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====1922β1926==== The Tigers continued to field good teams during Ty Cobb's tenure as player-manager, finishing as high as second in [[1923 Detroit Tigers season|1923]], but lack of quality pitching kept them from winning a pennant.<ref name="Cobb VD"/><ref>{{cite web|title=1923 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1923.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 19, 2018|archive-date=March 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301063558/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1923.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Harry Heilmann hit .403 in 1923, becoming the last AL player to top .400 until [[Ted Williams]] hit .406 in 1941.<ref>{{cite web|title=Harry Heilmann Baseball Stats|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=heilmha01|website=Baseball Almanac|access-date=July 19, 2018|archive-date=July 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233758/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=heilmha01|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[1925 Detroit Tigers season|1925]], Heilmann collected six hits in a season-ending doubleheader to win the batting title, finishing at .393 to [[Tris Speaker]]'s .389.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jack|last=Zerby|title=October 4, 1925: Heilmann grabs AL batting title; Cobb 'saves' the day|url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-4-1925-heilmann-grabs-al-batting-title-cobb-saves-day|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=July 19, 2018|archive-date=July 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233449/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-4-1925-heilmann-grabs-al-batting-title-cobb-saves-day|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1925 American League Batting Leaders|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1925-batting-leaders.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 19, 2018|archive-date=April 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420081731/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1925-batting-leaders.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Cobb announced his retirement in November 1926 after 22 seasons with the Tigers, though he would return to play two more seasons with the [[History of the Philadelphia Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]].<ref name="Cobb SABR"/><ref name="Cobb VD"/>
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