Editing Detroit Tigers (section)

====1921====
{{Main|1921 Detroit Tigers season}}
In 1921, the Tigers amassed 1,724 [[Hit (baseball)|hits]] and a team batting average of .316, the highest team hit total and batting average in AL history.<ref>{{cite book|first=Seymour|last=Siwoff|title=The Elias Book of Baseball Records|year=2008|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780917050107/page/88 88]|publisher=Elias Sports Bureau|isbn=978-0917050107|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780917050107/page/88}}</ref> That year, outfielders Harry Heilmann and Ty Cobb finished #1 and #2 in the American League batting race with batting averages of .394 and .389, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=1921 American League Batting Leaders|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1921-batting-leaders.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 18, 2018|archive-date=September 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902134958/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1921-batting-leaders.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The downfall of the 1921 Tigers, however, was the absence of good pitching. The team ERA was 4.40.<ref>{{cite web|title=1921 Detroit Tigers Statistics|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1921.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 18, 2018|archive-date=July 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719024345/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1921.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Without pitching to support the offense, the 1921 Tigers finished in sixth place in the American League at 71–82, 27 games behind the [[1921 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1921 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1921.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 18, 2018|archive-date=July 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719024320/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1921.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

On August 19, 1921, Cobb collected his 3,000th career hit off [[Elmer Myers]] of the [[Boston Red Sox]]. Aged 34 at the time, he is still the youngest player to reach that milestone, also reaching it in the fewest at-bats (8,093).<ref name=SportingNews08061999>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/exhibits/online_exhibits/3000_hit_club/cobb_ty.htm |title=The 3000 Hit Club: Ty Cobb |access-date=February 10, 2007 |publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209031106/http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/exhibits/online_exhibits/3000_hit_club/cobb_ty.htm |archive-date=February 9, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=HallofFameCobb3000>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/sports2000/numbers/172730.html |date=August 6, 1999 |title=Inside the numbers: 3,000 hits |access-date=February 10, 2007 |magazine=[[Sporting News]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050211195538/http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/sports2000/numbers/172730.html |archive-date=February 11, 2005 }}</ref>