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The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are in the Central Division of the American League.
- Founded: 1893, in the minor Western League. In 1900 that league became the American League.
- Home ballpark: Comerica Park
- Uniform colors: Navy blue, White, and Orange
- Logo design: An Old English font "D"
- Division titles won (3): 1972, 1984, 1987 (Note: Divisional play began in 1969.)
- American League pennants won (9): 1907, 1908, 1909, 1934, 1935, 1940Events January-February January 5 FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland. February 2 F, 1945Events January January 5 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 World War II:, 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the, 1984
- World SeriesIn baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. championships won (4): 1935, 1945The 1945 World Series matched the American League Detroit Tigers against the National League Chicago Cubs. The Tigers won 4 games to 3. Frank Graham jokingly called this Series "the fat men versus the tall men at the office picnic. It is the last time to, 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the, 1984
1 Franchise history
The Detroit Tigers baseball franchise played their first game for the newly established American League on April 25, 1901 at Bennett Park in front of 10,000 fans. After trailing 13-4 entering the ninth inning, the team staged a dramatic comeback to win the game 14-13. A legend holds that the Detroit Tigers got their nickname, which they have held for over a century, after a sportswriter (a graduate of Princeton University, whose sports teams were called the "Tigers") wrote that the team "fought back like tigers". The team eventually finished third in the eight team league. Eleven years later, an elegant stadium was constructed on the site of Bennett Park and named Navin Field. Later renamed Tiger Stadium, the beautiful structure remained in use by the team until 2000.
In 1905, the team acquired Ty Cobb, a player who would be considered one of the greatest of all-time. The addition of Cobb to an already talented team that included Sam Crawford, Hughie Jennings, Bill Donovan, and George Mullin quickly yielded results, as the Tigers won three consecutive American League Championships from 1907-09. However, the team came up short in the World Series each time, and would not win its first World Series until 1935. The team won additional World Series crowns in 1945, 1968 and 1984. The 1968 title, which occurred one year after massive race riots had broken out, is thought to have helped to heal citywide tensions. The 1984 team, meanwhile, started out at a record pace (35-5), and cruised to a franchise-record 104 victories. That team featured the great double-play combination of shortstop Alan Trammell and second baseman Lou Whitaker; the duo would play together a record 19 seasons. From 1979 to 1995, the team was managed by the colorful, eccentric George "Sparky" Anderson, one of baseball's winningest managers.
Amid some local controversy, the team abandoned Tiger Stadium in 2000 in favor of the new Comerica Park. Many longtime fans complained that the "CoPa" lacked the charm of its predecessor. Others saw it as a necessary replacement of an aging facility. In 2003, the Tigers would be one loss short of the 1962 New York Mets' modern record for losses in one season by winning the last two games of the season. Since the 1990s, the team's fortunes have been dismal; they last posted a winning season in 1991. 2004 has been a rebound of sorts, considered a small miracle by many. Their season by no means a terrific success, it isn't the abysmal performance of '03.
