 1910. His best season was 1908, when he led the AL in: plate appearances (672), times on base (258), runs (105), and singles (131). McIntyre is also remembered as the leader of the "anti-Cobb" clique on the Tigers during Cobb's early years. Early in Cobb's rookie season, Cobb went after a flyball in McIntyre's left field territory. By cutting in front, Cobb caused McIntyre to drop the ball, infuriating McIntyre. McIntyre and his cohorts led a prolonged hazing campaign, locking Cobb out of an empty washroom, flicking food at Cobb, and nailing his shoes to the clubhouse floor. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Davy_Jones_(baseball)" title="Davy Jones (baseball)">Davy Jones</a> played for the Tigers from 1906 to 1912. With Cobb and Crawford solidly entrenched in the outfield, Jones was forced to battle for the third outfield spot with McIntyre each year from 1906 to 1910. As a speedy leadoff man, he was a reliable run scorer with Cobb and Crawford following him in the lineup. Jones' speed also made him a fine outfielder, with tremendous range. In 1907, he led the AL with a .357 <a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">on-base percentage</a> and finished second in the AL with 101 runs. In his three World Series for the Tigers, Jones played in 18 games, had a .357 on-base percentage, scored 8 runs, and had a home run in the <a href="/wiki/1909_World_Series" title="1909 World Series">1909 World Series</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pitching:_Mullin,_Willett,_Summers,_Killian,_Donovan_and_Works"><span id="Pitching:_Mullin.2C_Willett.2C_Summers.2C_Killian.2C_Donovan_and_Works"></span>Pitching: Mullin, Willett, Summers, Killian, Donovan and Works</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pitching: Mullin, Willett, Summers, Killian, Donovan and Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EdSummersColgan%27sChipsE254.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/EdSummersColgan%27sChipsE254.jpg/110px-EdSummersColgan%27sChipsE254.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/EdSummersColgan%27sChipsE254.jpg/165px-EdSummersColgan%27sChipsE254.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/EdSummersColgan%27sChipsE254.jpg 2x" data-file-width="177" data-file-height="166" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RalphWorks.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/RalphWorks.jpg/110px-RalphWorks.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/RalphWorks.jpg/165px-RalphWorks.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/RalphWorks.jpg/220px-RalphWorks.jpg 2x" data-file-width="588" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption>Ralph Works</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EdWillett.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/EdWillett.jpg/125px-EdWillett.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/EdWillett.jpg/188px-EdWillett.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/EdWillett.jpg/250px-EdWillett.jpg 2x" data-file-width="406" data-file-height="575" /></a><figcaption>Ed Willett</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/George_Mullin_(baseball)" title="George Mullin (baseball)">George Mullin</a> was the Tigers' leading pitcher in 1909, leading the major leagues with 29 wins and leading the AL with a .784 win percentage. Mullin holds the Tigers franchise record for innings pitched (in a career and in a season) and has the second most wins in the team's history. He also pitched the team's first no-hitter; had five 20-win seasons (including a league-leading 29 wins in 1909); helped the Tigers to three straight American League pennants (1907–09); twice hit over .310 as a batter; and ranks 7th in major league history for fielding assists by a pitcher. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ed_Killian" title="Ed Killian">Ed Killian</a> led the team (and was 4th in the AL) with a 1.71 ERA. Twice a 20-game winner (including a 25–13 season in 1907), as of the end of the 2009 season Killian's career ERA of 2.38 is 26th-best in MLB history.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Killian also holds the record for fewest home runs allowed, giving up only 9 in his entire career. At one point, Killian pitched a record 1001 innings (from September 1903 – August 1907) without allowing a home run.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ed_Willett" title="Ed Willett">Ed Willett</a> had his best season in 1909 when he had a record of 21–10, ranking 3rd in the American League in wins and 5th in winning percentage (.677). He had an earned run average of 2.34 for the season and was among the AL leaders in games (41), innings (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">292<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">2</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span>), games started (34), complete games (25), bases on balls and hits allowed (88 and 239), as well as wild pitches (10) and hit batsmen (14). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ed_Summers" title="Ed Summers">Ed Summers</a> had two great seasons for the Tigers, going 24–12 with a 1.64 ERA in his 1908 rookie season, and 19–9 with a 2.24 ERA in 1909. On September 25, 1908, Summers threw two <a href="/wiki/Complete_game" title="Complete game">complete game</a> victories in a double header to help the Tigers clinch the AL pennant.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 16, 1909, Summers pitched 18 scoreless innings of a tie game against the <a href="/wiki/1909_Washington_Senators_season" title="1909 Washington Senators season">Washington Senators</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bennett_Park_(Detroit)" title="Bennett Park (Detroit)">Bennett Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bill_Donovan" title="Bill Donovan">Bill Donovan</a> was the Tigers ace in 1907 with a 25–4 record (the best win percentage in Tigers' team history), but in 1909 he went 8–7 in 17 starts. On May 7, 1906, Donovan stole second base, third base, and home on the front end of a double steal and also hit a triple in the same game.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 1923, Donovan died in a train wreck.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Works" title="Ralph Works">Ralph Works</a> was a pitcher for Tigers from 1909 to 1912. Works was called "Judge" by teammates for his scholarly countenance. Works had career record of 24–24 with a 3.79 ERA. His best season was 1911 when he went 11–5 in 30 games for the Tigers. He ranked No. 5 in the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> in winning percentage (.688) in 1911, No. 7 in shutouts with 3 and No. 8 in games finished with 10. Works died in of a self-inflicted gunshot would in <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, California</a> in 1941 at age 53. He died with his wife in an apparent double suicide.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Player-manager_Hughie_Jennings">Player-manager <a href="/wiki/Hughie_Jennings" title="Hughie Jennings">Hughie Jennings</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Player-manager Hughie Jennings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HughieJennings2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/HughieJennings2.jpg/145px-HughieJennings2.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/HughieJennings2.jpg/218px-HughieJennings2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/HughieJennings2.jpg/290px-HughieJennings2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="395" /></a><figcaption>Hughie Jennings with horn in the Tigers dugout</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Hughie_Jennings" title="Hughie Jennings">Hughie "Ee-yah" Jennings</a> led the Tigers to three consecutive <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> pennants, in 1907–09. Jennings continued to manage the Tigers through the 1920 season, though his team never won another pennant. During his years as Detroit's manager, Jennings became famous for his antics, mostly in the third base coaching box, which variously included shouts of "<b>Ee-Yah</b>", and other whoops, whistles, horns, gyrations, jigs, and grass-plucking. The "Ee-Yah" whoop became his trademark and was accompanied with waves of both arms over his head and a sharp raising of his right knee. In 1907, he was suspended for taunting opponents with a tin whistle.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The "Ee-Yah" shouts continued and became such a trademark that Jennings became known as Hughie "Ee-Yah" Jennings, and Detroit fans would shout "Eee-Yah" when Jennings would appear on the field.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-detnews_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-detnews-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (See also Jack Smile, <i>Ee-yah: The Life and Times of Hughie Jennings, Baseball Hall of Famer</i>) </p><p>Behind the antics was a great coaching mind. <a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack" title="Connie Mack">Connie Mack</a> called Jennings one of the three greatest managers in history, along with <a href="/wiki/John_McGraw" title="John McGraw">John McGraw</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_McCarthy_(manager)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe McCarthy (manager)">Joe McCarthy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-detnews_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-detnews-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Regular season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_summary">Season summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Season summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1909 season was the third straight year the Tigers won the American League pennant. Their 1909 record of 98–54 was the team's best record to that point. Led by Ty Cobb, who won the Triple Crown and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Crawford" title="Sam Crawford">Sam Crawford</a>, who led the league in doubles and extra base hits, they scored 66 more runs than any other team in the American League and outscored their opponents 666 to 493. They led the American League for most of the regular season, but remained in a close race with the <a href="/wiki/1909_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1909 Philadelphia Athletics season">Philadelphia Athletics</a>, finally taking the pennant by 3½ games. </p><p>The 1909 Tigers' winning percentage ranks as the 3rd best in team history through 2010, as follows: </p> <table cellpadding="10"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;"> <td> </td> <td> <table cellpadding="1" style="width:550px; font-size:90%; border:1px solid gray;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center; font-size:larger;"> <td colspan="6"><b>Best Seasons in Detroit Tigers History</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:lightblue;"> <td><b>Rank</b></td> <td><b>Year</b></td> <td><b>Wins</b></td> <td><b>Losses</b></td> <td><b>Win %</b></td> <td>  <b>Finish</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1934_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1934 Detroit Tigers season">1934</a> </td> <td>101 </td> <td>53 </td> <td>.656 </td> <td>Lost <a href="/wiki/1934_World_Series" title="1934 World Series">1934 World Series</a> to <a href="/wiki/1934_St._Louis_Cardinals_season" title="1934 St. Louis Cardinals season">Cardinals</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1915_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1915 Detroit Tigers season">1915</a> </td> <td>100 </td> <td>54 </td> <td>.649 </td> <td>2nd in AL behind <a href="/wiki/1915_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1915 Boston Red Sox season">Red Sox</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>1909 </td> <td>98 </td> <td>54 </td> <td>.645 </td> <td>Lost <a href="/wiki/1909_World_Series" title="1909 World Series">1909 World Series</a> to <a href="/wiki/1909_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season" title="1909 Pittsburgh Pirates season">Pirates</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1984 Detroit Tigers season">1984</a> </td> <td>104 </td> <td>58 </td> <td>.642 </td> <td>Won <a href="/wiki/1984_World_Series" title="1984 World Series">1984 World Series</a> over <a href="/wiki/1984_San_Diego_Padres_season" title="1984 San Diego Padres season">Padres</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1968_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1968 Detroit Tigers season">1968</a> </td> <td>103 </td> <td>59 </td> <td>.636 </td> <td>Won <a href="/wiki/1968_World_Series" title="1968 World Series">1968 World Series</a> over <a href="/wiki/1968_St._Louis_Cardinals_season" title="1968 St. Louis Cardinals season">Cardinals</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_highlights">Season highlights</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Season highlights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Davy_Jones_baseball_card.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Davy_Jones_baseball_card.jpg/100px-Davy_Jones_baseball_card.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Davy_Jones_baseball_card.jpg/150px-Davy_Jones_baseball_card.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Davy_Jones_baseball_card.jpg/200px-Davy_Jones_baseball_card.jpg 2x" data-file-width="827" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Davy Jones</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Claude_Rossman_baseball_card.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Claude_Rossman_baseball_card.jpg/100px-Claude_Rossman_baseball_card.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Claude_Rossman_baseball_card.jpg/150px-Claude_Rossman_baseball_card.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Claude_Rossman_baseball_card.jpg/200px-Claude_Rossman_baseball_card.jpg 2x" data-file-width="830" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Claude Rossman</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jim_Delahanty_baseball_card.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Jim_Delahanty_baseball_card.jpg/100px-Jim_Delahanty_baseball_card.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Jim_Delahanty_baseball_card.jpg/150px-Jim_Delahanty_baseball_card.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Jim_Delahanty_baseball_card.jpg/200px-Jim_Delahanty_baseball_card.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1687" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Jim Delahanty</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>April 14: <a href="/wiki/George_Mullin_(baseball)" title="George Mullin (baseball)">George Mullin</a> pitches a 1-hit shutout as the Tigers beat the <a href="/wiki/1909_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1909 Chicago White Sox season">White Sox</a>, 1–0, on <a href="/wiki/Opening_Day" title="Opening Day">Opening Day</a> at Bennett Park.</li> <li>April 18: The Tigers announced plans to build a new concrete and steel stadium. The team won its fifth straight game to start the season, 5–0, as George Mullin got his second win, a 3–2 victory over <a href="/wiki/1909_Cleveland_Naps_season" title="1909 Cleveland Naps season">Cleveland</a>.</li> <li>May 2: The Tigers beat the White Sox, 6–5. <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a> was ejected from a game for the first time. He tried stretching a double and was called out at third base.</li> <li>May 16: The Tigers lost, 3–2, to <a href="/wiki/1909_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1909 Boston Red Sox season">Boston</a>. <a href="/wiki/George_Moriarty" title="George Moriarty">George Moriarty</a> was tagged out in the 9th inning trying to steal home to end the game. After tagging Moriarty, Boston catcher <a href="/wiki/Bill_Carrigan" title="Bill Carrigan">Bill Carrigan</a> spit tobacco on Moriarty‚ saying‚ "don't try that and pull that on a smart guy." Moriarty then flattened Carrigan.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Both players were suspended for fighting.</li> <li>June 10: The Tigers beat the <a href="/wiki/1909_New_York_Highlanders_season" title="1909 New York Highlanders season">New York Highlanders</a>, 2–1, as George Mullin won his 11th straight game. Mullin lost to the <a href="/wiki/1909_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1909 Philadelphia Athletics season">A's</a>, 5–4, in his next start on June 15.</li> <li>June 22: The Tigers bought the rest of the vacant Bennett Field grounds as the site for a new baseball stadium.</li> <li>June 26: In Detroit‚ the Tigers beat the <a href="/wiki/1909_St._Louis_Browns_season" title="1909 St. Louis Browns season">Browns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rube_Waddell" title="Rube Waddell">Rube Waddell</a>‚ 6–2. It was the 8th straight game between the two teams‚ and the Tigers won all eight.</li> <li>July 15: Ty Cobb hit two inside-the-park homers to lead the Tigers to a double header sweep of the Senators. Detroit won‚ 9–5 and 7–0.</li> <li>July 16: At Bennett Field‚ Detroit and Washington played the longest scoreless game in AL history – 18 innings. <a href="/wiki/Ed_Summers" title="Ed Summers">Ed Summers</a> pitched a complete game‚ holding the Senators to 7 hits‚ two walks (one intentional)‚ while striking out 10. The Senators' 30-year-old rookie‚ <a href="/wiki/Dolly_Gray_(baseball)" title="Dolly Gray (baseball)">Bill "Dolly" Gray</a>‚ allowed only one hit before leaving with an injury after 8 innings.</li> <li>July 22: The Tigers beat Boston, 6–0, as Ty Cobb stole second, third and home in the 7th inning‚ against pitcher <a href="/wiki/Harry_Wolter" title="Harry Wolter">Harry Wolter</a>. In all, Cobb had three hits and four stolen bases. <a href="/wiki/Ed_Killian" title="Ed Killian">Ed Killian</a> got the win for Detroit.</li> <li>August 20: The Browns and Tigers traded first baseman: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Jones_(baseball)" title="Tom Jones (baseball)">Tom Jones</a> went to Detroit for <a href="/wiki/Claude_Rossman" title="Claude Rossman">Claude Rossman</a>.</li> <li>August 24: The Tigers beat the A's, 7–6. A's catcher <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Livingston" title="Paddy Livingston">Paddy Livingston</a> threw out Ty Cobb trying to steal 3rd base during an intentional walk to <a href="/wiki/Sam_Crawford" title="Sam Crawford">Sam Crawford</a>. Cobb intentionally spiked third baseman <a href="/wiki/Home_Run_Baker" title="Home Run Baker">Frank "Home Run" Baker</a> on his bare hand during the play‚<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> prompting howls of protest from the A's. A's manager <a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack" title="Connie Mack">Connie Mack</a> complained to AL president <a href="/wiki/Ban_Johnson" title="Ban Johnson">Ban Johnson</a> about Cobb's dirty play, and Cobb received a warning from Johnson.</li> <li>August 28: The Tigers beat New York, 2–1. The first six New York batters reached base safely‚ and two crossed the plate‚ but only one run counted. Engel hit a leadoff single and stayed on first base when Chase chopped a ball in the air and Engel thought it was a pop up. Engel was tagged out. Four more singles drove in one run but the Knight was called back to third base when a hit ball touched an umpire. Ty Cobb had a single‚ double, and triple for Detroit.</li> <li>September 2: Detroit beat Boston‚ 8–5‚ and completed a sweep of every series against visiting Eastern teams‚ winning their 14th game in a row. The Tigers regained first place by a half game.</li> <li>September 13: Ty Cobb hit his major league leading ninth home run in a 10–2 Detroit win over the Browns. All of Cobb's home runs in 1909 were inside-the-park. He was the only player in the 20th century to lead the league in home runs without hitting one out of the park.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Only Sam Crawford (12 in 1901) hit more inside-the-park home runs in a year.</li> <li>September 18: Before 35‚409 in Philadelphia‚ the largest paid baseball attendance ever‚ the A's <a href="/wiki/Chief_Bender" title="Chief Bender">Chief Bender</a> beat Detroit's <a href="/wiki/Bill_Donovan" title="Bill Donovan">Bill Donovan</a>, 2–0, to keep the A's in the pennant race. The A's were 14–8 against Detroit in 1909‚ setting an AL record for most wins against the pennant winner.</li> <li>September 21: Detroit was shut out by <a href="/wiki/Walter_Johnson" title="Walter Johnson">Walter Johnson</a>, 2–0.</li> <li>September 25: The Tigers swept the Highlanders in a double header, 2–1 and 10–4. 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href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SLB/1909-schedule-scores.shtml">[7]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WSH/1909-schedule-scores.shtml">[8]</a> </small> </th></tr> <tr> <th width="100">Team </th> <th style="background:#ba313c;color:#0d2b56;width=35">BOS </th> <th style="background:black;color:white;width=35">CWS </th> <th style="background:#990000;color:#023456;width=35">CLE </th> <th style="background:#036;color:#bd5d29;width=35">DET </th> <th style="background:#1c2841;color:white;width=35">NYH </th> <th style="background:#4169e1;color:white;width=35">PHA </th> <th style="background:black;color:#F87217;width=35">SLB </th> <th style="background:#072764;color:#c6011f;width=35">WSH </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1909_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1909 Boston Red Sox season">Boston</a> </td> <td>—</td> <td>13–9–1</td> <td>14–8</td> <td>9–13</td> <td>13–9</td> <td>10–11</td> <td>13–7</td> <td>16–6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1909_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1909 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago</a> </td> <td>9–13–1</td> <td>—</td> <td>8–13–1</td> <td>6–15–2</td> <td>14–8–1</td> <td>12–10</td> <td>10–12–1</td> <td>19–3–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1909_Cleveland_Naps_season" title="1909 Cleveland Naps season">Cleveland</a> </td> <td>8–14</td> <td>13–8–1</td> <td>—</td> <td>8–14–1</td> <td>8–14</td> <td>9–13</td> <td>14–8</td> <td>11–11 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCFFCC"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Detroit</a> </td> <td>13–9</td> <td>15–6–2</td> <td>14–8–1</td> <td>—</td> <td>14–8</td> <td>8–14</td> <td>18–3–1</td> <td>16–6–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1909_New_York_Highlanders_season" title="1909 New York Highlanders season">New York</a> </td> <td>9–13</td> <td>8–14–1</td> <td>14–8</td> <td>8–14</td> <td>—</td> <td>8–14</td> <td>13–8–1</td> <td>14–6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1909_Philadelphia_Athletics_season" title="1909 Philadelphia Athletics season">Philadelphia</a> </td> <td>11–10</td> <td>10–12</td> <td>13–9</td> <td>14–8</td> <td>14–8</td> <td>—</td> <td>14–8</td> <td>19–3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1909_St._Louis_Browns_season" title="1909 St. Louis Browns season">St. Louis</a> </td> <td>7–13</td> <td>12–10–1</td> <td>8–14</td> <td>3–18–1</td> <td>8–13–1</td> <td>8–14</td> <td>—</td> <td>15–7–1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1909_Washington_Senators_season" title="1909 Washington Senators season">Washington</a> </td> <td>6–16</td> <td>3–19–1</td> <td>11–11</td> <td>6–16–2</td> <td>6–14</td> <td>3–19</td> <td>7–15–1</td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roster">Roster</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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title="Ed Lafitte">Ed Lafitte</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lelivelt" title="Bill Lelivelt">Bill Lelivelt</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/George_Mullin_(baseball)" title="George Mullin (baseball)">George Mullin</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Kid_Speer" title="Kid Speer">Kid Speer</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/George_Suggs" title="George Suggs">George Suggs</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Ed_Summers" title="Ed Summers">Ed Summers</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Ed_Willett" title="Ed Willett">Ed Willett</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Works" title="Ralph Works">Ralph Works</a></li></ul> </td> <td style="width:25px;"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Catchers</b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Heinie_Beckendorf" title="Heinie Beckendorf">Heinie Beckendorf</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Casey_(catcher)" title="Joe Casey (catcher)">Joe Casey</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Boss_Schmidt" title="Boss Schmidt">Boss Schmidt</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Stanage" title="Oscar Stanage">Oscar Stanage</a></li></ul> <p><b>Infielders</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Donie_Bush" title="Donie Bush">Donie Bush</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Delahanty" title="Jim Delahanty">Jim Delahanty</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Del_Gainer" title="Del Gainer">Del Gainer</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Hughie_Jennings" title="Hughie Jennings">Hughie Jennings</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Jones_(baseball)" title="Tom Jones (baseball)">Tom Jones</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Red_Killefer" title="Red Killefer">Red Killefer</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/George_Moriarty" title="George Moriarty">George Moriarty</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Charley_O%27Leary" title="Charley O'Leary">Charley O'Leary</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Claude_Rossman" title="Claude Rossman">Claude Rossman</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Germany_Schaefer" title="Germany Schaefer">Germany Schaefer</a></li></ul> </td> <td style="width:25px;"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Outfielders</b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Sam_Crawford" title="Sam Crawford">Sam Crawford</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Davy_Jones_(baseball)" title="Davy Jones (baseball)">Davy Jones</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Matty_McIntyre" title="Matty McIntyre">Matty McIntyre</a></li></ul> </td> <td style="width:25px;"> </td> <td valign="top"><b>Manager</b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/wiki/Hughie_Jennings" title="Hughie Jennings">Hughie Jennings</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_stats">Player stats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Player stats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Batting">Batting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Batting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Starters_by_position">Starters by position</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Starters by position"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#ddf; width:5%;">Pos </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:16%;">Player </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">G </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">AB </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">H </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">Avg. </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">HR </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">RBI </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>C</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Schmidt, Boss"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Boss_Schmidt" title="Boss Schmidt">Boss Schmidt</a></span></span></span></td> <td>84</td> <td>253</td> <td>53</td> <td>.209</td> <td>1</td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>1B</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Rossman, Claude"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Claude_Rossman" title="Claude Rossman">Claude Rossman</a></span></span></span></td> <td>82</td> <td>287</td> <td>75</td> <td>.261</td> <td>0</td> <td>39 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>2B</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Schaefer, Germany"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Germany_Schaefer" title="Germany Schaefer">Germany Schaefer</a></span></span></span></td> <td>87</td> <td>280</td> <td>70</td> <td>.250</td> <td>0</td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>3B</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Moriarty, George"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_Moriarty" title="George Moriarty">George Moriarty</a></span></span></span></td> <td>133</td> <td>473</td> <td>129</td> <td>.273</td> <td>1</td> <td>39 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>SS</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Bush, Donie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Donie_Bush" title="Donie Bush">Donie Bush</a></span></span></span></td> <td>157</td> <td>532</td> <td>145</td> <td>.273</td> <td>0</td> <td>33 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>OF</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Cobb, Ty"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a></span></span></span></td> <td>156</td> <td>573</td> <td>216</td> <td>.377</td> <td>9</td> <td>107 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>OF</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Crawford, Sam"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Crawford" title="Sam Crawford">Sam Crawford</a></span></span></span></td> <td>156</td> <td>589</td> <td>185</td> <td>.314</td> <td>6</td> <td>97 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td>OF</td> <td><span data-sort-value="McIntyre, Matty"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Matty_McIntyre" title="Matty McIntyre">Matty McIntyre</a></span></span></span></td> <td>125</td> <td>476</td> <td>116</td> <td>.244</td> <td>1</td> <td>34 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_batters">Other batters</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Other batters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#ddf; width:16%;">Player </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">G </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">AB </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">H </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">Avg. </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">HR </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">RBI </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="O'Leary, Charley"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charley_O%27Leary" title="Charley O'Leary">Charley O'Leary</a></span></span></span></td> <td>76</td> <td>261</td> <td>53</td> <td>.203</td> <td>0</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Stanage, Oscar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Stanage" title="Oscar Stanage">Oscar Stanage</a></span></span></span></td> <td>77</td> <td>252</td> <td>66</td> <td>.262</td> <td>0</td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Jones, Davy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Davy_Jones_(baseball)" title="Davy Jones (baseball)">Davy Jones</a></span></span></span></td> <td>69</td> <td>204</td> <td>57</td> <td>.279</td> <td>0</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Jones, Tom"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Jones_(baseball)" title="Tom Jones (baseball)">Tom Jones</a></span></span></span></td> <td>44</td> <td>153</td> <td>43</td> <td>.281</td> <td>0</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Delahanty, Jim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Delahanty" title="Jim Delahanty">Jim Delahanty</a></span></span></span></td> <td>46</td> <td>150</td> <td>38</td> <td>.253</td> <td>0</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Killefer, Red"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Red_Killefer" title="Red Killefer">Red Killefer</a></span></span></span></td> <td>23</td> <td>61</td> <td>17</td> <td>.279</td> <td>1</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Beckendorf, Heinie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Heinie_Beckendorf" title="Heinie Beckendorf">Heinie Beckendorf</a></span></span></span></td> <td>15</td> <td>27</td> <td>7</td> <td>.259</td> <td>0</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Casey, Joe"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Casey_(catcher)" title="Joe Casey (catcher)">Joe Casey</a></span></span></span></td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>.000</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Gainer, Del"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Del_Gainer" title="Del Gainer">Del Gainer</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>.200</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Jennings, Hughie"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hughie_Jennings" title="Hughie Jennings">Hughie Jennings</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>.500</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pitching">Pitching</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Pitching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Starting_pitchers">Starting pitchers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Starting pitchers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#ddf; width:16%;">Player </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">G </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">IP </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">W </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">L </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">ERA </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">SO </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Mullin, George"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_Mullin_(baseball)" title="George Mullin (baseball)">George Mullin</a></span></span></span></td> <td>40</td> <td>303.2</td> <td>29</td> <td>8</td> <td>2.22</td> <td>124 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Willett, Ed"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Willett" title="Ed Willett">Ed Willett</a></span></span></span></td> <td>41</td> <td>292.2</td> <td>21</td> <td>10</td> <td>2.34</td> <td>89 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Summers, Ed"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Summers" title="Ed Summers">Ed Summers</a></span></span></span></td> <td>35</td> <td>281.2</td> <td>19</td> <td>9</td> <td>2.24</td> <td>107 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Killian, Ed"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Killian" title="Ed Killian">Ed Killian</a></span></span></span></td> <td>25</td> <td>173.1</td> <td>11</td> <td>9</td> <td>1.71</td> <td>54 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Donovan, Bill"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Donovan" title="Bill Donovan">Bill Donovan</a></span></span></span></td> <td>21</td> <td>140.1</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>2.31</td> <td>76 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Jones, Elijah"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Elijah_Jones_(baseball)" title="Elijah Jones (baseball)">Elijah Jones</a></span></span></span></td> <td>2</td> <td>10.0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2.70</td> <td>2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_pitchers">Other pitchers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Other pitchers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#ddf; width:16%;">Player </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">G </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">IP </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">W </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">L </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">ERA </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">SO </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Speer, Kid"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kid_Speer" title="Kid Speer">Kid Speer</a></span></span></span></td> <td>12</td> <td>76.1</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>2.83</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Works, Ralph"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Works" title="Ralph Works">Ralph Works</a></span></span></span></td> <td>16</td> <td>64.0</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>1.97</td> <td>31 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Suggs, George"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_Suggs" title="George Suggs">George Suggs</a></span></span></span></td> <td>9</td> <td>44.1</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2.03</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Lelivelt, Bill"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Lelivelt" title="Bill Lelivelt">Bill Lelivelt</a></span></span></span></td> <td>4</td> <td>20.0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>4.50</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><span data-sort-value="Lafitte, Ed"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ed_Lafitte" title="Ed Lafitte">Ed Lafitte</a></span></span></span></td> <td>3</td> <td>14.0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3.86</td> <td>11 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postseason">Postseason</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1909_World_Series" title="1909 World Series">1909 World Series</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HughieJenningsLegUp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/HughieJenningsLegUp.jpg/140px-HughieJenningsLegUp.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/HughieJenningsLegUp.jpg/210px-HughieJenningsLegUp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/HughieJenningsLegUp.jpg/280px-HughieJenningsLegUp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>The Tigers faced the <a href="/wiki/1909_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season" title="1909 Pittsburgh Pirates season">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>‚ winners of 110 games‚ in the World Series. The Series matched AL batting champion <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a> against NL batting champion <a href="/wiki/Honus_Wagner" title="Honus Wagner">Honus Wagner</a>. Detroit gave up 18 stolen bases in 7 games to the Pirates. </p><p>In Game 1, 27-year-old rookie <a href="/wiki/Babe_Adams" title="Babe Adams">Babe Adams</a> faced <a href="/wiki/George_Mullin_(baseball)" title="George Mullin (baseball)">George Mullin</a>. There were only 11 hits in the game‚ but <a href="/wiki/Fred_Clarke" title="Fred Clarke">Fred Clarke</a>'s home run led the Pirates to a 4–1 win. </p><p>In Game 2, Tigers' pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bill_Donovan" title="Bill Donovan">Bill Donovan</a> led the team to a 7–2 win. Ty Cobb stole home as the Tigers scored three runs in the third inning. </p><p>In Game 3, the Pirates won, 8–6, behind three hits, three runs batted in and three stolen bases by <a href="/wiki/Honus_Wagner" title="Honus Wagner">Honus Wagner</a>. <a href="/wiki/Nick_Maddox" title="Nick Maddox">Nick Maddox</a> was the winner over <a href="/wiki/Ed_Summers" title="Ed Summers">Ed Summers</a>. </p><p>In Game 4, George Mullin pitched a 5-hit shutout for Detroit, a 5–0 victory. Ty Cobb drove in two runs with a double. Mullin struck out ten batters, and the Pirates committed six errors. </p><p>In Game 5, Pirates' rookie Babe Adams threw his second complete-game victory, an 8–4 win. <a href="/wiki/Sam_Crawford" title="Sam Crawford">Sam Crawford</a> hit a home run and a double, but <a href="/wiki/Fred_Clarke" title="Fred Clarke">Fred Clarke</a>'s three-run home run gave the win to Pittsburgh. </p><p>In Game 6, George Mullin led the Tigers to a 5–4 win. The World Series would go to a seventh game for the first time. </p><p>In Game 7, the Pirates won, 8–0, as Babe Adams got his third complete game victory of the 1909 World Series. Adams was the only rookie pitcher in the 20th century to win a World Series Game 7. (<a href="/wiki/John_Lackey" title="John Lackey">John Lackey</a> did it in <a href="/wiki/2002_World_Series" title="2002 World Series">2002</a>.) <a href="/wiki/Fred_Clarke" title="Fred Clarke">Fred Clarke</a> walked four times, and <a href="/wiki/Honus_Wagner" title="Honus Wagner">Honus Wagner</a> drove in two runs. The Pirates and Tigers combined for 34 errors (18 by the Tigers), a World Series record. </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"> <tbody><tr style="background: #e3e3e3;"> <th>Game</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Attendance</th> <th>Winning Pitcher</th> <th>Losing Pitcher </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Pirates – 4, Tigers – 1</td> <td>October 8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Forbes_Field" title="Forbes Field">Forbes Field</a></td> <td>29,264</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Babe_Adams" title="Babe Adams">Babe Adams</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Mullin_(baseball)" title="George Mullin (baseball)">George Mullin</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #e3e3e3;"> <td>2</td> <td>Tigers – 7, Pirates – 2</td> <td>October 9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Forbes_Field" title="Forbes Field">Forbes Field</a></td> <td>30,915</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Donovan" title="Bill Donovan">Bill Donovan</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howie_Camnitz" title="Howie Camnitz">Howie Camnitz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Pirates – 8, Tigers – 6</td> <td>October 11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bennett_Park_(Detroit)" title="Bennett Park (Detroit)">Bennett Park</a></td> <td>18,277</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Maddox" title="Nick Maddox">Nick Maddox</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Summers" title="Ed Summers">Ed Summers</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #e3e3e3;"> <td>4</td> <td>Tigers – 5, Pirates – 0</td> <td>October 12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bennett_Park_(Detroit)" title="Bennett Park (Detroit)">Bennett Park</a></td> <td>17,036</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Mullin_(baseball)" title="George Mullin (baseball)">George Mullin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Leifield" title="Lefty Leifield">Lefty Leifield</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Pirates – 8, Tigers – 4</td> <td>October 13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Forbes_Field" title="Forbes Field">Forbes Field</a></td> <td>21,706</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Babe_Adams" title="Babe Adams">Babe Adams</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Summers" title="Ed Summers">Ed Summers</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background: #e3e3e3;"> <td>6</td> <td>Tigers – 5, Pirates – 4</td> <td>October 14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bennett_Park_(Detroit)" title="Bennett Park (Detroit)">Bennett Park</a></td> <td>10,535</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Mullin_(baseball)" title="George Mullin (baseball)">George Mullin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vic_Willis" title="Vic Willis">Vic Willis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Pirates – 8, Tigers – 0</td> <td>October 16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bennett_Park_(Detroit)" title="Bennett Park (Detroit)">Bennett Park</a></td> <td>17,562</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Babe_Adams" title="Babe Adams">Babe Adams</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Donovan" title="Bill Donovan">Bill Donovan</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postseason_player_stats">Postseason player stats</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Postseason player stats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Batting_2">Batting</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Batting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#ddf; width:46%;">Player </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">G </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">AB </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">H </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">Avg. </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">HR </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">RBI </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Donie_Bush" title="Donie Bush">Donie Bush</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>22</td> <td>7</td> <td>.318</td> <td>0</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>26</td> <td>6</td> <td>.231</td> <td>0</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Sam_Crawford" title="Sam Crawford">Sam Crawford</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>28</td> <td>7</td> <td>.250</td> <td>1</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Delahanty" title="Jim Delahanty">Jim Delahanty</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>26</td> <td>9</td> <td>.346</td> <td>0</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Davy_Jones_(baseball)" title="Davy Jones (baseball)">Davy Jones</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>30</td> <td>7</td> <td>.233</td> <td>1</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Jones_(baseball)" title="Tom Jones (baseball)">Tom Jones</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>24</td> <td>6</td> <td>.250</td> <td>0</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Moriarty" title="George Moriarty">George Moriarty</a></td> <td>7</td> <td>22</td> <td>6</td> <td>.273</td> <td>0</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Mullin_(baseball)" title="George Mullin (baseball)">George Mullin</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>16</td> <td>3</td> <td>.188</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Boss_Schmidt" title="Boss Schmidt">Boss Schmidt</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>18</td> <td>4</td> <td>.300</td> <td>0</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Stanage" title="Oscar Stanage">Oscar Stanage</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>.200</td> <td>0</td> <td>2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pitching_2">Pitching</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Pitching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:#ddf; width:46%;">Player </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">G </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">IP </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">W </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">L </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">ERA </th> <th style="background:#ddf; width:9%;">SO </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Mullin_(baseball)" title="George Mullin (baseball)">George Mullin</a></td> <td>4</td> <td>32</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>2.25</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Donovan" title="Bill Donovan">Bill Donovan</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>12</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>3.00</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Willett" title="Ed Willett">Ed Willett</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.00</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Summers" title="Ed Summers">Ed Summers</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>7.1</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>8.59</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Works" title="Ralph Works">Ralph Works</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>9.00</td> <td>2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Cuban_tour">The Cuban tour</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: The Cuban tour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HeineBeckendorf2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/HeineBeckendorf2.jpg/125px-HeineBeckendorf2.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/HeineBeckendorf2.jpg/188px-HeineBeckendorf2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/HeineBeckendorf2.jpg/250px-HeineBeckendorf2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="281" data-file-height="421" /></a><figcaption>Heinie Beckendorf, Cabanas Cuban Baseball Card</figcaption></figure> <p>In November 1909, a group of players from the 1909 Tigers (not including Ty Cobb or Sam Crawford) toured <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a> and played 12 exhibition games against two integrated Cuban teams, <a href="/wiki/Habana_(baseball_club)" class="mw-redirect" title="Habana (baseball club)">Habana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Almendares_(baseball)" title="Almendares (baseball)">Almendares</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Cuban-American_Major_League_Clubs_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series">Cuban-American Major League Clubs Series</a> drew wide attention in Cuba, where baseball was already very popular. Demonstrating the high level of play in Cuba, the Tigers lost 8 of the 12 games to the integrated Cuban baseball teams. To take advantage of the interest in the tour of the American baseball players, the Cabañas Company printed a series of baseball cards showing the members of the Almendares, Habana and Detroit baseball teams. </p><p>The Detroit roster, from a game played on November 18, 1909, consisted of the following players: <a href="/wiki/Davy_Jones_(baseball)" title="Davy Jones (baseball)">Davy Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charley_O%27Leary" title="Charley O'Leary">Charley O'Leary</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Moriarty" title="George Moriarty">George Moriarty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matty_McIntyre" title="Matty McIntyre">Matty McIntyre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boss_Schmidt" title="Boss Schmidt">Boss Schmidt</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Mullin_(baseball)" title="George Mullin (baseball)">George Mullin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heinie_Beckendorf" title="Heinie Beckendorf">Heinie Beckendorf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hopke" title="Bill Hopke">Bill Hopke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lelivelt" title="Bill Lelivelt">W. Lelivelt</a>. In that game, Cuban pitcher, Eustaquio "Bombin" Pedroso no hit the Tigers for 11 innings‚ finally winning‚ 2–1. The only run for Detroit came on an error in the 7th inning. A squeeze bunt against <a href="/wiki/Bill_Lelivelt" title="Bill Lelivelt">Bill Lelivelt</a> in the 11th inning scored the winner. A collection was taken up for Pedroso and fans‚ including several Tigers‚ contributed 300 dollars. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="League_leaders">League leaders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: League leaders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donie_Bush" title="Donie Bush">Donie Bush</a>:MLB <a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">walks</a> leader (88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donie_Bush" title="Donie Bush">Donie Bush</a>:sacrifice hits leader (88)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donie_Bush" title="Donie Bush">Donie Bush</a>:MLB games played leader (157)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>: MLB batting title (.377)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>: MLB batting triple crown</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>: MLB on-base percentage leader (.431)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>: MLB slugging percentage leader (.517)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>: MLB <a href="/wiki/On-base_plus_slugging" title="On-base plus slugging">on-base plus slugging</a> leader (.948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>: AL runs leader (116)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>: MLB: hits leader (216)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>: AL total bases leader (296)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>: MLB home runs leader (9)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>: MLB RBI leader (107)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>: MLB stolen base leader (76)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>: MLB runs created leader (126)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Crawford" title="Sam Crawford">Sam Crawford</a>: AL doubles leader (35)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Crawford" title="Sam Crawford">Sam Crawford</a>: MLB extra base hits leader (55)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mullin_(baseball)" title="George Mullin (baseball)">George Mullin</a>: MLB wins leader (29)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mullin_(baseball)" title="George Mullin (baseball)">George Mullin</a>: AL win percentage leader (.784)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Players_ranking_among_Top_100_all_time_at_position">Players ranking among Top 100 all time at position</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Players ranking among Top 100 all time at position"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SamCrawford3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/SamCrawford3.jpg/150px-SamCrawford3.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/SamCrawford3.jpg/225px-SamCrawford3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/SamCrawford3.jpg/300px-SamCrawford3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="395" /></a><figcaption>Sam Crawford pursues a fly ball</figcaption></figure> <p>The following members of the 1909 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by <a href="/wiki/The_Bill_James_Historical_Baseball_Abstract" title="The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract">The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract</a> in 2001: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donie_Bush" title="Donie Bush">Donie Bush</a>: 51st best shortstop of all time</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughie_Jennings" title="Hughie Jennings">Hughie Jennings</a>: 18th best shortstop of all time</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>: 2nd best center fielder of all time</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Crawford" title="Sam Crawford">Sam Crawford</a>: 10th best right fielder of all time</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1909_Detroit_Tigers_season&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/1952_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1952 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/1953_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1953 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/1954_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1954 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland Indians</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/1955_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1955 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/1956_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1956 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/1957_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1957 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/1958_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1958 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/1959_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="1959 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago White Sox</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/1960_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1960 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/1961_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1961 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/1962_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1962 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/1963_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1963 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/1964_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1964 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/1965_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1965 Minnesota Twins season">Minnesota Twins</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/1966_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1966 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore Orioles</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/1967_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1967 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/1968_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1968 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit Tigers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/1969_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1969 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore Orioles</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/1970_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1970 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore Orioles</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/1971_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1971 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore Orioles</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/1972_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1972 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/1973_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1973 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/1974_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1974 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/1975_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1975 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/1976_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1976 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/1977_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1977 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/1978_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1978 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/1979_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1979 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore Orioles</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/1980_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1980 Kansas City Royals season">Kansas City Royals</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/1981_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1981 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/1982_Milwaukee_Brewers_season" title="1982 Milwaukee Brewers season">Milwaukee Brewers</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/1983_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1983 Baltimore Orioles season">Baltimore Orioles</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/1984_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1984 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit Tigers</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/1985_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="1985 Kansas City Royals season">Kansas City Royals</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/1986_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="1986 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/1987_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1987 Minnesota Twins season">Minnesota Twins</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/1988_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1988 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/1989_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1989 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/1990_Oakland_Athletics_season" title="1990 Oakland Athletics season">Oakland Athletics</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/1991_Minnesota_Twins_season" title="1991 Minnesota Twins season">Minnesota Twins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/1992_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1992 Toronto Blue Jays season">Toronto Blue Jays</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/1993_Toronto_Blue_Jays_season" title="1993 Toronto Blue Jays season">Toronto Blue Jays</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <i>No champion</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/1995_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1995 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland Indians</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/1996_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1996 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/1997_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="1997 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland Indians</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/1998_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1998 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/1999_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1999 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/2000_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2000 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/2001_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2001 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/2002_Anaheim_Angels_season" title="2002 Anaheim Angels season">Anaheim Angels</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/2003_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2003 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/2004_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2004 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/2005_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2005 Chicago White Sox season">Chicago White Sox</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/2006_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2006 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit Tigers</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/2007_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2007 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/2008_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2008 Tampa Bay Rays season">Tampa Bay Rays</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2009 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/2010_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2010 Texas Rangers season">Texas Rangers</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/2011_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2011 Texas Rangers season">Texas Rangers</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/2012_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2012 Detroit Tigers season">Detroit Tigers</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/2013_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2013 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/2014_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2014 Kansas City Royals season">Kansas City Royals</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/2015_Kansas_City_Royals_season" title="2015 Kansas City Royals season">Kansas City Royals</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/2016_Cleveland_Indians_season" title="2016 Cleveland Indians season">Cleveland Indians</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/2017_Houston_Astros_season" title="2017 Houston Astros season">Houston Astros</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/2018_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2018 Boston Red Sox season">Boston Red Sox</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/2019_Houston_Astros_season" title="2019 Houston Astros season">Houston Astros</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/2020_Tampa_Bay_Rays_season" title="2020 Tampa Bay Rays season">Tampa Bay Rays</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/2021_Houston_Astros_season" title="2021 Houston Astros season">Houston Astros</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/2022_Houston_Astros_season" title="2022 Houston Astros season">Houston Astros</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/2023_Texas_Rangers_season" title="2023 Texas Rangers season">Texas Rangers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/2024_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2024 New York Yankees season">New York Yankees</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="1909_MLB_season_by_team" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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!important;;"><div> <ul><li>Established in <b><a href="/wiki/1894_in_baseball" title="1894 in baseball"><span style="color:#0C2C56">1894</span></a></b></li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit"><span style="color:#0C2C56">Detroit, Michigan</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers"><span style="color:#0C2C56">Franchise</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Detroit_Tigers" title="History of the Detroit Tigers">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_seasons" title="List of Detroit Tigers seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_team_records" title="List of Detroit Tigers team records">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_no-hitters" title="List of Detroit Tigers no-hitters">No-hitters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers_award_winners_and_league_leaders" title="Detroit Tigers award winners and league leaders">Award winners and league leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers_all-time_roster" title="Detroit Tigers all-time roster">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_first-round_draft_picks" title="List of Detroit Tigers first-round draft picks">First-round draft picks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_managers" title="List of Detroit Tigers managers">Managers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_coaches" title="List of Detroit Tigers coaches">Coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_owners_and_executives" title="List of Detroit Tigers owners and executives">Owners and executives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_Opening_Day_starting_pitchers" title="List of Detroit Tigers Opening Day starting pitchers">Opening Day starting pitchers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">Ballparks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bennett_Park_(Detroit)" title="Bennett Park (Detroit)">Bennett Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Stadium_(Detroit)" title="Tiger Stadium (Detroit)">Tiger Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comerica_Park" title="Comerica Park">Comerica Park</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>Spring training:</i> <a href="/wiki/Ban_Johnson_Park" title="Ban Johnson Park">Whittington Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plant_Field" title="Plant Field">Plant Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosse_Field" title="Bosse Field">Bosse Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henley_Field" title="Henley Field">Henley Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joker_Marchant_Stadium" title="Joker Marchant Stadium">Joker Marchant Stadium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/T206_Ty_Cobb" title="T206 Ty Cobb">T206 Ty Cobb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li%27l_Rastus" title="Li'l Rastus">Li'l Rastus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paws_(Detroit_Tigers)" title="Paws (Detroit Tigers)">Paws</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Detroit_Rock_City" title="Detroit Rock City">Detroit Rock City</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mark_Fidrych" title="Mark Fidrych">The Bird</a>"</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bird:_The_Life_and_Legacy_of_Mark_Fidrych" title="The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Mark Fidrych">The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Mark Fidrych</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_in_a_Million:_The_Ron_LeFlore_Story" title="One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story">One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Magnum,_P.I." title="Magnum, P.I.">Magnum, P.I.</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Magnum_P.I._(2018_TV_series)" title="Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series)">reboot</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tiger_Town" title="Tiger Town">Tiger Town</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cobb_(film)" title="Cobb (film)">Cobb</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/For_Love_of_the_Game_(film)" title="For Love of the Game (film)">For Love of the Game</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Life_and_Times_of_Hank_Greenberg" title="The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg">The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bless_You_Boys" title="Bless You Boys">Bless You Boys</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Charley_Marcuse" title="Charley Marcuse">The Singing Hot Dog Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Roar_(song)" title="Roar (song)">Roar (song)</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ball_Park_Franks" title="Ball Park Franks">Ball Park Franks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">Lore</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1910_Chalmers_Award" title="1910 Chalmers Award">1910 Chalmers Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_suspension_of_Ty_Cobb" title="1912 suspension of Ty Cobb">1912 suspension of Ty Cobb</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers_replacement_players_(May_18,_1912)" title="Detroit Tigers replacement players (May 18, 1912)">replacement players</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night" title="Disco Demolition Night">Disco Demolition Night</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_American_League_Central_tie-breaker_game" title="2009 American League Central tie-breaker game">2009 AL Central tie-breaker game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armando_Galarraga%27s_near-perfect_game" title="Armando Galarraga's near-perfect game">28-out perfect game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_in_Omaha" title="MLB in Omaha">MLB in Omaha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tigers%E2%80%93White_Sox_rivalry" title="Tigers–White Sox rivalry">Chicago White Sox</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_minor_league_affiliates" title="List of Detroit Tigers minor league affiliates"><span style="color:#0C2C56">Minor league affiliates</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers_minor_league_players" title="Detroit Tigers minor league players">Player overview</a></li> <li>Triple-A: <a href="/wiki/Toledo_Mud_Hens" title="Toledo Mud Hens">Toledo Mud Hens</a></li> <li>Double-A: <a href="/wiki/Erie_SeaWolves" title="Erie SeaWolves">Erie SeaWolves</a></li> <li>High-A: <a href="/wiki/West_Michigan_Whitecaps" title="West Michigan Whitecaps">West Michigan Whitecaps</a></li> <li>Single-A: <a href="/wiki/Lakeland_Flying_Tigers" title="Lakeland Flying Tigers">Lakeland Flying Tigers</a></li> <li>Rookie: <a href="/wiki/Florida_Complex_League_Tigers" title="Florida Complex League Tigers">FCL Tigers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Tigers" title="Dominican Summer League Tigers">DSL Tigers 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Tigers" title="Dominican Summer League Tigers">DSL Tigers 2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Owner: <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Ilitch" title="Christopher Ilitch">Christopher Ilitch</a></li> <li>President of baseball operations: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Harris_(baseball)" title="Scott Harris (baseball)">Scott Harris</a></li> <li>General Manager: <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Greenberg_(sports_executive)" title="Jeff Greenberg (sports executive)">Jeff Greenberg</a></li> <li>Manager: <a href="/wiki/A._J._Hinch" title="A. J. Hinch">A. J. Hinch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">World Series<br />championships (4)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1935_World_Series" title="1935 World Series">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_World_Series" title="1945 World Series">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_World_Series" title="1968 World Series">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_World_Series" title="1984 World Series">1984</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">American League pennants (11)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>American League: <a href="/wiki/1907_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1907 Detroit Tigers season">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1908 Detroit Tigers season">1908</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1934 Detroit Tigers season">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1935 Detroit Tigers season">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1940 Detroit Tigers season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1945 Detroit Tigers season">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1968 Detroit Tigers season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1984 American League Championship Series">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2006 American League Championship Series">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2012 American League Championship Series">2012</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">Division titles (7)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>East: <a href="/wiki/1972_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1972 Detroit Tigers season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1984 Detroit Tigers season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1987 Detroit Tigers season">1987</a></li> <li>Central: <a href="/wiki/2011_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2011 Detroit Tigers season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2012 Detroit Tigers season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2013 Detroit Tigers season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2014 Detroit Tigers season">2014</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">Wild card berths (2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2006 Detroit Tigers season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2024 Detroit Tigers season">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_broadcasters" title="List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters"><span style="color:#0C2C56">Broadcasters</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>TV: <a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Detroit" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Detroit">Bally Sports Detroit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Shepard_(sportscaster)" title="Matt Shepard (sportscaster)">Matt Shepard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Gibson" title="Kirk Gibson">Kirk Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Morris" title="Jack Morris">Jack Morris</a></li></ul></li> <li>Radio: <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers_Radio_Network" title="Detroit Tigers Radio Network">Detroit Tigers Radio Network</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WXYT-FM" title="WXYT-FM">WXYT-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Dickerson" title="Dan Dickerson">Dan Dickerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Price_(catcher)" title="Jim Price (catcher)">Jim Price</a></li></ul></li> <li>History: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_broadcasters" title="List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters">List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;background-color: #0C2C56 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #FF6600, inset -2px -2px 0 #FF6600; !important;;"><div id="Seasons_(123)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Seasons (123)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1900s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><span style="visibility:hidden">· 1900 </span><a href="/wiki/1901_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1901 Detroit Tigers season">1901</a> · <a href="/wiki/1902_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1902 Detroit Tigers season">1902</a> · <a href="/wiki/1903_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1903 Detroit Tigers season">1903</a> · <a href="/wiki/1904_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1904 Detroit Tigers season">1904</a> · <a href="/wiki/1905_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1905 Detroit Tigers season">1905</a> · <a href="/wiki/1906_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1906 Detroit Tigers season">1906</a> · <b><a href="/wiki/1907_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1907 Detroit Tigers season">1907</a></b> · <b><a href="/wiki/1908_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1908 Detroit Tigers season">1908</a></b> · <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1909</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1910_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1910 Detroit Tigers season">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1911 Detroit Tigers season">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1912 Detroit Tigers season">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1913 Detroit Tigers season">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1914 Detroit Tigers season">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1915 Detroit Tigers season">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1916 Detroit Tigers season">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1917 Detroit Tigers season">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1918 Detroit Tigers season">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1919 Detroit Tigers season">1919</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1920 Detroit Tigers season">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1921 Detroit Tigers season">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1922 Detroit Tigers season">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1923 Detroit Tigers season">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1924 Detroit Tigers season">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1925 Detroit Tigers season">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1926 Detroit Tigers season">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1927 Detroit Tigers season">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1928 Detroit Tigers season">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1929 Detroit Tigers season">1929</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1930 Detroit Tigers season">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1931 Detroit Tigers season">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1932 Detroit Tigers season">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1933 Detroit Tigers season">1933</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/1934_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1934 Detroit Tigers season">1934</a></b></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1935_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1935 Detroit Tigers season">1935</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1936 Detroit Tigers season">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1937 Detroit Tigers season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1938 Detroit Tigers season">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1939 Detroit Tigers season">1939</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1940_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1940 Detroit Tigers season">1940</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1941 Detroit Tigers season">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1942 Detroit Tigers season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1943 Detroit Tigers season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1944 Detroit Tigers season">1944</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1945_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1945 Detroit Tigers season">1945</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1946 Detroit Tigers season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1947 Detroit Tigers season">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1948 Detroit Tigers season">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1949 Detroit Tigers season">1949</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1950 Detroit Tigers season">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1951 Detroit Tigers season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1952 Detroit Tigers season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1953 Detroit Tigers season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1954 Detroit Tigers season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1955 Detroit Tigers season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1956 Detroit Tigers season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1957 Detroit Tigers season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1958 Detroit Tigers season">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1959 Detroit Tigers season">1959</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1960 Detroit Tigers season">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1961 Detroit Tigers season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1962 Detroit Tigers season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1963 Detroit Tigers season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1964 Detroit Tigers season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1965 Detroit Tigers season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1966 Detroit Tigers season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1967 Detroit Tigers season">1967</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/1968_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1968 Detroit Tigers season">1968</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1969 Detroit Tigers season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; color: #0C2C56 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #0C2C56, inset -2px -2px 0 #0C2C56; !important;;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1970 Detroit Tigers season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1971 Detroit Tigers season">1971</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1972_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1972 Detroit Tigers season">1972</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1973 Detroit Tigers season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1974 Detroit Tigers season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1975 Detroit Tigers season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1976 Detroit Tigers season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1977 Detroit Tigers season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1978 Detroit Tigers season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1979 Detroit Tigers season">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FF6600 !important; 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