Editing Detroit Tigers (section)

====1927–1933====
Though the Tigers struggled with mediocre records in the seven years following Cobb's departure, they were building a solid foundation, adding slugging [[first baseman]] [[Hank Greenberg]] and pitchers [[Tommy Bridges]] and [[Schoolboy Rowe]] to a lineup that already included second baseman [[Charlie Gehringer]].<ref name="Cochrane freep">{{cite web|first=Scott|last=Ferkovich|title=1935 Tigers: Missing the Babe leads to HR hire in Cochrane|url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2015/09/27/detroit-tigers-world-series-babe-ruth/72921784/|website=Detroit Free Press|date=September 27, 2015|access-date=July 20, 2018|archive-date=September 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905232141/https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2015/09/27/detroit-tigers-world-series-babe-ruth/72921784/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In [[1927 Detroit Tigers season|1927]], Harry Heilmann flirted with a .400 batting average all year, eventually finishing at .398 and winning his fourth AL batting title.<ref>{{cite web|first=Chip|last=Mundy|title=October 2, 1927: Heilmann takes batting title on season-ending spree|url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-2-1927-heilmann-takes-batting-title-season-ending-spree|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=July 20, 2018|archive-date=July 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721014313/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-2-1927-heilmann-takes-batting-title-season-ending-spree|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the 1933 season, the Tigers added perhaps the final piece of the puzzle, acquiring [[catcher]] [[Mickey Cochrane]] from the Philadelphia Athletics to serve as player-manager.<ref name="Cochrane freep"/>