Editing Detroit Tigers (section)

====1915====
{{Main|1915 Detroit Tigers season}}
In 1915, the Tigers won a then-club record 100 games, but narrowly lost the AL pennant to the [[1915 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]], who won 101 games.<ref>{{cite web|title=1915 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1915.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012703/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1915.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The 1915 Tigers were led by an [[outfield]] consisting of Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford, and [[Bobby Veach]] that finished #1, #2, and #3 in RBIs and [[total bases]].<ref name=James>{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Holmes|title=Led by Cobb, Tigers outfield was greatest ever|url=https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2012/07/15/led-by-cobb-tigers-outfield-of-1915-was-greatest-ever/|website=Vintage Detroit|date=July 15, 2012|access-date=January 15, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116045002/https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2012/07/15/led-by-cobb-tigers-outfield-of-1915-was-greatest-ever/|url-status=live}}</ref> Cobb also set a stolen base record with 96 steals in 1915 that stood until 1962, when it was broken by [[Maury Wills]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Dwyre|title=Fifty years ago, Maury Wills made crime pay off for the Dodgers|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2012-apr-09-la-sp-0410-dwyre-maury-wills-20120410-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=April 9, 2012|access-date=July 13, 2018|archive-date=May 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530141719/https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2012-apr-09-la-sp-0410-dwyre-maury-wills-20120410-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Baseball historian [[Bill James]] has ranked the 1915 Tigers outfield as the greatest in the history of baseball.<ref name=James/> The only team in Tigers' history with a better winning percentage than the 1915 squad was the 1934 team that lost the [[1934 World Series|World Series]] to the [[1934 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]].<ref name=OKennedy>{{cite web|first=Patrick|last=OKennedy|title=Which Tiger team is the greatest of all time?|url=https://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/10/19/3520272/which-tiger-team-is-the-greatest-of-all-time|website=Bless You Boys|date=October 19, 2012|access-date=July 13, 2018|archive-date=July 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714021018/https://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/10/19/3520272/which-tiger-team-is-the-greatest-of-all-time|url-status=live}}</ref>