The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division.
In 1901, the Tigers became the first team to join the American League’s now-major league. On April 25, 1901, in front of an estimated 10,000 spectators at Bennett Park, they took on the Milwaukee Brewers for the first time as a major league franchise.
The team came back from a 13–4 deficit in the ninth inning to win 14–13. There were eight teams, and they came in third place.
In 1901, the Tigers joined the American League as a founding member. On April 25, 1901, against the Milwaukee Brewers, they played their debut major league game at Bennett Park in front of an estimated 10,000 people.
The team came back from a 13–4 deficit in the ninth inning to win 14–13. The eight-team league saw the squad finish third.
Ty Cobb (.350) and Sam Crawford (.323), as well as pitchers Bill Donovan and Ed Killian (25 wins each), helped the Tigers win the AL pennant in 1907 by 1.5 games over the Philadelphia Athletics, who finished with 92–58 records.
What Detroit Tiger Has The Most Hits?
Ty Cobb has the most hits in Detroit Tigers franchise history with 3,900 hits. Cobb was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder.
He was born in Narrows, Georgia, a small town in rural Georgia. Cobb played 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the final six as player-manager, before retiring with the Philadelphia Athletics at the end of the season.
It wasn’t until Tom Seaver’s 98.2% in 1992 that any other player garnered more votes on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot than Cobb in 1936, when 222 out of 226 ballots were cast.
Ty Cobb came in third on the Sporting News’ list of “Baseball’s 100 Greatest Players” in 1999.